Realive (full title stylized as Yuzuru Hanyu "REALIVE" an ICE STORY project) is an upcoming solo ice show by Japanese figure skater and two-time consecutive Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu in 2026, organized by his management company Team Sirius in partnership with CIC, TV Asahi, and KHB. The show is scheduled to be held at Sekisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu near Hanyu's hometown of Sendai on April 11âÂÂ12.
Realive is announced to pick up on the first three main installments of the Yuzuru Hanyu Ice Story series, featuring a selection of Hanyu's former skating programs, presented in a new shape. The second day of the show was announced to be screened at movie theaters in Japan and overseas and streamed live on the subscription channel CS TV Asahi as well as Beyond Live worldwide.
Yuzuru Hanyu is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer who competed in the men's singles discipline and turned professional in 2022. Regarded as one of the greatest skaters in the sport's history, he is the first two-time Olympic men's champion in 66 years with back-to-back gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, and the first male single skater to complete the Super Slam, having won all major international senior and junior titles in the course of his career.
His first major work as a professional skater is the ongoing Yuzuru Hanyu Ice Story, a series of solo ice shows produced and directed by himself in collaboration with renowned Japanese choreographer Mikiko, who is known for her involvement in the Tokyo handover segment at the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony among others. The Ice Story series consists of an introductory show titled Prologue (2022), the first solo ice show production in the history of figure skating, followed by three main installments with Gift (2023), the Repray Tour (2023âÂÂ24) and the Echoes of Life Tour (2024âÂÂ25). Each show featured 12 to 15 skating programs that were merged into a cohesive, sophisticated story supported with video narration by Hanyu on screen. The Ice Story series was a huge commercial success, with all live performances being sold out by lottery and more than 180,000 spectators in attendance, as of February 2025.
Realive is scheduled to be held on April 11 and 12 at Sekisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu, Miyagi, near Hanyu's hometown of Sendai. The venue served as the final stop of the Repray Tour in 2024 and is home to the annual ensemble ice show Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata, a commemoration event of the 2011 TÃ Âhoku earthquake and tsunami, the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan, which cost more than 19,000 people's lives. The disaster has fundamentally shaped Hanyu's life and career, having experienced the 9.1-magnitude earthquake and following blackout in his hometown at 16 years old.
The Sekisui Heim Super Arena has a maximum capacity of 7,800 seats. For the Repray Tour, the number of seats was reduced to 5,800 due to the size of the skating rink and limited viewing angles at the video screen.
The Realive solo show was officially announced on January 11, 2026, at 11:11 local time, confirming Hanyu as the executive producer and Mikiko as the director of the two-day event. The performance is revealed to feature a selection of programs from the Ice Story series, focussing on their development and growth throughout the years with Hanyu carefully referring to them as "living beings".
Tickets are distributed by lottery, with prices ranging from ÃÂ¥22,000 to ÃÂ¥30,000 (US$140âÂÂ190 as of January 2026). Sales are handled by the show's official organizer TV Asahi. The second day of the show was announced to be screened live at movie theaters in Japan and delayed on April 14 in Japan and overseas in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. In addition, the performance will be streamed live on the national subscription channel CS TV Asahi and Beyond Live worldwide.
Realive is organized by Hanyu's private management company Team Sirius in partnership with TV Asahi, Japan's most viewed television network for three consecutive years between 2022 and 2024, and CIC, an event organization company that has successfully produced a variety of ice shows, such as Fantasy on Ice or Dreams on Ice. The show is part of the celebration events held on the 50th anniversary of KHB, a local broadcasting network based in Miyagi Prefecture. It is sponsored by Towa Pharmaceutical and the domestic sports and body care company Phiten.
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