Yuzuru Hanyu wins male athlete marriage poll, receives mixed results online

Popular online women’s publication “Asa-Jo” recently held a poll asking which sports star their readers would want to marry, the poll was apparently only voted by women in their 20s and 30s.

Figure Skater Yuzuru Hanyu easily topped the poll winning by a landslide. Within the past few years Yuzuru has gained a legion of young fans, mostly girls, and is credited with bringing in a new audience to figure skating in Japan. Traditionally, figure skating fans and followers tend to be middle aged.

Quite a few netizens weren’t in agreement with Yuzuru topping the poll, GirlsChannel in particular, with many showing favor to Shohei Otani, a baseball player who came in 5th place on the poll. The entire top 5 results are as follows:

1. Yuzuru Hanyu
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2. Yuto Nagatomo
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3. Makoto Hasebe / Kei Nishikori
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5. Shohei Otani
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2.
+779 -11
Anonymous
I can’t imagine married life with Hanyu.
3.
+725 -132
Anonymous
I hate Hanyu.
5.
+270 -18
Anonymous
Are you popular with young children?
6.
+270 -18
Anonymous
I’ve never thought Yuzuru was cool. There would probably be difficulties during marriage.
7.
+1051 -83
Anonymous
Well, Otani-Kun is better.
8.
+305 -134
Anonymous
No..Hanyu will not get married to a woman.
10.
+524 -66
Anonymous
Otani-kun is better.
14.
+441 -50
Anonymous
I’d like Otani
15.
+336 -11
Anonymous
If Yuzuru gets married the fan meltdowns will be amazing
32.
+149 -45
Anonymous
With Hanyu-kun I can see him as a “girl”, I just can’t see him as straight.
39.
+337 -4
Anonymous
Kei Nishikori looks like a woman missing her eyes.
55.
+70 -3
Anonymous
Athletes seem so stoic. Would be impossible for me, I’d just get drunk.
61.
+71 -12
Anonymous
I really like Yuzuru Hanryu as a figure skater. I don’t really see him as a male, much less one that I would want to marry.
77.
+32 -35
Anonymous
Yuzuru looks weak so he’s out. He’s thinner than me…
98.
+39 -18
Anonymous
I actually think that Yuzuru is overwhelmingly popular with ladies in their 20s and 30s
137.
+14 -48
Anonymous
Eh~ I like Kei better
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160.
+39 -18
Anonymous
>>167 Do you like to have erotic chats with single white mothers? Party at German clubs? soccer_player_who

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Despite the large amount of haters Yuzuru Hanyu continues to be at the top of his game. He just recently took home gold at the World Figure Skating Championships, bringing his gold medal count from various championships to 10.

(via Asa-Jo)

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