Repray Tour

The Repray Tour (full title stylized as 'Yuzuru Hanyu ICE STORY 2nd →RE_PRAY← TOUR') is a solo ice show tour by Japanese figure skater and two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu, organized in partnership with TV Asahi and CIC Co., Ltd. The tour initially consisted of three stops across Japan from November 2023 to February 2024 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saga Arena in Saga, and Pia Arena MM in Yokohama. After the commercial success of the first three stops, it was decided to add another two shows at Sekisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu, held in April 2024.

The Repray Tour is the first solo ice show tour in the sport of figure skating, produced and directed by Yuzuru Hanyu in collaboration with choreographer Mikiko. It is part of the Yuzuru Hanyu Ice Story series and a sequel to Hanyu's solo show Gift at Tokyo Dome in 2023. Each show of the Repray Tour has a duration of 120 minutes and features 12 different skating programs embedded into a story revolving around video games and the contrasts of virtual and real life.

The tour has been sold out with a total attendance of 64,600 spectators. Four days of the tour were screened live at cinemas in Japan and overseas and aired live on the subscription channel CS TV Asahi. A documentary of the show was broadcast on TV Asahi's terrestrial channel on January 7, 2024. The tour is sponsored by Tōwa Pharmaceutical and Phiten, with the first three tour stops receiving additional sponsorship by Kosé's skin care brand Sekkisei.

Background and venues
The Repray Tour is the first solo ice show tour in figure skating, produced and directed by Yuzuru Hanyu in collaboration with choreographer Mikiko, organized in partnership with TV Asahi and CIC Co., Ltd. It is a sequel to Hanyu's second solo show Gift from February 2023, scheduled with four tour stops between November 2023 and April 2024. The first show was held on November4 and 5 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, one of the most prestigious venues in competitive skating, having hosted three World Championships in 2014, 2019, and 2023 among others. The tour continued with stops at the newly built Saga Arena, opened on May13, 2023 in Saga on the Japanese island Kyushu, on January12 and 14, 2024, and Pia Arena MM in Yokohama on February17 and 19, where Hanyu's first solo show Prologue was held in November 2022. Upon the commercial success of the first three tour stops, the addition of another two shows was announced on March 6, 2024. The two shows are scheduled for April7 and 9 at Sekisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu near Hanyu's hometown of Sendai.

Global concept and structure
The lead theme of the show is the contrasting characteristics of the gaming world and the real world and their value for people's lives: "A life that can only be lived once, a game that can be played over and over again—I believe that there are many important things that can only be found in each of these two contradictory lives. The essential aspects of both will be entrusted to words and skating." At the first three stops, Hanyu performed 12 programs per day with the shows having a duration of two and a half hours each, levelling the skating content of Gift. He debuted three new programs to the songs "Gate of Living" by Japanese musician Ringo Sheena, "Megalovania" from the role-playing video game Undertale by American indie developer Toby Fox, and "The Darkness of Eternity" from the game Final Fantasy IX. The program "Megalovania" was preceded by a unique skating segment performed in silence with only the sound of the blades to be heard. Similar to Gift, the first half was concluded by a 6-minute warm-up session, followed by a performance to "The Darkness of Eternity", which featured a quad Salchow, quad toe loop as well as a triple Axel-Euler-triple Salchow-Euler-triple Salchow 5-jump combination that has not been landed in competition.

Attendance and accessibility
The performances of all tour stops were all sold out by lottery with 14,000 spectators in Saitama, 5,500 in Saga, 7,000 in Yokohama, and 5,800 in Rifu in attendance on each day. One day of each stop was screened live at cinemas in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, and aired live on CS TV Asahi in Japan as well as via stream on Beyond Live worldwide. In addition, the Saitama show was re-screened nationally at cinemas on November6. A television broadcast of all eight days of the tour is scheduled on CS TV Asahi. The show was sponsored by Tōwa Pharmaceutical and Phiten, with the first three tour stops being additionally supported by Kosé's skin care brand Sekkisei.

Set list
First half
 * 1) "A Fleeting Dream" (from Final Fantasy X by Nobuo Uematsu and Masashi Hamauzu)
 * 2) "Gate of Living" (by Ringo Sheena)
 * 3) Hope and Legacy ("View of Silence" and "Asian Dream Song" by Joe Hisaishi; day 1) "Ashura-chan" (by Ado; day 2)
 * 4) "Megalovania" (from Undertale by Toby Fox)
 * 5) "The Darkness of Eternity" (from Final Fantasy IX by Nobuo Uematsu)

'''Second half
 * 1) "A Fleeting Dream" (piano version by Shinya Kiyozuka)
 * 2) "Requiem of Heaven and Earth" (by Yasunobu Matsuo)
 * 3) "One Summer's Day" (from Spirited Away by Joe Hisaishi)
 * 4) "" (by Yumi Matsutoya, piano version by Shinya Kiyozuka)

Ending credits

Encore
 * 1) "Let Me Entertain You" (by Robbie Williams)
 * 2) Seimei (from Onmyōji I and II by Shigeru Umebayashi; choreo sequence)
 * 3) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (by Camille Saint-Saëns, piano version by Shinya Kiyozuka; step sequence)