--- title: Olympics 2018: Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernández Bromance description: Yuzuru Hanyu not only won the short program at the Olympics, but won the Internet's heart thanks to his bromance with Javier Fernández. canonical: https://time.com/5162460/olympics-2018-yuzuru-hanyu-javier-fernandez-bromance/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-16T15:56:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:42.818Z og:title: This Olympic Figure Skating Bromance Is Thrilling the Internet og:description: Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernández's friendship is one for the record books og:url: https://time.com/5162460/olympics-2018-yuzuru-hanyu-javier-fernandez-bromance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eccd7cb801a7bbf/698927e786f68e1cad6e8523/yuzuru-hanyu-javier-fernandez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Yuzuru-Hanyu-Javier-Fernandez og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Olympic Figure Skating Bromance Is Thrilling the Internet twitter:description: Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernández's friendship is one for the record books twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eccd7cb801a7bbf/698927e786f68e1cad6e8523/yuzuru-hanyu-javier-fernandez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Head Over Heels for the Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernández Figure Skating Bromance  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 16, 2018 3:56 PM UTC  Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan and Javier Fernandez of Spain attend a press conference at the ISU Junior & Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final on December 8, 2016 in Marseille, France. Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan and Javier Fernandez of Spain attend a press conference at the ISU Junior & Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final on December 8, 2016 in Marseille, France.The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 16, 2018 3:56 PM UTC Japanese figure skater and [Winnie the Pooh enthusiast](http://time.com/5162305/winnie-the-pooh-japan-figure-skater-yuzuru-hanyu-olympics/) [Yuzuru Hanyu](http://time.com/5162157/yuzuru-hanyu-japan-figure-skating-short-program/) not only won the [men’s short program](http://time.com/5162114/adam-rippon-skate-interview-reactions/) at the 2018 Winter Olympics on Thursday, but thanks to his bromance with Spain’s Javier Fernández, won the Internet’s heart as well. [Hanyu](http://time.com/5129950/yuzuru-hanyu-figure-skating-2018-olympics/) and Fernández have been competing against each other for years, but off the ice, their friendship appears to have only grown stronger. “With ‘Yuzu,’ we are everything, we are friends, we are teammates, at some point we have to be rivals,” Fernández told [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/figure-skating-world-fernandez/interview-figure-skating-fernandez-takes-tips-from-his-skating-wife-idUSL3N0WP6B720150324) in 2015\. “It’s like having a wife, your wife is your friend, your wife is everything, but it depends on the time. When we are on the ice, we are competing against each other, but when the competition is done, we are friends again and we work together again.” Of course, the Internet is already head over heels for the pair. “Name me a better sports bromance than Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernandez???????????” tweeted one Twitter user on Tuesday. “Don’t worry I’ll wait.” > [](https://twitter.com/taekookstress/status/963390087236120576) See some bromance-positive tweets below. > [](https://twitter.com/caressyoon/status/964440869423128576) > [](https://twitter.com/ns0n/status/964379413868552194) > [](https://twitter.com/amedilen/status/964487330232000517) > [](https://twitter.com/LordAlberts/status/964463655692787712) > [](https://twitter.com/annhoff/status/964446145534570497) > [](https://twitter.com/ns0n/status/964378208043847680) > [](https://twitter.com/taekookstress/status/964386677836824577) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5162460/olympics-2018-yuzuru-hanyu-javier-fernandez-bromance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5162460/olympics-2018-yuzuru-hanyu-javier-fernandez-bromance/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Head Over Heels for the Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernández Figure Skating Bromance","datePublished":"2018-02-16T15:56:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:42.818Z","description":"Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernández's friendship is one for the record books","url":"https://time.com/5162460/olympics-2018-yuzuru-hanyu-javier-fernandez-bromance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eccd7cb801a7bbf/698927e786f68e1cad6e8523/yuzuru-hanyu-javier-fernandez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eccd7cb801a7bbf/698927e786f68e1cad6e8523/yuzuru-hanyu-javier-fernandez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Yuzuru-Hanyu-Javier-Fernandez","caption":"Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan and Javier Fernandez of Spain attend a press conference","creditText":"The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5162460/olympics-2018-yuzuru-hanyu-javier-fernandez-bromance/","name":"The Internet Is Head Over Heels for the Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernández Figure Skating Bromance"}}]}] ```