Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te whiu i te rewharewha, ka mawehe atu a Hanyu i te
Ngā Whakataetae ā-Motu o Hapanihi. Ahakoa tenei, i tohua ia ki te whakataetae i te 2017 Four Continents Championships me te 2017 World Championships. I te 2017 Four Continents Championships, ko Hanyu te tuatoru o nga kaupapa poto me te kaute 97.04 tohu, na te he o tana huinga. I te wā o te rerenga kore ahakoa he tīmatanga kaha, ka hē anō ia i roto i te mea i whakaarohia he huinga whā-toru. Katahi ka whakarereketia e Hanyu tana whakatakotoranga mo te haurua tuarua o te papatono, ka angitu te huri i nga mea e toru o ana peke ki nga waahanga uaua ake hei whakanui i tana kaute i muri i te he. I noho ia ki te tuatahi i te rerenga koreutu me te kaute 206.67 engari i te mutunga ka mutu i te tuarua i muri i a Nathan Chen e wha nga tohu.