TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu will perform in his ice show commemorating the 14th anniversary of the devastating March 11 earthquake that struck his native Miyagi Prefecture and other parts of northeastern Japan, the event's organizers said Tuesday.

The March 7-9 show at Sekisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu will be held for the third straight year, remembering the magnitude-9.0 quake and tsunami in 2011, which claimed over 15,000 lives and ravaged Miyagi and neighboring Iwate and Fukushima prefectures, triggering a nuclear disaster.

"I'd like to skate with hope, wish and will that can make people feel positive about the future even if only a little," the 30-year-old said in a statement ahead of the show, named "notte stellata" meaning starry night in Italian.

Hanyu became the first Asian to win the men's figure skating singles Olympics gold medal in Sochi in 2014 and added another Winter Games gold four years later in Pyeongchang.

He finished fourth in 2022 in Beijing before retiring from competition in July that year to turn into a professional skater, stating he "stopped wanting to be evaluated" in terms of points but would seek new ways to express himself in skating exhibitions.

In February 2023, Hanyu became the first skater to perform solo at Tokyo Dome in a show attended by around 35,000 spectators.