Yuuri Katsuki

Yuuri Katsuki is the main protagonist from the ''Yuri!! on Ice'' anime.

Yuuri is a 23 (later 24)-year-old Japanese figure skater who, after monumental losses at the Sochi Grand Prix and all of the following major competitions, decides to move back to his hometown to figure out what he wants to do with his life. Everything changes for him when his childhood idol, Victor Nikiforov, follows him to Japan and offers to become his coach.

Appearance
Yuuri has short, messy black hair and brown eyes. Yuuri wears half-rimmed blue glasses, but while he is skating, he removes them. He combs his hair backwards when performing his programs before a crowd.

Yuuri wore layers of clothing to hide his weight gain from binge eating. His warm-up outfit is usually a jacket and black pants with a stripe down the side. He wears gloves while skating and uses skates with standard blades.

Yuuri gains weight easily, but when he is in top form, he also has slight muscle due to his exercise and ice skating. Nonetheless, his body, especially his face, maintains a soft appearance, regardless of physical form.

Following Yuuri's engagement to Victor Nikiforov in Spain, he wears a golden engagement ring on the ring finger of his right hand. Victor has a matching ring worn on the same hand and same finger.

During his short program, Yuuri wears a black outfit decorated with crystal-like embellishments on his shoulder and waist, and a swath of fabric on one hip.

During his free skate, Yuuri wears a dark blue suit-like outfit that is fastened by a gray belt and is decorated with shimmering embellishments.

Personality
Yuuri is known to be "the figure skater with the world's biggest glass heart." He is soft hearted and easily devastated in the face of failureーso much so that he can slip into a depression for months at a time. He is quiet, kind, and easily embarrassed, but he is also shown to be stubborn and extremely competitive.

After being taken under Victor's wing as a student, Yuuri begins to steadily develop more confidence in himself. He becomes determined to chase his dreams, and even brushes off most of Yuri Plisetsky's attempts to insult or humiliate him. However, he still becomes easily discouraged and anxious and doesn't know how to deal with being the person to beat.

During competitions, he tends to be a bit colder and more self-centered due to his anxiety and competitive nature but is learning to pay more attention to those around him thanks to Victor.

Step Sequence/Spins
Yuuri has a very well-developed, unique step technique that has been fine-tuned due to the amount of time he spends on the ice. He is also known for his spin sequence more than his jumps, which both Minako and Yuri acknowledge. It was only his performance in Skate China where his technical score eclipsed that of his presentation score.

Jumps
Initially, Yuuri was only able to land a quad toe-loop in competitions. Under the tutelage of Victor, he has become a more well-rounded skater. Yuuri's repertoire of quads eventually increases, first learning to successfully land a quad Salchow thanks to Yuri's brief stay in Japan, and was eventually able land a quad Flip, which is Victor's signature move.

Stamina
Yuuri has a lot of stamina, which is especially useful for the free skate, and for planning jumps in the second half of the program, and netting the 1.1x point bonus that comes with them.

Dance
Yuuri has been taking ballet lessons for even longer than he's been a figure skater. In addition, he has also been shown to be skilled in other dance disciplines, like break-dancing, interpretive and ballroom dance, and pole dancing, although it is unknown where he had learnt them.

Trivia

 * The canon spelling of his name is "Yuri", as seen in various official art and on the official website, though "Yuuri" is a more accurate romanization for his name.
 * Katsuki can be read as "Born to win," while Yuuri can be read as "Courage to win".
 * The toshi in Toshiya is also the ri in Yuuri and Mari.
 * Yuuri's favorite dish is a 900 kcal breaded pork cutlet bowl.
 * Yuuri gains weight very easily because of his mood swings and love for katsudon (pork cutlet bowl), so he has to be especially vigilant concerning his weight.
 * Yuuri owns a Macbook Air.
 * Victor's love for poodles greatly rubbed off onto Yuuri. Yuuri's phone case features poodles and his lock screen as well as his phone profile picture is a picture of Vicchan. Yuuri owns a poodle soft toy that looks like Makkachin, and sometimes poodle soft toys are thrown for him during competitions.
 * Mitsurou Kubo confirmed that Yuuri and Victor cannot live without each other and had to revise their initial plans.
 * Yuuri became the ambassador of the Japanese city of Karatsu on the 29th of November 2017 as a birthday gift for bringing more than 40,000 overseas tourists to the town.
 * Yuuri is seen to be representing the country of 'Jaran' in Episode 5, which was an accident.