Yuri Plisetsky

Yuri Plisetsky is one of the main characters from the ''Yuri!!! on Ice'' anime.

Yuri is a 15-year-old Russian skater who is getting ready for his debut in the senior division. He is talented, but also very short-tempered and irritable.

Appearance
Yuri has blonde chin-length hair that covers the right side of his face and turquoise eyes. He is shorter than average for his age and has a thin frame; because of his appearance, he is nicknamed the Russian Fairy.

His warm-up uniform consists of either his training outfit or his costume under a black zip-up hoodie with black pants, sneakers, and a zip-up baseball tee styled runner with "Russia" across the chest. His skates have special blades that are said to make it easier to perform jumps. When not in performance costumes or warm-up gear, Yuri loves to wear clothing with mainly big cat prints.

Personality
Yuri is very ambitious and is determined to become the best of the best in figure skating. Contrary to his beauty and grace on the ice, once Yuri steps out of the rink he becomes foul-mouthed, rude, and dismissive of othersーearning him his second nickname, the Russian Punk. To ensure he gets what he wants, Yuri is not above threatening or intimidating his competition. He is short-tempered and very accustomed to yelling.

Yuri is both very critical of himself, and determined to impress Victor. He despises being underestimated and projects a strong air of confidenceーstrong enough to come across as arrogance, instead. He is prone to seeing other athletes as his rivals, and therefore his enemies. While Yuri has been noted to not take training seriously at first, he has the ability to undertake highly rigorous training in order to do well, and does so without complaining.

A softer side to Yuri's personality can be seen when he thinks of his grandfather, and later when he gives Yuuri some Pirozhki for Yuuri's birthday. Yuri also shows this side of him to the few people he regards as friends, most notably Otabek and Yuuko.

Jumps
Yuri is shown to have an amazing amount of jumping ability starting from a very early age; when he was twelve, he landed a quadruple salchow (4S) during a local competition, despite being scolded by his coach frequently about it being too early for him to start such difficult jumps.

In Agape, his quads are planned for the second half to maximize his score. In Allegro Appassionato, he is able to execute 6 of his 8 jumps in the second half, again to boost his score. This may imply that he has a good amount of stamina.

Spins
His signature as a junior were his combination spins. He is able to hold spirals and spins in a half-Biellmann position, which is a rarity in men's singles due to the flexibility that it requires.

Ballet
Yuri is shown to have been practicing ballet as part of his cross-training regimen for at least as early as ten years old. He takes it up again seriously when Lilia is invited by Yakov to train the skater for the Grand Prix series.

Trivia

 * The inspiration for Yuri is Russian figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya.
 * While choreographer Kenji Miyamoto performed the programs for every other skater in the anime, Yuri's choreography was the only one performed by female skater Honoka Kawanishi to make it easier to animate.
 * His Instagram is yuri_plisetsky.
 * He has been the main provider for his family since his days competing as a rookie, receiving government aid for skating.
 * Yuri's mother was supposed to make an appearance in Episode 3 (during the Onsen on Ice), but had to be cut out due to lack of time.
 * Yuri's favourite animal is a tiger but he loves cats in general. He owns a cat named Potya.
 * Adding on his love for cats, Yuri's phone case has a white tiger's face. He also has a shirt with a tiger print on it, as well as one with a lion print.
 * Yuri's short program score in the Barcelona GPF would have exceeded the real-life world record by nearly 8 points.
 * Yuri's first Instagram post that appears in the ending reads '#StPetersburg #Russia'
 * The caption in his second post in the ending credits reads 'Lion'
 * He has rabid fans named "Yuri's Angels" who appear at every competition.