Yuri Katsuki (Pre-cannon)

Appearance: Yuri has short, messy black hair and brown eyes. Yuri wears half-rimmed blue glasses, but while he is skating, he removes them. He combs his hair backward when performing his programs before a crowd. Yuri 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. He is 23 years old and is 173cm tall or 5'8

Personality: Yuri 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; so much so that he can slip into a depression for months at a time. He is polite, quiet, and easily embarrassed, but he is also shown to be stubborn and extremely competitive. Yuri is shown throughout the episodes to have multiple mental issues; his most acknowledged one being anxiety. Along with anxiety, he is also shown to have depression and some form of binge eating disorder (BED). Though it has not been confirmed, it’s fairly obvious.

Yuri is very shy with new people and is completely inexperienced with romance, often becoming a nervous reck if someone flirts with him. He is a virgin and is into both men abd women, though he has never had experience with either gender.

History: Yuuri was born in Hasetsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, where his family owns and operates the last remaining bathhouse inn in the town.

Yuri began figure skating as a child at Ice Castle with his childhood friends, Yuuko Nishigori and Takeshi Nishigori. His ballet teacher, Minako Okukawa, was the one who had recommended him to learn figure skating.

Yuri has never had a romantic partner before and is very inexperienced with romance and dating, he is a virgin and has never kissed anyone.

Skills: Yuri 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. he often gets very high presentation scores. Yuri has above average stamina, even for a figure skater. Yuri 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 learned them

Career: Currently, Yuri is a top figure skater certified by JSF (Japan Skating Federation).

When he was 18, Yuri moved to Detroit to train under Coach Celestino Cialdini and ended up staying there for five years. While he was there, he became friends with his roommate, Phichit Chulanont, a fellow member of the Detroit Skating Club https://dscclub.com/

During His time in Detroit Yuri is studying online at Kogakuin University.

Yuri suffers a devastating defeat at his first Grand Prix Final, placing 6th and dead last. He attributes the loss partially due to the recent passing of his family dog and his habit of stress eating before major competitions. This loss causes him to lose sight of what he wants for his future, and he becomes unsure about whether or not to continue competitive figure skating. After the loss at the Grand Prix Final, Yuri goes on to lose the Japanese Nationals and thus, misses out on qualifying for the Four Continents and World Championship, ending his season early.

Likes:

• Pork cutlet bowls: He usually only eats them after winning a competition, partly due to their high calorie level and his easy weight gain.
• Viktor Nikiforov: Yuri was a huge fan of Victor's ever since he was a child, and it has greatly inspired him to skate. An early wish of Yuri's was to be able to meet Victor on the ice at a similar level and to one day surpass the Russian.
• Poodles: Yuri's admiration of Victor led him to get a poodle, similar to the one Victor owned and named it after him as well. Yuuri's phone case features poodles and his lock screen as well as his phone profile picture is a picture of Vicchan (Yuri's late poodle). Yuri owns a poodle soft toy that looks like Makkachin (Viktors Poodle), and sometimes poodle soft toys are thrown for him during competitions.
• Eating