Professional Figure Skaters Mentioning Yuri!!! on Ice Masterpost

seiyuna:

Evgeni Plushenko, one of the most renowned figure skaters, is probably who Victor is based off of. He is a 4x Olympic medalist, 3x World champion, 7x European champion, 4x Grand Prix Final champion, and 10x Russian national champion. His official Facebook page consistently posts about YOI, but it is confirmed that his media twitter is linked to the page. He has an official personal twitter and a media twitter account run by his staff.

Kenji Miyamoto, an ice dancer and figure skating coach who is the choreographer for YOI, posts about YOI on his blog. He has also choreographed for both Evgeni Plushenko and Yuzuru Hanyu in the past. Here’s a photo of him with Plushenko.

Evgenia Medvedeva, a 16-year-old Russian figure skater who is the 2016 World champion, 2016 European champion, 2015 Grand Prix Final champion, and 2016 Russian national champion, posts about YOI and other anime often on her twitter account. You may have seen her Sailor Moon program before!

Masato Kimura, a Japanese figure skater who has competed in national championships such as the 2015 Japan Figure Skating Championships, posts about YOI on his twitter and even posted a video of himself skating to History Maker.

Please note that I am only adding professional figure skaters to this post! If I’m missing anything, please feel free to send me a message!