Yuri on ICE: Trivias and Fun Facts

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– Minako-sensei is 50+ years old (explanation here and confirmation by Yuuri’s VA here)

– Makkachin is 15+ years old (i.e. around 80 in human age)

– Yuuri’s mom gave birth to her first child when she was 19

– Yuuko gave birth to the triplets when she was 19

– which means that her husband, Nishigoori, was 18 years old (and possibly a high school student) at that time

– Minako-sensei isn’t just an ordinary ballet dancer, in fact, she once won the
Prix Benois de la Danse, the so called “Oscar of ballet”

for reference:
Svetlana Zakharova

receiving the Benois price

– Morooka is voiced by actual
TV Asahi

sports anchor and professional announcer for figure skating Kato Taihei 

– Morooka is actually modeled after Kato

(source)

– the girl who composed the piece of music for Yuuri’s FS program (”Yuri on ice”) is Ketty and she speaks Japanese (source: see below)

– Yuuri’s mailbox as of June 13th (from ep4):

Ketty Abelashvili  — Re: FS program – June 13

Ketty Abelashvili — Re: FS program – June 13 

Katsuki Hiroko – Re: Happy birthday! – November 29

Katsuki Hiroko – Happy birthday! – November 29

Phichit Chulanont – Re: Hello! – October 13

Phichit Chulanont – Re: Hello! – October 12

Phichit Chulanont – Hello! – October 12

Nishigoori Gou – Re: no title – September 16

Nishigoori Gou – no title – September 15

– The guy who composed Yuuri’s FS program “Yuri on ice” irl is Umebayashi Tarou and he is the son of Umebayashi Shigeru who composed “SEIMEI”, the legendary FS program Yuzuru Hanyu skated last season and marked the highest score in the history of figure skating with