Yuri!!! on Ice: Season 1

2016 · 12 episodes · ★ 7.1

What Season 1 of Yuri!!! on Ice

Yuri Katsuki, a 23-year-old Japanese figure skater, returns to his hometown, Hasetsu, after a painful defeat at the Grand Prix Final and with doubts about his future on the ice. There he performs a routine by his idol, Victor Nikiforov, and the video goes viral. Victor appears and offers to become his coach. The conflict comes with Yuri Plisetsky, a fifteen-year-old Russian prodigy who travels to Hasetsu to claim a previous promise from Victor and challenge Yuri for the spot as his student. Both must compete with routines of opposing concepts. The season revolves around whether Yuri Katsuki will compete again with Victor as his coach, while both skaters seek to express the emotions of their programs.

12episodes

Oct 6, 2016aired

Dec 22, 2016final episode

4.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Easy as Pirozhki!! The Grand Prix Final of Tears
Oct 6, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 6.7
Katsuki Yuuri is at a crossroads after suffering a miserable defeat at the Grand Prix Finals. Uncertain whether to retire or to continue, Yuuri holes up in his family home. However, a chance circumstance causes him to catch the eye of five-time world champion Victor Nikiforov...
Directing: Jun Shishido
1x02 Two Yuris?! Drama at Yu-topia
Oct 13, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Out of nowhere, five-time world champion Victor Nikiforov declares himself Yuuri's coach. When world junior champion Yuri Plisetsky follows Victor to Hasetsu so that he can bring Victor back to Russia, the chaos only deepens...
Directing: Takashi Igari
1x03 I Am Eros, and Eros is Me?! Face-Off! Hot Springs on Ice
Oct 20, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
The two Yuris are to face off in Hot Springs on Ice. where they will each debut a short program choreographed by Victor—one to Eros, and one to Agape. Victor claims he will do whatever the winner wants, but...
Directing: Akitsugu Hisagi
1x04 Love Yourself...Achieved!! The Free Program
Oct 27, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
The two Yuris begin to choreograph their free skate programs at their respective rinks. In Japan, Yuuri feels hesitant to pursue what it means to be uniquely him, but he begins to untangle his past by talking to Victor.
Directing: Nobuyoshi Arai
1x05 Face Beet-Red!! It's the First Competition! The Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship
Nov 3, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
It is time for Yuuri's first competition of the season, but Victor's the center of attention as his first competition as a coach. Already anxious, Yuri's nerves don't get a break when Minami Kenjirou, the skater who beat Yuri at last year's nationals, confronts him...
Directing: Yusuke Onoda
1x06 China's On! The Grand Prix Series Opening Event!! The Cup of China Short Program
Nov 10, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
The Cup of China, a Grand Prix Series event, is here! Realizing that he is the man who took Victor from the world, Yuuri gets worked up before his performance. Victor is concerned to see Yuuri this way for the first time...
Directing: Yasuhiro Geshi
1x07 China's On! The Grand Prix Series Opening Event!! The Cup of China Free Skate
Nov 17, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
Having finished the short program in first place—a first-time feat—Yuuri falters under the massive pressure. Can his fragile heart withstand Victor's roughshod intervention?
Directing: Hirokazu Yamada
1x08 Yuri vs Yuri! The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Short Program
Nov 24, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
Yuuri is determined to show his love to all of Russia in the Rostelecom Cup, the final event of the Grand Prix Series. In contrast, Yurio feels bogged down by his ties to Moscow, and tries to shrug them off. Before them, however, rises JJ, a rising star from North America...
Directing: Matsuo Asami
1x09 Yuri vs Yuri! The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Free Skate
Dec 1, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
Katsuki Yuuri has already obtained "love." With Victor's fading warmth in his heart, Yuri goes out to the rink for his free skate that will determine whether he'll qualify for the Grand Prix Final. Yurio firms his own resolve after eating special pirozhki, the epitome of love in Moscow.
Directing: Mihiro Yamaguchi, Kyohei Oyabu
1x10 Gotta Supercharge it! Pre-Grand Prix Final Special!
Dec 8, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
Barcelona is where the fated final battle will take place. Sightseeing during their free time, Victor is oblivious to Yuuri's resolve. Then, a chance remark reveals a nightmarish event at the banquet last year for Yuuri...
Directing: Kenji Takahashi, Kunihiro Mori
1x11 Gotta Super-Supercharge It!! Grand Prix Final Short Program
Dec 15, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
Now armed with the light of love on his finger along with Victor, Yuuri goes for the gold in the Grand Prix Final as the chosen six competitors clash in the short program.
Directing: Yasuhiro Geshi
1x12 Gotta Super-Super-Supercharge It!! Grand Prix Final Free Skate Season Finale
Dec 22, 2016 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
"Let's end this." Yuri's words trigger a debate that results in Yuri appearing at the free skate event in his worst condition ever. Can Yuri succeed in skating a program with the highest technical difficulty at their last event together to show the world the love he shares with Victor? What will each conclude once the program is over and it is time to decide their paths after the Grand Prix Final?
Directing: Nobuyoshi Arai, Sayo Yamamoto