Emil Nekola (Japanese: エミル・ネコラ, Emiru Nekora) is a Czech figure skater featured in Yuri!!! on Ice.
Background
Emil competed at the World Championship in Yoyogi during the previous season. He placed third at Skate Canada International in the current season.
Appearance
Emil is a tall young man with an athletic build. He has messy light brown hair, blue eyes, stubble, and a short beard.
Short Program
During his short program, Emil wears a dark costume with a black vest, gray, puffy sleeves, and a black cravat.
Free Skate
During his free skate, Emil wears a blue one-piece costume with silver, geometric decorations, and a wide blue belt.
Personality
Emil is kind, straightforward, honest, and a true gentleman. He has a protege-like temperament, so he is easily ordered around, usually by Michele. Emil is very sociable, often asking Sara and sometimes Michele to go out for dinner or drinks with him. He is the only one who returns Yuuri's hug during Yuuri's brief hugging spree after the Rostelecom Cup free program.
Skills
Jumps
Emil has a great jumping ability and is the only skater other than Seung-gil Lee and Jean-Jacques Leroy to land a quad loop in competition.[1] However, he tends to run out of stamina after pulling them off.[2]
Relationships
Michele Crispino
Michele is rather wary of Emil trying to get together with Sara, but the two are good friends. Emil is the only other person besides Sara who refers to Michele as Mickey. They sit together in the audience during the Barcelona GPF.[3] It's been confirmed that they have each other's contact information.[4]
Sara Crispino
Given his friendship with the elder Crispino twin, Emil also gets along with Sara. He often tries to ask her to go out for dinner or drinks with him, but Michele always turns these offers down, in the belief he is protecting his sister.
Programs
Short - Pictures at the Exhibition: The Hut on Fowl's Legs
Free - Anastasis
The track is the theme of a sci-fi film also called Anastasis.
Quotes
- "Sara! Mickey! Let's go to Barcelona together!"[5] (to Sara and Michele)
Trivia
- Emil does extreme sports during the off season, which makes his coach nervous.[6]
- Emil enjoys clubbing.[2]
- He has cameos in Episode 1 (mentioned on tv) and Episode 6 (pictured on the podium at Skate Canada along with Jean Jacques Leroy and Yuri Plisetsky.)
- His season's theme is described as being "Cyberpunk: I'm No Longer Human."[5]
References
- ↑ Yuri!!! on Ice Episode 12
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 YURI!!! on Life Official Guidebook
- ↑ Yuri!!! on Ice Episode 11
- ↑ Yuri!!! on Ice Blu-ray Vol. 6 Booklet
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Yuri!!! on Ice Episode 8
- ↑ Yuri!!! on Ice Official Website Character Profiles