

In Yuri!!! on ICE, Viktor has a tissue box in the shape of his dog Makkachin,
which he uses when coaching Yuuri. Is there any indication whether this is
based on Yuzuru Hanyu's Pooh Bear tissue box? Have any statements been made by
the creators about that? [![Yuzuru Hanyu's Tissue
Box](https://i.stack.imgur.com/J0xFt.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/J0xFt.png)[![Makkachin
Tissue
Box](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d1V0b.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d1V0b.jpg)


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Is the Makkachin tissue box based on Yuzuru Hanyu's tissue box?


Actually, the Makkachin tissue box was inspired off of Johnny Weir's old
Russian cartoon themed tissue box.

Many elements from the show were inspired by him as well from the tissue box,
to the flower crowns Viktor wore, Viktor's custom gold blades, and right down
to Viktor's feathered costume. All of those things were known and inspired by
Johnny. The feathered costume came from his first Olympics as a swan skating
to Swan Lake. Every time he won a comp. Johnny got a flower crown, and
Johnny's favorite color was gold so he got custom made gold blades.

All of these were inspirations from Johnny Weir.


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