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Yuri Briar, otherwise known as Second Lieutenant Briar, is the secondary antagonist of the Spy × Family franchise.

He is the younger brother of Yor Forger who secretly works with the State Security Service, the Ostanian counterintelligence agency responsible for capturing spies on the country. He's also the self-proclaimed arch-nemesis of the Westalian master spy, Twilight, and is dedicated to capturing him and bringing him to "justice".

Ironically, Yuri is also the brother-in-law of Loid Forger who, unbeknownst to him, is actually the current undercover identity of Twilight for Operation Strix. Yuri is a recurring character in the series, who, while not always straight-up villainous, oftentimes antagonizes both Loid and the Forger family as a whole.

He was voiced by Kensho Ono (who also voiced Floch Forster in the Attack on Titan anime) and Mirei Kumagai as a child in Japanese and Dallas Reid and Sarah Wiedenheft as a child in English. In the musical stageplay adaptation of the series, he will be portrayed by Tsubasa Takizawa and Kurumu Okamiya.

Appearance[]

Yuri is a young adult male of average height who sports a straight, neck-length hairstyle with uneven bangs. He bears a striking resemblance to his sister Yor, sharing her piercing red eyes, black hair, pale skin and similar facial structures. He's described as being quite attractive by other characters.

While on duty, Yuri wears the standard SSS uniform, consisting of a green military suit and tie, high spout military boots and black leather gloves. The uniform also has a peaked cap stylized with the SSS emblem on its center. As a civilian, Yuri usually wears a black business suit over a white dress shirt with a blue tie underneath a khaki trench coat.

Personality[]

Yuri is a gentle, soft-spoken individual who's generally considered good at talking with people. He usually presents himself with a cheerful and amusing attitude towards others. This charming personality of his is even noted by his boss, who describes him as "adorable like a puppy". Beneath this laid-back persona, Yuri also has a cruel, ruthless side that truly shows whenever he's interrogating people. Yuri is also rather patriotic and does whatever he can in order to assist his nation, Ostania, in capturing foreign spies, especially Agent Twilight, who he has a special hatred for.

Yuri's most striking personality trait is his sister complex. He's overly attached to his sister, Yor, to an unhealthy degree and will usually go above and beyond in order "protect her". This is also the reason why he has a massive distrust for Loid Forger and is suspicious of his intentions with his sister, often getting confrontational whenever he's with him. Yuri also does everything to get his sister's approval, as he really looks up to her and considered Yor a maternal figure for most of his life.

Much like his sister, Yuri also has an affinity for drinking. He usually will lose control of himself and chug several bottles of wine, especially under stress. While drunk, Yuri will usually get temperamental and not really think straight, as well as frequently make decisions based on his impulses which he regrets immediately after, showcased when he ordered Yor and Loid to kiss in front of him, but immediately regretted once the couple starts to prepare themselves for the kiss, shouting at them to stop.

Despite having a rather morally questionable occupation and normally having an antagonistic role in the series, Yuri will oftentimes show some displays of genuine kindness (such as when he agreed to help Anya in her studies to become an Imperial Scholar) and sometimes, even having some heroic moments of his own like when he agreed to join the SSS operation to save his afromentioned adopted niece and her classmates from a bus hijacking by the Red Circus terrorist group. It's worth noting, however, that those two exemplified situations were either motivated directly by Yor, or by Yuri's gut feeling on how she would react to seeing her daughter get hurt, meaning he mostly does these acts for rather selfish reasons and only if they end up favoring his sister. Despite this, he still does showcase a genuine sense of honor sometimes, such as when he promised Franklin Perkin that the government would give his father financial support while he was in prision.

Relationships[]

Yor Briar[]

As a child, Yuri used to look up to his older sister as a maternal figure, as she was responsible for taking care of him after the death of their parents. This led to him developing a sister complex with Yor, manifesting itself into an unhealthy obsession with her and a constant need to protect her; this desire to protect was spawned or fueled by Yor becoming an assassin in her early teens, which is something he was unaware of, so misconstrued the blood she was often covered with as a consequence of dangerous work she was doing on his behalf - technically he was correct in his assumption, but wrong in thinking the blood was hers and wrong thinking she was actually in danger.

Yuri always tries to make sure that she is happy and will go out of his way to ensure her safety. Yuri not only looks up to her, but also idolizes her, to the point of believing everything she says without questioning. He's also constantly talking about her, even on his work. Yor was also one of the main reasons to why he took the job at the SSS, as Yuri explicitly strived to make a better country for his sister. His love for her is also why he keeps his job at the SSS a secret, as he doesn't want her to fear for his safety.

Yor is often oblivious to the gravity of her brother's infatuation with her, though she can also usually be weirded out by his immature behavior and will sometimes call him out on it. His coworkers also constantly call him out on his obsession, telling him to get over her as this could potentially impact his job negatively.

Loid Forger/Twilight[]

Due to his legendary status as a spy, Yuri considers Twilight his archenemy and made capturing him one of his main goals in life. Although he is not aware of Loid's true identity, his feelings for his brother-in-law are no different. Immediately after meeting each other, Yuri has had suspicions about him, but those suspicions never really went as far as suspecting that he is a spy (although he mentions later on to his coworker that he thinks that Loid might be a spy due to his innocuous and nice personality).

Numerous times, Yuri gets confrontational towards him and often will throw an immature fit whenever he's around Loid, always calling him a liar and unworthy of Yor's hand. He also has the tendency to mockingly refer to him as "Loi-Loi" or "Lottie".

These feelings however, most likely come from jealousy that Loid might be spending more time with his sister than him. However, despite actively disliking Loid, Yuri admits that his cooking is really delicious, but doesn't let that distract him from the fact that he hates him.

During the Mole Hunt, Yuri manages to shoots Loid in the arm. When he sees Loid's arm hurt at home, he suspects that he might be Twilight, but can't find anything. After this incident, Yuri becomes suspicious of Loid, and his little trust in him is shaken.

Anya Forger[]

Due to his hatred towards Loid, he's also shown hostile feelings toward his adopted niece in their first meeting, for the simple reason that Anya is Loid's daughter (assuming that she's his biological daughter, as he doesn't know she's actually adopted), but later adopts a more positive view of her after seeing Anya's determination to be an Imperial Scholar when Yor requests him to help her daughter with her studies.

Currently, Yuri has neutral feelings towards Anya, despite his dislike of her poor academic skills, but sometimes he also shows unreasonable jealousy towards the little girl, especially when Yor is taking care of her. Likewise, while Anya seems to have some respect for her uncle as an authority figure, and a lot of curiosity regarding his job as a Secret Police officer, she is quite put off by his obsession with her mother. Likewise, Yuri has also coined the mocking nickname "Chihuahua Girl" to her, in reference to a time where she misheard him while they were studying together.

Overall, Yuri still maintains a consistent distaste for the Forger daughter, evident by a scene in which he goes as far as believing she'd be better off dead after hearing about the news of her kidnapping by the Red Circus' terrorists. However, he soon changes his mind after realizing that Yor would be saddened by the death of her daughter and decides to join the rescue mission.

Abilities[]

• Intelligence: Yuri is shown to be quite smart and intelligent, having been a diplomat at a young age. He possesses a vast knowledge of various subjects, due to him being very studious ever since he was a small child. It's worth noting, however, that his investigative skills are nowhere near to Loid's, as the spy was able to find out of Yuri's true identity rather easily, while Yuri still does not have any idea that Loid is Twilight.
• Interrogation Skills: As a member of the SSS, Yuri is quite versed in the art of interrogation and extracting information from others. Outside of his work, he used it against Loid during his visit at his house, in order to extract information about his relationship with Yor.
• Enhanced Durability and Endurance: Having lived with his inhumanly strong sister for most of his life, Yuri is shown to have developed a lot of physical endurance as he's able to sustain pretty serious wounds. This is showcased when he's able to endure being thrown across the room twice by Yor's slaps and then walk out of their apartment bleeding like nothing happened. It is said that he can even sustain being ran over by a truck, as pointed out by his SSS Lieutenant coworker.
  • High Metabolism: This durability also extends to his system and metabolism as well, since he also seems to be capable of stomaching any kind of food due to him having grown up with his sister's horrible (and implied to be somewhat poisonous) cooking.

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  Hand-to-Hand Combat Proficiency: As a trained SSS agent, Yuri is expert in hand-to-hand combat, being able to disarm and incapacitate people with ease. This, combined with his physical resilience, makes him a rather tough opponent, with him even being able to go toe to toe with experienced agents like Twillight.

Appearances[]

Other Media[]

Monster Strike[]

Yuri makes a cameo alongside other Spy × Family characters during a collaboration event in the mobile game Monster Strike. He appears as one of the many "Good Job!" stickers added in the update. His pose in the sticker is based off the scece where he finds out about his sisters' marriage through Dominic, which was his first full appearance in the series.

Kotodaman[]

Yuri appears as one of the 8 exclusive summons in the mobile puzzle RPG game Kotodaman in the collaboration event with Spy × Family.

Musical Spy × Family[]

In the Spy x Family Musical, Yuri's actor is Tsubasa Takizawa, and another one named Kurumu Okamiya.

Quotes[]

Trivia[]

• Yuri's name is of Russian origin, so it's likely that he and Yor might be of Russian descent in some capacity.
• Yuri was the first and is the only member of the Forger family so far to have their secret found out by someone other than Anya.
• Yuri is also the only living blood-related member of the Forger family, as Anya is adopted and Yor's parents are deceased as is Loid's mother (with his father's current status being unknown).
• Originally, Yuri was not supposed to be a SSS official who's trying to capture Loid, as that role was going to be given to an entirely separate character. However, feeling like there would be too many important characters introduced, Tatsuya Endo ultimately decided to combine the two characters.
• At one point of their childhood, Yor once hugged Yuri so hard she accidentally broke one of his ribs. This experience caused him to get occasional rib pain as an adult. Yuri, however, does not seem to hold any grudge against his sister for that, as he distinctively remembers how good that hug felt.
• Despite his sister being a terrible cook, Yuri seems to be the only person who can stomach her food and actually enjoy it. As Camilla points out, this is likely because Yor's cooking was legitimately the only food he ate throughout most of his childhood; although his claims of enjoying the food may be self-hypnosis and/or nostalgia, since when he consumes Yor's cooking, he ends up bleeding from his eyes and mouth. Dominic is even surprised at how Yuri could have grown healthy from eating nothing but Yor's terrible food.
• Yuri's obsession with Yor led to many fans drawing parallels between him and Fiona Frost, as both of them are obsessed with one of the members of the Forger couple and jealous of the other, but while Yuri is obsessed with Yor and jealous of Loid's stable relationship with her, Fiona Frost is in love with Twilight and is envious of Yor's marriage with him.
• Ironically, despite disliking Loid, Yuri was indirectly responsible for him and Yor getting together in the first place.
• The chair that he sits on the cover of Volume 5 is a Barcelona chair.

External Links[]

• Yuri Briar on the Villainous Benchmark Wiki
• Yuri Briar on the Spy × Family Wiki

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