Yuri Waverunner was a male Human/Zabrak hybrid and soldier in the Republic Army during the Great Galactic War, Cold War, Galactic War, invasion of the Eternal Empire, the revolt that followed and the Third Galactic War.
Yuri was a Republic patriot, and son to a distinguished military lineage. He was married to fellow soldier Nomi Sofora-Waverunner and had two children, Jedi Knight Zhavi Waverunner and her younger brother Carth Waverunner, a field agent for the Republic Strategic Information Service. He was the father-in-law of Zhavi's wife Isla Waverunner, and grandfather to their three children, Acina Waverunner, Joey Waverunner and Meetra Waverunner.
In addition, he was the father-in-law of Carth's wife Bon Yi.