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* ButtMonkey: Especially in the Minivan anime, where the main gag [[EnsembleDarkhorse centers around him pretty much once every two episodes]]. In this adaptation he is still part of AL4, but the rest of the team blatantly ignore him.
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* OnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Feels this way towards Ren. This is especially apparent in season 3, as he pulls a YouShallNotPass on the [[spoiler:Link Joker possessed]] Fukuhara students trying to fight Ren simply because he doesn't want any of them to defeat Ren before he does.
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* {{Tsundere}}: 3 seasons in, he is still obsessed with taking revenge on Ren, but the latter only needs to call him by his name to make Kyou smile and blush awkwardly. In the 3DS videogame, you even get the option to tell him that his charming point is "your tsundere side".
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[[spoiler: In the present, he is a student at Fukuhara High School, like Ren and Asaka. He first appears to Aichi, asking about Blaster Blade, and later fights Tetsu. It is revealed in this fight that he has some kind of Psyqualia, and he uses a unit called Deleter which can erase the opposing vanguard. In the following chapter, Tetsu's Vanguard has been turned face down, suggesting that Deleter is in fact a Link Joker with the power to lock the vanguard.]]
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!!Kaoru "Ka-boom" Komatsubara
!!!Granblue
A member of Team Handsome
->Voiced by: Yūto Kazama (JP), Corby Proctor (EN)
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* VerbalTic: Ka-Boom. [[spoiler: When reversed, he say Brazil.]]
!!!Granblue
A member of Team Handsome
->Voiced by: Yūto Kazama (JP), Corby Proctor (EN)
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* VerbalTic: Ka-Boom. [[spoiler: When reversed, he say Brazil.]]
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!!Mark Whiting [[spoiler: Ninja "Ninja Master M]]M"
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A teacher at Hitsue Middle School who disguises himself as Ninja Master M while playing Vanguard.
[[hottip: Click to see his hidden persona. :http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/files/costumes/2902/49950/Ninja%20Master%20M.jpg]]
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* ShoutOut: A cardfighter with a white long coat? Audiences has pointed out his similarities with [[Anime/YuGiOh Seto Kaiba.]]
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* NamesTheSame: To [[AnimeAnime/GaoGaiGar Guy Shishioh]] (the same katakana), [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigouji]] and [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Gai Murakumo.]]
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!!Mark Whiting
!!!Nubatama
A teacher at Hitsue Middle School who disguises himself as Ninja Master M while playing Vanguard.
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* PaperThinDisguise: As Ninja Master M.
* PutOnABus
** TheBusCameBack: He reappears in season 3 as the faculty advisor for Hitsue High's Cardfight club.
!!!Nubatama
A teacher at Hitsue Middle School who disguises himself as Ninja Master M while playing Vanguard.
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* PaperThinDisguise: As Ninja Master M.
* PutOnABus
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[[folder:Other Characters]]
!!Akari Yotsue
A friend of Misaki who also attends Miyaji High School.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]:
!!Eru Nakagami
!!!Dark Irregulars
The leader of the Paranormal Power Research Society. He is sent by the student council to challenge the Cardfight Club but instead faces Leon and is defeated by him.
* FacialMarkings: He gets rid of them after he is defeated by Leon.
[[/folder]]
!!Akari Yotsue
A friend of Misaki who also attends Miyaji High School.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]:
!!Eru Nakagami
!!!Dark Irregulars
The leader of the Paranormal Power Research Society. He is sent by the student council to challenge the Cardfight Club but instead faces Leon and is defeated by him.
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A world-class team first introduced in the Nationals. After [[spoiler: Ren effortlessly defeats them in the finals]], they hold the Caesar Vanguard Training Camp for Q4, creating a SempaiKohai type relationship between the two teams.
!!Kenji "Koutei" Mitsusada
!!!Dimension Police
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The leader of Team Caesar. His nickname is derived from the kanji for 'emperor', fitting Kenji's knowledge of Roman history. Relaxed and easy-going, he doesn't seem much like a champion-level player, but proves his mettle when his team reach the finals of the Nationals. [[spoiler: However, he is crushed by Ren when the latter calls on his Psyqualia and his Blaster Dark]].
->Voiced by: KenjiAkabane (JP), Jeff Punyi (EN)
A world-class team first introduced in the Nationals. After [[spoiler: Ren effortlessly defeats them in the finals]], they hold the Caesar Vanguard Training Camp for Q4, creating a SempaiKohai type relationship between the two teams.
!!Kenji "Koutei" Mitsusada
!!!Dimension Police
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The leader of Team Caesar. His nickname is derived from the kanji for 'emperor', fitting Kenji's knowledge of Roman history. Relaxed and easy-going, he doesn't seem much like a champion-level player, but proves his mettle when his team reach the finals of the Nationals. [[spoiler: However, he is crushed by Ren when the latter calls on his Psyqualia and his Blaster Dark]].
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[[folder: Team Caesar]]
Handsome]]
Aworld-class team National-level Cardfight Team. They are the finalists in Team Q4's first introduced in the Nationals. After [[spoiler: Ren effortlessly defeats them in the finals]], they hold the Caesar Vanguard Training Camp for Q4, creating a SempaiKohai type relationship between the two teams.
!!Kenji "Koutei" Mitsusada
!!!Dimension Police
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Regional Tournament.
!!Gouki Daimonji
!!!Granblue
The leader of TeamCaesar. His nickname is derived Handsome and also the manager of his own card shop Shop Handsome. Kamui learnt from him the kanji for 'emperor', fitting Kenji's knowledge secret of Roman history. Relaxed inner strength and easy-going, he doesn't seem much like a champion-level player, but proves looks up to Gouki as his mettle when his team reach the finals of the Nationals. [[spoiler: However, he is crushed by Ren when the latter calls on his Psyqualia and his Blaster Dark]].
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!!Kenji "Koutei" Mitsusada
!!!Dimension Police
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!!Gouki Daimonji
!!!Granblue
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* BigBrotherInstinct: To both Kamui and his biological little sister Nagisa. In fact, he meets Aichi because of this: [[spoiler: he mistakes Kamui as being in a relationship with Aichi and saw him as a 'home-wrecker']].
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!!Nagisa Daimonji
!!!Nova Grappler
Gouki's little sister. She is in love with Kamui, but the same can't be said for him...
->Voiced by: RyouHirohashi (JP), Katie McMillan (EN)
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* AbhorrentAdmirer
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[[/folder]]
[[folder: Team Caesar]]
A world-class team first introduced in the Nationals. After [[spoiler: Ren effortlessly defeats them in the finals]], they hold the Caesar Vanguard Training Camp for Q4, creating a SempaiKohai type relationship between the two teams.
!!Kenji "Koutei" Mitsusada
!!!Dimension Police
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The leader of Team Caesar. His nickname is derived from the kanji for 'emperor', fitting Kenji's knowledge of Roman history. Relaxed and easy-going, he doesn't seem much like a champion-level player, but proves his mettle when his team reach the finals of the Nationals. [[spoiler: However, he is crushed by Ren when the latter calls on his Psyqualia and his Blaster Dark]].
->Voiced by: KenjiAkabane (JP), Jeff Punyi (EN)
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[[folder: Kouji Ibuki]]
!!Kouji Ibuki
!!!?
A mysterious boy who was Kai's classmate when he was younger. [[spoiler: He taught Kai and Miwa how to play Vanguard, and was ultimately defeated by Kai's Royal Paladin deck in the past.]]
[[spoiler: In the present, he is a student at Fukuhara High School, like Ren and Asaka. He first appears to Aichi, asking about Blaster Blade, and later fights Tetsu. It is revealed in this fight that he has some kind of Psyqualia, and he uses a unit called Deleter which can erase the opposing vanguard.]]
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* [[spoiler: TheMentor: To Kai]]
* [[spoiler: PsychicPowers: Psyqualia]]
* [[spoiler: TookALevelInJerkass]]
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[[folder: Kouji Ibuki]]
!!Kouji Ibuki
!!!?
A mysterious boy who was Kai's classmate when he was younger. [[spoiler: He taught Kai and Miwa how to play Vanguard, and was ultimately defeated by Kai's Royal Paladin deck in the past.]]
[[spoiler: In the present, he is a student at Fukuhara High School, like Ren and Asaka. He first appears to Aichi, asking about Blaster Blade, and later fights Tetsu. It is revealed in this fight that he has some kind of Psyqualia, and he uses a unit called Deleter which can erase the opposing vanguard.]]
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* [[spoiler: TheMentor: To Kai]]
* [[spoiler: PsychicPowers: Psyqualia]]
* [[spoiler: TookALevelInJerkass]]
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[[Characters/CardfightVanguard Click here to return to the Characters index]].
!Main Characters
[[folder: Team Q4]]
!! Aichi Sendou
!!! Royal Paladins / [[spoiler:Shadow Paladins]] (Season 1) / Gold Paladins (Season 2/Season 3)
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--> Stand up, my avatar, Blaster Blade!
--> [[spoiler: Step forth and destroy, my avatar! Cleave with your sword of darkness! I Ride Blaster Dark!]]
A shy, nervous boy lacking in confidence, Aichi is the protagonist. When he was younger, [[TheRival Toshiki Kai]] gave him the rare card, Blaster Blade, which Aichi refers to as his 'avatar'. Through playing Vanguard and developing his skills, Aichi gains friends and becomes a more confident person, as well as [[spoiler: unlocking the power of Psyqualia]].
[[spoiler:However, this power [[TheCorruption corrupts him]], causing him to become [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide cold and arrogant]], and with Ren's coercion, Aichi abandons his trusted Royal Paladins in favour of a Shadow Paladin Deck. After a merciless winning streak he is finally saved from his insanity by Kai, who makes Aichi realise the folly of relying on the precognitive abilities of Psyqualia instead of his own inner strength and courage. Though Aichi switches back to his Royal Paladin deck, he cannot deny the part of himself that lusts after the Psyqualia power. He eventually accepts both desires- to use and reject Psyqualia- as equal parts of himself, manifesting in the Majesty Lord Blaster card]].
In the second season, Aichi's Royal Paladins are sealed away due to [[spoiler:Takuto Tatsunagi's Psyqualia]] and replaced by a Gold Paladin deck. For unknown reasons, Aichi is the [[RippleEffectProofMemory only one aware of the alterations]].
In ''Link Joker'', Aichi is enrolled at Miyaji High School and forms a Cardfight Club alongside Kourin.
->Voiced by: TsubasaYonaga (JP), James Beach (EN)
!!!Tropes
* BadassAdorable
* BagOfSpilling: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. At the start of Season 2, Aichi is shown to be running the same deck as at the end of Season 1 (at one point he Damage Checks [[spoiler: Blaster Dark]], implying he is still using [[spoiler: Majesty Lord Blaster]]). However, Takuto [[spoiler: uses his PsychicPowers to change reality so Aichi has a Gold Paladin deck instead.]]
* [[spoiler:BerserkButton: Belittling Kai's strength or making him feel powerless are the only ways to really anger him, which activates his Psyqualia.]]
* BreakTheCutie: On several occasions, though none hit him as hard as [[spoiler: Kai leaving Q4, resulting in him losing all direction and falling for Ren's games by picking up the Shadow Paladins.]]
* CallingYourAttacks: Does this sometimes when attacking with King of Knights, Alfred.
-->[[{{BFS}} Great Sword]] attack!
* CatchPhrase: Has a few prominent and often used ones.
-->Stand up, my avatar! Ride! Blaster Blade!
-->Come forth, master of all warriors! Ride! King of Knights, Alfred!
-->Give me strength, white wings filled with pride! Ride! Knight of Solitude, Gancelot!
-->[[spoiler:(My victory/Your defeat) is a foregone conclusion.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler: DarkIsEvil: Episode 43 features Aichi taking up a Shadow Paladin deck and proceeding to prove this.]]
** [[spoiler:DarkIsNotEvil: Episode 64 shows that darkness isn't always necessarily evil with a single moment.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Aichi''': [[WhamLine Light isn't the only thing standing beside him.]] Darkness also stands with the [[BigGood King of Knights]]. Stand, my avatar! I call... Blaster Dark!]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Gets a nicely snarky line in Episode 41.
-->[[spoiler: If you have time for idle chatter, please use it to proceed with the game.]]
* [[spoiler: DiscOneFinalBoss:]] A ''lot'' of people mistook Episode 50 for ''the end'' of the season because of this.
* [[spoiler: DrunkOnTheDarkSide / DrunkWithPower: Under the influence of Psyqualia.]] It's highlighted in episode 43, and even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by [[BigBad Ren]] at the end of the episode.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: His season two outfit change doesn't help.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Has them on a few occasions in the manga, such as when [[spoiler:Kai tells him to leave his Royal Paladin deck rather than risk his using Psyqualia any more.]] The hollow look is used for other purposes, including [[CreepyShadowedUndereyes being exhausted, (especially after his fight with Tetsu)]] and [[spoiler: [[MindControlEyes using Psyqualia.]]]] And briefly in Episode 47.
** [[spoiler: MindControlEyes: During his fights with Ren and Kai, while he's using Psyqualia (possibility not even by choice considering who the latter is), [[http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k486/KatsuragiKamui/Vanguard22/VG22_7_zps5814be49.jpg his eyes resemble]] [[http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k486/KatsuragiKamui/Vanguard22/VG22_8_zpsc360ad7e.jpg these more.]]]]
** Episode 103 has his eyes go dim [[spoiler: when Void begins to poison him, possibly aiming to take control of him. He begins hallucinating and it's noticed by those watching from Earth.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilLaugh: At the peak of his insanity, he gives one when he thinks he's on the verge of beating Kai in Episode 50. And an even more unsettling one when he sinks under Psyqualia's influence again in Episode 64 during his fight with Ren, it takes Kai yelling out his name for him to stop and begin fighting back.]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: In Episode 43, Aichi abandons his Royal Paladin deck and switches to using a Shadow Paladin deck that Ren gives to him.]]
** [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: As of episode 50, Kai has brought him back to his senses.]]
* FailureHero: For a card game anime protagonist, he loses a lot.
** [[spoiler: Tragically driven home when Aichi asks Kai whether he's gotten stronger, serving as a catalyst for his FaceHeelTurn.]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Kai''': No, Sendou Aichi, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero you've gotten weaker]].]]
* FishOutOfWater: When Takuto [[spoiler: replaces his Royal Paladins with Gold Paladins]], Aichi finds it hard to adapt.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Apparently he hasn't gotten the memo about Barcgal's ban as a starting Vanguard in real life.
** Finally averted in Episode 55 where he changes to Wingal Brave as his starting Vanguard.
* [[spoiler: GoodIsNotNice: During Episode 41, due to Psyqualia corruption, Aichi is becoming quite the cold jerk to Kyou.]]
* HeroicBSOD: After losing to Tetsu and having Ren rub his loss in his face.
** The beginning of Episode 51 suggests he has another, briefer spell, after [[spoiler: being rescued from Psyqualia, but the guilt of abandoning his Royal Paladins weighing heavily on him.]]
* [[spoiler: HesBack: His Ride of Blaster Blade]] in Episode 55 just screams this. It involves him using a combo not seen in some time, [[RuleOfCool a bolt of lightning striking which blacks out half the Dimension Police city, and then the lights flickering back on to reveal Blaster Blade in his full glory.]] There are even comments to this effect made by the supporting cast.
* HiddenDepths: He starts off as the average shy, nice kid, and mostly follows that pattern for most of the season. [[spoiler:As he admits in the final Fight of season 1, he became addicted to Psyqualia that quickly because he enjoys the feeling of being superior to everyone else. And his obsession with being acknowledged by Kai is ''not'' healthy.]]
* HiddenEyes: Aichi's quite fond of these, having them frequently when depressed [[spoiler:or using Psyqualia.]]
* IJustWantToBeBadass: He just wants to become good enough for Kai to acknowledge him. [[spoiler: In typical fashion, [[TheCorruption the]] [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide trope]] [[DarkIsEvil gets]] [[PsychicPowers very]] [[KickTheDog nastily]] [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]]. And even after he snaps out of his [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide addiction]], a part of him ''still'' wants to accept Psyqualia.]]
* IllBoy: He frequently collapses and left bedridden after [[spoiler:using Psyqualia]], and when the same happens in the manga, combined with the Fighting Gloves, he spends several chapters unable to stand up on his own, having others propping him up.
* ImageSong: "Yuuki no Image".[[note]]"Image of Courage"[[/note]]
* {{Invocation}}: Many. Aichi has the most uses of this trope among the cast, since he pretty much gets a new one every time he gets a new big Unit (Gancelot, Alfred, Soul Saver Dragon, [[spoiler: Blaster Dark, Phantom Blaster Dragon]]). Of course, his most famous is:
--> Stand up, my avatar, Blaster Blade!
* JapanesePronouns: 'Boku.'
* {{Keigo}}: This kid is unfailingly polite, to everyone from his juniors to the BigBad himself (who he refers to as Ren-''san''). Maybe what stands out even more though is that, [[spoiler: while [[FaceHeelTurn under the]] [[TheCorruption influence of Psyqualia]]]] Aichi manages to speak even MORE formally and politely. The effect is a bit unnerving.
* [[spoiler: KickTheDog: While [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide under the influence of]] [[PsychicPowers Psyqualia]],]] if Aichi said the words 'picture it', this would invariably follow. He got a speech laden with this to Kourin in Episode 43 too.
--> [[spoiler: '''Aichi''': Despair to the powerless, and all [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide glory to those with the]] [[PsychicPowers power]].]]
* LightEmUp: His Units have a major light theme going on, probably in contrast to Ren's dark-themed Units.
** [[spoiler: Is subverted in Episode 43.]]
* LonelyRichKid: He doesn't look it, but the Sendous are well off enough for Emi to attend a private school, as well as Aichi himself in Season 3.
* [[spoiler: MadnessMantra:]] When he realizes that Kai might be watching his fight in Episode 48.
--> [[spoiler: '''Aichi''': I have to become even stronger, or you won't give me recognition. I have to get stronger. I have to get stronger. I have to get stronger. More. More. I'm going to get stronger!]]
* MeaningfulName: One possible meaning of the kanji for 'Sendou' is [[TitleDrop 'Vanguard']].
* NotAMorningPerson: He can't get up without Emi to wake him up, and even then he looks rather dazed for a while afterwards.
* TrueCompanions: Views the Royal Paladins as this. [[spoiler: Keeps the Shadow Paladins after Ren refuses to take them back for this reason, as they were also comrades who fought alongside him.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Episode 49 reveals that [[spoiler: he and Ren are extremely similar. Both started out as kind before being corrupted by Psyqualia.]]
* [[spoiler: OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Episode 41.]]
* OutOfClothesExperience: Although when someone is imagined in their Vanguard in the manga, they are done so without clothes, Aichi [[spoiler: actually manifests in some form through Soul Saver Dragon during his fight with Ren via Psyqualia]] like this.
* PostVictoryCollapse: On at least three separate occasions; at the Regional Tournaments after winning against a member of Team Fragrance, then again after his match with Kyou and at the Nationals, not only does he collapse, but completely passes out after winning against Gunji [[spoiler: though it's all due to the side-effects of Psyqualia]]. In the manga, he also does this after [[spoiler: winning against Ren.]]
** It also occurs in the Asia-Hen finale [[spoiler: after winning against Leon and the Gold Paladins break the seal imprisoning the trapped clans then drive away Void,]] having to be caught by Leon.
* [[spoiler: PsychicPowers: His Psyqualia, which gives him precognition of game-winning cards and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity an evil persona]].]]
** [[spoiler: As of the last episode of season 1, he's lost his Psyqualia.]]
** [[spoiler: [[http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/inasoku/imgs/3/7/37f27058.jpg Guess who got it back.]]]]
* RealMenWearPink: In Season 3.
* RedOniBlueOni: With Ren, and with Kai. Also blue to Naoki's red.
** ColourCodedForYourConvenience
* [[spoiler: SanitySlippage: By the time he gets Psyqualia, he's clearly going through this. Even while under its influence, he jumps about.]] Contrast his fights with Kourin and Ryudou against those with Kyou, Bidou, [[spoiler: and especially, against Kai. And there's that EvilLaugh in his fight with Ren...]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Male version.
* [[ShyBlueHairedGirl Shy Blue Haired Boy]]
* [[spoiler: ThatManIsDead: He dismisses Blaster Blade as merely a 'former avatar' when Kai confronts him with it in Episode 49]].
* TheHero
** [[spoiler: Deconstructed in Episode 43.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Aichi's style of play, especially when ''King of Knights, Alfred'' or ''Soul Saver Dragon'' is on the field, reflecting the Royal Paladins' emphasis on friends and allies working together.
** [[spoiler: Is later subverted by Aichi personally in Episode 43.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Aichi's confidence and skill growth across the series builds up to this. [[spoiler: It finally happens in Episode 41, but with a side-order of DrunkWithPower.]] Though it's [[spoiler: instantly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when Kai and Ren demonstrate in quick succession that it was Aichi's Psyqualia, not Aichi himself, that was growing stronger.]]
** [[spoiler: Beginning with standing up to Ren in episode 53, and thoroughly confirmed in his successive victories against Koutei in episode 56 and Ren in episode 65, Aichi now plays this trope completely straight as during Season 2 he finally has more wins than defeats compared to his barely break even record in Season 1.]]
* UnknownRival: Pretty much to Kai. [[spoiler: Tragically, this is what fuels Aichi's decent into darkness, believing what Kai wants is for him to grow stronger before he'll acknowledge him. Ironically, the reason Kai refuses to face Aichi is because of Psyqualia, sparking Aichi's FaceHeelTurn.]]
* [[spoiler: WeHaveReserves / YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Aichi's philosophy while using his Shadow Paladin deck and "realizing" that the Royal Paladins' "use of allies" was "inadequate".]]
** [[spoiler: Kourin]] tries to get Aichi to realize just [[EvenEvilHasStandards how evil and despicable]] this is, [[spoiler: but ultimately fails]].
** [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn He eventualy goes back to his Royal Paladins and their]] ThePowerOfFriendship [[HeelFaceTurn theme now.]]]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Most of the first season has Aichi trying to get Kai to acknowledge him as strong so they can have a rematch. [[spoiler: When that doesn't work so well, he falls into the downwards spiral of using his Psyqualia.]]
* WhiteKnight: His Royal Paladin deck revolves primarily around holy knights.
** [[spoiler: Inverted in Episode 43. His new Shadow Paladin deck revolves entirely around evil knights, dragons, and witches.]]
* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler: Ren's goal during their fight is to have Aichi fall under Psyqualia's influence once more and have this come true. He succeeds, though it's short-lived.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Go figure, has blue hair.
* [[spoiler: YinYangBomb: Combines the Royal and Shadow Paladins.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Aichi''': Light is not the only thing standing beside him. Darkness also stands by the King of Knights!]]
** Taken to its logical conclusion with [[spoiler: Majesty Lord Blaster]].
!! Toshiki Kai
!!! Kagero (Season 1) / Narukami (Season 2 & 3)/ [[spoiler: Link Joker]] (Season 3)
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-->''"Final Turn."''
TheRival. Kai is a [[TheAce world-class]] Vanguard player with an almost perfect win-loss record. He is cold, unsociable and is always searching for [[BloodKnight strong opponents to train against]]. He is so [[InsufferableGenius confident in his own abilities]] that he will declare "[[CatchPhrase Final Turn]]" when he is certain of victory.
[[spoiler:He was once a good friend to Ren, and together with Tetsu they made plans to form the ultimate Vanguard team "Foo Fighters". However, Ren became corrupted by Psyqualia in an effort to become as good as Kai, and unable to stop his friend from falling into darkness, Kai abandoned him and fled]].
In the ''Link Joker'' arc, he becomes increasingly insecure about falling behind Aichi and Ren in terms of his Cardfighting ability. [[spoiler:He is [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] into a "Reverse" fighter after losing a match against the possessed Takuto Tatsunagi. Consumed by his own lust for power, Kai switches to a Link Joker deck and begins to spread the influence of "Reverse" under Takuto's command]].
->Voiced by: Takuya Satou (JP), Ryan Luhning (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* TheAce: Kai has the best win record of the main characters, having lost all of four times.
** [[spoiler: BrokenAce: As good as he is, Kai can't find fun in Vanguard any more after what happened between him and Ren until his first fight with Aichi. Even after that, what's happened to him over the past few years has completely changed him.]]
* AloofAlly: Post-regionals, he has a tendency to basically let the rest of the team get on with it without him.
** [[spoiler: Subverted in the Link Joker arc when he's willing to help Izaki get better, and even commenting that they fought their hardest as a team.]]
* [[spoiler: TheAtoner: In Episode 49, it's revealed he feels guilty for not being able to stop Ren previously. His confrontation with Aichi in the same episode is his attempt to try and atone for his mistake and how he ran away from Ren.]]
* BadassNormal: As confirmed in episode 44, [[spoiler: he does not have Psyqualia]], yet Ren respects him regardless, so this trope is in effect. It even gets a BadassBoast attached:
--> '''Kai''': I will exceed that power.
* {{Bishonen}}
* BloodKnight: He's always seeking powerful Vanguard opponents, to the point where it's possible to ''bribe'' him into a social activity with the promise of strong competition.
* [[spoiler: {{BreakTheBadass}}/{{BreakTheCutie}}: Episode 128 did a massive number on him. Undergoing taunts from Takuto and backed into a corner by his Link Joker deck, Kai becomes visibly more distressed as the episode goes on until he completely breaks and ''stabs a version of himself''.]]
* [[spoiler: CantCatchUp: It hasn't happened yet, but he worries that this is happening in the third season, as Aichi continues to improve while he's still as strong as he was in the first season. His fears are confirmed after Morikawa, using a deck specifically made by Kai for that fight, is defeated by Aichi.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Kai''': So...not even The End can reach Aichi now?]]
* CatchPhrase: Several.
--> Final Turn
--> Stand up, ''the'' Vanguard
** It's implied in Episode 49 that [[spoiler: he took up 'Final Turn' from Ren.]]
*** [[spoiler: In exchange, Ren took ''the'' Vanguard from him.]]
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Link Joker/Void.]]
* CynicalMentor: He doesn't really seem to care if Aichi succeeds or fails at first, and usually gets coaxed into providing support by Miwa.
** [[spoiler: As of Episode 44, it may be that Kai is a {{Deconstruction}} of this. The reason he seems not to care is because he doesn't know what to do to stop Aichi falling to his Psyqualia and is possibly still filled with guilt for not preventing Ren's fall.]]
* [[spoiler: DefectorFromDecadence: He walks away from Team Foo Fighter after Ren becomes corrupted, rejecting Ren's WeCanRuleTogether.]]
* DemotedToExtra: It's hard to argue against this in Asia Circuit-Hen. [[spoiler: Kai joins up with New [=AL4=]]] and spends much of the season off-screen. He only really shows up during Seoul Stage, BeachEpisode, the Japan Stage and when the teams go to Cray, when he becomes relevant again. Depending on how Link Joker-Hen goes, it could get worse.
* [[spoiler: DullEyesofUnhappiness: After taking the power of Link Joker and stabbing a copy of himself, he's seen with these as it all hits what he's done.]]
* DullSurprise: In the dub.
* [[spoiler: EvilLaugh]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Joins Ren's team between episodes 77 and 79.]]
** [[spoiler: Broken down by his fight against Takuto, Kai becomes desperate enough to accept the Link Joker and become an ally of Void.]]
* [[spoiler: FacialMarkings: With the Link Joker, he has red markings underneath his eyes.]]
* [[spoiler: FakeMemories: In Season 2 he believes he has always run Narukami and Aichi has always run Gold Paladins. However, during his fight with Aichi, he briefly remembers Blaster Blade...]]
* FinishingMove: If he says the words 'Final Turn', you're generally screwed.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Miwa.
* ImageSong: "Kibou no Shoumei".[[note]]"Proof of Hope"[[/note]]
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: His deck is composed largely of dragonic cards.
* JapanesePronouns: 'Ore.'
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KillItWithFire: His Units tend to attack with fire.
* LargeHam: Not during everyday life, but when it comes to fights, Kai really likes to grandstand, especially when he's about to win.
* [[spoiler: MindRape: Undergoes a brutal one at the hands of Takuto in Episodes 127 and 128, leading to his FaceHeelTurn.]]
* [[spoiler: MyGreatestFailure: Not being able to defeat Ren and stop him, then just 'running away'.]]
* [[spoiler: NotSoDifferent: Many parallels are drawn between Aichi's fall to Psyqualia in his quest for Kai to notice him and Kai's surrender to Link Joker in order to keep up with Aichi.]]
* [[spoiler: NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: In Episode 44 a rather popular piece of fanon was shot down, Kai neither has nor knows about Psyqualia. It also nicely presents FridgeBrilliance as to why Kai was so vague with Aichi before, he has no idea what exactly Psyqualia does or how to prevent it.]]
* [[spoiler: ParentalAbandonment]]
* RedOniBlueOni: With Aichi and Miwa.
* TheRival
** [[spoiler: RivalTurnedEvil]]
* ShockAndAwe: In season 2, he switch to a Narukami deck after the Kagero are sealed.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There's no confusion with the romanization of his name, but a lot of fans assume that "Kai" is his first name, probably due to being shorter than "Toshiki" as well as confusion about Japanese name order. [[LastNameBasis Not to mention nobody ever calls him "Toshiki."]]
** Most likely as a result of this, in the dub, Kai is his first name.
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: In episode 40, [[spoiler: when he realizes Aichi may be starting to depend too much on his Psyqualia.]]
*** He's quite distraught about [[spoiler: losing to Ren in Episode 58, and losing his best chance at saving him]] and takes it out on Aichi.
*** In Episode 64, [[spoiler: when Aichi slips back under Psyqualia's control]] Kai finally steps up and calls out to him with quite a bit of emotion behind his voice.
*** The end of Episode 102.
** Episodes 127 and 128. Big time.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Kai isn't really a bad guy, but he tends to have trouble expressing himself, so he mostly comes off as cold. But there are times when he can be genuinely kind or encouraging.
* [[spoiler: ThatManIsDead: Casts off his 'former' self by ''stabbing him''.]]
* [[spoiler: WhatTheHellHero: On the receiving end of one by Kourin in Episode 44 for effectively leading Aichi to Psyqualia and then abandoning him.]]
* [[spoiler: WhiteKnight: In Episode 49 he uses Aichi's Royal Paladin Deck in an attempt to get through to him.]]
!!Misaki Tokura
!!!Oracle Think Tank (Season 1 & 2) / Genesis (Season 3)
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--> The beautiful goddess, shining radiantly.
An employee at Card Capital, and the niece of the manager. She initially refuses to play but is coerced into trying the game by Shin. Although Misaki is the least-experienced and least-enthusiastic of Team Q4, she possesses a PhotographicMemory that gives her a powerful edge in the game.
In ''Link Joker'', she joins Aichi's Cardfight Club as the fifth member.
->Voiced by: Izumi Kitta (JP), Carol-Anne Day (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Haunted by the memories of her parents' death,]] she temporarily quit Q4.
* DeadpanSnarker: On one memorable occasion, reacted to Morikawa's antics with a simple, "Noob."
* DeathGlare: Don't make a ruckus in the shop, lest you get this.
* FingerGun: In episode 62 when she calls Evil-eye Princess, Euryale, she does this to bind one of Asaka's cards.
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: After Episode 24, but is snapped out of it in Episode 25.]]
* ImageSong: "Yasashii Kioku".[[note]]"Gentle Memories"[[/note]]
* JapaneseDelinquents: She has a reputation for being the "Boss Lady" of Miyaji High, a title given to the leader of a female gang. She never actually ''does'' anything bad, meaning that she probably got the moniker due to her cold and standoffish personality, and her long skirt (which is traditionally associated with the attire of female delinquents).
* JapaneseMythology: Her deck features aspects of it, particularly with the Tsukuyomi series and ''CEO Amaterasu''.
* JapanesePronouns: 'Watashi.'
* NotSoAboveItAll: In episode 70 she initially acts all serious… until she briefly remains alone, at which point she takes a picture of herself – the same thing the other were doing earlier.
* [[spoiler: ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died in a car accident when she was younger]]
* PhotographicMemory: Arguably deconstructs the trope, due to [[spoiler: being forced to relive her parents deaths if she remembers it]].
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]
* [[spoiler: TheWorfEffect: Gets hit with this during season 2 against Limit Break units. While all of Team Q4 have lost any of their matches against said units, Misaki goes up against them the most so far.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Lilac Hair]]
!!Kamui Katsuragi
!!!Nova Grapplers
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--> Attack, Asura Kaiser!
The youngest of Team Q4. Kamui is bratty and overconfident, but proves to be an outstanding player with a deadly, aggressive play style. He is a frequent source of comic relief: mainly from his (unrequited) crush on Emi, and his [[{{Malaproper}} mispronunciation of certain words or phrases]].
->Voiced by: Shizuka Ishikawa (JP), Melissa Dorsey (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler: AchillesInHisTent: After a bad disagreement with Kai in Episode 26, Kamui sits out the first Nationals.]]
* AlliterativeName
* AttackAttackAttack: His Nova Grapplers focus on using Stand Triggers and Stand abilities to get out a veritable storm of attacks, fitting Kamui's aggressive playstyle.
* BigGuy: Not size-wise, but has the attitude down pat.
* BrattyHalfPint
* CantSpitItOut: Even when given the opprotunity, he just can't tell Emi how he feels about her.
* DemotedToExtra: In season 3.
* HotBlooded
* HumongousMecha: Many of his cards are designed this way.
* ImageSong: "Saikyou Ore-sama Ride!".[[note]]"Ultimate Ore-sama Ride!"[[/note]]
* JapanesePronouns: 'Ore,' and 'ore-sama' on occasion (usually in his CatchPhrase, "ore-sama ride!").
* LoveAtFirstSight: To Emi. It's unrequited.
* {{Malaproper}}: Is constantly mangling phrases.
* MouthyKid
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: During Nationals. He fools pretty much no one.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: No matter how many times he faces them, even after a deck change and resolve boost, he can't defeat Airman...er, Tetsu. Or Kai, for that matter.]]
** [[spoiler: ThrowTheDogABone: In episode 98, he finally defeats Tetsu.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Team Q4 Supporters]]
!!Katsumi Morikawa
!!!Random Clans (but plenty of Grade 3s)
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Aichi's classmate. He was introduced as a bully, but quickly became Aichi's friend over their shared love of Vanguard. Although he boasts of his incredible skills at Vanguard, he is completely obsessed with Grade 3 units and has no sense of deck balance, resulting in a very poor win-loss record. [[spoiler:When given a correctly-balanced deck, he is revealed to be an outstanding player]].
->Voiced by: NoriakiSugiyama (JP), Lucas Gilbertson (EN)
!!!Tropes
* ButtMonkey
* CripplingOverspecialization: Morikawa's obsession with Grade 3s means he constantly overloads his deck with them, causing him to lose every single time. To put this in context, the recommended number of Grade 3s in a deck is 7-9; Morikawa has ''over 25''.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Episode 51 proves that [[spoiler:with a well-balanced deck, he really IS a strong player!]]
** Episode 112 goes a step farther: [[spoiler:he is able to instantly master Kai's Kagero deck despite having ''never seen it before'', and uses an ingenious combination of Break Ride and Persona Blast to attack with his Vanguard ''three times'' in one turn]].
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Despite losing many times, he blames it on bad luck (alignment of the stars, bad omens, etc.). And he still gets Grade 3s for his deck.
* HotBlooded
* InstantExpert: Yes, really. While he's a terrible deck builder, Season 3 shows that[[spoiler: after being given Kai's deck, he is able to use it perfectly ''despite having never seen it before the match''.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Summer outfit aside, Morikawa is always in his [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack school uniform]].
* MaliciousMisnaming: It's KATSUMI! Not Lose-umi!
* NonIndicativeName: "Katsu" means victory. Katsumi has never won a single fight.
** [[spoiler: But in Episode 51, he wins every fight he's in.]]
* PluckyComicRelief
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Korrin.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Gives this off during Q4's first match at the Regionals when their opponents use snake-like Kagero units.
** Ironically he has one of those units in his deck.
!!Yuta Izaki
!!!Tachikaze
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Morikawa's best friend. He acts as the straight man to Morikawa's antics, but comes off as TheGenericGuy in most other respects.
->Voiced by: Takayuki Yamaguchi (JP), Jeff Watson (EN)
!!!Tropes
* CantCatchUp: [[spoiler:A flashback in the Link Joker arc shows that this has been bothering him with regards to Aichi. However, thanks to his fellow teammates, he was able to subvert this and [[TookALevelInBadass take a level in badass]].]]
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: His clan of choice, Tachikaze, is a group of android dinosaurs.
* TheGenericGuy
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Morikawa.
** It's to the point where at one point Kamui actually combines both Morikawa and Izaki's names to call Izaki: Morizaki.
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass]]
!!Taishi Miwa
!!!Kagero (Season 1 & 3) / Narukami (Season 2)
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A childhood friend of Kai. Miwa is far more personable and social than Kai, but tolerates his friend's standoffish nature due to their bond of friendship. Because Kai is so antisocial, it often falls to Miwa to act as the first point of social contact or to explain Kai's true feelings. He is also a skilled Vanguard player, having sparred regularly with Kai.
From the second season onwards, he gets a part-time job at Card Capital to fill in for Misaki and Shin in their absence. As the most skilled player in the room, he often acts as the CombatCommentator for the VF Circuit matches.
->Voiced by: ShowtaroMorikubo (JP), Jonathan Lachlan-Stewart (EN, Season 1), Joel Crichton (EN, current)
!!!Tropes
* CombatCommentator: As the one of the most skilled of those constantly on the sidelines, he tends to take on this role. Lampshaded by Izaki in episode 91, when he's not there and [[ButtMonkey Morikawa]] expresses confusion about what's going on.
--> '''Izaki''': If only Miwa was here...
** TheSmartGuy
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Turns out to be a pretty good player.
* DeadpanSnarker
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kai. Which of course breeds a lot of HoYay.
* OnlySaneMan: He's usually the first to react ''normally'' to some of the more fantastic elements of the series, like a giant holographic dragon swooping straight past him.
* RealMenWearPink: During the summer arc, he wears a pink hoodie.
* RedOniBlueOni: With Kai.
!!Emi Sendou
!!!Bermuda Triangle
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Aichi's little sister, who in some ways is more responsible and level-headed than him. Having witnessed the positive change that Vanguard brings out in her brother, she takes up the game herself and becomes a skilled junior player. She has a habit of choosing the cards in her deck based solely on which are "the cutest", but manages to pull together a solid strategy anyway. She is often the first to worry about Aichi when he is in a tough situation or match.
->Voiced by: AtsukoEnomoto (JP), Wendy Morrison (EN)
!!!Tropes
* JapaneseSiblingTerminology: Notably, she calls Aichi by his name... which is part of the reason Kamui got the impression she and Aichi were actually boyfriend and girlfriend.
* ObliviousToLove: She never seems to catch on to the fact that Kamui obviously has a crush on her.
* TokenMiniMoe
* TookALevelInBadass: Once she gets the hang of Vanguard, she's quite good at it.
!!Shinemon "Shin" Nitta
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Manager of Card Capital. Misaki's uncle. Later he becomes manager of Team Q4 and acts as a kindly, big brother-ish mentor to them.
->Voiced by: Shuuta Morishima (JP), Scott Roberts (EN)
!!!Tropes
* {{Adorkable}}
* BumblingDad: Isn't actually a dad, but fits the other criteria.
* ButtMonkey: Though to a much lesser extent than Morikawa.
* [[spoiler: PromotionToParent: To Misaki after her parents died.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses: It's not really scary, but yeah, his glasses tend to cover his eyes. When his eyes, appear, [[TearJerker well....]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
[[/folder]]
!!Introduced in Season 1
[[folder: Team AL4 (Foo Fighter/Asteroid)]]
!!Ren Suzugamori
!!! Royal Paladins (Prior to Season 1), Shadow Paladins (Season 1 & 3) / Gold Paladins (Season 2)
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--> Where there is light, there is darkness. That's one of a pair of truths.
The leader of Team Foo Fighter[[note]]Team Asteroid in the dub[[/note]], the current National Champion and the BigBad of the first season. Ren may seem at times to be [[CloudCuckoolander spacy]], but he has a vicious and sadistic personality that truly reveals itself during Vanguard matches. His outstanding abilities command the respect of everyone around him.
He is actually a Psyqualia user, and can thus foresee the outcome of his matches. However, his overuse of Psyqualia has corrupted his original, gentle personality. He was once a good friend to Kai, but [[spoiler:was abandoned by him after Ren began to abuse Psyqualia, ironically so that Kai would acknowledge him as an equal]].
In the second season, because of the changes to history, Ren never discovered the power of Psyqualia and is still a good friend of Kai. Free from its influence, he is shown to be a gifted and playful competitor who treats Vanguard as a game to be enjoyed. [[spoiler:He reawakens his Psyqualia power during his first game against Aichi, and although he reverts to his previous corrupted personality during their match, he seems unaffected by it after it ends]].
->Voiced by: Creator/AtsushiAbe (JP), Roger Rhodes (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* TheAce
* [[spoiler: AbusiveParents: In the manga. Ren's father pushed him to be a "perfect winner" and taught him “in this world, there are only two types of people: the losers who are laughed at, and those who laugh at them.”]]
* [[spoiler: {{Adorkable}}: Before he was corrupted by Psyqualia.]]
* BadassBoast: Makes a rather ominous one to Kenji right before [[spoiler: beating him with Blaster Dark]]. He has another one, repeated when he summons his trump card.
--> [[IronicEcho Champions crowned with glory]]... however, there was something that even they were no match for. Where there is light, there is darkness. That's one of a pair of truths. And light can only be swallowed up by darkness... that's a truth, too! Appear from the everlasting darkness, dark spirits!
--> Crying out in despair in the chaos called silence... the power of shadowy darkness, obscuring all vision, is mine!
* BadassLongcoat: As a bonus, it even has proto-ShouldersOfDoom.
* BigBad: Of the first season. [[spoiler: However, there appears to be a BiggerBad out there somewhere...which turns out to be a RedHerring.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: And how.
* [[spoiler: BrokenAce: We have a few minor hints that Ren wasn't always this way.]]
** Confirmed in Episode 49. [[spoiler: Ren used to be a nice guy before his Psyqualia corrupted him.]]
* CloudCuckooLander: [[spoiler: Ren was a kind of weird kid before he was corrupted by Psyqualia.]] It still shows a little bit in his personality even now.
** [[spoiler: UpToEleven in Episode 80 when he doesn't have Psyqualia. He spends the entire episode up until he receives Qualia again making the strangest and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funniest]] observations and comments possible.]]
** TheDitz: Coupled with the above, he couldn't even tell that Joker X was Tetsu.
* [[spoiler: TheCorrupter: To Aichi, though interestingly he serves only to push Aichi off the edge. Aichi had already taken his own steps towards Psyqualia, Ren just helps him along the path.]]
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Psyqualia.]]
* DarkIsEvil
* EvilCounterpart: To Aichi. His deck is full of darker versions of Aichi's cards, especially Blaster Dark to Aichi's Blaster Blade.
** Episode 49 hammers it home, showing that [[spoiler: Ren was essentially a more cheerful Aichi before he acquired Psyqualia.]]
* EvilRedhead
* [[spoiler: HesBack: Somewhat. Season 3 marks a return of his more serious and darker personality from the first season as opposed to the NiceGuy of the second, because his memories and his Shadow Paladins have been unsealed. He's still much more relaxed and friednly though.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain
* ImageSong: "THE END OF TURN".
* {{Invocation}}:
--> Appear from the everlasting darkness, dark spirits! I Ride... Blaster Dark!
--> [[spoiler: Envelop everything in darkness, my avatar! I Ride... Blaster Dark Revenger!]]
* JapanesePronouns: 'Boku.' Seems to switch to 'watashi' when, in his own words, he's being "serious."
* {{Jerkass}}: Infamous for it.
* KnightOfCerebus: Prior to his arrival, Vanguard was relatively light-hearted and normal by card game anime standards. Afterward... well, in the episode right after his appearance, [[spoiler: Misaki suffers a breakdown brought on by the memory of her parents' deaths]]. Ren is most definitely the bringer of CerebusSyndrome to Vanguard.
* Leitmotif: While he's occasionally associated with Psyqualia's theme, his grade 3 rides and Final Turns during Season 1 are typically paired with "Ren's Power". [[spoiler: Which makes its return in Season 3, when he decides to treat his Reversed Teammates seriously.]]
* MightMakesRight: One of his beliefs while corrupted by his Psyqualia
--> '''Ren''': It's as I said. The powerless fall into despair... and those with power get all the glory.
* [[spoiler: OhCrap: Has a very satisfying moment of uncertainty when Aichi's darker side point out that neither of them can predict the outcome of their battle. To his credit, he recovers almost immediately.]]
* PsychicPowers: Psyqualia, which he introduced.
** [[spoiler: He's implied to have lost this at the end of Season 1, along with Aichi.]]
** [[spoiler: And as of Episode 80, he has it again. [[SarcasmMode Great.]]]]
* PsychoticSmirk: When he doesn't go for a straight-up SlasherSmile.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedOniBlueOni: He and Aichi match each other this way. Complete with ColorCodedForYourConvenience.
* RefugeInAudacity: Delivering a TakeThat to every Cardfighter in Japan on national TV.
--> '''Ren''': Please continue doing your best at wasting time and effort.
* SeriousBusiness: Card games are to him, apparently. Probably due to his Psyqualia.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Sports one only in Season 1. Drops it when he become a nice guy. Lampshaded by Bushiroad's staff as they are a sign of a "Last Boss" character.
* SlasherSmile: All the time. He takes it UpToEleven in episode 63.
* SmugSuper: His speech before the finals of the second nationals more or less consists of "Congratulation for making it this far. Too bad I have psychic powers that make me unbeatable. Have fun!"
* [[spoiler: [[TakeOverTheWorld Take Over Japan]]]]: [[HiddenAgendaVillain Possibly]] his aim, as he mentions this in [[spoiler: Kai's flashback in Episode 49.]] Of course, he could have been lying. [[HiddenAgendaVillain Who]] [[{{Jerkass}} knows]].
* [[spoiler: NiceGuy: Before and after he gets Psyqualia.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Frequently proclaims this to Aichi later on, based on the fact that [[spoiler: they both sought overwhelming power and received Psyqualia.]]
--> '''Ren''': Wanting power, seeking to become stronger than anyone... that is truly the true Aichi lurking within you. Yes, just like me!
* [[spoiler: UsedToBeASweetKid: Before he got Psyqualia.]]
* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: After Aichi's speech to him in Episode 53, Ren looks noticably shaken, and he later has a flashback to the speech. This may suggest a larger breakdown later on...]]
** Which happens 12 episodes later, [[spoiler: when Aichi rides Majesty Lord Blaster and says he's through rejecting Ren and Psyqualia.]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Ren''': I won't accept anyone!]]
* WarriorPoet: Before his match with Koutei, the two have a little banter regarding Koutei's team name. Ren later provides an IronicEcho of this banter before delivering an ominous speech.
!!Tetsu Shinjou
!!!Dark Irregulars
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--> Friends...With that attitude, you can never be the strongest.
Ren's second-in-command and the number two of Foo Fighter. Known as the "General" of [=AL4=]. A very gruff and serious person, he's completely loyal to Ren. [[spoiler: One of the founding members of Foo Fighter, along with Ren and Kai.]]
->Voiced by: TetsuInada (JP), William Scott (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* AntiVillain: He's a NobleDemon. [[spoiler: And that's without mentioning how he refuses to abandon Ren in Episode 49's flashback.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: His surname was only revealed through the official website. In-series he registers in tournaments as "Tetsu" alone.
** His surname is finally spoke on-screen in [[spoiler: Kai's flashback in Episode 49]].
* BadassBaritone: He has quite an impressive on-screen win-loss ratio, his only losses being [[spoiler: to Kai and Ren in the episode 49 flashback]]. Combine that with the voice of TetsuInada, and you have this trope.
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Was reversed by Kai and then snapped out of it when Ren defeated him.]]
* DarkIsEvil
* TheDanza: Shares the same given name with his seiyuu, TetsuInada.
* TheDragon: To Ren. However, [[spoiler: Episode 49 indicates that he stands by Ren because he can't bring himself to abandon him, as opposed to supporting his aims.]]
--> '''Tetsu''': I can't desert Ren.
* EvilCounterpart: To Kai. [[spoiler: Both are the immediate supporters to TheHero and the BigBad respectively. While Kai deserted Ren after he became addicted to Psyqualia, Tetsu remained at Ren's side and refused to abandon him.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has possibly the deepest voice of any character so far.
* LargeAndInCharge: Second-in-command actually, but still runs with the trope.
* TheLegionsOfHell: His Dark Irregulars include quite a few demonic units, particularly his ''Demon World Marquis Amon''.
* NobleDemon: Most of the time, he's quite reasonable, if gruff.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: During the Japan stage of the Asia Circuit. Even though it's obvious who he is Ren, Morikawa and Kamui don't recognize him.]]
* RedBaron: The General.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: To Kamui, after hearing a speech explaining why he'll never surrender because he has his friends.
--> '''Tetsu''': Friends...With that attitude, you can never be the strongest.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To Aichi.
--> '''Tetsu''': This is the form which best suits your power.
!!Asaka Narumi
!!!Pale Moon
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--> Ever since then, I've been fighting only for Ren-sama.
The number three of Foo Fighter. Known as the "Assassin" of [=AL4=]. She's [[SubordinateExcuse devoted to Ren]], and fights to get his acknowledgement.
->Voiced by: HitomiNabatame (JP), Laura Rushfeldt (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Was reversed for a time until she snapped out of it when Ren defeated her.]]
* TheDarkChick
* DistaffCounterpart: She resembles an older, genderswapped Aichi.
* EvilCounterpart: To Misaki.
* IcyBlueEyes
* LargeHam: She likes to ham it up when she's cardfighting, treating her turns as a big show, in keeping with her deck's circus theme.
* RedBaron: The Assassin.
* SubordinateExcuse: For Ren.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* ZettaiRyouiki
!!Kyou Yahagi
!!!Spike Brothers (Seasons 1 - 3)/Megacolony (Season 2)
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An egomaniacal SmugSnake. He begins as the fourth member of AL4, but gets kicked out after losing a tournament match (and due to his [[TheStarscream obvious aspirations for Ren's position]]). Blackballed from professional Vanguard, he forms his own TerribleTrio with other rejects called "Team Avenger" and vows revenge, becoming the show's resident GoldfishPoopGang.
->Voiced by: Creator/AkenoWatanabe (JP), Cole Howard (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* BeetleManiac: In season 2, after switching clans to Megacolony. At one point he even parades around in a giant beetle costume.
* BraggartBoss
* BrattyHalfPint
* DetachedSleeves: His initial/default outfit.
* TheDeterminator: It must be said, he ''never'' gives up on defeating the most powerful characters. Even directly after being brutally defeated and [[MindRape mind-raped]] by [[spoiler: Aichi]], he's still ranting about how he'll fight again and win.
** This is a guy who refused to move out of the way of an ''avalanche'' to finish a Cardfight.
* EvilCounterpart: To Kamui, kind of.
* GoldfishPoopGang: He and the rest of Team Avengers are this.
* HumiliationConga: First he's utterly crushed by Kai, after [[SmugSnake bragging about how he'd beat him.]] Then he gets kicked out of AL4, blackballed by every other card shop (because no-one wants to incur the wrath of Ren), finally breaks down after seeing Ren on television, then even after pulling himself together enough to form his own team, he gets crushed by [[spoiler: Aichi]] with a dose of MindRape on top.
** In a much more light-hearted manner, every appearance he makes in Season 2 is a part of one.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: In Season 2. He just keeps trying without success.
* JapanesePronouns: Uses 'ore-sama', which ought to tell you [[SmugSnake what he's like.]]
* JustifiedTutorial: His battle with Leon in Season 2 (and the reason Kyou switches clans) is basically to demonstrate how a well-built Megacolony deck can shut down an Aqua Force deck. [[spoiler:He plays a near-perfect game but still loses because... well, it's Kyou]].
* LaughingMad: During his flashback in Episode 41 when he sees Ren on a TV. [[spoiler: And again when Aichi's prediction about the end of their match comes true.]]
* ManInWhite: Apart from his brief EvilCostumeSwitch after forming team Avengers, he tends to stick to all white ensembles.
* OnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Feels this way towards Ren. This is especially apparent in season 3, as he pulls a YouShallNotPass on the [[spoiler:Link Joker possessed]] Fukuhara students trying to fight Ren simply because he doesn't want any of them to defeat Ren before he does.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Objectively speaking, Kyou is one of the top Vanguard fighters in the series. The problem is that he's not ''quite'' as good as the top-tier players, who he always ends up fighting. To wit, his five on-screen losses have been to Kai ([[InvincibleHero who never loses]]), two Psyqualia users (which gives them an unfair supernatural advantage) and Tetsu (who was already his superior in AL4).
* RedBaron: "Crusher" Kyou.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After he's thrown out of Foo Fighters, he forms Team Avengers to try and get revenge for his humiliation.
* SmugSnake
* TheStarscream: Attempts to beat Kai in order to usurp Ren, but it backfires. Horribly.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Ren finally acknowledges him and calls him by name in episode 129.
* UnknownRival: To Ren. In the anime, he's trying to overthrow Ren and take his place. In the manga, he simply wants to impress him as, even though he's part of AL4, Ren doesn't even acknowledge him or even remember his name.
* VillainousBreakdown: When he realizes Kai will beat him. [[spoiler: And then again in Episode 42.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Team Caesar]]
A world-class team first introduced in the Nationals. After [[spoiler: Ren effortlessly defeats them in the finals]], they hold the Caesar Vanguard Training Camp for Q4, creating a SempaiKohai type relationship between the two teams.
!!Kenji "Koutei" Mitsusada
!!!Dimension Police
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The leader of Team Caesar. His nickname is derived from the kanji for 'emperor', fitting Kenji's knowledge of Roman history. Relaxed and easy-going, he doesn't seem much like a champion-level player, but proves his mettle when his team reach the finals of the Nationals. [[spoiler: However, he is crushed by Ren when the latter calls on his Psyqualia and his Blaster Dark]].
->Voiced by: KenjiAkabane (JP), Jeff Punyi (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* TheAce: He's up there with Ren at the top of the nation's players.
* AlternateCharacterReading: Mitsusada (光定) = ''koutei'' = emperor (皇帝).
* BackToBackBadasses: With Leon in episode 138.
* BadassLongcoat
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Reversed by Kai in episode 135. He gets better once he loses to Leon.]]
* [[spoiler: CurbStompBattle: On the recieving end of one at Ren's hands during the finals of the first Nationals]].
* TheDanza: Shares the same given name with his seiyuu, Kenji Akabane.
* FanNickname: DT, which is the acronym of Doutei (Man virgin), which in turn is a pun of his in series nickname "Koutei"
* GrayEyes: Serves a mentor figure via the Caesar Vanguard Training Camp.
* HotBlooded: His [[spoiler: Final Turn]] in Episode 82 features Koutei acting like a super robot anime protagonist. Complete with CallingYourAttacks at the top of his voice.
--> [[spoiler: BURNING JUSTICE SWOOORRRDDD!!!]]
* [[spoiler: MightMakesRight: When Reversed.]]
* NiceGuy: Incredibly so, no matter how rude someone is to him.
* [[spoiler: [[PutOnABus Put On A Plane]]: Announced that he was going to study at the Singapore Institute of Technical Studies.]]
** [[spoiler: [[TheBusCameBack The Plane Came Back]]: Returns in episode 135 with a new and improved Dimension Police deck, only to get reversed by Kai.]]
* RedBaron: 'Koutei' - The Emperor.
* ShrinkingViolet: Of sorts. He hates being to center of attention when not cardfighting, but in a match he can easily reach super robot anime protagonist levels of HotBlooded, as shown in episodes 82 and 86.
* TookALevelInBadass: In Episode 82, [[spoiler: he beats Ren]]. He's also the first non-main character to [[spoiler: get a Crossride Unit]].
** In Episode 136, he is revealed to be even weaker than [[ButtMonkey Gai]] in the past. But by learning from mistakes and constant training by Yuri, he is able to surpass the both of them and even become the National Champion.
* WarriorPoet: He has some discussion with Ren about Team Caesar's naming prior to their match. He is also quite knowledgable of Roman history.
* TheWorfEffect: Suffers from this along with the rest of his team. [[spoiler: Except when he pulls out Great Daiyusha and crushes Ren with it in Episode 82.]]
* UpToEleven: He's the first non-main character to [[spoiler: get TWO Crossride Units]].
!!Yuri Usui
!!!Dimension Police (Season 1) / Dimension Police/[[spoiler: Oracle Think Tank]] (Season 2)
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The only female member of Team Caesar. She was Aichi's opponent at the training camp. She is later revealed to run a Stand-based Dimension Police deck focusing around the synergy between Miracle Beauty and Enigman Rain, as well as revealing a rather more reckless and energetic persona in card fights.
->Voiced by: Mayuki Makiguchi (JP), Leda Davies (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* AttackAttackAttack: She uses a variant of Dimension Police focused around mass standing to get more attacks, similar to Kamui's Nova Grapplers.
* {{Badass}}: Her fighting style may essentially equate to luck, but damn if she doesn't make it look awesome while doing it.
* CoolBigSis: Her usual persona. However, when it comes to serious fights...
** HotBlooded: ...She's this, with a good side helping of SeriousBusiness.
** * Tsundere: When Kenji is involve.
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Reversed by Kenji in episode 136. She gets better once she loses off screen.]]
* LightIsGood: Her Dimension Police in general, but especially Enigman Rain. Yuri herself is helpful and kind to the members of Q4, if...[[HotBlooded enthusiastic at times]].
* MagicPokerEquation: She claims to be able to call out her Triggers like an empress commanding her subjects. [[spoiler: At the end of her fight with Misaki... she does exactly this.]]
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Enigman Rain. To be fair, it's not an actual angel, but an angelic alien.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: During the Japan stage of the Asia Circuit. Misaki isn't fooled.]]
* RedBaron: The Empress.
* SempaiKouhai: She fought against Aichi and gave him a tip for his deck.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In Season 3, when Kenji is involved.
* WhoWearsShortShorts
!!Gai Usui
!!!Dimension Police
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Yuri's younger brother, and the third member of Team Caesar.
->Voiced by: Setsuji Satou (JP), Phil Fulton (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* ButtMonkey: In Episode 54 due to his sister.
* {{Keigo}}: Notably, he's one of the most formal-speaking of the entire cast.
* RedBaron: The Gladiator.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Card Shop PSY]]
A mysterious trio of sisters who run [[TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday Card Shop PSY]], supporting the main characters by giving them rare cards and challenging their skills in cardfights. They also form the [[IdolSinger idol group]] "Ultra Rare". [[spoiler:Their true goal is to find and aid those with the power of Psyqualia, under the instruction of Takuto Tatsunagi, so that they may find a Vanguard to help quell the chaos on Cray]].
!!Suiko
!!!Angel Feather (Season 2 & 3)/[[spoiler: Link Joker]] (Season 3)
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The eldest of the sisters, a calm and composed person.
->Voiced by: Aimi Terakawa (JP), Nikkita Bradette (EN)
!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: In episode 130, after being corrupted by Link Joker.]]
* [[spoiler: FacialMarkings: Just like everyone else who has been corrupted by Link Joker.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: In season 1.
* ManipulativeBitch: She was willing to hold back information about [[spoiler: Psyqualia]] from Aichi after confirming he had it and had no problems with [[spoiler: Ren and Aichi's [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide personalities being distorted]] by it, she may have even toyed with it based on her handing them stronger cards,]] so long as she got results.
** 0 Start Set reveals that she was the one who introduced [[spoiler:psyqualia to Ren, setting him on the path to being DrunkOnTheDarkside.]] It seems that she'll go to any lengths to get the [[spoiler:psyqualia]] fighters she needs.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Most notable with how she's willing to support [[BigBad Ren]] due to the fact that she needs someone with [[spoiler: Psyqualia]].
* YinYangClash: [[spoiler: The cards she offers Aichi and Ren.]]
--> '''Suiko''': [[LightEmUp Light which blankets the darkness...]] [[CastingAShadow darkness that swallows the light...]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Kourin
!!! Royal Paladins (Season 1 & 3) / Angel Feather (Season 2)
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Kourin is the middle sister of Card Shop PSY, acting as their main Cardfighter. Although she is very temperamental and cold, she is also the most conflicted about their mission and [[spoiler:secretly works against her sisters to rescue Aichi from the corrosive effects of his Psyqualia addiction]].
In ''Link Joker'', she is enrolled in Miyaji High School under the name "Kourin Tatsunagi" and joins Aichi's new Vanguard Club.
->Voiced by: SuzukoMimori (JP), Stevie Forzani (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* BikerBabe: She rides a motorcycle - and in a white jumpsuit, no less!
* [[spoiler: FakeMemories: When Aichi asks her about Royal Paladins in Season 2, like everyone else, she can't remember that Clan.]]
** [[spoiler: She could have been faking it, she seems to understand everything that's going on.]]
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: What she intends to become in Season 3.
** NewTransferStudent
* [[spoiler: SpannerInTheWorks: Set up as this to Suiko in Season 1, though [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot it mysteriously never seems to really resolve]]...]]
* {{Tsundere}}: For Aichi.
* WomanInWhite: All three sisters wear white when in their Ultra-rare outfits, but Kourin is the only one who wears all-white all the time.
!!Rekka
!!!Angel Feather
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The youngest of the sisters. She puts on a [[{{Kawaiiko}} cute and cheerful]] persona, but BeneathTheMask she can be glib and highly-competitive.
In ''Link Joker'' she is enrolled in Miyaji Middle School and goes on to establish the "Cardfight Circle" with Emi Sendou and Mai.
->Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjou (JP), Michelle Molineux (EN)
!!Tropes:
* BadassAdorable: [[spoiler: Deceptively skilled, she manages to throw together a Deck from cards that just came out. Which she then [[CurbStompBattle owns Misaki with.]] Watch out.]]
* BrutalHonesty: [[spoiler: Informs Misaki that since she hasn't spent the weeks since the Nationals upgrading her Deck, she'll never win the VF Circuit.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
* TheGadfly: She occasionally seems to like to push people's buttons just because [[ItAmusedMe it's more interesting that way]]. Especially [[{{Tsundere}} Kourin]].
* GenkiGirl
* {{Kawaiiko}}
* MegaTwintails
* RoseHairedGirl
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Characters]]
!!Jun Mutsuki
!!!Dark Irregulars (Season 1)/Dimension Police (season 2)
An "underground fighter" who makes his living playing Vanguard on the street and roughing up those who lose to him. Despite this, he has his own code of honour and keeps the members of his gang under control. [[spoiler:He reappears toward the end of season two as one of the members of Team Unknown, under the alias "King Z".]]
->Voiced by: KenjiNojima (JP), Brett Olsen (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* BadassLongcoat
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Becomes friends with Miwa and Kai after Kai defeats him.
* TheLegionsOfHell: Like Tetsu, he uses Dark Irregulars.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: During the Japan Stage of tha Asia Circuit.]] Not that he needed it.
[[/folder]]
!!Introduced in Season 2 (''VF Asia Circuit'')
[[folder:Takuto Tatsunagi]]
!!!Gold Paladins (Season 2)/[[spoiler: Link Joker]] (Season 3)
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Chairman of the Tatsunagi Foundation, he and his financial group are the hosts of the VF Asia Circuit. He appears at Card Capital at the beginning of the second season and fights Aichi.
[[spoiler:He possesses a powerful variation of Psyqualia that allows him to rewrite memories and grant Psyqualia to those with potential. With the aid of Ultra Rare, who act as his agents, his mission is to find a suitable human Vanguard who can unite the warring clans of Cray against the dark force known as Void]].
In the ''Link Joker'' arc, [[spoiler:he is possessed by an agent of Void against his will and becomes one of the main antagonists of the season]].
->Voiced by: Creator/AyahiTakagaki (JP), Patricia Bacchus (EN)
!!!Tropes
* BigBad: He's being set up as this for Season 2.
** NonActionBigBad: If the above is true. All he's done is fight Aichi and Kai so they wind up with their current decks and [[spoiler: give Aichi, Ren, and Chris Psyqualia]]. Other than that, he just sits back and watches the teams duke it out.
** [[spoiler: In Episode 98, he reveals that the entire point of the Asia Circuit was to find teams who were capable of leading Cray against the Mysterious Force.]]
** [[spoiler: BigGood: While it remains to see if it holds completely true in Episode 99 its revealed that Leon, not him, is the BigBad with the Void acting as the Bigger Bad.]]
** He's very definitely the BigBad in season 3, due to being [[spoiler: possessed by Link Joker.]] Though just like in season 2, [[spoiler:VOID]] takes up the role of the BiggerBad.
* CreepyChild: In season 3, when [[spoiler:possessed by Link Joker.]]
* CrossDressingVoices
* TheCorrupter: To [[spoiler:Christopher Lo, Aichi and Ren]] in season 2, due to [[spoiler:giving them all access to psyqualia.]] He's also this to [[spoiler:Kai]] in season 3, as he drives him to [[spoiler:accept the power of Link Joker.]]
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Pulls this stunt in the opening episode of the second season on Aichi.
* [[spoiler: DemonicPossession: Believed to be the one who possessed Rekka in Season 1's finale.]]
** One interpretation of the Asia-Hen finale is [[spoiler: that Takuto himself was possessed by Ezel, based on how he changed after returning from Cray, without his FacialMarkings.]]
** In season 3 [[spoiler:he's once again on the receiving end of this, as he is forcibly possessed by Link Joker. This turns him into the BigBad for the season.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Decil from ''[[MobileSuitGundamAge Gundam AGE]]''. They first appear as a DeliberatelyCuteChild, but make the most of that appearance to mess with the 14/15 year old protagonist's head, whilst dropping some unsettling lines, and guide him along the path where they wait, while dragging innocents into their conflict. Both [[ImprobableAge young]], both with gold eyes and both with [[HeyItsThatVoice the same voice.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilCostumeSwitch]]: Happens in season 3, after being [[spoiler:possessed by Link Joker.]]
* FacialMarkings: The green line on his forehead, it appears on Beaumains in the first episode and Ezel in the opening, leading to quite a few EpilepticTrees that he's actually from Cray/is Ezel.
** [[spoiler: Confirmed to have disappeared in the 2nd season finale.]]
** [[spoiler: He gets a red diamond in its place under Link Joker.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: Oh so very much.
* ImprobableAge: Runs the Tatsunagi Financial Group.
* MindRape: [[spoiler:Is very, very skilled at doing this after being possessed by Link Joker in season 3, as Kai found out the hard way.]]
* PsychicPowers: [[spoiler: During his fight with Aichi, he drags Aichi into a vision of the Royal/Shadow Paladins and Kagero sealing. After he's disappeared, he's either rewritten everyone's memories, with the exception of Aichi (but at least Kai's), or sent the two of them to an AlternateUniverse.]]
** During the Circuit, he [[spoiler: shows off his ability to give Psyqualia to others.]]
* ManInWhite
* StealthHiBye: [[spoiler: More like Teleport Hi Bye regarding his fights with Aichi and Kai.]]
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Has an extremely pretty pair of golden peepers, and has PsychicPowers which allow him to [[spoiler:possess people, grant psyqualia, rewrite memories and drag people to different worlds.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His speech to Aichi in Episode 1 of Season 2 indicates that he is doing what is necessary to save [[spoiler: Cray]] from [[spoiler: the mysterious force]].
** [[spoiler: Not just Cray, he wants to SaveBothWorlds.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Initially seems to be this in season 2, but eventually he's revealed to be [[spoiler: the BigGood who is trying to SaveBothWorlds.]]
** Season 3 [[spoiler:plays this straight, as he becomes the BigBad after being possessed by Link Joker.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Team S.I.T Genius]]
!!Christopher Lo
!!!Great Nature
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The leader of S.I.T. Genius, and the number one student at the Singapore Institute of Technical Studies (S.I.T.) His deck's specific theme is using School Hunter Leo-pald to revive the units he sacrifices via ExplosiveOverclocking.
->Voiced by: SayuriYahagi (JP), Sam Krochmal (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* TheAce
** BrokenAce: He has shades; as the top player at the university, he feels that everyone expects him to stay number one and is always working towards that, but it's clear he's felt the pressure.
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Psyqualia.]]
** [[spoiler: As of Episode 99, Void seems to have stepped in to corrupt him further.]]
*** [[spoiler: Now he gets reversed by Kenji in episode 135. He gets better once he loses off screen.]]
* [[spoiler: DrunkOnTheDarkSide: When under the influence of Psyqualia and Void.]]
* [[spoiler: LonelyAtTheTop: Describes this in Episode 99, saying that everyone expected him to remain number one and that he couldn't have friends because of that. That said, he was DrunkOnTheDarkSide at the time.]]
** [[spoiler: It is the TruthInTelevision. When you are the best in an institution, people around you expect you to do better, especially prominent in certain Asian countries where pressures from parents and peers can go out of control. Though there is nobody to stop you from making friends with others, but the time and effort you pour in to remain at the top may cause one to sacrifice their time for socializing, thus ended up lonely. Chris' reaction is just like one who has snapped from the enormous pressure.]]
* NiceGuy: He's quite polite and reasonable to the main characters, even admonishing his teammates for being rude to them. [[spoiler: Seems to be a prerequisite for Psyqualia...]]
* [[spoiler: PsychicPowers: In his fight with Aichi, Takuto gives him Psyqualia.]]
* [[spoiler: PsychoticSmirk: When under the influence of Psyqualia.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Fan subs of his name range from "Chris Falo" to "Christopher Flow".
* TokenGoodTeammate
* [[spoiler: TookALevelInJerkass: Thanks to Psyqualia.]]
* [[spoiler: UsedToBeASweetKid: Par for course with Psyqualia.]]
!!Lee Shenlon
!!!Great Nature
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S.I.T. Genius' second in command player. He fights to try and surpass Chris, because he hates being the second best player on the team. He runs a Great Nature deck with a specific focus on using Armed Instructor, Bison's Limit Break.
->Voiced by: Creator/AsamiShimoda (JP), Benjamin Arthurs (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* BrattyHalfPint
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Reversed off screen after Christoper is Reversed. He gets better]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Shows qualities of this from time to time.
* TheResenter: Towards Chris, since he hates being second best.
* SeriousBusiness: Believes that he can't be second best to ANYONE in anything.
* ShoutOut: His name is a shout out to the Prime Minster of Singapore.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: How he feels towards Chris.
* {{Tsundere}}: Possibly. He shows brief flashes of liking his team in spite of himself, and he [[spoiler: gets angry at Chris when he's a {{Jerkass}} to Pajeel after he loses to Kamui]].
!!Pajeel Ali
!!!Great Nature
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The third player of S.I.T. Genius, an overconfident kid who wants to win Cardfights because he believes [[SeriousBusiness girls like guys who win at Vanguard.]] He runs a Great Nature deck based around using the Locks Ride Chain and the Hamsuke Units to recover lost advantage from the forced retiring imposed by Great Nature's plus Power skills.
->Voiced by: Keiko Nemoto (JP), Sam Duke (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Reversed off screen after Christoper is Reversed. He gets better.]]
* TheCasanova: Well, he ''seems'' to be successful if his ImagineSpot is to be believed...
** KidAnova
* ExplosiveOverclocking: His deck's theme is actually benefiting from this by a combination of the Hamsuke Units (who can Counterblast on Retire to search a copy of themselves from the deck) and the Locks Ride Chain (the Grade 1 and 2 have skills where when you Ride the next stage of the chain onto them, you select up to two of your Great Nature Rearguards and if any of those Rearguards are retired in that turn's End Phase, you draw a card for each).
* ImagineSpot: One that ''blinds Kamui''.
* SeriousBusiness: 'Girls like guys who win at Cardfights' sums it up.
** As does the whole 'I'll take away your goddess when I win' thing. [[SarcasmMode Vanguard fights, anteing people since 2012.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Not helped by the fact his name's ''Arabic''.
* [[spoiler:TokenGoodTeammate: After Chris gets Psyqualia.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Team Dreadnought]]
!!Leon Souryuu
!!!Aqua Force
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--> The wind stopped. In other words... this is the Final Turn!
A powerful Cardfighter who uses an "Aqua Force" deck, a legendary clan that was said to have conquered Cray before mysteriously disappearing. Leon is stoic and determined, and uses "the wind" ([[spoiler:actually the power of Psyqualia]]) to sense the flow of a battle.
He is TheChosenOne of the Souryu clan, a family that once ruled the seven seas. As their fortunes were tied to that of the Aqua Force clan on the planet Cray, the Souryu clan went into decline after Aqua Force was sealed away by [[spoiler:the dark force known as Void]]. Leon's goal is to revive the Aqua Force clan, thus bringing his own family back into prosperity.
[[spoiler:To accomplish this, Leon made a deal with Void to sacrifice the Royal Paladin, Shadow Paladin and Kagero clans in exchange for the revival of Aqua Force. Leon then infiltrates the VF Circuit in order to sabotage Takuto Tatsunagi's plans of finding a new leader for Cray that could defeat Void. Having infused his body with the power of Void, Leon's abilities are enhanced to a terrible degree, and he has become the BigBad of Season 2]].
->Voiced by: Daichi Kanbara (JP)
!!!Tropes
* TheAce
* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: In Episode 125, he relates an abridged version of his backstory to the Paranormal Society this way, comparing himself [[spoiler: corrupted by Void]] to their current delusion.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Koutei in episode 138.
* BadassBoast: In Episode 90:
--> '''Leon''': Are you prepared? Are you prepared to bring forth a wind powerful enough to change the world itself? I can do that. No. I ''must'' do it!
** And another in Episode 91:
--> '''Leon''': Faced with a raging wind, limits have no meaning!
** We can pretty much conclude he's a master of these:
--> '''Leon''': If I could attain that power, I vowed to defeat my opponent, even if they happened to be a god! And you people are no exceptions!
--> '''Leon''': There are two choices before you. The first is to throw down your hand and lose. [[MortonsFork The other is to keep your hand and lose]].
* BadassLongcoat
* BattleAura: A strange blue-purple one. [[spoiler: Possibly related to his 'new power'.]]
** [[spoiler: Later upgrades to a very dark purple to show his corruption by Void.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad: Seems to be Season 2's.]]
* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Or at least, blonde guys are jerks.
** [[spoiler: As of Episode 99, he's decidedly evil.]]
* CatchPhrase: 'The wind'.
* [[spoiler: ChewingTheScenery: In his match with Aichi, by the time he gets around to Crossriding Maelstrom, he's trying it out quite a bit.]]
* TheChosenOne: Believes he is, at any rate.
** [[spoiler: In Episode 98 he even essentially says that he is the one chosen to lead Cray to salvation from the Mysterious Force.]]
* TheComicallySerious: In more comical moments, his [[TheStoic stoic-ness]] becomes this.
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Void.]]
* [[spoiler: DealWithTheDevil: He made a deal with Void.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilLaugh]]
* {{Expy}}: Fans were pointing out the similarities between Leon and [[YuGiOh5Ds Jack Atlus]] well before he actually made his debut.
* IAmTheNoun
--> '''Leon''': In fact, we ''are'' justice!
* {{Invocation}}:
--> '''Leon''': We who carry out justice have no limits! Naval Gazer, LimitBreak!
--> '''Leon''': Behold! Wash away all vice in the flow of a furious flood. Its name is righteousness! I Ride Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstrom!
--> '''Leon''': [[spoiler: Dragon spun into existence from the warp of the wind and the weft of the sea, live up to the legend in your ideal form! I Crossride Blue Storm Supreme Dragon, Glory Maelstrom!]]
* LargeHam: Especially when delivering speeches about "[[PsychicPower Wind]]", "[[MakingASplash Aqua]] [[KnightTemplar Force]]" and their "[[MightMakesRight ABSOLUTE JUSTICE!!!]]"
* LetMeTellYouAStory: Specifically, his backstory, to the Paranormal Club in Episode 125.
* MakingASplash: Aqua Force.
* ManInWhite
* MeaningfulName: His surname is a nickname for [[TheFourGods Seiryuu, the Dragon of the East.]]
* MightMakesRight: Believes this about himself and Aqua Force:
--> '''Leon''': Ever victorious and thus righteous!
* [[spoiler: MoreHeroThanThou: Tells the assembled members of Teams Q4, New AL4 and SIT Genius to go back home when Takuto invites them to come and save Cray for this reason.]]
--> '''Leon''': [[spoiler: It's simple. You people aren't the leaders that Cray needs. That person is me alone, Leon Souryu!]]
* [[spoiler: PsychicPowers: The wind is Psyqualia. And then he gets even stronger ones via Void.]]
* PurpleEyes
* TheRival: He's been billed as one for Team Q4.
* [[spoiler: SanitySlippage: He becomes NotSoStoic once he joins sides with Void, but judging by some of his interactions with Kai and Aichi, he's destablizing in this manner, especially when Kai hits a raw nerve and figures out Leon's afraid of being alone.]]
* TheStoic: Throughout his fight with Daigo, he remains cold and collected throughout.
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He's just trying to stop his family dying out. It just took a DealWithTheDevil to get the ball rolling.]]
* [[spoiler: WillingChanneler: He's allowing Void's power to enter his body and Takuto's words suggest that it's Void actually working to possess him.]]
!!Sharlene Chen
!!!Aqua Force
A member of Team Dreadnought, along with Leon and her twin sister Jillian. Having grown up with Leon, they show immense respect for him as the heir to the Souryu Clan. She is the more quiet and airheaded of the two, but is prone to outbursts when angered.
->Voiced by: SaoriGoto (JP)
!!!Tropes
* {{Adorkable}}: Constantly, except when she gets mad.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite her adorable and silly personality, she's still an incredibly skilled fighter [[spoiler: plus, like her sister, she's more than capable of putting down a man taller and older than her with ease.]]
* [[spoiler: CuteBruiser / LittleMissBadass]]
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: She wears the hair to the side of her face on the left.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt
* ShoutOut: Her name is a name play of the former popular Hong Kong C-Pop starlet Charlene Choi from the group "Twins".
* ShyBlueHairedGirl
* TagTeamTwins: She and Jillian fought all the matches of the Hong Kong stage before the final.
* TaremeEyes
* [[spoiler: UndyingLoyalty: Even when Leon is clearly corrupted by Void, she and Jillian stand by and protect him.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Jillian Chen
!!!Aqua Force
->Voiced by: KanaUeda (JP)
The third member of Team Dreadnought. Compared to Sharlene, she has a sharp tongue and a ruthless temperament, becoming riled whenever someone does not show Leon enough respect.
!!!Tropes
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins
* [[spoiler: CuteBruiser / LittleMissBadass]]
* HairTriggerTemper
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: She wears the hair to the side of her face on the right.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt
* ShoutOut: Her name is a name play of the former popular Hong Kong C-pop starlet Gillian Chung from the group "Twins".
* TagTeamTwins: She and Sharlene fought all the matches of the Hong Kong stage before the final.
* TsurimeEyes
* [[spoiler: UndyingLoyalty: To Leon, even when he's working with Void.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Characters]]
!!Daigo
!!!Royal Paladin
A Legendary Fighter who was introduced in Episode 82, fighting Leon with a Royal Paladin deck. [[spoiler: In the episode, it is revealed that when the Clans were sealed, Daigo was caught in a space time warp, causing him to teleport randomly from place to place, staying in each for only a short time. After losing to Leon, he teleports once again, and it is stated he will likely continue to do so until the Clans are freed.]]
Outside of the anime, Daigo was also a main character in the live-action drama Stand Up! Vanguard. Whether the two are actually the same or not was never explained, since the anime Daigo used a different deck (though not a different Clan). Daigo is of course a real person also, who is associated heavily with Vanguard via advertising.
!!!Tropes:
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* GratuitousEnglish: Endlessly in the anime. One particular sequence has him speaking English until the very last word.
--> '''Daigo''': Hi-Dog Breeder Akane, call! And Counterblast! Come on, Pongal! And Counterblast once more! Soul Saver Dragon... into the tefuda (hand)
* ThePowerOfFriendship: His deck.
* RealPersonCameo
* [[spoiler: TeleportersAndTransporters: A completely non-intentional case in the anime.]]
* [[spoiler: YinYangBomb: In the live-action, he uses Majesty Lord Blaster.]]
[[/folder]]
!!Introduced in Season 3 ''(Link Joker)''
[[folder:Miyaji High Cardfight Club]]
The Cardfight Vanguard club formed by Aichi after he transferred to Miyaji High. Their members currently consist of Aichi (President), Naoki Ishida (Vice President), Shingo Komoi, Kourin and Misaki.
!Club-wide tropes:
* FiveManBand: After Ride 113,
** TheLeader: Aichi, the president/captain of the club. Sometimes doubles as TheChick for pulling everyone together.
** TheLancer: Naoki, the vice-president.
** TheSmartGuy: Misaki.
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Kourin
** TheChick: Shingo, [[SmallNameBigEgo not that he'd agree with you.]]
!!Naoki Ishida
!!!Narukami
-> Voiced by: Toru Nara
Aichi's classmate in Miyaji High School. He has the look of a aimless {{delinquent}} but is [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife actually looking for something to get invested in]], having been put off by the straight-laced nature of the people around him.
!!!Tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}: Almost anything that involves him and CardfightVanguard.
* TheAtoner: He wants to make up for never stepping in to defend Aichi from the bullying he received when they both attended the same elementary school.
* AttackAttackAttack
* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: In Episode 126]]
* CatchPhrase:
--> '''Naoki''': Strike, my avatar!
* {{Delinquents}}: Not actually one but looks like one.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: He is looking for something that "can make his soul burn".
* FaceOfAThug
* [[spoiler:FacialMarkings: As part of being possessed.]]
* HotBlooded
* InsistentTerminology: Calling out "Break Time!" whenever he uses a Break Ride, despite numerous people pointing out that the phrase means "taking a rest". It's become somewhat of a meme in the fandom.
* {{Invocation}}:
--> '''Naoki''': [[spoiler: That voice echoes in the darkness, whispering for me to beat Aichi Sendou! Observe! The ebony flames that burn in the pitch-black darkness! Crossbreak ride! Eradicator, Vowing Saber Dragon "Reverse"!]]
* ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for Aichi transferring schools after not stepping in to save him and deems himself as bad as the bullies.
* JapanesePronouns: Usually refers to himself using the coarse and informal "ore" but accidentally uses the boyish "boku" when he first copies Aichi's CatchPhrase.
* [[spoiler: MindControlEyes: Episode 126, due to his possession.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Aichi's blue.
* ShockAndAwe: His Narukami deck.
* {{Tsundere}}
!!Shingo Komoi
!!!Various
->Voiced by: HiroyukiYoshino
One of Aichi's classmates in Miyaji High. He is a huge fan of Vanguard, but was unable to play it often due to Miyaji High's straight-laced nature. He idolises Aichi and joins the club in order to get closer to him. Instead of specialising in one clan like most Cardfighters, Shingo has several decks and constantly rotates between them.
!!!Tropes:
* AdjustingYourGlasses: Did it by the corner in the opening.
* {{Expy}}: Looks very similar to [[Anime/YuGiOh Insector Haga/Weevil Underwood]], down to the hair style and glasses.
* {{Fanboy}}: For Aichi and later, Rekka as well.
* MesACrowd: The ace card in his Murakumo deck, Magatsu Storm, can summon additional copies of itself from the Deck for multiple attacks.
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SmallNameBigEgo: For someone who professes to be a skilled player of Vanguard, his win-loss ratio is ''pathetic''.
* StalkerWithACrush: Accused of being this for Kourin by Naoki, [[spoiler:even though he was watching Aichi.]]
* TechnicianVsPerformer: The Technician to Naoki's Performer.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: A recurring thing with him. First he underestimates Miwa (because he had never seen Miwa's name in any Vanguard magazines) and then Emi (because she's younger than him and prioritises "cuteness" in her cards).
!!Kourongi Nakamurabashi
The faculty advisor of the Miyaji High Cardfight Club. He knows nothing about ''Vanguard'' and has no real interest in it, but takes his responsibilities with good humour and grace. [[{{Expy}} He is definitely not Takaaki Kidani, the CEO of Bushiroad]].
!!!Tropes:
* {{Expy}}: Looks like Takaaki Kidani, the CEO of Bushiroad. Here's a comparison [[http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff503/karthus/kidani_zps855ff4bc.png picture.]]
* JapanesePoliteness: His manner of speaking is incredibly polite.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miyaji High Student Council]]
The AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil of Miyaji High School. Seeing the Cardfight Club as a disruption to the order of the school, they act as the main antagonistic force in ''Link Joker'''s first arc.
!!Tatewaki Naito
-> Voiced by: SusumuChiba
The President of the Miyaji High School Student Council. Espousing the idea of the "global standard" and [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinism]], he looks down upon hobbyist pursuits like the Cardfight Club and takes steps to remove them from the school.
* EvilVirtues: He has a strong sense of honour, so even though he stacks the deck against the Cardfight Club and actively plots to remove them from the school, he ''will'' reward them if they pass his challenges.
* KnightTemplar: A very mild version: he seeks to remove the Cardfight Club because they don't fit his ideal vision for the school.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste
* PrincelyYoungMan
* TheSocialDarwinist
* YouHaveFailedMe: To the Football Team after they fail to defeat Aichi.
!!Juri Suwabe
-> Voiced by: JunjiMajima
The Vice-President of Miyaji High School Student Council. Although he argues for the global significance of ''Cardfight!! Vanguard'', he is utterly devoted to Naito's ideals and acts as his arm in enforcing his wishes.
* TheEvilGenius: To Naito's BigBad, though his schemes so far have been [[PokeThePoodle tame at best]].
* EyesAlwaysShut
* PokeThePoodle: His schemes so far to disband the Cardfight Club have included, "Beat them in a card game so they'll get upset" and "Spread rumours".
* ScaryShinyGlasses
!!Maki Nagadai
-->Voiced by: Reina Ueda
The tight-lipped secretary of the Student Council. Unknown to the other two members, she has ties to the evil force behind "Link Joker" and is under orders to observe the Cardfight Club.
* EnigmaticMinion
* EvilRedhead
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* ScaryShinyGlasses
[[/folder]]
!!''Stand Up! Vanguard'' Characters
[[folder:Main Characters]]
!!Hiroki Miura
!!!Kagero
The secondary protagonist of the drama, Hiroki is a withdrawn young man with a passion for Vanguard, who is bullied due to his cowardice. His father is often absent from home due to his work, and Hiroki believes that the man prefers his work to his family. However, with Daigo's assistance, Hiroki comes to challenge those who bully him, and openly fight them at Vanguard. [[spoiler: At the end of the drama, despite losing to Teru's Phantom Blaster Overlord at the tournament, he was able to make friends with the other boy. He confronts Daigo as the latter prepares to leave, reminding him that they have not had a final fight.]]
!!!Tropes:
* KillItWithFire: His deck.
!!Teru Nanbara
!!!Shadow Paladin
--> Hiroki... with all my power, here I come!
A competitive fighter who looks down on the weak, Teru bullies Hiroki due to this. He is taught by Eiji, who instilled the value of the strong over the weak into him, leading him to seek victory at all costs. Using a powerful Shadow Paladin deck, Teru is a major opponent for Hiroki to beat, effortlessly defeating the other boy in their first fight. [[spoiler: At the championships, the two fight once more after Daigo manages to defeat Eiji through sheer luck. Despite Hiroki almost winning with Dragonic Overlord The End, Teru survives due to a Heal Trigger, and ends the game on the next turn with his Phantom Blaster Overlord's devastating Persona Blast. However, he comes to respect Hiroki's strength, and makes friends with him.]]
!!!Tropes:
* DarkIsEvil: His Shadow Paladin deck.
** [[spoiler: DarkIsNotEvil: Until the end of the championship, where he turns out to not be so bad after all.]]
[[/folder]]
[[Characters/CardfightVanguard Click here to return to the Characters index]].
!Main Characters
[[folder: Team Q4]]
!! Aichi Sendou
!!! Royal Paladins / [[spoiler:Shadow Paladins]] (Season 1) / Gold Paladins (Season 2/Season 3)
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--> Stand up, my avatar, Blaster Blade!
--> [[spoiler: Step forth and destroy, my avatar! Cleave with your sword of darkness! I Ride Blaster Dark!]]
A shy, nervous boy lacking in confidence, Aichi is the protagonist. When he was younger, [[TheRival Toshiki Kai]] gave him the rare card, Blaster Blade, which Aichi refers to as his 'avatar'. Through playing Vanguard and developing his skills, Aichi gains friends and becomes a more confident person, as well as [[spoiler: unlocking the power of Psyqualia]].
[[spoiler:However, this power [[TheCorruption corrupts him]], causing him to become [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide cold and arrogant]], and with Ren's coercion, Aichi abandons his trusted Royal Paladins in favour of a Shadow Paladin Deck. After a merciless winning streak he is finally saved from his insanity by Kai, who makes Aichi realise the folly of relying on the precognitive abilities of Psyqualia instead of his own inner strength and courage. Though Aichi switches back to his Royal Paladin deck, he cannot deny the part of himself that lusts after the Psyqualia power. He eventually accepts both desires- to use and reject Psyqualia- as equal parts of himself, manifesting in the Majesty Lord Blaster card]].
In the second season, Aichi's Royal Paladins are sealed away due to [[spoiler:Takuto Tatsunagi's Psyqualia]] and replaced by a Gold Paladin deck. For unknown reasons, Aichi is the [[RippleEffectProofMemory only one aware of the alterations]].
In ''Link Joker'', Aichi is enrolled at Miyaji High School and forms a Cardfight Club alongside Kourin.
->Voiced by: TsubasaYonaga (JP), James Beach (EN)
!!!Tropes
* BadassAdorable
* BagOfSpilling: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. At the start of Season 2, Aichi is shown to be running the same deck as at the end of Season 1 (at one point he Damage Checks [[spoiler: Blaster Dark]], implying he is still using [[spoiler: Majesty Lord Blaster]]). However, Takuto [[spoiler: uses his PsychicPowers to change reality so Aichi has a Gold Paladin deck instead.]]
* [[spoiler:BerserkButton: Belittling Kai's strength or making him feel powerless are the only ways to really anger him, which activates his Psyqualia.]]
* BreakTheCutie: On several occasions, though none hit him as hard as [[spoiler: Kai leaving Q4, resulting in him losing all direction and falling for Ren's games by picking up the Shadow Paladins.]]
* CallingYourAttacks: Does this sometimes when attacking with King of Knights, Alfred.
-->[[{{BFS}} Great Sword]] attack!
* CatchPhrase: Has a few prominent and often used ones.
-->Stand up, my avatar! Ride! Blaster Blade!
-->Come forth, master of all warriors! Ride! King of Knights, Alfred!
-->Give me strength, white wings filled with pride! Ride! Knight of Solitude, Gancelot!
-->[[spoiler:(My victory/Your defeat) is a foregone conclusion.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler: DarkIsEvil: Episode 43 features Aichi taking up a Shadow Paladin deck and proceeding to prove this.]]
** [[spoiler:DarkIsNotEvil: Episode 64 shows that darkness isn't always necessarily evil with a single moment.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Aichi''': [[WhamLine Light isn't the only thing standing beside him.]] Darkness also stands with the [[BigGood King of Knights]]. Stand, my avatar! I call... Blaster Dark!]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Gets a nicely snarky line in Episode 41.
-->[[spoiler: If you have time for idle chatter, please use it to proceed with the game.]]
* [[spoiler: DiscOneFinalBoss:]] A ''lot'' of people mistook Episode 50 for ''the end'' of the season because of this.
* [[spoiler: DrunkOnTheDarkSide / DrunkWithPower: Under the influence of Psyqualia.]] It's highlighted in episode 43, and even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by [[BigBad Ren]] at the end of the episode.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: His season two outfit change doesn't help.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Has them on a few occasions in the manga, such as when [[spoiler:Kai tells him to leave his Royal Paladin deck rather than risk his using Psyqualia any more.]] The hollow look is used for other purposes, including [[CreepyShadowedUndereyes being exhausted, (especially after his fight with Tetsu)]] and [[spoiler: [[MindControlEyes using Psyqualia.]]]] And briefly in Episode 47.
** [[spoiler: MindControlEyes: During his fights with Ren and Kai, while he's using Psyqualia (possibility not even by choice considering who the latter is), [[http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k486/KatsuragiKamui/Vanguard22/VG22_7_zps5814be49.jpg his eyes resemble]] [[http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k486/KatsuragiKamui/Vanguard22/VG22_8_zpsc360ad7e.jpg these more.]]]]
** Episode 103 has his eyes go dim [[spoiler: when Void begins to poison him, possibly aiming to take control of him. He begins hallucinating and it's noticed by those watching from Earth.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilLaugh: At the peak of his insanity, he gives one when he thinks he's on the verge of beating Kai in Episode 50. And an even more unsettling one when he sinks under Psyqualia's influence again in Episode 64 during his fight with Ren, it takes Kai yelling out his name for him to stop and begin fighting back.]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: In Episode 43, Aichi abandons his Royal Paladin deck and switches to using a Shadow Paladin deck that Ren gives to him.]]
** [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: As of episode 50, Kai has brought him back to his senses.]]
* FailureHero: For a card game anime protagonist, he loses a lot.
** [[spoiler: Tragically driven home when Aichi asks Kai whether he's gotten stronger, serving as a catalyst for his FaceHeelTurn.]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Kai''': No, Sendou Aichi, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero you've gotten weaker]].]]
* FishOutOfWater: When Takuto [[spoiler: replaces his Royal Paladins with Gold Paladins]], Aichi finds it hard to adapt.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Apparently he hasn't gotten the memo about Barcgal's ban as a starting Vanguard in real life.
** Finally averted in Episode 55 where he changes to Wingal Brave as his starting Vanguard.
* [[spoiler: GoodIsNotNice: During Episode 41, due to Psyqualia corruption, Aichi is becoming quite the cold jerk to Kyou.]]
* HeroicBSOD: After losing to Tetsu and having Ren rub his loss in his face.
** The beginning of Episode 51 suggests he has another, briefer spell, after [[spoiler: being rescued from Psyqualia, but the guilt of abandoning his Royal Paladins weighing heavily on him.]]
* [[spoiler: HesBack: His Ride of Blaster Blade]] in Episode 55 just screams this. It involves him using a combo not seen in some time, [[RuleOfCool a bolt of lightning striking which blacks out half the Dimension Police city, and then the lights flickering back on to reveal Blaster Blade in his full glory.]] There are even comments to this effect made by the supporting cast.
* HiddenDepths: He starts off as the average shy, nice kid, and mostly follows that pattern for most of the season. [[spoiler:As he admits in the final Fight of season 1, he became addicted to Psyqualia that quickly because he enjoys the feeling of being superior to everyone else. And his obsession with being acknowledged by Kai is ''not'' healthy.]]
* HiddenEyes: Aichi's quite fond of these, having them frequently when depressed [[spoiler:or using Psyqualia.]]
* IJustWantToBeBadass: He just wants to become good enough for Kai to acknowledge him. [[spoiler: In typical fashion, [[TheCorruption the]] [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide trope]] [[DarkIsEvil gets]] [[PsychicPowers very]] [[KickTheDog nastily]] [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]]. And even after he snaps out of his [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide addiction]], a part of him ''still'' wants to accept Psyqualia.]]
* IllBoy: He frequently collapses and left bedridden after [[spoiler:using Psyqualia]], and when the same happens in the manga, combined with the Fighting Gloves, he spends several chapters unable to stand up on his own, having others propping him up.
* ImageSong: "Yuuki no Image".[[note]]"Image of Courage"[[/note]]
* {{Invocation}}: Many. Aichi has the most uses of this trope among the cast, since he pretty much gets a new one every time he gets a new big Unit (Gancelot, Alfred, Soul Saver Dragon, [[spoiler: Blaster Dark, Phantom Blaster Dragon]]). Of course, his most famous is:
--> Stand up, my avatar, Blaster Blade!
* JapanesePronouns: 'Boku.'
* {{Keigo}}: This kid is unfailingly polite, to everyone from his juniors to the BigBad himself (who he refers to as Ren-''san''). Maybe what stands out even more though is that, [[spoiler: while [[FaceHeelTurn under the]] [[TheCorruption influence of Psyqualia]]]] Aichi manages to speak even MORE formally and politely. The effect is a bit unnerving.
* [[spoiler: KickTheDog: While [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide under the influence of]] [[PsychicPowers Psyqualia]],]] if Aichi said the words 'picture it', this would invariably follow. He got a speech laden with this to Kourin in Episode 43 too.
--> [[spoiler: '''Aichi''': Despair to the powerless, and all [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide glory to those with the]] [[PsychicPowers power]].]]
* LightEmUp: His Units have a major light theme going on, probably in contrast to Ren's dark-themed Units.
** [[spoiler: Is subverted in Episode 43.]]
* LonelyRichKid: He doesn't look it, but the Sendous are well off enough for Emi to attend a private school, as well as Aichi himself in Season 3.
* [[spoiler: MadnessMantra:]] When he realizes that Kai might be watching his fight in Episode 48.
--> [[spoiler: '''Aichi''': I have to become even stronger, or you won't give me recognition. I have to get stronger. I have to get stronger. I have to get stronger. More. More. I'm going to get stronger!]]
* MeaningfulName: One possible meaning of the kanji for 'Sendou' is [[TitleDrop 'Vanguard']].
* NotAMorningPerson: He can't get up without Emi to wake him up, and even then he looks rather dazed for a while afterwards.
* TrueCompanions: Views the Royal Paladins as this. [[spoiler: Keeps the Shadow Paladins after Ren refuses to take them back for this reason, as they were also comrades who fought alongside him.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Episode 49 reveals that [[spoiler: he and Ren are extremely similar. Both started out as kind before being corrupted by Psyqualia.]]
* [[spoiler: OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Episode 41.]]
* OutOfClothesExperience: Although when someone is imagined in their Vanguard in the manga, they are done so without clothes, Aichi [[spoiler: actually manifests in some form through Soul Saver Dragon during his fight with Ren via Psyqualia]] like this.
* PostVictoryCollapse: On at least three separate occasions; at the Regional Tournaments after winning against a member of Team Fragrance, then again after his match with Kyou and at the Nationals, not only does he collapse, but completely passes out after winning against Gunji [[spoiler: though it's all due to the side-effects of Psyqualia]]. In the manga, he also does this after [[spoiler: winning against Ren.]]
** It also occurs in the Asia-Hen finale [[spoiler: after winning against Leon and the Gold Paladins break the seal imprisoning the trapped clans then drive away Void,]] having to be caught by Leon.
* [[spoiler: PsychicPowers: His Psyqualia, which gives him precognition of game-winning cards and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity an evil persona]].]]
** [[spoiler: As of the last episode of season 1, he's lost his Psyqualia.]]
** [[spoiler: [[http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/inasoku/imgs/3/7/37f27058.jpg Guess who got it back.]]]]
* RealMenWearPink: In Season 3.
* RedOniBlueOni: With Ren, and with Kai. Also blue to Naoki's red.
** ColourCodedForYourConvenience
* [[spoiler: SanitySlippage: By the time he gets Psyqualia, he's clearly going through this. Even while under its influence, he jumps about.]] Contrast his fights with Kourin and Ryudou against those with Kyou, Bidou, [[spoiler: and especially, against Kai. And there's that EvilLaugh in his fight with Ren...]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Male version.
* [[ShyBlueHairedGirl Shy Blue Haired Boy]]
* [[spoiler: ThatManIsDead: He dismisses Blaster Blade as merely a 'former avatar' when Kai confronts him with it in Episode 49]].
* TheHero
** [[spoiler: Deconstructed in Episode 43.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Aichi's style of play, especially when ''King of Knights, Alfred'' or ''Soul Saver Dragon'' is on the field, reflecting the Royal Paladins' emphasis on friends and allies working together.
** [[spoiler: Is later subverted by Aichi personally in Episode 43.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Aichi's confidence and skill growth across the series builds up to this. [[spoiler: It finally happens in Episode 41, but with a side-order of DrunkWithPower.]] Though it's [[spoiler: instantly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when Kai and Ren demonstrate in quick succession that it was Aichi's Psyqualia, not Aichi himself, that was growing stronger.]]
** [[spoiler: Beginning with standing up to Ren in episode 53, and thoroughly confirmed in his successive victories against Koutei in episode 56 and Ren in episode 65, Aichi now plays this trope completely straight as during Season 2 he finally has more wins than defeats compared to his barely break even record in Season 1.]]
* UnknownRival: Pretty much to Kai. [[spoiler: Tragically, this is what fuels Aichi's decent into darkness, believing what Kai wants is for him to grow stronger before he'll acknowledge him. Ironically, the reason Kai refuses to face Aichi is because of Psyqualia, sparking Aichi's FaceHeelTurn.]]
* [[spoiler: WeHaveReserves / YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Aichi's philosophy while using his Shadow Paladin deck and "realizing" that the Royal Paladins' "use of allies" was "inadequate".]]
** [[spoiler: Kourin]] tries to get Aichi to realize just [[EvenEvilHasStandards how evil and despicable]] this is, [[spoiler: but ultimately fails]].
** [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn He eventualy goes back to his Royal Paladins and their]] ThePowerOfFriendship [[HeelFaceTurn theme now.]]]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Most of the first season has Aichi trying to get Kai to acknowledge him as strong so they can have a rematch. [[spoiler: When that doesn't work so well, he falls into the downwards spiral of using his Psyqualia.]]
* WhiteKnight: His Royal Paladin deck revolves primarily around holy knights.
** [[spoiler: Inverted in Episode 43. His new Shadow Paladin deck revolves entirely around evil knights, dragons, and witches.]]
* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler: Ren's goal during their fight is to have Aichi fall under Psyqualia's influence once more and have this come true. He succeeds, though it's short-lived.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Go figure, has blue hair.
* [[spoiler: YinYangBomb: Combines the Royal and Shadow Paladins.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Aichi''': Light is not the only thing standing beside him. Darkness also stands by the King of Knights!]]
** Taken to its logical conclusion with [[spoiler: Majesty Lord Blaster]].
!! Toshiki Kai
!!! Kagero (Season 1) / Narukami (Season 2 & 3)/ [[spoiler: Link Joker]] (Season 3)
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-->''"Final Turn."''
TheRival. Kai is a [[TheAce world-class]] Vanguard player with an almost perfect win-loss record. He is cold, unsociable and is always searching for [[BloodKnight strong opponents to train against]]. He is so [[InsufferableGenius confident in his own abilities]] that he will declare "[[CatchPhrase Final Turn]]" when he is certain of victory.
[[spoiler:He was once a good friend to Ren, and together with Tetsu they made plans to form the ultimate Vanguard team "Foo Fighters". However, Ren became corrupted by Psyqualia in an effort to become as good as Kai, and unable to stop his friend from falling into darkness, Kai abandoned him and fled]].
In the ''Link Joker'' arc, he becomes increasingly insecure about falling behind Aichi and Ren in terms of his Cardfighting ability. [[spoiler:He is [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] into a "Reverse" fighter after losing a match against the possessed Takuto Tatsunagi. Consumed by his own lust for power, Kai switches to a Link Joker deck and begins to spread the influence of "Reverse" under Takuto's command]].
->Voiced by: Takuya Satou (JP), Ryan Luhning (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* TheAce: Kai has the best win record of the main characters, having lost all of four times.
** [[spoiler: BrokenAce: As good as he is, Kai can't find fun in Vanguard any more after what happened between him and Ren until his first fight with Aichi. Even after that, what's happened to him over the past few years has completely changed him.]]
* AloofAlly: Post-regionals, he has a tendency to basically let the rest of the team get on with it without him.
** [[spoiler: Subverted in the Link Joker arc when he's willing to help Izaki get better, and even commenting that they fought their hardest as a team.]]
* [[spoiler: TheAtoner: In Episode 49, it's revealed he feels guilty for not being able to stop Ren previously. His confrontation with Aichi in the same episode is his attempt to try and atone for his mistake and how he ran away from Ren.]]
* BadassNormal: As confirmed in episode 44, [[spoiler: he does not have Psyqualia]], yet Ren respects him regardless, so this trope is in effect. It even gets a BadassBoast attached:
--> '''Kai''': I will exceed that power.
* {{Bishonen}}
* BloodKnight: He's always seeking powerful Vanguard opponents, to the point where it's possible to ''bribe'' him into a social activity with the promise of strong competition.
* [[spoiler: {{BreakTheBadass}}/{{BreakTheCutie}}: Episode 128 did a massive number on him. Undergoing taunts from Takuto and backed into a corner by his Link Joker deck, Kai becomes visibly more distressed as the episode goes on until he completely breaks and ''stabs a version of himself''.]]
* [[spoiler: CantCatchUp: It hasn't happened yet, but he worries that this is happening in the third season, as Aichi continues to improve while he's still as strong as he was in the first season. His fears are confirmed after Morikawa, using a deck specifically made by Kai for that fight, is defeated by Aichi.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Kai''': So...not even The End can reach Aichi now?]]
* CatchPhrase: Several.
--> Final Turn
--> Stand up, ''the'' Vanguard
** It's implied in Episode 49 that [[spoiler: he took up 'Final Turn' from Ren.]]
*** [[spoiler: In exchange, Ren took ''the'' Vanguard from him.]]
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Link Joker/Void.]]
* CynicalMentor: He doesn't really seem to care if Aichi succeeds or fails at first, and usually gets coaxed into providing support by Miwa.
** [[spoiler: As of Episode 44, it may be that Kai is a {{Deconstruction}} of this. The reason he seems not to care is because he doesn't know what to do to stop Aichi falling to his Psyqualia and is possibly still filled with guilt for not preventing Ren's fall.]]
* [[spoiler: DefectorFromDecadence: He walks away from Team Foo Fighter after Ren becomes corrupted, rejecting Ren's WeCanRuleTogether.]]
* DemotedToExtra: It's hard to argue against this in Asia Circuit-Hen. [[spoiler: Kai joins up with New [=AL4=]]] and spends much of the season off-screen. He only really shows up during Seoul Stage, BeachEpisode, the Japan Stage and when the teams go to Cray, when he becomes relevant again. Depending on how Link Joker-Hen goes, it could get worse.
* [[spoiler: DullEyesofUnhappiness: After taking the power of Link Joker and stabbing a copy of himself, he's seen with these as it all hits what he's done.]]
* DullSurprise: In the dub.
* [[spoiler: EvilLaugh]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Joins Ren's team between episodes 77 and 79.]]
** [[spoiler: Broken down by his fight against Takuto, Kai becomes desperate enough to accept the Link Joker and become an ally of Void.]]
* [[spoiler: FacialMarkings: With the Link Joker, he has red markings underneath his eyes.]]
* [[spoiler: FakeMemories: In Season 2 he believes he has always run Narukami and Aichi has always run Gold Paladins. However, during his fight with Aichi, he briefly remembers Blaster Blade...]]
* FinishingMove: If he says the words 'Final Turn', you're generally screwed.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Miwa.
* ImageSong: "Kibou no Shoumei".[[note]]"Proof of Hope"[[/note]]
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: His deck is composed largely of dragonic cards.
* JapanesePronouns: 'Ore.'
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KillItWithFire: His Units tend to attack with fire.
* LargeHam: Not during everyday life, but when it comes to fights, Kai really likes to grandstand, especially when he's about to win.
* [[spoiler: MindRape: Undergoes a brutal one at the hands of Takuto in Episodes 127 and 128, leading to his FaceHeelTurn.]]
* [[spoiler: MyGreatestFailure: Not being able to defeat Ren and stop him, then just 'running away'.]]
* [[spoiler: NotSoDifferent: Many parallels are drawn between Aichi's fall to Psyqualia in his quest for Kai to notice him and Kai's surrender to Link Joker in order to keep up with Aichi.]]
* [[spoiler: NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: In Episode 44 a rather popular piece of fanon was shot down, Kai neither has nor knows about Psyqualia. It also nicely presents FridgeBrilliance as to why Kai was so vague with Aichi before, he has no idea what exactly Psyqualia does or how to prevent it.]]
* [[spoiler: ParentalAbandonment]]
* RedOniBlueOni: With Aichi and Miwa.
* TheRival
** [[spoiler: RivalTurnedEvil]]
* ShockAndAwe: In season 2, he switch to a Narukami deck after the Kagero are sealed.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There's no confusion with the romanization of his name, but a lot of fans assume that "Kai" is his first name, probably due to being shorter than "Toshiki" as well as confusion about Japanese name order. [[LastNameBasis Not to mention nobody ever calls him "Toshiki."]]
** Most likely as a result of this, in the dub, Kai is his first name.
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: In episode 40, [[spoiler: when he realizes Aichi may be starting to depend too much on his Psyqualia.]]
*** He's quite distraught about [[spoiler: losing to Ren in Episode 58, and losing his best chance at saving him]] and takes it out on Aichi.
*** In Episode 64, [[spoiler: when Aichi slips back under Psyqualia's control]] Kai finally steps up and calls out to him with quite a bit of emotion behind his voice.
*** The end of Episode 102.
** Episodes 127 and 128. Big time.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Kai isn't really a bad guy, but he tends to have trouble expressing himself, so he mostly comes off as cold. But there are times when he can be genuinely kind or encouraging.
* [[spoiler: ThatManIsDead: Casts off his 'former' self by ''stabbing him''.]]
* [[spoiler: WhatTheHellHero: On the receiving end of one by Kourin in Episode 44 for effectively leading Aichi to Psyqualia and then abandoning him.]]
* [[spoiler: WhiteKnight: In Episode 49 he uses Aichi's Royal Paladin Deck in an attempt to get through to him.]]
!!Misaki Tokura
!!!Oracle Think Tank (Season 1 & 2) / Genesis (Season 3)
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--> The beautiful goddess, shining radiantly.
An employee at Card Capital, and the niece of the manager. She initially refuses to play but is coerced into trying the game by Shin. Although Misaki is the least-experienced and least-enthusiastic of Team Q4, she possesses a PhotographicMemory that gives her a powerful edge in the game.
In ''Link Joker'', she joins Aichi's Cardfight Club as the fifth member.
->Voiced by: Izumi Kitta (JP), Carol-Anne Day (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Haunted by the memories of her parents' death,]] she temporarily quit Q4.
* DeadpanSnarker: On one memorable occasion, reacted to Morikawa's antics with a simple, "Noob."
* DeathGlare: Don't make a ruckus in the shop, lest you get this.
* FingerGun: In episode 62 when she calls Evil-eye Princess, Euryale, she does this to bind one of Asaka's cards.
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: After Episode 24, but is snapped out of it in Episode 25.]]
* ImageSong: "Yasashii Kioku".[[note]]"Gentle Memories"[[/note]]
* JapaneseDelinquents: She has a reputation for being the "Boss Lady" of Miyaji High, a title given to the leader of a female gang. She never actually ''does'' anything bad, meaning that she probably got the moniker due to her cold and standoffish personality, and her long skirt (which is traditionally associated with the attire of female delinquents).
* JapaneseMythology: Her deck features aspects of it, particularly with the Tsukuyomi series and ''CEO Amaterasu''.
* JapanesePronouns: 'Watashi.'
* NotSoAboveItAll: In episode 70 she initially acts all serious… until she briefly remains alone, at which point she takes a picture of herself – the same thing the other were doing earlier.
* [[spoiler: ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died in a car accident when she was younger]]
* PhotographicMemory: Arguably deconstructs the trope, due to [[spoiler: being forced to relive her parents deaths if she remembers it]].
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]
* [[spoiler: TheWorfEffect: Gets hit with this during season 2 against Limit Break units. While all of Team Q4 have lost any of their matches against said units, Misaki goes up against them the most so far.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Lilac Hair]]
!!Kamui Katsuragi
!!!Nova Grapplers
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--> Attack, Asura Kaiser!
The youngest of Team Q4. Kamui is bratty and overconfident, but proves to be an outstanding player with a deadly, aggressive play style. He is a frequent source of comic relief: mainly from his (unrequited) crush on Emi, and his [[{{Malaproper}} mispronunciation of certain words or phrases]].
->Voiced by: Shizuka Ishikawa (JP), Melissa Dorsey (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler: AchillesInHisTent: After a bad disagreement with Kai in Episode 26, Kamui sits out the first Nationals.]]
* AlliterativeName
* AttackAttackAttack: His Nova Grapplers focus on using Stand Triggers and Stand abilities to get out a veritable storm of attacks, fitting Kamui's aggressive playstyle.
* BigGuy: Not size-wise, but has the attitude down pat.
* BrattyHalfPint
* CantSpitItOut: Even when given the opprotunity, he just can't tell Emi how he feels about her.
* DemotedToExtra: In season 3.
* HotBlooded
* HumongousMecha: Many of his cards are designed this way.
* ImageSong: "Saikyou Ore-sama Ride!".[[note]]"Ultimate Ore-sama Ride!"[[/note]]
* JapanesePronouns: 'Ore,' and 'ore-sama' on occasion (usually in his CatchPhrase, "ore-sama ride!").
* LoveAtFirstSight: To Emi. It's unrequited.
* {{Malaproper}}: Is constantly mangling phrases.
* MouthyKid
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: During Nationals. He fools pretty much no one.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: No matter how many times he faces them, even after a deck change and resolve boost, he can't defeat Airman...er, Tetsu. Or Kai, for that matter.]]
** [[spoiler: ThrowTheDogABone: In episode 98, he finally defeats Tetsu.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Team Q4 Supporters]]
!!Katsumi Morikawa
!!!Random Clans (but plenty of Grade 3s)
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Aichi's classmate. He was introduced as a bully, but quickly became Aichi's friend over their shared love of Vanguard. Although he boasts of his incredible skills at Vanguard, he is completely obsessed with Grade 3 units and has no sense of deck balance, resulting in a very poor win-loss record. [[spoiler:When given a correctly-balanced deck, he is revealed to be an outstanding player]].
->Voiced by: NoriakiSugiyama (JP), Lucas Gilbertson (EN)
!!!Tropes
* ButtMonkey
* CripplingOverspecialization: Morikawa's obsession with Grade 3s means he constantly overloads his deck with them, causing him to lose every single time. To put this in context, the recommended number of Grade 3s in a deck is 7-9; Morikawa has ''over 25''.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Episode 51 proves that [[spoiler:with a well-balanced deck, he really IS a strong player!]]
** Episode 112 goes a step farther: [[spoiler:he is able to instantly master Kai's Kagero deck despite having ''never seen it before'', and uses an ingenious combination of Break Ride and Persona Blast to attack with his Vanguard ''three times'' in one turn]].
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Despite losing many times, he blames it on bad luck (alignment of the stars, bad omens, etc.). And he still gets Grade 3s for his deck.
* HotBlooded
* InstantExpert: Yes, really. While he's a terrible deck builder, Season 3 shows that[[spoiler: after being given Kai's deck, he is able to use it perfectly ''despite having never seen it before the match''.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Summer outfit aside, Morikawa is always in his [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack school uniform]].
* MaliciousMisnaming: It's KATSUMI! Not Lose-umi!
* NonIndicativeName: "Katsu" means victory. Katsumi has never won a single fight.
** [[spoiler: But in Episode 51, he wins every fight he's in.]]
* PluckyComicRelief
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Korrin.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Gives this off during Q4's first match at the Regionals when their opponents use snake-like Kagero units.
** Ironically he has one of those units in his deck.
!!Yuta Izaki
!!!Tachikaze
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Morikawa's best friend. He acts as the straight man to Morikawa's antics, but comes off as TheGenericGuy in most other respects.
->Voiced by: Takayuki Yamaguchi (JP), Jeff Watson (EN)
!!!Tropes
* CantCatchUp: [[spoiler:A flashback in the Link Joker arc shows that this has been bothering him with regards to Aichi. However, thanks to his fellow teammates, he was able to subvert this and [[TookALevelInBadass take a level in badass]].]]
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: His clan of choice, Tachikaze, is a group of android dinosaurs.
* TheGenericGuy
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Morikawa.
** It's to the point where at one point Kamui actually combines both Morikawa and Izaki's names to call Izaki: Morizaki.
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass]]
!!Taishi Miwa
!!!Kagero (Season 1 & 3) / Narukami (Season 2)
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A childhood friend of Kai. Miwa is far more personable and social than Kai, but tolerates his friend's standoffish nature due to their bond of friendship. Because Kai is so antisocial, it often falls to Miwa to act as the first point of social contact or to explain Kai's true feelings. He is also a skilled Vanguard player, having sparred regularly with Kai.
From the second season onwards, he gets a part-time job at Card Capital to fill in for Misaki and Shin in their absence. As the most skilled player in the room, he often acts as the CombatCommentator for the VF Circuit matches.
->Voiced by: ShowtaroMorikubo (JP), Jonathan Lachlan-Stewart (EN, Season 1), Joel Crichton (EN, current)
!!!Tropes
* CombatCommentator: As the one of the most skilled of those constantly on the sidelines, he tends to take on this role. Lampshaded by Izaki in episode 91, when he's not there and [[ButtMonkey Morikawa]] expresses confusion about what's going on.
--> '''Izaki''': If only Miwa was here...
** TheSmartGuy
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Turns out to be a pretty good player.
* DeadpanSnarker
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kai. Which of course breeds a lot of HoYay.
* OnlySaneMan: He's usually the first to react ''normally'' to some of the more fantastic elements of the series, like a giant holographic dragon swooping straight past him.
* RealMenWearPink: During the summer arc, he wears a pink hoodie.
* RedOniBlueOni: With Kai.
!!Emi Sendou
!!!Bermuda Triangle
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Aichi's little sister, who in some ways is more responsible and level-headed than him. Having witnessed the positive change that Vanguard brings out in her brother, she takes up the game herself and becomes a skilled junior player. She has a habit of choosing the cards in her deck based solely on which are "the cutest", but manages to pull together a solid strategy anyway. She is often the first to worry about Aichi when he is in a tough situation or match.
->Voiced by: AtsukoEnomoto (JP), Wendy Morrison (EN)
!!!Tropes
* JapaneseSiblingTerminology: Notably, she calls Aichi by his name... which is part of the reason Kamui got the impression she and Aichi were actually boyfriend and girlfriend.
* ObliviousToLove: She never seems to catch on to the fact that Kamui obviously has a crush on her.
* TokenMiniMoe
* TookALevelInBadass: Once she gets the hang of Vanguard, she's quite good at it.
!!Shinemon "Shin" Nitta
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Manager of Card Capital. Misaki's uncle. Later he becomes manager of Team Q4 and acts as a kindly, big brother-ish mentor to them.
->Voiced by: Shuuta Morishima (JP), Scott Roberts (EN)
!!!Tropes
* {{Adorkable}}
* BumblingDad: Isn't actually a dad, but fits the other criteria.
* ButtMonkey: Though to a much lesser extent than Morikawa.
* [[spoiler: PromotionToParent: To Misaki after her parents died.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses: It's not really scary, but yeah, his glasses tend to cover his eyes. When his eyes, appear, [[TearJerker well....]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
[[/folder]]
!!Introduced in Season 1
[[folder: Team AL4 (Foo Fighter/Asteroid)]]
!!Ren Suzugamori
!!! Royal Paladins (Prior to Season 1), Shadow Paladins (Season 1 & 3) / Gold Paladins (Season 2)
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--> Where there is light, there is darkness. That's one of a pair of truths.
The leader of Team Foo Fighter[[note]]Team Asteroid in the dub[[/note]], the current National Champion and the BigBad of the first season. Ren may seem at times to be [[CloudCuckoolander spacy]], but he has a vicious and sadistic personality that truly reveals itself during Vanguard matches. His outstanding abilities command the respect of everyone around him.
He is actually a Psyqualia user, and can thus foresee the outcome of his matches. However, his overuse of Psyqualia has corrupted his original, gentle personality. He was once a good friend to Kai, but [[spoiler:was abandoned by him after Ren began to abuse Psyqualia, ironically so that Kai would acknowledge him as an equal]].
In the second season, because of the changes to history, Ren never discovered the power of Psyqualia and is still a good friend of Kai. Free from its influence, he is shown to be a gifted and playful competitor who treats Vanguard as a game to be enjoyed. [[spoiler:He reawakens his Psyqualia power during his first game against Aichi, and although he reverts to his previous corrupted personality during their match, he seems unaffected by it after it ends]].
->Voiced by: Creator/AtsushiAbe (JP), Roger Rhodes (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* TheAce
* [[spoiler: AbusiveParents: In the manga. Ren's father pushed him to be a "perfect winner" and taught him “in this world, there are only two types of people: the losers who are laughed at, and those who laugh at them.”]]
* [[spoiler: {{Adorkable}}: Before he was corrupted by Psyqualia.]]
* BadassBoast: Makes a rather ominous one to Kenji right before [[spoiler: beating him with Blaster Dark]]. He has another one, repeated when he summons his trump card.
--> [[IronicEcho Champions crowned with glory]]... however, there was something that even they were no match for. Where there is light, there is darkness. That's one of a pair of truths. And light can only be swallowed up by darkness... that's a truth, too! Appear from the everlasting darkness, dark spirits!
--> Crying out in despair in the chaos called silence... the power of shadowy darkness, obscuring all vision, is mine!
* BadassLongcoat: As a bonus, it even has proto-ShouldersOfDoom.
* BigBad: Of the first season. [[spoiler: However, there appears to be a BiggerBad out there somewhere...which turns out to be a RedHerring.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: And how.
* [[spoiler: BrokenAce: We have a few minor hints that Ren wasn't always this way.]]
** Confirmed in Episode 49. [[spoiler: Ren used to be a nice guy before his Psyqualia corrupted him.]]
* CloudCuckooLander: [[spoiler: Ren was a kind of weird kid before he was corrupted by Psyqualia.]] It still shows a little bit in his personality even now.
** [[spoiler: UpToEleven in Episode 80 when he doesn't have Psyqualia. He spends the entire episode up until he receives Qualia again making the strangest and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funniest]] observations and comments possible.]]
** TheDitz: Coupled with the above, he couldn't even tell that Joker X was Tetsu.
* [[spoiler: TheCorrupter: To Aichi, though interestingly he serves only to push Aichi off the edge. Aichi had already taken his own steps towards Psyqualia, Ren just helps him along the path.]]
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Psyqualia.]]
* DarkIsEvil
* EvilCounterpart: To Aichi. His deck is full of darker versions of Aichi's cards, especially Blaster Dark to Aichi's Blaster Blade.
** Episode 49 hammers it home, showing that [[spoiler: Ren was essentially a more cheerful Aichi before he acquired Psyqualia.]]
* EvilRedhead
* [[spoiler: HesBack: Somewhat. Season 3 marks a return of his more serious and darker personality from the first season as opposed to the NiceGuy of the second, because his memories and his Shadow Paladins have been unsealed. He's still much more relaxed and friednly though.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain
* ImageSong: "THE END OF TURN".
* {{Invocation}}:
--> Appear from the everlasting darkness, dark spirits! I Ride... Blaster Dark!
--> [[spoiler: Envelop everything in darkness, my avatar! I Ride... Blaster Dark Revenger!]]
* JapanesePronouns: 'Boku.' Seems to switch to 'watashi' when, in his own words, he's being "serious."
* {{Jerkass}}: Infamous for it.
* KnightOfCerebus: Prior to his arrival, Vanguard was relatively light-hearted and normal by card game anime standards. Afterward... well, in the episode right after his appearance, [[spoiler: Misaki suffers a breakdown brought on by the memory of her parents' deaths]]. Ren is most definitely the bringer of CerebusSyndrome to Vanguard.
* Leitmotif: While he's occasionally associated with Psyqualia's theme, his grade 3 rides and Final Turns during Season 1 are typically paired with "Ren's Power". [[spoiler: Which makes its return in Season 3, when he decides to treat his Reversed Teammates seriously.]]
* MightMakesRight: One of his beliefs while corrupted by his Psyqualia
--> '''Ren''': It's as I said. The powerless fall into despair... and those with power get all the glory.
* [[spoiler: OhCrap: Has a very satisfying moment of uncertainty when Aichi's darker side point out that neither of them can predict the outcome of their battle. To his credit, he recovers almost immediately.]]
* PsychicPowers: Psyqualia, which he introduced.
** [[spoiler: He's implied to have lost this at the end of Season 1, along with Aichi.]]
** [[spoiler: And as of Episode 80, he has it again. [[SarcasmMode Great.]]]]
* PsychoticSmirk: When he doesn't go for a straight-up SlasherSmile.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedOniBlueOni: He and Aichi match each other this way. Complete with ColorCodedForYourConvenience.
* RefugeInAudacity: Delivering a TakeThat to every Cardfighter in Japan on national TV.
--> '''Ren''': Please continue doing your best at wasting time and effort.
* SeriousBusiness: Card games are to him, apparently. Probably due to his Psyqualia.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Sports one only in Season 1. Drops it when he become a nice guy. Lampshaded by Bushiroad's staff as they are a sign of a "Last Boss" character.
* SlasherSmile: All the time. He takes it UpToEleven in episode 63.
* SmugSuper: His speech before the finals of the second nationals more or less consists of "Congratulation for making it this far. Too bad I have psychic powers that make me unbeatable. Have fun!"
* [[spoiler: [[TakeOverTheWorld Take Over Japan]]]]: [[HiddenAgendaVillain Possibly]] his aim, as he mentions this in [[spoiler: Kai's flashback in Episode 49.]] Of course, he could have been lying. [[HiddenAgendaVillain Who]] [[{{Jerkass}} knows]].
* [[spoiler: NiceGuy: Before and after he gets Psyqualia.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Frequently proclaims this to Aichi later on, based on the fact that [[spoiler: they both sought overwhelming power and received Psyqualia.]]
--> '''Ren''': Wanting power, seeking to become stronger than anyone... that is truly the true Aichi lurking within you. Yes, just like me!
* [[spoiler: UsedToBeASweetKid: Before he got Psyqualia.]]
* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: After Aichi's speech to him in Episode 53, Ren looks noticably shaken, and he later has a flashback to the speech. This may suggest a larger breakdown later on...]]
** Which happens 12 episodes later, [[spoiler: when Aichi rides Majesty Lord Blaster and says he's through rejecting Ren and Psyqualia.]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Ren''': I won't accept anyone!]]
* WarriorPoet: Before his match with Koutei, the two have a little banter regarding Koutei's team name. Ren later provides an IronicEcho of this banter before delivering an ominous speech.
!!Tetsu Shinjou
!!!Dark Irregulars
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--> Friends...With that attitude, you can never be the strongest.
Ren's second-in-command and the number two of Foo Fighter. Known as the "General" of [=AL4=]. A very gruff and serious person, he's completely loyal to Ren. [[spoiler: One of the founding members of Foo Fighter, along with Ren and Kai.]]
->Voiced by: TetsuInada (JP), William Scott (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* AntiVillain: He's a NobleDemon. [[spoiler: And that's without mentioning how he refuses to abandon Ren in Episode 49's flashback.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: His surname was only revealed through the official website. In-series he registers in tournaments as "Tetsu" alone.
** His surname is finally spoke on-screen in [[spoiler: Kai's flashback in Episode 49]].
* BadassBaritone: He has quite an impressive on-screen win-loss ratio, his only losses being [[spoiler: to Kai and Ren in the episode 49 flashback]]. Combine that with the voice of TetsuInada, and you have this trope.
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Was reversed by Kai and then snapped out of it when Ren defeated him.]]
* DarkIsEvil
* TheDanza: Shares the same given name with his seiyuu, TetsuInada.
* TheDragon: To Ren. However, [[spoiler: Episode 49 indicates that he stands by Ren because he can't bring himself to abandon him, as opposed to supporting his aims.]]
--> '''Tetsu''': I can't desert Ren.
* EvilCounterpart: To Kai. [[spoiler: Both are the immediate supporters to TheHero and the BigBad respectively. While Kai deserted Ren after he became addicted to Psyqualia, Tetsu remained at Ren's side and refused to abandon him.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has possibly the deepest voice of any character so far.
* LargeAndInCharge: Second-in-command actually, but still runs with the trope.
* TheLegionsOfHell: His Dark Irregulars include quite a few demonic units, particularly his ''Demon World Marquis Amon''.
* NobleDemon: Most of the time, he's quite reasonable, if gruff.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: During the Japan stage of the Asia Circuit. Even though it's obvious who he is Ren, Morikawa and Kamui don't recognize him.]]
* RedBaron: The General.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: To Kamui, after hearing a speech explaining why he'll never surrender because he has his friends.
--> '''Tetsu''': Friends...With that attitude, you can never be the strongest.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To Aichi.
--> '''Tetsu''': This is the form which best suits your power.
!!Asaka Narumi
!!!Pale Moon
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--> Ever since then, I've been fighting only for Ren-sama.
The number three of Foo Fighter. Known as the "Assassin" of [=AL4=]. She's [[SubordinateExcuse devoted to Ren]], and fights to get his acknowledgement.
->Voiced by: HitomiNabatame (JP), Laura Rushfeldt (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Was reversed for a time until she snapped out of it when Ren defeated her.]]
* TheDarkChick
* DistaffCounterpart: She resembles an older, genderswapped Aichi.
* EvilCounterpart: To Misaki.
* IcyBlueEyes
* LargeHam: She likes to ham it up when she's cardfighting, treating her turns as a big show, in keeping with her deck's circus theme.
* RedBaron: The Assassin.
* SubordinateExcuse: For Ren.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* ZettaiRyouiki
!!Kyou Yahagi
!!!Spike Brothers (Seasons 1 - 3)/Megacolony (Season 2)
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An egomaniacal SmugSnake. He begins as the fourth member of AL4, but gets kicked out after losing a tournament match (and due to his [[TheStarscream obvious aspirations for Ren's position]]). Blackballed from professional Vanguard, he forms his own TerribleTrio with other rejects called "Team Avenger" and vows revenge, becoming the show's resident GoldfishPoopGang.
->Voiced by: Creator/AkenoWatanabe (JP), Cole Howard (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* BeetleManiac: In season 2, after switching clans to Megacolony. At one point he even parades around in a giant beetle costume.
* BraggartBoss
* BrattyHalfPint
* DetachedSleeves: His initial/default outfit.
* TheDeterminator: It must be said, he ''never'' gives up on defeating the most powerful characters. Even directly after being brutally defeated and [[MindRape mind-raped]] by [[spoiler: Aichi]], he's still ranting about how he'll fight again and win.
** This is a guy who refused to move out of the way of an ''avalanche'' to finish a Cardfight.
* EvilCounterpart: To Kamui, kind of.
* GoldfishPoopGang: He and the rest of Team Avengers are this.
* HumiliationConga: First he's utterly crushed by Kai, after [[SmugSnake bragging about how he'd beat him.]] Then he gets kicked out of AL4, blackballed by every other card shop (because no-one wants to incur the wrath of Ren), finally breaks down after seeing Ren on television, then even after pulling himself together enough to form his own team, he gets crushed by [[spoiler: Aichi]] with a dose of MindRape on top.
** In a much more light-hearted manner, every appearance he makes in Season 2 is a part of one.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: In Season 2. He just keeps trying without success.
* JapanesePronouns: Uses 'ore-sama', which ought to tell you [[SmugSnake what he's like.]]
* JustifiedTutorial: His battle with Leon in Season 2 (and the reason Kyou switches clans) is basically to demonstrate how a well-built Megacolony deck can shut down an Aqua Force deck. [[spoiler:He plays a near-perfect game but still loses because... well, it's Kyou]].
* LaughingMad: During his flashback in Episode 41 when he sees Ren on a TV. [[spoiler: And again when Aichi's prediction about the end of their match comes true.]]
* ManInWhite: Apart from his brief EvilCostumeSwitch after forming team Avengers, he tends to stick to all white ensembles.
* OnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Feels this way towards Ren. This is especially apparent in season 3, as he pulls a YouShallNotPass on the [[spoiler:Link Joker possessed]] Fukuhara students trying to fight Ren simply because he doesn't want any of them to defeat Ren before he does.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Objectively speaking, Kyou is one of the top Vanguard fighters in the series. The problem is that he's not ''quite'' as good as the top-tier players, who he always ends up fighting. To wit, his five on-screen losses have been to Kai ([[InvincibleHero who never loses]]), two Psyqualia users (which gives them an unfair supernatural advantage) and Tetsu (who was already his superior in AL4).
* RedBaron: "Crusher" Kyou.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After he's thrown out of Foo Fighters, he forms Team Avengers to try and get revenge for his humiliation.
* SmugSnake
* TheStarscream: Attempts to beat Kai in order to usurp Ren, but it backfires. Horribly.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Ren finally acknowledges him and calls him by name in episode 129.
* UnknownRival: To Ren. In the anime, he's trying to overthrow Ren and take his place. In the manga, he simply wants to impress him as, even though he's part of AL4, Ren doesn't even acknowledge him or even remember his name.
* VillainousBreakdown: When he realizes Kai will beat him. [[spoiler: And then again in Episode 42.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Team Caesar]]
A world-class team first introduced in the Nationals. After [[spoiler: Ren effortlessly defeats them in the finals]], they hold the Caesar Vanguard Training Camp for Q4, creating a SempaiKohai type relationship between the two teams.
!!Kenji "Koutei" Mitsusada
!!!Dimension Police
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The leader of Team Caesar. His nickname is derived from the kanji for 'emperor', fitting Kenji's knowledge of Roman history. Relaxed and easy-going, he doesn't seem much like a champion-level player, but proves his mettle when his team reach the finals of the Nationals. [[spoiler: However, he is crushed by Ren when the latter calls on his Psyqualia and his Blaster Dark]].
->Voiced by: KenjiAkabane (JP), Jeff Punyi (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* TheAce: He's up there with Ren at the top of the nation's players.
* AlternateCharacterReading: Mitsusada (光定) = ''koutei'' = emperor (皇帝).
* BackToBackBadasses: With Leon in episode 138.
* BadassLongcoat
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Reversed by Kai in episode 135. He gets better once he loses to Leon.]]
* [[spoiler: CurbStompBattle: On the recieving end of one at Ren's hands during the finals of the first Nationals]].
* TheDanza: Shares the same given name with his seiyuu, Kenji Akabane.
* FanNickname: DT, which is the acronym of Doutei (Man virgin), which in turn is a pun of his in series nickname "Koutei"
* GrayEyes: Serves a mentor figure via the Caesar Vanguard Training Camp.
* HotBlooded: His [[spoiler: Final Turn]] in Episode 82 features Koutei acting like a super robot anime protagonist. Complete with CallingYourAttacks at the top of his voice.
--> [[spoiler: BURNING JUSTICE SWOOORRRDDD!!!]]
* [[spoiler: MightMakesRight: When Reversed.]]
* NiceGuy: Incredibly so, no matter how rude someone is to him.
* [[spoiler: [[PutOnABus Put On A Plane]]: Announced that he was going to study at the Singapore Institute of Technical Studies.]]
** [[spoiler: [[TheBusCameBack The Plane Came Back]]: Returns in episode 135 with a new and improved Dimension Police deck, only to get reversed by Kai.]]
* RedBaron: 'Koutei' - The Emperor.
* ShrinkingViolet: Of sorts. He hates being to center of attention when not cardfighting, but in a match he can easily reach super robot anime protagonist levels of HotBlooded, as shown in episodes 82 and 86.
* TookALevelInBadass: In Episode 82, [[spoiler: he beats Ren]]. He's also the first non-main character to [[spoiler: get a Crossride Unit]].
** In Episode 136, he is revealed to be even weaker than [[ButtMonkey Gai]] in the past. But by learning from mistakes and constant training by Yuri, he is able to surpass the both of them and even become the National Champion.
* WarriorPoet: He has some discussion with Ren about Team Caesar's naming prior to their match. He is also quite knowledgable of Roman history.
* TheWorfEffect: Suffers from this along with the rest of his team. [[spoiler: Except when he pulls out Great Daiyusha and crushes Ren with it in Episode 82.]]
* UpToEleven: He's the first non-main character to [[spoiler: get TWO Crossride Units]].
!!Yuri Usui
!!!Dimension Police (Season 1) / Dimension Police/[[spoiler: Oracle Think Tank]] (Season 2)
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The only female member of Team Caesar. She was Aichi's opponent at the training camp. She is later revealed to run a Stand-based Dimension Police deck focusing around the synergy between Miracle Beauty and Enigman Rain, as well as revealing a rather more reckless and energetic persona in card fights.
->Voiced by: Mayuki Makiguchi (JP), Leda Davies (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* AttackAttackAttack: She uses a variant of Dimension Police focused around mass standing to get more attacks, similar to Kamui's Nova Grapplers.
* {{Badass}}: Her fighting style may essentially equate to luck, but damn if she doesn't make it look awesome while doing it.
* CoolBigSis: Her usual persona. However, when it comes to serious fights...
** HotBlooded: ...She's this, with a good side helping of SeriousBusiness.
** * Tsundere: When Kenji is involve.
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Reversed by Kenji in episode 136. She gets better once she loses off screen.]]
* LightIsGood: Her Dimension Police in general, but especially Enigman Rain. Yuri herself is helpful and kind to the members of Q4, if...[[HotBlooded enthusiastic at times]].
* MagicPokerEquation: She claims to be able to call out her Triggers like an empress commanding her subjects. [[spoiler: At the end of her fight with Misaki... she does exactly this.]]
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Enigman Rain. To be fair, it's not an actual angel, but an angelic alien.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: During the Japan stage of the Asia Circuit. Misaki isn't fooled.]]
* RedBaron: The Empress.
* SempaiKouhai: She fought against Aichi and gave him a tip for his deck.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In Season 3, when Kenji is involved.
* WhoWearsShortShorts
!!Gai Usui
!!!Dimension Police
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Yuri's younger brother, and the third member of Team Caesar.
->Voiced by: Setsuji Satou (JP), Phil Fulton (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* ButtMonkey: In Episode 54 due to his sister.
* {{Keigo}}: Notably, he's one of the most formal-speaking of the entire cast.
* RedBaron: The Gladiator.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Card Shop PSY]]
A mysterious trio of sisters who run [[TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday Card Shop PSY]], supporting the main characters by giving them rare cards and challenging their skills in cardfights. They also form the [[IdolSinger idol group]] "Ultra Rare". [[spoiler:Their true goal is to find and aid those with the power of Psyqualia, under the instruction of Takuto Tatsunagi, so that they may find a Vanguard to help quell the chaos on Cray]].
!!Suiko
!!!Angel Feather (Season 2 & 3)/[[spoiler: Link Joker]] (Season 3)
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The eldest of the sisters, a calm and composed person.
->Voiced by: Aimi Terakawa (JP), Nikkita Bradette (EN)
!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: In episode 130, after being corrupted by Link Joker.]]
* [[spoiler: FacialMarkings: Just like everyone else who has been corrupted by Link Joker.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: In season 1.
* ManipulativeBitch: She was willing to hold back information about [[spoiler: Psyqualia]] from Aichi after confirming he had it and had no problems with [[spoiler: Ren and Aichi's [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide personalities being distorted]] by it, she may have even toyed with it based on her handing them stronger cards,]] so long as she got results.
** 0 Start Set reveals that she was the one who introduced [[spoiler:psyqualia to Ren, setting him on the path to being DrunkOnTheDarkside.]] It seems that she'll go to any lengths to get the [[spoiler:psyqualia]] fighters she needs.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Most notable with how she's willing to support [[BigBad Ren]] due to the fact that she needs someone with [[spoiler: Psyqualia]].
* YinYangClash: [[spoiler: The cards she offers Aichi and Ren.]]
--> '''Suiko''': [[LightEmUp Light which blankets the darkness...]] [[CastingAShadow darkness that swallows the light...]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Kourin
!!! Royal Paladins (Season 1 & 3) / Angel Feather (Season 2)
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Kourin is the middle sister of Card Shop PSY, acting as their main Cardfighter. Although she is very temperamental and cold, she is also the most conflicted about their mission and [[spoiler:secretly works against her sisters to rescue Aichi from the corrosive effects of his Psyqualia addiction]].
In ''Link Joker'', she is enrolled in Miyaji High School under the name "Kourin Tatsunagi" and joins Aichi's new Vanguard Club.
->Voiced by: SuzukoMimori (JP), Stevie Forzani (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* BikerBabe: She rides a motorcycle - and in a white jumpsuit, no less!
* [[spoiler: FakeMemories: When Aichi asks her about Royal Paladins in Season 2, like everyone else, she can't remember that Clan.]]
** [[spoiler: She could have been faking it, she seems to understand everything that's going on.]]
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: What she intends to become in Season 3.
** NewTransferStudent
* [[spoiler: SpannerInTheWorks: Set up as this to Suiko in Season 1, though [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot it mysteriously never seems to really resolve]]...]]
* {{Tsundere}}: For Aichi.
* WomanInWhite: All three sisters wear white when in their Ultra-rare outfits, but Kourin is the only one who wears all-white all the time.
!!Rekka
!!!Angel Feather
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The youngest of the sisters. She puts on a [[{{Kawaiiko}} cute and cheerful]] persona, but BeneathTheMask she can be glib and highly-competitive.
In ''Link Joker'' she is enrolled in Miyaji Middle School and goes on to establish the "Cardfight Circle" with Emi Sendou and Mai.
->Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjou (JP), Michelle Molineux (EN)
!!Tropes:
* BadassAdorable: [[spoiler: Deceptively skilled, she manages to throw together a Deck from cards that just came out. Which she then [[CurbStompBattle owns Misaki with.]] Watch out.]]
* BrutalHonesty: [[spoiler: Informs Misaki that since she hasn't spent the weeks since the Nationals upgrading her Deck, she'll never win the VF Circuit.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
* TheGadfly: She occasionally seems to like to push people's buttons just because [[ItAmusedMe it's more interesting that way]]. Especially [[{{Tsundere}} Kourin]].
* GenkiGirl
* {{Kawaiiko}}
* MegaTwintails
* RoseHairedGirl
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Characters]]
!!Jun Mutsuki
!!!Dark Irregulars (Season 1)/Dimension Police (season 2)
An "underground fighter" who makes his living playing Vanguard on the street and roughing up those who lose to him. Despite this, he has his own code of honour and keeps the members of his gang under control. [[spoiler:He reappears toward the end of season two as one of the members of Team Unknown, under the alias "King Z".]]
->Voiced by: KenjiNojima (JP), Brett Olsen (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* BadassLongcoat
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Becomes friends with Miwa and Kai after Kai defeats him.
* TheLegionsOfHell: Like Tetsu, he uses Dark Irregulars.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: During the Japan Stage of tha Asia Circuit.]] Not that he needed it.
[[/folder]]
!!Introduced in Season 2 (''VF Asia Circuit'')
[[folder:Takuto Tatsunagi]]
!!!Gold Paladins (Season 2)/[[spoiler: Link Joker]] (Season 3)
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Chairman of the Tatsunagi Foundation, he and his financial group are the hosts of the VF Asia Circuit. He appears at Card Capital at the beginning of the second season and fights Aichi.
[[spoiler:He possesses a powerful variation of Psyqualia that allows him to rewrite memories and grant Psyqualia to those with potential. With the aid of Ultra Rare, who act as his agents, his mission is to find a suitable human Vanguard who can unite the warring clans of Cray against the dark force known as Void]].
In the ''Link Joker'' arc, [[spoiler:he is possessed by an agent of Void against his will and becomes one of the main antagonists of the season]].
->Voiced by: Creator/AyahiTakagaki (JP), Patricia Bacchus (EN)
!!!Tropes
* BigBad: He's being set up as this for Season 2.
** NonActionBigBad: If the above is true. All he's done is fight Aichi and Kai so they wind up with their current decks and [[spoiler: give Aichi, Ren, and Chris Psyqualia]]. Other than that, he just sits back and watches the teams duke it out.
** [[spoiler: In Episode 98, he reveals that the entire point of the Asia Circuit was to find teams who were capable of leading Cray against the Mysterious Force.]]
** [[spoiler: BigGood: While it remains to see if it holds completely true in Episode 99 its revealed that Leon, not him, is the BigBad with the Void acting as the Bigger Bad.]]
** He's very definitely the BigBad in season 3, due to being [[spoiler: possessed by Link Joker.]] Though just like in season 2, [[spoiler:VOID]] takes up the role of the BiggerBad.
* CreepyChild: In season 3, when [[spoiler:possessed by Link Joker.]]
* CrossDressingVoices
* TheCorrupter: To [[spoiler:Christopher Lo, Aichi and Ren]] in season 2, due to [[spoiler:giving them all access to psyqualia.]] He's also this to [[spoiler:Kai]] in season 3, as he drives him to [[spoiler:accept the power of Link Joker.]]
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Pulls this stunt in the opening episode of the second season on Aichi.
* [[spoiler: DemonicPossession: Believed to be the one who possessed Rekka in Season 1's finale.]]
** One interpretation of the Asia-Hen finale is [[spoiler: that Takuto himself was possessed by Ezel, based on how he changed after returning from Cray, without his FacialMarkings.]]
** In season 3 [[spoiler:he's once again on the receiving end of this, as he is forcibly possessed by Link Joker. This turns him into the BigBad for the season.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Decil from ''[[MobileSuitGundamAge Gundam AGE]]''. They first appear as a DeliberatelyCuteChild, but make the most of that appearance to mess with the 14/15 year old protagonist's head, whilst dropping some unsettling lines, and guide him along the path where they wait, while dragging innocents into their conflict. Both [[ImprobableAge young]], both with gold eyes and both with [[HeyItsThatVoice the same voice.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilCostumeSwitch]]: Happens in season 3, after being [[spoiler:possessed by Link Joker.]]
* FacialMarkings: The green line on his forehead, it appears on Beaumains in the first episode and Ezel in the opening, leading to quite a few EpilepticTrees that he's actually from Cray/is Ezel.
** [[spoiler: Confirmed to have disappeared in the 2nd season finale.]]
** [[spoiler: He gets a red diamond in its place under Link Joker.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: Oh so very much.
* ImprobableAge: Runs the Tatsunagi Financial Group.
* MindRape: [[spoiler:Is very, very skilled at doing this after being possessed by Link Joker in season 3, as Kai found out the hard way.]]
* PsychicPowers: [[spoiler: During his fight with Aichi, he drags Aichi into a vision of the Royal/Shadow Paladins and Kagero sealing. After he's disappeared, he's either rewritten everyone's memories, with the exception of Aichi (but at least Kai's), or sent the two of them to an AlternateUniverse.]]
** During the Circuit, he [[spoiler: shows off his ability to give Psyqualia to others.]]
* ManInWhite
* StealthHiBye: [[spoiler: More like Teleport Hi Bye regarding his fights with Aichi and Kai.]]
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Has an extremely pretty pair of golden peepers, and has PsychicPowers which allow him to [[spoiler:possess people, grant psyqualia, rewrite memories and drag people to different worlds.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His speech to Aichi in Episode 1 of Season 2 indicates that he is doing what is necessary to save [[spoiler: Cray]] from [[spoiler: the mysterious force]].
** [[spoiler: Not just Cray, he wants to SaveBothWorlds.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Initially seems to be this in season 2, but eventually he's revealed to be [[spoiler: the BigGood who is trying to SaveBothWorlds.]]
** Season 3 [[spoiler:plays this straight, as he becomes the BigBad after being possessed by Link Joker.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Team S.I.T Genius]]
!!Christopher Lo
!!!Great Nature
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The leader of S.I.T. Genius, and the number one student at the Singapore Institute of Technical Studies (S.I.T.) His deck's specific theme is using School Hunter Leo-pald to revive the units he sacrifices via ExplosiveOverclocking.
->Voiced by: SayuriYahagi (JP), Sam Krochmal (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* TheAce
** BrokenAce: He has shades; as the top player at the university, he feels that everyone expects him to stay number one and is always working towards that, but it's clear he's felt the pressure.
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Psyqualia.]]
** [[spoiler: As of Episode 99, Void seems to have stepped in to corrupt him further.]]
*** [[spoiler: Now he gets reversed by Kenji in episode 135. He gets better once he loses off screen.]]
* [[spoiler: DrunkOnTheDarkSide: When under the influence of Psyqualia and Void.]]
* [[spoiler: LonelyAtTheTop: Describes this in Episode 99, saying that everyone expected him to remain number one and that he couldn't have friends because of that. That said, he was DrunkOnTheDarkSide at the time.]]
** [[spoiler: It is the TruthInTelevision. When you are the best in an institution, people around you expect you to do better, especially prominent in certain Asian countries where pressures from parents and peers can go out of control. Though there is nobody to stop you from making friends with others, but the time and effort you pour in to remain at the top may cause one to sacrifice their time for socializing, thus ended up lonely. Chris' reaction is just like one who has snapped from the enormous pressure.]]
* NiceGuy: He's quite polite and reasonable to the main characters, even admonishing his teammates for being rude to them. [[spoiler: Seems to be a prerequisite for Psyqualia...]]
* [[spoiler: PsychicPowers: In his fight with Aichi, Takuto gives him Psyqualia.]]
* [[spoiler: PsychoticSmirk: When under the influence of Psyqualia.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Fan subs of his name range from "Chris Falo" to "Christopher Flow".
* TokenGoodTeammate
* [[spoiler: TookALevelInJerkass: Thanks to Psyqualia.]]
* [[spoiler: UsedToBeASweetKid: Par for course with Psyqualia.]]
!!Lee Shenlon
!!!Great Nature
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S.I.T. Genius' second in command player. He fights to try and surpass Chris, because he hates being the second best player on the team. He runs a Great Nature deck with a specific focus on using Armed Instructor, Bison's Limit Break.
->Voiced by: Creator/AsamiShimoda (JP), Benjamin Arthurs (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* BrattyHalfPint
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Reversed off screen after Christoper is Reversed. He gets better]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Shows qualities of this from time to time.
* TheResenter: Towards Chris, since he hates being second best.
* SeriousBusiness: Believes that he can't be second best to ANYONE in anything.
* ShoutOut: His name is a shout out to the Prime Minster of Singapore.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: How he feels towards Chris.
* {{Tsundere}}: Possibly. He shows brief flashes of liking his team in spite of himself, and he [[spoiler: gets angry at Chris when he's a {{Jerkass}} to Pajeel after he loses to Kamui]].
!!Pajeel Ali
!!!Great Nature
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The third player of S.I.T. Genius, an overconfident kid who wants to win Cardfights because he believes [[SeriousBusiness girls like guys who win at Vanguard.]] He runs a Great Nature deck based around using the Locks Ride Chain and the Hamsuke Units to recover lost advantage from the forced retiring imposed by Great Nature's plus Power skills.
->Voiced by: Keiko Nemoto (JP), Sam Duke (EN)
!!!Tropes:
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Reversed off screen after Christoper is Reversed. He gets better.]]
* TheCasanova: Well, he ''seems'' to be successful if his ImagineSpot is to be believed...
** KidAnova
* ExplosiveOverclocking: His deck's theme is actually benefiting from this by a combination of the Hamsuke Units (who can Counterblast on Retire to search a copy of themselves from the deck) and the Locks Ride Chain (the Grade 1 and 2 have skills where when you Ride the next stage of the chain onto them, you select up to two of your Great Nature Rearguards and if any of those Rearguards are retired in that turn's End Phase, you draw a card for each).
* ImagineSpot: One that ''blinds Kamui''.
* SeriousBusiness: 'Girls like guys who win at Cardfights' sums it up.
** As does the whole 'I'll take away your goddess when I win' thing. [[SarcasmMode Vanguard fights, anteing people since 2012.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Not helped by the fact his name's ''Arabic''.
* [[spoiler:TokenGoodTeammate: After Chris gets Psyqualia.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Team Dreadnought]]
!!Leon Souryuu
!!!Aqua Force
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--> The wind stopped. In other words... this is the Final Turn!
A powerful Cardfighter who uses an "Aqua Force" deck, a legendary clan that was said to have conquered Cray before mysteriously disappearing. Leon is stoic and determined, and uses "the wind" ([[spoiler:actually the power of Psyqualia]]) to sense the flow of a battle.
He is TheChosenOne of the Souryu clan, a family that once ruled the seven seas. As their fortunes were tied to that of the Aqua Force clan on the planet Cray, the Souryu clan went into decline after Aqua Force was sealed away by [[spoiler:the dark force known as Void]]. Leon's goal is to revive the Aqua Force clan, thus bringing his own family back into prosperity.
[[spoiler:To accomplish this, Leon made a deal with Void to sacrifice the Royal Paladin, Shadow Paladin and Kagero clans in exchange for the revival of Aqua Force. Leon then infiltrates the VF Circuit in order to sabotage Takuto Tatsunagi's plans of finding a new leader for Cray that could defeat Void. Having infused his body with the power of Void, Leon's abilities are enhanced to a terrible degree, and he has become the BigBad of Season 2]].
->Voiced by: Daichi Kanbara (JP)
!!!Tropes
* TheAce
* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: In Episode 125, he relates an abridged version of his backstory to the Paranormal Society this way, comparing himself [[spoiler: corrupted by Void]] to their current delusion.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Koutei in episode 138.
* BadassBoast: In Episode 90:
--> '''Leon''': Are you prepared? Are you prepared to bring forth a wind powerful enough to change the world itself? I can do that. No. I ''must'' do it!
** And another in Episode 91:
--> '''Leon''': Faced with a raging wind, limits have no meaning!
** We can pretty much conclude he's a master of these:
--> '''Leon''': If I could attain that power, I vowed to defeat my opponent, even if they happened to be a god! And you people are no exceptions!
--> '''Leon''': There are two choices before you. The first is to throw down your hand and lose. [[MortonsFork The other is to keep your hand and lose]].
* BadassLongcoat
* BattleAura: A strange blue-purple one. [[spoiler: Possibly related to his 'new power'.]]
** [[spoiler: Later upgrades to a very dark purple to show his corruption by Void.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad: Seems to be Season 2's.]]
* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Or at least, blonde guys are jerks.
** [[spoiler: As of Episode 99, he's decidedly evil.]]
* CatchPhrase: 'The wind'.
* [[spoiler: ChewingTheScenery: In his match with Aichi, by the time he gets around to Crossriding Maelstrom, he's trying it out quite a bit.]]
* TheChosenOne: Believes he is, at any rate.
** [[spoiler: In Episode 98 he even essentially says that he is the one chosen to lead Cray to salvation from the Mysterious Force.]]
* TheComicallySerious: In more comical moments, his [[TheStoic stoic-ness]] becomes this.
* [[spoiler: TheCorruption: Void.]]
* [[spoiler: DealWithTheDevil: He made a deal with Void.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilLaugh]]
* {{Expy}}: Fans were pointing out the similarities between Leon and [[YuGiOh5Ds Jack Atlus]] well before he actually made his debut.
* IAmTheNoun
--> '''Leon''': In fact, we ''are'' justice!
* {{Invocation}}:
--> '''Leon''': We who carry out justice have no limits! Naval Gazer, LimitBreak!
--> '''Leon''': Behold! Wash away all vice in the flow of a furious flood. Its name is righteousness! I Ride Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstrom!
--> '''Leon''': [[spoiler: Dragon spun into existence from the warp of the wind and the weft of the sea, live up to the legend in your ideal form! I Crossride Blue Storm Supreme Dragon, Glory Maelstrom!]]
* LargeHam: Especially when delivering speeches about "[[PsychicPower Wind]]", "[[MakingASplash Aqua]] [[KnightTemplar Force]]" and their "[[MightMakesRight ABSOLUTE JUSTICE!!!]]"
* LetMeTellYouAStory: Specifically, his backstory, to the Paranormal Club in Episode 125.
* MakingASplash: Aqua Force.
* ManInWhite
* MeaningfulName: His surname is a nickname for [[TheFourGods Seiryuu, the Dragon of the East.]]
* MightMakesRight: Believes this about himself and Aqua Force:
--> '''Leon''': Ever victorious and thus righteous!
* [[spoiler: MoreHeroThanThou: Tells the assembled members of Teams Q4, New AL4 and SIT Genius to go back home when Takuto invites them to come and save Cray for this reason.]]
--> '''Leon''': [[spoiler: It's simple. You people aren't the leaders that Cray needs. That person is me alone, Leon Souryu!]]
* [[spoiler: PsychicPowers: The wind is Psyqualia. And then he gets even stronger ones via Void.]]
* PurpleEyes
* TheRival: He's been billed as one for Team Q4.
* [[spoiler: SanitySlippage: He becomes NotSoStoic once he joins sides with Void, but judging by some of his interactions with Kai and Aichi, he's destablizing in this manner, especially when Kai hits a raw nerve and figures out Leon's afraid of being alone.]]
* TheStoic: Throughout his fight with Daigo, he remains cold and collected throughout.
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He's just trying to stop his family dying out. It just took a DealWithTheDevil to get the ball rolling.]]
* [[spoiler: WillingChanneler: He's allowing Void's power to enter his body and Takuto's words suggest that it's Void actually working to possess him.]]
!!Sharlene Chen
!!!Aqua Force
A member of Team Dreadnought, along with Leon and her twin sister Jillian. Having grown up with Leon, they show immense respect for him as the heir to the Souryu Clan. She is the more quiet and airheaded of the two, but is prone to outbursts when angered.
->Voiced by: SaoriGoto (JP)
!!!Tropes
* {{Adorkable}}: Constantly, except when she gets mad.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite her adorable and silly personality, she's still an incredibly skilled fighter [[spoiler: plus, like her sister, she's more than capable of putting down a man taller and older than her with ease.]]
* [[spoiler: CuteBruiser / LittleMissBadass]]
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: She wears the hair to the side of her face on the left.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt
* ShoutOut: Her name is a name play of the former popular Hong Kong C-Pop starlet Charlene Choi from the group "Twins".
* ShyBlueHairedGirl
* TagTeamTwins: She and Jillian fought all the matches of the Hong Kong stage before the final.
* TaremeEyes
* [[spoiler: UndyingLoyalty: Even when Leon is clearly corrupted by Void, she and Jillian stand by and protect him.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Jillian Chen
!!!Aqua Force
->Voiced by: KanaUeda (JP)
The third member of Team Dreadnought. Compared to Sharlene, she has a sharp tongue and a ruthless temperament, becoming riled whenever someone does not show Leon enough respect.
!!!Tropes
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins
* [[spoiler: CuteBruiser / LittleMissBadass]]
* HairTriggerTemper
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: She wears the hair to the side of her face on the right.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt
* ShoutOut: Her name is a name play of the former popular Hong Kong C-pop starlet Gillian Chung from the group "Twins".
* TagTeamTwins: She and Sharlene fought all the matches of the Hong Kong stage before the final.
* TsurimeEyes
* [[spoiler: UndyingLoyalty: To Leon, even when he's working with Void.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Characters]]
!!Daigo
!!!Royal Paladin
A Legendary Fighter who was introduced in Episode 82, fighting Leon with a Royal Paladin deck. [[spoiler: In the episode, it is revealed that when the Clans were sealed, Daigo was caught in a space time warp, causing him to teleport randomly from place to place, staying in each for only a short time. After losing to Leon, he teleports once again, and it is stated he will likely continue to do so until the Clans are freed.]]
Outside of the anime, Daigo was also a main character in the live-action drama Stand Up! Vanguard. Whether the two are actually the same or not was never explained, since the anime Daigo used a different deck (though not a different Clan). Daigo is of course a real person also, who is associated heavily with Vanguard via advertising.
!!!Tropes:
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* GratuitousEnglish: Endlessly in the anime. One particular sequence has him speaking English until the very last word.
--> '''Daigo''': Hi-Dog Breeder Akane, call! And Counterblast! Come on, Pongal! And Counterblast once more! Soul Saver Dragon... into the tefuda (hand)
* ThePowerOfFriendship: His deck.
* RealPersonCameo
* [[spoiler: TeleportersAndTransporters: A completely non-intentional case in the anime.]]
* [[spoiler: YinYangBomb: In the live-action, he uses Majesty Lord Blaster.]]
[[/folder]]
!!Introduced in Season 3 ''(Link Joker)''
[[folder:Miyaji High Cardfight Club]]
The Cardfight Vanguard club formed by Aichi after he transferred to Miyaji High. Their members currently consist of Aichi (President), Naoki Ishida (Vice President), Shingo Komoi, Kourin and Misaki.
!Club-wide tropes:
* FiveManBand: After Ride 113,
** TheLeader: Aichi, the president/captain of the club. Sometimes doubles as TheChick for pulling everyone together.
** TheLancer: Naoki, the vice-president.
** TheSmartGuy: Misaki.
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Kourin
** TheChick: Shingo, [[SmallNameBigEgo not that he'd agree with you.]]
!!Naoki Ishida
!!!Narukami
-> Voiced by: Toru Nara
Aichi's classmate in Miyaji High School. He has the look of a aimless {{delinquent}} but is [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife actually looking for something to get invested in]], having been put off by the straight-laced nature of the people around him.
!!!Tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}: Almost anything that involves him and CardfightVanguard.
* TheAtoner: He wants to make up for never stepping in to defend Aichi from the bullying he received when they both attended the same elementary school.
* AttackAttackAttack
* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: In Episode 126]]
* CatchPhrase:
--> '''Naoki''': Strike, my avatar!
* {{Delinquents}}: Not actually one but looks like one.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: He is looking for something that "can make his soul burn".
* FaceOfAThug
* [[spoiler:FacialMarkings: As part of being possessed.]]
* HotBlooded
* InsistentTerminology: Calling out "Break Time!" whenever he uses a Break Ride, despite numerous people pointing out that the phrase means "taking a rest". It's become somewhat of a meme in the fandom.
* {{Invocation}}:
--> '''Naoki''': [[spoiler: That voice echoes in the darkness, whispering for me to beat Aichi Sendou! Observe! The ebony flames that burn in the pitch-black darkness! Crossbreak ride! Eradicator, Vowing Saber Dragon "Reverse"!]]
* ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for Aichi transferring schools after not stepping in to save him and deems himself as bad as the bullies.
* JapanesePronouns: Usually refers to himself using the coarse and informal "ore" but accidentally uses the boyish "boku" when he first copies Aichi's CatchPhrase.
* [[spoiler: MindControlEyes: Episode 126, due to his possession.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Aichi's blue.
* ShockAndAwe: His Narukami deck.
* {{Tsundere}}
!!Shingo Komoi
!!!Various
->Voiced by: HiroyukiYoshino
One of Aichi's classmates in Miyaji High. He is a huge fan of Vanguard, but was unable to play it often due to Miyaji High's straight-laced nature. He idolises Aichi and joins the club in order to get closer to him. Instead of specialising in one clan like most Cardfighters, Shingo has several decks and constantly rotates between them.
!!!Tropes:
* AdjustingYourGlasses: Did it by the corner in the opening.
* {{Expy}}: Looks very similar to [[Anime/YuGiOh Insector Haga/Weevil Underwood]], down to the hair style and glasses.
* {{Fanboy}}: For Aichi and later, Rekka as well.
* MesACrowd: The ace card in his Murakumo deck, Magatsu Storm, can summon additional copies of itself from the Deck for multiple attacks.
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SmallNameBigEgo: For someone who professes to be a skilled player of Vanguard, his win-loss ratio is ''pathetic''.
* StalkerWithACrush: Accused of being this for Kourin by Naoki, [[spoiler:even though he was watching Aichi.]]
* TechnicianVsPerformer: The Technician to Naoki's Performer.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: A recurring thing with him. First he underestimates Miwa (because he had never seen Miwa's name in any Vanguard magazines) and then Emi (because she's younger than him and prioritises "cuteness" in her cards).
!!Kourongi Nakamurabashi
The faculty advisor of the Miyaji High Cardfight Club. He knows nothing about ''Vanguard'' and has no real interest in it, but takes his responsibilities with good humour and grace. [[{{Expy}} He is definitely not Takaaki Kidani, the CEO of Bushiroad]].
!!!Tropes:
* {{Expy}}: Looks like Takaaki Kidani, the CEO of Bushiroad. Here's a comparison [[http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff503/karthus/kidani_zps855ff4bc.png picture.]]
* JapanesePoliteness: His manner of speaking is incredibly polite.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miyaji High Student Council]]
The AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil of Miyaji High School. Seeing the Cardfight Club as a disruption to the order of the school, they act as the main antagonistic force in ''Link Joker'''s first arc.
!!Tatewaki Naito
-> Voiced by: SusumuChiba
The President of the Miyaji High School Student Council. Espousing the idea of the "global standard" and [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinism]], he looks down upon hobbyist pursuits like the Cardfight Club and takes steps to remove them from the school.
* EvilVirtues: He has a strong sense of honour, so even though he stacks the deck against the Cardfight Club and actively plots to remove them from the school, he ''will'' reward them if they pass his challenges.
* KnightTemplar: A very mild version: he seeks to remove the Cardfight Club because they don't fit his ideal vision for the school.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste
* PrincelyYoungMan
* TheSocialDarwinist
* YouHaveFailedMe: To the Football Team after they fail to defeat Aichi.
!!Juri Suwabe
-> Voiced by: JunjiMajima
The Vice-President of Miyaji High School Student Council. Although he argues for the global significance of ''Cardfight!! Vanguard'', he is utterly devoted to Naito's ideals and acts as his arm in enforcing his wishes.
* TheEvilGenius: To Naito's BigBad, though his schemes so far have been [[PokeThePoodle tame at best]].
* EyesAlwaysShut
* PokeThePoodle: His schemes so far to disband the Cardfight Club have included, "Beat them in a card game so they'll get upset" and "Spread rumours".
* ScaryShinyGlasses
!!Maki Nagadai
-->Voiced by: Reina Ueda
The tight-lipped secretary of the Student Council. Unknown to the other two members, she has ties to the evil force behind "Link Joker" and is under orders to observe the Cardfight Club.
* EnigmaticMinion
* EvilRedhead
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* ScaryShinyGlasses
[[/folder]]
!!''Stand Up! Vanguard'' Characters
[[folder:Main Characters]]
!!Hiroki Miura
!!!Kagero
The secondary protagonist of the drama, Hiroki is a withdrawn young man with a passion for Vanguard, who is bullied due to his cowardice. His father is often absent from home due to his work, and Hiroki believes that the man prefers his work to his family. However, with Daigo's assistance, Hiroki comes to challenge those who bully him, and openly fight them at Vanguard. [[spoiler: At the end of the drama, despite losing to Teru's Phantom Blaster Overlord at the tournament, he was able to make friends with the other boy. He confronts Daigo as the latter prepares to leave, reminding him that they have not had a final fight.]]
!!!Tropes:
* KillItWithFire: His deck.
!!Teru Nanbara
!!!Shadow Paladin
--> Hiroki... with all my power, here I come!
A competitive fighter who looks down on the weak, Teru bullies Hiroki due to this. He is taught by Eiji, who instilled the value of the strong over the weak into him, leading him to seek victory at all costs. Using a powerful Shadow Paladin deck, Teru is a major opponent for Hiroki to beat, effortlessly defeating the other boy in their first fight. [[spoiler: At the championships, the two fight once more after Daigo manages to defeat Eiji through sheer luck. Despite Hiroki almost winning with Dragonic Overlord The End, Teru survives due to a Heal Trigger, and ends the game on the next turn with his Phantom Blaster Overlord's devastating Persona Blast. However, he comes to respect Hiroki's strength, and makes friends with him.]]
!!!Tropes:
* DarkIsEvil: His Shadow Paladin deck.
** [[spoiler: DarkIsNotEvil: Until the end of the championship, where he turns out to not be so bad after all.]]
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