History Characters / YuGiOhArcVYuyaCounterparts

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Even though there are similarities to previous protagonists, Yuya is still very different to them in certain aspects. He is introduced as an average duelist, unlike Yugi, Judai and Yusei who were exceptionally skilled in dueling and Yuma who was exceptionally bad, is very famous in his hometown because of the bad reputation he got from his DisappearedDad (the other protagonists were unknown at the beginning of their respective series) and he has two or more personas when dueling, with his entertainer persona being clearly an act. Outside of dueling, he's a rather quiet and a bit shy and is anything but hyperactive and he is more serious than Judai and Yuma in their first season. Yuya also suffers from some psychological issues that appear earlier than by other protagonists and he undergoes more dynamic CharacterDevelopment. Like Judai, Yusei and Yuma, Yuya relies a lot on his ace card, but unlike the three and Yugi, Yuya doesn't have as many beatsticks as them. While the others have more options of powerful monsters, Yuya's only other beatstick besides Odd-Eyes and its evolutions is his Entermate Hammer Mammoth, which justifies Yuya's dependence on his ace monster better than Judai, Yusei and Yuma. [[spoiler:Notably after he gets Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, he actually uses it instead of Odd-Eyes a few times, and since it's an Extra Deck monster that's easy to Summon, it's quite logical for him to do so. He continues this trend as he gains more and more different beatsticks like his Paladins, using them over his normal Odd-Eyes in situations where Odd-Eyes isn't available or just isn't viable. The contrast gets stronger when we learn that his powers are from Zarc. Unlike the other protagonists whose powers were from the side of good (or ALighterShadeOfGrey at minimum), Yuya stands out as having his powers being evil in nature. Where other protagonists were TheChosenOne to some degree or another, Yuya is an ApocalypseMaiden.]]

[[folder:Yuri]]
!!Yuri
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenshoOno
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A member of Academia under the direct command of Professor Leo Akaba. Like Yuto and Yugo, he strongly resembles Yuya. Yuri has captured Ruri and Rin from their respective dimensions on behalf of the Professor and with Serena under their wing, his new task is to capture Yuzu, the fourth and final piece. Cold, cruel and ruthless in his tasks, Yuri is one of the most sadistic characters introduced in the series. He utilizes the Predator Plants, a legion of DARK Plant type monsters that can swarm the field, impairs and ensnares opponents with their effects and sets up ideal conditions for his ace monster, Starve Venom Fusion Dragon.

In his duel against Asuka, he reveals that he also uses a second deck utilized by special "honor" students of the school, which turns out to be another "Antique Gear" archetype, designed to swarm the field with "Gear" monsters in order to tribute them and power up stronger Antique Gear monsters in their place. However, he later reveals to have modified the deck's original recipe to contain his personal trump card, "Super Polymerization", which fuses any number of monsters on both sides of the field to summon the deck's ace, Antique Gear Ultimate Golem.

Later shown to be the Fusion Dimensional Counterpart to Yuya, due to them [[OnlySixFaces sharing the same face.]]

!!!Tropes associated with Yuri:
* AgentPeacock: A flashy dresser and a dangerous duelist.
* AllegedLookalikes: With Yuya, Yuto, and Yugo, he seems to has been mistaken for both Yuto and Yugo by the other. Yuzu first mistakes him for Yuya, but then she remembers that aside from Yuto there is another one who looks like Yuya, so she assumes that he is... Yugo.
* AncientGrome: Yuri shows Asuka that he was given a "Honor Student Deck" full of Antique Gear monsters and was dueling quite skillfully despite it being the first time using it. [[spoiler:Turns out it wasn't and he was just messing with her.]]
* AntiChrist: [[spoiler:As a reincarnation of Zarc, he has downright demonic powers and unlike the other counterparts he is evil enough to want to card everyone in the four dimensions.]]
* ArmorPiercingAttack: The big Antique Gear monsters he uses (Reactor Dragon, Golem and Ultimate Golem) are all capable of inflicting Piercing Damage. Starve Venom also does that once when it copies the effects of Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill.
* AxCrazy: Yuri ''really'' '''loves''' carding people because it is fun and the Professor is giving him a free pass for that.
* BadassCape: A short red one resembling Yuya's coat.
* BadassLongCoat: He wears also a coat, since his cape isn't long enough.
* BadassLongRobe: He wore a cloak with a hoodie when he kidnapped Rin and Ruri. Yugo saw his face when Yuri kidnapped the former, but the cloak possibly added extra confusion to the whole IdenticalStranger issue for Yugo, as Yuri's cloak resembles Yuto's cape.
* BerserkButton: His button seems to be being mistaken for someone else. Getting in his way also annoys the crap out of him.
* BigOlEyebrows: Has very thick, pink eyebrows.
* BloodKnight: [[spoiler:He wanted to duel Serena rather than just arrest her to make it more fun. When he notices Serena's current condition, he offers to duel Sora instead. He expresses little interest at Yugo's demands until he remembers that he beat Serena and decides to duel him. In Episode 123, he expresses interest in dueling one of the strongest female duelists in the school, Asuka.]]
* BrilliantButLazy: Has some shades of this, as in Episode 86 he complains that it is a pain that Starve Venom brought him to Yugo.
* CastingAShadow: All of his monsters are DARK monsters, except the Antique Gears. His ace, Starve Venom Fusion Dragon, even requires 2 DARK monsters as its Fusion Materials.
* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: As if it wasn't obvious enough that he's a sociopath, he's shown to do this to both Yuzu and Rin, clearly enjoying himself while cornering them, and in Rin's case saying to her face that their ''game'' of hide and seek was over. Later it's revealed this was the same for Ruri.
* TheComicallySerious:
** Despite being a psychopathic AgentPeacock, [[spoiler:Yuri gets dumbfounded at Yuya's {{Synchronization}} and Yugo's hilarious antics]].
** He is slightly disturbed by the weird appearance of the Ojamas, which becomes hilarious when he's slightly annoyed to command his Starve Venom to attack Ojama King.
** After he manages to inflict damage to [[spoiler:Asuka during their duel, he childishly begins chanting "hurry up" while Asuka is trying to recover from Yuri's last attack.]]
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: He mentions in episode 123 the first thing he remembers is being in the Academia and having no family.
* CurbStompBattle: Almost every duel he engages in becomes one-sided as soon he gets serious. In fact, he claims to have never lost before and respects those who manage to put up even the slightest resistance. Case in point, he stomps through Ruri, Rin, Yuzu, the Academia defectors, Asuka, Sora, Kaito, Edo, Yugo, and even Yusho, and the latter two are the one he considers the strongest he's ever faced.
* DarkIsEvil: All of his non-Antique Gear monsters are DARK monsters and look vicious.
* DeathGlare: He gives a chilling one to [[spoiler:Yugo]].
* DidntSeeThatComing: Yuri becomes surprised when Yuzu's bracelet teleports him somewhere else.
* DishingOutDirt: His secondary Antique Gear deck is full of EARTH monsters.
* TheDragon: For the Professor. He also captured Ruri and Rin for him. Episode 91 shows that he is very highly ranked within the Obelisk Force, who are the Professor's hand picked force, calling him "-sama" showing he's above them in ranking.
* TheDreaded: Almost everyone is afraid of Yuri, to the point that just the threat of him coming on the scene is enough to motivate people. Roget doesn't want Academia to invade the Synchro Dimension, but he's ''terrified'' when he thinks Yuri might come. Even his own allies fear him; when Yuzu is about to duel Obelisk Force and Yuri arrives looking for her, the latter quickly clear out[[note]]after Yuri threatened to card them no less[[/note]], and Barrett tells the Professor he can complete his mission alone and doesn't want Yuri around. For his part, Yuri seems to ''enjoy'' being feared, and is shown sadistically toying with his opponents on multiple occasions. Episode 123 delves a bit into Yuri's background; as a child, he was a genius duelist who crushes all his opponents but his creepy and intimidating demeanor alienated everyone around him and he soon became lonely. It's even shown that he's a bit jealous that someone strong like Asuka manages to be loved while he ends up alone.
* DuelsDecideEverything: Invoked, whenever Yuri goes to secure a bracelet girl he always duels them to give them a chance to escape. He usually does this for fun.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Yuri finds the idea of innocent entertainment laughable and instead prefers his opponents to suffer while he comes out on top. [[spoiler:Episode 123 shows that the idea of friendship is repugnant to him now and "carding" everyone in the world and across every dimension until he's the only one left is his greatest dream.]]
* EvilCounterpart:
** Unlike Yuto, who is just a {{Foil}}, and Yugo, who's NotSoDifferent from Yuto himself, Yuri is indeed a real evil counterpart for Yuya. WordOfGod states that he works for Academia for ''[[ForTheEvulz fun]]''.
** His Starve Venom Fusion Dragon is one for Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, resembling a heavily distorted and corrupted version of it. It also looks like a twisted version of Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, too. Additionally, the way how its first effect looks is very similar to Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's ''Treason Discharge'' effect.
* EvilFeelsGood: [[spoiler:Episode 123 reveals that at this point Yuri finds carding people fun and refuses to stop.]]
* EvilIsPetty: [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking Despite his atrocities of kidnapping girls and carding people, he takes time to]] make Yugou/fusion {{Troll}} puns to Yugo.
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler:Yuri and his SuperpoweredEvilSide prove to be eviler than the Professor.]]
* {{Expy}}: Being an AxCrazy PsychoForHire themed after [[PoisonIsEvil poison]] and [[ManEatingPlant carnivorous plants]], Yuri is an unholy blend of [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Supreme King Judai]], [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Professor Cobra]], [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yubel]] and [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Black Rose Witch Aki]] pressed into a single character and let loose on the universe. Bonus points for his reasons to [[ForTheEvulz commit unambiguously evil acts]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: He seems to be somewhat respectful, if mocking, to Yuzu despite it being his mission to capture her. That said, he also heartlessly seals Olga and Halil into cards just because they were in the way.
* ForTheEvulz: Seems to be the reason why he does anything. A good example is episode 91 when [[spoiler:Yuri finds Serena. He admits he could easily capture her due to her current state but refuses as it would be too boring and instead wants to duel her with her freedom at stake]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He was shown in the second opening after Yuto and Yugo, Yuya's other alternative selves.
** Viewers got a glimpse of Yuri's dimensional dragon, which is shrouded in shadow: a giant, snake-like purple monstrosity with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes.]][[note]]Its eyes are actually green. A similar thing happened with Clear Wing Synchro Dragon.[[/note]] When it is finally revealed, it doesn't look like its silhouette at all.
** In the fourth opening in the shot with the other counterparts, behind him is what appears to be a web. But upon closer inspection it's vines.
* FromBadToWorse: Yuri shows up and orders three Obelisk Force members to leave Yuzu alone. [[OhCrap Yuzu would've been better off fighting the three minions...]]
* GreenThumb: He uses a Predator Plants deck, which is full of carnivorous Plant-Type monsters.
* HairAntennae: But don't let them fool you. He's not dumb, and he's not a nice guy ''at all''.
* HellishPupils:
** During Opening 4, in a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you'll-miss-it-moment]], Yuri's eyes take on a reptilian state, making him look even more [[NightmareFace demonic and creepy]]. Shows up again briefly during Opening 5 when he's clashing with Yugo.
** He occasionally gets them when he duels.
* HeroKiller: As of this post, his carded victims include Asuka, using the Honor Student Deck. While said duel may have been the closest he has come to losing thus far, his winning move revealed that he had actually been ''holding back'', purposely waiting to use Super Polymerization. [[spoiler:Ten episodes later, he defeats and cards Yusho.]]
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: In a flashback in Episode 123, [[spoiler:Yuri was jealous of Asuka for having admirers and friends due to being a strong duelist. Despite being a strong duelist himself, he ended up all alone. Later in his older years, Yuri loses his desire for friendship, seeing it as laughable.]]
* InvincibleVillain: Big time. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that he's carrying a piece of Zarc like his fellow counterparts.]]
* JapanesePronouns: Unlike his counterparts, he uses "boku", which gives him a FauxAffablyEvil vibe. [[spoiler:But when he is syncing with Yuya, he uses "ore".]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Yuri is meant to be Yuya's opposite in every way: Yuya's kind, understanding and wants to make a person smile; Yuri's cruel, impatient and loves filling someone with terror. When asked by Yuzu why he's going around sealing people in cards like he did to poor Olga and Halil, he responds with a nonchalant "they were in my way."
* JustFollowingOrders:
** He claims that he's just following the Professor's orders after carding Halil and Olga and attacking Yuzu.
** He also claims this to [[spoiler:Yugo when he demands Yuri to take him to Rin]].
* JustToyingWithThem: He opts to duel both Asuka and Sora with his weaker Honor Student deck, claiming to have never used it before, but this is only a layer of the deception he plays on the them. This doesn't him from completely wiping the floor with them once he decides to end things.
* KickTheDog: He defeated and "carded" Olga and Halil without any regret. He then goes to chase poor Yuzu, all while smiling about it. It's the same when he goes after Ruri and Rin.
** Rather than simply arrest [[spoiler:Serena]] while she's weakened, he would rather duel her and watch her squirm. When he tries to duel [[spoiler:Sora]] in her place, he mentions how annoying it would be to drag both of them back and would opt for ''killing'' him instead.
* LargeHam: Yuri has shown to be rather dramatic when he duels. A lot of his actions are similar to stuff Yuya has done when in his entertainer persona.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** Starve Venom is Level 8 and has 2800 ATK, not to mention his entire deck, as instead of being a reference to Judai (like how Yuya's is like Yugi's, Yugo is like Yusei's), his deck is similar to Yubel's, the main antagonist from season 3 who later ends up being inside Judai's body.
** Unlike the rest of the dimensional counterparts, Yuri shows no sign of recognizing nor sympathizing with Serena and vice-versa; all the other counterparts have demonstrated at least some form of intimate closeness with their partner but that is absent here. [[spoiler:It's likely Leo's interference kept it from happening.]]
* LeParkour: He shows some impressive agility in episode 86, easily jumping off the duel palace and avoiding Yugo. In episode 91, Yuri casually flips over a large construction hole and continues his conversation as if nothing had happened.
* ManEatingPlant: The Predator Plants archetype is based around Venus Flytraps and Pitcher Plants.
* ManOfKryptonite: Theoretically, Yuri is capable of defeating all of his counterparts if his Starve Venom is pitted against their dragons' base forms. To explain why:
** Starve Venom's first effect allows it to gain ATK equal to the sum of ATK of all Special Summoned monsters the opponent controls. With its second effect, Starve Venom is able to steal Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's Monster Effect which deals double battle damage when battling Level 5 or higher monsters. In this scenario, Starve Venom would inflict at least 5600 battle damage.
** If Starve Venom's first or second effect is activated and Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's effect negates it, it would destroy Starve Venom while boosting its own ATK to 5300 ATK. Starve Venom's third effect will be triggered and destroys Clear Wing and all other of Yugo's Special Summoned monsters while inflicting damage equal to the ATK of all destroyed monsters, which would be at least 5300. And since Clear Wing's effect only works against monsters that are on the field, it is unable to negate Starve Venom's third effect.
** This scenario is the most risky one; if Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon uses its effect against Starve Venom twice and destroys it in battle, Yuri would take 3900 battle damage, which is barely enough to survive if he has all of his Life Points. If Yuri survives the attack, Starve Venom's third effect will be triggered and Yuto would lose all of his Special Summoned monsters and would lose at least 4600 Life Points.
* ManipulativeBastard: He kidnaps Rin and leads Yugo to the Xyz Dimension where he meets Yuto. The two assume the each other as enemies and fight, while Yuri is hiding and smiling in the background.
* MeaningfulName: Yuri, or Joeri means "farmer".[[note]] Although Yuri comes from Russian transliteration, while Joeri is from Dutch.[[/note]] Which fits, considering [[ManEatingPlant the type]] of Deck [[GreenThumb he uses]].
* MechanicalLifeforms: The Antique Gear deck he uses is a pure Machine-Type deck, with its members being based on different beasts, like hounds, wyverns, golems or dragons or literal gears.
* MulticoloredHair: Violet and pink.
* NotSoDifferent: For all his evil and TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers traits, Yuri is ultimately one of Yuya's dimensional counterparts, which means that he's just as much of a CosmicPlaything as they are and as seen in his interactions with Yugo, just as silly.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite all his evil acts, Yuri gleefully makes [[RunningGag Fusion puns at Yugo's expense]]. He's also quick to lose patience at the Synchro duelist's IdiotHero moments.
* ObviouslyEvil: If his smug face during his introduction isn't enough, the second version of the second opening highlights how evil he looks.
* OmnicidalManiac: In his words, he'll turn ''everyone'' in existence into cards until he's the last one standing.
* OneHitPolykill: In episode 106, after setting up for an big counterattack with Skid Drosera, Yuri uses a combo with Starve Venom and another Skid Drosera to get a One-Turn Five Kill.
* OneManArmy: He beat five people in a five on one duel [[OneHitPolykill in one turn]], and later proved his skill by [[spoiler:beating Asuka with a deck that he is supposedly unfamiliar with]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** He's almost always FauxAffablyEvil or smiling evilly. That's why his DeathGlare to [[spoiler:Yugo]] is so damn terrifying.
** And in a humorous variant, his confusion after [[spoiler:waking up from the synchronization]], and then shock at Yugo thinking [[spoiler:Yuzu]] is dead.
** Normally, when the dragon boys are awakening, they usually are either in TranquilFury or have an UnstoppableRage or even both. However, [[spoiler:episode 123 showcases Yuri's awakening without getting angry at all, instead he becomes very diabolic]].
** In Episode 130 [[spoiler:he is uncharacteristically annoyed by Edo, calling him a "scumbag" and a "creep". He looked completely disgusted by Edo's Destiny Hero Duskutopia Guy.]]
* OverTheShoulderCarry: How he kidnapped Rin.
* {{Planimal}}: Starve Venom Fusion Dragon incorporates several features of deadly plants into its body, including several Venus Flytrap maws, thorns, and petals. Its tail also resembles a vine.
* PoisonIsEvil: His ace dragon, Starve Venom Fusion Dragon, is the most vicious of the four dimensional dragons.
* PoisonousPerson: His dragon is implied to be one, its name is Starve Venom Fusion Dragon. It is also part of the Venom Archetype due to sharing the same katakana.
* ProductPlacement: He uses the Honor Student deck to promote the upcoming ''Machine Dragon Re-Volt'' Structure Deck.
* PsychoForHire: [[AllThereInTheManual Supplementary materials]] reveal that he only works for Academia because it's fun. As seen in the anime, he follows the Professor's orders without questions and does not care about the reasons behind them as long as he has fun doing his missions.
* PurpleIsPowerful: He is primarily dressed in purple and is TheDreaded. Starve Venom Fusion Dragon has also more base-ATK than the other three dragons and thanks to its upgraded anime effects, it is also the most powerful of them.
* RedemptionRejection: Yuri cruelly rejects [[spoiler:Asuka's attempts to turn him to the good side. He also mocks Edo's statement that the latter will get him to smile again]].
* ShoutOut: His dragon's name includes Venom, seemingly in reference to the archetype used by Professor Cobra in ''GX''. Starve Venom also shows parallels to snakes, since all other Venom monsters are snakes.
* SissyVillain: While this Trope is common for the franchise as a whole, Yuri stands out among guys like Pegasus and Mr. Hartland. While many such villains some humor potential and/or redeeming qualities that keeps them from being true monsters, Yuri has ''neither''. He's a Sissy Villain who's a cruel sadist and dangerous threat.
* SlasherSmile: Most of his smiles are these and they are [[NightmareFuel disturbing]]!!
* SmokeOut: Flashbomb variant, he uses the spell card Violet Flash in this manner to escape.
* SmugSmiler: In his first appearance. The title of Episode 47 is even called "The Cold Smile of Yuri". This becomes the norm for him whenever he speaks to anyone unless they manage to annoy him.
* TheSociopath: Yuri has no respect for human life and he enjoys carding other people. [[spoiler:He wouldn't mind to card everyone even if he's the only one left and he greatly enjoys the idea, since it would make him the strongest.]]
* SoftSpokenSadist: Yuri is very calm in his speech, but absolutely enjoys being a Duel Soldier. Shown very well in episode 54 where we see Yuri capture Rin and again in episode 75 when he captures Ruri.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: An official website and the anime spell his name as "Joeri." Before that, it was "Juri."
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:His OmnicidalManiac speech in Episode 123 implies that once he's done carding with everyone, he'll do the same to his boss.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:His Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon has an effect that when it's destroyed it'll destroy every monster on the field and deal damage to opponents based on the added attack points of their destroyed monsters.]]
* {{Troll}}:
** Deliberately antagonizes Yugo by making several Fusion puns. Later when he thinks that Yugo is messing with him by saying Yuzu exists within his "heart" and can "see her anytime", Yuri mentions the same should apply to Rin.
** Episode 123 may have well has been called "Yuri trolls [[spoiler:Asuka and Sora".]] Let's count: (1) [[spoiler:He claims that the "Honor Student Deck" that he's using is completely new to him and for him to utilize it so skillfully must mean he's a genius. It turns out he always knew how to use it.]] (2) [[spoiler:Baits Asuka into thinking she got through to him and then spitefully rejects her, calling her a great "Honor Student" since she's "honestly stupid".]] (3) [[spoiler:Reveals that Sora's attempts at locking Yuri out with grids could easily be opened by the guy; he didn't do it earlier because he ''wanted'' Sora trapped and needed an "audience". Sora's reaction says it all]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Implied by a picture of 11-year-old him shown in Episode 117, where he looks entirely like a normal kid, no sign of cruelty or sadism. Episode 123 shows that he was shunned by his peers and whatever sweetness that was in him was sucked out by the Professor's parenting style.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Under his BadassLongCoat. How many layers does this guy wear anyway?
* WellDoneSonGuy: Episode 123 reveals that Yuri started carding people because it made the Professor, who was the only person that showed any interest in him, happy. [[spoiler:Said episode also revealed he outgrew it in the worst way possible.]]
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: In contrast to the other dragon boys, who can routinely win without needing their dragons, Yuri's strategy is pretty much "Fusion Summon my Dimension Dragon as quick as I can, then wreak havoc with it because it's so good I don't need anything else."
* WhenHeSmiles: He smiles most of the time, but it's either {{Slasher Smile}}s or Smug Smiles. In episodes 125, he does make a very warm smile, which catches [[spoiler:Sora]] off-guard... [[{{Troll}} only to show]] a SlasherSmile and his HellishPupils immediately afterwards.
* WholeCostumeReference: Yuri's outfit resembles Judai's Supreme King armor with the cape and long coat even having spheres to hold the cape. But it was made by the Academia mixing Judai's two looks.
* WildCard: Yuri doesn't care about sides as seen in Episode 47; he'll seal anyone that gets in his way into cards as he threatened the Obelisk Force for trying to duel his target Yuzu and actually "carding" Halil and Olga. He only seems to listen to the Professor, and the only reason why is because he is allowed to card people. [[spoiler:Episode 123 implies he's fully willing to turn on the Professor eventually]]
* WillfullyWeak: For his duel with [[spoiler: Asuka]], he uses an Ancient Gear deck instead of his regular one, even though he's completely unfamiliar with them and has to take a moment to read the cards during the duel. [[spoiler: However, it's subverted when Yuri reveals [[ILied he was lying]] about his unfamiliarity, even adding a card not in the standard Honor Student Deck to set up his victory over Ahsuka.]]
* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:As a result of his duel against Yugo, Yuri sees all his counterparts as this. Episode 132 adds Yusho to that list.]]
* WorldsStrongestMan: Clearly Academia's strongest warrior, as he claims to be undefeated and defeats Edo Phoenix, the commander of the Academia forces himself, as if an afterthought.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Violet and pink.
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[[folder:Yuto]]
!!Yuto -- The Dark Duelist
!!!Voiced by: Creator/ManpeiTakagi (JP)
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A strange masked man investigating LDS, he intervenes in a duel between Yuzu and Sawatari. For mysterious reasons, he shares the same face as Yuya and he has some connection to Yuzu, who resembles a friend of his named Ruri.

Yuto used to live in Heartland, a peaceful city that was invaded by Academia, turning it into a war zone. Together with his friends, he's a member of Resistance, a rebel group that fends off Academia soldiers. At some point, when Yuri kidnapped Ruri, Yuto encountered Yugo, who was looking for the kidnapped Rin; both of them mistake each other for the kidnapper and dueled each other until Yugo disappeared. After learning that Reiji Akaba is the Professor's son, Yuto followed his friend Kurosaki travel to Standard, where Yuto meets Yuzu.

He learns that LDS is not associated with Academia, but he decides to follow Yuzu from the shadows to protect her, since she resembles Ruri. Accepting that they are not the same, but relieved that Yuzu is learning Fusion Summoning not for evil, he tells her about his mission. After Sora loses to Kurosaki in the Maiami Championship, Yuto pays him a visit to interrogate him, which eventually leads to his meeting with Yuya. Despite Yuya's initial hostility, Yuto makes peace him and tells him about the existence of the other dimensions. Shortly after that, Yugo appears out of nowhere and they duel each other again, still believing that they are enemies. But once they summon their dragons, they are possessed by their SuperpoweredEvilSide. While Yuya manages to bring Yuto back to his senses, he fails to do the same with Yugo, resulting that Yuto loses the duel and is greatly injured by Yugo's last attack. Before disappearing into light, Yuto inherits Yuya his Dark Rebellion Dragon Xyz Dragon and his last will: to make everyone smile with his dueling. He is absorbed by Yuya and his spirit still resides within him.

He uses a Phantom Knights deck that focuses on summoning Xyz Monsters, including his Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, and makes use of Spell Cards that can be activated from the graveyard. It is later revealed that he is the Xyz Dimensional Counterpart to Yuya, due to them [[OnlySixFaces sharing the same face]].
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!!Other

!!'''WARNING''' - The following profile has all unmarked spoilers for the late episodes of the series.

[[folder:Zarc]]
!!Zarc/Supreme King Dragon Z-Arc

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The [[AntagonistTitle titular main antagonist]] of ''ARC-V'', a Duelist from the Original Dimension who is the original form of Yuya Sakaki and his other doppelgangers Yuto, Yugo and Yuri, as well as the original owner of Odd-Eyes Dragon, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon and Starve Venom Fusion Dragon.

After he accidentally injured his opponent in a duel, the audience cheered this display and demanded more violent duels to entertain them, which Zarc decided to indulge and take pleasure in. As Zarc's bloodlust eventually reached a fever point, he turned his ace monsters against the stadium and then the city. With his ace monsters satisfied with destroying his city, Zarc fused himself with them to become a nightmarish creature named "Supreme King Dragon Z-Arc". When Ray defeated Zarc, his soul was split across the four dimensions the world was split into, and he was eventually reincarnated as Yuya and his counterparts.

* WillfullyWeak: For his duel with [[spoiler: Asuka]], he uses an Ancient Gear deck instead of his regular one, even though he's completely unfamiliar with them and has to take a moment to read the cards during the duel. [[spoiler: However, it's subverted when Yuri reveals [[ILied he was lying]] about his unfamiliarity, utilizing a card not in the standard Honor Deck to set up his victory over Ahsuka.]]

* CurbStompBattle: He demonstrates his dueling skills in a similar fashion to Kurosaki. In his first on-screen duel, Yuri gets a One-Turn Five Kill with Starve Venom Fusion Dragon, which is even more impressive due to his opponents using Fusion Monsters that were originally used by Judai's friends Sho, Hayato and Manjoume. Even more impressive than that is that Yuri doesn't lose Life Points through damage, he only lose Life Points by paying a cost once, winning the duel with 3200 Life Points.

* InstantExpert: Has a shade of this. Despite his first time "waking up", he exactly knew which pendulum cards he needed to summon Dark Rebellion during Yuya's duel against Kaito. Later, he took over Yuya's body during their duel against Edo and reduced his LP into 100 using Yuya's cards. In both cases, Yuto managed to [[AwesomenessByAnalysis perfectly pendulum summon from hand and extra deck and activate cards' pendulum effect]].

* UnstoppableRage: While Yuya's SuperpoweredEvilSide was rather stoic before, in Episode 45, he is ''brutally'' pissed off. [[spoiler:Again in episode 87 and 88.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Yuya is a happy-go-lucky guy that wants to bring smiles and happiness to his audience, until those ideals seem to become more and more distant starting from Episode 34 where Sora turns out to be a lot downright evil; he then realizes dueling is being used as a form of warfare. Afterwards, Sora disappears, shortly followed by Yuto, who TakesTheBullet for Yuya. This finally culminates in his own SuperPoweredEvilSide, which causes Yuya himself to breaking his own ideals of dueling for happiness. And as soon as he manages to get a grip on that, Yuzu ends up disappearing, and he presumes her captured or carded by Academia. Not to mention the City breaking his ideals again and Jack Atlas saying that his dueling is conceited. [[spoiler:To make even things worse, seeing Yuzu getting pulverized unceremoniously by Sergey takes a ''huge'' toll on him. Then after he beats Shinji, he is hated by the Commons and he barely escaped having a mind control chip being put in his brain. Then Roget instead puts an electrical chip to shock him into his SuperpoweredEvilSide. And that doesn't stop there: He ends up becoming Barrett's punching bag until Sergey interferes to beat them up and kidnap Yuzu, followed by Jack calling him out ''twice'', and just when the Lancers succeeded in retrieving Yuzu from Roget, they split up ''again'' by a wormhole. By the time Yuya's group reaches Heartland, Yuya himself ends up becoming a FightMagnet for Kaito and Edo to the point where Kurosaki and Yuto had to bail him out in different circumstances. And then there's Kachidoki, who's out for his blood by the time his group and Yuzu met again in the Fusion Dimension. After successfully infiltrating Academia, he's horrified to learn that Yuzu was implanted with a Parasite Fusioner on her head. And as of Episode 126, it turns out that Yuya and his counterparts are actually [[PiecesOfGod pieces of]] '''[[OmnicidalManiac Zarc]]''', which as Leo points out makes him an ApocalypseMaiden so dangerous his own father briefly wonders if he needs to be killed. It gets worse in Episode 133, where he has to watch his ''father'' get carded by Yuri. The kid needs a hug and lots of therapy.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Yuya is a happy-go-lucky guy that wants to bring smiles and happiness to his audience, until those ideals seem to become more and more distant starting from Episode 34 where Sora turns out to be a lot downright evil; he then realizes dueling is being used as a form of warfare. Afterwards, Sora disappears, shortly followed by Yuto, who TakesTheBullet for Yuya. This finally culminates in his own SuperPoweredEvilSide, which causes Yuya himself to breaking his own ideals of dueling for happiness. And as soon as he manages to get a grip on that, Yuzu ends up disappearing, and he presumes her captured or carded by Academia. Not to mention the City breaking his ideals again and Jack Atlas saying that his dueling is conceited. [[spoiler:To make even things worse, seeing Yuzu getting pulverized unceremoniously by Sergey takes a ''huge'' toll on him. Then after he beats Shinji, he is hated by the Commons and he barely escaped having a mind control chip being put in his brain. Then Roget instead puts an electrical chip to shock him into his SuperpoweredEvilSide. And that doesn't stop there: He ends up becoming Barrett's punching bag until Sergey interferes to beat them up and kidnap Yuzu, followed by Jack calling him out ''twice'', and just when the Lancers succeeded in retrieving Yuzu from Roget, they split up ''again'' by a wormhole. By the time Yuya's group reaches Heartland, Yuya himself ends up becoming a FightMagnet for Kaito and Edo to the point where Kurosaki and Yuto had to bail him out in different circumstances. And then there's Kachidoki, who's out for his blood by the time his group and Yuzu met again in the Fusion Dimension. After successfully infiltrating Academia, he's horrified to learn that Yuzu was implanted with a Parasite Fusioner on her head. And as of Episode 126, it turns out that Yuya and his counterparts are actually [[PiecesOfGod pieces of]] '''[[OmnicidalManiac Zarc]]''', which as Leo points out makes him an ApocalypseMaiden so dangerous his own father briefly wonders if he needs to be killed. The kid needs a hug and lots of therapy.]]

This page lists the main characters of ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' with their respective tropes. The main protagonists is Yuya, but his counterparts in the other dimensions also play a central role in the storyline.

** Happened in episode 133 where [[spoiler:Yuri not only cards Yusho, but he even shows Yuya, Yusho's card. Yuya destroys the Blinding Swords of Impact holograms that kept him unable to move.]]

* RedemptionRejection: Yuri cruelly rejects [[spoiler:Asuka's attempts to turn him to the good side]].

* HeroKiller: As of this post, his carded victims include Asuka, using the Honor Student Deck. While said duel may have been the closest he has come to losing thus far, his winning move revealed that he had actually been ''holding back'', purposely waiting to use Super Polymerization.

* ManipulativeBastard: He kidnaps Rin and leads Yugo to the Xyz dimension where he meets Yuto. The two assume the each other as enemies and fight, while Yuri is hiding and smiling in the background.

* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Having Yuri absorb Yugo, take out Yusho and Duel Yuya is AllAccordingToPlan.]]

* OmnicidalManiac: All of them are not only [[ApocalypseMaiden Apocalypse Maidens]], but also spawns of [[spoiler:Zarc]].

** In Episode 130 [[spoiler:he is uncharacteristically annoyed by Edo, calling him a "scumbag" and a "plague". He looked completely disgusted by Edo's Destiny Hero Duskutopia Guy.]]

** In Episode 130 [[spoiler:he is uncharacteristically annoyed by Edo, calling him trash and a pest. He looked completely disgusted by Edo's Destiny Hero Duskutopia Guy.]]

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Even though there are similarities to previous protagonists, Yuya is still very different to them in certain aspects. He is introduced as an average duelist, unlike Yugi, Judai and Yusei who were exceptionally skilled in dueling and Yuma who was exceptionally bad, is very famous in his hometown because of the bad reputation he got from his DisappearedDad (the other protagonists were unknown at the beginning of their respective series) and he has two or more personas when dueling, with his entertainer persona being clearly an act. Outside of dueling, he's a rather quiet and a bit shy and is anything but hyperactive and he is more serious than Judai and Yuma in their first season. Yuya also suffers from some psychological issues that appear earlier than by other protagonists and he undergoes more dynamic CharacterDevelopment. Like Judai, Yusei and Yuma, Yuya relies a lot on his ace card, but unlike the three and Yugi, Yuya doesn't have as many beatsticks as them. While the others have more options of powerful monsters, Yuya's only other beatstick besides Odd-Eyes and its evolutions is his Entermate Hammer Mammoth, which justifies Yuya's dependence on his ace monster better than Judai, Yusei and Yuma. [[spoiler:Notably after he gets Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, he actually uses it instead of Odd-Eyes a few times, and since it's an Extra Deck monster that's easy to Summon, it's quite logical for him to do so. He continues this trend as he gains more and more different beatsticks like his Paladins, using them over his normal Odd-Eyes in situations where Odd-Eyes isn't available or just isn't viable. The contrast gets stronger when we learn that his powers are from Zarc. Unlike the other protagonists whose powers were from the side of good, Yuya stands out as having his powers being evil in nature.]]

** He's also one with Atem from the original series, ironically making him similar to Yugi. Whereas Yuya is kind and finds the idea of hurting people disgusting to the point of hesitating to win a duel where his freedom was on the line, Atem was almost a villain protagonist at the start of his series who would give incredibly cruel punishments to those that crossed Yugi and his friends and even after becoming nicer was willing to let Kaiba commit suicide to win a duel. Yuya is full of insecurities making him more defensive, while Atem is extremely confident to the point of being cocky and willing to take risks. Yuya is defined by how his past shaped him, while Atem is driven to find his missing memories and past.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:Whenever he awakens, he's this. Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon caused rolling blackouts when it was summoned in his duel against Crow and Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon destroyed the Doktor's lab.]]

* ApocalypseMaiden: After [[spoiler: Yuri absorbs Yugo]], Yuya is becomes this even more than any other character, since Yuri is a full-on AntiChrist. If he defeats Yuri, he absorbs him and then [[spoiler: Zarc is revived]]. If Yuri defeats him, Yuri absorbs him and [[spoiler: Zarc is revived]]. And Yuri has become dead-set on dueling Yuya.

* ApocalypseMaiden: Just like AntiAntiChrist, three of the Dragon Boys. Even though they don't want to destroy the world and Yuya is actively fighting against it, simply existing gives [[spoiler: Zarc]] the opportunity to possess them and use them to [[spoiler: initiate his own revival]]. Highlighted by [[spoiler: Yusho]] and Reiji being forced to choose between protecting the world and killing Yuya.

* BreakTheCutie: Yuya is a happy-go-lucky guy that wants to bring smiles and happiness to his audience, until those ideals seem to become more and more distant starting from Episode 34 where Sora turns out to be a lot downright evil; he then realizes dueling is being used as a form of warfare. Afterwards, Sora disappears, shortly followed by Yuto, who TakesTheBullet for Yuya. This finally culminates in his own SuperPoweredEvilSide, which causes Yuya himself to breaking his own ideals of dueling for happiness. And as soon as he manages to get a grip on that, Yuzu ends up disappearing, and he presumes her captured or carded by Academia. Not to mention the City breaking his ideals again and Jack Atlas saying that his dueling is conceited. [[spoiler:To make even things worse, seeing Yuzu getting pulverized unceremoniously by Sergey takes a ''huge'' toll on him. Then after he beats Shinji, he is hated by the Commons and he barely escaped having a mind control chip being put in his brain. Then Roget instead puts an electrical chip to shock him into his SuperpoweredEvilSide. And that doesn't stop there: He ends up becoming Barrett's punching bag until Sergey interferes to beat them up and kidnap Yuzu, followed by Jack calling him out ''twice'', and just when the Lancers succeeded in retrieving Yuzu from Roget, they split up ''again'' by a wormhole. By the time Yuya's group reaches Heartland, Yuya himself ends up becoming a FightMagnet for Kaito and Edo to the point where Kurosaki and Yuto had to bail him out in different circumstances. And then there's Kachidoki, who's out for his blood by the time his group and Yuzu met again in the Fusion Dimension. After successfully infiltrating Academia, he's horrified to learn that Yuzu was implanted with a Parasite Fusioner on her head. And as of Episode 126, it turns out that Yuya and his counterparts are actually [[PiecesOfGod pieces of]] '''[[OmnicidalManiac Zarc]]'''. The kid needs a hug and lots of therapy.]]

* ApocalypseMaiden: Just like AntiAntiChrist, three of the Dragon Boys. Even though they don't want to destroy the world and Yuya is actively fighting against it, simply existing gives [[spoiler: Zarc]] the opportunity to possess them. Highlighted by [[spoiler: Yusho]] and Reiji being forced to choose between protecting the world and killing Yuya.

* AntiAntiChrist: Three of the Dragon Boys show their compassion and sympathy to humanity. [[AllLovingHero Yuya]] is the primary example of this.

!!'''WARNING''' - The following profiles have all unmarked spoilers for the late episodes of the series.

This page lists the main characters of ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' with their respective tropes. The main protagonists are Yuya and Yuzu, but their counterparts in the other dimensions also play a central role in the storyline.