History Characters / YuGiOhZEXALMainCharacters

** Dub catchphrase: "Feeling the flow!", used less often. Also "High five the sky!"

* BigBadassBirdOfPrey[=/=]WolverineClaws: His Eagle Claw Zexal Weapon monster.

In the manga, Yuma gains the ability to summon Shining Numbers such as [=SNo.=] 39: Hope ONE, [=SNo.=] 39: Hope the Lightning, and [[spoiler:[=SNo.=] 0: Hope Zexal]]

In the manga, Yuma gains the ability to summon Shining Numbers such as [=SNo.=] 39: Hope ONE and [=SNo.=] 39: Hope the Lightning.

* LightEmUp: "HAMETSU NO FOTON... SUTORIIIIIIIMU!"[[labelnote:Translation]]Photon Stream of Destruction[[/labelnote]]

* TheMcCoy: To [[TheSpock Yusei]], [[TheKirk Jaden, and Yugi]].

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Played to incredible extremes. Yuma is able to become friends with ANYONE, ranging from stoic and seemingly emotionless characters (Astral), a juvenile delinquent which he helps reform (Shark), a Hunter who will stop at nothing to collect his Numbers and Soul (Kaito), a gentle boy driven to AxCrazy insanity and hatred (III) and even [[spoiler:Rei Shingetsu, who despite revealing himself to be Vector and trying to hurt Yuma countless times, is still cherished by Yuma as a friend as seen when he attempts to rescue him, and his sincerity brings Vector to some sort of HeelFaceTurn.]] It is even hinted in more than one episode that Yuma and Astral are able to go FusionDance into ZEXAL partly because of the bond of trust between them, which Vector tries to sabotage. Shark even Dueled Yuma to snap him out (successfully) of his HeroicBSOD, despite not wanting to admit pout loud that he cares for Yuma a lot, and Kaito Opened up to Yuma gradually (Thanks to Yuma showing genuine concern for him and his brother) and finally considered him his rival (after calling him a mere idiot earlier), and promising him to duel him as many times as he wants in order for Yuma to achieve his goal (of surpassing Kaito). III even called Yuma his first true friend, and that's coming from an innocent soul who had to live in a broken family situation.

** BigBadassBirdOfPrey[=/=]WolverineClaws: Eagle Claw.
** DeathOfAThousandCuts: Asura Blow
** KingOfBeasts[=/=]PoweredArmor: Leo Arms, Zexal Weapon Xyz monster and the one with the highest ATK gain.
** MixAndMatchCritters[=/=]SinisterScythe: Chimera Cloth.
** TheFourGods
*** InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons[=/=]CoolSword: Tornado Bringer (Seiryu, albeit red as opposed to blue).
*** PantheraAwesome[=/=]CoolSword: Lightning Blade (Byakko).
*** ThePhoenix[=/=]TheStraightAndArrowPath: Phoenix Bow (Suzaku).
*** TurtlePower[=/=]LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Ultimate Shield (Genbu).
*** TigerVsDragon: The aforementioned Lightning Blade and Tornado Bringer respectably. Worth noting that Yuma equipped [[DualWielding both of them]] To Hope Ray in his duel with Tron/Vertix.
** WingedUnicorn[=/=]BladeOnAStick[=/=]PowerNullifier: Unicorn Spear. Its effect may reflect to a unicorn's powers in myths. In legends, it is claimed that a unicorn's horn can neutralize poisons. This may reference to this card's ability to neutralize monster effects during the Battle Phase (Monster effects that are active during the Battle Phase usually either stop your attacks or prevent them from destroying your opponent's monsters).

* ButtMonkey

* {{Determinator}}
* DealWithTheDevil
* DumbIsGood

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower
* TheHero

** SkywardScream

* {{Keet}}

** BlackKnight: Hope Ray and Hope Ray V.
** DarkIsNotEvil: Hope Ray. UpToEleven with Hope Ray V, which due to the use of [[spoiler:Rank-Up Magic - Limited Barian's Force]] to create it looks downright ''demonic''.
*** LightIsNotGood: On the other hand, regarding Hope Ray V. [[spoiler:Rei, the person that gave Yuma the Rank-Up-Magic card used to summon him, is revealed to be Vector. And he gave Yuma the card as part of a BatmanGambit.]] Despite the spoiler and its appearance, it's still the same attribute as Hope's other forms.
*** LightIsGood: Hope and Hope Ray Victory.
*** RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Hope Ray V again. [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in that the person using the card isn't evil, but [[spoiler:the person who made it possible for Yuma to summon it is]].
** DualWielding, Triple Wielding, Quadruple Wielding...
** GenerationXerox: Looks remarkably likes his father.
** GoodWingsEvilWings: White as Hope, Black as Hope Ray, psychedelic Purple as Hope Ray V and royal Gold as Hope Ray Victory.
** LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Moon Barrier
** MeaningfulName: No. 39: King of Wishes, Hope is so named because he is the last monster to appear when Yuma opened Pandora's Box.
*** Hope Ray's name can be taken as a pun on 'ray of hope', and the V in Hope Ray V could have any number of meanings. It can be taken as 'Victory', extending Hope Ray's name into a 'ray of hope for victory', and given that B and V are somewhat interchangable with Japanese phonetics, it could also be seem as Hope Ray [[spoiler:Varian/Barian, fitting its origin as an evolution brought on via a Barian card. The fact that he later obtains more "V" cards, all of Barian origin, practically confrims this.]] It could also be V as the Roman numeral for five, reflecting the fact that Hope Ray V is Rank 5.
*** The Victory meaning is shared with [[CaptainObvious Hope Ray Victory]].
*** [[spoiler:Hope Roots may come from the expression "roots of evolution," which states that a beginning or primordial stage of evolution is unbalanced, weak or strong, and as it evolves, it compensates by counterbalancing some traits it loses.]]
*** [[spoiler:Beyond the Hope means it is the final hope, beyond all other hopes.]]
*** [[spoiler:Future Hope (along with its rank of 0) means it is hope for the unknown future which is not yet set in stone.]]
** MultiMeleeMaster: Zexal Weapons
** ShoulderCannon: Hope Ray V gets four when equipped with V Salamander.
** ShoutOut: Hope Ray V's [[VoltesV V-no-Jigiri]].
** SinisterScythe: When equipped with [[spoiler:Chimera Cloth, Hope Ray V wields one.]]

* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler:His final duel with Mizael has him creating an all new ace monster for himself, ''Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon'', out of just sheer willpower as he's slowly dying due to lack of oxygen on account of the duel being on the moon. Not only does he win, he ends up unlocking Number 100 in the process, which is the key to the Numeron Code. Then he promptly dies, but not before passing on the code to Mizael, whom he admits is the better dragon tamer, showing an AlwaysSomeoneBetter moment. The fact that he died despite winning the duel made this HeroicSacrifice even more poignant.]]

* [[spoiler: PyrrhicVictory]]: [[spoiler:Defeated Mizael but died from suffocation due to the damage sustained on his spacesuit.]]

In the manga he has a stronger version of Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon called Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon. He also gets No. 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon from Kyoji Yagumo.

During his first duel with Yuma his ace monster is No. 17: Leviathan Dragon, and afterwards he switches to Black Ray Lancer. After his duel with III he gains possession of No. 32: Marine Biting Dragon - Shark Drake. During his duel with IV, he is able to use Chaos Xyz Change, evolving Shark Drake into [=CNo.=] 32: Shark Drake Vice. In the manga he gains No. 47: Nightmare Shark instead.

* TrainingFromHell: On the orders of Mr. Heartland, with Droite and Gauche against a dangerous Duel bot. He knocked Droite out of the way and received a gash on his cheek, but managed to destroy it with Daybreaker.

** Number 99[[spoiler:: Dragon King of Wishes, Hope Dragoon]]
** Number 100[[spoiler:: Numeron Dragon]]

** Subverted. He participates in gym class fairly often to try and jump 20 stacks, as shown from the beginning of the series. One would assume that even though he's never suceeded, he'd develop some good jumping muscles.
* NextTierPowerUp: He manages to set a new record among the protagonists for the fastest gained canon upgrade to an ace monster with Chaos Numbers 39: King of Wishes, Hope Ray. He got one three times faster than [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei]]. [[spoiler:He's gained three more in the anime, and another [[spoiler: two]] in the manga since. Subverted with Hope Roots though, which is a power-up, but is actually a downgraded version.]]

* TheRival: To Yuma initially, then to IV after he and Yuma become friends.
It borderlines to BloodKnight when we discover that IV caused Shark's sister's death and made Shark hate IV even when he begs for mercy

->Voiced by: MiyuIrino (JP), MarcThompson (EN)

->Voiced by: KoukiUchiyama (JP), MarcThompson (EN)

* AbsoluteCleavage[=/=]BareYourMidriff: Combined with a Grade A of {{Zettai Ryouiki}} and {{Dangerously Short Skirt}} in [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131015233927/yugioh/images/c/c0/FullbodyviewofKotori.png her first casual outfit]].

* TheRival: To Yuma initially, then to IV after he and Yuma become friends.

* ChildhoodFriendsRomance: They are showed to have meet each other at least in early elementary grades, and it is repeatedly hinted that she harbors a crush on Yuma.

* ShipTease: It is heavily implied she harbors a crush on Yuma.

* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler:His final duel with Mizael has him creating an all new ace monster for himself, ''Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon'', out of just sheer willpower as he's slowly dying due to lack of oxygen on account of the duel being on the moon. Not only does he win, he ends up unlocking Number 100 in the process, which is the key to the Numeron Code. Then he promptly dies, but not before passing on the code to Mizael, whom he admits is the better dragon tamer, showing an AlwaysSomeoneBetter moment.]]

* DeadlyUpgrade: The Photon Transformation puts considerable stress on his heart, to the point that his resting heart rate is well over 100 beats per minute.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Astral seems to have been inspired by what was at the time [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Astral_Barrier a completely unremarkable card]] introduced as early in GX.

* Astral seems to have been inspired by what was at the time [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Astral_Barrier a completely unremarkable card]] introduced as early in GX.

* NextTierPowerUp: He manages to set a new record among the protagonists for the fastest gained canon upgrade to an ace monster with Chaos Numbers 39: King of Wishes, Hope Ray. He got one three times faster than [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei]]. [[spoiler:He's gained two more in the anime, and another in the manga since. Subverted with Hope Roots though, which is a power-up, but is actually a downgraded version.]]

Shark decided to fight King Vector on his own to minimize the losses, but Vector started a Shadow Game, which meant the more monsters of a certain player's were destroyed, the more losses their army would have. Shark won the duel, but all the monsters in his deck were sent to the graveyard, meaning, his entire army died. An unspecified amount of time later, he died and was reincarnated as Nasch, the leader of the Seven Barian Emperors, but was killed by Vector, who had also be reincarnated as a Barian and was reincarnated again into his present life. After Durbe shows him his past memories, he transforms back into Nasch.

* LargeHam: Once a duel begins he starts chewing scenery like there's no tomorrow.

* SanityHasAdvantages: For Shark, this is ''very'' true. The first two times he lost to Yuma, he was BrainwashedAndCrazy or under some other form of mind control. The times he was fully lucid and in control of his actions, however, [[CurbStompBattle Yuma didn't stand a chance.]] And this is usually the case with him overall, most of the time.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:It's revealed that Shark had died ''three times'' before the start of the series - first during his past life as King, next he's killed as a Barian by Vector and reincarnated as a human, then finally dies ''again'' in a car crash. Though that last one wasn't the Shark we've known.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:After learning about his past as Nasch, he defects from the heroes and joins the rest of the Barian Emperors to protect his people.]]

* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:During his first meeting with Yuma after his FaceHeelTurn, he insists that he is Nasch, and no longer "Shark" or "Ryouga".]]

His Deck theme is the 'Photon' cards, with his ace being Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. In addition, he also possesses around fifteen Numbers, five of which are known: No. 10: White Knight Illuminator, No. 20: Gig-Anto Brilli-Ant, No. 30: Acid Golem of Destruction, No. 56: Goldrat, and No. 09: Sky Canopy Star - Dyson Sphere. As of episode 43, he now holds the current strongest Xyz monster in the game, Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. As of episode 64, he has lost all of his Numbers cards. He later gained a few more, though has apparently lost all of them as well, after his apparent death.

* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:He almost beat Yuma, literally declaring a winning attack with Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, but called off the Duel after discovering that Haruto had collapsed.]]
* OlderThanHeLooks: He's actually 18 at the start of the series. Not uncommon given Yugioh's art style.

* PowerupFullColorChange: Whenever Kaito goes into Photon Mode.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:His final duel with Mizael has him creating an all new ace monster for himself, ''Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon'', out of just sheer willpower as he's slowly dying due to lack of oxygen on account of the duel being on the moon. Not only does he win, he ends up unlocking Number 100 in the process, which is the key to the Numeron Code. Then he promptly dies, but not before passing on the code to Mizael, whom he admits is the better dragon tamer, showing an AlwaysSomeoneBetter moment.]]

* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Defeated Mizael but died from suffocation due to the damage sustained on his spacesuit.]]

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