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Here is the list of the characters introduced in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''.

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Here is the list of the characters introduced in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''.
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!!Yuya Sakaki
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno (JP), Michael Liscio Jr. (EN)
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The main protagonist of ''ARC-V'', an eighth-grader who attends You Show Duel School. He aspires to become an Entertainment Duelist and bring laughter to people through his duels like his father did before him, at least before his mysterious disappearance three years ago.

He owns a good-luck charm pendant his father gave him when he was younger, which mysteriously glows during his televised exhibition match against Strong Ishijima. This unlocks the power of an entirely new Summoning method; Pendulum Summoning, which quickly sets off a chain of events that may go well beyond his control.

He uses a Entermate/[[DubNameChange Performapal]] Deck, which features animals in costume that focus on altering the ATK and DEF of monsters. His ace is his Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.
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!!!Tropes associated with Yuya:
* TheAce: He's the best duelist of the You Show Duel School, though there are only six students there.
* AccidentalPervert: In episode 22, he felt down the stairs to then falling right with his head in the perfect position to [[PantyShot look up Mieru's skirt]]. Even though he didn't see anything, she still whacks him on the head. [[SarcasmMode What a great first impression]].
* AllTheOtherReindeer: Due to his dad disappearing, nearly every kid his age mocked him.
* AnimalMotifs: The Dragon, made clear with the title of Episode 39. [[spoiler: "Reverse Scales": Gekirin (逆鱗), in Japanese and Chinese mythology, refers to one particular scale out of 81 scales covering the body of the dragon. This scale, unlike others, is inverted. It is said in Japanese legends that if one were to touch the dragon’s gekirin, it would result in the wrath of the dragon.]] Explained [[https://nyanpastique.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/reverse-scales-and-arc-vs-dragon-motif/ here.]]
* AnimeHair: Like his predecessors in other ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' installments, his hair is pretty out there. However, it's more subdued in comparison, and the "out there" part comes more from the hair colors; half red and half green.
* TheArtifact: His Discover/[[DubNameChange Hip]] Hippo was only really useful in his first duel. A monster with low ATK and DEF, and its effect (allowing Yuya to Tribute Summon it for a Level 7+ Tribute Summon) is pretty much useless when Yuya starts using Pendulum Summoning. His purpose in Action Duels (a steed) is diminished by stronger monsters being able to fulfill transportation purposes. The monster itself is somewhat of a mascot for the series, so it appears more outside of duels than it does inside. In episode 26 however, his friends were surprised to see it summoned and be used as a tribute for Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon since the monsters he used for the Pendulum Scales did not have scales going that high.
* {{Badass}}: He nearly took down Strong Ishijima before he got his Pendulum cards and his badassery has only increased since then. His moments include Fusion Summoning Rune-Eyes, then later using it to debut another Fusion monster, Beast-Eyes, making a comeback victory against Sawatari, [[spoiler:and his double OTK with Dark Rebellion with help from Dennis]].
* BerserkButton:
** Don't threaten the You Show Duel School around him. It's the school his father set up.
** Sora in general is one too, though its PlayedForLaughs.
** Making fun of his father or hurting his friends are big buttons as well.
** Using Dueling as a way to wage war, and [[spoiler:sealing your opponents in cards]] became major {{Berserk Button}}s, to the point of [[spoiler:involuntarily triggering Yuya's [[FanNickname berserk mode]]]].
* BigDamnHeroes: In episode 4, when Yuzu and the kids finally fall, Yuya has his newly returned Pendulum Monsters rescue them.
* BishieSparkle: What Mieru imagines Yuya has when he defeats her. Afterwards she's head over heels for the guy, much to Yuya's confusion and Yuzu's anger.
* BladeBrake: In episode 9, Yuya uses his Entermate Sword Fish to catch himself when he falls.
* BookDumb: Yuya mentions in episode 19 that he is bad at science and math.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: [[spoiler: In Episode 39, his SuperpoweredEvilSide borrows Yuto's summon chant for Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Yuya later uses it himself in Episode 43.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Yuya is a happy go lucky guy that wants to bring smiles and happiness to his audience which is why from episode 34 on [[spoiler:he's had his ideals questioned from Sora turning out to be a lot more evil than previously thought, dueling being used as a weapon, Sora disappearing and finally Yuto disappearing because Yuto taking the hit for him. Finally culminating in his own SuperPoweredEvilSide being released breaking his own ideals. The kid needs a hug. ]]
* BrokenPedestal: In episode 2, after finding out that Pendulum Summoning requires special cards, most of his fans begin thinking of him as a cheater.
* ButtMonkey: Often. He sometimes uses it as a comedy routine.
** In Episode 20, he is unable to answer any question correct, gets electrocuted and frozen.
** In Episode 22, Yuya has terrible luck. He oversleeps, he hits his head under his desk, he trips and falls down the stairs, is accused of being a pervert, gets wrong coin side, has a dead opening hand, is glared by thirteen black cats, he trips without any reasons, he draws an Action Trap named "Great Misfortune," and his two strongest monsters are switched to defense position before he could even attack.
* CatchPhrase: He has two during duels: "Ladies and gentlemen!" and "The fun's just getting started!" The latter also appears frequently in the opening and ending songs.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** Nico Smiley chose the four duelists Yuya needed to beat to qualify for the Junior Youth Championship [[InvokedTrope specifically to make Yuya become a better duelist all around]]. And it pays off too, with Yuya learning from the first three duels that there is no such thing as a perfect strategy and flexibility is important in dueling, that he can use disadvantages in his favour, that he can't be complacent in dueling, that a pro needs communication with their opponent and the audience to be entertaining and how to take Pendulum Summoning further. With the last duel, he takes the lessons from the previous three duels and applies it here as well as learning how to stand on his own two feet rather than constantly relying on other people for support.
** This really shows in Episode 31, when [[spoiler:Sawatari revealed his own Pendulum Cards, sent Odd-Eyes and his other cards back into in his deck and was overall cornered. Yuya, instead of falling in Heroic BSOD, smiled and enjoyed the challenge presented]].
** Yuya is now more eager to show his Entertainment Dueling to the audience ''and'' his opponents, after all the violence he has seen lately. Unfortunately, he kind of struggles, as he is not only unable to give Kachidoki a happy smile on his face, [[spoiler:but he gives him a brutal defeat instead when Yuya's SuperpoweredEvilSide shows up]]. This event has given him more angst. He has reached a point where his current mental state is basically a [[FridgeBrilliance pendulum]], going forth and back from happy and cheerful to a HeroicBSOD, to the point that he crossed the [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon in the end of Episode 44]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The first two episodes shows Yuya acting like a clown and he makes fun of everybody and everything. Since the third episode, he's much more serious and his entertainer persona only shows up when he is doing some of his combos. While it's stated by his mother that Yuya used his duel against Ishijima to reinvent himself out of his SadClown persona into a more serious Entertainer, it doesn't explain why all pre-series media treated this attitude as his only personality.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The first time he used Pendulum Summoning, Yuya used the phrase "Ide yo, waga shimobe no monster-tachi wo" ("Come fourth, my monster servants) during his summon chant. Since then, he usually uses "Awarero, ore no monster-tachi" ("Show yourself, my monsters"). He does use the first variant again in episode 39, when [[spoiler:his apparent SuperpoweredEvilSide is revealed]].
** His split personality become a lot more relevant when [[spoiler:Yuto's and Yugo's are revealed hinting that his split personality is just as dangerous. Which was proven in Episode 39, when his dark side was shown]].
* ChildhoodFriends: With Yuzu and Gongenzaka. This is the reason why Yuzu's meeting with the Dark Duelist disturbs her so much, due to his resemblance to Yuya.
* CoatCape: He likes to wear his jacket this way. [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes It never seems to fall away from him, even in situations were it reasonably should, like when he's performing all his acrobatic stunts]].
* CombatPragmatist: His Dueling style is this. He summons a speedy animal and runs around to find Action Cards, allowing him to disable his opponent's attacks and such.
* ConspicuousCG: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon [[spoiler:and its evolutions]]. Yuya is also made in CG whenever he's riding this monster.
* ConvenientComa: [[spoiler:He was in one for two days after the events of Episode 37.]]
* 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 [[spoiler: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 gets a 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/Performapal Hammer Mammoth, which justifies Yuya's dependence on his ace monster better than Judai, Yusei and Yuma.
* CoolBigBro: To the kids from the You Show Duel School.
* CreepyMonotone: [[spoiler:In Episode 39 when possessed.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Perfectly demonstrated during his duel against Ishijima. Yuya acts like a clown and apparently makes a fool of him while riding Entermate Discover Hippo/Performapal Hip Hippo. Ishijima and the audience eventually realize that Yuya's ride helps him gathering Action Cards all over the place.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: He has red eyes, which match most of his hair.
* CustomUniform: Yuya uses the school's jacket as a CoatCape and different kind of pants than the rest of the males in the school.
* DarkIsNotEvil: His deck contains a number of DARK-Attribute Monsters, including the Magicians of Astromancy and Chronomancy, Entermate Trump Witch and Silver Claw, Odd-Eyes, Rune-Eyes, [[spoiler:and, as of Episode 37, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon]]. This is not surprising, considering that his four predecessors did the same.
* DespairEventHorizon: His mental state was already a messed up pendulum after the event of episode 34~37, but [[spoiler:seeing a group of duelists being sealed into cards in the end of Episode 44, he finally breaks, triggering his berserk side again]].
* {{Determinator}}: Thanks to his father's advice to smile and laugh whenever he feels sad or in trouble, Yuya manages to gather the courage to get himself out of any pinch he finds himself in.
-->'''Yuya:''' ''"That's right. If I keep my heart in Defense Mode, there's no way I'll be able to enjoy my duels!"''
* DisappearedDad: Yuya's father Yusho was a popular Duelist, but three years ago, he no-showed an event and hasn't been seen since. Mentioning anything about his father is one of the only times Yuya won't be smiling.
* DistressedDude: In episode 30, Ankokuji does this to keep Gongenzaka distracted. Yuya proves to be a BadassInDistress and Yuya defeats four people who are supposed to keep him in busy at once.
* DragonRider: He can ride his dragons in Action Duels.
* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler: Yuya's SuperpoweredEvilSide has a noticeably lower pitch than his usual voice.]]
* {{Expy}}: Mostly of [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Judai]] with his surface personality and somew of his appearance, and [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal Yuma]] with his backstory, with a dose of [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei's]] dueling style, and his inner depression about what he thinks may be his fault. Also of [[Manga/MagicKaito Kaito Kuroba]]. [[spoiler: His SuperpoweredEvilSide gives him another parallel with Judai, and his dragon resonating like the Signer Dragons is another parallel with Yusei.]]
* FamedInStory: Yuya is very famous for defeating Strong Ishijima and having Pendulum cards.
* FightingYourFriend: In episode 25 he discovers that, in order to qualify in the Junior Youth and initiate his climb in professional dueling, he must defeat Gongenzaka.
* FlungClothing: Yuya does this in Episode 1 when he summons Odd-Eyes Dragon. How he took off a full body costume and keep his duel disk on is everyone's guess.
* {{Foil}}: He has two, Gongenzaka and Reiji.
** With Gongenzaka, they are both heirs to their schools with unusual decks. Yuya having a Pendulum deck and Gongenzaka having a deck without Spells or Traps. While Yuya hides his emotions, Gongenzaka is instead very expressive about them. This is best shown in their dueling styles. Yuya during a duel, runs about looking for action cards, compared to Gongenzaka refusing to move.
** With Reiji they are both the aces of their schools and are Pendulum users. While Reiji is well respected as the head of the top duel school at the start of the series, Yuya is looked down upon because of his father and is a member of a duel school made up of only 5 people. They both hide their emotions, Yuya using laughter and smiles compared to Reiji's cold manners stoicism. Their relationships with their fathers are completely different as well. Yuya's father disappeared but Yuya still thinks very highly of him, while Reiji doubts his father even cares enough about him that he would be a useful hostage after Leo's abandonment of the family.
* FreezeFrameBonus: After he bumps into Gongenzaka in the first episode and takes off his goggles, you can see tears in his eyes, hinting at his StepfordSmiler personality.
* FunPersonified: Yuya lives to entertain people and bring smiles to their faces.
* GenreSavvy: Yuya is the guy who soonly looks for MrExposition.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[spoiler: Just like Yuto and Yugo during his SuperpoweredEvilSide. Also crosses into RedEyesTakeWarning, though his eyes were always red, this makes them terrifying.]]
* GogglesDoNothing: His goggles don't seem to have any practical purpose, though he does use them to hide his feelings.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: His deck's theme, bar Odd-Eyes and the Magicians.
* HarmlessElectrocution: He's fell victim to this a few times, in particular episodes 16 and 20.
* HarmlessFreezing: In episode 20 he is frozen in a block of ice following his {{Humiliation Conga}}.
* HeirToTheDojo: In a fashion. His father set up the "You Show Duel School" that specializes in teaching Yusho's Entertainment Dueling sytle, being Yuya the only one that can pull it off being the founder's son and the ace of the school.
* HeroesLoveDogs: He loves his mom's pet dogs.
* HeroicBSOD:
** He is more prone to these than all the other protagonist, perfectly justified as his loving personality also masks three years of emotional pain caused by his father's disappearance and his attempts to cope with it. Has a big one after learning that Reiji can Pendulum Summon and was needed Shuzou to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan duel him out of it]].
** [[spoiler:Becomes depressed after his disturbing victory against Kachidoki in #40. Fortunately, it took the audience's applause for Yuzu's duel and Yuto's words of wisdom that Yuya has gotten over it an episode later. Until Takeda and Umesugi remind him from that incident two episodes later, but Dennis helps him to get it out of it next episode later.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Him and Gongenzaka.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Sawatari uses Yuya's CombatPragmatist tendencies against him in their duel, by having all the Action Cards being traps instead. Afterwards, Yuya does the rest of the duel without Action Cards.
* HonorBeforeReason:
** A strange example. When given the opportunity to end his turn and win the duel against Reiji, he makes sure that he gives himself some defense just in case, and he turns out to be right. He admits that he wouldn't have liked to win the duel like that.
** He also doesn't want to get into the Junior Youth Championship without having all the requirements, even though his defeat of Ishijima had made the Maiami City Committee more than happy to let him in. Nico Smiley was GenreSavvy enough to give him tough opponents that make Yuya stronger, who gets Rune-Eyes and Beast-Eyes as a result.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Subverted. Even though Yuya decides to help Sora because he is his friend, Yuya soon questions Sora's behaviour about [[spoiler:Xyz users being his prey]].
* HumiliationConga: Episode 20. He fails to answer any quiz questions correctly, getting him zapped, slapped around, dragged through the mud and frozen.
* IAmYourOpponent: He says this to [[spoiler:Yuto in Episode 35 while joining Sora's side]].
* IJustWantToBeNormal: When given the opportunity to get a free pass into the Youth Dueling Circuit, he instead gets Nico Smiley to arrange the four Duels that Yuya needs to qualify.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Being the one who discovers Pendulum Summoning is a bigger deal to Yuya than other people think. When Sawatari used his Pendulum monsters against him, he was shocked but managed to put himself together by getting the cards back and winning. But when Reiji created his own Pendulum Monsters, Yuya went into a HeroicBSOD because he realized that now, Pendulum Summon wasn't ''his'' anymore.
* IdiotBall: Yuya tends to do this a lot when he isn't thinking straight, which happens increasingly often. If he doesn't Pendulum Summon, he'll leave a monster on the field with little protection whatsoever. Notably averted in his Duel against Reiji, where he does this, but makes sure to leave sufficient protection.
* IdiotHair: He has a green one, to go hand to hand with his IdiotHero status.
* IdiotHero:
** Even accounting for unfamiliarity with it, there's no way it should have taken someone with average deductive abilities as long to replicate Pendulum Summoning as it took Yuya, especially not if they reviewed recordings of Yuya's duel as he himself did. Nonetheless, Yuya somehow takes nearly ''three hundred'' Duels to successfully perform another Pendulum Summon.[[note]] Some fans have suggested the 300 battles were also used to discover the ins and outs of how Pendulum Summoning works for all Yuya's Pendulum Monsters, though this practice did not reveal that they go to the Extra Deck when destroyed. However, again, this is fanon/fridge possible brilliance.[[/note]]
*** To be fair though in the story of ''ARC-V'' you can't just simply learn summoning methods and higher summoning methods like Fusion, Synchro and Xyz are only reserved for people who are conscripted for Elite class students of a different duel school. So Yuya teaching himself how Pendulum Summoning works without any form of teacher is probably impressive in-universe.
** He fails to correctly answer several Science and Math Questions on the Quiz Field.
** However, he does Fusion Summon correctly on his first try, something Yuzu did not do (mostly because she's confused about Yuto's resemblance to Yuya).
** Yuya generally averts this trope when he is related to the plot. He knows that Kurosaki isn't a normal guy and that the duel between him and Sora was more than a feud between two Duel Schools. Yuya also questions Sora's strange behaviour and he is looking for people who can give him more [[MrExposition exposition]], e.g. Yuto and Kurosaki.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Yuya's ace, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Which is odd, as the Monster with the "X-Eyes Y Dragon" name format is usually the rival's ace, instead of the main character's.
* JapanesePronouns: Yuya usually uses the informal "ore", but when he is in his entertainer persona, he switches to the formal "watashi".
* KindHeartedCatLover: He loves his mom's pet cats.
* LargeHam: He tends to treat Duels like a show, so he is very hammy and dramatic, althouth not all the time. He's much more normal outside of a duel though.
** IncomingHam: "LADIIIIIIIIIIIIES AAAAAAAAND GENTLEMEEEEEEN!!"
* LaserGuidedKarma: His teasing of Futoshi in the first ending earns him a quick smack from Yuzu's fan.
* LeParkour: Yuya uses it the most, always jumping around for Action Cards.
* LetsGetDangerous: When Yuya is going to win he loves to say, "The Fun is just getting started" before executing his combo.
* LightEmUp: Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's manner of attacking.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Well more like Dueling Emotional Crutch, but Odd-Eyes functions as this for Yuya. If Odd-Eyes is destroyed, Yuya is crushed.
** After his character development, this is no longer the case.
* LoserSonOfLoserDad: His father got a reputation as a DirtyCoward for his no-show and disappearance. Many people mock Yuya and suggest he must be a coward as well.
* MadeOfIron: Yuya has been thrown around like a rag doll on multiple occasions.
* TheMagicPokerEquation:
** He always seems to have his two main Pendulum Monsters, Timegazer Magician and Stargazer Magician, and his ace monster Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon in his opening hand or after his first few draws.
** Averted in episode 22, when he starts with a dead hand, having six useless high-level monster that he cannot Pendulum Summon at this point.
** Averted again in his duel against Gongenzaka, where he doesn't draw Timegazer Magician at all, and has to use a more roundabout method and different Pendulum Scales to Summon his monsters.
** Played straight in his second duel with Sawatari. Not only he draws his three main cards in the early part of the duel, after a bunch of cards are shuffled to the deck, he draws three of the shuffled cards ''again'': Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Timegazer Magician, and Performapal Drumming Kong.
** Averted in Yuya's duel against Takeda and Umesugi where he doesn't draw Odd-Eyes or either one of the Magicians.
* MagneticPlotDevice: The Pendulum cards. The only known real ones are all in Yuya's Deck, with the chance that they're (initially) the ''only ones in existence'', and they allow a powerful way of summoning monsters. No wonder why everybody wants them.
** His Pendulum seems to be able to create new cards on the spot. Creating the Pendulum cards and Odd-Eye's evolutions.
* MoodSwinger: Thanks to all the traumatic events he has lived and is currently living, Yuya's mood is indeed a pendulum.
* MulticoloredHair: His hair is both red and green. It somehow mimics the Pendulum Card color scheme.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After he wakes up from his SuperPoweredEvilSide in Episode 39.]]
* MyGreatestFailure:
** [[spoiler:Yuto taking the hit for him.]]
** Brutally defeating Kachidoki. In episode 42, he got {{trigger}}ed pretty badly for Takeda and Umesugi making the same mannerism than him.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Yuya_Sakaki#Etymology Named after]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuya Yuya]] , a powerful courtier during Egypt's 18th dynasty who married [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjuyu Tjuyu]], a noblewoman who is referred to as the "Singer of Hathor", and had a daughter named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiye Tiye]], the "Great Royal Wife" of Amenhotep III.
* NextTierPowerUp: A ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' protagonist staple. Yuya's favorite monster (Odd-Eyes) gets several upgrades throughout the story. First, from Odd-Eyes Dragon to Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Then, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon gets two Fusion versions: Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.
* NiceGuy: He's shown to be fun-loving and relatively easygoing.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Arguably, his interference in [[spoiler:Yuto and Yugo's]] Duel caused [[spoiler:Yuto]] to lose.
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: He was freaked out by Mieru's sudden interest. To be fair to the guy, everyone would be creeped out when a 12-year-old girl you met today asks ''how many children you want''.
* NoSell: While fighting [[spoiler:Obelisk Force members, they activate their monster abilities which afflicts effect damage to their opponent. It's been established that characters from different dimensions can somehow make the damage real; in this case the effect damage was in the form of a flamethrower. While grinning at first, the members become shocked when Yuya is hit full-on with the fire and gets up with the air of being shoved slightly and looking ''annoyed''. This starts freaking them out and when they do it again, Yuya treats it ''with complete indifference, even brushing his shoulder off!!'' At this point, the members are sweating buckets, not helped when Yuya smiles at them [[SlasherSmile eerily.]]]]
* ObliviousToLove: Fortunately, not to the extent of previous protagonists. [[note]]Judai/Jaden, Mr. "I-don't-know-what-fiancé-means," we're looking at you.[[/note]]. Though in his defense, {{tsundere}}s can be confusing to deal with.
* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: Yuya duels four people at once in episode 30. It's only shown that he's using his Hippo cards, but it is not shown how he defeated them.
* [[OneHitKill One-Turn-Kill]]: Like other protagonists, Yuya often uses combos that allow him to wipe out the Life Points of the opponent in one turn, which is given a big helping hand by his Pendulum Dragon monsters and his AntiMagic Magicians.
** After receiving [[spoiler:Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon]], Yuya is able to perform the same [=OTKs=] like [[spoiler:Yuto]]. With the help of Dennis, Yuya even manages to do a "One Turn Two Kill".
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** When Yuya drops his cheerful persona, it usually means something is ''wrong'' with him.
** In Episode 9, Yuya is noticeably angry in his Duel. This makes the main cast question why.
** In Episode 35, Yuya becomes angry at Yuto, and even Yuto is a bit stunned by that.
** In Episode 39, [[spoiler:he brutally defeats Isao Kachidoki by using Yuto's Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon]].
* OutOfCharacterMoment: During his One-Turn Kill against Mieru, Yuya acts like a charming {{Bishounen}} guy. It is either this or it is part of his entertainer persona or it is just Mieru's imagination.
* PinballProtagonist: Yuya kickstarted the plot off with his Pendulum Cards, but so far, much of the plot literally disappears when he shows up. However, in episode 33, he catches up with the part of the plot he has been missing.
** He completely averts this from Episode 35 on, where [[spoiler:he learns everything Yuzu knows and even personally duels Yuto]]. He also demands to know what's going on so that he isn't left behind, and succeeds quite nicely in that regard.
* PlayingWithFire: Despite being DARK- and EARTH-attribute, respectively, Odd-Eyes and Beast-Eyes both utilize flame-based attacks. Entermate/Performapal Fire Mufflion helps, too.
* {{Portmanteau}}: Several of the Entermates, such as Partnaga, Spikeagle, Lizardraw, and Friendonkey.
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Subverted. While Yuya was the only one with Pendulum Cards, it's a plot point that others are making more and he won't be the only user, as proven in episode 13 and later in the Maiami Championship arc. Played straight regarding the fact that he is the only duelist so far who can create new cards out of nowhere.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: {{Averted}}, Yuya is a nice guy. [[spoiler:Except in Episode 39.]]
* RedHeadedHero: Yuya is the protagonist and has almost completely red hair, notably being the first main character in the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' spin-offs to have it.
* RedIsHeroic: He is the main character, he has red hair, red eyes, a red shirt, a red duel disk and his ace is a red dragon.
* SadClown: Confirmed to be this by his mom in episode 1. She states he makes fun of himself before others can. This might be lampshaded when Yuya enters his match against Strong Ishijima dressed as a clown.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Inverted in his dynamic with Yuzu, with him as the energetic guy and her as the savvy girl. Although the energetic part is downplayed.
* ScrewDestiny: Mieru says its his fate to lose to her. He tells her [[BadassBoast he'll simply have to change it]]. He does in fact do so. Later PlayedForLaughs when he says (or maybe only thought it) he'll change the fate of being Mieru's promised one.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: With Yuzu. She agrees at first, but he takes it too far. He also says this in Episode 18 when Sora suggests someone else might take Yuzu away from him.
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler:Shows some signs of this after the events of 35 through 37.]]
* ShipTease:
** When Yuzu suddenly runs off in episode 15, Tatsuya, Ayu, and Futoshi teasingly tell Yuya to treat Yuzu better.
** Happened again in 23, when they have a touching moment after Yuya gives her back her Fusion card. [[http://xbrain130.deviantart.com/art/ARC-V-Ep-23-FRUITSHIPPING-IS-HERE-483080761 There were hearts in the background]]!
** Happened again when [[spoiler:Yuzu's duel was able to bring him out of his BSOD]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Based on the flashback in episode 25, he was this as a kid after his dad disappeared.
* SlasherSmile: In episode 45, gives chilling smiles to [[spoiler:the Obelisk Force members, implying that they're screwed.]]
* SplitPersonality: Very subtle, but this is implied to happen in Episode 1, when Yuya created the Pendulum Cards in the middle of his duel. He doesn't seem to remember what he did after the duel either. Makes sense, considering the trauma of dealing with his missing father. After getting [[spoiler: Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, it becomes an explicit SuperpoweredEvilSide]].
* SpiritedCompetitor: As a result of his character development, Yuya has become this. [[spoiler:Even smiling in excitement in his duel against Sawatari when Sawatari sealed his Pendulum summoning.]]
* StepfordSmiler: He's the "sad inside" type. According to Yuya's mother, he created his FunPersonified persona to cope with his father's disappearance and the negative stigma it brought him. It's the result of his father's advice to "laugh when you feel like crying". Episode 14, confirms that he is in fact [[TheCynic a pessimist]].
* StopHavingFunGuys: Inverted; he argues that the point of Dueling is so people can have fun. [[invoked]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Yuya's shows up in Episode 39. Becoming aggressive and horrifying even learning Xyz summoning, his eyes glowing, he becoming completely calm and his hair becomes even more messy.]]
** [[spoiler:This side shows up again in episode 45 but where the first time around Yuya came across as creepy and monotone, this time he's ''pissed and vengeful'']]
* ThemeNaming: Like other protagonists, Yuya's name has the Yu syllable in it.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: To him, Dueling is all about having fun and entertaining the audience. He'll never forgive anyone who would tarnish it by using it as a weapon for conflict and hurting people. [[spoiler:In the Episode 45 preview, he yells this in his berserk mode, which was triggered by Obelisk Force carding the Knight of Duels.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Learning Fusion Summoning.
** And beyond that. Starting with his duel with Gongenzaka, he starts to Pendulum Summon without both his -gazer Magicians, and displays more complex strategies. (Such as attacking an opponent with Odd-Eyes, then using Trump Witch's effect to create Beast-Eyes and attack the enemy again.)
* TrainingFromHell: Well, the card game version, but between episode 2 and 3, Yuya and Gongenzaka dueled through the night and had at least 291 duels.
* TranquilFury: When Yuya's [[spoiler:SuperpoweredEvilSide appears, he has a disturbingly calm demeanor in contrast with his frightening appearance.]]
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee:
** Shows up in Episode 13. Yuya outlines his combo to defeat Reiji in detail to the audience, only to have it fail after the first step because of an effect of Reiji's monsters he didn't know about.
** Happens again in episode 23, when he has Trap Card that can negate a direct attack and allows him to add a card to his hand.
* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:While Berserker Yuya was rather stoic before, in Ep. 45, he is ''brutally'' pissed off.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: He develops this with Sora eventually, getting him in a friendly headlock after explaining that no, they cannot celebrate Sora getting into the MCS, because Yuya still has to.
* WarriorTherapist: Yuya's Entertainment Dueling eventually catches his opponent in his performance and he changes them in a positive way. Characters like Michio and Sawatari eventually [[DefeatMeansFriendship become in better terms with him]]. Since Yuya's goal is to make people smile with his Entertainment Dueling, [[spoiler:it backfires when his SuperpoweredEvilSide enters the scene and ditches the Entertainment style for a dark OTK, following with Kachidoki being really pissed at Yuya after losing to him]].
* WellDoneSonGuy: He wants to prove he's being worthy of being Yusho Sakaki's son, both to himself, common public and to his father (wherever he is), by being a great Entertainer duelist like him. A flashback shows that while Yusho was flattered by his son's devotion, he encourage him to [[BeYourself be himself]] instead of trying to emulate him. Yoko even comments that Yuya now is determinated in surpassing his father.
* WhamLine: Episode 39 has Yuya's [[spoiler:"Formed from pitch-black darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose it with its treacherous fangs! Descend now! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!"]]
* WhipItGood: In episode 3, Yuya spends the first few turns using Entermate Whip Viper/[[DubNameChange Performapal Whip Snake]] [[BuildingSwing to swing across the field]] quicker than he can move on foot.
* WholeCostumeReference: With the plot important necklace, a collar, and a jacket he wears like a cape, Yuya is dressed almost exactly like Yugi did from Battle City onward. Only with his outfit being bright and cheerful as opposed to Yugi's dark and edgy. They also both have the starfish looking hair (though Yuya has a slightly more natural looking "starfish lying down" as opposed to Yugi's "starfish standing straight up")
* WillfullyWeak: Despite being the only person able to use a never-before-seen method of summoning capable of opening his dueling to several abusive combos, high level monster spam, etc., Yuya sticks to using his weaker Performapal monsters, often for his one turn finishes. Partly justified in how the Performapals reflect Yuuya's personality and due to the nature of duel schools in ''ARC-V'', all other advanced summoning methods that aren't Tribute Summoning do not appear to be available to the general public.
* WorfHadTheFlu:
** He started his duel with Michio while starving, which left him barely able to think straight and too weak to retrieve an Action Card. Once his mother passes him a snack, he easily retrieves the card and comes up with the winning strategy.
** And with Kyuando, he started exhausted after watching quiz shows all night, which made his IdiotHero problem much worse.
** His duel with Mieru comes in a time when he's feeling very uncertain about his future and he feels stuck. Mieru's speeches about how his future is bound to failure makes him take very bad decisions out of anger.
* WorthyOpponent: He sees Gongenzaka and Reiji as ones. And after [[spoiler:Episode 32, Sawatari]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: He initially presumes he can only Pendulum Summon when he's in a tight situation and about to lose. He's wrong, but given the franchise's history with these sorts of things, it's not hard to understand why he'd expect it.

!!Yuzu Hiiragi
!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuunaInamura
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The heroine of ''ARC-V'' and Yuya's childhood friend, she is the daughter of You Show Duel School's headmaster. Where Yuya is energetic and upbeat, she is more rational, though rather quick to lose her temper. She has a habit of whacking people, particularly her father and Yuya, with a paper fan whenever she's annoyed with them.

Yuzu plays a Fantasia/Melodious deck which largely relies on Special Summoning multiple smaller monsters to Tribute Summon her ace, Prodigy Mozart, which Special Summons more Fantasia monsters, continuing the chain. After her loss to Masumi Kotsu, she decided to train in Fusion Summoning. The result is a deck that can take advantage of swarming and Fusion.
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!!!Tropes associated with Yuzu:
* ActionGirl:
** She's a duelist in training, same as Yuya, and proves it in the second episode when she duels him and wins.
** She proves her mettle again when she beats Masumi in their second duel and [[spoiler:eventually reaches the top 16 of the tournament as one of the two only girls along with Olga.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: When she asks Sora to teach her how to Fusion Summon.
* AmazonBrigade: Her deck seems to contain mostly female, Fairy-type Fantasia monsters.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Sora stated she learned how to counter a Fusion deck by understanding a Fusion duelist.
* {{Badass}}: She was qualified for the Junior Youth Championship before Yuya. During her rematch with Masumi, Yuzu performs a SuicidalGotcha to stay in the game and then she defeats her. And later, she defeats [[spoiler:two opponents in one turn]].
* BadassAdorable: She has her cute moments.
* BatmanGambit: During her second duel with Masumi, she counted on her doing another Fusion summon, allowing her to use a certain Trap Card.
* BerserkButton:
** Calling her a female Strong Ishijima is not a good idea, Yuya.
** Judging by her reaction in Episode 27, Mieru has become one. Episode 38 is an exception, though this may be because she's more concerned about Yuya's coma.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Whenever Yuya or her father make her mad, she hits them with her fan, which is a classic manzai gag.
* BridalCarry:
** Indirectly done by Yuya, since one of his Magicians saves her when she falls, and carries her like this.
** Then she does an indirect one to [[spoiler:Masumi]] in episode 29, when Bloom Diva saves her from a (possibly) fatal fall.
** Has a proper one done to her by Dennis when he saves her and himself from falling into lava, complete with his monster saving them in a stylish way. Yuzu's dad is PISSED, not because his daughter was saved but because in the ''manner'' in which she was saved.
* BurningWithAnger: In Episode 27, she burst into flames when meeting Mieru. The reason why she does this? [[ClingyJealousGirl Mieru calls Yuya her "darling"]].
* CallBack: In episode 28, Yuzu calls Sora and yells at him that he must hurry up to be in time for her first duel. Sora did the same to her in episode 22, about his last qualification duel. The animation style is even similar.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The first few episodes played up her {{Tsundere}} side and made her seem like she had a very short temper. Considering how serious the story is and how inappropriate this comedy would be most of the time, she had to be mellowed out. By now, she's much more serious and mature, and her fan-smacks are usually reserved for her dad.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Yuya, which is why her meeting with Yuto disturbs her so much. He looks like Yuya, making her question just how much she really knows about her best friend.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She was not happy that Mieru hugged Yuya, calling him her fated person. She looked very annoyed to see Mieru again, in Episode 27, calling Yuya her "darling" all the time.
* CoolBigSis: She acts this way to the younger students of You Show Duel School.
* CustomUniform: Yuzu wears a sleeveless shirt, different from the one other girls wear at the school and also is missing the jacket; still, nobody comments on it.
* DesignatedGirlFight: With Masumi, twice. Then again with Mikiyo.
* {{Determinator}}: In Episodes 3-4, she refused to give up even as she was dangling from a tower. Also demonstrated by her will to fight for her friends and school.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: While she still didn't get to duel as much as Yuya, she's been much more involved with the main plotline than him up to now, even taking an active role into unveiling the mystery behind the Dark Duelist. Some fans even joke that [[MemeticMutation she's taking Yuya's place as the one and only protagonist of the show]].
* EpicFail: Fails her first Fusion Summon, because she added it to her Main Deck instead of her Extra Deck while thinking about the whole Dark Duelist affair. Fortunately, it's just a training duel.
* ExplosiveInstrumentation: In the first episode, Yuzu loses her temper and pounds on a keyboard, which damages the school's Solid Vision system and forces them to get a replacement.
* FieryRedhead: Of the fuchsia-haired kind. While normally a well-meaning NiceGirl, people's idiocy (especially Yuya's) gets on her nerves.
* GenreSavvy: Her deck contains several copies of the same cards. For example, she has three copies of Fantasia Maiden Canon.
* GirlishPigtails: She wears her hair in this style, complete with blue barrettes.
* GirlyBruiser: Both she and her deck are overtly feminine, and she's proven herself to be a capable duelist.
* GirlyRun: She runs like this in Episode 24, when chasing after Masumi.
* HairDecorations: A pair of blue clips over her pigtails.
* HairTriggerTemper: Like any Tsundere, she has this.
* HeroicBSOD:
** She's very troubled by her encounter with Yuto and his resemblance to Yuya. A few episodes after that, her opponent Masumi could tell she was off her game, and she ends up losing because she wasn't thinking clearly.
** Happened again in Episode 21, when she is completely confused over what is happening to her life after meeting Yuto.
* {{Heel}}: She tried to invoke this trope in Episode 2. Like Father like Daughter.
* HiddenEyes: In Episode 23, she shows this when Mieru calls Yuya her fated person. HilarityEnsues.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Card game version. But she runs a fusion deck that counters Fusions, as Masumi found out.
* IdenticalStranger: Seems to be one for a character Yuto and Kurosaki knew named Ruri. Kurosaki mistook her for Ruri in Episode 21, though Yuto knew they weren't the same person. [[spoiler:Turns out to be the reason Yuto even helped her out in the first place.]]
** [[spoiler:She's also one for a member of Academia, as revealed in Episode 38. She even has a bracelet just like Yuzu.]]
* JapanesePronouns: Yuzu uses the feminine pronoun ''atashi''.
* LightIsGood: Her monsters are LIGHT-attribute.
* MagicSkirt: Particularly noticable in Action Duels.
* MagneticPlotDevice: Her bracelet serves as one for the Dark Duelist sub-plot. It hints a (yet unknown) connection between him, Yuzu and Yuya, as the bracelet glows whenever he's around, blinding everyone present, forcefully teleporting him out of the area just seconds before Yuya appears. Beyond that, her father says she has had it since she was a baby.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Her Melodious monsters' attacks are visualized as voices that materialize... As razor-sharp waves.
* MoralityPet: To Yuto, thanks to her resemblance to Ruri. He'll always see she's safe and he's willing to stand up to Kurosaki for her.
* MusicalAssassin: Her Melodious monsters are graceful divas that can charm their opponents with the sweet melody of pain.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: At the beggining of her duel with Halil, she was just about to perform her first Pendulum Summon, when her opponent pulls a Continous Trap not only negating the summon but taking the card and using it to perform it himself. To add salt to the injury she got the second Pendulum Card from ''him'' in the first place, so he could duel her.
* NiceGirl: She's kind-hearted and shows it most of the time, though she won't hesitate to use her paper fan as a weapon when the situation calls for it.
* NotSoDifferent: She gets mad at Yuya for failing to Pendulum Summon in their duel, and then several episodes later, she fails to Fusion Summon correctly (if only because she distracted reflecting upon her latest encounter with the Dark Duelist). Similarly both her and her father have tried to act as a heel.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Yuya suspects something is up in Episode 8 when Sora (who was "Fusion Summoning" a dessert during class) isn't hit by her PaperFanOfDoom.
* PaperFanOfDoom: She smacks her father with a paper fan whenever he does something stupid. Her other target is usually Yuya.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Her hair has two different shades of pink and she's mostly a NiceGirl.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Inverted in her dynamic with Yuya; he's the energetic guy and she's the savvy girl.
* SanitySlippage: After her meeting with The Dark Duelist, Yuzu's perception has become a bit... flawed.
* ShipTease:
** With Yuya. The prime among this is their hug after she loses to Masumi. Happened again in 23, when they have a touching moment after Yuya gives her back her Fusion card.
** It is overall shown that she understands Yuya the best and knows how to cheer him up.
** In episode 29, with Masumi. It doesn't help that Masumi goes Tsundere on her.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Says this in stereo with Yuya. Though she didn't like how much stronger he said it.
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Yuzu is taken away by Sawatari's friends this way in episode 3. Not a straight example, though, because both her arms were grabbed, instead of just one.
* SuicidalGotcha: In order to stop Masumi from getting an Action card and negating the Trap Card vital for her combo, Yuzu jumps off of a bridge to retrieve it, knowing that Bloom Diva will catch her.
* TomboyishSideTails: See her picture.
* TookALevelInBadass: Attempts this by asking Sora to teach her about Fusion Summoning. The results are finally shown in episode 29, 'The Fused Divas'.
* ThemeNaming: [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers The first female character with the Yu syllable in her name.]] Time will tell if this was deliberate or not. However, her name uses a different Japanese character with a slightly different pronunciation (the "U" is shorter).
* TraumaCongaLine: A long series of moments for her, especially Episode 21, though she hasn't quite broken... Yet. She eventually gets better in episode 24.
* {{Tsundere}}: Yuzu is generally kind, but Yuya's messing around annoys her.
* UnknownRival: She's one to Masumi. Masumi doesn't consider her a threat at all. In Episode 29, Masumi recognizes her as a WorthyOpponent.
* WeakButSkilled: Her Fusion Monsters don't go beyond level 6, yet their effects makes them deadly. In particular, Bloom Diva's effect means it actually becomes ''more'' deadly against Special Summoned monsters the ''lower'' its own attack points should become.
* WhatTheHellHero: Well not hero, but she gives one to [[spoiler:Yuto]], saying it is wrong for him to protect her, but let [[spoiler:Masumi be hurt.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Yuzu loses to Masumi because she has been confused by the existence of Yuto the entire time.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Yuzu is a Tsundere, has twin pigtails and wears thigh-high stockings (Grade A), making her a Grade S.

!!Noboru Gongenzaka (Gong)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yohei Obayashi (JP), Billy Bob Thompson (EN)
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One of Yuya's friends; he isn't actually a You Show student due to being the heir to his family's dojo, but seems to hang around there a lot. He's an advocate of a method of Dueling he calls "Steadfast Dueling", which is taught by his family's dojo; basically the exact opposite of Action Dueling, it discourages unnecessary movement. Reflecting this, Gongenzaka's Superheavy Samurai deck has no Spell or Trap cards at all, and many of his monster effects can only be activated when he has no S/T in his Graveyard.
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!!!Tropes associated with Gongenzaka:
* {{Acrofatic}}: Well, he's more ''big'' than fat, but the sizable guy goes on morning runs. Episode 30 shows that he's actually pretty muscular.
* AffectionateNickname: Sora calls him "Gon-chan", but Gongenzaka does not like it.
* AintTooProudToBeg: Begs Yaiba to teach him about Syncho summoning, with his face on the ground, in episode 21. He actually references this trope in Episode 26, saying that if he can learn, he doesn't care if he has to beg.
* {{Badass}}: Karate-chopped through Battleguard Mad Shaman's spike without flinching.
* BadassBack: In his duel against Ankokuji, he goes into the arena and gives him the back in order to show his dislike for him as well as to show his new black belt. And damn, he looked badass.
* TheBigGuy: He is very definitely one of the bigger characters. His deck also runs a StoneWall strategy.
* BigOlEyebrows: Has very bushy eyebrows like [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Might Guy]].
* BlindfoldedVision: Wears his bandana over his eyes in order to defeat Yuzo Tanegashima, who was camouflaged with the scenery.
* BlushSticker: The manly Gongenzaka always has some blush on his cheeks, and it does not detract from said manliness one bit.
* BullyHunter: He protected Yuya when they were younger, from those who wanted to beat him up for being a coward's son.
* CatchPhrase:
** "Unforgivable, this is unforgivable, [person name]!"
** Also some variation of "The man(ly), Gongenzaka!"
* ChildhoodFriends: With Yuya.
* CleopatraNose: His nose is bigger than the other characters', but not big enough to be a GagNose.
* ColorFailure: After Sora refers to him as an outsider.
* {{Determinator}}: He never gives up, believing in his deck to the end. And if he get's hit by an attack, he'll keep himself on his feet and get pushed backwards, unless it wipes him out.
* DoesNotLikeMagic: He doesn't have ''any'' Spell or Trap Cards in his StoneWall deck and just relies on his monster effects. This proves to be more CrazyAwesome than people give it credit for; most of his monster effects require a Graveyard free of Spells and Traps to work. This is the other reason why he never uses Action Cards. He does however gain a monster whose ability allows him to activate magic cards from his ''opponent's'' graveyard.
* DontYouDarePityMe: He doesn't want Yuya pitying him for fighting him, and inverted because he feels the pity he held for Yuya after his dad went missing also made him weaker.
* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: His deck's motif.
* {{Foil}}: He's one to Yuya. They are both heirs to their schools with unusual decks, Yuya having a Pendulum deck and Gongenzaka uses a deck without Spells or Traps. Yuya is a StepfordSmiler, while Gongenzaka is very open about his emotions. Even their dueling styles are the exact opposite, Yuya runs about using Action Cards compared to the steady Gongenzaka that refuses to budge.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Since the beginning of the Junior Youth Championship's qualification mini arc, Nico has been bringing Gongenzaka's training up for some reason, because Gongenzaka is Yuya's last opponent for the qualifier.
* {{Fundoshi}}: Wears one while training under a waterfall.
* GentleGiant: He can be a bit stuffy, but he's a pretty nice guy.
* GracefulLoser: He didn't really mind losing to Yuya and was simply happy to force Yuya to pass his limits.
* HeirToTheDojo: And heir of said dojo's Dueling style that he uses with pride.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Him and Yuya.
* HotBlooded: Odd example; he's a very staunch and enthusiastic proponent of his own family's Steadfast Dueling style, which means that he doesn't care for the other HotBlooded characters running around during Action Duels, as "real men don't make unnecessary movements".
* ItsPersonal: Against Ankokuji for bullying Yuya as a child and dissenting against the dojo.
* JapanesePronouns: The manly Gongenzaka uses the masculine pronoun ''ore.''
* LargeHam: The manly Gongenzaka is most definitely this.
* LastNameBasis: His family name is used to refer to him both when he references himself and by all his friends. His father is the only person who calls him by his first name.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: The manly Gongenzaka values honor and mutual respect in duels.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Had no idea that there was much going on until Sora dueled Kurosaki. After that, the resulting infodump and conflicting evidence (a result of this trope) quickly frustrates him.
* ManlyTears: The manly Gongenzaka is prone to crying when he's overflowing with happiness. [[spoiler:Especially when Yuya wakes up from his ConvenientComa.]]
* MechanicalLifeforms: His Superheavy Samurais are all Machine-Type.
* MythologyGag: He evolves his Steadfast Duel (''Fudo'' no Dyueru) with Synchro Summoning. Yusei ''Fudo'' was the protagonist of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', which had major themes regarding evolution, although it's a bit ironic since Synchro Monsters were associated with D-Wheels and speed (especially with Accel Synchro), but Gongenzaka's dueling style involves standing still.
** This is extended in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Tag Force Special'', where his voice tracks includes the summon chants of Road Warrior and Formula Synchron, including calling them by their names.
* NiceGuy: The manly Gongenzaka is loyal to his friends and respectful to everyone.
* NoIndoorVoice: He's loud most of the time.
* OhCrap: His reaction to Yuya summoning Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.
* TheReliableOne:
** Called this by both Yuzu and Yuya, for having always helped them out.
** Deconstructed in Episode 25. Yuya has relied on him since his father's disappearence, so Yuya needs to defeat Gongenzaka in order to stand in his own two feet.
** Perfectly demonstrated in Episode 43, when he protects Yuzu during their Tag Duel.
* SixthRanger: Gongenzaka isn't actually a member of You Show since he's going to inherit his family's dojo, but he hangs around a lot, and takes offense to being called an "outsider" by Sora (who only just transferred to the school himself).
* StoneWall: His deck, Superheavy Samurai, focuses on monsters with high DEF and other monsters that protect the monsters on the field. The manly Gongenzaka himself follows the same philosophy; he doesn't move an inch from wherever he stands during the duel. It's one of the reasons he never uses Action Cards.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Not only does he refer to himself by his last name, but adds "the manly" onto the front (or something around those lines).
* TookALevelInBadass: Asks Yaiba to teach him Synchro Summoning for the purpose of invoking this trope. He finally learned it and shows it in Episode 25.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Is the victim of this from both Sora and Yaiba (though maybe "victim" isn't the right word...), but he surprises them with his unique strategy and manages to get a draw. Then he's a victim of it from everyone when he Synchro Summons.
* UndyingLoyalty: Without any knowledge of the circumstances, he refuses to believe that Yuya attacked Shingo Sawatari, and encourages the other students to do the same.
** He's also irritated with Yuzu later for doubting Yuya about that.
* WhatTheHellHero: He gives one to Yuzu for not [[spoiler:standing up for Yuya during the LDS vs You Show arc when she met the real attacker. and later for not believing in Yuya]].
* WorthyOpponent: He sees Yuya as one.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: Because of his heavy build, result of training in his family dojo since his early childhood, Gongenzaka looks older than other guys his age.

!!Sora Shiun'in
!!!'''Voiced by:''' MieSonozaki
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A mysterious boy who decides to become Yuya's apprentice, joining You Show Duel School. He uses his looks to charm the pants off everyone he meets, and constantly seems to know more than he lets on. He runs a Furnimal/Fluffal Deck, based on cutesy monsters fusing with a certain Fiend-Type to become horrifying mash-up creatures, the Des-Toys/Frightfurs. He has been revealed as a member of the faction that destroyed Kurosaki's and Yuto's home as of episode 34. He is revealed to be a Duel Soldier from the Fusion Dimension.
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!!!Tropes associated with Sora:
* AnimeHair: Par for the course, closely resembling Lua's/[[DubNameChange Leo's]], but more blue than turquoise.
* ArchEnemy: Ever since his loss to [[spoiler:Kurosaki]], Sora considers him this. Nothing will deter him from trying to defeat him, ''nothing.''
* BadassAdorable: He beat up Sawatari and his friends in an instant. With a ''lollipop stick''. He also went ninja on us in episodes 6, 15 and 34.
** Despite being injured from his duel with [[spoiler:Kurosaki]], Sora quickly knocks out two security guards to chase after Yuto. Note that the security guards are full grown adults while Sora is still ''just a kid.''
* BerserkButton: The idea of a [[spoiler:Xyz duelist either being better or looking down on him]] is a major button. More specifically, thinking about [[spoiler:Kurosaki]] and the way he humiliated him.
* BigBrotherMentor: An age-inverted example; he ends up teaching Yuzu about Fusion Summoning.
* BigOlEyebrows: Has thick eyebrows.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Due to being a ChildSoldier {{Sadist}}, though his Destoy/Frightfur Chain Sheep is a literal example.]]
* BrattyHalfPint: Yuya is the only one immune to Sora's cute face and the only one that sees him as the annoying kid he is during episodes 5 and 6. Later episodes have characters previously enamored with Sora's cuteness being clearly annoyed by his actions.
* BreakTheHaughty: As the duel with [[spoiler:Kurosaki]] went on, this happened. And again against [[spoiler:Yuto]].
* BrutalHonesty: He points out that Yuya was the only reason that LDS didn't get the You Show Duel School.
* BullyingADragon: Does this to Kurosaki. [[spoiler:At least Sora got to keep his soul.]]
* ChildSoldier: [[spoiler: A lot of Sora's claims about his abilities and superiority to Xyz duelists, is eerily similar to the lies real child soldiers are told to get him to fight. Either a good case of ShownTheirWork, or unintentional]].
** [[spoiler:Episode 36 confirms he is a Duel Soldier from the Fusion Dimension.]]
* CuteAndPsycho: He plays off his cuteness blatantly, and [[spoiler: partakes in hunting Xyz Duelists and destroying Heartland City for fun]].
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Sora plays his cuteness to the hilt, charming the pants off of Yuya's mother, friends, and teachers alike.
* DontYouDarePityMe: He's incredibly insulted when [[spoiler:Yuto passes up a chance to OneHitKill him because he didn't want to hurt him. He says he'll never forgive Yuto for looking down on him.]]
* EldritchAbomination: His Des-Toy monsters, but Mad Chimaera takes the cake: [[NightmareFuel It is best described as the upper parts of variuos puppets and plushes attached to four anvils, with working tools jammed into their heads]].
* EvilAllAlong: Despite getting all buddy-buddy with the main cast [[spoiler: he makes a sport out of hunting Xyz Duelists]].
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Downplayed; when [[spoiler:he returns to the Standard Dimension, he is using the Academia's duel disk instead a Standard Dimension one he previously used.]]
* ExtremeOmnivore: He adds chocolate fudge to a plate of ''sardine''. It grosses out [[IdiotHero Yuya]] of all people.
* {{Expy}}: A silly guy with cutesy monsters that [[spoiler: turn into nightmarish creatures and is also a villain or at least a TokenEvilTeammate. [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal Shingetsu/Vector]] anyone?]]
* TheGadfly: Enjoys teasing Yuya a lot. He also teased Yuzu over her interest in Yuto a lot while he tutored her.
* GenreSavvy:
** He is one of the few characters who has knowledge of the various advanced Special Summons and their monsters.
** Sora knew that Yuya could cancel out his Trap Card's effect, so he set two of the same card and used the other when the first was negated.
** When he sees Gen Ankokuji summon a Lv 10 monster with only 2000 attack points, he immediately realises that it has a good effect that makes it dangerous.
*** Averted against Shun Kurosaki, [[spoiler:even though Kurosaki was countering Sora the entire duel, he underestimates the 2000 ATK Revolution Falcon and loses.]]
* FantasticRacism: Considers Fusion the best kind of summon, and [[spoiler: actively looks down upon Xyz Duelists, using that as a justification to target them for fun.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: His use of fusions and his influence on Yuzu and by proxy Yuya ends up foreshadowing the later plot of the Dark Duelist's enemies using Fusions. [[spoiler: This turns out to be more than a coincidence as he is revealed in episode 34 to have a hand in the destruction of what is implied to be Heartland, Kurosaki's home. And his nature is further foreshadowed by the cards he uses, cute little creatures that when fused take on a disturbing corrupted form.]]
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler: The reason Sora and his fellow Fusion duelists hunted Xyz duelists.]]
* HiddenDepths: Initially, there were no hints as to what they were, but Sora's not just an annoying kid. Yuto especially stated Sora isn't from "around here". In episode 33, he reacts for a second at the name "Heartland". And in episode 34, he reveals himself to be part of the faction attacking Kurosaki and Yuto's hometown, saying that they do it for fun. In episode 35, he reveals what the Fusion faction do to their victims: [[spoiler: not keeping them prisoners in holding cells, ''but in cards.'']]
* HomingLasers: Courtesy of Des-Toy/Frightfur Wheel Saw Lion and Chain Sheep both.
* HyperAwareness: Realizes that Yuto is following him and Yuzu.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: A meta moment, but in Episode 33, we see Sora's extra deck and it is HUGE. Showing us he has a lot more Fusion monsters than just Des-Toy Scissor Bear.
* IdiotBall: Oh sure, Sora, mock the [[spoiler:2000 ATK Revolution Falcon after the 100 ATK Rise Falcon kicked your ass. And piss off Kurosaki by telling him what you did to his homeland and bragging about it after he's proven capable enough to knock you down. [[SarcasmMode That'll end well]].]] Possibly justified due to VillainousBreakdown. Doubly applicable when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Mad Chimera could have prevented Kurosaki's use of Rank-Up-Magic Revolution force had Sora activated that effect, which he did not despite KNOWING that Kurosaki had a face-down card and once again shows off Sora's immense arrogance.]]
* JapanesePronouns: Uses the masculine pronoun ''boku'', which is usually used by young boys.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sora is a BrattyHalfPint with a BrutalHonesty and seems not to care much about You Show Duel School or other people. Though, he does willingly decide to teach Yuzu Fusion Summoning.
** This is shown again in [[spoiler:Episode 41 when he is told to go after Serena, he is noticeably disturbed by her resemblance to Yuzu and the idea that he would have to hunt her down.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:What little gold he had turned to lead in Episode 34, when he revealed (with a [[SlasherSmile shit-eating grin]] on his face) that not only was he part of the people who ravaged Kurosaki's home, but they did so '''''for fun'''''. Though time will tell on which side his heart is on, heart or jerk, since he's still somewhat nicer to Yuya and Yuto (who looks like Yuya).]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: See BrutalHonesty above.
* KillerRabbit: His Funimal & Destoy/Fluffal & Frightfur Deck. Also a reflection of his own BadassAdorable nature and his HiddenDepths. Note that in the real game (but not in series yet) there is a monster called Fluffal Rabbit.
** KillerTeddyBear: Again, his deck. Bonus point for his signature card actually being named Scissor Bear.
* LetsGetDangerous: He sees most of his duels as just a plaything, since nobody (aside Yuya) has been able to pass his Des-Toy Scissors Bear. Until episode 33. [[spoiler:Kurosaki outsmarts him and destroys his monsters with Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon. Sora, at the end of the episode, though a little surprised, gets up, pulls a SlasherSmile and the preview of episode 34 shows that he finally decided to get a serious fight.]]
* LooseLips: [[spoiler: Was dragged back to Academia for revealing their plans to Yuto, but not Yuya (though he was there), since Standard Dimension isn't the enemy.]]
* MrExposition: Oddly enough. He is the only one in You Show that seems to know the mechanics of the advanced Summoning methods that are apparently not available for general public. [[spoiler: Especially Xyz.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Sora likes to play the playful, cheerful and (sometimes) helpless child card in his duels, until he's pushed hard enough to get dangerous. Also, because he hardly finds people able to excite him enough to do it.
** [[spoiler: He also hides his hidden nature during the duel with Kurosaki until he is pushed to the edge and gleefully reveals his hand in the attacks on his hometown.]]
** OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lets just say the You Show was greatly shocked by his true nature.
* PetTheDog:
** An odd version. He finishes up his final qualifier duel quickly, to ensure that Yuzu has time to see the end of Yuya's duel with Mieru. He then later gave Yuya an honest congratulations for fusion summoning perfectly on his first try.
** [[spoiler: After his allegiance to the BigBad is revealed, he gets one when Leo orders him to recapture Serena who looks like Yuzu. Sora is shocked at the idea of capturing his friend. Even after Leo clarifies that Serena and Yuzu are different people, he has trouble getting past the fact Serena looks too much like Yuzu.]]
* {{Pride}}: BIG TIME.
** Sora is so proud of his dueling skills, particularly Fusion, that he tends to not take other duelists seriously enough.
** When Yuya mentions he needs to beat SIX duelists ''in a row'' to qualify for the tournament, he just shrugs it off and mentions it won't be a problem. Yuya calls him out on this, saying that Sora should stop underestimating his opponents or he's going to regret it.
** He considers a rematch between Yuzu and Masumi will have a vastly different outcome, since he was the one who taught Yuzu the mechanics of Fusion Summoning. When Masumi calls him out on this, he merely dismisses her and tells her that LDS and its Fusion course isn't as great as she thinks it is. Angered, she immediately wants to duel HIM, which then causes Sora to lament what a waste of time it would be, ''since he'll end up hurting her confidence even more.''
** When Yuto suggests that Fusion doesn't fit Yuzu's dueling style, Sora considers that an insult and suggests a duel to show him his place.
** When Yuya tries to warn him about Kurosaki, he insists that he'll be perfectly fine. [[spoiler:When Kurosaki destroys his Des-Toy/Frightfur Scissor Bear, [[LetsGetDangerous Sora finally shows his teeth.]]]]
** Even then though, Sora acts extremely smug, not believing that Kurosaki will get past his Fusion Monsters. Each time they activate their effects or attack though, Kurosaki still has a counter towards them. Sora undergoes SanitySlippage, yelling that Kurosaki won't survive the attack and effect of Destoy/Frightfur Mad Chimaera. [[spoiler:Kurosaki uses the effect of Chimaera against Sora, using a Rank-Up card to summon Raid Raptors - Revolution Falcon, and wins the duel, on Sora's turn no less. After that, Sora begs Kurosaki for a rematch, only for Kurosaki to walk away as Sora faints.]]
** The guy is still arrogant despite his [[spoiler:loss to Kurosaki]], claiming that "he wasn't going all out" and that if he did, he could've easily won. Notably, whenever he's being bested in a duel, Sora starts losing his cool.
* PunnyName: Destoy, the Japanese name for his deck archetype. It's read as "Death Toy" and sounds like "destroy." Overlaps with MeaningfulName due to the monsters' appearances and offensive effects.
* PuppyDogEyes: When his [[DeliberatelyCuteChild act of cuteness]] isn't enough, Sora weaponizes the puppy eyes pout, and he can even add some CrocodileTears for extra power.
* SanitySlippage: During the second half of his duel with Kurosaki, Sora gets more and more unhinged, until he's just a screaming mess.
* ShipperOnDeck: One for Yuya/Yuzu.
* TheSmartGuy: Sora is not only familiar with the different Special Summoning methods, he also judges most situations right, making him the smartest duelist among the four heroes.
* SlasherSmile: At the end of episode 33. Does this repeatedly throughout the next episode.
* SmugSmiler: Very confident in his reading of people and his dueling knowledge which allows him to be one step ahead of his opponent. This also serves as a hint to the audience about his his mysterious HiddenDepths.
* SociopathicSoldier: Well, Duelist in any case, though this does entail [[spoiler: actively harming his opponents and destroying their city. He believes Fusion Duelists to be far superior to Xyz Duelists, and targets them just for fun.]]
* SoreLoser: Sora just can't accept the fact that he [[spoiler:lost to Kurosaki]] and insists that he's the "stronger" of the two when he's not holding back, despite the audience clearly seeing that [[spoiler:Kurosaki]] won fair and square.
* SourSupporter: Downplayed. Sora is more realist and knows how to choose his opponents. His attitude often clashes with the more optimistic and idealist members of You Show.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Sora in episode 5 was more or less stalking Yuya.
* SteppingStonesInTheSky: How he manages to avoid being caught under a collapsing building.
* SweetTooth: Sora is always eating something sweet. ALWAYS.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Hoo boy. Sora spends half of episode 5 following Yuya. From his house to his school, from his classroom to his ''toilet break''. And even after Yuya beats him in a Duel, he joins You Show to become Yuya's friend rather than his apprentice. Then he leaves after getting called out on being a dick in episode 14.
* ThisCannotBe: Calm, confident, and a little bit smug, he nevertheless was ''astonished'' when Gongenzaka subverts his expectations. '''Twice.'''
** Again during his duel with Kurosaki, as Kurosaki pretty much counters every single one of Sora's moves, even using the effect of Sora's strongest monster against him to win the duel.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Seemingly averted. [[spoiler:Rather than be taken back to You Show by Yuya even after learning what a monster he is, Sora is warped back to the Fusion Dimension and placed in an experiment.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Sora completely underestimates [[spoiler:Kurosaki and Yuto as they are Xyz users.]]
* TheUnreveal: In episode 36, he was going to reveal the ultimate fusion monster, [[spoiler: before he got taken back home.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: At the end of his duel with [[spoiler:Kurosaki]], he was reduced to [[spoiler:an insane screaming mess]]. [[spoiler:Yuto]] also dealt it to him in considerably less time, though he was still fresh from his last Breakdown.
* WhatTheHellHero: On the receiving end of this from the kids for his attitude, and later Yuya for when he revealed his true self.

!!Reiji Akaba (Declan)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshimasaHosoya (JP), Billy Bob Thompson (EN)
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The 16-year-old CEO of Leo Corporation, Reiji quickly develops an interest in Yuya's Pendulum Summoning, working on finding out about it from behind the scenes. He uses a DD[[note]]not to be confused with D.D.[[/note]] deck based around looping through summons to bring out Extra Deck monsters quickly and utilizes Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Monsters, as well as his own manufactured Pendulum Monsters.
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!!!Tropes associated with Reiji:
* TheAce: He's a pro and runs the largest gaming business in the world, all at the age of 16. He's the only duelist to have used Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Pendulum all at once.
* AdjustingYourGlasses: He adjusts his glasses by the bridge a lot in his duel with Yuya, showing that he has a well thought-out strategy and a few tricks up his sleeve.
* AllYourPowersCombined: His deck is based around performing every kind of summoning. So far he's displayed Fusion, Synchro and Xyz, and the elemental theme of his monsters makes it fairly likely he's also using an EARTH Ritual. Not to mention his Pendulum Monsters.
* AloofBigBrother: Towards Reira; he may be a little distant with him, but it's clear that he cares for his little brother.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: He's an antagonist so far, but he seems like a much more polite Kaiba. [[spoiler:Comes back in Episode 26, he seems very casual over the fact he ''altered'' Masumi, Yaiba and Hokuto's memories of Kurosaki. He seems to be up to something with the MCS.]]
** [[spoiler: Later subverted in Episode 36, where he is shown to be pissed to hear what Academia did, and even further later when his true goals are revealed.]]
* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:The MCS is actually a way to distillate the strongest duelists in order to fight his father. He also flat out calls Leo Akaba his enemy.]]
* AntiHero: Everything he does is to [[spoiler:stop his father, Leo Akaba who started a war between the Fusion and Xyz dimensions and does seem to honestly care for his town. But he has done a lot of moral gray actions in his quest from manipulating his students to lying to his allies so he can experiment on their possibly dead ally's duel disk.]]
* AwesomeByAnalysis: He was able to create a [[spoiler:Pendulum counter deck based on his knowledge on Yuya's duels]]
* BadassBookworm: Being a CEO at age 16 and a professional duelist at age 15 certainly qualifies him even before we see what he can do.
** He proves it even more when he duels, having mastered ''EVERY'' form of summoning. He proceeds to show this by summoning a Fusion Monster, a Synchro Monster, AND an Xyz Monster in just ''two'' of his turns.
** It's pretty much explicitly stated that he managed to make his own Pendulum monsters. Granted, they malfunction, but that's still a pretty big achievement.
* BigGood: [[spoiler:In spite of his morally ambiguous ways, he's the closest thing the show has to one, as he's dedicated to protecting Maiami from the forces of the other dimensions, and is fundamentally opposing Leo Akaba, who's responsible for the war between Academia and the Resistance.]]
* BigShutUp: Shouts at Hokuto and Yaiba to make them stop trash talking Yuya's dad, declaring that he highly respects Yusho for being a pioneer in Action Duels.
* BlatantLies: He tells Serena that he has no idea about the whereabouts of duelists from the Xyz Dimension, despite his involvement with Kurosaki.
* CharacterTics: Primarily adjusting his glasses.
* ChickMagnet: As seen in Episode 27, he has a lot of fangirls.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In spite of his Fiend-Type deck, Reiji is a polite and reasonable person. [[spoiler: He does however have some more morally ambiguous qualities and is definitely a WellIntentionedExtremist]].
* DeathOrGloryAttack: His standard modus operandi. His Covenants are excellent searching cards that will wreck him if they stay on the field, and his Astronomer Pendulums have ridiculously good Scales, but degrade quickly and have the potential to wipe out his whole field in the process.
* DubNameChange: Reiji to Declan.
* ElementalPowers: His three ace monsters from the Extra Deck, who are each a different attribute.
** BlowYouAway: DDD Alexander the King of Gales.[[note]]Synchro Monster[[/note]]
** MakingASplash: DDD Caesar the Surging Waves King.[[note]]Xyz Monster[[/note]]
** PlayingWithFire: DDD Temujin the Raging Inferno King.[[note]]Fusion Monster[[/note]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: How "bad" he is is anyone's guess, but he's on very good terms with his mother Himika, though she's also bad and they're quite formal with one another (likely because of their positions within Leo Corporation, though).
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though he is an antagonist [[spoiler:at first]], he's easily the nicest LDS associate so far, and yelled at Yaiba and Hokuto for badmouthing Yusho Sakaki.
* EvilKnockoff[=/=]FlawedPrototype: Reiji created his own Pendulum monsters, with just the research he did on Yuya and his own experience with Pendulum Summoning [[TheManBehindTheMan through Sawatari]]. Still, these copies are not perfect and they sometime malfunction.
* EvilLaugh: Delivers one in Episode 13 after he realizes the true potential of Pendulum Monsters.
* {{Expy}}:
** Sixteen year old CEO of a gaming corporation, eh? Kaiba called, he wants his gig back.
*** He takes one step further when his ''true'' ace monster is revealed: as with other previous rivals, it's a 3000 ATK Level 8 monster. Like Kaiba, and unlike the other rivals, though, he runs ''three'' copies of it in his Deck, and they are also the only ones that exist in the world. But unlike the others, it isn't a Dragon-type or something with "dragon" in the name.
*** Along with his CEO status and his Ace Monster, he also seems to [[spoiler:targeting his Dad as an enemy. And if the second opening is to be believed with a rocket launching with LEO Corps insignia on it. It could be for similar motivations as Kaiba, who fought for control of Kaiba Corp from his adopted father, Gozaburo who used the Corporation to produce weapons for war.]]
** He also mentions kings a lot in his summoning chants, and his monsters are named after famous conquerors. Jack Atlas, anyone?
** On the other hand, he lacks the characteristic arrogance of such characters, and is quite respectful.
** He also seems to be one for Rex [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Goodwin]], with his morally ambiguous actions for some unstated duel, and [[spoiler:keep an eye on duelists to bring out their potential]].
** He does have a little brother, drawing parallels to both Kaiba and [[DubNameChange Kaito/Kite]], and [[spoiler:hates his father like them too.]]
** Outside the YGO franchise, he takes some cues from [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]], with his stoic demeanor, moral ambiguity, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative nature]], [[HiddenAgendaVillain secrecy about his plans and motivations]], role as the head of a mysterious organization dedicated to protect the world from external menaces [[WellIntentionedExtremist through rather questionable methods]], a pair of (at times) ScaryShinyGlasses as his IconicItem - which he always adjusts by the bridge - and an [[OlderSidekick older right-hand man]]. The similarities even extend to their headquarters' structure: an enclosed room with a large screen from where they watch over the whole city and conduct their operations with their army of BridgeBunnies while comfortably sat on their huge desks, always with their most trusted subordinate standing by their side - they even have the same elevating work platform they use to move up and down through the various levels of the building! Reiji is also frequently seen doing the (in)famous [[MemeticMutation Gendo Pose]]. [[spoiler:Ironically enough, Reiji hates his neglectful - and ambitious - father, while Gendo IS one of these to his own son, Shinji.]]
* FamilyThemeNaming: Reiji, like Reira and Leo, have the the kanji of zero (零) in their names.
* {{Foil}}: To Yuya, they are both the aces of their schools and are Pendulum users. While Reiji is well respected as the head of the top duel school at the start of the series, Yuya is looked down upon because of his father and is a member of a duel school made up of only 5 people. They both hide their emotions, Yuya using laughter and smiles compared to Reiji's stoicism. Their relationships with their fathers are completely different as well. Yuya's father disappeared but Yuya still thinks very highly of him, while Reiji doubts his father even cares enough about him that he would be a useful hostage.
* FrontlineGeneral: In spite of having command of an entire corporation, Reiji has a habit of confronting enemy agents in person, doing so with Kurosaki and [[spoiler:Serena and Barrett]].
* FunWithAcronyms: His monsters, DD (Different Dimension) and DDD (Different Dimension Demon), which aren't technically named that due to archetype issues (on the actual cards, DD/DDD aren't considered acronyms) but are referred to as such in-universe.
* ImprobableAge: In a stunning homage to Kaiba, Reiji is the head of a corporation which practically owns Maiami City at just ''16'', as well as being a pro duelist at the same time. [[spoiler: On top of that, he's basically leading the effort to deal with an interdimensional war]].
* IOwnThisTown: Positive example, "This is my city. And I will decide how to protect it."
* JapanesePronouns: The CEO of Leo Corporation uses the formal pronoun ''watashi'', which also fits to his respectful character.
* TheMagicPokerEquation: Reiji's deck at first averts this trope, as many of his cards allow him to tutor from his deck (add specific cards from deck to hand) or draw several cards, which is standard in the current ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' meta. It's only when he draws three of the same 3000 ATK monster and Pendulum Summons them that his draws look a little more than convenient.
* TheManBehindTheMan: It's quite clear that he's the one pulling Sawatari's strings.
* NobleDemon: His DD deck contains Fiend-type monsters, but Reiji seems not to be evil or an actual villain, and his role as an antagonist starts to fade as well.
* OedipusComplex: Cares for his mother, not to a creepy extent, but [[spoiler:Hates his father, Leo Akaba.]]
* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted. His disguise using a [[InTheHood hooded sweatshirt]] is probably more to avert suspicion, as the people he's hiding from don't even know about him.
* ParentalNeglect: Not his mother, but [[spoiler:he seriously doubts his father, Leo Akaba, values him enough for him to be useful as a hostage.]]
* {{Pun}}: The kanji in DDD Hell Armageddon's name that makes the "Great Death Lord" part is read as "Shi-i-ou", which sounds a lot like "CEO", Reiji's position in the Leo Corporation.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. While his Duel Disk is red and black, Reiji is morally ambiguous at worst.
* TheRival: He is Yuya's "Kaiba".
* ScarfOfAsskicking: His scarf is more badass when you learn that he's been a duelist with the potential needed to be a pro since he was ''15'', owns the famous Leo Duel School at ''16'' and he specializes in all types of summoning.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Sometimes. Usually when [[spoiler:he's doing something morally ambiguous]]
* TheStoic: He's usually calm and collected and rarely shows emotions.
** NotSoStoic: His big shut up moment. He exploded. Again in Episode 13, where he performs an EvilLaugh and while his face is covered by his hand, his eyes look crazy. His backstory reveals that he wasn't stoic three years ago.
* ThemeNaming:
** With the exception of DDD Hell Armageddon the Great Death Lord, Reiji's DDD monsters are named after famous conquerors: Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Genghis Khan (by his birth name, Temujin), as well as Kaiser the Conqueror in the manga.[[note]]Unlike the others, though, this one is pretty vague, as there have been ''many'' people with the title of "Kaiser". Common guesses as to who this card is modeled after are Charlemagne, first ruler of the Carolingian Empire, or Otto I, creator and first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.[[/note]]
** In the manga, the two Pendulum Monsters he uses for Pendulum Summoning are both "Proud" monsters. In the anime, they are named after astronomers; Galilei and Kepler.
** His other monsters are named after demons, like Cerberus, Lillith and Pandora. [[note]]In some versions, Pandora became a demon after releasing the horrors of the box.[[/note]]
* {{Troll}}: Very subdued and somewhat serious example. [[spoiler: He purposefully chooses the Heartland Field Spell to watch Kurosaki's reaction to it. And when he does [[HeroicBSOD react]] he casually jokes that "He seems to have taken a liking". And right before the fight he tries to have Nakajima hand him a ''single'' Pendulum Card.]]
* [[TheUglyGuysHotDaughter The Ugly Guy's Handsome Son]]: Reiji really took after his mom if you compare him with his dad.
* UnexpectedCharacter: In Episode 40, he plays DD Proud Chevalier, which had previously appeared only in an one-shot manga chapter - a rather rare occurrence in the franchise.
* TheUnreveal: We still don't get to know what was Reiji's last card in his duel with Yuya. In episode 21, he's seem testing his cards, using the same hand from that time, and just when he's about to use the same last card, he's called out of the test for an news update.
* TheWatcher: After his duel with Yuya he has done little in the way of getting directly involved with the plot. Mostly observing Duels from his private room and having Nakajima run errands for him such as giving Kurosaki a Pendulum Card and [[spoiler:having him take Yuto's duel disk.]] This is justified since he's running the torunament. [[spoiler:He's finally getting another duel as of episode 40 with Barrett from Academia.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He seems interested in gathering powerful duelists to fight for the world. But his actions have included manipulating his students and then erasing their memories simply to bait a powerful duelist.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Considers Yuya one and doesn't even consider that he is the perpetrator attacking LDS students.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Silver Hair]]: Aside from that, it's actually fairly subdued.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:You Show Duel School Characters]]
!!Shuzou Hiiragi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Mitsutaka Itakura
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Yuzu's father and the current owner of You Show Duel School. He runs a Guts Master deck, which relies on swarm tactics and Special Summoning, just like Yuzu's Fantasia Deck.
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!!!Tropes associated with Shuzou:
* AchillesHeel: His Guts Master monsters can't use their effects in defense mode.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Embarrasses Yuzu before her duel with Masumi, by picking a field to highlight her 'cuteness.'
* BumblingDad: Due to his HotBlooded nature.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassTeacher: As the principal of You Show duel school.
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's actually a skilled duelist, capable of executing a combo to snatch Yuya's Pendulum monsters from his hand, and then play them himself. He established a field that could have granted him victory, but since his combo involved skipping his battle phase, Yuya managed to secure victory on the next turn.
* CatchPhrase: "Burning" and "hot-blooded."
* DareToBeBadass: Challenges Yuya to set the precedence for Pendulum summoning, just like his father did for Action Dueling.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Picks a star-based field for Yuya's duel with Hokuto... despite the meaning of Hokuto's name.
* DotingParent: He cares very much for his daughter.
* EccentricMentor: He's pretty odd, though well-meaning.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Yoko's fangirling is too much for even him.
* {{Expy}}: His character has some parallels with [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Might Guy's]].
* FieryRedhead: His hair color fits his HotBlooded personality.
* GoodParents: He is arguably the best parent in the series. Having the most screen time out of all the parents, worrying about Yuzu's odd behavior after meeting Yuto and happily cheering for her.
* HotBlooded: Yuya looked subdued by comparision. Shuzou even screams the term. His deck even has this theme, the Guts Master monsters. Shuzou is so hot-blooded that his name is even written with ''burning'' letters on the VersusCharacterSplash, a characteristic that everybody else lacks.
* {{Heel}}: He insulting Yuya while in their duel, just when Yuya feels very depressed, it's enough for Yuzu and the children to boo him all the time.
* LargeHam: When you can make Yuya look quiet, you're definitely this. And then there's his "manly fainting noises". [[note]]A fansub subbed his false fainting in epsiode 14 as this.[[/note]]
* LovableJock: All his Guts Masters also have a sports theme to them. He himself appears to be wearing a track suit. And he is a kind teacher and loving father.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Parodied in episode 14. Shuzou challenges Yuya to a duel in order to get him out of his blue and inspire him to become a better duelist; after a good lecture about how his fears have leave him paralyzed in one place, Yuya manages to pull himself together and win with a [[CurbStompBattle One-Turn Killer combo]]. As Action Duels actually hurt you, Shuzo gets knocked out and Yuya [[SkywardScream screams his name]] while cradling him in his arms and a very Kung Fu movie ending scene plays out... until Yuzu smack her dad's face with her paper fan to wake him up.
* OpinionFlipFlop: Refused to have Yuya duel Strong Ishijima...until he is offered a new Solid Vision dueling system in exchange.
* OverprotectiveDad: He gets furious when Dennis offers Yuzu a rose or when he does a BridalCarry.
* PersonalityPowers: The HotBlooded coach that values team work has a deck of [[PlayingWithFire FIRE attributed monsters]], based in different kind of sports and that have effects that increases the number of monsters at his side and protects them of being destroyed.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a critical one to Yuya for being a pessimist, not being able to accept another pendulum summoner, and for not coming close to his father's skills. He continues to mock him through their duel, provoking him to be better.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Delivers one to Yuya in episode 14, to get him out of his HeroicBSOD.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The anime romanized his name as "Syuzou".
* TrainingFromHell: In episode 21, he's shown vigorously practicing drawing using a machine that holds thousands of cards.
* WillfullyWeak: Yoko says that Shuzou has all the talent to be a professional duelist, but he considers there's things more important than winning.
* ZergRush: None of the Guts Master monsters (as of Episode 14) have attacks over 1800, but their effects can summon a lot at once, to overwhelm an opponent. Though they have effects to protect each other from destruction in battle, and destroy the opponent's attacking monster.

!!Tatsuya Yamashiro, Ayu Ayukawa (Ally), and Futoshi Harada
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Nanami Niide (Tatsuya), Kyouko Chikiri (Futoshi), Creator/SatomiAkesaka (Ayu) (JP); Alyson Rosenfeld (Ally) (EN)
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The three children that go to You Show Duel School. At the beginning of the series, Ayu and Futoshi are already students of You Show Duel School. In the end of the second episode, Tatsuya joins the school as well, even after Yuya is accused for a cheater. The three of them accompany Yuya and Yuzu wherever they go and cheer them on. They're the representatives for You Show Duel School in the Junion division of the Maiami City Championship. Futoshi uses a Dinosaur-type "Sketch" Deck, while Ayu uses a Fish-type "Aqua Actress" Deck.
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!!!Tropes associated with these kids:
* AlliterativeName: '''Ayu''' '''Ayu'''kawa.
* ArtAttacker: Futoshi's Deck is a Sketch Deck, whose monsters look like they were drawn with crayons.
* AudienceSurrogate: Tatsuya, Futoshi and Ayu are the youngest students in You Show Duel School and need to be explained many things; like the difference between levels and ranks or the conditions of certain effects. Extra points for being an In-Universe audience for most of the duels.
* BadassAdorable: Surprisingly, they're all quite talented duelists in their own right (if not on the same level as people like Yuya or Reiji). On top of being kids.
** [[spoiler: Both Futoshi and Ayu lose to Reira, however.]]
* BerserkButton: Making fun of their onii and onee-chans. They were absolutely livid at Sora for making fun of Yuzu and Gongenzaka.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ayu, according to Futoshi.
* BigBrotherWorship: The three admire Yuya and Yuzu and add "-onii-chan" and "-onee-chan" on their names.
* BigEater: Futoshi remarked upon seeing Michio's full bento that even he couldn't finish that much food.
* TheBigGuy: Among the three, it's Futoshi.
* BlushSticker: Futoshi has this in the opening, and Ayu does it most often in the show.
* TheChick: Among the three, it's Ayu.
* ChromaticArrangement: Futoshi wears yellow/green, Ayu has red hair and wears pink, and Tatsuya has blue hair.
* CatchPhrase: Futoshi and his 'shivers'.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Futoshi. [[DidntSeeThatComing No, really.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Futoshi's Sketch-Beasts are all dinosaur types.
* FatIdiot: Futoshi is not the brightest bulb, requiring more explanation during duels than the other two. Despite this, he ''can'' Duel, managing to beat his opponent in Episode 27 with a pretty good combo.
* FreudianTrio: Ayu is [[TheKirk the Ego]], Futoshi is [[TheMcCoy the Id]], and Tatsuya is [[TheSpock the Superego]].
* GoodWithNumbers: Tatsuya could math Yuya's winning rate percent pretty quickly.
* HairDecorations: Ayu has a cute bandana.
* TheLoad: Futoshi does nothing but make it worse in Yuya's duel with Sawatari.
* MakingASplash: Ayu uses an Aqua Actress deck, which are fish that look like actresses.
* NiceGuy: And Girl. But all three are friendly.
* OnlySaneMan: Tatsuya seems to be one for the entire school.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: "I'll give you shivers."
* TheSmartGuy: Among the three, it's Tatsuya.
* SillyMeGesture: Ayu does this in episode 28, when she forgets she can't attack on the first turn.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Ayu took a lot from her mother.
* SweetTooth: Ayu seems to really like pudding.
* [[TagAlongKid Tag Along Kids]]: They are something like cheerleaders and follow the heroes everywhere they go, but they haven't duel in the first 26 episodes. Futoshi finally duels (and he wins) in Episode 27, and Ayu duels in Episode 28. She loses, but puts up a good fight at least.
* TyrannosaurusRex: The ace monster of Futoshi's Sketch Beast archetype appears to be Sketch Beast - Tyrano
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Tatsuya and Futoshi are the boys, and Ayu is the girl. Platonic, by the way.
* UndyingLoyalty: Tatsuya believes that Yuya didn't cheat despite no proof. All three have this to Yuya and Yuzu.
* WeakButSkilled: Ayu's Aqua Actress deck monster have low attack, but are supported by an array of spells and traps to make them a threat. [[spoiler: Reira turns this against her by copying her monsters after the boost, then using her own cards to double it on his.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: They give one to Sora for not even bothering to duel against the LDS Students. And for daring to insult Yuzu and Gongenzaka for losing, since they tried their best to defend the school.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Tatsuya.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sakaki Family]]

!!Yusho Sakaki
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTochi
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He is Yuya's father, Yoko Sakaki's husband, an Entertainment Duelist and the founder of the You Show Duel School. He was the Action Duel Champion until three years ago, he suddenly disappeared.
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!!!Tropes associated with Yusho:
* TheAce: People who really respect him praise Yusho for his performances and skills. Reiji even describes him as a pioneer of Action Duels. Also, in the first episode, Strong Ishijima believes that [[WorthyOpponent he can only become the true champion after defeating Yusho]].
* BrokenPedestal: He was the Champion and went missing three years prior to the series' start on the night of the Championship match, and is now thought of as a coward.
* ChekhovMIA: Yusho has been missing for three years but he's mentioned enough times to know that he'll show up eventually. Also, his disappearance is strongly suggested to be due to a ''kidnapping''.
* DisappearedDad: He's been missing for three years.
* {{Expy}}: He's pretty much [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal Kazuma Tsukumo]] with a new profession. They even look alike to the point that they may canonically be alternate world versions of each other.
* GoodParents: Flashbacks indicate he was a good father to his son.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Himika and Reiji suspect that his disappearance might have to do with their enemies.]]
* NiceHat: His Ringmaster's top hat.
* PunnyName: Yusho sounds a lot like ''You Show'', his own Dueling school's name and hints at his flashy Entertainment Dueling style.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His names is romanized as "Yusyo" in the anime.
* SpiritedCompetitor: He was really happy when his acrobatic style was catching on and decided to polish his abilities in order to become an example to newest generations.
* WorthyOpponent: To Strong Ishijima, who even hoped to lure Yusho out by challenging Yuya.

!!Yoko Sakaki
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Ryoko Yui
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Yuya's mother and Yusho's wife, she raises Yuya on her own. According to Yuya, she takes in stray animals.
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!!!Tropes associated with Yoko:
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: PlayedWith. Sora ''pretends'' to confuse her for Yuya's older sister to get in her good graces (she does look fine, though).
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Which is pretty impressive considering how over the top Yuya is.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: In Episode 44 she hilariously borrows both Shuzou's and Futoshi's catchphrases.
* CutenessProximity: She's absolutely helpless against cute things, either stray animals or cute children wandering her house (i.e Sora). By Episode 16, she had collected four more pets.
* GenreSavvy: Immediately recognizes Shuzo giving her son a SecretTestOfCharacter.
* GoodParents: The fact that she is a RecurringCharacter makes her one in comparison to other ''YGO'' protagonists' parents. She often appears when Yuya has his inner conflicts and provides encouraging and wise advice. Also, during the duel against Michio, she throws a prepared lunch at Yuya, who is starving at this point, giving her son enough energy to win the duel. And she has complete faith that Yuya will surpass Yusho.
* {{Fangirl}}: She's a Michio fangirl, to the point of being caught in between cheering for Michi or for her own son. And now she has become a Dennis fangirl too.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: She takes in stray animals.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's one of the nicest characters in the series.
* HiddenDepths: Episode 14 hints there's more of Mrs. Sakaki than she shows.
-->'''Yoko:''' It's OK now. It's not my turn to chime in yet.
* ShipperOnDeck: She's good friends with Yuzu to the point she comforted her when Yuzu blamed herself for Yuya ending up near comatose after his encouter with [[spoiler: Yuto and Yugo]]. In the same episode this is played for laughs as they both work together to get Mieru to compete in the tournament again and get her out of the room while Yuya's resting.

!!Sakaki Pets
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Yuya's pet dog and cat, that were found by his mother. En used to be big enough to fit in his hand. They started with En and Core, and later added Watt (a poodle) and Kilo (a Bulldog), with two yet unnamed cats.
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!!!Tropes associated with the Sakaki Pets:
* CatsAreMean: Averted with Core, who greets Yuya when he wakes up. It's En who wakes Yuya by jumping on his face.
* MismatchedEyes: Core has a blue eye and a gold eye.
* MisterMuffykins: Fortunately averted with En, who is a nice corgi.
* PunnyName: Together En and Core's name is "encore", fitting for a family that runs Entertainment Duels. Kilo and Watt together are "kilowatt".
* RunningGag: Whenever we see the Sakaki house, his mother had picked up more pets.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:LDS Characters]]


!!Himika Akaba
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kikuko Fujimoto
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The chairwoman of LDS, and Reiji's mother. Her job seems to consist of going around the world to claim other Duel Schools under the banner of LDS, creating a huge network which Leo Corporation controls. She sets her sights on You Show after the attack on Sawatari gives her an excuse to pin it on Yuya and propose a wager with You Show on the line.
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!!!Tropes associated with Himika Akaba:
* AmbiguouslyEvil: She's a bit corrupt, but neither her or Reiji seem to be outright evil, not to mention her humanizing features such as caring for those that work under her. [[spoiler: Then it's revealed that they're planning to defend against an invasion from Leo Akaba, so her actions seem more justified considering the circumstances.]]
* BenevolentBoss: Though ruthless to other duel schools, she's shown to care about her employees.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: She's ruthless to other duel schools, but actually subverted, in that she is aware of Reiji's plan and actively supports him in it.
* EducationMama: A dueling example towards Reira. She wants to make another prodigy out of him, like Reiji, but all she got was traumatizing him until the point he's ''afraid'' of her and pushes himself to win in order to not enrage her.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She cares for her son, and she cares for Marco and Tio, and wants to see their souls freed.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She is appalled by the possibility that someone is taking and sealing away the souls of duelists.
* {{Jerkass}}: She almost explicitly admits that she wants to punish Yuya for embarrassing LDS.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Maybe more of a bronze or silver one, but she does care for her son and employees.
* MoralityPet: Is on good terms with Reiji, though they interact formally, and also cares about Marco.
* XanatosGambit: In her first appearance, she uses Sawatari's loss to her advantage. She quickly sets up a school match between her school and You Show, with the bet that if her group wins, You Show will be taken over by LDS, and if You Show wins, they'll drop the charges of Yuya attacking Sawatari. This allowed her to repair her school's reputation, gain further control of the Dueling world, and gain control of the Pendulum Summoning method while also studying Yuya to boot. And if they lose, they really don't lose anything, to say nothing of the fact that because it's three one on one matches, even if Yuya wins, he can't turn the tables for his fellow Duelists, especially as LDS has a monopoly on all advanced Summoning methods.

!!Shingo Sawatari
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shogo Yano
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An egotistical LDS student and TheRival to Yuya. At the start he equates rarity with power, filling his deck with the rarest cards in the game and attempting to steal Yuya's one-of-a-kind Pendulum Summoning monsters for his own use. After meeting Yuya, he is inspired by the "Entertainment Dueling" style and begins to incorporate showmanship into his duels, becoming a better person for it.

He frequently changes decks throughout the show. His first one is a Darts Shooter deck; his second is a Water Monarch deck; and his third is a Wind Pendulum deck.

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!!!Tropes associated with Sawatari:
* AdvertisedExtra: He's introduced as one of the main rivals of Yuya and is prominently shown in the first opening and promotional materials, indicating that he's a main character. However, he rarely shows up and he is quickly forgotten for most of the time.
* AntiMagic: Mobius and Mega Mobius are able to destroy Spell and Trap cards. Since Pendulum Monsters are recognized as Spell cards, it's likely he made his new deck with the purpose of destroying them as well.
* AmbulanceCut: Inverted. [[BlatantLies After being stated to be in great pain by his friends]], we cut to Sawatari happily chowing down on melons in his hospital bed.
* AscendedExtra; He's one of the five ''ARC-V'' main characters in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Tag Force Special'', probably as a nod to his early status in the series. Sawatari basically took ''Reiji's'' spot, of all people.
* AttackBackfire: His duel with Yuto. The latter starts off by setting five Spell/Trap Cards. Sawatari takes the bait and, using a new Deck he made, sends all of them to the Graveyard. This allows Yuto to win the duel, via Spell Cards with effects that activate from the Graveyard.
* AttentionWhore: He loved having the crowd cheering his name in Episode 31. Also in episode 32, when he got the spotlight of Pendulum Summoning.
* BishieSparkle: In episode 15, while handing a napkin to Yuzu. Just look at [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/7f454b5ee5dd60543ef7230cb96531dc/tumblr_n90ni9U3vc1t5crs3o1_500.gif him.]]
* [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bastard in Sheep's Clothing]]: Tricks Yuya into letting him see the Pendulum Cards, and then steals them by pretending to be his friend.
* BlowYouAway: His Yosenju monsters are all WIND Attribute.
* ButtMonkey: Sawatari has lost all his on-screen duels despite painting himself as a great duelist. Whenever he tries to brag, people either don't listen to him, cut him off, or chew him out for his small talk being used to cover his incompetence whilst acting like a brat for losing. Even his loyal friends notice this sometimes.
* CharacterDevelopment: Noticable in the second duel with Yuya, he starts as an AttentionWhore for the crowds attention, but has so much fun that he prompts Yuya to wow the crowd as well. Finally he takes his loss gracefully, and tells Yuya he'll duel him anytime.
* CoolBoard: He rides his [[ShockAndAwe Lightning Board]] in his first Action Duel with Yuya.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: Well, kinda. Whether he actually had any plans after playing up his injuries from his duel with Yuto isn't disclosed.
* DiscardAndDraw: He seems to have the tendency to replace his Deck anytime he loses with it.
** [[spoiler:This may happen again with the Yosenjus, but against his will as Reiji has ordered their retrieval. Of course, this is so they can be mass-produced, so it's not impossible he'll end up with a copy after his performance with them.]]
* {{Expy}}:
** Of pre-CharacterDevelopment [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Manjoume]]. Both Duelists are arrogant and believe that strong and rare cards can win Duels. They swore revenge on the main protagonists of their respective series after being defeated by them. Both were at one point also accompanied by a few toadies. Both lost in episode 4 of their respective series to the respective protagonists by cards they considered weak. They also both almost completely altered their decks with stronger cards the next time they dueled, only to also both lose these next said duels in turn. He also uses nothing but Parallel Rare cards (not counting his Yosenju cards), similar to Manjoume's brothers. He and Manjoume use new decks with WIND-attributed ace monsters (Mayosenju Daibakaze and Armed Dragon [=LV7=], respectively) during their rematch with their rival, however, they lose to them, but they take their defeat better.
*** His new ace monster Mayosenju Daibakaze is not only a WIND monster, but has also 3000 ATK like Manjoume's Armed Dragon [=LV10=]. They also share the same Level.
** During his first appearance, he acts like a friendly guy just to steal Yuya's two Pendulum Magician cards and then he puts Yuya's friends in danger. Pre-''Duelist Kingdom'' [[Manga/YuGiOh Kaiba]], anyone?
** And his appearance looks very similar to Mamoru Jinguji/[[DubNameChange Carlyle Chesterton]], one of the [=CXyz=] users from ''ZEXAL''.
* FlungClothing: In episode 31, he flings away his samurai outfit to reveal his regular uniform underneath. Amusingly, he even has his shoes, even though he was wearing sandals just seconds before.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In episode 15, he tells Yuya that other people will perform Pendulum Summons as well, foreshadowing that he will be using Pendulum Monster as well. Not only is this confirmed in episode 31, he with his lackeys were the narrators for the OCG Special Pack ''Tribe Force'' which introduced the Yosenju archetype, which was a much bigger foreshadowing.
* GotMeDoingIt: After being defeated by Yuya, Sawatari seems to have adopted some of his hamminess; even as his minions [[LampshadeHanging comment on it]], he can be heard in the background saying [[BorrowedCatchphrase "Ladies and Gentlemen!"]] while making a bunch of dramatic gestures.
* GracefulLoser: After his second loss to Yuya, he takes it a lot better.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: ''Twice.''
** In his Duel against Yuya, he lost due to Yuya using Block Spider, a card Sawatari gave him as an insult.
** Against Yuto, Sawatari's new Mobius strategy ended up giving his opponent both the materials needed to summon Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon and the card that dealt the final batch of damage.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: His current deck is a [[spoiler:Pendulum deck that counters Pendulum summoning]]
* AnIcePerson: In episode 7 he starts running Monarchs, specifically Mobius the Frost Monarch and its upgraded form.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: His dueling skills may be in question, but he is really accurate with darts, able to get all three he threw to stick to Yuya's nose.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Yuzu calls Sawatari a "coward, sore-loser, and second-rate duelist". The last one is what causes Sawatari to react, especially when Yuzu says that he's not even on that level and calls him a "hundredth-rate" duelist.
* IdiotBall: It's shown very clearly that Sawatari has a copy of "Breakthrough Skill" in his hand, which would have negated at least one of the effects Yuya used throughout the Duel, particularly at points where Yuya could have lost or where Sawatari could have lost. Pride is Sawatari's FatalFlaw though, and he's later insulted by Yuto for bad dueling skills.
* JapanesePronouns: Uses the informal ''ore'', but when he tries to get people's sympathy, he uses the less informal ''boku''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Sawatari steals Yuya's Pendulum Monsters and then forces Yuzu and the kids into danger so he can test the cards out. And after he loses, he tries to get his friends to help him steal the cards by force.
* LargeHam: After Yuya [[GotMeDoingIt Gets Him Doing It]], Sawatari ups his hamminess.
** IncomingHam: In episode 31, even Yuya is driven to speechlessness.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Sawatari was defeated by a card he threw away and called trash.
* LastNameBasis: With the exception of his father, everyone refers to him as Sawatari; even the Vs screen does, which usually refers most duelists by their first name.
* OutOfFocus: Between his duel with Yuto and the Maiami Championship
* PetTheDog: Warns Yuya and Yuzu that someone assumed to be either the Dark Duelist or the equally enigmatic Shun Kurosaki had attacked an LDS professor, and doesn't believe Yuya to be responsible anymore.
** BaitTheDog: He lied, he still blames Yuya for Yuto's actions.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Firmly believes this. Eagle-eyed viewers will note that he plays nothing but Parallel Rares (a type of rarity where the whole card is shiny). This doesn't actually make them any stronger, so it serves no purpose other than to make his deck a lot more expensive. Just the way he likes it.
* RealityEnsues:
** After Sawatari loses to Yuya, he just tries to steal the Pendulum cards by force.
** Sawatari often switches decks to find one that might be perfect, something that most meta players do.
* {{Revenge}}: Wants revenge on Yuya for defeating and humiliating him last time, which leads us to...
** RevengeMyopia: Since Yuya only beat him because Sawatari stole his cards and put Yuzu and the children in danger. And he still blames Yuya for what Yuto did to him, and Yuya have to remind him that wasn't his fault. Then Sawatari tries to accuse him for attacking his father, only for Yuya to respond that it wasn't him either.
* {{Samurai}}: He wears a samurai-like outfit during his entrance in Episode 31.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Big time.
* SmugSnake: He images himself the best duelist in the world, but even with his Pendulum deck, he's just a test subject for the Pendulum cards and their counter strategy made by Reiji.
* [[BorrowedCatchphrase Stolen Catchphrase]]: In his MCS duel against Yuya, Sawatari performs a counter that manages to put him into a corner. All proud of managing to leave the audience speechless for putting Pendulum summon against the wall, Sawatari shouts "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner The fun has just started!]]". Ayu [[{{Lampshaded}} then says]] that's one of Yuya's lines.
* TookALevelInBadass: After getting his new Monarch cards, he claims that he's done this, and given that the cards are fairly strong in the real game, it seems like he's actually right...until he gets curb-stomped in the next duel, almost ''immediately'' afterward. And when he duels Yuya again, he comes back with a Pendulum archetype of his own, Yosenju.
* TookALevelInKindness: By the end of his second duel with Yuya, only time will tell if it sticks.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sweet Milk Apple-Berry Pie with honey. And he chokes at the moment he bites it.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Sawatari with his lackeys was narrating the commercial for the ''OCG Booster SP: Tribe Force'', which introduced the Yosenju. The commercial was first aired in the end of September 2014, while the episode where Sawatari first used the Yosenju cards was aired in 9th November 2014.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He looks down on low Level and low ATK monsters and calls them trash, and never seems to consider their effects. Also does this to Yuya and Yuto, and doesn't seem to learn from it.
* WickedWeasel: Now he's running a Yosenju deck, the majority of them being based of the Kamaitachi ("Sickle Weasel")[[note]]one of them is even called Kamaitachi, but with a different meaning[[/note]]. His new ace monster is Mayosenju Daibak(aze), a gigantic weasel creature made of green/turquoise fire and wind. However he actually becomes nicer while dueling Yuya with it.
* WorthyOpponent: He appears in Episode 15, saying he will defeat Yuya.
* {{Yokai}}: His Yosenju (often translated as "Hermit Yokai") deck is based on the Kamaitachi, the wind-sickle weasels of Japanese mythology.

!!Hokuto Shijima (Dipper)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NatsukiHanae (JP), Daniel J. Edwards (EN)
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Hokuto Shijima is is the representative for the Leo Duel School Xyz Summon course. He runs a Constellar Deck.

Despite being a very arrogant jerkass, he respects Xyz Summoning and was shown to be not amused after learning the fact that the one who attacked LDS uses Xyz Monsters. Episode 24 also shown him to have [[TrueCompanions extremely strong bond with his fellow summon representatives]] from LDS.
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!!!Tropes associated with Hokuto:
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:He is defeated by Serena and sealed in a card.]]
* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler: He is the only member of the trio to make it into the second round of the tournament. However, he doesn't arrive to his second match due to being sealed in a card by Serena.]]
* BerserkButton: Hurting his friends seems to be his button. [[spoiler:He looks incredibly angry when Yaiba was taken away for medical help.]]
* ColorFailure: Prone to this when someone is dismissing of him.
* CornerOfWoe: He ends up in it twice during the LDS duels.
* GenreSavvy: Plays more than one copy of Constellar Pleiades, as well as other cards that contribute to the deck's strength in the OCG/TCG.
* HairDecorations: His constellation circlet.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Being reminded of his failure by Masumi is enough to send him to his CornerOfWoe.
* InsufferableGenius: He is one of the favorites to win the Championship and the ace of the Xyz course, but he is overall arrogant and cruel.
* JapanesePronouns: He uses the masculine pronoune ''boku'', which is less informal than ''ore''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Not quite on Sawatari's level, but he deliberately times his attacks to harm Yuya and to prevent him from getting Action Cards. Also, he and Yaiba badmouth Yuya's father until Reiji yells at them to shut up.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Maybe not quite gold, but he is concerned about Professor Marco and seems to be friends with Masumi and Yaiba as well.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:To keep Kurosaki's actions secret and he could enter the tournament to fight Reiji.]]
* LightIsNotGood: Constellars are LIGHT monsters, and while not evil, he is a jerk.
* MeaningfulName: "Hokuto" is the Japanese name of the Big Dipper constellation, so he naturally runs Constellars. When a space-themed field is picked for his Duel with Yuya, he comments that it's the perfect field for him. Cue Shuzou freaking out as he realizes that this is right, and Sora commenting that Hokuto's name should have given it away.
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: He flips when Yuya makes him lose 500 Life Points.
* PetTheDog: He complimented Yaiba's X-Saber deck, though Masumi [[CrowningMomentOfFunny asks]] if that's just due to his loss. And another one, when he is concerned over Professor Marco's disappearance.
* PlotArmor: [[spoiler:Conveniently saved from having his and the others' souls stolen by Kurosaki thanks to LDS staff and Reiji showing up. And then he is sealed into a card by Serera.]]
* PutOnABus: Time will tell if he ever [[spoiler: gets released from the card Serena sealed him into.]]
* NeverLiveItDown: In-Universe. His loss to Yuya. He takes it badly whenever anyone, especially Masumi, brings it up.
* SanitySlippage: He freaks when Yuya damages his Life Points, and tries to hit him with a meteor shower from Constellar Tempest.
* SeriousBusiness: Doesn't like hearing that Xyz summons are being abused, such as the case with the perpetrator.
* StarPower: He uses a Constellar Deck, whose members are based on stars and constellations.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Masumi and Yaiba.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Masumi and Yaiba
* TheWorfEffect:
** In a 3-on-1 with Masumi and Yaiba against Kurosaki, [[spoiler:in spite of collectively emptying Kurosaki's hand and field and reducing his LP to 10, he [[OneHitKill OTKs]] all three of them ''at once''.]]
** [[spoiler: He later loses to Serena off-screen and is sealed in a card, showing that Serena is threat. Serena commented that dueling him was a total disappointment.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: He's the only member of the LDS trio to make it to the second round. [[spoiler:He is then taken out by Serena and loses his planned match to Michio by default.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

!!Masumi Kotsu
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Arisa Kiyoto
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Masumi Kotsu is the representative for the Leo Duel School Fusion Summon course. She runs a Gem-Knight deck.

She was shown to have learned Fusion Summon (and possibly dueling in general) from the LDS professor Marco and has grown attached to him ever since. Episode 24 also shown her to have [[TrueCompanions extremely strong bond with her fellow summon representatives]] from LDS.
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!!!Tropes associated with Masumi:
* ActionGirl: The only female LDS duelist introduced so far.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Looks vaguely Egyptian.
* AmnesiacDissonance: [[spoiler: After having her memories wiped, she regards Kurosaki as just another duelist, when before she was terrified of and hated him.]]
* AscendedExtra: Of the three LDS representative students, Masumi is shown the most, due to her being more proactive in trying to find Professor Marco's aggressor. She is also roped into Yuto's business, since she, along with Yuzu and Sora, keep witnessing his disappearance act with Yuzu's bracelet.
* {{Badass}}: Is the only one of the LDS duelists to win their duel, and beats Yuzu in only two turns, the first of which she couldn't attack on.
* BerserkButton: Yuto became one for her when she believed he kidnapped Professor Marco. Later on, her hatred passed to the real agressor, Shun Kurosaki. Related is insulting Fusion Summoning, because Professor Marco taught it to her.
* BerserkerTears: She has them when she remembers Marco and how he might be missing when talking to Yuzu and Sora.
* BrutalHonesty: To her allies and enemies, Hokuto is the most frequent target.
* TheComicallySerious: Most of the time, due to her BrutalHonesty, and her reactions to Hokuto going to the CornerOfWoe.
* DeadpanSnarker: Snarks about Hokuto's loss when the moment calls for it, all while keeping the same expression.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: With Yuzu after [[spoiler: their second duel.]]
* DesignatedGirlFight: With Yuzu twice.
* FridgeHorror: An in-universe example. When she sees the claw marks where three LDS students lost to Kurosaki, she becomes even more scared of what happened to Marco.
* DishingOutDirt: Most Gem-Knights have the EARTH-Attribute.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:After losing to Yuzu, Masumi recognizes her as a WorthyOpponent and gives her her 'Crystal Rose' monster.]]
* TheGadfly: Teases Yuzu and Yuyu for a touching moment.
* GemstoneAssault: Gem-Knights.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: [[spoiler:Yuzu uses a Trap Card to summon one of Masumi's monsters to her own field, and then uses the monsters effect to do a fusion summon. Masumi was utterly shocked]].
* HotForTeacher: What other reason it could be of Masumi's reminiscence of Marco having a lot of BishieSparkle and LoveFlowers? It would also explain why she's so hellbent in finding him and his aggressor.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Thought Gem-Knight Master Diamond was Masumi's ace? [[spoiler:Wrong. Her true ace is Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond.]]
* IShallTauntYou: "Your eyes lack luster".
* JapanesePronouns: Uses the gender neutral pronoun ''watashi''.
* LadyOfWar: The Gem-Knight Lady sub-archetype.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:To keep Kurosaki's actions secret and he could enter the tournament to fight Reiji.]]
* LuminescentBlush: Gets one, [[spoiler: after Yuzu saves her from falling in episode 29. LesYay!]]
* MeaningfulName: Masumi means beauty or purity, she is considered beautiful by Futoshi, and uses a Gem-Knight deck.
* NotSoStoic: She's normally calm, but the incident with Kurosaki has her freaking out and a lot less composed, visibly showing fear.
** She also screams like a girl at expected moments, like when the destruction of a monster knocks her over, [[spoiler: of she is knocked off the bridge.]]
* TheOjou: Implied. Her father owns a jewelry store, she goes to a prestigious (and maybe expensive) Dueling school and her Gem-Knight Deck gives her an air of nobility.
* OhCrap: Two in episode 21. When she sees the gouge marks left by Kurosaki's attack, and when he himself appears.
* PersonalityPowers: She has the noble-looking Gem-Knight Deck, and is the nicest[[note]]which isn't that much[[/note]] and calmest of the LDS students.
* PlotArmor: [[spoiler:Conveniently saved from having her and the others' souls stolen by Kurosaki thanks to LDS staff and Reiji showing up.]]
* PrecociousCrush: On Marco, considering he's likely in his twenties at earliest and she's fourteen.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: She is the only one to win her duel, though she is not evil by any stretch.
* TheRival: For Yuzu.
* ShipperOnDeck: In a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] way, for Yuya and Yuzu.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Card]]: Hers is Gem-Knight Master Diamond.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only girl of the LDS students shown.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Normally cold, she is very concerned when her teacher Marco goes missing, and intends to find him.
* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler: Hilariously becomes one towards Yuzu after losing to her.]]
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Hokuto and Yaiba.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hokuto and Yaiba
* TheWorfEffect: In a 3-on-1 with Hokuto and Yaiba against Kurosaki, [[spoiler:in spite of collectively emptying Kurosaki's hand and field and reducing his LP to 10, he [[OneHitKill OTKs]] all three of them ''at once'']].

!!Yaiba Todo
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kengo Takanashi
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Yaiba Todo is the representative of Leo Duel School Synchro Summon course. He runs an X-Saber Deck.

He is the one who taught Synchro Summon to Gongenzaka. Episode 24 also shown him to have [[TrueCompanions extremely strong bond with his fellow summon representatives]] from LDS.
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!!!Tropes associated with Yaiba:
* AnimeHair: Is spiky and long, though the color is realistic.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: The KidSamurai uses X-Sabers.
* BarbarianLongHair: Fitting to his KidSamurai appearance.
* BigOlEyebrows: The end of his eyesbrows are very thick.
* CuteLittleFangs: Has a fang sticking out of his mouth.
* GenreSavvy: The cards with which he ran his X-Saber loop were actually rather popular due to their competitiveness in the OCG/TCG. He also runs three copies of XX-Gottoms, which he spams throughout the duel against Gongenzaka.
* JapanesePronouns: He uses the informal pronoun ''ore'', but switches to ''boku'' when he is talking to a person in authority.
* {{Jerkass}}: Less so than Hokuto, but still rude to Gongenzaka and mocks [[DisappearedDad Yuya's father]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He was worried about Professor Marco, and ended up helping Masumi try to find him. Shown again in 23, he agreed to train Gongenzaka. And even, he's in Gongenzaka first duel and supports him.
* KidSamurai: He's a little older, but he gives off this vibe in appearance.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: To keep Kurosaki's actions secret and he could enter the tournament to fight Reiji.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Todo" means "sword". Also, "Yaiba" means "blade" or "edge (of a knife)". He plays X-Sabers. Shuzou picked the "Sword's Graveyard" field because of it.
* TheMentor: To Gongenzaka, surprisingly enough, in terms of Synchro Summon.
* MessyHair: Fitting to the modern {{Samurai}} character stereotype.
* OhCrap: Looks about ready to soil himself when Gongenzaka first shows up to request assistance from him, seeing as Gongenzaka looked ready to commit grievous bodily harm. After it became a FlatWhat.
* PetTheDog: Worried about Professor Marco when he went missing. And he later agrees to Gongenzaka's request to teach him Synchro Summoning.
* {{Pride}}: Largely due to the remarks that he's getting from his friends, he's not happy when Gongenzaka doesn't initially do well with his Synchro Summoning.
* PlotArmor: [[spoiler:Conveniently saved from having his and the others' souls stolen by Kurosaki thanks to LDS staff and Reiji showing up.]]
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Hokuto and Masumi.
* UnusualEyebrows: Of the Fiery variety.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hokuto and Masumi.
* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: He uses it to find Action cards by swinging it hard enough to make gusts of wind that blow the cards up.
* TheWorfEffect:
** In a 3-on-1 with Masumi and Hokuto against Kurosaki, [[spoiler:in spite of collectively emptying Kurosaki's hand and field and reducing his LP to 10, he [[OneHitKill OTKs]] all three of them ''at once'']].
** [[spoiler:It happens again in episode 38, where he lost to the physically assaulting Kachidoki and was literally beaten so bad he required medical care.]]

!!Nakajima
!!!Voiced by: Yuuki Hayashi
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Nakajima works at Leo Corporation for Reiji. He appears to work directly under Reiji and his mother.
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!!!Tropes associated with Nakajima:
* CoolShades: He always wears glasses that cover his eyes, even from the sides similar like [[Film/{{Matrix}} Neo]].
* {{Expy}}: Serves a role similar to Kemo and Croquet or Roland in the original series.
* MultiColoredHair: Has silver-white bangs and Darker hair in back.
* NumberTwo: Seems to serve as one for the Akabas' though his exact position is ambiguous.
* OnlySaneEmployee: Verges into this at some points.
* PetTheDog: Deeply concerned about letting the LDS trio draw out Kurosaki, since they are just children.
* SharpDressedMan: He always wears a smoking suit.

!!Yamabe, Ootomo, and Kakimoto
!!!Voiced by: Daiki Hamano (Yamabe), Sho Nogami (Ootomo), Takumi Watanabe (Kakimoto)
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Shingo Sawatari's three lackeys, and members of LDS. Kakimoto appears to have a Darts deck like Sawatari, unless it was borrowed to show off Sawatari's [[AnIcePerson Frost Monarch]] deck.
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!!!Tropes associated with these three guys:
* [[BeleagueredAssistant Beleaguered Assistants]]: They put up with a lot of crap from Sawatori.
* [[{{Expy}} Expies]]: Of Manjoume's lackeys, though they appear to be more genuinely close to him.
* [[MetaGuy Meta Guys]]: They lampshade Sawatari suddenly becoming dramatic and hammy.
* ObviouslyEvil: Three sketchy looking guys the lackeys of an antagonist? [[SarcasmMode Who knew?]]
* PunchClockVillain: When not around Sawatari or being paid to do something, they are pretty normal.
* [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Those Three Guys]]: There are three of them, though they don't really fit a TerribleTrio.

!!Marco
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The professor that teaches the LDS Fusion course. He mysteriously went missing during the LDS and You Show duels. He was discovered to have had his soul stolen by Shun Kurosaki.
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!!!Tropes associated with Marco:
* AndIMustScream: His image in the card is visibly terrified.
* BishieSparkle: In Masumi's flashback.
* BrainyBrunette: He is a professor.
* MultiColoredHair
* NiceGuy: According to Masumi, though we haven't seen enough of him in person.
* PeekABangs: One eye behind his hair.
* TheWorfEffect: Called one of the school's aces by Mrs. Akaba, yet he lost to Kurosaki.

!!Tio
!!!Voiced by: Takahiro Fujiwara
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He is an elite Duelist and employee of the Leo Corporation, and in charge of investigating Marco's disappearance, first making his appearance showing Marco's damaged duel disk. He is later defeated and sealed away in a card by Shun Kurosaki.
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!!!Tropes associated with Tio:
* AndIMustScream: Had his soul taken by Kurosaki.
* CluelessDetective: He was capable enough to find the culprit, Kurosaki who had been the one to defeat Marco, but then promptly gets beaten as well.
* LanternJawOfJustice: A cleft one.
* NiceGuy: He's made to keep quiet about Marco, but he is nothing but kind to the Masumi and her friends.
* TheWorfEffect: Called one of the school's aces by Mrs. Akaba, yet he lost to Kurosaki.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple-Red Hair]]

!!Reira Akaba
!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuiIshikawa
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Reiji's little brother, introduced in the MCS arc as Ayu's first opponent. Reira is quiet to the point of no emotion, but seems to be constantly scared of something. He uses a CC deck, which revolves around copying the opponent's cards, and specializes in multiple types of Special Summonings, like Reiji.
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!!!Tropes associtated with Reira:
* BigBrotherWorship[=/=]LivingEmotionalCrutch: Reiji seems to be the only person he cares about in the world. This is made clear when it's shown that Reira sees everything dark except of the little space where Reiji is and he manage to win his duel after seeing that Reiji is watching him.
** Reira seems more normal when his brother is with him. Being a shy kid compared to the emotionless creepy child he is when Reiji isn't around.
* BrokenBird: The card he used to nullify the effects of Ayu's cards on her side of the field show that he sees the world as a cold, grey place.
* CreepyChild: His emotionless behavior can make people uncomfortable around him. He also has his eyes constantly wide open and is always looking at the ground.
* DittoFighter: His deck consists mostly of Spell Cards that allow him to copy an opponent's monster.
* EmotionlessBoy: He talks with a dull voice, and when Ayu tried to do the "Action Duel" speech, Reira's lines sounded very depressing.
* FamilyEyeResemblance: He has his mom's blue eyes.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Reira, like Reiji and Leo, have the the kanji of zero (零) in their names.
* InTheHood: Coupled with HiddenEyes to emphatize his creepiness and brokeness. He also wears a cap under his hood.
* MommyIssues: It's made obvious that this little boy is afraid of his own mother.
* NervousWreck: Reira seems to be scared of people; he jumped when the public in the stadium started to cheer for Reiji and also when the news reporter tried to talk with him.
* NiceHat: He wears a cap under his hood.
* TheQuietOne: He rarely talks.
* SecurityBlanket: He only separates of his teddy bear when it's time to duel.
* ShrinkingViolet: When around Reiji. Ironically this is when he's more emotional.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The VersusCharacterSplash shows his name as "Layra". His name is actually written in kanji, so it cannot be anything else than a Japanese name.

!! Yuu Sakuragi
!!!Voiced by: Takumi Watanabe

Yuu Sakuragi is a student from the Xyz Summon course. He was the previous year's winner of the Junior Youth Division and is currently a participant in the Youth Division of the Maiami Championship. He is Serera's second target, but Reiji intervenes before she can assault him. Sakuragi runs a Prophecy deck.
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!!!Tropes associated with Sakuragi:
* {{Badass}}: He was the winner of the Junior Youth Championship from previous year, and it is known that Kachidoki was the runner-up. That means he defeated Kachidoki in the finale despite the latter's brutal dueling style. Also, Reiji praises him for his performance in the current tournament.
** He is one of eight duelists chosen to deal with the [[spoiler:Duel Soldier invaders chosen to defend the city]].
* CustomUniform: Not really uniform, and he's the only one of the top 8 LDS students who actually wears a school uniform. No, his Duel Disk is lighter colored than the rest of the seven, which have relatively the same color. This might hint that he might have more importance than the rest of them.
* DarkIsNotEvil: His Hierophant of Prophecy is a DARK-Attribute, though he seems to be a NiceGuy.
* NiceGuy: He's soft-spoken for his screen time. However, he does appear to dislike Kurosaki for his rudeness.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Defeated [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Kachidoki]] in the Junior Youth finals of the last year's Maiami Championship with what so far seems to be an everyday deck and raw skill.
* TarotMotifs: His Prophecy Deck.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: Has reddish purple hair.

!!Halil
!!!Voiced by: Ayumu Murase
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Halil is an exchange student from the LDS Anatolia branch and belongs to the Fusion Summon course. He's one of the top 16 Junior Youth participants and uses a Genie and Lamp deck.
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!!!Tropes associared with Halil:
* AnimeAccentAbsence: Averted, as he does have an accent. However, his accent is obviously an English accent, since his seiyuu was born in San Francisco, but Halil comes from Anatolia, so his accent should be Turkish or Arabian or etc.
* BadassAdorable: He's so incredibly energetic, and adorable in his interactions with Yuzu.
* CatchPhrase: "I'll learn from this."
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: His outfit and eyes are based on the [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121004184421/yugioh/images/a/a9/DeFusion-LCYW-EN-C-1E.jpg De-Fusion card]].
* CuteButCacophonic: He has a very high-pitched and shrill voice. To make it more confusing, his {{Seiyuu}} is male.
* EpicFail: His attempt to Pendulum Summon for the first time fails because he put the cards in the wrong place. He tries again and again until Yuzu explains how to do it.
* {{Expy}}: He looks identical to {{Disney/Aladdin}} and he even uses Genies and Lamps.
* FunnyForeigner: He is shown to be a funny character with a very strong accent.
* GratuitousEnglish: He throws some random English words when he speaks, but the [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish English isn't bad]].
* JapanesePronouns: He uses the formal ''watashi'', fitting to his formal personality and status as a foreign exchange student.
* {{Keet}}: He gets very excited easily, just like when he draws his second Pendulum Card, saying outloud what he has drawn.
* {{Keigo}}: His speech pattern is very formal.
* NiceGuy: He gives Yuzu her second Pendulum Card, so they can start their duel and he has an overall friendly personality.
* PlayingWithFire: His Lamp deck consists mostly FIRE monsters.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: His English is anything but bad. Justified, since his seiyuu was born from San Francisco.
* WorthyOpponent: He respects Yuzu for defeating Masumi.

!!Olga
!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuiIshikawa
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Olga is an exchange student from the LDS Nordic branch and is from the Synchro Summon course. She's one of the top 16 Junior Youth participants and uses an Arctic Beast deck.
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!!!Tropes associated with Olga:
* ActionGirl: She's one of the top 16 of the Junior Youth duelists, alongside Yuzu.
* AnimeAccentAbsence: She and Dennis don't speak with an accent like Halil.
* BadassLongcoat: Her fur coat serves as one.
* BraidsOfAction: Has two of them.
* {{Expy}}: She looks a lot like [[{{Disney/Frozen}} a blend up of Elsa and Anna]].
* CrashIntoHello: How Yuzu meets her during Olga's duel with Gongenzaka. Since Yuzu is dueling Halil, it turns to a tag duel between Olga & Halil vs. Gongenzaka & Yuzu.
* DesignatedGirlFight: Subverted at first, since she is dueling Gongenzaka, not Yuzu. Until Yuzu and Halil join their duel and it turns to a tag duel.
* AnIcePerson: Her deck seems to be based of ice monsters.
* IceQueen: Fitting her appearance, she seems to be quite cold of a person.
* JapanesePronouns: She uses the gender neutral ''watashi''.
* MulticoloredHair: White and red-orange.
* MythologyGag: A Nordic duelist that uses Synchros. [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Team Ragnarok]], anyone?
* NiceHat: She wears an ushanka, a typical Russian hat.
* NotSoStoic: She's normally calm and composed, though she gets understandably angry when Yuzu crashes into her.
* PrettyInMink: Her outfit.
* YouthfulFreckles: Fitting to her foreigner design.

!!Dennis Macfield
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TetsuyaKakihara
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Dennis is an exchange student from the LDS Broadway branch and belongs to the Xyz Summon course. He's one of the top 16 Junior Youth participants and uses an Entermage deck, focusing on effects that negate effect damage.
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!!!Tropes associated with Dennis:
* TheAce: He's immediately introduced as a better entertainer than Yuya, and a better Duelist than Yuzu. In all his Duels thus far, he seems to be toying with his opponents and always maintains control.
* AnimeAccentAbsence: He and Olga don't speak with an accent like Halil.
* BeautyMark: Under his right eye.
* BigDamnHeroes: He joins Yuya's duel against Takeda and Umesugi by saving Yuya. He receives 2000 damage as a penalty because he wasn't part of the duel yet when Takeda's Fuujin was about to inflict effect damage to Yuya.
* BirdsOfAFeather: He's also an Entertainer duelist and idolizes Yusho Sasaki and his style. This helps him to connect with Yuya and show him how to overcome his fear towards [[spoiler:Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon]] by showing him how to use it to give a great show.
* BishieSparkle: Sparkles are all over him and his monsters for the sake of being flashy.
* ColorFailure: Subject to this after faceplanting as a result of his [[spoiler:penalty for helping Yuya]].
* DefeatMeansFriendship: He seems to think so, [[spoiler:saying he and Yuzu are friends after he beats her]].
* {{Expy}}: Seems to be another one to [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Johan]], sharing some similarities with Yuya and both being in good terms with each other in a very short time.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove on one hand and is missing a sleeve on the other.
* FunnyForeigner: He is a hilarious transfer student.
* GratuitousEnglish: He has a tendency to add English to his speech. Like Halil's, it is not [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish bad]].
* JapanesePronouns: He uses the male pronoun ''boku''.
* HarmlessElectrocution: He suffers this in episode 43 as [[spoiler: a penalty when helped Yuya]].
* {{Keet}}: In a different vein than Halil. He's not overcheerful, but rather overdramatic, and likes to perform acrobatic stunts with his monsters.
* LargeHam: ''Oh boy''. He's even more dramatic and over-the-top than ''Yuya's Entertainer persona''.
* MulticoloredHair: Red on the front part of his hair, and brown/dark red on the back part of his hair.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Downplayed; his BigDamnHero moment was cool, but the 2000 life point penalty detracts from the awesomeness.
* NiceGuy: He willingly decided to help Yuya in the 2 vs 1 duel, and treated Yuzu with a great deal of respect during their Duel, including teaching her some tactics.
* NoSell: The Entermages do this to effect damage.
* ShipTease: Maybe it was just him being a gentleman, but there's plenty of it in his duel against Yuzu; from him introducing himself to her while [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace getting really close]] and offering her a rose, to the end of the duel when he saved her, all while talking suave to her.
* StageMagician: His Entermages.
* SuicidalGotcha: He did this in Episode 43 as part of his performance while dueling. He does it again in Episode 44 to save Yuzu from falling.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: His [[Creator/TetsuyaKakihara seiyuu]] speaks fluently English, so Dennis's English is anything but bad.
* WorfEffect: In Episode 45, he loses against [[spoiler:Serena]] to show how powerful and hellbent she is.
** WorfHadTheFlu: It also helped in his defeat that his Deck suddenly decided to troll him and give him cards he couldn't use for his stragety.
* WorthyOpponent: He respects Yuya because he respects Yusho and has the same dueling style. He feels the same way towards Yuzu.

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[[folder:Maiami City]]

!!Strong Ishijima
!!!Voiced by: Atsushi Miyauchi
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Strong Ishijima is a the champion of the Pro League. Ishijima was due to Duel the current Champion, Yusho Sakaki, but Yusho never showed up, much to his fury. He loses to Yuya when Pendulum summoning is created.
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!!!Tropes associated with Ishijima:
* BarbarianLongHair: His Battleguards are fittingly called Barbarians in Japanese, so he also has barbarian hair.
* BarbarianTribe: His deck's theme.
* CallBack: Runs a [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Battleguard]] Deck, used last by [[Manga/YuGiOh Jonouchi]].
* FacialMarkings: On his eyes.
* HonorBeforeReason: Even though it was an exhibition match, he resigns from the championship after losing to Yuya.
* HornedHairdo: His hair fits to his horned monsters.
* LastNameBasis: Like some other characters, he is credited by his last name on the VersusCharacterSplash.
* OhCrap: Gets one due to Yuya's Wonder Balloon and Odd-Eyes Dragon combination.
* PutOnABus: Goes overseas to retrain himself after losing to Yuya.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Considers Yuya a fool and a coward, until he is forced onto the defensive by him.
* VictoryIsBoring: He does not view himself as the real champion after his declared victory over Yusho who didn't appear to their duel. He really wants to defeat him in a duel to become a real champion.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: The least weird part of his hair is the color.

!!Nico Smiley
!!!Voiced by: Hajime Iijima
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Nico Smiley is Strong Ishijima's manager. He is responsible for inviting Yuya to duel Ishijima, and thus allowing Yuya to discover Pendulum summoning. He later comes back and is responsible for helping Yuya get into the Junior Youth Championship.
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!!!Tropes associated with Nico:
* AdjustingYourGlasses: By the bridge, with a JustAsPlanned look on his face, after Yuya has completed all his duels.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Weird as hell, expert manager. He picked specific duelists to force Yuya to become a better duelist overall and outright told Yuya that he needs to go beyond his expectations instead of remaining within it to be a good professional Duelist.
* {{Camp}}: His appearance is very flamboyant.
* ClassyCravat: A red one.
* CombatCommentator: In the Junior Youth Championship.
* FirstNameBasis: Is called by his given name and without suffixes by Yuya and other characters.
* GratuitousEnglish: Like "Oh My Boy," and others.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: After Yuya defeats Ishijima, he immediately runs over to him, smacking Ishijima's head along the way.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In spite of his opportunistic tendencies, he appears to genuinely value Yuya, always trying to inspire the boy to improve himself as an Entertainment Duelist. He later shows some concern towards the safety of the challengers and the audience during the most tense moments of the MCS, especially during [[spoiler:Sora and Kurosaki's match]].
* LargeHam: Loud and dramatic. Being an MC and all.
* LastNameBasis: As an MC, he calls all duelists by their last name, except the three LDS exchange students.
* MakingASpectacleOfYourself: His sunglasses have pink, pointed rims and orange-yellow lenses.
* MeaningfulName: Nico SMILEY is smiling all the time.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Though he claims otherwise.
* PerpetualSmiler: Most of the time, except for a few seconds after Ishijima lost.
** TechnicallyASmile: His very large teeth make it creepy, though not terrifying.
* RealityEnsues: In episode 19, he sits on top of the car in the bus - on top of the back of it. When the bus stops, he is of course, knocked off before the camera cuts to a sign that asks people to sit properly on their seats.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Although a little shocked at first that Yuya didn't take the first pass into the competition, he was more than happy to set up duels so Yuya could get into it normally. He even happily set up six duels for Sora as well.
* TricksterMentor: For Yuya, specifically picking duelists to force him to expand his dueling in new ways, often with odd antics.

!!Mr. Sawatari
!!!Voiced by: Katsuhisa Houki

He is Shingo Sawatari's father. He is a high-ranking official in Maiami City, and has been trying to get re-elected as the Mayor of Maiami City. He despises Yuya because his son's loss hurts his reputation.
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!!!Tropes associated with Mr. Sawatari:
* AssholeVictim: Okay, so he doesn't get [[spoiler:sealed in a card by Kurosaki]]. But it sure as hell was satisfying to see him utterly crap himself.
* [[BaldOfEvil Bald of Jerkass]].
* CorruptBureaucrat: Obsessed only with getting elected. And considered that he's ''not'' mayor yet.
* ExhaustedEyebags
* FatBastard: He is fat and short as well.
* {{Gonk}}
* IdiotHair: He's bald, and has a curled hair at the front of his head.
* {{Jerkass}}: Well, we know where Sawataro got it from, though he takes it far farther, even being rude to the Akabas.
* {{Muggle}}: Doesn't seem to be a duelist, himself, though he was called a professor at several points.
* TheNapoleon: He's very aggressive and barely comes up to most of the adult casts' waists.
* NoIndoorVoice
* ParentalNeglect: Mentioned offhand on not even speaking with his son after he got out of the hospital.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Another trait shared with Sawatari. Three LDS students only chase Yuya at his behest to make him stop irritating them. He also uses his power as soon-to-be mayor, or rather, ''the mayor''.

!!Ryozan Godagawa
!!!Voiced by: Kirian Jō

The owner and master of the Ryozanpaku Duel School. He has been criticized for his forceful, strict Dueling style, which is based on the belief that winning is everything. Despite this criticism, his school has won several professional titles and is second to raise Pro Duelists, following LDS.
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!!!Tropes associated with Godagawa:
* CombatPragmatism: What he teaches in his school, with Kachidoki being the best example.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Not necessarily evil, but his cross-shaped scar on his forehead signafies that he's not a kind guy.
* OldMaster: Unfortunately, not of the good kind.


!! Others in Maiami City

Other members of the city.
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!!!Tropes associated with these characters:
* BadassMoustache: Mr. Gongenzaka.
* CameraFiend: Ayu's dad.
* GoodParents: Mr. Gongenzaka and all the other You Show parents.
* PervertDad: Ayu's dad seems to have a strong daughter complex.
* SupremeChef: Futoshi's parents appear to be chefs.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Duelists from the Qualifying Mini-Arc]]

A group of three students from other duel schools organized by Nico Smiley for Yuya to duel. The fourth one is Gongenzaka.

!!Michio Mokota
!!!Voiced by: Yasuaki Takumi
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Michio Mokota is a student from Cuisine Duel School, who is arranged to duel Yuya by Nico Smiley. He uses a Cookmate Deck, and was known as Genius Chef in supplementary materials.

By dueling him, Yuya (and by extentsion, Michio himself) learns that [[PerfectionIsImpossible the perfect strategy is impossible]] and that a Pro [[IndyPloy needs to have a flexible mind in order to think solutions out of the blue]].
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!!!Tropes associated with Michio:
* AttackBackfire: His "recipe" consists of Special Summoning as many small monsters as possible for then his opponent destroy them, to then use Food Cementery to Special Summon his Royal Cookmate monsters. "A combo that punishes me for destroying his monsters", as Yuya describes it. Michio also has one backfire for his opponent's Normal and Special Summoning, see ForceFeeding below.
* BerserkButton: TranquilFury variety, adding to his recipes.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: On the surface Michio seems to a kind person, but in reality he is arrogant and looks down on his opponents, possibly due to defeating students from LDS' Top Class. He refers to Yuya as a light meal as a means to belittle him.
** HumblePie: Losing to Yuya makes him legitimately a nice person.
* CatchPhrase: Whenever he gets an action card, he says "itadakimasu." He also is fond of his "perfect recipe."
* ChickMagnet: Mentioned as being popular among housewives. And Yuya's mom.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: After losing, he offers to cook for Yuya as well and says that he looks forward to a friendly rematch when they're both stronger.
* EvilLaugh: After ForceFeeding Yuya's monsters.
* EyesAlwaysClosed: He opens one when he's being serious. He also opened both of them before receiving Yuya's final blow.
* ForceFeeding: Royal Cookmate monsters have effects that mimic this. Whenever Yuya Normal or Special Summons, the Royal Cookmates fill up Yuya's monsters stomachs until they [[BalloonBelly burst.]]
* GracefulLoser: After realizing that his recipe wasn't perfect, he takes Yuya's final attack with a smile. When his mother went all ThisCannotBe, he recognizes his defeat.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He joins an alliance with Fishing Duelist [[FatBastard Teppei]] [[DirtyCoward Tairyobata.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Michie, the cooking duel prince.
* IronChef: He duels with a Cookmate Archetype.
* LargeHam: As fitting of an Action Duelist. He's more subdued out of a duel though.
* MulticoloredHair: Orange-red with fuchsia bangs.
* PerpetualSmiler: Crosses between SmugSmiler, but he really smiles for the most of time.
* StageMom: Mrs. Mokota is pretty pushy about Michio's stage career.
* SupremeChef: It makes Yuya hungry. Though he loses because he ignored his dad's lesson that no recipe was ever perfect.
* TeenGenius: He's already a famous Chef, with self-created recipes, and he's around Yuya's age.
** He also managed to win over LDS students regularly.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: He powers up his monster to 4800 ATK and attacks directly while Yuya only had 500 life points. Ironically, if he hadn't done this, he would have won.
* WeakButSkilled: His deck relies on low attack monsters with powerful effects.

!!Eita Kyuando
!!!Voiced by: Yūsuke Katayama
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He is a student from the Cram Duel School, who is arranged to duel Yuya by Nico Smiley. He uses a Quiz Deck, which punishes the opponent if they cannot answer questions correctly.

By dueling him, Yuya learns to use disadvantages to his favor and that a Pro needs constant communication with his opponent and the audience in order to be entertaining. Eita also seems to learn that being an InsufferableGenius makes him dull and arrogant towards the audience, who will then cheer for his opponent instead.
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!!!Tropes associated with Kyuando:
* BowTiesAreCool: Subverted with this guy.
* BreakTheHaughty: "Eita Kyuando, you are incorrect!"
* {{Camp}}: His outfit is a really colorful quiz show host appearance.
* CharacterTics: Playing with his cowlick. After he correctly answers a question, he poses with his arms bent upward.
* TheChessmaster: He uses combos that force his opponent to answer quizes that they almost never answer correctly. And if they should answer it correctly, then the effect of Kyuando's cards would work for his favor.
* HateSink: While by no means is he a major villain, he is outright ''designed'' to be hated. Not even his own classmates seem fond of him and they find Yuya much more entertaining.
* InSeriesNickname: The Universe of Knowledge.
* InsufferableGenius: Due to his mastery of quiz shows.
* {{Jerkass}}: The trend continues. Kyuando offers his hand to Yuya for a shake, and then takes it back and begins quizzing him. He can even make Hokuto look like a nice guy, since he at least didn't laugh at him.
* LastNameBasis: Another of the few characters who are referred by their last name by other characters and the Vs screen.
* MortonsFork: His Quiz Monkey's effect relies on the opponent correctly answering how many quiz monsters will be on the field at the end of the turn. Either way, the opponent is wrong, as he has a Trap Card that will change that value. And again with Sphinquiz, if you answer its question correctly, you lose your monster, if you answer it wrong, the battle phase ends.
* MultiColoredHair: His hair is purple and blond. The blond part looks like a Q.
* PunnyName/MeaningfulName: Following the Japanese convention of the family name preceding the rest of the name, it sounds like "Q & A," befitting his quiz theme.
* SadisticChoice: Sphinquiz's question is surprisingly easy: which monster in the field has the highest level? Yuya has the chance to finally answer a question right, but doing so will destroy his ace monster and give him 2500 points of damage, losing the duel. He had no other option that answer wrong, save his life points but missing the battle phase, losing Odd-Eyes and boosting up Quiz Monkey's attack.
* SmugSmiler: Has his annoying, smug smile for most of the time.
* SmugSnake: He completely breaks down when Yuya turns an incorrect question against him.
* ThousandYardStare: His expression is really creepy.
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Kyuando just ''loves'' to gloat about how smart he is and how dumb his opponents are.
* VillainousBreakdown: While he isn't a villain, he starts to lose his composure after Yuya was able to turn answering a question wrong to his advantage and turns into a screaming lunatic during Yuya's winning move.

!!Mieru Hochun
!!!Voiced by: Creator/AoiYuuki
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A young girl from Unno Fortune Telling Dueling School, who is arranged to duel Yuya by Nico Smiley. She's a fortune teller and uses a Sibyl deck, which focuses on Flip Effect Monsters and Ritual Monsters.

By dueling her, Yuya takes the first step in breaking the mold of Pendulum Summon, managing to make the audience (and Mieru herself) skip a heartbeat, a necessary track in a Pro.
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!!!Tropes associated with Mieru:
* AmazonBrigade: Her Sibyl monsters are all female.
* AscendedExtra: Of the three duelists from the Qualifying Mini-Arc. She made an reappearances in episodes 27 and 38 while being featured in the second opening.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: As a fortune teller, she's a firm believer. Though she's not so happy with Yuya being "her fated person". At first. Following her defeat, she can't get enough of the guy, saying that she's glad Yuya IS that "fated person."
* ColorFailure: Happens when Yuya dodges her attempt to glomp him in Episode 38.
* CreepyChild: Downplayed. Though she's not as creppy as the textbook example, she still goes to a occult school and uses her fortune telling abilities in her daily life, things that would unnerve people around her.
* CrystalBall: She has a crystal apple and, in one of her flashbacks, she use it to predict the weather.
* DaydreamSurprise: What may or may not have happened as Yuya performed his finishing move on her to win the Duel. She sees Yuya speaking very softly to her, referring to her as [[TheOjou "Ojou-san"]], complete with sparkles and finally a wink in her direction while surrounded by a heart.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Her way of dressing to enphatize her childish personality and add an unnerving feeling around her.
* {{Expy}}: Young duelist girl, more badass than she looks, a little arrogant and with a desire to romance the main character; Mieru seems to be an amalgam of [[Anime/YuGiOh Rebecca]] and [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Rei]]. The fortune theme also adds a parallel to [[Manga/YuGiOh Ishizu]] and [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Carly]].
* TheGlomp: Tackles Yuya happily when she falls for him after their duel. This carries into the second opening.
* ImagineSpot:
** She starts to fantasize about how her "destined person" would be; either a {{Bishounen}}, a {{hunk}} or a HouseHusband. This makes the real deal, [[IdiotHero Yuya]], just more disappointing for her. At least until the end of their duel... Afterwards she does this quite a bit.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she was rude and slightly condescending to Yuya at first, she honestly wanted Yuya to forfeit [[spoiler:for his safety, after she had a fortune that he would be in danger.]]
** Drops the "jerk" part towards Yuya completely when she falls for him.
* LittleMissBadass: Despite being young and petite, Mieru is a powerful duelist.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: She falls for Yuya and declares him her "fated person" after he managed to defeat her while looking so cool doing it.
* MeaningfulName:
** "Mieru" can be translated as "to be able to see" or "to be visible", which fits to her fortune teller character.
** The kanji for "Sibyl" can be read as "Fortunetelling Princess". A sibyl is also a woman with prophetic powers in mythology.
* MomentKiller: Kills a sweet moment between Yuya and Yuzu by [[TheGlomp jumping at him]] while calling him her "fated person."
* NightmareFetishist: She's from a school that has heavy ocultism imagery and she's a fortune teller.
* {{Nosebleed}}: She suffers from this three times; after her prediction revealed to her that her next opponent will be her "destined person," imagining what kind of guy he would be and then losing to Yuya's impressive final move, causing her to fall for him.
** GoryDiscretionShot: The blood is instead shown as a flowery pink stream.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Mieru is so happy that Yuya is her "fated person" that she hugs him almost immediately after the duel is over and won't let go, rubbing his cheek with hers all the while. Yuzu is not amused and chases poor Yuya with her trademark fan.
* OlderThanSheLooks: Due to her short height, she looks more around Junior division [[note]]Tatsuya, Ayu and Futoshi[[/note]] age than Yuya or Yuzu's age.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: All Sibyls are Fairy-type monsters and are designed and named after different kind of fairies.
* PluckyComicRelief: Her crush on Yuya is usually used as comic relief.
* PunnyName: "Hochun" is a pun of "fortune". In Japanese, the H and F are pronounced similarly. With her first name meaning "I can see", her name sounds like, "I can see your fortune."
* PervertRevengeMode: Smacks Yuya on the head with her crystal apple after his AccidentalPervert moment.
* RecurringExtra: She qualified for the MCS but was defeated in her first duel. That doesn't stop her of popping out sometimes in order to cheer and care for her Darling.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: She is the girl who introduces the Ritual Summon in ''ARC-V''.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: She becomes one for Yuya after he wins their duel. Even asking how many children he wants. Neither Yuya or Yuzu were happy.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only girl Yuya duels in order to qualified for the Junior Youth.
* StealthPun: She's a [[PsychicNosebleed fortune-telling psychic who gets nosebleeds thinking about guys]].
* TarotMotifs: She uses a fortune-themed Sibyl deck and she also uses her cards as tarot cards outside of duels. She can even tell her opponent's fortune based in the monsters' position. Her ace, Tarotray the Sibylla also spawns tarot cards.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Fitting to her childish personality.
* WindsOfDestinyChange: Her monsters' effects give this vibe.
* WingDingEyes: Mieru gets hearts in her eyes while imagining her possible "fated person." She also gets diamonds in her eyes when she's hugging Yuya, happy that her "fated person" is so cool.
* WorfEffect: She was beaten in a one turn kill to show how powerful the other contestants are.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Like most fortune telling characters, she believes too much into her fortune telling and tries to convince Yuya to give up [[spoiler:or he would die]]. The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' protagonists have a habit of being able to ScrewDestiny. Though to be fair, she was right in that something "horrible" would befall Yuya if he kept on fighting. ([[spoiler: That being the collapse of the structure Yuya was standing on.]]) What she didn't predict was that he would get out of that one.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maiami Championship Duelists]]

!!Gen Ankokuji
!!!Voiced by: Hiroshi Shirokumi
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Gen Ankokuji is a participant in the Junior Youth Class of the Maiami Championship. He is also a fan of Strong Ishijima and belittles Yusho for running away and not facing Ishijima for the title of the Champion and thus bullied Yuya when they were younger. He was a former member of the Gongenzaka Dojo and knows Gongenzaka. Like Ishijima, he uses a Battleguard deck.
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!!! Tropes Associated with Ankokuji:
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Dueling example, though he does have practice in martial arts.
* BarbaricBully: He's enormous, the same size as Gongenzaka.
* BarbarianTribe: Like Ishijima, he also uses a Barbarian/Battleguard deck.
* BreakThemByTalking: His initial plan was putting Yuya into a trap in order to make Gongenzaka worry more for his friend's safety than for the duel and constantly taunt him about his inability to go to help Yuya, in order to make Gongenzaka easy to read. Not to mention that he actually ''enjoyed'' seeing Gongenzaka in such "pathetic" state.
* TheBully: Was Yuya's because of his dad's disappearance before dueling Strong Ishijima, Ankokuji's idol.
* ChekhovsGunman: He first appeared in a flashback showing how Yuya and Gogenzaka met. In retrospect, his distinct design compared to background characters should have been a hint that this guy would appear again.
* CombatPragmatist: He prides himself on being one. But really he's just willing to use any dirty trick without actually cheating.
* DarkIsEvil: His ace monster is DARK-Attribute, and gives off malevolent vibes.
* DeceptiveDisciple: He's one for the entire Gongenzaka dojo.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Strong Ishijima, refusing to believe Yuya could beat him.
* GeniusBruiser: Not quite genius, but he isn't DumbMuscle either, as he shows enough cunning to research Gongenzaka before their duel.
* {{Gonk}}: Mostly because of his nose. And his goofy looking teeth.
* {{Irony}}: He idolizes Ishijima, who is an honorable duelist that gives up his title due to his loss to Yuya, despite it not being an official duel. Ankokuji is a DirtyCoward and a {{Jerkass}}.
* {{Jerkass}}: Like most on the show, he trumps all that came before him and is arguably outright evil. Bullied Yuya when they were younger, because his dad disappeared. It's pretty obvious why he was kicked out of the dojo.
* LastNameBasis: Another character referred by his last name.
* ReasonBeforeHonor: He states this as his reason he "left" the Dojo, saying he was sick of the Dojo focusing on being honorable instead of using any mean to win.
* SenpaiKouhai: Was Gongenzaka's senior in the past, but no longer since he seems to have been kicked out of the Dojo.
* SmugSnake: He completely underestimated both Yuya and Gongenzaka, leading to his defeat.
* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: See BreakThemByTalking above.
* WitchDoctor: His ace monster, Barbarian/Battleguard Mad Shaman has this motif, even taking control of enemy monsters.

!!Tsukikage
Tsukikage is a participant in the Junior Youth class of the Maiami Championship. He is capable of defeating his opponents with One Turn Kill. He goes to Fuuma Duel School.
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!!!Tropes associated with Tsukikage:
* {{Badass}}: Worfs Mieru in their duel.
* BadassArmFold: A typical Ninja pose.
* TheComicallySerious: Doesn't bat an eye at Mieru's antics.
* CoolMask: Wears a typical ninja mask ála [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Kakashi]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: Dresses in black armor, but he is a rival, not a villain.
* IHaveTheHighGround: During his duel with Mieru, fitting to his ninja character.
* {{Ninja}}: His theme. He's also the third character[[note]]The others are Jean-Claude Magnum and Yamikawa[[/note]] in the franchise to use a Ninja deck.
* OneHitKill: His apparent strategy.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Fitting to his Ninja outfit.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has dark blue hair.

!!Isao Kachidoki
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenjiNojima
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Isao Kachidoki is a participant in the Maiami Championship and is the Ace of the Ryozanpaku School. He is a martial artist with a very violent manner of dueling. Kachidoki was the runner-up of the last year's Junior Youth Championship. He is the second duelist Yuya faces in this year's tournament. He uses a Star deck and he is a Fusion user.
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!!!Tropes associated with Kachidoki:
* TheAce: The ace of the Ryozanpaku School as well as finishing second in last year's Junior Youth Championship and is the favorite to win this year. His ace monster is Idaten, the Star of Supreme Victory, a fusion monster.
* AchillesHeel: His ace monster, Idaten, the Star of Supreme Victory, can make the ATK of any monster with a lower or equal Level to his 0. However, it doesn't work with Xyz Monsters who have Ranks instead. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon just so happens to fit that bill.]]
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Both dueling ''and'' martial arts example.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: No matter how hard he trains or how ruthless he is towards his opponents, the guy just can't get to win the MCS.
* {{Badass}}: He defeats Yaiba to the point of putting him in the hospital.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He told Yuya to face the pitch black darkness, after putting him in a corner. [[spoiler:Then Yuya went [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Berserk mode]].]]
* BringIt: He does the hand gesture as a way to [[IShallTauntYou taunt]] his opponents.
* CombatPragmatist: Kachidoki physically assaults his opponents when they are going for Action Cards. And he doesn't try to hide it.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Slaps Yuya's hand away when [[spoiler:Yuya tries to help him up after Kachidoki is sent flying as a result of an OTK.]]
* TheDreaded: Yuzu and the You Show kids are naturally unnerved because of his actions on his duel against Yaiba.
* DumbMuscle: A mild example. He is definitively not an idiot, but his school should have taught him that Xyz Monsters don't have Levels, not even Level 0, instead of teaching him how to beat the crap out of people.
* FunnyBruceLeeNoises: Makes them a few times.
* IcyBlueEyes: Fitting to his serious and ruthless character.
* JapanesePronouns: He uses the gender neutral ''jibun'' as his first person pronoun, which is neither formal nor rude. Usually a reflexive pronoun, its impersonal nature fits to his character as a budding professional fighter and duelist.
* KickTheDog: He beats the crap out of Yaiba in their duel.
* LastNameBasis: Another character referred by his last name.
* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Turns out he uses his martial arts to physically attack his opponents to the point of needing medical care when he duels.
* MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler:He attacks Yuya continuously, not knowing about his SuperpoweredEvilSide, and gets beaten down himself.]]
* NoNonsenseNemesis: While he's more talkative than Shun Kurosaki, he still gives off this vibe.
-->'''Kachidoki''': "Fun? I'm only here to win."
* OhCrap: His expression [[NotSoStoic seriously changes]] when he sees [[spoiler:Yuya's SuperpoweredEvilSide]].
* TheResenter: [[spoiler:He once saw Yuya having fun with his dad before entering his own school and resents Yuya's care-free dueling and bright attitute while he had to go down a pitch black path. He considered his duel against Yuya to be fate. Things get worse after Yuya got in Berserk mode and beat him.]]
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: His school's philosophy is that duels ''must'' be won at all costs. He considers his defeat in episode 39 to be a great shame towards his master.
* SeriousBusiness: This guys goes so far that he physically attacks his opponents and sends them to the hospital without caring.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Part of his martial arts attire. His muscles are not for show.
* TheStoic: He has not shown many forms of emotion since he appeared.
* StopHavingFunGuys: Kachidoki is an InUniverse example for the tournament, using unfair advantages like physically assaulting his opponents to prevent them from taking the Action Cards. His Duel School also taught him that he doesn't need fun, but only to win.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Episode 39 reveals that he used to like the idea of dueling for fun, but his master's teaching about dueling being about winning make him the guy he is today.
* WildHair: Has long, wildy looking hair that makes him look badass.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair is purple.

!!Yuzo Tanegashima
!!!Voiced by: Sho Nogami
Yuzo Tanegashima is a participant in the Junior Youth class of the Maiami Championship and is the Ace of the Surprise School. He is Gongenzaka's second opponent and was defeated by him without us seeing Yuzo's deck.
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!!!Tropes associated with Yuzo Tanegashima:
* TheAce: Of Surprise School.
* BadassLongcoat and BadassCape: A white long suit jacket, and a red cape.
* BaitAndSwitch: His introduction alongside the most relevant contestants of the MCS made us believe he was going to get a whole episode's duel, but he was defeated 5 minutes after the episode began, without us even seeing him duel at all against Gongenzaka.
* {{Gonk}}: Downplayed, though he does have buck teeth.
* ManInWhite: Wear's a white suit.
* MasterOfDisguise: His camouflage in order to avoid Gongenzaka was actually pretty good, that much that Gongenzaka had to find him without using his eyes.
* NiceHat: A magician's hat.
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a nice white suit.
* StageMagician: His theme.

!! Mikiyo Naname
!!!Voiced by: Yō Taichi

Mikiyo Naname is a participant in the Junior Youth class of the Maiami Championship and is an Idol Duelist belonging to the Idol Group Duel Girls Club. She is the second duelist Yuzu faces. She runs a Fairy deck.
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!!!Tropes associated with Mikiyo:
* TheAce: Of the Duel Girls Club. Her own ace is Wingweaver.
* DesignatedGirlFight: She duels Yuzu.
* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: They make her hairstyle look like a butterfly.
* {{Kawaiiko}}: She is very cute and sugary.
* LightTheWay: Uses LIGHT-Attribute Fairy-Type monsters.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: A mild example, since it's only her eyes that are weird. Her pupils are so huge, you can barely see the white part.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent/OurAngelsAreDifferent: Her deck is composed Fairy-type (Angel-type in the OCG) monsters, with Wingweaver as her ace.
* PinkIsFeminine: She wears all pink, and epitomizes girlishness.
* RollerbladeGood: Fitting her personality and appearance as an idol.
* SayItWithHearts: A lot of hearts appear when she talks.
* TeenIdol: Her theme.

!!Shin Takeda & Ken Umesugi
!!!Voiced by: Takumi Watanabe (Takeda) & Yuuki Hayashi (Umesugi)

They are students from the Ryozanpaku Duel School and participants of the Junior Youth Championship. Takeda and Umesugi are Yuya's opponents in the third round. Takeda uses a Wind Star deck and Umesugi uses a Thunder Star deck. Both of them are Fusion users.
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!!!Tropes associated with Takeda and Umesugi:
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Probably even worse than Kachidoki, who is the ace of their school. It doesn't help that both of them are dueling Yuya at the same time, which makes their arrogance even more annoying.
* BashBrothers: Not only are they a duo, their ace monsters are also named and based of a Shinto God duo, Fuujin and Raijin.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Takeda is the short one, Umesugi is the tall one.
* BlowYouAway: The theme of Takeda's deck.
* BringIt: Both do this to Yuya, just like Kachidoki. That brings bad memories to Yuya.
* BullyingADragon: They continually beat up Yuya in their 2 vs 1 duel. [[spoiler:Despite having seen Yuya's [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Berserker Mode]].]]
* CombatPragmatism: What do you do when you want to defend your school's honor and your best duelist was beaten? Fight 2 vs 1. When one of them makes his turn, the other guy attacks Yuya to prevent him from getting Action Cards.
* TheCorrupter: In their duel with Yuya they continually taunt that his [[spoiler:Berserker Mode]] is his true self and try to force him to succumb to it.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Umesugi's eyes are closed for most of the time.
* ForeheadOfDoom: Umesugi; fitting to the BigGuyLittleGuy trope. Also as a contrast to Takeda, whose forehead is covered by his cap.
* FreezeFrameBonus: At the beginning of episode 29, we see the names of participants who are dueling each other. Their names are shown, which indicates that they dueled against other participants at the same when Yuzu was dueling Masumi.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Their Own Petard]]: [[spoiler:In their duel against Yuya, they continually belittled him and his dueling style. Saying his Berserker mode, his internal darkness was his true self. In the end they are defeated by Yuya using Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, which they consider the symbol of his darkness but instead of dropping his ideals, Yuya uses the Dragon to uphold his dueling style.]]
** Also of note is that their use of Action Cards to attempt to finish off Yuya [[spoiler: allows Dennis to simultaneously negate the damage and summon fodder so that he can summon Entermage Trapeze Magician, which helps Yuya win the duel]].
* {{Jerkass}}: A trend with this school. Even more than Kachidoki, who is much more stoic than them.
* LastNameBasis: Like Kachidoki, they are referred by their last names.
* NiceHat: Takeda wears a red cap with mouse ears. His eyes and nose fit to that cap.
* ShockAndAwe: The theme of Umesugi's deck.

!!Others in the Tournament
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!!! Tropes associated with others in the tournament:
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:The fate of the three Knight of Duels whose souls are sealed into cards by the Obelisk Force.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: Charles of the Dueling Knight School looks like he'll be important. [[spoiler:he's instead beaten off-screen by Kurosaki. However, his three fellows become sort of important.]]
* DirtyCoward: Teppei Tairyobata, who refuses to duel anybody during the Battle Royale and instead convinces others to duel each other, then plans to crush the exhausted survivor.
* HenshinHero: The focus of Takeshi Shimizu's (Futoshi's opponent) deck.
* KnightInShiningArmor: The Dueling Knight School. Though the three Knight of Duels don't mind stooping to dirty tactics to get revenge on Kurosaki.
* StageMagician: The Surprise School.
* TeenIdol: The Duel Girl Club.
* {{Wuxia}}: The Ryozanpaku School.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Resistance [[spoiler:(Xyz Dimension)]]]]

!!Yuto -- The Dark Duelist
!!!Voiced by: Manpei Takagi
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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. He uses a Phantom Knights deck that focuses on summoning Xyz Monsters, including his Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, and make use of Spell Cards that can be activated from the graveyard.
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!!!Tropes associated with Yuto:
* AllegedLookalikes: They're not completely different, but he's different enough to Yuya that it's a bit of a headscratcher as to why Yuzu can't make herself believe they're really not the same person. That being said, he's the most alike out of [[spoiler:Yuya's counterparts in terms of hairstyle, which probably wouldn't be to difficult for Yuya to pull off.]]
* {{Badass}}:
** Curb-stomps Sawatari in their duel. Using just his ''initial hand''.
** He is able to go ninja just like Sora, and can block a D-Wheel attacking him.
** Speaking of [[spoiler:Sora]], it's pretty explicitly shown that had he not been merciful, he would have curbstomped him.
* BadassCape: Combined with ScarfOfAsskicking during his first couple of appearances.
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Saying you'll hurt his friends, and Sora hits it deliberately to get him to duel him.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: First he saved Yuzu from dueling Sawatari, [[spoiler:and intervened to prevent Kurosaki from dueling Masumi.]]
* BlackKnight: Sawatari nicknames him "Knight-kun" when Yuto tries to protect Yuzu, and he seems to have a knight motif. His Spell Card monsters are black horse-riding knights, and Yuto's is a more noble person than his partner Kurosaki, but Yuto still supports him. His deck is later revealed to be a Phantom Knights deck, monsters covered in black clothes and/or armor.
* CastingAShadow: From what has been revealed, his deck is exclusively DARK-attribute.
* CollaredByFashion: A small one, that brings Yugi's to mind.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:He seems to have lived in a [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds satellite-like]] area, and lost a friend named Ruri. It's later revealed that his home is the ruins of [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal Heartland City]], which was destroyed by Fusion Duelists hunting Xyz Duelists for no other reason than for fun. He and Kurosaki have lost comrades in the process, and they are determined to get them back.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Unlike his friend Kurosaki, Yuto doesn't assault people and he prefers to end conflicts peacefully if possible.
* {{Determinator}}: He makes a comment in Episode 35 that echoes Kurosaki's words of getting up and fighting despite being knocked down.
* {{Expy}}: Yuto seems to be one for [[Anime/YuGiOhDuelMonsters Yami/Atem]]. Both have traumatic past, were first introduced as enigmatic individuals but gradually got warmer and both are [[spoiler:spiritually bound to the main character and empower him in some way.]]
* FirstNameBasis: He's currently the only character who refers Kurosaki by his first name, strenghtening the fact that are best friends.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[spoiler:He and Yugo get these while dueling.]]
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:He's smiling when he disappears in the light. He may not actually be dead though.]]
* GogglesDoNothing: Wore Goggles with his facemask during his first appearance. Subverted, as they did protect his eyes from flying debris when he shielded Yuzu, but the lens broke. He abandons the goggles by the time of his next appearance.
* IdenticalStranger: To Yuya.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: His Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon is his ace, despite not fitting with his Phantom Knight deck.
* KnightOfCerebus: His actions kicked off a best-of-three competition between LDS and You Show, with the latter at risk of being overtaken. He also hinted the existence of a BiggerBad, Academia.
* LaResistance: Alongside Kurosaki and his other comrades, he fights against Academia.
* MadeOfIron: Was thrown into a real wall with enough force to crack and leave a hole, and he just gets up and continues dueling like nothing had happened.
* MulticoloredHair: His hair is both purple and black.
* MindScrew: A walking one for Yuzu for a while.
* MrExposition: [[spoiler: He explains the Duel Dimensions to Yuya]]
* MysteriousProtector: To Yuzu. Sawatari even called him "Knight-kun" for coming out of nowhere to save the princess.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Just like Kurosaki, he never responds to any trash talk and calmly plays his turn. [[spoiler:He wasn't fazed at all, meeting Yuya, who is said to look just like him.]] However, he was going to leave Sora alone since he was injured, until he provoked him.
** However he is a lot more merciful, trying not to hurt his opponent, and [[spoiler: stops the duel with Yuya once Sora is taken away.]]
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:To Yuya, Episode 35 shows this the best. Yuto prepares his duel disk just like Yuya does. Also Yuya and Yuto have the same motivation, protecting their friends, something Yuto seems to note.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A meta example. Nobody In-Universe knew his name (some don't even know he exists). His nickname, Dark Duelist, was given by the creators to the public. His true name is revealed in episode 21.
* OverTheShoulderCarry: Grabs Kurosaki this way after knocking him out in Episode 21.
* PerpetualFrowner: In contrast with Yuya's PerpetualSmiler.
* RealMenWearPink: Has a pink-bladed duel disk.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He told off Sawatari for his lack of determination in their duel.
* ReluctantWarrior: He only dueled to protect Yuzu and gather some information about LDS from Sawatari. After getting what he wanted, he was willing to step out of the duel, but Sawatari made him give the final blow. He also calls Sawatari out for not having the dueling experience gained by suffering, implying he has a dark past that has made him cynical. His line to Yuzu before he duels Sawatari in her stead, "I don't want you to get hurt again", supports this. [[spoiler: Furthermore, his reluctance during his duels with Sora and Yugo demonstrate this further.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Combined with BadassCape. Currently, he's wearing the scarf on his right arm.
* ShadowArchetype[=/=]{{Foil}}: To Yuya, even down to their color palettes. While Yuya loves to entertain people and he's all smiles, Yuto never fools around and he's all serious. But both care for Yuzu. It's later shown that they are NotSoDifferent, as Yuya believes that duels are meant to bring people their smiles, and Yuto agrees with him in his depth of his heart and he doesn't want to hurt people anymore with dueling.
** Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon is one to Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Having their summoning method as the third word in their name, the same attack and defense points. But having mirrored poses, Dark Rebellion's card background is a dark starry sky while Odd-Eyes' is a bright starry sky.
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler:Just like Kurosaki, though Yuto appears to be taking it better.]]
* ShockAndAwe: Strangely enough, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's modus operandi.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The VersusCharacterSplash spells his name as "Ute".
* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:He shows up in Yuya's duel against Kachidoki, which allows Yuya to summon Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon for the win, although Yuya's SuperpoweredEvilSide is unleashed inadvertently.]]
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler: Just like Yuya, though his makes him more destructive, maybe even reaching OmnicidalManiac.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: While the "crush" part is debatable, we do see him following Yuzu around from a distance in Episode 15. She may be a ReplacementGoldfish for Ruri, Kurosaki's little sister.
* SuperSpeed: He showed incredibly high speed in Episode 35.
* SupernaturalIsPurple: His ace monster has a purple color scheme and his duel disk's blade is light purple. And he has some kind of power that allows a normal duel to hurt like an Action Duel.
* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler:After his defeat against Yugo, Yuto gives to Yuya his Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon before he disappears because of Yuzu's bracelet.]]
* TapOnTheHead: Punch to the solar plexus variety, used against Kurosaki when the latter was starting trouble in episode 21.
* ThemeNaming: His real name is Yuto, making him the third person to have the friendship prefix.
* TheUnexpected: Not in the first OP or the ED, but crucial to the plot. He, along with Kurosaki and Yugo appear in the second opening.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Willing to do what is necessary to create a world without conflict, and to save his comrades. Subverted in that he's much more compassionate towards his enemies than Kurosaki, and tries to avoid fights whenever possible.]]
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Gets taken down by Yugo. Granted, Yuya's interference may have caused this.]]

!!Shun Kurosaki
!!!Voiced by: Yamato Kinjo
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He is an Xyz user and a comrade of Yuto, who is after the Leo Duel School as well. He has the same powers as Yuto, with one extra: the ability to seal souls into cards. He uses a Raid Raptors deck, and like Yuto, he uses cards that can be activated from the graveyard.
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!!!Tropes associated with Kurosaki:
* AmbiguouslyEvil: All he wants is to find and get back his lost comrades but he's willing to step upon anyone that comes his way or he detects as an enemy.
* AnimeHair: Bluish and a little spiky, but it is more subdued than the Yuto's.
* {{Badass}}: Beats two of LDS' aces, and later three employees at the same time. [[spoiler:Then he defeats the LDS trio with a 16,400 ATK beatstick.]]
** [[spoiler:He becomes even more so in his duel with Sora, where he Ranks-Up his ace monster ''twice'']]
* BadassBoast: Makes quite a fierce one to the LDS trio
--> '''Kurosaki''': That's right, because we were always badly beaten and fighting on the edge. But, [[{{Determinator}} we always had to stand up again]]! Then, we finally overwhelmed and eradicated our enemies!
** His summon chant for Rise Falcon comes across as one too
--> Obscured falcon, from adversity, raise your sharpened claws! Spread your wings of rebellion! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon!
* BadassLongcoat: Wear a long blue-purple coat and looks tough with it.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:He attacked LDS to lure out Reiji, so he can use him as a bartering chip against Leo Akaba.]]
* BeamSpam: [[spoiler: One of Raid Raptors - Blaze Falcon's effects.]]
* BerserkButton:
** LDS, any mention of the name. He nearly foams at the mouth.
** Fusion Summon seems to be a delicate topic for him, too. He first goes against LDS' Fusion teacher and his eyes react when Masumi fuses. [[spoiler:The enemy that captured Ruri uses Fusion.]]
** [[spoiler:Heartland]] is one to him, which [[spoiler:is his hometown. This is taken to it's logical extreme when the Field Spell selected for his duel with Sora is Future City: Heartland. You can tell by the look on his face he is NOT happy with this choice.]]
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: His Raid Raptors look like mechanical hawks and give off this vibe, ''especially'' his Xyz, with an example being Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Kurosaki is so intent on attacking LDS because he believes his little sister Ruri was captured by them.
** KnightTemplarBigBrother: [[spoiler:He's steals ''the souls'' of teachers and elite students, who may not be into the whole thing, and is willing to duel students just to bring out LDS' boss, Reiji, in order to duel some answers out of him.]]
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Doesn't even remember who Marco is, until Masumi brings up Fusion Summoning. It is possible however that he just didn't ask for his name. He's never asked anyone he duels for their names.
* TheComicallySerious: When [[BunnyEarsLawyer Sora]] tries to do the "Action Duel" chanting, [[StraightMan Kurosaki]] doesn't even open his mouth to say he's not fooling around.
* CrazyPrepared: As shown during his duel against [[spoiler:Sora]], Kurosaki manages to counter basically ''everything'' against him. Especially his last card [[spoiler:Rank-Up Magic Revolution Force]] only works in a specific situation, yet Kurosaki gets the chance to use it.
* CurbStompBattle: He utterly annihilates Masumi, Hokuto and Yaiba in episode 24.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Metaphorically; his Raid Raptors monsters resemble robotic avian predators, which might also symbolize [[spoiler:[[HeWhoFightsMonsters his desire to protect and rescue]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother his sister slowly]] [[SlidingDownTheSlipperySlope sliding him down]] [[MoralEventHorizon the morality road]].]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: See the Dark Duelist's above.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Though morally ambiguous enough to [[spoiler:steal the souls of LDS employees.]]
* DeathFromAbove: A recurring motif of his Raid Raptors, with Rise Falcon dive-bombing the enemy and [[spoiler: Revolution Falcon burying them under a hail of bombs.]]
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:He and his comrades had to get up again and again to defeat their enemies.]]
** This is to the point all of his summon chants describe this trait
* TheDreaded: Both Yuya and Yuzu are nervous about him due to past experiences.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:With Reiji, to defeat Leo Akaba.]]
* ExtraEyes[=/=]RedEyesTakeWarning: The aformentioned Rise Falcon has 6 red eyes. It's just one of the things that make it a creepy card.
** [[spoiler: Blaze Falcon also has ExtraEyes, though green in color.]]
* FirstNameBasis: Only Yuto calls him by his first name. The anime credits him by his last name.
* GogglesDoNothing: Though considering what happened to Yuto, he might have the same reasoning.
* HeadButtingHeroes: Is a bit much, but he and Yuto argue about their methods.
* HeroicBSOD: Goes through this briefly when the Action Field chosen for his duel with Sora resembles his destroyed hometown, Heartland. Then the BSOD is replaced by rage and determination.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He's KnightTemplar in defeating his enemies and finding Ruri, but his actions are taking him further into the MoralEventHorizon.
* HighSpeedMissileDodge: While riding Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon, he dodges Destoy/Frightfur Wheel Saw Lion's projectiles for enough time to grab an Action Card.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:He hates LDS, yet is put among their numbers for the Maiami Championship.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Is rude and demeaning to everyone in his interactions, even his own comrade, Yuto.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Him sealing away the three random LDS employees chasing Yuya in cards.
** How he beats Sora, who [[spoiler:gleefully reveals himself to be part of the faction attacking Kurosaki's home, saying how they do it for fun. Kurosaki responds with Revolution Falcon and crushes Sora underneath a building via bombing raid. Since it's Solid Vision, Sora isn't too badly hurt, but still.]]
** KickTheDog: On the other, doing the same to both Tio and Marco, who at least '''looked''' like pretty nice guys, probably counts as this.
*** He later insults Marco in front of Masumi, calling him weak and pathetic.
* KnightOfCerebus: Like Yuto, his appearance has slowly darkened the series.
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:Despite Yuto telling him LDS is not the enemy, he still attacks them, to the extent Yuto is forced to knock him out to get him away from Masumi, Yuzu, and Sora. It turns out that he attacked them because he wants to take Reiji hostage, because Leo Akaba seems to be the one holding Ruri hostage.]]
* LaResistance: Reveals he is part of one fighting the Fusion Faction of Academia during his duel with [[spoiler:Sora]].
* LastNameBasis: The anime itself refers to him by his last name via the sponsor announces or the VersusCharacterSplash. Other characters (aside from Yuto) also call him either only by his last name or by his full name.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:His love for his sister Ruri makes him very erratic in his willingness to get her back.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:To get Ruri back, he is willing to do a lot of dark things.]]
* MacrossMissileMassacre: [[spoiler: One of Raid Raptors - Blaze Falcon's effects]]
* MoralMyopia: States in episode 34 that he'll do anything to protect his comrades... but when the LDS Trio went after him to do the same, he beat them down without even thinking about it.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: To him, duels are all about survival and winning. He has no interest in entertaining the crowd, making small talk, or having fun. He only talks when he has to.
** [[spoiler:In Episode 34, it's strongly suggested he sees dueling as war, to the point his winning move is to raze the Action Duel field to the ground.]]
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Gives a speech to this effect after Sora takes his Raid Raptors - Blaze Falcon in Episode 34.]]
--> '''Kurosaki''': "We, the Resistance, have always fought with the worst case scenario in mind. While keeping in mind the friends we lost who used to fight alongside us. But even if they're taken from us, we will never abandon them. I WILL take back my friends!"
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Hinted at by his duel with Sora when you consider that Kurosaki has hunted people in much the same way as the Fusion faction, albeit for a different reason, and he finishes the duel by bombing the virtual Heartland to the ground, which is exactly what the Fusion faction did to the real one. This is further when Sora revealed the Fusion faction would seal their victim's souls in cards.]]
* OverTheShoulderCarry: Is subject to this after being rendered unconscious by Yuto in episode 21.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Has no qualms [[spoiler: mercilessly bombing Sora into the ground during his duel after Sora taunted him, revealing his true sadistic nature of hunting Xyz Duelists and destroying their city. Kurosaki was also ready to take his soul, but was stopped only by Reiji.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He repeatedly states that the LDS duelists he has dueled lack steeled resolve.
* SecondHourSuperpower: In only his second full on-screen duel, he [[spoiler: uses a Rank-Up Magic spell card to upgrade his Rise Falcon to Blaze Falcon. And then again from Blaze Falcon into Revolution Falcon]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: He definitely shows signs of this in Episode 33 when [[spoiler:Heartland is used as the field for his duel against Sora.]]
** [[spoiler:Taken even further in the next episode, where he is clearly reminded of his conflict with Academia.]]
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: He has mysterious powers and gold eyes.
* TaughtByExperience: He says the reason for his strength is this.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:Defeats Hokuto, Masumi, and Yaiba in their 3-on-1 by attacking ''every single monster they have at once'' with Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon after raising it to 16,400 ATK.]]
** [[spoiler:He goes even further in his duel with Sora by having Revolution Falcon ''bomb the Action Duel Field and drop the Heartland tower right on top of Sora''.]]
* TrueCompanions: For all of Kurosaki's KnightTemplar antics and craziness, it is immensely clear that he values his comrades greatly, as shown by his speech to Sora in Episode 34.
* WeakButSkilled:
** His ace, Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon only has 100 ATK. But its effect makes it deadly: [[spoiler:it gains all the attack points of every monster that was special summoned. When he used it on his 3-on-1 duel, its attack was 16,400. This effect is nerfed in the real game.]]
** [[spoiler:Blaze Falcon continues this idea by only having 1000 ATK, but can attack directly and has ''two'' monster destruction effects. Revolution Falcon has a modest 2000 ATK, so it can be assumed to continue this trend despite only having one of its effects (destroy a Special summoned monster and inflict half its ATK as damage to the opponent) revealed.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: He has no problem violently shoving Yuzu out of the way and knocking her down, and then was poised to steal Masumi's soul, had the duel not been interrupted before it could start.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:He shows absolutely no reservations about having Revolution Falcon bring down a tower on top of Sora.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In two different shades.
* YourSoulIsMine: Has the ability to seal souls into cards, Pegasus style.

!!Ruri Kurosaki

A girl that comes from the same place Yuto and her brother Shun Kurosaki comes from. Her whereabouts are unkwown.
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!!!Tropes associated with Ruri:
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: According to Sora, she's probably sealed in a card, like everyone else who lost.]]
* ChekhovMIA: She is part of Yuto and Kurosaki's backstory and is missing, so there is only a matter of time when she finally appears.
* CynicismCatalyst: Her disappearance is what drives Kurosaki's crusade against Academia, which he mistakenly believes includes LDS.
* TheGhost: Although she has been mentioned by Yuto and Kurosaki multiple times, she has yet to appear in person.
* IdenticalStranger: To Yuzu.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Academia [[spoiler:(Fusion Dimension)]]]]
!!Sora Shiun'in
->See Main Characters for more information.

!!Professor Leo Akaba
!!!Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeNamikawa
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Reiji and Reira's father, whom the former has an antagonistic relationship with. He is also the Professor and the highest authority of Academia.
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!!!Tropes associated with Leo:
* AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin is noticeably darker than most characters. Other characters from Academia have lighter skin color.
* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:When said ambition is starting a interdimensional war where the losers are [[AndIMustScream sealed in a card]], yes, it is evil]].
* ArchnemesisDad: To Reiji, who is explicitly trying to find duelists strong enough to defeat Leo.
* BadassCape: Showing his authority in Academia.
* BaldOfEvil: With TaintedVeins.
* BigBad: He is shaping to become this during the MCS arc.
* BiggerBad: He was hinted to be the BigBad of the series or at least for before the MCS arc, [[spoiler:Reiji actively says the war between the dimensions is his ambition]].
* EvilPlan: His plan is to invade the other worlds to unite all of them. Though we don't know enough to tell if he is selfish or a WellIntentionedExtremist
* EvilSoundsDeep: A deep, booming voice to add to his growing list of evil tropes.
* {{Expy}}: His relationship with his oldest son is blatantly one for Kaiba and Gozaburo's from the original series.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Leo, like Reiji and Reira, have the the kanji of zero (零) in their names.
* GrayEyes: Symbolizing his detached personality.
* MeaningfulName: The Kanji characters which make up his name mean 'Zero King'.
* ObviouslyEvil: Just look at the listed tropes.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Episode 41 reveals he abandoned his family three years ago.]]
* ParentalNeglect: Reiji believes that Leo wouldn't care if Reiji were kidnapped.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Leo, Reo, Reiou, the list goes on. The problem is that his name is written in Kanji rather than Katakana.
** Than again, considering what his company and his Duel School were called, Leo is most likely the correct spelling.
* TheStoic: Just like his son.
* TaintedVeins: On his head.

!!Yuri
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A member of Academia under the direct command of Professor Leo Akaba. Like Yuto and Yugo, he strongly resembles Yuya.
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!!!Tropes associated with Yuri:
* AnimeHair: Like the majority of the franchise, his hair is impossible.
* AllegedLookalikes: With Yuya, Yuto, and Yugo, he seems to have been mistaken for both Yuto and Yugo by the other.
* BadassCape: A red one.
* BadassLongCoat: He wears also a coat, since his cape isn't long enough.
* BigOlEyebrows: Has very thick, pink eyebrows.
* TheDragon: Seemingly for the Professor.
* EvilCounterpart: Unlike Yuto, who is just a {{Foil}}, and Yugo, who's NotSoDifferent from Yuto himself, Yuri is implied to be a real evil counterpart for Yuya.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He was shown in the second opening [[spoiler:after Yuto and Yugo, Yuya's other alternative selves.]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: How he was shown in the second opening with his FaceFramedInShadow. Once the opening reveals his face, his eyes don't glow anymore, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/43a81b82d354389e65ce498a1f4429f7.jpg but he looks even more evil than it was shadowed]].
* IdenticalStranger: Yuri's face is the same as Yuya and his other two doppelgängers.
* MulticoloredHair: Purple and pink.
* ObviouslyEvil: If his smug face during his introduction isn't enough, the second version of the second opening highlights how evil he looks.
* RoseHairedSweetie: The minority of his hair is pink, but his pink eyebrows stand out. However, as a duel soldier, this is a subversion.
* SmugSmiler: In his first appearance.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple and pink.

!!Serena
!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuunaInamura
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Serena is a dimensional Fusio counterpart to Yuzu. She's been held against her will inside Academia for about three years despite being on their side. After learning that remnants from the Xyz Dimension refuged to Standard, she sees the chance of proving Professor Leo Akaba that she is worthy enough to be a front line soldier and she travels with Barrett to Maiami City without asking for permission and is hunting for Xyz users. Serena uses a Moonlight deck.
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!!!Tropes associated with Serena:
* AllegedLookalikes: She is mistaken for Yuzu for a few times, despite having different eye colors and different hair. Although, she does look more similar to her than any of Yuya's counterparts resemble him.
* CatGirl: She has two of them in her deck, including her fusion monster Moonlight Cat Dancer.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Her hair, eye, and outfit colors are drawn from the [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060916014711/yugioh/images/2/2c/Polymerization-DB1-EN-C-UE.jpg Polymerization card]].
* ContraltoOfDanger: Her voice is deeper than Yuzu's, and Serena is willing to hurt Xyz duelists, regardless whether they are from the Xyz Dimenion or not.
* DarkActionGirl: Serena really wants to be this and to be a front fighter of Academia, and she is willing to crush Xyz duelists to get Professor Leo Akaba's aprovement, even though he doesn't want to let her go from Academia.
* EvilCounterpart: To Yuzu. Serena hunts Xyz duelists and seals them in cards, [[spoiler:including Hokuto]].
* EvilSoundsDeep: She and Yuzu share the same seiyuu, but Serena's voice is noticeably deeper.
* FailedASpotCheck: She doesn't know how many refugees from the Resistance are in Standard or how they look, so she hunts for ''any person'' that can Xyz summon... but always misses to notice Kurosaki, her real prey, to the point of walking away from a TV screen after seeing Dennis's Trapeze Magician, right before it cuts to Kurosaki and his Rise Falcon.
* FantasticRacism: Like other members of her faction, she looks down on Xyz users, to the point of [[spoiler:defying Leo's orders to just stay put, instead going to the Standard Dimension to hunt down the remnants of the Xyz Dimension so she could prove her worth as a Duel Soldier and join her comrades in the invasion on the Xyz Dimension. Her comments also suggests she has no problem attacking the Synchro Dimension either.]]
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove on one hand, a bracelet on the other.
* FingerlessGloves: The single left glove.
* HairDecorations: A yellow ribbon in contrast to Yuzu's blue clips.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Barrett.
* IdenticalStranger: The Fusion Dimension's counterpart to Yuzu. And not only looks like her, she ''sounds'' like her too.
* IJustWantToBeFree: Despite her talent, the Professor keeps her cooped up in Academia and refuses to let her go out on the front lines. She hates this.
* InTheHood: Keeps a black hood over her face, so she can walk in Maiami City more freely.
* JapanesePronouns: She uses the gender neutral ''watashi'', in contrast to Yuzu's feminine ''atashi''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Rude to everyone she interacts with, such as Reiji and her own bodyguard, Barrett. She simply walks away when he loses to Reiji.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Possibly, since she is grateful to Barrett for going with her to Standard.
* {{Lunacy}}: Uses a Moonlight Deck.
* MagneticPlotDevice: Her bracelet is one, just like Yuzu's.
* ModestyShorts: Is wearing what looks like black biking shorts under a red skirt.
* MultiColoredHair: Dark purple, with two blue strands, in the same fashion like Yuzu with her pink and bright pink hair.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Academia tries to leave Standard away from the war, but Serena hunts ''everyone'' that can Xyz summon in Stardard, disregarding the troubles that can come from that.
* MythologyGag: Wears a red jacket, similar to the ones worn by the [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Osiris Red dorm students]]. Her Duel Disk also resembles the ones from ''GX''. The fact that she appears to be an Osiris Red girl who holds her hair with a yellow ribbon make some think of Rei's first design.
* NoNameGiven: Supplementary materials first gave her name as Mysterious Girl.
* PerpetualFrowner: In contrast to Yuzu, Serena is usually seen with a scowl on her face.
* RefusalOfTheCall: She rejects Reiji's offer to join him.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The old R and L problem.
* TomboyishPonyTail: To contrast Yuzu in appearance.
* TomboyishSideTails: Also has these like Yuzu.
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Gal]]: Wants to impress her mentor, Leo Akaba, and make him proud enough to let her fight.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is primarily dark purple. She also has two blue strands.

!!Barrett
!!!Voiced by: Mio Tanaka
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Serena's bodyguard, Barrett is a Duel Soldier from Academia. He uses a Beastborg deck based around fusing together Beast-Warrior-type and Machine-type monsters, and inflicting burn damage to the opponent. After his loss to Reiji, he is forced back to Academia.
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!!!Tropes associated with Barrett:
* AffablyEvil: He uses {{Keigo}} and shows no signs of evilness when dueling Reiji.
* BodyguardingABadass: Serena took down Hokuto on her own, so we know she's at least a capable duelist. Barrett is still her bodyguard.
* {{Cyborg}}: Not him, but his Fusion Monster, Beastborg Panther Predator, is one.
* DarkIsNotEvil: His ace is a DARK-attribute, but he seems to be a PunchClockVillain at worst.
* EyeScream: In a flashback, he is caught in an explosion from an enemy Trap Card, Widespride Ruin, which pretty clearly destroyed one of his eyes, hence his...
* EyepatchOfPower: Experienced combatant variant.
* HonorBeforeReason: Reiji earlier surmised that, as a war veteran, he has a fascination/obsession with medals.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Serena is normal sized, but he's huge.
* IdiotBall: Even though Barrett was trying to [[TakingYouWithMe take Reiji down with him]], Special Summoning his monsters in Attack Position just cemented his loss.
** Had he not used Medal of the White Sword's effect to increase Panther Predator's ATK and simply attacked Temujin, he would have won since both monsters would be destroyed, leaving Reiji defenseless and him with Dark Sentinel and Panther Warrior thanks to Predator's effect.
* InTheHood: When first seen in Maiami City, like Serena.
* JapanesePronouns: Uses the formal pronoun ''watashi'' which underlines his humble personality.
* OldSoldier: Barrett's entire deck is military-based and he's an experienced Duel Soldier.
* PantheraAwesome: Uses Panther Warrior, and a cyborg variant in Beastborg Panther Predator.
* ScarsAreForever: Has a cross-shaped scar on his chest and a big burn scar around his left eye.
* ShounenHair: His hair is like [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Antinomy's]], but shorter.
* ShoutOut: He looks like a more muscular, scarred [[Anime/CodeGeass Orange-kun]].
* SoldierVsWarrior: Averted completely. Barrett is a soldier who refers to himself as a warrior and his scars and medals as evidence of his skills as a warrior. He seems to see the two as one.
* TakingYouWithMe: Tries to take out Reiji with him, though he fails miserably.
* UndyingLoyalty: Apparently to Serena, though it could also be to the Professor.
* WorthyOpponent: Considers Reiji one.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair has the same color as [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Bruno's]].

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!!Yugo
!!!Voiced by: Shinpei Takagi
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A mysterious D-Wheeler apparently responsible for desolating the home of Resistance. Despite hailing from the Synchro Dimension, he allegedly works as an agent of Academia, a faction of Fusion users. In truth, he is not associated with Academia at all, with this being a misunderstanding on the Resistance's part. He claims he has lost someone precious to him, and is desperately trying to find them.

He uses a Speed Roid deck that also includes his Clear Wing Synchro Dragon.
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!!!Tropes associated with Yugo:
* AllThereInTheManual: How his name and [[spoiler:supposed]] crime are revealed.
* AllegedLookalikes: Similar to Yuto, Yuya comments that Yugo looks exactly like him. Anyone could easily tell them apart at a glance. Seems to have been noticed, given that Yuya later corrects himself to stating that their faces look similar, which they do.
* AnimeHair: Blue and blond, with spiral spikes. The blond part looks like a banana.
* ArchEnemy: Appears to be one for Yuto [[spoiler:but later revealed to be just a big misunderstanding]].
* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler:He defeats Yuto.]]
* BadassBiker: ''ARC-V's'' return of the D-Wheel is indeed awesome.
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:He gets very annoyed at the Resistance mistaking him for an agent of Academia due to his name being the same as the Japanese word for Fusion.]] This becomes a little joke in the commercial of ''Crossover Souls''.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: [[spoiler:He crashes his D-Wheel, has NoSocialSkills and is constantly irritated at his name being messed up. He's also a duelist capable of defeating Yuto.]]
* BlondGuysAreEvil: [[MultiColoredHair Sort of]]. [[spoiler:He might not even be a villain at all.]]
* BlowYouAway: His ace monster, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, is WIND-Attribute, as are his Speed Roid monsters.
* TheDreaded: Yuto does not talk about him lightly. [[spoiler:Though he may have been an UnreliableNarrator since Yugo's first appearance in the main series is his accidentally crashing into a street light camera and then being surprised to see Yuto there.]]
* DynamicEntry: Subverted. [[spoiler:He comes into the Standard Dimension with a flash of light but accidentally hits a street light camera.]]
* {{Expy}}: His deck is one to [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei's]], being comprised mostly by Machine-Type monsters and having a [[BlowYouAway WIND-Attribute]] Synchro Dragon as its ace, but also a little with Jack's using the same Power Deck tactics. [[spoiler:In personality, however, he is a lot more like [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Judai]] or [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal Yuma]]. He was instantly eager to duel upon seeing Yuto and doesn't even bother to introduce himself to Yuya, and he appears to be clumsy like Yuma, since he crashed into a street light camera.]]
* EyeObscuringHat: During his first appearance, his eyes are covered by the glass part of his helmet. The second opening briefly shows them, albeit covered by the tinted helmet visor.
* TheFaceless: Although parts of his face have been shown in flashbacks and the second opening, the whole of it has not. His face is first shown in supplements, [[http://imgur.com/h34Hgyv here.]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[spoiler:He and Yuto both get this while dueling.]]
* IcyBlueEyes: His eyes are a cold blue. [[spoiler:Though Yugo himself ''isn't'' a cold person.]]
* IdenticalStranger: To Yuya and by extension Yuto. [[spoiler: He doesn't even seem fazed by this, at least in Episode 36.]]
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: His ace is revealed to be Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, similar to Yuya's and Yuto's, despite running a Machine-based Speed Roid deck.
* IronicName: His name is an homononym to the Japanese word for Fusion, but he's a Synchro user [[spoiler:which actually turns out to be a significant plot point.]]
* LightIsNotGood: Dresses in white and rides a shining motorcycle - also a harbinger of desolation and ruin [[spoiler:or so we thought]]. He also wields Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, which, although not LIGHT-Attribute, is very brightly colored and was obscured by a white glow.
* LostInTranslation: [[spoiler:The Resistance madmistaking him for an agent of Academia is due to a Japanese wordplay which doesn't work in English: Yugo's name is pronounced in exactly the same way as the word for Fusion.]]
* ManInWhite: Fulfilled both the "Color scheme" and "Dangerous fella" part of the trope.
* MultiColoredHair: Has blue and blond hair.
* MythologyGag: This guy is a big one to Yusei Fudo, having a D-Wheel/Duel Runner, a similar helmet, and a white-and-blue WIND-Attribute Dragon-Type Synchro Monster with 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF as his ace card. However, his Dragon is Level 7 as opposed to Stardust's Level 8, probably to go along with Odd-Eyes. Clear Wing Synchro Dragon also has circuitry pattern TronLines running through its wings, referencing the use of circuitry motifs on most products in the 5D's era.
* NoSocialSkills: Implied, since the first thing he does after [[spoiler:crashing into a street light camera is challenging Yuto, not even bothering to introduce himself to Yuya.]]
* NotSoDifferent: To [[spoiler:Yuto. Both of them have lost someone precious to them and are desperately trying to find them, and both possess one of the Odd-Eyes counterparts.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: The claims of him being a Fusion agent were false, and a distraction from the Academia reveal.]]
* ShadowArchetype: Though a WIND monster, his dragon is another for Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, having effects that negates both effects of Level 5 or higher monsters and having monster effects that target a Level 5 or higher monster. Clear Wing Synchro Dragon is also one to Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, as Clear Wing gains the base-ATK of monsters it destroys with its effects.
* SlasherSmile: During his first clash with Yuto.
* SmugSmiler: In the second opening.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is romanized as "Hyugo."
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:It appears in his duel with Yuto, making him much more malevolent, and a borderline OmnicidalManiac, just like Yuto. After winning, he snaps out of it, being unaware of what he did.]]
* ThemeNaming: Yugo, oddly enough, has the friendship prefix. [[spoiler:Not so strange when you see just how silly he can be]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair is blue in the back and blond in the front.

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* MysteriousProtector: To Yuzu. Even Sawatari calls him "Knight-kun" for coming out of nowhere to save the princess.

* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler:Just like Kurosaki, though he appears to be taking it better than Kurosaki.]]

* MoodSwinger:Thaks to all the traumatic events he has and is living, Yuya's mood is indeed a pendulum.

* LoveAtFirstPunch: She falls for Yuya and declares him her "fated person" after [[WomenPreferStrongMen he managed to defeat her]] while looking so cool doing it.

* WorfEffect: [[spoiler:She was beaten in a one turn kill to show how powerful the other contestants are]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Like most fortune telling characters, she believes too much into her fortune telling and tries to convince Yuya to give up [[spoiler:or he would die]]. The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' protagonists have a habit of being able to ScrewDestiny.
** Though to be fair, she was right in that something "horrible" would befall Yuya if he kept on fighting. ([[spoiler: That being the collapse of the structure Yuya was standing on.]]) What she didn't predict was that he would get out of that one.

* ShrinkingViolet: Based on the flashback in episode 25, he was this as a kid after his dad disappeared.

* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:Implied from Ep. 45's preview. Whereas Berserker Yuya was eerily calm in Episode 39, Ep. 45's preview, which shows Berserk Mode's return, is narrated by a ''brutally'' pissed off Yuya.]]

* Played straight in his second duel with Sawatari. Not only he draws his three main cards in the early part of the duel, after a bunch of cards are shuffled to the deck, he draws three of the shuffled cards ''again'': Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Timegazer Magician, and Performapal Drumming Kong.

* CatGirl: The theme of her past deck at least.

* MythologyGag: He '''evolves'' his Steadfast Duel (''Fudo'' no Dyueru) with Synchro Summoning. Yusei ''Fudo'' was the protagonist of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', which had major themes regarding '''evolution,''' although it's a bit ironic since Synchro Monsters were associated with D-Wheels and speed (especially with Accel Synchro), but Gongenzaka's dueling style involves standing still.

* {{Expy}}: He's pretty much [[YugiohZexal Kazuma Tsukumo]] with a new profession. They even look alike to the point that they may canonically be alternate world versions of each other.

** Using Dueling as a way to wage war, and [[spoiler:sealing your opponents in cards]] became major berserk buttons, to the point of [[spoiler:involuntarily triggering Yuya's [FanNickname berserk mode]]]].

* {{Badass}}: He nearly took down Strong Ishijima before he got his Pendulum cards and his badassery has only increased since then. His moments include [[spoiler:Fusion summoning Rune-Eyes, then later using it to debut another Fusion monster, Beast-Eyes, making a comeback victory against Sawatari, and his double OTK with Dark Rebellion with help from Dennis.]]

** Don't threaten the You Show Duel School around him. It's the school his father set up. Sora in general is one too, though its PlayedForLaughs. Making fun of his father or hurting his friends are big buttons as well.
** Using Dueling as a way to wage war, and [[spoiler:sealing your opponents in cards]] became major berserk buttons, to the point of [[spoiler: involuntarily triggering Yuya's berserk mode.]]

** He always seems to have his two main Pendulum Monsters, the Magicians of Chronomancy and Astromancy/Timegazer and Stargazer Magician, and his ace monster Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon in his opening hand or after his first few draws.

** Averted again in his duel against Gongenzaka, where he doesn't draw Magician of Chronomancy/Timegazer Magician at all, and has to use a more roundabout method and different Pendulum Scales to Summon his monsters.

!!Shingo Sawatari
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shogo Yano
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An egotistical LDS student and TheRival to Yuya. At the start he equates rarity with power, filling his deck with the rarest cards in the game and attempting to steal Yuya's one-of-a-kind Pendulum Summoning monsters for his own use. After meeting Yuya, he is inspired by the "Entertainment Dueling" style and begins to incorporate showmanship into his duels, becoming a better person for it.

He frequently changes decks throughout the show. His first one is a Darts Shooter deck; his second is a Water Monarch deck; and his third is a Wind Pendulum deck.

!!!Tropes associated with Sawatari:
* AntiMagic: Mobius and Mega Mobius are able to destroy Spell and Trap cards. Since Pendulum Monsters are recognized as Spell cards, it's likely he made his new deck with the purpose of destroying them as well.
* AmbulanceCut: Inverted. [[BlatantLies After being stated to be in great pain by his friends]], we cut to Sawatari happily chowing down on melons in his hospital bed.
* AttackBackfire: His duel with Yuto. The latter starts off by setting five Spell/Trap Cards. Sawatari takes the bait and, using a new Deck he made, sends all of them to the Graveyard. This allows Yuto to win the duel, via Spell Cards with effects that activate from the Graveyard.
* AttentionWhore: He loved having the crowd cheering his name in Episode 31. Also in episode 32, when he got the spotlight of Pendulum Summoning.
* BishieSparkle: In episode 15, while handing a napkin to Yuzu. Just look at [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/7f454b5ee5dd60543ef7230cb96531dc/tumblr_n90ni9U3vc1t5crs3o1_500.gif him.]]
* [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bastard in Sheep's Clothing]]: Tricks Yuya into letting him see the Pendulum Cards, and then steals them by pretending to be his friend.
* BlowYouAway: His Yosenju monsters are all WIND Attribute.
* ButtMonkey: Sawatari has lost all his on-screen duels despite painting himself as a great duelist. Whenever he tries to brag, people either don't listen to him, cut him off, or chew him out for his small talk being used to cover his incompetence whilst acting like a brat for losing. Even his loyal friends notice this sometimes.
* CharacterDevelopment: Noticable in the second duel with Yuya, he starts as an AttentionWhore for the crowds attention, but has so much fun that he prompts Yuya to wow the crowd as well. Finally he takes his loss gracefully, and tells Yuya he'll duel him anytime.
* CoolBoard: He rides his [[ShockAndAwe Lightning Board]] in his first Action Duel with Yuya.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: Well, kinda. Whether he actually had any plans after playing up his injuries from his duel with Yuto isn't disclosed.
* DiscardAndDraw: He seems to have the tendency to replace his Deck anytime he loses with it.
** [[spoiler:This may happen again with the Yosenjus, but against his will as Reiji has ordered their retrieval. Of course, this is so they can be mass-produced, so it's not impossible he'll end up with a copy after his performance with them.]]
* {{Expy}}:
** Of pre-CharacterDevelopment [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Manjoume]]. Both Duelists are arrogant and believe that strong and rare cards can win Duels. They swore revenge on the main protagonists of their respective series after being defeated by them. Both were at one point also accompanied by a few toadies. Both lost in episode 4 of their respective series to the respective protagonists by cards they considered weak. They also both almost completely altered their decks with stronger cards the next time they dueled, only to also both lose these next said duels in turn. He also uses nothing but Parallel Rare cards (not counting his Yosenju cards), similar to Manjoume's brothers. He and Manjoume use new decks with WIND-attributed ace monsters (Mayosenju Daibakaze and Armed Dragon [=LV7=], respectively) during their rematch with their rival, however, they lose to them, but they take their defeat better.
*** His new ace monster Mayosenju Daibakaze is not only a WIND monster, but has also 3000 ATK like Manjoume's Armed Dragon [=LV10=].
** During his first appearance, he acts like a friendly guy just to steal Yuya's two Pendulum Magician cards and then he puts Yuya's friends in danger. Pre-''Duelist Kingdom'' [[Manga/YuGiOh Kaiba]], anyone?
** And his appearance looks very similar to Mamoru Jinguji/[[DubNameChange Carlyle Chesterton]], one of the [=CXyz=] users from ''ZEXAL''.
* FlungClothing: In episode 31, he flings away his samurai outfit to reveal his regular uniform underneath. Amusingly, he even has his shoes, even though he was wearing sandals just seconds before.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In episode 15, he tells Yuya that other people will perform Pendulum Summons as well, foreshadowing that he will be using Pendulum Monster as well. Not only is this confirmed in episode 31, he with his lackeys were the narrators for the OCG Special Pack ''Tribe Force'' which introduced the Yosenju archetype, which was a much bigger foreshadowing.
* GotMeDoingIt: After being defeated by Yuya, Sawatari seems to have adopted some of his hamminess; even as his minions [[LampshadeHanging comment on it]], he can be heard in the background saying [[BorrowedCatchphrase "Ladies and Gentlemen!"]] while making a bunch of dramatic gestures.
* GracefulLoser: After his second loss to Yuya, he takes it a lot better.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: ''Twice.''
** In his Duel against Yuya, he lost due to Yuya using Block Spider, a card Sawatari gave him as an insult.
** Against Yuto, Sawatari's new Mobius strategy ended up giving his opponent both the materials needed to summon Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon and the card that dealt the final batch of damage.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: His current deck is a [[spoiler:Pendulum deck that counters Pendulum summoning]]
* AnIcePerson: In episode 7 he starts running Monarchs, specifically Mobius the Frost Monarch and its upgraded form.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: His dueling skills may be in question, but he is really accurate with darts, able to get all three he threw to stick to Yuya's nose.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Yuzu calls Sawatari a "coward, sore-loser, and second-rate duelist". The last one is what causes Sawatari to react, especially when Yuzu says that he's not even on that level and calls him a "hundredth-rate" duelist.
* IdiotBall: It's shown very clearly that Sawatari has a copy of "Breakthrough Skill" in his hand, which would have negated at least one of the effects Yuya used throughout the Duel, particularly at points where Yuya could have lost or where Sawatari could have lost. Pride is Sawatari's FatalFlaw though, and he's later insulted by Yuto for bad dueling skills.
* JapanesePronouns: Uses the informal ''ore'', but when he tries to get people's sympathy, he uses the less informal ''boku''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Sawatari steals Yuya's Pendulum Monsters and then forces Yuzu and the kids into danger so he can test the cards out. And after he loses, he tries to get his friends to help him steal the cards by force.
* LargeHam: After Yuya [[GotMeDoingIt Gets Him Doing It]], Sawatari ups his hamminess.
** IncomingHam: In episode 31, even Yuya is driven to speechlessness.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Sawatari was defeated by a card he threw away and called trash.
* LastNameBasis: With the exception of his father, everyone refers to him as Sawatari; even the Vs screen does, which usually refers most duelists by their first name.
* OutOfFocus: Between his duel with Yuto and the Maiami Championship
* PetTheDog: Warns Yuya and Yuzu that someone assumed to be either the Dark Duelist or the equally enigmatic Shun Kurosaki had attacked an LDS professor, and doesn't believe Yuya to be responsible anymore.
** BaitTheDog: He lied, he still blames Yuya for Yuto's actions.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Firmly believes this. Eagle-eyed viewers will note that he plays nothing but Parallel Rares (a type of rarity where the whole card is shiny). This doesn't actually make them any stronger, so it serves no purpose other than to make his deck a lot more expensive. Just the way he likes it.
* RealityEnsues:
** After Sawatari loses to Yuya, he just tries to steal the Pendulum cards by force.
** Sawatari often switches decks to find one that might be perfect, something that most meta players do.
* {{Revenge}}: Wants revenge on Yuya for defeating and humiliating him last time, which leads us to...
** RevengeMyopia: Since Yuya only beat him because Sawatari stole his cards and put Yuzu and the children in danger. And he still blames Yuya for what Yuto did to him, and Yuya have to remind him that wasn't his fault. Then Sawatari tries to accuse him for attacking his father, only for Yuya to respond that it wasn't him either.
* {{Samurai}}: He wears a samurai-like outfit during his entrance in Episode 31.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Big time.
* SmugSnake: He images himself the best duelist in the world, but even with his Pendulum deck, he's just a test subject for the Pendulum cards and their counter strategy made by Reiji.
* [[BorrowedCatchphrase Stolen Catchphrase]]: In his MCS duel against Yuya, Sawatari performs a counter that manages to put him into a corner. All proud of managing to leave the audience speechless for putting Pendulum summon against the wall, Sawatari shouts "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner The fun has just started!]]". Ayu [[{{Lampshaded}} then says]] that's one of Yuya's lines.
* TookALevelInBadass: After getting his new Monarch cards, he claims that he's done this, and given that the cards are fairly strong in the real game, it seems like he's actually right...until he gets curb-stomped in the next duel, almost ''immediately'' afterward. And when he duels Yuya again, he comes back with a Pendulum archetype of his own, Yosenju.
* TookALevelInKindness: By the end of his second duel with Yuya, only time will tell if it sticks.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sweet Milk Apple-Berry Pie with honey. And he chokes at the moment he bites it.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Sawatari with his lackeys was narrating the commercial for the ''OCG Booster SP: Tribe Force'', which introduced the Yosenju. The commercial was first aired in the end of September 2014, while the episode where Sawatari first used the Yosenju cards was aired in 9th November 2014.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He looks down on low Level and low ATK monsters and calls them trash, and never seems to consider their effects. Also does this to Yuya and Yuto, and doesn't seem to learn from it.
* WickedWeasel: Now he's running a Yosenju deck, the majority of them being based of the Kamaitachi ("Sickle Weasel")[[note]]one of them is even called Kamaitachi, but with a different meaning[[/note]]. His new ace monster is Mayosenju Daibak(aze), a gigantic weasel creature made of green/turquoise fire and wind. However he actually becomes nicer while dueling Yuya with it.
* WorthyOpponent: He appears in Episode 15, saying he will defeat Yuya.
* {{Yokai}}: His Yosenju (often translated as "Hermit Yokai") deck is based on the Kamaitachi, the wind-sickle weasels of Japanese mythology.

!!Reiji Akaba (Declan)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshimasaHosoya (JP), Billy Bob Thompson (EN)
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The 16-year-old CEO of Leo Corporation, Reiji quickly develops an interest in Yuya's Pendulum Summoning, working on finding out about it from behind the scenes. He uses a DD[[note]]not to be confused with D.D.[[/note]] deck based around looping through summons to bring out Extra Deck monsters quickly and utilizes Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Monsters, as well as his own manufactured Pendulum Monsters.
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!!Hokuto Shijima (Dipper)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NatsukiHanae (JP), Daniel J. Edwards (EN)
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Hokuto Shijima is is the representative for the Leo Duel School Xyz Summon course. He runs a Constellar Deck.

Despite being a very arrogant jerkass, he respects Xyz Summoning and was shown to be not amused after learning the fact that the one who attacked LDS uses Xyz Monsters. Episode 24 also shown him to have [[TrueCompanions extremely strong bond with his fellow summon representatives]] from LDS.

** Nico Smiley chose the four duelists Yuya needed to beat to qualify for the Youth Dueling Circuit [[InvokedTrope specifically to make Yuya become a better duelist all around]]. And it pays off too, with Yuya learning from the first three duels that there is no such thing as a perfect strategy and flexibility is important in dueling, that he can use disadvantages in his favour, that he can't be complacent in dueling, that a pro needs communication with their opponent and the audience to be entertaining and how to take Pendulum Summoning further. With the last duel, he takes the lessons from the previous three duels and applies it here as well as learning how to stand on his own two feet rather than constantly relying on other people for support.

* OverprotectiveDad: He gets furious when Dennis offers Yuzu a rose.

* ButtMonkey: Often. Especially in episodes 20 and 22. He even uses it as a comedy routine. In episode 20, he is unable to answer any question correct, gets electrocuted and frozen. In episode 22, Yuya has terrible luck. He oversleeps, he hits his head under his desk, he trips and falls down the stairs, is accused of being a pervert, gets wrong coin side, has a dead opening hand, is glared by thirteen black cats, he trips without any reasons, he draws an Action Trap named "Great Misfortune," and his two strongest monsters are switched to defense position before he could even attack.

* WorthyOpponent: He respects Yuya because he respects Yusho and has the same dueling style. And feels the same for Yuzu.

* ShipTease: Maybe it was just him being a gentleman, but there's pleny of it in his duel against Yuzu; from him introducting himself to her while [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace getting really close]] and offering her a rose, to the end of the duel when he saved her, all while talking suave to her.

!!Dennis Macfield
!!!Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara

He is an exchange student from the LDS Broadway branch, and is an entertainer similar to Yuya. He plays an Entermage deck.

!!!Tropes associated with Dennis:
* Expy: Of [[YuGiOhGX Johan]].
* FunnyForeigner
* LargeHam: Like Yuya, though he prefers to give the latter the spotlight.
* NoSell: The Entermages do this to effect damage.
* StageMagician: His Entermages.

!!Others in the Tournament
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!!Others in the Tournament

* ButtMonkey: Often. Especially in episodes 20 and 22. He even uses it as a comedy routine. In episode 20, he is unable to asnwer any question correct, gets electrocuted and frozen. In episode 22, Yuya has terrible luck. He oversleeps, he hits his head under his desk, he trips and falls down the stairs, is accused of being a pervert, gets wrong coin side, has a dead opening hand, is glared by thirteen black cats, he trips without any reasons, he draws an Action Trap named "Great Misfortune," and his two strongest monsters are switched to defense position before he could even attack.

%%* DirtyCoward: Teppei Tairyobata.