Kari Tsukumo Kari Tsukumo , known as Akari Tsukumo ( , " Tsukumo Akari " ) in the manga and Japanese versions , is a character in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " . She is the older sister of Yuma Tsukumo and daughter of Kazuma Tsukumo and Mira Tsukumo . She and her brother live with their grandmother Haru . Kari doesn ' t let Yuma Duel , according to the manga , Astral thinks it has something to do with the Emperor ' s Key . However , Haru seems to allow Yuma to Duel without Kari finding out . In Episode 16 , she discovered that Yuma had been Dueling despite her opposition , but apparently does not mind and now permits him to Duel . Personality . Kari can be a tad self - centered at times , occasionally sending others out to find her scoops to make reports on , even if it is dangerous or hazardous . She can also be a tad aggressive , showing to be willing to physically attack Yuma when she caught him dueling ( though it is possible she was just trying to intimidate him ) . Despite this , Kari genuinely cares for her little brother , and seems to be rather protective of him . She made a promise to her parents that she would do what she can to take care of Yuma , being told that he would rely on her for a long time . As a teenager , she seemed jealous that Yuma got more attention from their parents but has seemingly gotten over any animosity she may have had then . Also , Kari ' s car was a memento from her father , and she drives it with great care . Anime biography . History . In the past , Kari and Yuma were very close and didn ' t like the fact that their parents went on so many trips . When her father injured himself during a snowstorm accident , she noticed the pendant in his hand as he was being taken to hospital . In the past , Kari was also very jealous of the attention that Yuma received from their parents as he is the youngest . Her parents notice this and tell her that even though she thinks it , it isn ' t true and that they pay more attention to Yuma because he is frail , and that they will rely on Kari to look after Yuma while they go on trips . It is also shown that while Kari was at high school , she developed a relationship with Charlie McCay , a gambler who was known for being a daredevil . One night , he kissed Kari before driving away on a motorbike . It is assumed that he never returned after promising her he would . She kept his motorbike as a memento next to her garage and drives it sometimes when she finds out about a hot scoop which requires her to be swift . It should also be noted that she also uses her father ' s car while he lived with them for driving around . Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL . Kari is first seen during the day when Reginald Kastle snaps her brother ' s pendant , which their father gave him . Yuma moans at her for not waking him up , but she pushes Yuma ' s comment back by saying that because he ' s in middle school , he should wake himself up , causing Yuma to pull a face . She then continues with her work and takes a drink from a cup , ignoring Yuma ' s annoyance . The day after Yuma beat Reginald , a freak virus caused Heartland City to malfunction not only causing distress for the various civilians , but also caused Kari ' s computers to shut down , losing a precious scoop which she had been working on for days causing her to scream . Yuma , hearing this , ran to see what was wrong , but in turn Kari blamed Yuma for the accident causing him and his friends to run in fear . She then picked Yuma and Tori up from Heartland Middleschool and tells them that she managed to find the location of the person who uploaded the virus , that being in the schools library thus forcing Yuma and Kari to scope the location out for anyone suspicious . She is later informed of a virus which was set to attack the city via her computer . Straight away she began to hack through the cities systems in order to locate the virus and stop it for a great scoop . She reveals here that she is a black - belt in karate and begins to attack the virus via her computer counterpart . Even though Kari manages to defeat the Bugman guarding the virus , it was too late . Although this is said , the virus turned out to merely cause a giant Crashbug to appear above the Crashbug Stadium and throw bombs which produced fireworks which bought happiness to the children within Heartland City . After Yuma receives the fan - mail from Flip containing the Baby Tiragon card , Kari shows her annoyance by warning Yuma that he better not be Dueling . She then looks at Haru Tsukumo in annoyance which causes her grandma to pull a scared face and look away , pretending she didn ' t hear the conversation and carries on drinking her tea . Always looking for a scoop , Kari notices on the news that there is a criminal keeping many people hostage at the Heartland Shopping Mall , she instantly rings Yuma on his Duel Gazer and asks him where he is , although he tried to deny being at the mall , Kari knew he was there thus screamed at him to get her some information on the occurrence . Before Yuma could get close to the scene , Kite Tenjo and Orbital 7 caused the time to freeze allowing them to capture the criminals Number s without anyone interrupting . Yuma and Astral realized that they could move around in this frozen time , but several blockages cause Yuma to get there just before Kite turns the time back to normal , thus the police attack Yuma , messing up Kari ' s scoop as it was reported all over the news , thus would be old . After Yuma visited the Duel Sanctuary and began his Duel with Kaze to defend the lodge , Kari and her grandma came to see where Yuma was and walked in just as the Duel had begun . Seeing Yuma Duel annoyed Kari and she was about to punish him for it , but was stopped by Roku who told her that Yuma could only grow through Dueling and that she must witness Yuma Duel . Ever since Yuma defeated Kaze , Kari has confidence that Yuma will be safe and believes in his " Kattobingu " spirit . During the parents day at Yuma ' s middleschool , Kari attends a reporter party unknowning of the events occuring at Yuma ' s school as he didn ' t tell her or Haru about it . At the party , Kari meets up with Bronk ' s sister : Brianna Stone who is also a friend of Kari ' s , she questions Kari why she didn ' t go to the event which causes her to run out and go to the school as she promised her parents that she would protect and look after Yuma . She alerted Haru and both turned up to the event and scolded Yuma for not telling them and to later support him in his ' 20 stack challenge ' . World Duel Carnival . One night while Kari was preparing her work , a robbery in the Heartland Museum was reported on her computer . Suddenly her Duel Gazer lit up and it turned out that her old romance , Charlie McCay was the one behind the robbery and wanted Kari to help him . Before Kari could decline , Charlie hung up . Annoyed at Charlie and how he left Kari in the past , she sent Yuma to do her work for her . After Yuma located Charlie , he challenged him to a Duel and the latter was surrounded by the Heartland police , who tried to subdue him , but by using the powers of " " , he was able to escape and cause massive destruction , even managing to steal a large amount of cards from the people in the vicinity including Yuma ' s " " . Kari then met up with Yuma and Tori , who told her what happened . Determined to find him , all three set off . After Yuma and Tori trapped Charlie on a subway train , Kari followed them and watched the Duel on her motorbike . After Yuma defeated Charlie , Kari stopped the train by sliding her motorbike into the rails , forcing it to stop . She began to scold Charlie for what he did and even wanted to know about a girl named May he was talking about , but she learned of his true intentions as he wanted to take " Lucky Straight " so that he could give luck to his niece , May , who was undergoing an important operation . Later that night , Kari and Charlie walked through the streets of Heartland City and Charlie kissed Kari , but received a slap across the face as she didn ' t want a repeat of last time ( cut from the dub ) . He then wandered off into the night , leaving Kari dazed . After Kari was appointed with the task of finding Cameron , she was angered upon learning that he hurt people with his predictions . When Yuma Dueled him , she was seen trying to keep Tori calm ( who was on the plane Cameron predicted was going to crash ) , and also even trying to get the people in charge of the blimp to stop it . She was surprised when Kite came in her view , and recognized him . Later when she learned that Yuma was going to leave to go find his father Kazuma Tsukumo , she was not happy with his decision . Like the others though , she was happy when he decided not to leave . After Yuma ' s victory over Vetrix , she drove to Heartland to check what was going on , but was surprised that Yuma and Tori were still inside , causing her to worry . After a brief conversation with Tori over her phone , she began to worry again . Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL II . Following Yuma ' s Duel with Mizar , Kari was seen at the hospital yelling at her brother for endangering his and Shark ' s lives . Rio appeared and told her to quiet down as Shark was resting . Kari apologized , told Yuma that he was lucky that his and Shark ' s injuries weren ' t serious , and left . When Lillybot returned home from buying groceries , Kari thanked Lilly and made a rude comment toward Yuma . One night at dinner , Yuma was eating his dinner at a fast pace , which caused Haru to asks why he ' s acting differently . Yuma replies by thanking her for everything and asks Kari if she ' s busy for work . This startled her , causing her to ask him what got into him . Yuma then got up and starts massaging her shoulders , much to her chagrin . After dinner was over , while Haru and Kari were washing the dishes , the latter asked her grandmother why Yuma was acting differently and what he was planning . Haru replied that Yuma was like Kazuma because he acted that way before leaving on a big adventure . This caused Kari to get upset and leave to stop Yuma , but Haru stopped her . She told her that all they can do is watch over Yuma . The next day , when Yuma tried to leave his home , Haru calls out to him . Surprised , Yuma turned around and found his family waiting for him at the door . Lillybot tossed Yuma some Duel lunch and Kari told Yuma to come back for dinner before voicing her support for her brother . When Yuma returned home , Kari was upset at Yuma for getting Tori involved with the search of the " Mythrian Numbers " . . Later , she was frustrated that she could not connect to any online systems . Kari was also annoyed by Lillybot cleaning up the place , up to the point that she kicked her across the room . The Litterbot subsequently reactivated , much to Kari ' s surprise and Lillybot fixed the screens to watch Kite ' s Duel against Mizar . A confused Kari asked what was going on , and Lillybot explained that Orbital was fighting for the sake of everyone on Earth . Kari and Lillybot then watched the Duel . Before the final Duel between Yuma and Astral , Kari complained about the mess that Yuma ' s friends made . She became embarrassed when Haru suggested that she Duel to find a husband . Kari was last seen getting into another argument with Yuma . Manga biography . Akari fills the same role in the manga as she does in the anime .