Yuya Sakaki ( manga ) Yuya Sakaki , also known as Phantom , is the primary protagonist in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " manga . He is a mysterious Entertainment Duelist whose goal is to find the " Genesis Omega Dragon " card - a card that , according to him , will decide the future of this world . Yuya shares his body with Yuto , Yugo and Yuri due to currently unknown circumstances . However , Yuya can take over their body as he sees fit . He is currently being hunted by the Leo Corporation and is wanted for hacking the Solid Vision with Mass system in order to look for " Genesis Omega Dragon " . Reiji Akaba calls him the " Factor of Destiny " . Design . Appearance . Yuya ' s physical appearance is similar to his anime counterpart : Being a young teenage boy with crimson eyes , and dual - colored green and crimson hair of average length sticking out in downwards pointing spikes all around his head . He wears a simple red T - shirt with a thick , silver - buckled brown belt , green pants , magenta shoes , and crimson wristbands . He also wears a pair of golden goggles with orange lenses on his forehead , with a blue star obscuring the right lens , a buckled choker , and a good - luck charm pendant . He also wears a long gold and red lined white school jacket with hood over his shoulders like a cape , which is the only form of clothing of Yuya ' s that remains present whenever his counterparts use their body . During his Turbo Duel against Ren , Yuya wears a predominantly red jumpsuit with a secondary white trim and orange markings , and with padded knees . The chest of his jumpsuit is grey . Yuya wears a jacket with the same color scheme as his jumpsuit that flares out above the hips , and black - backed white gloves . He wears his googles while riding . Personality . Like his anime counterpart , though he can sarcastic at times , Yuya is a fun - loving and energetic youth who believes that Dueling is meant to make others happy and enjoys entertaining opponents and spectators alike . While he can be reckless at times , Yuya proves himself to be quite clever and skilled in Action Duels along with escape and sleight of hand techniques . Yuya is also usually friendly to other people , even to a duelist like Shun Kurosaki who follows an opposing Duelist ideology . While Yuya did express anger over Sora Shiunin intentionally harming others with Pendulum Monster s , he managed orchestrate a roundabout to win the duel without hurting the boy . Biography . Canon . Yuya is a Dueltainer from twenty years in the future , unable to remember the full story save that his father Yusho Sakaki sent him back in time to find the Duel Monsters card Genesis Omega Dragon . With his three alternative personalities , Yuya began searching for six months before hacking into the Leo Corporation ' s mainframe for any clue about the G . O . D . card . While it bore no fruit , Yuya hacked the Solid Vision to help various people out before escaping the authorities under the alias " Phantom " . Though Yuto took over their body so they can keep a low profile , the sight of a sad boy provokes Yuya to cheer him up with his " Odd - Eyes Phantom Dragon " . Yuya ' s good deed attracts Leo Corp as consequence , forcing Yuto to make an attempt to misdirect the leading agent Shingo Sawatari who was escaping to find Yuya . . But Yuto ' s attempt back fires when Reiji Akiba gives his subordinate orders to capture Yuto as Yuya ' s accomplice . When Yuto got pushed into a corner , Yuya convinces his counterpart to let him deal with Shingo as the latter and everyone witness Yuto turning into Yuya . With only 200 life points , Yuya quickly sets the Pendulum Summon s " Odd - Eyes Phantom Dragon " and uses his Solid Vision pigeon Poppo to retrieve an Action Card that enables him to win the duel while eluding his pursuers as Shingo was dueling a hologram while the real Yuya was at a nearby building . It was then that Yuya encounters Yuzu Hiragi , thinking she was a fan wanting his autograph before she nearly got them killed when she stowed aboard the giant paper plane he materialized . Yuya manages to save Yuzu from drowning and brings her to the abandoned water treatment plant that he made into his base of operations . There , Yuya learns that the " autograph " Yuzu had him sign was actually a legally - binding teaching contract for Syu Zo Duel School . After a comedic banter between the two over the manner of Yuzu ' s managerial payment , Yuya reluctantly accepts her help on his mission . However , telling Yuto it is not his fault , Yuya later learned his involvement with Yuzu resulted in the abduction of her father by Shun Kurosaki who calls out Yuya out of a personal vendetta based on their conflicting ideals . Yuya accepts and duels Shun , ignoring Yuto ' s attempts to advise him on how to deal with a duelist who has most likely analyzed their moves . Though Yuya gets by dwindling Shun ' s lifepoints to 100 , he gets unnerved by Shun ' s expression of joy from feeling such pain while summoning his " Raidraptor - Blade Burner Falcon " to turn the tables . But while Yuya gets to Shun by admitting the feeling he gets from Dueltaining is same as Shun ' s rushing feeling from his dueling style , he sees Shun to not be completely bad as he saved Yuzu and her father . After beating Shun , Yuya saves him from falling to his death while leaving an impression on his beaten opponent . When the Hiiragis then make an attempted promotion with Yuya , he gets embarrassed , and teleports them back to their school using his tricks . Back at Syuzo Duel School , caught in the middle of talking to Yuto by the Hiiragis , Yuya reveals that that he has two other personalities besides himself and Yuto . This causes Yuya to note that neither Yugo nor Yuri have been making themselves known with Yuto covering up their actions by making Yuya think that are having a road trip in his mind . Yuya explains to tell Yuzu what he can remember and the threat that Genesis Omega Dragon poses to the world if it ends up in the wrong hands , telling her he has no time to promote her school . But Yuzu , seeing Yuya ' s mission would profoundly effect her father ' s school , insists on moving in with her as her manager . The next day , Yuya ' s computer alerts him to leaked intel on the G . O . D . card from the Physical Information Systems building , going that with Yuzu on the possibility that the card is there . Yuya lets Yugo use their body to infiltrate the building with Yuzu , only to take over when end up entering a trap set up by Sora Shiunin . After a brief batner , Yuya and Sora proceed to duel with the former having the advantage until he noticed a photo of Sora and his little sister . Sora proceeds to instill conflicted feelings in Yuya to capitalize until Yuri takes over . Yuri proceeds to torture Sora into confessing that he was playing Yuya , with Sora admitting it once he manages to overpower his opponent while revealing to have tripled the amount of pain the duel field produces . Yuya , feeling the immense pain Yuri endured , regains control of his body and refuses to let Sora continue harming others with his prototype Pendulum Monster s . Yuya accomplishes this by beating Sora in a way that dwindles his life points without dealing harm to the child . But Sora realized the roundabout strategy and retaliates by overloading the Solid Vision at the cost of his well being . After shielding himself and Yuzu from the resulting explosion with his jacket , Yuya loses conscious from the pain with Yugo taking over to bring him and Yuzu back to their hideout . When Yuya comes to one his couch , he is informed by Yuto and Yuri of what occurred while he was out : That Yugo dealt with a masked Turbo Duelist named Ren who is apparently of a third faction that knows where they came from and entered Yuya ' s mind to find something called the Adam Factor . As Yuzu returns from grocery shopping , Yuya is alerted that Reiji has found his hideout and enters it . Yuya expects not to be walking away from dueling Reiji , telling Yuzu to sell his stuff if he does not come back while triggering a trapdoor that sends him and Reiji to an underground cave under the water treatment plant . With Reiji noting the nearby escape pod which brought Yuya to the present , Yuya attempts to reason with him that they don ' t need to fight . But Reiji insists out of fate and blaming Yuya ' s father for causing the death of his father Leo Akaba . Reiji also insists on a normal duel when Yuya was about to set up an Action Duel , Yuya accepting it while still intent to entertain his opponent . After Yuya Pendulum Summoned three Performapal Card Gardna s to bolster his defense , Reiji expresses some gratitude towards Yuya for ensuring they would be able to privately discuss matters of their home in the future . Reiji proceeds to reveal how their fathers ' development of Pendulum Summoning and Solid Vision with Mass led to them discovering the G . O . D card . As Reiji uses his Pendulum Monster s ' effects to destroy Yuya ' s monsters and prevent him from Pendulum Summoning , he explains that Yusho ' s stealing the G . O . D card doomed their world and intends to ensure Yuya never obtains it . Forced to have Yuto and Yuri back him up with their dragons after asking them to let him handle Reiji , Yuya attempts to explain his father ' s reasons of stealing the G . O . D card . But Reiji refuses to listen until Yuya can defeat him and his " D / D / D Destiny King Zero Laplace " . After placing his counterparts ' dragons on his Pendulum Scale , Yuya uses Overscale Pendulum to summon " Odd - Eyes Phantasma Dragon " to turn the tables . But the youths ' duel is postponed when Reiji reveals they are being watched by a camera sphere , with Yuya encountering Ren when he appears . Ren reveals that the G . O . D . card in in the possession of his leader Eve and that they need the Adam Factor which both Yuya and Reiji possess to unlock Genesis Omega Dragon ' s full power . But the damage caused by the duel causes a cave - in , forcing all parties to escape . Once safe , Yuya attempts to convince Reiji that they need to join forces against the new threat Eve poses . But Reiji refuses and leaves , Yuya feeling that Reiji may reconsider once he accepts the truth of what he said to him . Soon after going off the grid , Yuya spends the next two weeks being trained by his counterparts in a waterway before they were found by Yuzu while Yuya was in the middle of learning to maneuver a Duel Runner under Yugo ' s harsh guidance . Soon after , he and Yugo collaborating a plan to take their pursuer out , Yuya calls Ren for a Turbo Duel before being subjugated by Yugo and ending up inside his mind where he cannot see the match unfold . But Yuya , while wandering around within his mindscape , finds the network of roots containing his memories before being forced back into his body to continue the duel in Yugo ' s place . But as Yuya tries to find out how to defeat Ren ' s White Aura Biphamet , the resemblance catching him off guard , he is shocked to learn Ren is a descendant of Yugo from the distant future . Once Yuya gets the edge , he learns White Aura Biphamet ' s weakness and completely destroys it . Following Ren ' s defeat as he was forced to fall back before his body completely dissolved , Yuya learned the full nature of the Adam Factor while Ren mused if Yuya ' s will is strong enough to resist the G . O . D . card ' s manipulation . Seeing Yuzu utterly confused by the series of revelations Ren revealed , and learning of his concealed memories , Yuya assures her that they will make sense of it all before they find themselves watching Reiji ' s duel against Isaac via cable feed from Reiji ' s space station . Non - canon . Yuya is shown facing Reiji Akaba in an Action Duel in the special manga chapter . He is 14 years old and aims to be a Pro Duelist . Yuya uses the same strategies as his anime counterpart , using his " Entermate " monsters to explore the field , like riding on " Entermate Silver Claw " , for example . He is also able to perform Pendulum Summon s in the manga , although how he got his Pendulum Monster s is not explained . Yuya keeps his anime counterpart ' s opinion regarding Action Duels : he believes that Duels are entertainment , and should be " happy , fun and silly " . Relationships . Yusho Sakaki . Yusho is Yuya ' s father . Yuya loves and admires his father immensely , taking the mission that father ensured himself seriously . Yuya even defended Yusho when Reiji expressed his distain towards the man . Yuzu Hiragi . Yuzu is the first person Yuya met since arriving to her timeline who was not with Leo Corp and became one of Yuya ' s closest friends despite tricking him into signing a teaching contract at her father ' s school . But after terms of payment as Yuya ' s manager , Yuzu offered to help him in his search for the G . O . D . card before learning as much of the significance as Yuya remembered . Yuzu is overall supportive of Yuya and his counterparts , having originally assumed " Yuto " as some sort of comedy act . Yuto . Yuya and Yuto ' s differing personalities and stark experiences , combined with their similar ideals , make them each other ' s foils . Their history prior to sharing a body is unknown at the time save the two knew each other . At times , acting like the big brother to his counterparts , Yuto would tend to scold Yuya whenever he does something that puts them at risk like cheering up a kid while they are being hunted down by Leo Corp agents . Yugo . Prior to sharing a body , Yuya and Yugo were good friends with the former supporting him during his turbo duels . Following that events that have him currently inside Yuya ' s mind , Yugo reluctantly acts to suppress Yuya ' s memory alongside their counterparts to spare him from what they know . During such an influx of memories he manages to deal with , Yugo expressed that he could not forgive a certain person who appears to be the reason he and the others sealed Yuya ' s memories of them as separate beings . It is also because of their close ties that , which the two abruptly switched places in their duel against Ren , Yuya was able to predict Yugo ' s strategy and execute it in his place . Yuri . Yuya and Yuri are complete opposites of one another : while Yuya sees the good in others and duels for fun , Yuri sees only the worst and duels in a sadistic manner . Yuri even forcefully took over Yuya ' s body during their duel with Sora , scolding Yuya for his gullibility while torturing Sora to expose him for the deceptive sadist he is . Their history prior to sharing a body is unknown at the time save that Yuri genuinely cares for Yuya to the point that he will show no mercy to anyone who harms Yuya in any way . Reiji Akaba . Learning they are from the future , having expected to face him sooner or later , Yuya learned how their home was destroyed by Genesis Omega Dragon from Reiji ' s perspective as he blamed Yusho for it . Yuya made attempts to convince Reiji that his father is not to blame during their first duel , but Reiji refused to listen as both of them are revealed to possess the Adam Factor which is sought by the mysterious Eve . Shingo Sawatari . Yuya first met Shingo during Yuto ' s duel against the pursuing Leo Corp duelist , taking over for his counterpart to finish the duel . Following Yuya defeating him , Shingo considered him a rival . Shun Kurosaki . Yuya first met Shun when he kidnapped Yuzu ' s father to forced the youth to duel him , Shun considering Yuya ' s dueling style an insult due to his background as a duelist combatant . During the duel , Yuya admired Shun ' s code of honor when he paused their duel to save Yuzu and her father from certain death . Yuya returned the favor when Shun almost fell to his death , with Shun coming to respect Yuya as a duelist and sees him as a worthy rival . Sora Shiunin . Sora has shown great interest towards Yuya , deciding to duel him on Reiji ' s suggestion for the answers he seeks concerning Reiji ' s own agenda . When their duel began , having increased the pain receivers in their arena , Sora attempted to catch Yuya off guard by claiming he is being forced to duel because Reiji holds his sister Miu hostage . But Yuri takes over Yuya ' s body and shows him that Sora is nothing but a lying sadist , with Yuya allowed to finish the duel and beat Sora in a way that does not force him to sink to the child ' s moral level . Decks . Canon . Like his anime counterpart , Yuya runs an " Enter - Mate / Odd - Eyes " Deck revolved around Pendulum Summon ing . Unlike similar characters ( e . g . Yugi Muto , Yuma Tsukumo ) , Yuya uses a completely different Deck from his partner ( s ) . If any of his counterparts takes over Yuya ' s body during a Duel , the contents of their Deck will change along with their persona . Furthermore , at the same rate as Yuya influences his counterparts ' Decks ( such as evolving Yugo ' s " Clearwing Fast Dragon " into a Pendulum Monster ) , Yuya ' s Deck appears to be influenced by his counterparts as well , with Yuya using " Mirage " , " Persona " and " Phantom " monsters when Dueling alongside Yuto , or using " Rose " and " Handsome " monsters when Dueling alongside Yuri . One Shot . In the special manga chapter , Yuya runs an " Entermate " Deck , like in the anime .