Hideo Hideo Izayoi ( Mr . Izinski in the dub ) is the father of Akiza Izinski , husband of Setsuko Izayoi , and a senator of New Domino City . Biography . History . When Akiza was a child , she always wanted to spend time with her father , but he was always busy with work . When she finally managed to get some free time with him to have a Duel , he received a call from work , which pushed her to awaken her Signer powers , hurting her father in the process . After that event , it is because of those same terrible powers , that he and his wife couldn ' t accept Akiza anymore and eventually ended up rejecting her . Dark Signers . After Akiza ' s Duel against the Dark Signer , Misty Tredwell from which she results to be left unconscious , Hideo and his wife , Setsuko , go to visit her , where Jack Atlas tells him the only person who can save her is Yusei Fudo . He goes to visit him , telling him about what happened between them and begging for his help . After Yusei agrees to help they both go back to the city , as then he was able to wake her up with the help of the Mark of the Dragon . However when she sees them , because of their past and the current events that have occurred she gets angry . Thus she Duels against Yusei and he accepts , knowing that it is the only way for him to reach out to her . As the Duel progresses , Hideo notices that not only Yusei is protecting them from Akiza ' s psychic powers , but also " Stardust Dragon " . When he sees Yusei receiving real damage from Akiza ' s constant attacks , Hideo cannot stand it anymore and uses himself as a shield to protect Yusei . He tries to reason with her , but Akiza doesn ' t want to listen to him . Everything changes once Yusei is able to reach out to Akiza by countering her with his strategy . As Akiza ' s powers are starting to destroy the room , she unknowingly gains control over them when she protects Hideo from harm . After Akiza helps him , Yusei ends the Duel . After that , Hideo and his daughter are able to resolve their issues . After Akiza makes up her mind of fighting the Dark Signers , his wife expresses concern over her daughter undertaking such a dangerous task . As they have finally become a family again , thus Hideo convinces Setsuko that she should have more faith in their daughter . As he understands that Akiza has been searching for that something to believe and that it lies ahead , as also she wants to find some purpose for her psychic powers to be used . However Hideo tells her daughter that there is the risk that if she cannot control her powers these could end up destroying Akiza . However Hideo is confident that as long as Yusei is by her side Akiza will be alright . World Racing Grand Prix . Hideo and Setsuko are on the stadium on the opening day of the World Racing Grand Prix . This due to Akiza telling them that she will now participate on the Prix . However as he sees his wife concern by this , still Hideo tells Akiza that they will witness her Turbo Duel . After Akiza loses to Andre and cries thinking that she wasn ' t able to help the team , Hideo cheers her up by saying that she did great . Because of his seen determination , everyone else on the crowd starts applauding to her . Ark Cradle . During Yusei ' s Duel against Z - one , he and Setsuko were seen cheering on Yusei . When Akiza prepared to leave for medical school he and Setsuko told her to say a proper goodbye to Yusei Deck . The only known card in Hideo ' s Deck is " Samsara Lotus " .