Kaede Yukari

**Kaede Yukari** is the 17-year-old main protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh! N-X-S.

## Appearance

Kaede is tall and lanky, with teal-coloured hair that is somewhat messy and has several golden streaks. He has bright aqua eyes.

He most often wears his favourite jacket, which is white, with patches of orange and black accents, as well as a clip-on hood that he puts up when he's in a bad mood. Kaede often rolls the sleeves up, so that he can easily put his duel disk on his arm. Under the jacket he wears a dark teal-coloured t-shirt, and he wears a necklace that was given to him by his father.

The Duel Visor he uses consists of an orange frame, with cyan-coloured lenses, a similar shade to his eyes. Additionally, it has a small yellow gem embedded between the lenses, and a yellow-tipped microphone on the right side.

Kaede's Duel Disk is primarily white and black in colour with a yellow trim. The main, arm-mounted section is hexagonal in shape with a protruding deck slot at the front. Additionally, it has a screen that shows relevant information for duels, with multiple screens accessible to view information specific to him, his opponent, or any of the cards on the field. Coming off of the main section is a hexagonal attachment, known as the 'blade projector', which is white with a cyan-coloured gemstone embedded in it. When activated, it slides out and forward, projecting a cyan, holographic blade for placing cards in duels.

## Personality

Kaede is a very passionate person, often fixating on certain goals and dedicating all his energy to completing it. This can be either long-term goals, such as his desire to become a card designer one day, or short-term goals, such as wanting to cheer up his friends.

He can be very naive, often seeing things in black or white and making brash assumptions about which is which because he is generally unable to see the shades in-between. This also sometimes leads to him not listening to his friends, doing what he feels is best without even considering he doesn't have all the information or experience he needs, leading him to get into difficult situations unnecessarily.

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## Biography

### History

Kaede's father, Kazuki, worked for Industrial Illusions, and often worked late hours, resulting in Kaede and his brother's seeing very little of their father. Three years prior to the events of the series, Kazuki disappeared. They were primarily raised by their mother, Sakura, who taught Kaede how to embrace his natural artistic ability, which he had inherited from her.

## Relationships

### Misaki Kaoru

Kaede and Misaki have been friends since they were 6 years old. They are incredibly loyal to each other, though are generally willing to call each other out on their flaws. She wants to be a pro-duellist someday, and Kaede is constantly trying to challenge her by creating new strategies for her to overcome.

### Koyo Kenzo

Much like Kaede, Koyo is a talented artist, which has caused a rivalry between them that has lasted several years. Typically this involves them throwing insults at each other, though it's not uncommon for it to escalate to physical violence. They both intend on becoming card designers after graduation, and see the other as an obstacle in their way.

## Decks

Kaede's deck primarily uses the "A★" archetype, which focuses on quickly summoning out lower-level monsters to use as tributes for stronger monsters, primarily Excess Monsters such as Kaede's 'ace', A★ Magician.

## Trivia

* The Japanese name 'Kaede' is typically pronounced "Ka-eh-deh", however Kaede doesn't mind being referred to as "Cade" (as in ar**cade**) either.