Yūya Sakaki

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Yūya Sakaki ( Sakaki Yūya) is the main protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. He has a childhood friend named, Yuzu Hīragi. He wears a blue pendant as his good-luck charm.

Biography
Yuya is a student learning to become an "Entertainment Duelist", a type of professional Duelist. Yuya attends You Show Duel School in Maiami City with his friend Yuzu Hīragi. One day, he gets himself involved in a Duel with the current Pro Duelist champion. He loved to entertain people. Even though he is kind of on the short side, he is very tough and can hone his skills in Action Duels with. His dream is to become an “Entertainment Duelist” and give people smiles from his Duels.

Etymology
The syllable "Yū" in this character's name comes from the "Yū" in the Rōmaji of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" ( Yūgiō, lit. King of Game) and past 4 main characters' first or last names of the series (Note: There are other ways to write "Yūya" in Japanese).

Trivia

 * Yūya's hair is made a joke out of, because it's green on the top and brown/red color on the bottom, making it looks like a tomato head.
 * Yūya's voice actor is Kenshō Ono, who's also the voice actor of famous series known as Kuroko no Basuke (lit. Basketball of Kuroko) character, called "Tetsuya Kuroko". Both Yūya and Tetsuya sound like close names due to ending with "ya" and both are main characters of their anime. Both have 3 Japanese syllables in their names (Yu + u + ya = Yūya, Te + tsu + ya = Tetsuya).