Futoshi Harada

Futoshi Harada ( フトシ Harada Futoshi) is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. He is friends with Ayu Ayukawa and Tatsuya Yamashiro.

Pre-Maiami Championship
Futoshi and Ayu arrived at You Show Duel School to help out with the flood of applicants which was caused by Yūya's Pendulum Summon against Strong Ishijima and was impressed by the number of students wanting to join their Duel School. He was also excited to see the Pendulum Summon again but was surprised when Yūya couldn't do it in the exhibition match against Yuzu. But he still believed in Yūya and declares that he is one of Yūya's biggest fans.

Later on, he along with Ayu and Tatsuya all asked to see a Pendulum Summon, which Yūya had finally started to get used to, but they were interrupted by Shingo, who invited them to LDS and offered the use of the Center Duel Field to Duel Yūya. After Shingo forcibly took Yūya's Pendulum cards, Futoshi, Ayu, Tatsuya, and Yuzu were taken hostage on top of a suspension bridge in "Prison Tower of Darkville", and Futoshi in particular nearly fell from the tower, to his extreme distress, but he was saved by Yuzu. Yūya was able to rescue them win against Shingo and get his cards back from him. During Yūya and Sora's Duel, he was impressed by Sora's Fusion Monster and was surprised to find that Pendulum Monsters are sent to the Extra Deck when they are destroyed.

When the LDS accused Yūya of the attack on Shingo and challenged them to a face off in order to clear his name, Futoshi cheered Yūya  and the others on. Later on in the Duel between Yūya and Reiji, he was extremely surprised to see Reiji's ability and was left speechless.

When Yūya tried to ask him for help so that he could qualify for the Junior Youth Championship, he declined stating that he belonged to the Junior Division while Yūya belonged to Junior Youth'Division, so their Duel would be invalid. During the Duels arranged by Nico Smiley to help Yūya to qualify for the Junior Youth Championship, he along with Ayu and Tatsuya became Yūya's cheering squad and cheered for him during his Duels. But on request by Nico, they stayed behind the scenes during Yūya's qualifying Duel against Gongenzaka,  but later on was allowed to go in-front and cheer him and congratulated Yūya when he won and finally qualified for the Championship.

Maiami Championship
Futoshi and the other students of You Show Duel School departed for the Maiami Championship, where he was to take part in the Junior division of the Championship. He had his first Duel on the first day itself against Takeshi Shimizu, and won it easily. Later, he watched Ayu's Duel with Reira Akaba who intrigued him. Futoshi continued to watch her friends Duel in the Championship. , and on the second day of the tournament watched Gongenzaka's Duel with Gen Ankokuji and Yūya's rematch with Shingo Sawatari. The tournament took a darker turn after Sora's Duel with Shun Kurosaki, which left Sora badly injured. In the period of the tournament after Yūya fell into a coma and Sora disappeared, Futoshi witnessed the rest of the first round of the Junior Championship and the second round of the Youth Championship, in which he Dueled against Reira, who defeated him using a Synchro Monster. When he heard that Yūya had woken up, Futoshi hurried to the stadium with Tatsuya and Ayu. They arrived and were happy to see that Yūya was okay. Futoshi apologized for losing his Duel against Reira. Yūya consoled him by saying that he should give Reira the shivers next time. He then witnessed the brutal Duel between Isao Kachidoki and Yaiba Tōdō, which left Yaiba hospitalized, and Futoshi was shocked to learn that Yūya was Dueling Isao next. As he had worried, the Duel with Isao went badly for Yūya until he abruptly changed his manner and swiftly defeated Isao with "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon". Futoshi watched her Junior Youth classmates participate in the Battle Royal, but Yuzu and Yūya soon disappeared when their camera feeds were cut for maintenance. Frustrated with not knowing what was going on and enduring Yōko Sakaki's strange antics, Ayu led Futoshi, Tatsuya and Shūzō in a dash to the city, but they were informed that they couldn't return to their homes while the Solid Vision was active in Maiami City. He later warned Tatsuya to be careful before his Duel with Reira, reminding him that Reira used Synchro Summoning.

Synchro Dimension Arc
After Yūya returned to the stadium with Yuzu, Futoshi learned about the invasion of the Obelisk Force from the Fusion Dimension. He was very sad when he learned that Sora is an enemy and chided Yūya for not protecting Yuzu He later watched the Duel between Yūya and his mother, and bid him goodbye after the Duel, as he departed for the Synchro Dimension.

Deck
Futoshi uses a "Sketch" Deck which focuses on Beatdown tactics. The ace of the deck "Sketch Beast - Tyrano" can be Advance Summoned using a single "Sketch Beast" Release, and activates its effects as soon as it is Advance Summoned, allowing "Tyrano" to destroy a monster on the field and gain half its ATK, allowing him to deal a lot of damage to his opponent's Lifepoints. Futoshi reinforces his deck with cards to protect his monsters to ensure a successful Advance Summon.