Edo Phoenix

Edo Phoenix (エド・フェニックス Edo Fenikkusu) or also known as Ed Phoenix is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. He is the alternate universe version of the Edo Phoenix that appeared in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX ''anime.

Appearance
Edo has a gray-colored hair, dark blue eyes and wears a gray suit with black shoes. Being a commander of Academia forces, Edo wears a collared blue-green regal cloak, with yellow shoulder pads. The cloak's chest area is colored white, and has small yellow buttons. During his initial encounter with Yūya, Edo wears a large gray hooded cloak that completely obscures him and his clothes.

Personality
Like his GX counterpart, Edo is overall serious and fairly aggressive when Dueling, especially against an opponent that he detests. However, and in contrast with this, Edo does seem to have a much brighter side to his personality, as before learning that Yūya was Yūshō's son, he was willing to lend a helping hand in finding his father, being far more benevolent than most Academia agents who would resort to assault people on sight, although he likes to get to the point quick as he pressured Yūya for information to help him. Growing up in Academia with its teaching embedded deeply into him, he is very loyal to Academia and its cause, believing that Academia's teaching is the most righteous.

His Duel against Yūshō made Edo experiencing for the first time a Duel that made him felt joy, even only for a moment. However, his loyalty for Academia causes Edo to refuse to admit the joy he felt and stubbornly convinced himself that it was merely a lie. This makes Edo conflicted: while he wants to believe that Reo's teaching is correct, he couldn't let go of the feeling that he experienced in his Duel against Yūshō, which is proven by the fact he is keeping the torn half of "Smile World".

Similarly like his original counterpart, Edo's speech replaces certain Japanese words with anglicisms, the most common being his substitutions of numbers for their English equivalents, and replacing "bochi" 「墓地」 with its English equivalent, "cemetery", and "kouka" 「効果」 with "effect". In addition, he yells "Come on!" when Summoning his monsters.

Etymology
His name is meant to be a pun in Japanese, as phoenixes were commonly depicted in art during the Edo period of Japan. Edo is also the original name for Tokyo.

Pre-Invasion
Like most Duelists of the City of Fusion Dimension, Edo was sent to Academia to be trained as Duel Soldier once he reached preadolescence years. From his strong view of Academia's teaching, it can be presumed that Edo also received harsh training like Sora Shiun'in did during his times as students. A year before the start of the story, he eventually grew strong enough to be appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Academia for the invasion in the Xyz Dimension.

Duel Against Yūshō
During the invasion of Xyz Dimension, shortly after his arrival, he had heard of Yūshō Sakaki who spread his philosophy of bringing smile with Duel and confronted him to prove that Academia's teaching is the right one. He dueled Yūshō, and for the first time he witnessed Entertainment Duel, which is a complete opposite of Academia's Duel and resulted with his lost. Yūshō then asked that he still had fun even if he lost, something that confused Edo because that wasn't Academia's teaching. Yūshō stated that using Duel for conflict is stupid and Reo's teaching was wrong and he wanted Edo to tell that to Reo. Despite feeling joy while Dueling Yūshō, his strong allegiance for Academia made Edo insistently refusing to admit his own feeling and Yūshō's Dueling, accusing Yūshō of trying to deceive him as he torn Yūshō's "Smile World" that was offered to him and driven him to state of self-denial. Somehow, he accidentally sent Yūshō to Fusion Dimension without he himself realising, making Edo confused when Yūshō suddenly disappeared. Since then, he bears strong animosity towards Yūshō and since then continues to search for him for a rematch and prove that Academia's ideal is correct.

Duel Against Yūya
While looking for Yūshō, Edo spotted Yūya and asked what he was doing. Yūya answered that he was looking for his father, making Edo assumed that he got lost and demanded Yūya for his father's name, claiming he maybe could help finding him. However, upon knowing that Yūya is Yūshō's son, Edo immediately challenged him to a Duel, intending to make Yūya a bait to lure out Yūshō if he really is Yūshō's son, something that he confirmed when Yūya summoned his "Entermate" monsters. Edo easily reduced Yūya's LP to 2400 on his first turn, to which Yūya countered by using "Smile World", shocking and angering Edo further as it reminded him of Yūshō. Edo activated his reverse card "D - Fusion" to perform Fusion Summon, summoning "Destiny HERO - Dystopiaguy" and direct attacked Yūya, reducing his LP to 800. At this time, Yūto took over and able to reduce Edo's LP to 100, but Edo managed to prevent his monster's destruction by using his trap card. He countered attack by destroying "Dark Rebellion" and then used continuous trap "D - Devil Dance" to attack twice and "D Death Match" to increase his monster's ATK by 800 and destroy Yūya's monster that prevented him from inflicting damage. Yūya barely survived using an Action Card and Yūto once again took over, summoning "Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon" to turn the tide. Edo tried to use an Action Card to avoid the incoming attack, but it couldn't be used, leaving him no choice but to use "Destiny HERO - Dynamiteguy"'s effect to inflict both himself and Yūya a 1000 point damage, ending the Duel with a draw. He was then fetched by his subordinates.

Tyler Sisters vs. Yūya & Shun
Back at HQ, Edo was frustrated over his inability to defeat Yūya, wondering was it because Yūya is Yūshō's son. He determined to never lose against Yūya who believes of making people smile through Duel and using "Smile World". Back to his throne, Edo ordered his subordinates to investigate Yūya through his battle record before noticing his Vice-Commander, Mamoru Noro, wasn't present. He questioned Noro's whereabout when they picked up a strong Duel signal. His subordinate then showed the Tyler Sisters were in the middle of Duel against Yūya and Shun. Once again angered at the sight of "Smile World" and Yūya's Entertainment Duel that inspired from Yūshō's, Edo ordered all of his squad to go with him.

Rematch Against Yūya
After the Obelisk Force were defeated, he and his squad arrived, surrounding Yūya and his friends, as he told the Tyler Sisters and Noro that he won't let anyone to interfere because he will be the one to defeat Yūshō's son. Despite the Tyler Sisters' claim that they received order from the Professor himself, Edo merely brushed them off and told Noro, whom he had suspected for asking reinforcement without his permission, that he will question him later. He then forcefully dragged Yūya into Duel, trapping them in his Duel field so no one can interfere. With great reluctance, Yūya accepted the Duel. Edo started his turn by summoning "Destiny HERO - Decisionguy". During Yūya's battle phase, Yūya destroyed "Decisionguy" and then direct attack Edo, but Edo activated "Dynamiteguy's" effect to avoid Yūya's direct attack and then Fusion summoned his ace monster, "Dystopiaguy" and activated Equip Magic "Delay Armor", immediately reducing Yūya's LP to 600. Yūya tried to counter by Fusion summoning "Brave-Eyes Pendulum Dragon", which offended Edo as he stated that Academia's Fusion Summon is the only one that is genuine and Yūya's Fusion monster was nothing but a sham. He managed to destroy "Brave-Eyes" by using the combination of his Trap Card "Demise Urban" and "Dystopiaguy's" effect. Yūya then noticed the torn "Smile World" belonged to his father that Edo has dropped and questioned why he has it. Edo tried to avoid the question by reminding Yūya of his turn, but Yūya's insistence forced him to explain the time when he Dueled Yūshō and lost against his Entertainment Dueling that was against Academia's teaching, which led to his vendetta against him as he determined to defeat him and prove that Yūshō's Dueling is wrong and Academia's Dueling is correct. And Yūya, being Yūshō's son who shares the same belief as his father, was an opponent he definitely must not lose. Edo then declared battle phase, attacking Yūya directly with "Dystopiaguy".

Destiny HERO
As his counterpart did in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', this Edo uses a "Destiny HERO" Deck. His Deck includes the ability to perform a Fusion Summon. His Deck focuses on brute force, in the forms of both attacking an effect damage. To counter Xyz Monsters, he utilizes "D - Death Match", which ensures a boost for his monsters against said cards.