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 Shinigo 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. In the next round, however, he Dueled against Reira, who defeated him using a Synchro Monster.

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.