Yūshō Sakaki

Yūshō Sakaki ( Sakaki Yūshō, but written Yusyo Sakaki in English for the Japanese anime) is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. He is the father of Yūya Sakaki. Three years ago (since the current time of the ARC-V story), Yūshō disappeared and was supposed to be Dueling with Strong Ishijima.

Appearance
Yūshō wears a mostly red performer's outfit. He has black hair and a purple top hat with green goggles on the bottom side. Yūshō is fair skinned and has golden eyes.

Etymology
His name may come from (Yūshō), a term meaning "overall victory, championship", reflecting the fact that he was once the Duel Champion.

Meeting Yōko
In their youth, Yūshō rescued Yōko Sakaki and one of her gang members from a rival gang. He played "Smile World" to get the rival gang to back down. Yōko was grateful for what Yūshō did and developed feelings for him. Eventually, the two of them got married and had a son, Yūya Sakaki.

When a young Yūya was upset, Yūshō approached him and gave him advice about laughing whenever he felt down. He used Yūya's pendant to further explain this point by saying that when Yūya made other people happy, the happiness would swing back towards him, like a pendulum.

Plan with Reiji
Three years prior to Yūya's Duel against Strong Ishijima, Reiji enlisted Yūshō's help to stop his father, Reo Akaba's plan to conquer all four dimensions, and Yūshō agreed to it. He was sent across dimension on the day he was supposed to Duel Strong Ishijima in the finals of an Action Duel tournament. His disappearance consequently led people to think he didn't come because he was afraid and since then was viewed as cowards. In reality, instead of being sent to Academia of Fusion Dimension that he and Reiji had intended to, he instead got transported to Xyz Dimension.

Teaching at Heartland Duel School
During his three years of disappearance in Standard, Yūshō became a teacher for Heartland Duel School's Clover Branch where Kaito Tenjō, Allen Kozuki, and Sayaka Sasayama were studying. When the Xyz Dimension was invaded, Yūshō encountered Edo Phoenix and they both Dueled. The result of the Duel was not revealed, but Yūshō's legs were crippled and he accidentally got transported by Edo to the Fusion Dimension in the process. Yūshō's sudden disappearance led Allen and the others to think he had abandoned them.

You Show Duel School at Fusion Dimension
Arriving at the Fusion Dimension, he opened his own Duel School independent from Academia, sheltering former Academia Duelists who decided to escape from Academia, one of them being Asuka Tenjōin.

Pre-Maiami Championship
Yūshō was mentioned by Yūya and Reiji during their first Duel. Reiji said that he admired the Pioneer of Action Duels and rebuked Hokuto and Yaiba for insulting Yūya's father. Yūshō is the idol of several characters in the series.

Resistance and Lancers Discussion
Yūshō was mentioned by Allen and Sayaka once knowing that Yūya was Yūshō's son during their discussion. Allen and Saya explained that Yūshō used to be their teacher and that he abandoned them when they were invaded by Academia, something that shocked Yūya.

Reunion with Yuzu
Yuzu, who got transported to the Fusion Dimension, was taken in by Asuka who had saved her from Academia Juvenile Officers. Asuka took her to You Show Duel School hideout and reunited her with Yūshō, who smiled upon seeing her. He immediately recognized Yuzu, making her cry as she told him how much everyone worried about him. Yūshō apologized for making her worried and explained that before he arrived at the Fusion Dimension, he was at the Xyz Dimension. During the invasion, he met Edo, the Commander-in-Chief of Academia who transported him to Fusion Dimension.

Yūshō then revealed to Yuzu the reason of his disappearance three years ago: he heard the whole story about the dimension war from Reiji and agreed to help him. He was supposed to be sent to Fusion Dimension, but instead got sent to Xyz Dimension where he taught his students of his philosophy. Their peaceful days ended when Academia invaded. Their conversation was interrupted by two students who called for Yūshō and he decided to leave the rest of the conversation later.

Entermate
According to Aster Phoenix, Yusho also uses a "Performapal" Deck, his ace monster being "Sky Magician".