Kaito Tenjō

Kaito Tenjō ( カイト Tenjō Kaito) is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. He is the alternate universe version of the Kaito Tenjō that appeared in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL ''anime. A famous professional Duelist of the Xyz Dimension, Kaito lives in Heartland City and one of a few remaining members of Resistance who fights against Academia of the Fusion Dimension.

Appearance
Kaito has light blue-gray eyes, pale skin and blonde hair that is curled up in a point with a dark green spiked front, also featuring dark green bangs. His attire includes a black trench coat with a high collar over a grey shirt, a finger-less black glove on his right hand, and white pants with black boots. He also has a belt with two purple deck boxes for his cards. Like all members of the Resistance, he wears a red scarf on his right hand.

Personality
Kaito used to be kind and happy person who enjoyed Dueling and cares a lot for people. However, the Academia invasion drastically changed him. Like Shun and Yūto, Kaito holds a deep vengeful hatred against Academia. Similarly to Shun, Kaito Duels and acts ruthlessly when it comes to facing Academia Duelists, immediately turning them into cards once he defeats them. Academia's invasion also caused Kaito to be distrustful of outsiders who are not from the Xyz Dimension, even if they are not from the dimension that invades, seeing them as nothing more than intruders that threaten the peace of his world. Unlike Shun who at least willing to listen first and even pragmatic, however, losing his family and comrades at the hands of Academia completely hardened Kaito's heart, making him more aggressive with little to not open of compromise, needing to use force to make him listen.

Past
Kaito lived with his family at Heartland City. He attended the Clover Branch of Heartland Duel School, a rival branch to Spade Branch that Yūto and Shun attended. He was the Clover branch's ace Duelist whose skill surpassed everyone and people expected him to be Heartland's Duel Champion.

However, everything changed when Academia attacked, destroying Heartland and turning his family and comrades into cards. The grief soon overcame Kaito who then became bitter and vengeful, leading him to join the Resistance and vowed to hunt down every single Duelist from Academia.

Meeting the Lancers
After Yūya, Gongenzaka, and Shingo defeated three Academia Duelists, the three Duelists tried to flee, but Kaito found and attacked them and turned them into cards. Immediately after, Kaito encountered Yūya and the others who pursued the Academia Duelists when they saw the explosion caused by his dragon, and Kaito mistook them as another group of Academia Duelists as well.

Duel Against Shingo & Gongenzaka
Recognising Kaito as a Resistance Duelist, Yūya and Gongenzaka tried to explain to Kaito that they were not from Academia let alone his enemies, but Kaito was skeptical since they are not from the Xyz Dimension, coldly rebuffing their claim. This offended Shingo who accepted his challenge to Duel after Kaito stated that he will determine whether they are allies or not through Duel because he had experienced Academia Duelists will do anything to let his guard down, and only through Dueling he could determine whether they are enemies or allies. Gongenzaka decided to join the Duel as well with intent to pacify both Kaito and Shingo, but neither of them listened. Seeing the Action Field and Pendulum Summon that doesn't exist in Heartland, Kaito concluded that they are intruders that needs to be defeated. Despite their efforts, Kaito easily overpowered Gongenzaka and Shingo by using his spell cards and monster effects to Xyz Summon his ace monster, "Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon" that enabled him to copy their monsters, defeating both Lancers Duelists. With Shingo and Gongenzaka defeated, Kaito turned his attention to Yūya, deciding to defeat him as well and then turn him into card. Without any choice, Yūya accepted the challenge to Duel him.

Deck
Kaito uses "Cipher" Deck. According to Yūto, before the invasion, Kaito's Dueling was subtle yet dynamic, his ability to see through an opponent’s strategy, as well as his intuition, is far above everyone else. Currently, while he still retain his dynamic style, Kaito uses more ruthless tactic to defeat his opponent that represents his anger and hatred for Academia.