Battle Beast

Battle Beast is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. He is a student of Academia.

Appearance
Battle Beast is a young, yet rather well-built man, being even more muscular than Isao Kachidoki. His hair is reddish brown and very long, as it passes his shoulders and reaches his back, while also sporting two bangs, both of which almost reach his abdominal. Due to him wearing very little clothing, his physique is especially pronounced, with his six-pack abdominal, wide chest and large shoulders. The only real clothes he wears are a pair of ragged trousers/shorts, which further emphasizes the brutish theme of his design. He wears a very simplistic necklace with three black fangs, with the center fang being visibly the longest of them. The Battle Beast also wears black wristbands, and has a white armband on his right arm's biceps. On the left side of his upper body, he seems to have a black armband/gladiatorial-like shoulder pauldron, with three orange disks. Cementing his barbarian motif even further, he walks barefoot.

Personality
Blindly competitive and savage, to the degree of coming off as feral, Battle Beast has no problem in defeating his own comrades and sealing them into cards. Even sealing his opponents may not necessarily save them from Battle Beast's wrath; he once attempted to crush a card containing one of his victims. When called out on his actions, Battle Beast directly asked his questioners what the problem was in an arrogant manner. His competitiveness can be used against him to a degree; Yūya Sakaki, Noboru Gongenzaka, and Crow Hogan all exploited this in order to cause him to target them. His savagery is such that he is referred as being "Duel starved" and has show violent tendencies like physically assaulting his opponents if needed.

Survival Duel
When Sanders began a Survival Duel between the Lancers and five Academia students, the Battle Beast joined the Battle Royal as well and he defeated and sealed Bernie into a card so swiftly that the change in numbers was barely picked up by those watching. He soon encountered Tsukikage and engaged him in a Duel. Tsukikage proved to be a more even opponent due to his comparable speed and agility, but the Battle Beast began to overpower him. Ted joined the Duel and received the intrusion penalty, and the Battle Beast seized his chance and defeated the unprepared student with a single attack, before defeating Tsukikage as well and sealing them both into cards. He later defeated and sealed Ethan into a card, before going after Shingo Sawatariundefined and chased him until he off the Duel arena. When Shingo reunited with Crow, he watched them until Emma and Jacob arrived. Battle Beast then joined the Duel between the four, receiving the intrusion penalty while they wondered where he was.undefined Battle Beast swiftly defeated Emma and Jacob and sealed them into cards, before hunting down Crow and Shingo. Crow eliminated Shingo from the game by damaging his Duel Disk and engaged Battle Beast directly in an attempt to end the Duel in a DRAW. Battle Beast was able to survive, but the attack and its location drew him out of hiding. As Yūya and Gongenzaka arrived, Battle Beast pinned Crow down and sealed him into a card. He attempted to stomp on Crow's card, but Shingo managed to snatch it away from him. Battle Beast then proceeded to Duel Yūya and Gongenzaka. He weathered their attacks by protecting his "Gladial Beasts" with "Medallion of Gladial Beast" and used destruction effects in combination with "Pollice Verso" to quickly reduce their LP. Battle Beast used Contact Fusion to bring out "Gladial Beast Andabatae" and "Gladial Beast Gaizares"; Yūya and Gongenzaka managed to barely survive his subsequent attacks, as Battle Beast blocked Yūya's moves to get an Action Card, forcing Gongenzaka to use one. Incensed at Gongenzaka's resistance, Battle Beast wiped him out with the effect of "Pollice Verso" and prepared to seal him into a card, but was interrupted by the arrival of Jack Atlas.

Deck
Battle Beast uses a Gladial Beast Beast Deck.