Yōko Sakaki

Yōko Sakaki ( Sakaki Yōko) is a character in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. She is the mother of Yūya Sakaki and the wife of Yūshō Sakaki.

Appearance
Yōko is a fairly tall and youthful-looking woman of slender built with blue eyes and light skin. She has long blond hair the front bangs being golden in color. Her hair is tied in a ponytail and sections out as spikes. Her bangs part to the right side and frame her face. She is commonly seen wearing and aqua-colored long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans with brown low shoes. She also accessories with silver big-loop earrings, two golden bands on her left wrist, and a small golden necklace hanging under her neck.

Personality
Yōko is a kind-hearted woman, and is shown to care a lot for Yūya. She understands his true feelings, as seen when she told Shūzō Hīragi that Yūya spent the last several years acting like a clown to cope with Yūshō Sakaki's disappearance.

However, Yōko is easily charmed by anything she deems cute, such as Sora Shiun'in when he stayed at the Sakaki residence, up to the point she gave Yūya's breakfast to him, as well as several other young boys such as Michio Mokota and Dennis Macfield. In these situations, she will not hesitate to support them more frequently than her own son. Yōko's love for cute things also has caused her to adopt several cats and dogs, including En, Core, Kilo and Watt.

Past
In her youth, Yōko was the leader of a biker gang, the Maiami Queens, as "Shooting Star Yōko". At one point, one of her teammates was held hostage by a member of a rival gang. Yūshō Sakaki stepped in and saved her. Yōko was touched by Yūshō's ability to end fights peacefully without violence and developed feelings for Yūshō. The two of them eventually got married and had a son, Yūya Sakaki, together.

Yōko appeared with Yūya in a tournament that her husband, Yūshō Sakaki, was in. When Yūya said he'd duel in place of his dad, Yūshō, Yōko told Yūya to stop it now.