Reiji Akaba

"I've seen a possible way for Pendulum Summon to evolve even further."

- Reiji revealing a secret of Pendulum Summon.

Reiji Akaba ( Akaba Reiji) is the second CEO of the huge Leo Corporation in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. He is also a Super Elite Duelist with a genius brain.

Appearance
Reiji is a tall teenager. He has long chin and normal skin color. He has purple eyes. He wears black tops on both his ears. He wears red spectacles. His hair white and grey colors. He wears a red long scarf. He wears a full-sleeve shirt that is dark blue. He wears pants that white. His shoes are white colored and appear to be normal.

Etymology
This character's last name, Akaba, means "Red Horse" (Note: "Aka" means "Red" and "Ba" comes from its regular Kanji reading "Uma", which means "Horse"). This character is similar to Seto Kaiba ( Kaiba Seto) from the original/first Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, whose name also has also has 馬 (Horse), making this character the ARC-V counterpart to him as the similarities of the last names and appearance they share. Reiji means "Zero Child" or "Child of Zero".