Allen Kōzuki

Allen Kōzuki  (アレン Kōzuki Aren) is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. He is a friend of Sayaka Sasayama and is a surviving Resistance Duelist of the Xyz Dimension.

Appearance
Allen is a short boy with red spiky hair and bushy eyebrows. His eyes are teal and the front of his bangs are lined with yellow. Allen wears a maroon long-sleeved shirt, grey pants and white boots under a purple poncho that is emblazoned with a blue shield shape and green diamonds; two on the lower part of the shield and two smaller ones on each shoulder.

Personality
Allen is a friendly and light-hearted individual, though not to the point of ignoring suffering. He cares about the well-being of his friends, encouraging Sayaka not to overwork herself and he was saddened to learn of Yūto's disappearance. He is also open-minded and sociable, immediately accepting the Lancers as comrades when Shun brought and introduced them, and speaks with them familiarly. He has feelings for Sayaka, and thus, was very protective of her. Assuming Yūshō has abandoned them, he has strong resentment towards Yūshō and quick to get emotional whenever Yūshō is mentioned. His view on Yūshō also extended towards his son, Yūya, whom he accused of being a coward as well simply because of his blood connection with Yūshō and continued to treat him as an outsider. Only after Yūya proved himself in Tag Duel against Tyler Sisters Allen finally accepted him as comrade.

Past
Prior to Academia's invasion, Allen and Sayaka were students from Heartland Duel School's Clover Branch, the same branch where Kaito studied under Yūshō's tutelage who was the teacher of their branch, and the three were close friends. They also befriended Shun, Yūto, and Ruri, students from Spade Branch despite the two branches' rivalry. When Academia attacked, Allen and the others from Clover and Spade branches tried their best to survive, but they were eventually overpowered and were forced to go into hiding. Allen revealed that while Academia was invading, Yūshō suddenly vanished, leading him to think that he had abandoned them. While Shun and Yūto went to Standard Dimension, Academia had launched a massive attack that annihilated the majority of both Clover and Spade branches Duelists.

Yūya vs. Kaito
Allen and Sayaka reunited with Shun, who got transported back to Heartland with Yūya, Shingo, and Gongenzaka. The three of them then looked for Yūya and the others and met the refugees that Yūya and the others had saved before who told them their location, arriving in time to stop the Duel between Yūya and Kaito before it was too late. Along with Shun and Sayaka, Allen assured Kaito that Yūya and the others are allies, expressing his gratitude that bringing three new allies was extremely helpful for them. Despite these assurance, Kaito still refused to fight together with them and left the scene.

Resistance Hideout
At their hideout, Allen introduced himself and Sayaka as he told Sayaka, who was distributing food even though it's not her shift, not to overwork herself. He then commented on Yūya's resemblance with Yūto, thinking that he was in fact Yūto himself after he saw him using "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon", but Shun cleared this confusion. Allen then revealed that while Yūto and Shun were gone, the Academia had launched a massive offensive attack, nearly wiping out Resistance's Spade and Clover branches, forcing them to be in hiding. Their conversation was cut short when Sayaka questioned Yūya's connection with Yūshō, and the latter revealed that Yūshō is his father. Hearing this, Allen explained that Yūshō was their teacher and had abandoned them during the invasion, shocking Yūya.

Shun vs. Kaito
Allen and Sayaka once again looked for Kaito and found him defeating another group of Academia Duelists. Allen told Kaito to stop being stubborn and return to them, pointing out how much Sayaka worried about him, but Kaito simply ignored them. Shun then interfered and challenged Kaito to Duel. Allen attempted to stop them, but since neither were going to back down, he had no choice but to watch. When Yūya arrived and tried to dissuade them, Allen told Yūya to back down because he was an outsider. When Shun was defeated and Kaito was about to turn him into card, Sayaka tearfully begged him to spear Shun as she remembered how Ruri was kidnapped. Allen told Sayaka that what happened to Ruri wasn't her fault, but Sayaka insisted that it was her fault for being a coward that she couldn't help Ruri. This made Kaito to change his mind and left, sparing Shun.

Duel Against the Tyler Sisters
When everyone found out that Sayaka was missing, Allen immediately set off to look for her. Yūya halted him, worried of the possibility that another enemy may appear, but Allen insisted on going and angrily told Yūya to stay out of this. Because of his blood connection with Yūshō, he accused Yūya of being a coward like his father. He arrived just in time before Academia Duelists, the Tyler Sisters, were about to challenge Sayaka to Duel. He accepted the challenge in Sayaka's place, resolving to protect her. However, Sayaka also decided to join the Duel, determined that she will be brave because she will regret it again if she run away. Allen and Sayaka's combination seemingly able to overpower the sisters, but to their shock, the sisters able to counterattack with the combination of their Fusion monsters and defeated them. Luckily, before the sisters could card them, the duo were saved by the arrival of Shingo and Gongenzaka who were then challenged by the sisters to another Tag Duel.

Yūya & Shun vs. Tyler Sisters
Allen and Sayaka regained consciousness just as Yūya and Shun accepted Tyler Sisters' challenge for a Tag Duel. Allen and Sayaka worriedly watched Yūya and Shun got cornered by the sisters' combo that continuously increased their LP. Yūya then came up with a counter attack by summoning " Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon ", which increased the sisters' LP to 10100, worrying Allen and Sayaka even more. However, Yūya then activated his spell cards to negate the sisters' Fusion monsters' destruction and increased each of their monster's ATK before using "Dark Rebellion" and Shun's " Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon 's" effects to increase their own ATK higher than the Fusion monsters. This confused Allen since Yūya's spell card would negate the battle damage. As Yūya declared his battle phase, Allen and Sayaka were amazed by the beauty that the spell card produced. Much their shock and relief, Yūya successfully reduced the sisters' entire LP in one attack with the final effect of his "Miracle Rocket Show" spell card's final effect, defeating the sisters.

Yūya & Shun vs. Obelisk Force
While on their way back to hideout, Allen told Yūya that while he has accepted Yūya's Entertainment Dueling, he still not accept him as his ally. Hearing this, Shun told Allen to be honest with himself, pointing out the fact that his heart has already accepted Yūya. Allen still hesitated to admit out of embarrassment, but when Yūya offered a handshake as sign of friendship, Allen shyly accepted it, which followed by the others. They were interrupted by the Obelisk Force who challenged them. Allen was prepared to Duel them together with everyone, but Yūya and Shun told them to watch because they were still injured. The Duel went well until the Obelisk Force summoned "Antique Gear Chaos Giant", which frightened Sayaka and caused her to run away in fear as a debris fell above her, prompting Shun to protect her. Allen and the others could only watch as Shun and Sayaka were hit by the falling debris. Allen and the others were relieved for a moment when Shun and Sayaka emerged from the debris, but this quickly changed into worry when Shun collapsed from the wounds, leaving only Yūya to Duel. They were saved by Kaito's arrival who then defeated the Obelisk Force. While Allen and the others were tending Shun, Edo and his Academia squad arrived to challenge them.

Yūya vs. Edo & Kaito vs. Academia Squad
Allen told everyone to take Shun back to their hideout. However, Edo forcefully dragged Yūya to Duel him and the Academia soldiers surrounded them before they could escape. Kaito then stepped in to Duel the entire squad himself while Yūya deal with Edo. After Kaito defeated the entire squad alone, Allen assured Yūya they were saved so he should focus on his own Duel. Allen and the others then retreated back to hideout. Once reaching there, together with Kaito and other Resistance members, they returned to assist Yūya, assuring him that Shun was safe with Sayaka, Shingo, and Gongenzaka. Their arrival and Edo's speech forced Noro to surrender and the remaining Academia soldiers to abandon ARC Area Project to follow Edo's plan to rebuild Xyz Dimension.

Fusion Dimension Arc
Despite the fact the former Academia members were helping the refugees by distributing foods, medical supplies, and rebuilding residential houses for free, Allen was still suspicious, especially Edo, who was the Commander-in-Chief of the invasion of their homeland, doubting his sincerity. Yūto revealed what Yūya had told him during his Duel against Edo: only retaliating when being attacked won't end the conflict, and forgiveness is the only way to end it, something that Yūshō believed. Edo then revealed there's a way to change back all faded people, but they must retrieve them first from Academia in Fusion Dimension since all the carded people were sent there. Under Sayaka's urging, Yūya, Kaito, Shingo, and Gongenzaka decided to go to Fusion Dimension. Before they departed, Allen gave Yūya his roller skates and bid them good luck. When a dimensional rift opened with the Supreme King Dragon Zarc, Allen wondered what was it.undefined

Deck
Allen uses "Railway" Deck for offensive tactics.

Trivia

 * He shares the same family name and Deck with Anna Kōzuki from Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL.
 * He and Sayaka are the only Resistance members who're not wearing any red scarf.