Reiji Akaba (manga)


 * This is the manga version of Reiji Akaba. For the anime character, see here.

Reiji Akaba is a main character appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V (manga). He works for the Leo Corporation and aims to capture the Entertainment Duelist Yūya Sakaki.

Appearance
Reiji is a thin young man with pale skin and grey hair, the front layer being a lighter grey than the back. His hair is arranged in a simple style, flicking upwards at the ends. Reiji's eyes are purple, and he wears red-framed spectacles. His ears are both pierced with black stud earrings. Despite his status as the CEO of the Leo Corporation, Reiji dresses rather casually, wearing a dark-blue sweater, white pants that end just above his ankles, and white shoes (apparently without any socks beneath them), along with a long red scarf wrapped around his shoulders with the ends trailing to the small of his back.

Personality
Unlike his more stoic anime counterpart, he is very emotional and reserved, but he is still a very confident and serious person. In addition, his personality is much more caring, as demonstrated when Shingo was Dueling Yūto and he showed genuine concern.

History
Three months before the events of manga, Reiji was looking for strong Duelists when he met Nico Smiley. Nico took him to the underground, where he witnessed Shun Kurosaki Dueling Ōtomo. After hearing about Shun from Nico and witnessing his skills, he decided to recruit him.

Chapter 1
Reiji is the head of Leo Corporation. When the sensors detected the Pendulum Summoning of "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon", Reiji immediately deployed many of Leo Corporation's squads to capture the mysterious duelist Yūya Sakaki, otherwise known as "Phantom" under the charge of hacking into Leo Corporation's Solid Vision system. Despite the charge, Reiji's real reason for ordering Yūya's capture was because Yūya is the "Destiny Factor" that holds their future. However, when Shingo Sawatari finally had Phantom cornered, Phantom revealed himself to be Yūto instead of Yūya, shocking Reiji.

Non-canon
Reiji faced Yūya Sakaki in an Action Duel in the special manga chapter. He used relentless tactics to quickly Summon high-Level monsters and was skilled with the use of Action Cards. In this chapter, Reiji is portrayed as a rather serious and a reserved Duelist, and he claims that he never loses Duels.

Deck
In the special manga chapter, Reiji runs a Fiend Deck, featuring the "DD" and "Demon" archetypes. He uses Pendulum Summon and cards like "Rule of Antiquity" to easily bring high-Level monsters on the field.