The following is a list of characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.
Dimensional counterparts
The main protagonist of the series, Yuya is a cheerful fun-loving youth who seeks to become the greatest Dueltainer and bring smiles to everyone with his Dueltainment after being inspired by his father, Yusho Sakaki. During his first official duel years after his father mysteriously disappeared, Yuya gained the ability to use Pendulum Summoning to summon multiple monsters at once through the mysterious power of his necklace while gradually mastering all four summoning methods. Yuya then learns about the existence of his dimensional counterparts: Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri, and the worlds they originated from. Following his meeting with his counterparts and accidentally absorbing Yuto, eventually learning to communicate and consciously "trade" places, Yuya learns of an inner darkness that causes them to enter a state of rage while briefly synchronizing their minds with Yugo and Yuri. Both the darkness and the interdimensional conflict cause Yuya to nearly lose sight of his ideals before Zuzu, his mother Yoko, and his friends help him rekindle his love to make others happy, a feat that he achieved by having warring factions within the Synchro and Xyz Dimensions ceasing their fighting amongst themselves. When Yuya arrives to the Fusion Dimension, reuniting with his father after 3 years as they mount to rescue Zuzu and her counterparts, he learns from Leo Akaba that he and his dimensional counterparts are actually the splintered reincarnations of the demon duelist Z-ARC, the darkness within the four youths which has been influencing their fusion so he can be reborn. Despite Yusho's attempt to keep him and Yuri apart, and his friends all having faith in him, Yuya ended up succumbing to Zarc's control right after he defeated Yuri. Yuya is powerless as Zarc reconstitutes himself while proclaiming the youth no more. However, when Zuzu's soul emerged from Ray, Yuya regains himself to resist Zarc long enough to cause his defeat and be subjected to the En Cards. But Riley circumvents the process by extracting Zarc from his body, leaving Yuya still merged with his counterparts as consequence after Zarc was defeated. Once Yuya regained his memories of Zuzu, Celina, Rin, Lulu, and the other dimensions, he is told by Declan only he can expel Zarc's soul by making Riley smile, and Yuya begins a pilgrimage to the other dimensions to prepare himself by facing the other Lancers while searching for a way to save Zuzu and her counterparts. Yuya was initially afraid to summon the four dimension dragons out of fear it will awaken Zarc's soul within Riley, until his counterparts helped him realize that they inherited Zarc's ability to communicate with Duel Monster Spirits. Managing to win over the dragons prior to dueling Declan, Yuya comes to understand what kind person Zarc is before he went mad and determines to put his past life at peace as Dueltainer. After passing his Junior class and promoted into Senior class, he duels Declan and with his counterparts' support, he succeeded not only defeating Declan but also making Riley smile, pacifying Zarc's soul. He has then officially become a Professional Duelist and reunited with Zuzu who was revived with Celina, Rin, and Lulu inside her, after Ray transported all the Lancers, and the Lancers' allies to the Pendulum Dimension, and sensed his Dueltaining performance. Yuya uses a Performapal, Magician, and Odd-Eyes deck and his ace monster is Odd-Eyes Dragon until his awakened ability to Pendulum Summon upgraded it into Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Due to the machinations of Zarc and absorbing his counterparts, Yuya also gained Yuto's Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, Yugo's Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, and Yuri's Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, allowing his necklace to create hybrid versions of Odd Eyes through Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz. Zuzu Boyle /
Yuya's childhood best friend and fellow classmate at You Show Duel School. She often carries a paper fan on her person, which she uses on Yuya or her father Skip whenever they do something foolish. She harbors romantic feelings for Yuya that is obvious to everyone except Yuya himself and acts jealous whenever Aura makes advances towards him. Following her initial lost to Julia, Zuzu asked Sora to teach her Fusion summoning so she can fight Julia on an even ground. She eventually succeeded in defeating Julia during the ARC League Championship and got Crystal Rose from her as a prize and a sign of friendship. Like Yuya, Zuzu has dimensional counterparts: Lulu Obsidian, Celina, and Rin. Zuzu and her counterparts each possess a strange bracelet that reacts whenever Yuya or any of his counterparts are proximity of each other. In her bracelet's case, it quickly teleporting one of the youths to another location. This made Zuzu a target of Leo Akaba and Duel Academy's forces as she ends up in the Synchro Dimension with Yugo. She was reunited with Yuya in the Synchro Dimension, only to be sucked into a wormhole that sent her to Domino City in the Fusion Dimension where she was looked after by Yusho and Alexis before she was captured while the Lancers were on their way to Duel Academy to rescue her counterparts. It was only then that Zuzu and her counterparts learn that they are the splintered reincarnations of Leo's daughter Ray Akaba, their bracelets originally being the four En Cards which their original self used to split Zarc at the cost of their world and herself. She and her counterparts were then forcefully merged through Arc-V's power into an incorporeal Ray with Zuzu's bracelet restored to the En Flowers card which channels the other En Cards' power. During the battle against Zarc, Zuzu's soul briefly emerged from Ray to reach Yuya and give him the courage to resist Zarc's control so he can be defeated. Due to Riley's actions when the dimensions once more separated, with Ray ending up back in the Arc-V Reactor after being expelled from the youth's body, Zuzu wasn't able to return to the Pendulum Dimension with no one remembering her save Declan until his reenactment of Arc League Championship restored everyone's memories of her. During Yuya's last duel against Declan, Ray sensed Yuya's dueling and revived with Zuzu as the dominant aspect of their being as well as her counterparts residing inside her body, allowing her to reunite with Yuya and the others. Zuzu uses a Melodious deck. Her initial ace monster is Mozarta the Melodious Maestra until she learned Fusion Summoning from Sora Perse with Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir as her new ace monster. Yuto /
A young boy from the Xyz Dimension who resembles Yuya in appearance. He has the power to cause real damage in duels. Along with Shay, Yuto is on the search for Lulu who is currently captured by Leo Akaba. Yuto went to Standard Dimension after hearing Shay went there to look for Declan and followed him there. Following his arrival, he mistook Zuzu as Lulu and came to her aid when she was about to duel Sylvio, taking over the duel and defeat Sylvio. Since then, he observed Zuzu until he saw her training to learn Fusion summon, convincing him that she is not Lulu. Yuto and Yuya are both alike, they both care for their friends and do not want to hurt anyone. At the same time Yuto and Yuya are different, while Yuto is serious and cold, Yuya is positive and energetic. Unlike Shay he is not reckless and impatient, though if his anger gets the better of him, he becomes aggressive. After his defeat at Yugo's hand, he entrusted his Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon to Yuya and got absorbed into him, initially taking over Yuya's body whenever the need presents itself with the two sensing each other. But since their arrival in the Xyz Dimension, Yuto and Yuya are able to freely communicate with each other and even swap bodies. Yuto's presence inside Yuya was kept a secret from everyone until during the duel between Shay and Kite, Yuto talked while accidentally possessing Yuya's body. Yuto ended up succumbing to Zarc's power in Yuya's Duel against Yuri and Yuya completes their original self's resurrection immediately afterwards. Due to Riley's actions when the dimensions once more separated, having aided Yuya in resisting Zarc, Yuto was presumed to have died until Shay sensed his presence within Yuya's body following the former's loss. During Yuya's duel with Jack, Yuto finally reveals himself to Yuya as he and their counterparts give Yuya their support. Yuto uses a Phantom Knights deck and his ace monster is Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Lulu Obsidian /
Shay's little sister and Yuto's friend, who is the Xyz Dimension counterpart of Zuzu Boyle. Kidnapped by Yuri when Duel Academy attacked their world, Lulu was kept in the Western Tower where she is placed under the Doctor's control by the time Kite rescues her in Shay's place. Though Lulu is released from Buggenstein's control during her duel against Shay, When she was looking for Kite, she ran into Yuya and she is once again being taken control to duel Yuya and Yuto together with Celina since she can only be freed by defeating the Doctor. After she is freed from the mind control, she and her counterparts are then sacrificed by Leo alongside to reconstitute their original self Ray while Lulu's bracelet is restored to the En Birds spell card which negates Xyz monster effects. Due to Riley's actions when the dimensions once more separated, with Ray ending up back in Arc-V after being expelled from the youth's body, Lulu was not able to return to the Xyz Dimension. During Yuya's duel against Declan, Lulu and her counterparts reacted to Yuya's dueling from within the reactor and Ray revived them in Zuzu's body to reunite with their friends. Lulu uses a Lyrilusc deck that focuses on Xyz Summoning and her ace monster is Lyrilusc - Assembly Nightingale. When her mind was controlled, she also added a Fusion Parasite to perform Fusion Summoning. Yugo /
A Turbo Duelist who is Yuya's Synchro Dimension counterpart. He is somewhat dimwitted and will often get angry at people when he assumes they're saying his name incorrectly. He is an orphan who grew up in an orphanage in the slums of New Domino City. His childhood friend, Rin, was kidnapped by Yuri, leading him to traveling dimensions in hope of finding her. He met Yuto at Heartland City and mistook him as Yuri and Yuto mistook him as an ally of Duel Academy, leading to their battle but they were interrupted by the Resistance's arrival. Since then, he had looked for Yuto and eventually found him at Standard Dimension shortly after Sora was transported back to the Fusion Dimension. He then reappeared at Battle Royal, meeting Zuzu who was chased by Yuri and accidentally got transported back to the Synchro Dimension with her. After hearing the whole story from Zuzu, he was determined to help her prevent Duel Academy's invasion. Next Yugo reunited with Zuzu in Domino City in the Fusion Dimension and happy to see her alive, then he was taken to You Show Duel School in the Fusion Dimension by Zuzu and Alexis. But when Yugo infiltrates Duel Academy to find Rin, he ends up facing Yuri. It's revealed that he and his counterparts are the reincarnations of the demon duelist Zarc, leading Yugo to be absorbed by Yuri following his defeat after learning their connections. Due to Riley's actions when the dimensions once more separated, having aided Yuya in resisting Zarc, Yugo was presumed to have died until during Yuya's duel with Jack, Yugo finally reveals himself to Yuya as he and their counterparts give Yuya their support. Yugo uses a Speedroid deck and his ace monster is Clear Wing Synchro Dragon.