Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS/Characters

Yusaku Fujiki/Playmaker
A first-year high school student who doesn't like standing out, Yusaku is convinced to try VR Dueling. Uses a Cyberse Deck. As a Charisma Duelist, he is known as Playmaker. Voiced by:Shouya Ishige (Japanese)

-->AI in Naoki's Duel Disk: Hello there. -->Yusaku: Yeah, hi.
 * Aloof Ally:As Playmaker, he has been praised by other Charisma Duelists for his skill and talent. Not that he cares.
 * Anime Hair:The common hair style for every Yugioh protagonist
 * Anti Hero:Yusaku is neither Hot-Blooded nor an All-Loving Hero, but a standoffish, serious, and distant Ice King.
 * Badass Baritone:Sports a deep voice.His voice is much deeper than any other Yu-Gi-Oh protagonist even being deeper than Atem and Yusei.
 * Badass Bookworm:He's a hacker who gains fame in the Network World for defeating the Knights of Hanoi in fierce Duels.
 * BFS:His Decode Talker wields a greatsword.
 * Big Damn Heroes: As Playmaker, he saves Blue Angel from being erased by Cracking Dragon.
 * Bishonen:See his anime design he looks much more attractive and taller than his predoocseeors
 * Dark Is Not Evil:His Decode Talker are dark monsters
 * Deadpan Snarker:Doesn't say much when he responds to the AI in Naoki's Duel Disk.
 * Expy
 * Appears to be this for Yusei]], being a cool-headed Teen Genius and all, but his Playmaker account resembles a Darker and Edgier version of Yuma's first ZEXAL form.
 * His Decode Talker looks like an odd combination between Buster Blader, and Elemental HERO Sparkman. It also serves a similar role to Yusei's Junk Warrior, being a secondary ace monster with 2300 ATK.
 * Good Is Not Nice:The first Yugi archetype who acts like a Kaiba archetype in the beginning, particularly Shark, [Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|Kurosaki]], and even Kaiba himself.
 * Good Old Ways:Downplayed, but he uses an older modeled Duel Disk which requires physical cards, as opposed to Duel Disks which can utilize cards in data format.
 * Golden Super Mode:As Playmaker, Yusaku's hair changes color, with the dark blue part becoming magenta, the bright blue part becoming a yellow-ish gold, and the bright pink parts becoming hot pink.
 * The Hero:of VRAINS
 * Ice King:He's aloof and is not the type of person whom other people can easily approach to.
 * I Just Want to Be Normal:Prefers to be this until his first play in VR Dueling.
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons:One of his Link Monsters is Firewall Dragon, but it is a Cyberse-Type instead of Dragon-Type.
 * Irony:He doesn't like to stand out but his account name is "Playmaker" and becomes well-known in the Network World for dealing with the threat the Knights of Hanoi poses.
 * Jerkass: According to Naoki, his attitude is really "unpleasant" despite being indifferent to each other. He even attempts to use Ignis as a bargaining chip during his first on-screen act as Playmaker. At least he's not as sour as Kaiba.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold:Immediately after he told Naoki how his analysis defined him as a weak Duelist, he also tells him how is defined him as a good person.
 * Kid Detective:He is a hacker who solves mysterious in cool manner
 * Light Is Good:His Firewall Dragon is a LIGHT Monster.
 * Meaningful Name:Yusaku's surname, Fujiki, is Japanese for "wisteria tree".
 * Memetic Hair:His hair is often associated with that of a wisteria; see also Meaningful Name.
 * Multicolored Hair:He has dark blue hair, complete with light blue bangs and traces of pink.
 * Mysterious Protector:His role as Playmaker. He doesn't even bother revealing his secret identity to others.
 * Naive Newcomer: He's far from naive and he uses Duel Monsters as his personal weapons but he's likely new to Speed Dueling.
 * Online Alias:Playmaker
 * Ordinary High School Student: He starts out as one, with a dislike for standing out. He is also the first main character in the franchise who is not a gamer at the beginning.
 * Revenge:Vows to avenge his and Shoichi's little brother's as-of-yet unknown past.
 * Serious Business:He treats Dueling as a means of hunting down the Knights of Hanoi.
 * Shrinking Violet:Averted the reason why he doesn't like to stand out isnt because he is shy or timid but because he is a hacker
 * The Smart Guy:Said to be extremely smart and clever
 * The Stoic: Prefers to distance himself from others due to his Playmaker business.
 * Teen Genius:Said to be an incredibly smart person, good at reading people, and quick-witted.
 * Theme Naming:Like the other protaganist he has kanji 遊. Unlike the previous main protagonists, however, his name has three syllables as opposed to two.
 * Tron Lines:His VR body suit has these
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair:Most of his hair is blue with pink shades

Ignis
A mysterious AI program, sought after by the Knights of Hanoi and SOL Technology Inc., that Yusaku captures by accident.

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese)
 * Distressed Dude:In the first episode he is targeted by both Knights of Hanoi and SOL and later he gets taken to hostage by Yusaku
 * Expy
 * He like a trickster version of Astral and his personality is similar to Orbital 7.
 * MacGuffin:Both the Knights of Hanoi and SOL consider him as this for unknown reasons
 * No Name Given: So far, it's only referred to as a "mysterious lifeform".

Shoichi Kusanagi
A hacker who shares the same motives as Yusaku.he Mysterious Hot-dog Vendor: He works as a hot-dog vendor in the city. However, that is merely a cover, as he is actually a skilled hacker who supports Playmaker in Dueling.

Voiced by: Subaru Kimura (Japanese)


 * Cool Big Bro:Acts this to Yusaku
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass:He may be a hot dog vendor but he is actually a skilled hacker.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair:He has dark purple hair

Akira Zaizen


Head of SOL Technology’s Security Division A high-ranking SOL employee who oversees the security of the city and the VR Space. He protects the city from hackers.

Voiced by: Shouma Yamamoto  (Japanese)


 * The Ace:A high ranking officer in SOL Technology
 * Aloof Big Brother:He is said to not to care about Aoi
 * Cain and Abel:The Able to Aoi's cain
 * Expy:
 * His personality and being The Ace as well as being Aloof Big Brother to Aoi makes him similar to Kaiba and Zane
 * Workaholic:He values work more than anything else
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Aoi Zaizen/Blue Angel
A classmate of Yusaku's who uses a Trickstar deck. As a Charisma Duelist, she is known as Blue Angel.

Voiced by: Yuki Nakashima (Japanese)
 * Action Girl:She is also a duelist
 * Amazon Brigade:All of her Trickstars are females
 * Angelic Beauty:Her Trickstar deck and VR forms are these
 * Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance:Her blazer is designed to look like her tie has blue wings, and her stage name is "Blue Angel."
 * Badass Adorable:She is kawai and cute as Blue Angel.As Blue Angel she has most of her cute movements
 * Big Brother Worship:Has a brother complex, and wants to admit to him that she Duels.
 * Bifauxnen:She is a girl and wears skirt but she looks more boyish.Averted as Blue Angel where she is a girly Idol Singer.
 * Boyish Short Hair:Her hair reaches down her lower nape averted in her VR form where she has long hair and is tied into Girlish Pigtails
 * Cain and Abel:The cain to Akira's Able
 * Curtains Match the Window:She has light brown hair and eyes
 * Dangerously-Short Skirt:
 * Expy: She's usually seen as a Bifauxnen amalagamation of Anzu, Asuka, and Aki. Her first name even starts with the letter "A".
 * Genki Girl:As Blue Angel her personality is this being happy and cheery who gets excited so easily contrast to her Aoi personality.
 * Girlish Pigtails: As Blue Angel, her hair is tied up like this.
 * Hair Decorations: Her twintails in her VR form are held up by dark blue bows.
 * Idol Singer: In addition to resembling a Magical Girl, Blue Angel also takes on the appearance of an idol.
 * Lady of War: Her Trickstar Lightstage are this fitting her calm and quite personality
 * Magical Girl: Blue Angel take on the appearance of a blue-haired magical girl with twintails and angelic wings marked with hearts and purple four-leaf clovers.
 * Meaningful Name: Her online handle, Blue Angel, references the fact that she uses a Trickstar Deck, which is composed of Fairy-Types.
 * Multicolored Hair: As Blue Angel, her blue hair sports light blue highlights.
 * Online Alias: Blue Angel.
 * Split Personality:As Aoi she is serious,quite,calm and collected who hates standing out like Yusaku but as Blue Angel she is cheery,energetic,upbeat and perky
 * Troll: The Trickstar's secondary focus is to mess with her opponents by forcing them into a serious disadvantage. For example banishing their entire hand and making them draw a new one thus thinning their decks or suppressing one of their Set Cards and forcing them into sending the card to Graveyard if it can't be activated during End Phase.
 * Winged Humanoid: Sports a pair of white wings engraved with hearts and purple four-leaf clovers in her VR form.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: As Blue Angel, she sports blue hair with light blue highlights.

Go Onizuka/Go 鬼塚
A Duelist who uses a Gouki deck. As a Charisma Duelist, he is known as Go 鬼塚.

Voiced by: Daiki Hamano (Japanese)


 * Dishing Out Dirt: His Gouki monsters are EARTH Warrior-Type Monsters.
 * Expy: He's basically a hunky Girag.
 * Gentle Giant: Despite his stature and build, he has a friendly and kind-hearted demeanor outside of LINK VRAINS.
 * Online Alias: Go 鬼塚.
 * Real Name as an Alias: His online handle is based on his real name, and is written in a way that it's homonymous.
 * The Rival:Views Playmaker as this
 * Worlds Strongest Man:Has a reputation for being the strongest Duelist in LINK VRAINS.
 * Yokai: In this case, Japanese ogres.

Naoki Shima
He is Yusaku's classmate and loves Dueling, but he’s not too confident about his skills, and has never Dueled in Link VRAINS. He’s a fan of Playmaker.

Voiced by: Chiharu Sawashiro (Japanese)


 * Artifact
 * Expy:
 * He looks like Teppei from ARC-V
 * His design and personality wise and him being a Fat Best Friend and classmate to the main protagonist makes him similar to Tetsuo
 * Fat Best Friend:He is Yusaku's classmate and is shown to be good on terms with him and his fatter compared to him.
 * Fan Boy:To Playmaker
 * Gonk: He doesn't look good
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair:Green in this case

Ema Bessho
Voiced by: Yuna Kamakura (Japanese)


 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Multiple shades of pink and purple

Revolver
The enigmatic leader of the Knights of Hanoi.

Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Japanese)


 * Arch Enemy:Unlike Kaiba and his successors, whose rivalry with their respective main characters are mainly out of respect, Revolver is openly hostile to Yusaku.
 * Badass Longcoat: Returns to this tradition which was broken by Reiji
 * Big Bad: He leads a group of Cyberspace busting maniacs.
 * Char Clone:The first Kaiba Expy who is not only outright evil, but is also actively working with the villains.
 * Cool Mask:He wears a mask that looks like a visor of sorts.
 * Evil Counterpart:Physically to Yusaku and his Playmaker alter ego. Made sense that Revolver is wearing white clothing in stark contrast to the latter's black.
 * Expy
 * Arguably to Kaiba in the Death-T arc: He's the opposite of the main character, has a dragon-like ace monster with 3000 ATK and an opposite attribute, and is introduced as a villain.
 * His Topologic Bomber Dragon is the Cyberse equivalent of Jack's Red Daemon's Dragon.
 * Meaningful Name:Revolver may either refer to "revolt" or the six-rounded handgun.
 * No Name Given:His real name is no known

Specter
A member of the Knights of Hanoi. He serves as Revolver’s assistant. He calmly analyzes the events in LINK VRAINS and reports them to Revolver.

Voiced by: Kajimoto Daiki (Japanese)


 * The Dragon:Is Revolver's right-hand man.
 * Undying Loyalty: To Revolver