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)
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Anime Hair:The common hair style for every Yugioh protagonist
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Naive Newcomer:He is the first yugioh hero who never played dueling before
- 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.
- 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
- 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
Aoi Zaizen/Blue Angel
A classmate of Yusaku's who uses a Trickstar deck. As a Charisma Duelist, she is known as Blue Angel.
- 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."
- Bifauxnen:She is a girl and wears skirt but she looks more boyish
- 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
- 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".
- 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.
- Light 'em Up: Her Trickstar monsters are LIGHT Fairy-Type Monsters.
- 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.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Brought to You by the Letter "S": The G on his belt.
- Dishing Out Dirt: His Gouki monsters are EARTH Warrior-Type Monsters.
- Expy: He's basically a hunky Girag.
- Fake Muscles: Has a golden fake six-pack, but judging from the rest of his body, he doesn't need it.
- Online Alias: Go 鬼塚.
- Rated M for Manly: He's well-built, and runs a Gouki deck.
- Real Name as an Alias: His online handle is based on his real name, and is written in a way that it's homonymous.
- Yokai: In this case, Japanese ogres.