Yushi Sakaki

Yushi Sakaki is the son of and. He's one of the Counterparts' Children.

Appearance
He has mostly his dad's face and red hair, but the frontal fringe is her mom's light pink, with similar bangs on the sides of the face, held in place by an elastic with Zuzu's clips, which he wears to imitate Yuya's googles. His eyes are of a purple shade in between Yuya's red and Zuzu's blue, with a shape remiscent of both his parents.

His clothing varies between artworks, but lately he wears the uniform over a brown shirt with a capital "A", blue jeans, and white sneakers.

His is orange with purple blade.

Voice/Mannerisms
Like the protagonists of the canon anime (except ), Yushi uses the informal "ore" as his pronoun, but, analogously to his father, he switches to the formal "watashi" during an Entertainment Duel.

Personality
Yushi is very much like Yuya: kind, caring, fun-loving. As he's his firstborn, Yushi is determined to continue the Sakaki family's tradition of Entertainment Duels, thus he's often theatrical about his Duels as his father is.

Due to his little sister Asuyu's tendency of bordering into this as well, every time they Duel, it pretty much results in a battle where they try to out-over dramatic each other.

Etymology
His name is portmanteau of his parent's names, though Zuzu's part is pronounced differently.

Read literally, his first name can mean "game child", referring to his status as son of the current King of Games in XBrain130's timeline (as Yuya gained the title by defeating, and Yuma before him won it from ).

Biography
Yushi first appeared in "Documentary". He watched a TV program about the five legendary King of Games (including Yuya), together with his parents.

In the ZEXAL-centered fic "Together In The End", Yushi is seen with his parents and his baby sister, attending the funeral of Yuma and his wife.

Yuya and Zuzu
Yushi admires his parents, and wishes to be as great as them when he grows up. He's always all fired up to see his parents Dueling.

Asuyu
Yushi and Asuyu are very close, and sometimes take part in Tag Duels, just like their parents. However, their relationship as similar to the one between the Kastle siblings: they argue very often and annoy each other, leading to frequent Duels between them.

Rito Kurosaki, Runo, and Rise
Yushi is very friendly with the three children of the other Dimensions' conterparts couples, as they were introduced to each other in early childhood.

Despite this, the antics displayed by Rise while together with them sometimes annoy him.

Deck
"Swing, Pendulum of magic! Draw an arc of light that shines on my monsters’ armors! Pendulum Summon! Appear, my comrades!"

- Yushi's Pendulum Summon chant

Yushi uses an "" Multi-Summon Deck, using the versatility of support and  in order to Summon toolbox s, s (using Normal ), and a few s. His Main Deck tends to focus on the trio "s-s-s". Yushi considers the two "" Dragons as his Trump Cards.