Yuto

Yuto's History

Yuto's hometown, Heartland City, was once a peaceful city. Yuto attended the Spade Branch of Heartland Duel School,[3] known for training professional Duelists.[22] Yuto and Shay watched Lulu's duel as the former commented on her great dueling skills. He was completely shocked when Shay told him that she was his sister. After her duel, Shay introduced them both and they instantly took a liking to each other, and they began growing closer. [20] At one point, he, Shay, and Lulu watched Kite Tenjo, the ace of the Clover Branch, dueling.[3]

Yuto with Shay during the invasion.

Heartland was attacked out of the blue one day by Duel Academy from the Fusion Dimension. During the invasion he, Shay, and three other Duelists attempted to fight off the many "Chaos Ancient Gear Giants" that were Summoned, but their allies were defeated and sealed into cards, forcing Yuto and Shay to retreat.[22]

At some point after the invasion, Shay managed to capture a Duel Academy Duelist, who Shay and Yuto interrogated for the reason of the invasion. The Duelist replied that he did so because he was ordered to. Shay tried to seal him into a card, but Yuto stopped him.[23]

Sometime after the invasion, Lulu was captured by Duel Academy, and Yuto and the Resistance frantically looked for her. While out searching for Lulu alone, Yuto lamented that he didn't want to hurt anyone anymore, but then he was confronted by Yugo, a Duelist from the Synchro Dimension riding a Duel Runner. Yuto mistook Yugo's name for "Fusion" and assumed that the Turbo Duelist was working with Duel Academy. Yugo brashly challenged Yuto to a duel, vowing that he wasn't losing until he'd beaten Yuto to a pulp and the two clashed head on in a duel.[24] Yuto brought out "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon", while Yugo attempted to counter with "Clear Wing Synchro Dragon". Shay and several other Duelists arrived, and Yugo retreated.[25]

After Shay informed Yuto that capturing the Professor's son may cause the Professor to panic and force him to release Lulu,[23] he traveled to the Standard Dimension to oppose the Fusion Dimension,[6] so Yuto followed his best friend there, too.[26]