Rei Shingetsu

Rei Shingetsu is a character appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. He is an exchange student to Heartland Middle School, and a huge fan of Yuma Tsukumo. Rei has his own catchphrase "think positive" (よかれと思って Yokare to Omotte). He soon becomes Yuma's new friend.

Appearance
Rei has fair skin, purple eyes, and bulbous spiked, orange hair with bangs curls around his face. He has a very unique Duel Gazer, larger than a normal Duel Gazer with a large red lens and a black head gear that wraps around his head.

As a first year student, he wears the first-year male uniform of Heartland Middle School, a white shirt with red-lined sleeves and collar, a red tie, blue pants, and a pair of brown shoes.

Personality
Rei has very cheerful and loud exterior, which makes others seems exasperated by it. He also very friendly and eager-to-please, but tends to rush recklessly into things and is quite clumsy.

Rei has a strong admiration, and albeit fan-boyish towards Yuma Tsukumo, since he knew that Yuma won the World Duel Carnival, and even referring to Yuma as the "crown jewel" of Heartland Middle School and Heartland City. He treats Yuma with the utmost importance and is eager to do things for Yuma that will please him, such getting him a Duel with pro-Duelist Daisuke Katagiri or voting for Yuma as new class representative of their class. He even wishes to join the Super Secret Number Cards Investigation Club when he learns the club supports Yuma in his adventures.

Underneath Rei's happy and clumsy exterior, Rei shown to be more serious and mysterious than others might think. He is seen secretly observing Yuma from afar when others are not during any Duel he had with the Barian World's brainwashed minions. Rei is also perceptive, he was the first to perceive Aika Hanazoe's malicious intentions, and this allowed him not to be affected her power when she made his friends unconscious. He appears to want to keep this side hidden from others as he pretended to be unconscious until Aika, Yuma and Rio Kastle left the room and he pretended not to have seen Aika and Rio's Duel. Even when he senses that his friends might be in danger, Rei does not take an active role to warn them or notify anyone, and just watch as things play out.

Etymology
Rei's first name means "zero", which can be related to the "Numbers". His last name's literal meaning is "true moon".

Biography
After the Duel between Yuma Tsukumo and Fuma, Rei observes everyone celebrating from an upper window, and then smiles.

While running to school, Rei accidentally crashes into Yuma on his way, and when he realized it Yuma, Rei was excited to have met the champion of the WDC. When Yuma remarks about being late, Rei refuses to let that happen to Yuma and forcefully dragged him through rather odd "shortcuts" to make it to school. Once they arrived at class, Rei loudly announced their arrival and introduced himself as the new student of the class. Later, Rei overhears Yuma wishing to Duel pro-Duelist Daisuke Katagiri and took upon the task of getting Yuma a Duel by himself. Once Rei found Daisuke, he tried to make his request, but was shocked to find that he is brainwashed by the Barian World. Daisuke then Duels Rei in hopes to find where Yuma lives, but Rei refuses to give him any information and is brutally defeated. When Yuma arrived and Duels Daisuke, Rei watched and cheered for Yuma as he wins. After the duel, Rei quickly runs over to a tired Yuma to carry him to the infirmary on his back. Officially friends, Rei then carries off Yuma while running, oblivious to Yuma's screaming.

When the class was electing a class president, Rei nominated Yuma, and when Yuma won, Rei voiced his congrats. During lunch, Rei learns of the Super Secret Number Cards Investigation Club from Yuma's friends and asked Bronk Stone for membership. They are interrupted by Caswell Todoroki, who has been assigned "Special Disciplinary Commander", and are shocked when he starts to enforce rules upon the school. Later, Rei secretly watched Yuma Duel against Mamoru Jinguji by the gym pool with a concerned look. After Yuma wins, Rei accepted Caswell's apologies and is later seen with Yuma talking about relinquishing his position as class president to Caswell. .



After school one day, Rei was walking with Yuma and his friends when Chitaro Ariga asked Yuma to be his model for his manga, with Rei expressing excitement for Yuma. Later, Rei tagged along with Yuma and Tori Meadows to visit Rio Kastle at the hospital, bringing fruits and snacks for Rio, but Tori reminded him that Rio couldn't eat since she was unconscious at the time. They encountered Shark and was shocked to hear that his sister was missing. When a Barian-brainwashed Chitaro appeared and challenged Shark to a Duel, Rei watched and cheered Shark on. As Shark was losing due to Chitaro threatening Rio, Rei goes along with Yuma to search for Chitaro's sketchbook in hopes to find his weakness. At school, Rei and Yuma found Chitaro's manga about his Duel and informed Shark over his Duel Gazer that it ends with Shark losing and Rio not being saved. As Yuma urged Shark to continue Dueling for his sister, Rei watched the rest of the Duel over Yuma's Duel Gazer and was happy Shark won in the end.



When Rio came back to school, Rei ate lunch with her, Yuma, and the rest of his friends while listening to her talk about her brother. Later, Rei watched as Rio easily defeated a number of clubs and was amazed by her skills. When Rio was invited to the Ikebana Club, Rei came along with his friends and met the leader, Aika Hanazoe. As Aika talked to them, Rei was the first to sense that there was something wrong with her. When Aika used her power to make everyone unconscious, Rei appeared to be affected, but was really pretending to be asleep. Rei maintains this facade and secretly listens to Aika revealing her trap to get Yuma and Shark's "Numbers" for the Barian World. When Yuma and the girls went outside, Rei watched Rio Duel against Aika from the window. After Rio won and they walked home together, Rei feigned ignorance about not being awake until after Rio won, and was amused to find out that Rio was afraid of cats.

One day on the way to school, Rei chased after Yuma, who was racing with Bronk, and pleading with him to wait for him. During Alit's failed attempts to woo Tori, Rei accompanied Yuma through the transitions, one involving nearly drowning due to Yuma's forcing him to jump into the school's pool. When Yuma found a note on his desk, Rei popped out from under him and told Yuma it was a note of a challenge, startling Yuma in the process. While Yuma Dueled Alit on top of the roof, Rei went to find Tori and explained what Yuma was doing for her. They arrived to the roof after Yuma won against Alit, and witness the two formed a friendship. One day after school, Rei made an innocent suggestion to have a mascot girl for the Super Secret Number Cards Investigation Club. At first, Rei though Tori should be it, since he though she was Yuma's "girlfriend", but then realized that Tori can't Duel and therefore can't be the mascot, incidentally causing a fight between her and Cathy Catherine. Rei rushed outside to get Yuma and take to the classroom to stop the fighting, explaining the situation to him. Although Yuma and Rei tried to calm everybody down, their friends and Rio's arguing became worse and they refuse to speak to one another the next day. While walking home, Rei tried to cheer Yuma up by offering to Duel him, and they are met by Gilag. Rei and Yuma listened to Gilag suggesting they hold a "Sports Duel Tournament" to help their friends make up, which they agreed to. During the tournament, Rei acted as the announcer for each round and helped Gilag referee the events. Before the final round, Rei expressed happiness that their friends made up with each other, and then became suspicious when Gilag arranged a Duel between Yuma and Tori's teams, but he does not do anything about it. On the "Baseball Field", Rei continued to be the announcer and watched the Duel from the stands with his friends. When Tori Summoned her "Chaos Xyz: Dark Fairy Cheer Girl", he showed visible concern, but was happy that Yuma was able to defeat the girls and cheered when he won.

One day after school, Rei walked home with Yuma and Tori and asked Tori why Yuma seemed so depressed. Later, Rei went into the woods after Kite Tenjo took Yuma's place to Duel against Misael and stayed hidden in the trees to watch.

Deck
It is unknown what type of Deck Rei uses, as no cards were shown.