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Kakeru Kunitachi is a character appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. He is a participant in the World Duel Carnival and Yuma's first opponent. He kicks around a soccer ball covered in Duel Monsters cards.

Biography
Kakeru is the third son of the infamous Soccer Family and is expected to play soccer like his older brothers, Kazu and Hide. However, despite his great skills, he had little trust in others. During a soccer game, Kakeru ignored his teammates and tried to win on his own. His brothers disapproved of this and Kakeru quit soccer. After that, he discovered Duel Monsters and began striving his way to be the Duel Champion and overcoming his brothers' shadows.

World Duel Carnival
Kakeru is seen with all of the participating Duelists as the Carnival is under way. To decide who his first opponent would be, he kicked a soccer ball and whoever it hit would decide who he would duel. The ball hits Yuma and after introductions were out of the way, the two began to duel.

During his duel with Yuma, Kakeru was ruthless in attacking Yuma. Though Yuma kept proclaiming that he and his monsters would win because they work together, something Kakeru failed to see before. Despite losing to Yuma, Kakeru realized the importance of teamwork and surrendered his Heart Piece to Yuma.

thumb|left|Kakeru watches the finals of the WDC.

Kakeru is next seen with his older brothers among the spectators during Yuma's duel with Tron in the final round of the finals.

Deck
Kakeru plays a Soccer Deck revolving around his Field Spell Card, "Dream Pitch", and with support for his Xyz Monster, "Fantasista Dieci".