Kari Tsukumo

Akari Tsukumo is a character in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. She is the older sister of Yuma Tsukumo.

Her parents go on a lot of business trips, so she and her brother live with their grandmother Haru. Akari and her family don't let Yuma duel for some unknown reason, possibly for fear of injury due to Numbers, as demonstrated in the first opening which shows Yuma and Akari fighting over Yuma`s deck (it is appears that Yuma is losing this fight). According to the manga, Astral thinks it has something to do with the Emperor's Key; However, Haru seems to allow Yuma to duel without Akari finding out. In Episode 16, she discovered that Yuma has been dueling despite her opposition, but apparently didn't mind and now allows him to duel.

Personality
Akari can be a tad self-centered at times, occasionally sending others out to find her scoops to make reports on, even if it is dangerous, or hazardous. She can also be a tad aggressive, showing to be willing to physically attack Yuma when she caught him dueling (though it is possible she was just trying to intimidate him). Despite this, Akari seems to genuinely care for her little brother, and seems to be rather protective of him. She made a promise to her parents that she would do what she could to take care of Yuma, being told that he would rely on her for a long time.

Anime
In episode 4, she claims to have a black belt in karate. She has skills in computers as she is able to locate the program where Professor Ukyo's virus bomb was. She is a skilled driver, but tends to drive very recklessly.

She also has the habit of making Yuma search for scoops so that Akari can write her news reports, as shown in episode 13 where she saw Yuma inside the shopping mall during a robbery and told him to find something she could use.

Manga
In rank 3, she felt the shockwave from Yuma's Duel with Ryoga. She also found a distortion on the map near the train station.