Yusei Fudo

Yusei Fudo (不動遊星, Fudō Yūsei) is the 18 year old protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. He is known for his genius style dueling, his considerable duel skill, and his cool and clever personality. He uses a Bike-themed Duel Disk.

Yusei is shown to be loyal to his friends. In comparison to other series protagonists he is said to be very different than Jaden Yuki in personality, but quite similar to Yugi. He has a far more calm and serious attitude than either of them.

Character biography
Jack Atlus, the Riding Duel Champion, stole Yusei's D-Wheel, which Yusei made himself and his card, "Stardust Dragon", which is of high importance to Yusei.

Rally Dawson gives Yusei a chip for a new D-Wheel he was making. While Nerve thinks Rally may have stole it, Yusei asks him to lay off and uses the chip on his D-Wheel. Yusei and his friends are confronted by the securities, who are looking for Rally. Yusei takes off to distract the securities, while his friends make their escape. He challenges one of them, Tetsu Ushio to a duel, where if he won, the securities would forget about the events that happened that day. Ushio accepts and loses.

Yusei proceeds to fight Jack, battling Rex Godwin's forces along the way. Yusei eventually confronts Jack at the Duel Stadium. They both Summon their ace monsters, "Stardust Dragon" and "Red Daemon's Dragon". After the dragons clash a mysterious red dragon appears and a Dragon's Birthmark appears on Yusei's arm.

Appearance
Yusei has startling blue eyes and black hair. The upper layer of his hair points upward, while the lower layer points downward. He appears to have yellow highlights. Yusei wears a blue jacket with amber gems over a black shirt with a red symbol. His lower body consists of jeans and a belt.

Deck
Yusei is the first known character to use a Speed/Junk Deck, with his signature card being "Stardust Dragon". In the earlier episodes from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, his siganture card is "Junk Warrior".