Akiza Izinski

For the other versions of this character, see Akiza Izinski (disambiguation).

Akiza Izinski

Akiza alongside "Black Rose Dragon". Akiza alongside "Black Rose Dragon".
Names
English	Akiza Izinski
Japanese translated	Aki Izayoi
Nicknames	Black Rose Witch Black Rose
Japanese Japanese 十六夜アキ Rōmaji Izayoi Aki
Other languages
Arabic	أكي إيزايُوي
Personal
Birth	June 11
Age	16 (episode 22) 17 (WRGP) 18 (episode 152) 26 (finale timeskip)
Height	1.63 m <br />5.348 ft <br />64.173 in <br />163 cm
Weight	94.799 lb <br />43 kg
Gender	Female
Relatives
Hideo (father) Setsuko (mother)
Career Education
Occupation	Doctor
Previous organization	Arcadia Movement Signers
School	Duel Academy
Duelist
Tournament Position Fortune Cup Top 2 World Racing Grand Prix Winner
Previous team	Team 5D's
Anime Deck	Black Rose/Plant
Appearances
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episode 01414: "Bloom of the Black Rose"
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Evolving Duel! Stardust VS Red Demons Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time
Voice actors
English	Bella Hudson
Japanese	Ayumi Kinoshita
Izinski, Akiza

Akiza Izinski, known as Aki Izayoi in the Japanese version, is a main character from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and was one of the Signers. She is also called the Black Rose, or Black Rose Witch in the Japanese version.

Akiza possesses an extremely strong special ability which sets her apart from the rest of humanity, and even the rest of the Signers. This psychic ability enables her to psionically materialize and bring to life monsters and the effects of Duel Monsters cards, allowing her to freely control them similar to Yami Bakura, Belowski and Jaden Yuki.

Design

Appearance

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Lineart.

Akiza is a teenager of average height. She has fair skin, brown eyes, and dark burgundy hair. Her hair is mostly chin-length with the addition of long, elbow-length bangs that frame both sides of her face. She rolls her front bangs with a device similar to a hair curler on top of her head, which helps her restrain her powers, while a bit hangs down on each side.

Akiza in the original (left) and in the dub (right).

Her wardrobe appears to have Victorian influences, but also bears resemblance to uniforms that were worn by female military generals during the 1980s. Akiza wears a low-cut red corset with short, light green puffy sleeves and a high collar. (In the dub version of the anime, her cleavage is covered and sometimes made smaller to make her more suitable for younger children.). She also sports a sleeveless magenta trench coat that flares behind her which is shorter and pleated in the front. She wears a red neck choker and an emerald crested, golden cross-shaped medallion, as well as a pair of dark, elbow-length gloves with a pair of gold bracelets above them. Her stockings are the same color as her gloves, and are connected to her skirt (In the dub version of the anime, the stockings are edited) and she wears red high heeled pumps/sandals with them.

Akiza's first Duel Disk has pink, purple, and red trim with purple jewels. Later on, she uses the hybrid Duel Disk attached to her Duel Runner, which has the same color scheme as the previous one.

For Turbo Duels, Akiza instead uses a form fitting motorcycle red suit which shows her cleavage, along with an enclosed helmet, and high heel boots.

If at school, she wears the New Domino academy girls uniform. It consists of a burgundy coat, white button-down shirt, same stockings as her usual attire, a medium-length skirt, and a green tie.

On formal occasions she wears a short red dress with long white gloves and red high heels.

After Yusei's Duel against Z-one, Akiza had longer hair and had her bangs cut. She also wore a red headband. During the dinner party in the last episodes, she wore a white top and brown sandals, and, in the final episode, she wore a red shirt, stockings, and red high heel pumps.

Personality

Initially, Akiza had a very cold and distant nature to her demeanor, a result of spending years being treated as a monster. She viewed everyone around her as her enemy and eventually stopped caring about other people's feelings. It wasn't until Sayer showed her compassion, that Akiza began to have hope in her life again. Despite this new feeling of self-worth from Sayer, Akiza's rage at the world continued to grow, which Sayer intentionally drove her towards. After meeting Yusei, Akiza began to question the path she took of distancing herself from normal society. Finding conflicted emotions between both Yusei and Sayer's words, Akiza began to lose her focus and by extension her performance began to slip. When Sayer "died" and Akiza lost her last "place" to turn to, her parents, the people who unintentionally drove her down her hate-filled path, showed how sorry they were for their mistakes and wanted her back with loving intentions. With assistance from Yusei this allowed Akiza to finally find peace and be willing to join normal society again. After joining Yusei and his friends, Akiza's demeanor has become much more caring, kind-hearted, valuing true friendship and becoming eager to help those close to her whenever possible.

She also cares very much for children, as seen when she stood up to Hiettman saying "I never approve of adults who try to harm children!"

In the manga, from the beginning, she is more friendly and lacking her previously hostile nature. She's friends with many of the girls in the Duel Academy she currently attends.

Abilities

Akiza's telekinetic abilities are that of a Psychic Duelist. This exceptionally strong psionic ability enables her to materialize monsters and effects of Duel Monsters cards. While this psychic power is undefined in the Japanese version, in the English dub, Commander Koda states that Akiza possesses