Akari Tsukumo (manga)

Akari Tsukumo

Akari Tsukumo
English name	Akari Tsukumo (manga) Kari Tsukumo (anime)
Japanese name Japanese 九十九明里 Rōmaji Tsukumo Akari
Age	20
Gender	Female
Relatives
Haru Tsukumo (grandmother) Mira Tsukumo (mother) Kazuma Tsukumo (father) Yuma Tsukumo (younger brother)
Occupation	Journalist
Manga debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL Rank 1: "The Name's Yuma!!"
Appears in Manga Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Tsukumo, Akari

Akari Tsukumo is a character appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL manga. She is the granddaughter of Haru Tsukumo, the brother of Yuma Tsukumo, and the daughter of Kazuma Tsukumo and Mira Tsukumo.

Manga Biography

One day, when Yuma was late for school, he asked Akari why she didn't wake him up. She, said she was too busy in the morning with news delivery.

Later, while Yuma Dueled Shark, she localized a shock wave, caused by Shark's "Number", and found a distortion on the map near the train station, where they were Dueling.

The distortion Akari found in the map near the train station.

During the night after Yuma received the "Baby Tiragon" card from Tokunosuke, Akari went up to the attic (which is Yuma's room), and asked him when he's planning to go to bed, as she was trying to write a news article and Yuma wouldn't be quiet. He apologized and said he'd go to bed then. Seeing the card in his hand, she asked if he's been playing Duel Monsters. He said that of course he hasn't, as Akari previously forbade him to do so. Their grandmother muses that Yuma is a poor kid to be picked on like that.

Akari believes that for Yuma, Dueling is more than just a game, and that it can't be helped. Astral is surprised to learn that Yuma isn't allowed to Duel and Yuma responds that his sister doesn't wish him to, as she believes something bad may happen. Astral thinks that perhaps Akari is aware of the relationship between Yuma and The Emperor's Key.

When Kaito Tenjo hunts the "Number" of a bandit, Akari was investigating about the incident and asked Yuma if he knew anything about a "Numbers Hunter". Surprised, Yuma asked why she knew about the "Numbers". Akari asked if he knew something, but Yuma awkwardly denied. She then explained that the bandit kept muttering "Numbers Hunter", but that she didn't know what that means, and that it seems to be related with Duel Monsters. Yuma then said that he couldn't know anything, since he is forbidden from Dueling. Akari noticed something wrong, but didn't say anything. Yuma then went to bed, while she kept working on the news.

Akari and Yuma on Akari's motorcycle.

After Yuma's loss to Kaito, to hide his sadness, Yuma told Akari and Haru he was going to his bed to finish his homework. Both Akari and Haru are shocked about Yuma doing his homework.

When Yuma begun a Speed Duel against Thunder Spark, he said that he could drive in that speed easily, because he was already used to that speed due to Akari carrying him in her motorcycle.