Yoko Sakaki

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Yoko Sakaki
Yoko Sakaki
English name
  • Yoko Sakaki
Nicknames
  • The Queen of the Sirens (dub only)
  • Loco Yoko (dub only)
  • Shooting Star Yoko (流れ星ヨーコ Nagareboshi Yōko)[1]
Japanese name
Japaneseさかき よう
Base榊 洋子
Furiganaさかき ようこ
RōmajiSakaki Yōko
Korean name
Hangul
  • 은경
Romanization
  • Eungyeong
Translated
  • Eun-kyung
Other language names
French
  • Yoko Sakaki
German
  • Yoko Sakaki
Gender
  • Female
Relatives
Anime DeckBiker
Anime debutYu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 0011: "Swing Into Action: Part 1"
Appears in
Anime
English voice
  • Saskia Maarleveld[2]
Japanese voice
  • Ryoko Yui
Other language voices
German
  • Nadine Heidenreich
Sakaki, Yoko

Yoko Sakaki (さかき よう, Sakaki Yōko) is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. She is the mother of Yuya Sakaki and the wife of Yusho Sakaki.

Design[edit]

Appearance[edit]

Full-body views of Yoko, both in her usual outfit (left) and gang leader clothes (right).

Yoko is a fairly tall and youthful-looking woman of slender built with green eyes and light skin. She has long blond hair the front bangs being golden in color. Her hair is tied in a ponytail and sections out as spikes. Her bangs part to the right side and frame her face. She is commonly seen wearing and aqua-colored long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans with brown low shoes. She also accessories with silver big-loop earrings, two golden bands on her left wrist, and a small golden necklace hanging under her neck.

Personality[edit]

Yoko is a kind-hearted woman, and is shown to care a lot for Yuya. She understands his true feelings, as seen when she told Skip Boyle that Yuya spent the last several years acting like a clown to cope with Yusho Sakaki's disappearance.[3]

However, Yoko is easily charmed by anything she deems cute, such as Sora Perse when he stayed at the Sakaki residence, up to the point she gave Yuya's breakfast to him,[4], as well as several other young boys such as Reed Pepper[5] and Dennis McField[6]. In these situations, she will not hesitate to support them more frequently than her own son. Yoko's love for cute things also has caused her to adopt several cats and dogs, including En, Core[4], Kilo and Watt.[7]

In the past, Yoko had a brutal personality and enjoyed defeating her opponents mercilessly, whether they were rival gangs or pushy men. Her meeting with Yusho Sakaki changed her outlook in life.[1]

Biography[edit]

History[edit]

Yoko as the leader of the "Sirens".

In her youth, Yoko was the leader of a female biker gang called the "Sirens" (the "Maiami Queens" in the Japanese version), as "Loco Yoko" and the "Queen of the Sirens" ("Shooting Star Yoko" in the Japanese version). At one point, one of her teammates was held hostage by a member of a rival gang. Yusho Sakaki stepped in and saved her. Yoko was touched by Yusho's ability to end fights peacefully without violence and developed feelings for Yusho.[1] The two of them eventually got married and had a son, Yuya Sakaki, together. Through Yusho, Yoko also befriended Skip Boyle.

When Yusho did not show up for his Duel against The Sledgehammer, Yuya ran to the bottom of the stands and challenged Sledgehammer to a Duel in his father's stead. Yoko pulled Yuya away as he continued to protest.[3]

Pre-Arc League Championship[edit]

Yoko showed up during Yuya's Duel against The Sledgehammer. She told Skip, Zuzu and Gong about Yuya's behavior: he had acted like a clown to cope with Yusho's disappearance and reinvented himself while Dueling. She watched the rest of the Duel with the three, and was proud of her son when he won.[3][8]

Yoko eventually invited Sora to stay at the Sakaki residence, to Yuya's annoyance. She prepared breakfast for the two boys, but she was taken in by Sora's cuteness after he called her Yuya's older sister rather than his mother, causing her to give Yuya's food to him.[4]

After the events involving between You Show Duel School and LID, Yoko arrived to watch Yuya's Duel against Skip, but left early before the Duel could end.[9]

Yoko made an appearance during Yuya's Duel with Reed Pepper. Having failed to make one of his recipes due to its complexity, Yoko converted it into a pancake sandwich, which infuriated Reed. She gave her creation to Yuya, who struggled with the Duel as he was too hungry to continue, and smiled as he was re-energized and won the Duel.[5]

Yoko, Skip, Zuzu, Allie, Frederick, Tate, and Nico Smiley were spectators during Yuya's Duel with Gong.[10][11]

Arc League Championship[edit]

Friendship Cup[edit]

Duel Academy[edit]

After Z-ARC's defeat and the Standard Dimension being reborn into the "Pendulum Dimension", Yoko had lost her memories of Zuzu and the events involving people from other dimensions. She prepared breakfast for Yuya and wondered why he was in a hurry when it was Sunday. She told yelled at him for making a mess when he was talking with food in mouth. She was present during the Battle Royal with Allie, Frederick, and Tate. When Moon Shadow urged everybody to remember the Arc League Championship, Yoko began to recall the events especially Reed being part of it.[12]

She is later seen watching Yuya's Duel against Jack Atlas with Gong, Sylvio, Aura and You Show Duel School.[13]

Deck[edit]

Yoko uses a "Biker" Deck.

Duels[edit]

Opponent(s) Episode(s) Outcome
4 Unknown Duelists 52 Win (flashback)
Unknown Duelist 52 No result (flashback)
Yuya Sakaki 52-53 Lose

References[edit]

  1. a b c Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 05252: "Parental Guidance: Part 1"
  2. Saskia Maarleveld's site
  3. a b c Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 0011: "Swing Into Action: Part 1"
  4. a b c Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 0055: "Toying Around: Part 1"
  5. a b Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 01717: "Menu Venue: Part 2"
  6. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 04444: "Danger Zones"
  7. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 01616: "Menu Venue: Part 1"
  8. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 0022: "Swing into Action: Part 2"
  9. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 01414: "The Show Must Go On"
  10. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 02525: "Battle Between Buddies: Part 1"
  11. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 02626: "Battle Between Buddies: Part 2"
  12. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 141141: "Swinging Back Into Action"
  13. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episode 146146: "One Way Street To Defeat"

Notes[edit]

  1. This card is given to Yuya Sakaki in episode 53.