Having previously witnessed the corrosive effects of Psyqualia on his former friend Ren, Kai attempts to dissuade Aichi from using Psyqualia by telling him he lacks true strength and then quitting the team. "Stand up THE vanguard!", "Check THE drive trigger!", and "Stride THE generation!") and declaring "Final Turn" when he is confident he will win by the end of the current turn.Īlthough he has a cold and stoic personality, Kai is shown to be concerned with Aichi's development, especially after Aichi awakens the power of Psyqualia.
He has a few trademark quirks when fighting, such as adding "the" to his move declarations (e.g. He battles with a Kagero deck, usually surrounding a "Dragonic Overlord" card. Kai only likes to battle strong players and dislikes those who run away or cannot back up their boasts with skill. One of the main protagonists, and a powerful Vanguard player who attends Hitsue High School. Toshiki Kai ( 櫂 トシキ, Kai Toshiki) Voiced by: Takuya Satō (Japanese) Ryan Luhning (English) Despite living abroad, he helps Ibuki and his friends in regards to the Plan G.
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In the second series of " Cardfight!! Vanguard G", Aichi is studying abroad in America. Eventually, Kai gets Aichi to see the error of his ways, destroys the seed into tiny benign shards, and brings him back. It is later revealed that his reason for his confinement was to contain the seed of Link Joker, which was implanted in him soon after defeating Reversed Takuto.
He willingly sealed himself in a sanctuary where the Quatre Knights resided and guarded him. In the fourth season, Aichi mysteriously disappears from the world, and no one except for Kai and eventually a few of his friends, remember him. In the second season, he uses a Gold Paladin deck after the Royal Paladin clan is sealed away. After his fight with Ren, Aichi loses his Psyqualia, but he is not disheartened by it at all. He eventually embraces both the light and dark sides of himself - the part that embraces Psyqualia and the part that rejects it - and goes on to defeat Ren, also ridding him of Psyqualia in the process. However, Aichi cannot completely rid himself of his desire to use the Psyqualia. Symbolic of this, he abandons his Royal Paladin deck in exchange for a Shadow Paladin deck and begins to use Kai's "Final Turn" catchphrase when he foresees victory.Īichi is convinced to abandon Psyqualia after a match with Kai, in which he realizes his true wish of fighting Kai on equal terms without reliance on Psyqualia. Under the manipulation of Ren Suzugamori, a fellow Psyqualia user, Aichi embraces Psyqualia to gain the strength he believes he needs to surpass Kai. However, using Psyqualia corrodes the user's personality, turning Aichi into a cold-blooded, overconfident opponent. Later in the first season, Aichi awakens the power of Psyqualia, a rare psychic ability that gives him the power of precognition during Vanguard battles. In the first season, Aichi uses a Royal Paladin deck. He eventually meets Kai once more and is persuaded to become a Vanguard player, slowly learning the rules and improving his skills as the series progresses. After receiving the rare card "Blaster Blade" from Toshiki Kai one day, he begins to come out of his shell. When he was younger, Aichi was a very shy and lonely boy who was frequently bullied at school. The main protagonist of the original "Cardfight!! Vanguard" series. Main characters Team Q4 (Quadrifoglio) Aichi Sendou ( 先導 アイチ, Sendō Aichi) Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonaga (Japanese) James Beach (English) 3.1 Team FFAL4 (Foo Fighter Apex Limited 4) / Team Asteroid.