Kaede Sanada

Kaede Sanada is an Obelisk Blue Student of Duel Academy and duels with a DARK Deck. He is the son of Aki Sanada and is in his second year of Duel Academy.

Midway through the Shadow Rider arc, Kaede leaves Duel Academy due to a family emergency. He is not present for the rest of the arc, until the final, where he appears as the eleventh Shadow Rider, Erebor. While Amnael goes after, Alexis Rhodes, Chazz Princeton, and Jaden Yuki, Erebor goes after Kaguya Meigetsu, Chione Tsumura, and Kylie Reynolds, who defeats him.

Physical description
Kaede is a tall male teenager with short, shaggy, spiky black and red hair with dark red eyes and a tanned skin tone. He wears the Standard Obelisk Blue Uniform long coat.

Powers

 * Soul Stealing: With a special pendant, Kaede is able to seal the souls of the people he defeats into a card.

Skills

 * Dueling proficiency: Kaede is an exceptional duelist and is known for being the top second-year student.

Equipment

 * Duel Disk

Trials of Darkness
Kaede makes his appearance during the School Duel, standing in the stands next to Chione Tsumura and Zane Truesdale.

A few days after the School Duel, Kaede, along with various first years, including Kylie Reynolds and Kaguya Meigetsu, were chosen to protect the Spirit Keys. Shortly after his defeat to Azreal, and Michael's return, Kaede had to leave Duel Academy due to a family emergency.

It is later revealed that Kaede is the second to last Shadow Rider, Erebor, having dueled half of the Key Keepers while Amnael took the other half. Kaede's identity was revealed when he dueled Kylie. At his defeat, Kaede admits to Kylie everything he had to do because of his grandfather. He was there alongside Banner watching Atticus Rhodes and many other students take a "test" only to get pulled into the Shadow Realm. He also reveals that he hated having to lie and trick everyone, and admits, he did like her. Even though he tells her all that, Kaede keeps the identity of his grandfather a secret from Kylie.

Following Kagemaru's defeat, despite him siding with him, Kaede is allowed to finish his time at Duel Academy.

DARK
Kaede utilizes a DARK-Attribute Deck.

Shadoworld
Kaede, as Erebor, duels with a Shadoworld Deck, which specializes in Shadow Counters.

Trivia

 * Kaede was made to make the Key Keepers and Shadow Riders equal.
 * Kaede was styled after seeing an image of a humanized Sonic the Hedgehog character, Shadow the Hedgehog.