Naito Sakaki

Naito Sakaki was the world champion several years before the start of the Crossroads of Destiny series, and the father of Makoto Sakaki and Hanako Sakaki. His Vanguard Circle was white.

Personality
Naito was often seen as happy-go-lucky. He rarely ever frowned or expressed any negative emotions. He never seemed bothered with things he saw as trivial, such as losing. He also held a deep-seeded belief in miracles, something that his older brother, Kenji, always scoffed at.

History
Naito was awarded the title First Vanguard several years prior to his death for his many achievements. It is said by Rex Kido that he acquired the title from Aichi Sendou upon the latter's retirement from Vanguard fighting. As part of his many victories, Naito amassed a large collection of rare cards, many of which he passed down to his children.

Naito always believed he had a special bond with his cards, even going so far as to claim he could hear their voices. This, like many other things, was something that Kenji scoffed at. Many years later, however, Rex Kido and would hypothesize that Naito may have had.

Naito died under currently unrevealed circumstances. Reiji claims that he died shortly after he lost to Reiji. According to Reiji, this was Naito's last tournament and Reiji's first major tournament.

Of all the fights he had over the course of his career, only four have been shown in Crossroads of Destiny:

Deck
Naito used an Oracle Think Tank deck focused on the ability of Starburst Dragon and its ability to add many cards to the hand at once. The deck was passed down to Makoto after his death, but Makoto has since tinkered with it. Generally though, it worked much the same way Makoto's deck would in the present. Naito included more cards that checked the top cards of the deck, so it leaned more towards the archetype.