Noboru Gongenzaka is an old friend of Yuya Sakaki. He duels using the "Non-Action" or "Steadfast" style, which means that even if he competes in an Action Duel, he refuses to search for Action Cards, standing firmly in the same spot. Later on after hearing about the invasion plot from Academia in Fusion Dimension, he became one of Reiji's Lancers, fighting against those invaders. (Source: Yu-Gi-Oh! Wikia, edited)