Big Five (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
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The Big Five are a group of five fictional businessmen that appear in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!.
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[edit] Kaiba Corporation
Initially known at the Board of Directors for Kaiba Corporation, the Big Five work for Gozaburo Kaiba, producing weapons of mass destruction. When Gozaburo's step-son Seto decides to make his play for power, he convinces the Big Five he'll restore them to their former power and claims that Gozaburo does not give them the respect or power they deserve. The Big Five agree, and thus buy 49% of Kaiba Corporation. Combined with 2% that Gozaburo had previously given to Seto for a test to prove his business skill, the Big Five vote out Gozaburo and vote in Seto as the president of the company.
However, Seto quickly backs out on their deal, stripping them of their power and leaving the Big Five little more than figureheads and consultants. Furious over their betrayal, the Big Five strike a deal with Maximillion Pegasus, similar to their previous deal with Seto: if Pegasus defeats Seto and Yugi Mutou in duels, then they will use their 49% to vote Pegasus into power of the company by kidnapping Seto's brother Mokuba, who has been entrusted with the security codes to the two percent the Big Five need.
The plan fails, and when Seto learns of their betrayal he threatens to fire them. The Big Five offer Seto his complete Virtual Reality game as a peace offering, sparking the Legendary Heroes arc. After being rescued, what Seto did to the Big Five is not known. Presumably their minds were trapped in the Virtual World as they had intended to do to Seto, as this sets the stage for their next appearance.
[edit] Alliance With Noah
- Note: the following only happens in the second series anime
The Big Five wander Kaiba Corporation's computer banks for some time until they are found by Gozaburo's biological son Noah. Noah also desires to take control of Kaiba Corporation from Seto, and the two strike a deal. Noah lures Seto, Yugi and his friends to an underwater military base, and there forces them to enter his version of the Virtual World. The Big Five greet them and reveal the deal they have made with Noah: after being trapped in the Virtual World, they have lost their connection to their bodies and thus need new ones. In exchange for being allowed access to the bodies of Seto, Yugi and his friends, the Big Five will defeat each of them in a duel.
One by one the Big Five fail to defeat their chosen opponents, and Noah is furious. As a last ditch effort, the Big Five use the body of Tristan Taylor to unite into one and duel Yugi and Joey Wheeler in a two-on-one match. They once again fail to defeat them, and are summoned back to Noah's headquarters. Noah refuses to give them a third chance, and as punishment seals each of the Big Five in an isolated portion of the Virtual World. Following this they are never seen again and are presumably deleted when the fortress the Virtual World is stationed in explodes.
[edit] Members
[edit] Gansley
Gansley (Konosuke Oshita) is the leader and founder of the Big Five. He chooses to duel Yugi, and claims to have perfected a strategy to defeat him. He approaches the duel as a business, referring to his monsters as his employees. During the duel Gansley gives Yugi advice on business while in the Japanese version, Oshita quotes various warlords and philosophers on how to build a successful army. Gansley's deck relies on summoning many monsters to use the ability of his Deck Master Deep Sea Warrior, which can reflect attacks at the cost of sacrificing two monsters on the field.
An interesting change between the English and Japanese versions of the anime is that while Oshita knows about Yami Yugi (he refers to them as Type-A Yugi and Type-B), Gansley shows no knowledge of the spirit.
[edit] Dueling Cards
- Monster cards
- Ashinigrai
- Ipiria
- Ruclomba the Spirit King
- Youi
- Wall of Illusion
- Rainbow Snake Eingana
- Melchid the Four-Faced Beast
- Magic cards
- Premature Burial
- Offerings to the Doomed
[edit] Crump
Adrian Rudolph Crump III (Shuzo Otaki), or simply Crump, used to be an accountant and oversaw Kaiba Corporation's finances before he was fired. He takes the form of Nightmare Penguin to duel Téa Gardner. Crump was neglected as a child and found a love for penguins when he read about how they cared for their young. His dream was to build a penguin theme park, but Seto Kaiba refused to finance the project. Crump's deck relies on various penguin and ice monsters.
[edit] Dueling Cards
- Monster cards
- Giant Red Seasnake
- Flying Penguin
- Volt Penguin
- Defender Iceberg
- Torpedo Penguin
- Magic cards
- Cold Wave
- Penguin Sword
- Revenge Sacrifice
- Ocean of Regeneration
- Trap cards
- Mirror Wall
- Driving Snow
[edit] Johnson
Johnson (Chikuzen Oka) is the legal advisor for the Big Five and an expert lawyer. He duels Joey Wheeler in a courtroom setting. Johnson claims that Joey is on trial for gambling too much with his deck and takes the form of Judge Man to duel. During the duel Johnson rigs Joey's coin flips and dice rolls in his favor, until Noah steps in and threatens to disqualify him for cheating. Joey asks that Noah let the duel continue, and Noah does so. Joey plays another game of chance with Johnson in which he loses one of the true or false questions he claims to be an expert in, and thus loses the duel. Johnson's deck relies on increasing his Life Points to use his Deck Master's ability, which can destroy all monsters on the opposing field at a cost of 1000 points.
[edit] Dueling Cards
- Monster cards
- Hysteric Fairy
- Skelengel
- Mystical Elf
- Curtain of the Dark Ones
- Kamion Wizard
- Armail
- One-Eyed Shield Dragon
- Dragoness the Wicked Knight
- Magic cards
- Polymerization
- Sinister Justice
- Leading Question
- Pot of Greed
- Reinforcement of the Army
[edit] Nesbitt
Nesbitt (Soichiro Ota) was the technical expert of the Big Five, and before Seto took power he oversaw the military factories on Kaiba Corp Isle. Seto ordered Nesbitt to destroy his lab after coming to power and had him build the Duel Tower in its place. Nesbitt is furious over his technological genius being used for games, and has vowed revenge. Nesbitt takes the form of Robotic Knight and later Perfect Machine King to duel Duke Devlin, Serenity Wheeler and Tristan Taylor in a three-on-one duel. As Tristan and Serenity have little knowledge of dueling, Nesbitt is sure he'll win easily. He manages to defeat Tristan before losing, and claims his body in the process. Nesbitt's deck uses various Machine cards that he discards to use his Deck Master ability, doing 500 damage each time he discards a Machine monster.
[edit] Dueling Cards
- Monster cards
- Gigatech Wolf
- Cyber Falcon
- Ground Attack Bugroth
- Oni-Tank T34
- Overdrive
- Cannon Soldier
- Gradius' Option
- Cannon Soldier
- Machine King
- Robotic Knight
- Perfect Machine King
- Magic cards
- Card of Sanctity
- Clockwork Knight
- Short Circuit
- Recycling Plant
- Trap cards
- Backup Soldier
- Riryoku Field
[edit] Lector
Lector (Kogoro Daimon) is the former assistant to Gozaburo himself (and later Seto). Lector is the best duelist of the Big Five and challenges Seto as his opponent, intending to settle a personal grudge. Lector claims that he did all the hard work to make Seto look good for Gozaburo while all Seto did was give him orders. Lector also reveals Seto's manipulation of Mokuba to oust Gozaburo from power, which Seto denies. Lector uses a control deck and utilizes a wide array of cards that lockdown the opponent's abilities at the cost of his own Life Points, highlighted by his Deck Master Jinzo, which negates and destroys all his opponent's Trap cards.
[edit] Dueling Cards
- Monster cards
- Hiro's Shadow Scout
- Cyber Jar
- Injection Fairy Lily
- Fire Princess
- Satellite Cannon
- Dreamsprite
- Magic cards
- Watch Tranquilizer
- Sebek's Blessing
- Spring of Rebirth
- Emergency Provisions
- Trap cards
- Solemn Wishes
- Mask of Perplexity
- Imperial Order
- Life-Absorbing Machine
[edit] United
When they face Yugi and Joey, the Big Five duel as one, rotating their Deck Masters (and the member who commands them) each turn before settling on Lector's Jinzo. In this duel they use a deck of their combined powers, highlighted by Five-Headed Dragon, the monster they attempted to used to trap Seto in the Virtual World before he fired them.
[edit] Dueling Cards
- Monster cards
- Legendary Fisherman
- Catapult Turtle
- Magician of Faith
- Hysteric Fairy
- Machine King
- Injection Fairy Lily
- Five-Headed Dragon
- Berserk Dragon
- Magic cards
- A Legendary Ocean
- Monster Reborn
- Altar of Mists
- Revenge Sacrifice
- Heavy Storm
- Pot of Greed
- Sebek's Blessing
- Dragon Revival Ritual
- A Deal with Dark Ruler
- Trap Cards
- Gravity Bind
