Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)

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A Japanese advertisement for the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga that prominently features Judai Yuki (Jaden Yuki)

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (遊☆戯☆王GX Yūgiō GX) is a manga series written by Naoyuki Kageyama. Kazuki Takahashi, the author of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, supervised the story. The series is produced in association with Brain Navi.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is based off of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime series (known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX).

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is published in Japan in Shueisha's V-Jump magazine, and began serialization on December 17, 2005.

Starting December 2006 with the January 2007 issue, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX began serialization in the United States Shonen Jump by VIZ Media [1].

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Names are in Western order, with the surname after the given name. The name used in the English-language versions of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX follows the original Japanese name.

Unlike the English-language editions of the original manga series, the English-language Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga uses the English-language anime names employed by 4Kids Entertainment [2]. Characters exclusive to the manga, such as Mr. Ryuga, use their original names.

Judai Yuki (遊城十代 Yūki Jūdai) / Jaden Yuki - Judai Yuki is the main character of the series who lives in the worst dormitory of Duel Academy, Slifer Red. He receives the Winged Kuriboh card, which becomes his spirit partner, from Koyo Hibiki, instead of Yugi Muto (the famous duelist from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series) like in the anime version of GX.

Asuka Tenjouin (天上院明日香 Tenjōin Asuka) / Alexis Rhodes - Asuka Tenjouin is a strong female duelist of the Obelisk Blue dormitory. In the manga, she plays a mixture of a Cyber Girl and White Knight Ice deck.

Sho Marufuji (丸藤翔 Marufuji Shō) / Syrus Truesdale - Sho Marufuji is a Slifer Red student and a friend of Jaden's. Syrus looks to Jaden as an "older brother," and therefore calls Jaden "Bro" (Aniki in the Japanese versions).

Jun Manjoume (万丈目準 Manjōme Jun) / Chazz Princeton - Jun Manjoume is a strong duelist from the Obelisk Blue dormitory. He greatly dislikes Jaden, though as the series continues, they come to a truce of sorts. He plays various decks. In the manga, he was given a past as a dueling prodigy, and he plays a dragon deck, his main card being Light and Darkness Dragon.

Cronos de Medici (クロノス・デ・メディチ Kuronosu de Medichi) / Vellian Crowler - Cronos de Medici is the professor of the Obelisk dormitory. At first, he holds a grudge against Jaden who he believes to be a slacker, and tries to get rid of him on many occasions.