Ishizu Ishtar

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Ishizu Ishtar
Yu-Gi-Oh! character

Ishizu Ishtar in the second series anime
First appearance Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Volume 10, Duel 87
Original Japanese manga Volume 17, Duel 146
Voiced by Sumi Shimamoto (Japanese)
Kayzie Rogers (English)
Profile
Age 20
Date of birth April 5
Known relatives Younger brother: Marik Ishtar
Adoptive brother: Rishid Ishtar (Odion Ishtar)
Father: name unknown (deceased)

Ishizu Ishtar (イシズ・イシュタール Ishizu Ishutāru?) is a character in the manga Yu-Gi-Oh! and the second series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime (known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters in Asia). In the Philippines, her name is dubbed Eunice instead of Ishizu.

Ishizu, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, is the sister of Marik Ishtar. She became a museum curator in order to lure Yugi Mutou (Yugi Muto in the English anime) and Seto Kaiba in order to save Marik from his darker alter ego, Dark Marik (Yami Marik). She is also the reincarnation of Isis, one of the six priests who served Pharaoh Atem (they both wield the same Millennium item and there is a definite resemblance between them), but there is no concrete evidence to determine if this is true.

She holds the Millennium Tauk (Millennium Necklace in the English anime) that has the power to foresee any future events.

In hopes of saving her brother, Ishizu enters the semi-finals and remains hidden away, diguised as the mysterious eighth duelist. Her attempts to save Marik end when she is defeated by Seto Kaiba. Ishizu thanked Kaiba for defeating her, because in doing so, he gave her hope that a better future may be possible for all of them. However, Kaiba replied to her that anyone who allows themselves to be chained by destiny can never have hope.

Later on,she reveals how the darker side to her brother was created and ends up giving the Millennium Tauk to Yugi Mutou.

After the Pharaoh recovers his memories and his name in the Egyptian Arc, Ishizu, her brother Marik, and adopted brother Rishid (Odion in the English anime) lead Yugi and his friends to the tomb of the Pharaoh in order for Pharaoh Atem and Yugi to have a final duel in order to determine if the spirit will move on to the afterlife or remain in the present.

Ishizu's name supposedly derives from the Egyptian deity Isis and the Mesopotamian deity Ishtar.

Ishizu appears in Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories under the name Isis. She is the duelist that must be defeated in the future before battling Kaiba. After the duel she forfeits the Millennium Necklace and it gets sucked into one of Yugi's blank cards.

[edit] Deck

Ishizu was a finalist in the Battle City tournament. She primarily plays with Fairy-type (Angel Type) monsters. Her strategy revolves around discarding her own cards while returning her opponent's to their deck to activate Exchange of the Spirit, which swaps the Graveyard with the deck: this in turn restores Ishizu's deck to full strength while draining her opponent's deck at the same time. Notably, unlike the majority of the Fairy-type monsters in the game, Ishizu's cards have an Egyptian appearance.

[edit] Naming

In the character profile leaflets of a Japanese volume her name is romanized as Ishizu Ishutarl.[1]

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