List of minor duelists in Yu-Gi-Oh!
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In the anime and manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!, several minor characters appear throughout the series and serve little purpose other than to duel the protagonists. Although they often appear in multiple episodes, their relevance to the plot of the series and their character backgrounds are minimal. In this way they often act as cannon fodder, appearing only for the main characters to duel in tournaments and so advance their way through the rankings without having to duel other important characters.
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[edit] Rebecca Hopkins
Rebecca Hopkins (known as Rebecca Hawkins in the English anime) is the granddaughter of a friend of Sugoroku Mutou who believes Mutou stole a card from him. Dueling Mutou's grandson Yugi Mutou to get it back, Rebecca and Yugi play a duel identical to the one Mutou played with Rebecca's grandfather years ago. After Yugi surrenders, Rebecca's grandfather explains he gave Mutou his card as a gift. Yugi, then hands Rebecca the "Ties of Friendship" card that he won at Duelist Kingdom as a token of his appreciation. Rebecca later returns in the Waking the Dragons arc of the anime (where she develops a crush on Yugi, much to Téa's (Anzu's) dismay) and remains part of the main cast until the end of the KC Grand Championship arc.
In her first duel, Rebecca uses a Shadow Ghoul deck focusing on sending monsters to the Graveyard to power up Shadow Ghoul. In the KC Grand Championship she uses a deck focusing on summoning powerful dragon monsters, while she replenishes her Life Points by discarding Marie the Fallen One and causing burn damage with her Fire Princess.
[edit] Step Johnny
Step Johnny (known as Johnny Steps in the English anime) is a duelist who is also a dancer. After losing a game of Dance Dance Revolution to Anzu Mazaki despite blatant cheating, he is challenged to a duel by Yami Yugi. After backing out when he learns Yugi's identity, Anzu confronts him with his cowardice and tells him to believe in himself more. In the English anime, Tea tells him that he's a quitter and is likely without any friends because he's always backing down from challenges.
Johnny uses a Music deck of monsters inspired by music, highlighted by Musician King and increasing its power with Metalmorph. Johnny refers to this combo as Heavy Metal King.
[edit] Ryota Kajiki
Ryota Kajiki (known as Mako Tsunami in the English anime) is a duelist appearing both in the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City arcs. Introduced in the Duelist Kingdom arc, he duels Yugi Mutou and is defeated. In Battle City he duels Katsuya Jounouchi, and his backstory is further expanded. It is revealed that Kajiki's father was a great fisherman that was lost at sea. In the English anime, Mako believes his father is alive and duels to raise money to fund a trip to search for him; in the Japanese anime, Kajiki duels in his father's memory. Jounouchi defeats Ryota in their duel.
Kajiki uses a Sea deck, relying on various aquatic monsters. Although his first deck is a generic deck of sea creatures, in his duel with Jounouchi he uses a deck relying on the syngery between The Legendary Fisherman, Tornado Wall and Umi; these cards combined make Kajiki's Fisherman near invincible while protecting his Life Points. Kajiki's The Legendary Fisherman card is a gift from a friend of his father's and resembles his father greatly.
[edit] "Ghost" Kozuka
"Ghost" Kozuka (known as Bonz in the English anime and "Ghost" Kotsuzuka in the Japanese versions) is a duelist appearing both in the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City arcs. Initially a duelist under the tutelage of Keith Howard, Kotsuzuka duels Katsuya Jonouchi. Despite the duel being constantly advised by Howard, Kozuka loses. Afterwards, he and Howard's other minions are assaulted by Howard, and their star chips are stolen, expelling them from the tournament. Kozuka and Howard's minions later enter Battle City with the hopes of proving themselves as revenge, but are defeated by Dark Bakura.
Kozuka uses an Undead deck of Zombie-type monsters. In his duel with Jonouchi he uses a deck focusing on reviving his monsters with Call of the Haunted and strengthening them with Pumpking the King of Ghosts. In his duel with Bakura he uses a generic deck of Zombies.
[edit] Jean Claude Magnum
Jean Claude Magnum is a famous movie star in several action-films. He duels Mai on a cruise and loses, and asks her to marry him afterwards. Disgusted with his loss, Mai rejects him until he can defeat her in a duel. He thus trains and returned in Battle City, but still loses to Mai. After a failed attempt to kidnap her, Mai rejects him once again. Katsuya Jounouchi was originally a fan of his movies, but decides he isn't any more after meeting him in person. His name is a play on action star Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Magnum plays a Ninja deck of low-level Ninja monsters that special summon others to the field, opting to overwhelming opponents with sheer numbers than brute strength.
[edit] Meikyū Brothers
The Meikyū Brothers (known as the Paradox Brothers in the English anime) are a pair of elite tag-team duelists hired as Player Killers by Pegasus. Dueling Yugi Mutou and Katsuya Jounochi in a unique tag-team duel, they attempt to trap them in an underground duel arena using a tricky logic problem, but fail. They make a brief appearance in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX to duel Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale.
The Meikyū Brothers use a Labyrinth of dungeon-themed monsters like Labyrinth Wall, Labyrinth Tank and Dungeon Worm, highlighted by the very strong Gate Guardian. In their duel with Jaden and Syrus, they use a deck focusing on Gate Guardian and its evil incarnation Dark Guardian.
[edit] Player Killer of Darkness
The Player Killer of Darkness (known as Panik in the English anime) is a Player Killer hired by Maximillion Pegasus. After defeating Mai Kujaku in a duel, he duels Yugi Mutou. Upon his defeat, he is subjected to a Mind Crush.
The Player Killer uses a Darkness deck, using Castle of Dark Illusions to hide his monsters from sight and power them up, making counterattacks difficult. However, it is later observed by Yugi that this is merely a defensive measure, and Panik is shown to be a considerably worse duelist without the Castle's powers to hide his monsters. The castle itself is a symbol for the Player Killer's cowardice.
[edit] "Esper" Roba
Esper Roba (known as Espa Roba in the English anime) is a duelist appearing in the Battle City arc, Roba claims to be a psychic duelist and can predict the cards in his opponent's hand. In reality, his little brothers spy on his opponents from a nearby rooftop and relay him the information via the wireless receiver under Roba's hair. Roba duels and defeats Dinosaur Ryuzaki in Battle City, but loses to Katsuya Jounouchi. After the duel, it is revealed that Roba is the eldest of five brothers and takes care of them alone, using his psychic act as a way to stave off bullies.
Roba uses a Psychic deck of Warrior and Machine-type monsters, highlighted by his strongest monster Jinzo.
[edit] Leonhart von Schroider
Leonheart von Schroider (known as Leon von Schroeder in the English anime) is Siegfried von Schroeder's younger brother. While Siegfried ran Schroider Corp, Leonhart took up Duel Monsters and dueled in several tournaments under aliases to avoid his family. When Siegfried found out, he entered Leonhart in the KC Grand Championship alongside himself as a back-up if he should be discovered. After Siegfried is kicked out of the tournament and Leonhart duels Yugi Mutou, Siegfried tricks him into playing Golden Castle of Stromberg, giving Leonhart an unfair advantage in the duel and releasing a computer virus into Kaiba Corp's duel systems. Through the efforts of Kaiba and Yugi however, Leonhart is defeated and the virus is halted.
Leonhart uses a Fairy Tale deck of monsters like Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb. His tactics are extremely balanced and diverse, ranging from powering up his monsters to special summoning multiple monsters at once.
[edit] Siegfried von Schroider
Siegfried von Schroider (known as Zigfried von Schroeder in the English anime) is the CEO of Schroider Corp, a long-time rival to the Kaiba family and Kaiba Corp. When Siegfried and Seto Kaiba become heads of their respective family companies, both of them attempt to create holographic systems for Duel Monsters. Both succeed, with Siegfried's invention being the Holographic Duel Box Room System ( Like the one featured in the manga), but Kaiba markets and patents his first, leaving Siegfried to fall into ruin. In the anime, Siegfried joins the KC Grand Championship to discredit Kaiba and claim revenge. Although Siegfried uses a variety of computer viruses to attempt to destroy Kaiba Corp's computer systems, Kaiba is able to halt them all and expels Siegfried from the tournament.
Siegfried uses a Valkyrie deck based around Norse mythology. By combining his Goddess cards Urd, Verdande and Skuld with Nibelung's Ring, Siegfried is able to control what cards his opponent draws and destroy any monsters that might be used against him before they are summoned. His signature move is the Ride of the Valkyries card to summon his Valkyrie monster en masse for victory in a single unified strike.
[edit] Vivian Wong
Vivian Wong is a Chinese duelist with crushes on Yugi Mutou and Seto Kaiba. Entering the KC Grand Championship as a way of earning their respect, Wong loses to Rebecca Hawkins. She later kidnaps Yugi's grandfather and uses his back pain as a way to convince Yugi to duel her but is again defeated.
Wong uses a Martial Arts deck of monsters like Master Kyonshee and Kung-fu Nyan Nyan, highlighted by her strongest monster Dragon Lady.
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