List of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters

The major characters of the manga in their high school uniforms. Left to right: Hiroto Honda, Katsuya Jonouchi, Yugi Mutou (Dark Yugi), Anzu Mazaki, and Ryo Bakura.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! series features an extensive cast of characters created by Kazuki Takahashi. The series takes place in a fictional city in Japan called Domino City, in which most of the characters that appear in the series originate. Many plot elements are also influenced by Egypt and Egyptian mythology, and as such, Egyptian characters also appear within the story.

The original manga of Yu-Gi-Oh! tells the tale of Yugi Mutou, a timid young boy who loves all sorts of games, but is often bullied around. One day, he solves an ancient artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle, causing his body to play host to a mysterious spirit with the personality of a gambler. From that moment onwards, whenever Yugi or one of his friends is threatened by those with darkness in their hearts, this "Dark Yugi" shows himself and challenges them to dangerous "Shadow Games" which reveal the true nature of someone's heart, the losers of these contests often being subjected to a dark punishment called a "Penalty Game". As the series progresses, Yugi and his friends (Jonouchi Katsuya, Anzu Mazaki, Hiroto Honda, Miho Nosaka (in the 1998 series), and later Ryo Bakura) learn that this other Yugi inside of his puzzle is actually the spirit of a nameless Pharaoh from Egyptian times who had lost his memories. As Yugi and his companions attempt to help the Pharaoh regain his memories, they find themselves going through many trials as they wager their lives facing off against others that wield the mysterious Millennium Items and the dark power of the Shadow Games.

The Japanese names in Western order (given name before family name) and English manga names are listed first and the English anime names are listed second, when applicable.

Protagonists

Yugi Mutou

Voiced by: Megumi Ogata (1998-1999), Shunsuke Kazama (2000-present) (Japanese), Dan Green (all media), Chuck Powers (Odex) (English)

Yugi Mutou (武藤 遊戯 Mutō Yūgi, Yugi Muto (pronounced "Moto") in the English anime) is the main protagonist of the story. He wears the Millennium Puzzle (千年パズル Sennen Pazuru), one of the seven Millennium Items and an ancient Egyptian artifact holding the spirit of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. When Yugi is playing a game or under stress, he becomes possessed by the 3,000-year-old (5,000 in the English anime) spirit inside the Millennium Puzzle, known as Yami (Dark) Yugi, changing his personality to a cold and confident person. Initially, Yugi could be described as soft-spoken, timid, meek, and shy, but as the series progresses, his character develops to the point where he has a much bigger presence and becomes more outspoken. He fears the other personality inside him at first, however, as the narrative progresses, he grows a strong bond with his other self and considers his other soul a close and valuable friend. Several defining character moments for him was when he defeats antagonists without Dark Yugi's help in games under bleak circumstances, proving that he is truly worthy of being the Millennium Puzzle's wielder.

Dark Yugi

Voiced by: Megumi Ogata (1998-1999), Shunsuke Kazama (2000-present) (Japanese), Dan Green (all media), Chuck Powers (Odex) (English)

Dark Yugi (闇遊戯 Yami Yūgi, initially Yami Yugi or The Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle in the English anime, later referred to as just The Pharaoh or Nameless Pharaoh in the Japanese anime) is the second personality inhabiting Yugi's body, a 3,000-year-old gambling spirit of an ancient Pharaoh who resides in the Millennium Puzzle. Like his host, he shares a fondness for games and gaming culture, often referred to in the manga as Game King (遊戯王 Yūgiō, King of Games in most English translations).[1][2] He appears whenever Yugi's in trouble, challenging bullies and criminals to occult judgment games called Shadow Games (闇のゲーム Yami no Gēmu) and enforces Penalty Games (罰ゲーム Batsu Gēmu) to enact ironic justice (the default powers of a Millennium Item wielder). A defining character moment for him is when he decides to stop using them after finding out that the Millennium Items contain an evil intelligence.[3] In the second series anime, Dark Yugi comes off as a lot more merciful as a character because this subplot is written out. As the story progresses to the point where he's more than just a split personality, he becomes more and more independent of Yugi and develops a desire to find out who he is and where he came from.

Even compared to Yugi, he seems to have the most knowledge on gaming and gambling culture within the whole cast. In addition, the original manga's version of Dark Yugi seems to have a somewhat dark sense of humor in his dialogue, even after his decision to stop inflicting Penalty Games. This personality trait is an aspect that is retained in the 1998 TV series. However, in the latter series, Dark Yugi is somewhat more serious and loses much of the dark sense of humor he originally had in the manga.

Yugi and his friends eventually find out that he is the spirit of an ancient Pharaoh who has long forgotten his name. At the end of the manga, it's revealed that his name as Pharaoh was Atem (アテム Atemu), who sealed his soul into the Puzzle along with the Great God of Evil, Zorc Necrophades. The group is finally able to defeat Zorc and his pawn,Dark Bakura, once and for all in the memory world (which reenacted the Pharaohs past) and help Atem pass over into the afterlife.

Katsuya Jonouchi

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (1998-1999), Hiroki Takahashi (2000-present) (Japanese), Wayne Grayson (all media), Dwayne Tan (Odex) (English)

Katsuya Jōnouchi (城之内 克也 Jōnouchi Katsuya, Joey Wheeler in the English anime) is Yugi's best friend. Initially he is nothing more than a street thug and former bully, throwing Yugi's Millennium Puzzle piece into the swimming pool and being disgusted at Yugi's unmanliness. When Ushio beats up Jonouchi and Honda, Yugi stands up for them, and it's then that Jonouchi realizes that he was jealous of Yugi's "treasure" all along. Later on that night, he retrieves the last Millennium Puzzle piece and brings it back to Yugi's house, where Yugi completes it and challenges Ushio to the first Shadow Game of the series. Jonouchi is touched by Yugi's behavior towards him and they become loyal friends, forming his own "treasure."

Jonouchi is good at fist fighting and is usually able to take on people bigger than him, such as Bandit Keith (in the anime, this quality is underplayed). Though not exactly the best gamer in Domino, he develops a better liking to them thanks to Yugi, and he's managed to use his strong points to help Yugi come through in earlier story lines. Later on, he develops an interest in the Duel Monsters game, the latest fad at the time. Though unskilled at first, with Yugi's help, he trains for the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City tournaments for his sister; progressively getting better throughout the series to the point where he could be called a match for Dark Yugi. Jonouchi is shown to have a very kind heart, selfless and caring, considerate, and eager willingness to help and save those he deeply cares for and loves, but he also demonstrates a near lack of modesty and can be rather rash at times, making him a source of comic relief. He also,quite ironically,given the series's content, has an extreme fear of ghosts, mummy's, and anything else that could be considered 'creepy', although this is largely written out in the second anime series. Jonouchi notes that, before he met Yugi, he was never really motivated for anything. As the story progressed, he learned to channel his anger into games instead of his fists.

Anzu Mazaki

Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (1998-1999), Maki Saitō (2000-present) (Japanese), Amy Birnbaum (all media), Allison Lester (Odex) (English)

Anzu Mazaki (真崎 杏子 Mazaki Anzu, Téa Gardner in the English anime dub) is Yugi's childhood friend, an extremely supportive girl with a lot of spirit for her friends, who has a crush on both Yugi and dark Yugi. Anzu is not an avid game-player and her ability is well below that of Yugi, though she exhibits some knowledge of video game RPGs during the Monster World arc. Her dueling ability is decent and she used to defeat Jonouchi in school before he became a seasoned duelist. She is athletic, has a strong school spirit, and secretly worked at a fast food restaurant called Burger World to save money; her secret dream is to attend a dancing school abroad in New York. When Yugi and Jonouchi find out about these secrets when they followed her (thinking she's taking part in Enjo kōsai), she gains a new respect for Jonouchi and her childhood friend, who are more than willing to support her dream and keep her secret.

Hiroto Honda

Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu (1998-1999), Takayuki Kondō (2000-2001), Hidehiro Kikuchi (2001-present) (Japanese), Sam Riegel (4Kids, eps.1-10), Greg Abbey (4Kids, ps.11-224/other media), Brian Zimmerman (Odex) (English)

Hiroto Honda (本田 ヒロト Honda Hiroto, Tristan Taylor in the English anime) who is in class 1-B at Domino High School, is a boy who became a friend of Yugi Mutou, Katsuya Jonouchi, and Anzu Mazaki. Later on, he becomes a friend to Ryo Bakura as well. In the manga, Honda starts out as Jonouchi's street thug henchman and also (at first) has a crush on Miho Nosaka. In the 1998 anime, he is the head of the school's beautician department. Along with Jonouchi,he was saved from the bully Ushio by Yugi, though he still dislikes Yugi at first. After admitting his love for Miho Nosaka to Jonouchi, he is convinced by him to ask yugi for his help in writing a love letter to her in the form of a puzzle. When the vain teacher Ms. Chono confiscated the puzzle, threatening to punish Miho if the secret admirer doesn't come clean, Yugi and Jonouchi stood up for him by saying they were the ones who wrote it. Ms. Chono decides to put together the puzzle to find out who the sender is anyway, and Dark Yugi secretly turns it into a Shadow Game, shattering Ms. Chono's pretty face as the Penalty Game. From then on, Honda warms up to Yugi and becomes one of his dearest friends, despite the fact that Minho later turns him down when he asks her out directly .

In the English version of the Duel monster anime, his past was heavily edited, to remove the violent fighting bits, and his importance is slightly down-played. In the Duel monsters anime, he has a large crush on Jonouchi's sister Shizuka(Serenity) and Miho is never mentioned. He also has a strong rivalry in the English version with Ryuji Otogi(Duke Devlin) and regularly competes with him for Serenity's affections.

Ryo Bakura

Voiced by: Tsutomu Kashiwakura (1998), Yō Inoue (2000-2001), Rica Matsumoto (2001-present) (Japanese), Ted Lewis (all media), Chuck Powers (Odex) (English)

Ryo Bakura (獏良 了 Bakura Ryō, known as Bakura Ryou in the English anime) is a transfer student (British in 4Kids' portrayal) who becomes friends with the main group of the story. Like Yugi, he is also interested in games, particularly tabletop role-playing games like Monster World (モンスター・ワールド Monsutā Wārudo). Bakura, the holder of the Millennium Ring (千年輪 Sennen Ringu), has a dark spirit dwelling inside himself, much like Dark Yugi. Before he is introduced to the story, he was constantly moving schools and isolating himself due to the fact that, every time he played a game with his friends, his friends would end up in a coma. This is revealed to be Dark Bakura inflicting Penalty Games on them, which trapped their souls into RPG miniature figures. Together with Yugi and his friends, they join forces to crush Dark Bakura in a Shadow Game of Monster World. From then on, the normal Bakura joins the main group in many of their conflicts. Despite the danger, Bakura continues to hold onto the Millennium ring, remaining deeply curious about its history. This, along with his trusting and innocent nature,sometimes brings him into conflict with the others and also allows Dark Bakura to continually possess him without his knowledge. Prior to meeting Yugi and his friends, Bakura's sister, Amane, died in a car accident.(This detail is omitted from the second series.) Bakura misses her very much, and often writes letters to her in heaven. The first animated series also included the character Miho Nosaka, who had a crush on Bakura. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime, his role in the group is greatly reduced compared to the manga, as he is mostly being controlled by Dark Bakura and doesn't accompany Yugi and his friends as much as he did in the manga, and is excluded from filler arcs. In addition, he is introduced in the middle of the Duelist Kingdom story as someone they merely knew from school, as opposed to being a close friend, and his love for tabletop role-playing games has been greatly written out.

Miho Nosaka

Voiced by: Yukana

Miho Nosaka (野坂 ミホ Nosaka Miho, Melody in the English DDM video game) was a one-shot minor character in the manga, who was re-written as a main character for the 1998 Toei anime adaptation. Here, she is a very good friend of Yugi and the best friend of Anzu Mazaki. This version of Miho is a cheerful, kind, and caring girly girl who loves all things that are cute, her friends, and is one of the school's treasures (according to Honda). Miho tends to talk in third person and has gotten crushes on many of the male cast members throughout the show (particularly ones she deems cool) but is not interested in Honda in any way other than as a friend (whereas he is madly in love with her). Miho has a stubborn side, and whenever her friends are threatened, she will not hesitate to get serious and do whatever she can to protect them like when Warashibe poisons Anzu, Honda, and Jonouchi. While Miho is overall sweet and innocent, she is shown to be smarter than she lets on and has a manipulative side to her and is not above letting her desires be known in front of Honda, who she knows has a huge crush for her. This includes him waiting in line to buy her a collectible watch, waiting in line for perfume, and making it sound like she was considering taking him on a trip with her if he won her a digital pets contest. While this would imply a lack of care for Honda, Miho is shown to love him dearly (just not in a romantic way) as when she thought he'd died she began sobbing uncontrollably and resolved to fight for his sake. When she finds out he's alive, she teams up with Jonouchi to fight against Ryuichi and Aileen who were keeping Honda and Yugi's grandfather captive.

Antagonists

Dark Bakura

Voiced by: Tsutomu Kashiwakura (1998), Yō Inoue (2000-2001), Rica Matsumoto (2001-2004) (Japanese), Ted Lewis (all media), Chuck Powers (Odex) (English)

Dark Bakura (闇獏良 Yami Bakura, Yami Bakura in the English anime) is a dark spirit dwelling inside of the Millennium Ring, much like Dark Yugi. This dark half of Ryo Bakura, Dark Bakura, intends to collect all of the Millennium items, and quite clearly does not care for anyone who might get in his way. His goal is to use them to open the Door of Darkness, which grants evil power to anyone that opens it. To do so, he takes control over Ryo Bakura's body against Ryo Bakura's will, since he doesn't have a body of his own. In the beginning of the story, he torments Ryo Bakura by taking over his body whenever he played a game with his friends and used Penalty Games to trap their souls into TRPG miniatures for the Monster World game, causing Ryo to constantly transfer schools. With the help of Yugi and Yugi's other self, Jonouchi, Anzu, and Honda (and Miho in the 1998 anime), they were able to temporarily purge Dark Bakura's influence on their friend by defeating the final boss of Monster World, Dark Master Zorc (闇の支配者(ダーク・マスターゾーク Dāku Masutā Zōku). However, later on when the group is seemingly going to be trapped within the labyrinth below Duelist Kingdom, the spirit's voice within the Millennium Ring tricks Ryo Bakura into putting it on again, assuring Ryo that his other half will help save his friends and that the dark spirit has undergone a change of heart. With Ryo's friends unaware that he had once again put on the Millennium Ring, Dark Bakura helps Dark Yugi in his game that outs the Meikyū Brothers's trickery and they head to the surface.

For a while in the manga, it was unknown whether or not Dark Bakura was still a malevolent spirit. On one hand, he occasionally helped Yugi and his friends, trying to gain their uneasy trust and seemed to allow Ryo Bakura more free control of his body compared to his earlier treatment of his host (who was still unaware of what transpires whenever his other half took over). On the other hand, unbeknownst to the others, he is shown to be the one that killed Pegasus by tearing the Millennium Eye out of his eye socket and taking it for himself, licking the leftover blood. It's soon clear where his true standing was in the Dungeon Dice Monsters arc: after giving Yugi morale support during the game against Ryuji Otogi and helping him retrieve the pieces of the shattered Millennium Puzzle, Dark Bakura secretly plants a portion of his soul into one of the pieces to uncover the True Door from within, and intends to do anything he can to manipulate everything into place until the day comes where all of the Millnennium Items have gathered together, in preparation for the Shadow RPG (闇・Ｒ・Ｐ・Ｇ(ロール・プレイング・ゲーム Yami Ā Pī Jī (Yami Rōru Pureingu Gēmu), Shadow Role-Playing Game), with the ultimate goal of opening the Door of Darkness and unleashing the darkness sealed within the Puzzle. Unbeknownst to Ryo, throughout the later portion of the manga, his other self will occasionally take over his body whenever he sees the chance of furthering his own selfish goals. During the final arc, it is revealed he is an entity created by the merge of Thief King Bakura (盗賊王バクラ Tōzoku Ō Bakura)'s soul and the soul of the dark god Zorc Necrophades.

Maximillion Pegasus

Voiced by: Jiro "Jay" Takasugi (Japanese), Darren Dunstan (all media), Brian Zimmerman (Odex) (English)

Pegasus J. Crawford (ペガサス・Ｊ・クロフォード Pegasasu Jei Kurofōdo), also known as Maximillion J. Pegasus or Maximillion Pegasus, is the eccentric American Chairman of Industrial Illusions (shortened to I²) and the creator of the game Duel Monsters (デュエル モンスターズ Dyueru Monsutāzu) (originally Magic & Wizards (Ｍ＆Ｗ (マジック＆ウィザーズ) Majikku ando Wizāzu)). He is the wielder of the Millennium Eye (千年眼, ミレニアムアイ Sennen Gan, Mireniamu Ai). In the original manga, it's his story about meeting Shadi and the supposed "evil intelligence" of the Millennium Items that prompts Dark Yugi's search for the answer of who he is and where he came from. During his final Shadow Game with Yugi/Dark Yugi, he tells them of his discovery of an ancient Egyptian Shadow Game during his travels in the Valley of the Kings, which inspired his creation of Duel Monsters and the creation of card games in general, such as tarot cards. In the anime, as the creator of the card game Duel Monsters and the discoverer of their ancient Egyptian roots, Pegasus often plays a key role due to his extensive knowledge of the game and its mysterious origins. He has a habit of calling Yugi Mutou "Yugi-boy" and Seto Kaiba "Kaiba-boy". This trend continues in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, calling Judai Yuki "Judai-boy". Interestingly, Pegasus often uses English words interspliced with Japanese, including English words like "goodness gracious!" and "snap!" and using the English pronoun "you" instead of Japanese second-person words. His speech is also unique in terms of pronunciation. In both English and Japanese he tends to elongate vowel sounds, especially near the end of a sentence.

Pegasus quickly establishes himself as the manga's fourth main antagonist (and the second anime adaptation's first main antagonist), challenging Yugi to a Shadow Game in order to force him to come to his tournament Duelist Kingdom (決闘者の王国 (デュエリストキングダム) Dyuerisuto Kingudamu) and face him, taking the soul of his grandfather Sugoroku Mutou as a Penalty Game for losing the timed match to ensure this. Throughout the battles to get to Pegasus's castle, Yugi is seen talking to his grandfather through the use of a camcorder. In the anime, he traps Sugoroku in a Soul Prison Duel Monsters card. Pegasus also kidnaps Mokuba Kaiba to convince his brother Seto Kaiba to come as well, later capturing their souls as well. Through a series of flashbacks, Pegasus is revealed to have had a lover, Cyndia (シンディア Shindia, Cecelia in the English anime), who died after her 17th birthday (she dies after their marriage in the anime). Although the exact details very from medium to medium, his actions were all carried out in the hopes of resurrecting her. He is eventually defeated in a final game of Duel monsters by yugi and Yami Yugi at the end of the arc, and is obliged to release his victim's souls. He is murdered soon after by Yami Bakura and his millennium item is taken. In the Duel Monsters anime, he isn't killed by Yami Bakura's attack and later makes brief appearances in later seasons and anime series's.

Mr. Clown

Mr. Clown (クラウンさん Kuraun-san, misspelled as Crown in the Japanese manga), also known as Otogi's father (御伽父 Otogi-chichi) is an antagonist exclusive to the manga. He is the owner of the Black Clown (ブラック・クラウン Burakku Kuraun) game shop across the street from Sugoroku Mutou's Kame Game shop. Long ago, Mr. Otogi asked Sugoroku Mutou, a master gamer, to take him in as a disciple. After a while, they challenged each other for the ownership of the Millennium Puzzle in a Shadow Game called the Devil's Board Game. Mr. Otogi, who lost, aged 50 years in a single night as a Penalty Game. Since then he desired revenge through his son Ryuji (known as "Duke Devlin" in the English adaptation of the anime version). In the anime adaption, his character is excluded entirely. In the English Dungeon Dice Monsters video game, he is given the name Sindin the Clown.

Marik Ishtar / Dark Marik

Voiced by: Tetsuya Iwanaga (adult), Akiko Kimura (child) (Japanese), Jonathan Todd Ross (all media), Taaz Gill (Odex, original form), Brian Zimmerman (Odex, dark) (English)

Marik Ishtar (マリク・イシュタール Mariku Ishutāru, originally romanized as Malik Ishtar) is the heir to a clan of tombkeepers and the younger brother of Ishizu Ishtar. Marik's hatred of the nameless Pharaoh compels him to disregard his duties and turn to a life of crime, as well as developing a split personality, during his childhood after he underwent the tombkeeper's initiation ritual (which burned a key to the Pharaoh's memory on his back with a hot dagger) and was forever destined for a confined life in the darkness apart from the rest of the world. After breaking one of the laws of their clan, his dark personality emerged and brutally murdered his father (sent him to the Shadow Realm in the English anime); however his adoptive older brother Rishid (Odion in the English anime) managed to seal his dark side away, leaving him with no memory of his actions. He believed that the Pharaoh had had his father murdered and became obsessed with killing the Pharaoh to avenge his father and put an end to the suffering of his clan, never knowing about the murder or his other personality. To this end, he created the ghouls (the rare hunters in the English anime), a gang of thieves who stole and collected rare Duel Monsters cards, and used his millennium item, the millennium rod, to manipulate people. Although he was originally innocent and kind as a child, he became very cruel and uncaring; killing his servants when they displeased him and developing a love for torturing people.

Dark Marik eventually is able to reemerge and take control of the normal Marik's body later on in the story and replaces him as the main antagonist. Dark Marik proves to be even more vicious than the original Marik. While the real Marik enjoyed violence and cruelty, he would only use it when he was angry or when it would further his own desires, but his Dark side would attack anyone who crossed his path and would prolong their suffering for as long as possible; in the Japanese Duel Monsters anime, he explicitly stated that he liked killing people because it was "fun" and "was the only thing that bought him Happiness". He only cares for his own survival and actively tries to kill the normal Marik so he can have sole possession of their body. He also dislikes Rishid (Odion) and actively tries to kill him, although he is unable to for a multitude of reasons, as he repeatedly stopped his attempts to take control of Marik. While he is connected to the millennium rod, Dark Marik differs from Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura in that he is an inhuman entity born from Marik Ishtar's pain and despair and can exist on his own without a host. Although not explicitly stated, it is hinted in the manga that he manipulated Marik into committing some of his later crimes, as he told Yami Yugi that he "took away" Marik's guilt for the things he did.

Priest Akhenaden

Voiced by: Hitoshi Bifu (#201-212), Kōji Ishii (#213-214) (Japanese), Pete Zarustica (English)

Priest Akhenaden (神官アクナディン Shinkan Akunadin) was the guardian of the Millennium Eye and the brother of King Ahknemkhanen. As they grew up, he was secretly jealous of his brother's position as pharaoh, considering himself the true power behind the throne. Using the Shadow Alchemy inscribed in the Millennium Tome (千年魔術書 Sennen Majutsu Sho, Millennium Spellbook in the English dubbed anime), he ordered the massacre at the village of Kul Elna, using their blood and melting their corpses into gold so he could create the Millennium Items to defend his brother's kingdom, keeping the slaughter a secret and brainwashing his soldiers in order to keep it that way.

Zorc Necrophades

The Great Evil God Zorc Necrophades (大邪神 ゾーク・ネクロファデス Dai Jashin Zōku Nekurofadesu) (Zorc the Dark One in the English anime) is a destroyer of worlds that was born from the darkness in humans' hearts (in the English anime dub, he is the creator of the Shadow Realm).

He is summoned by Akhenaden by the power of the Millennium Items and attacks the kingdom, dispatching Atem's advisers. In the Memory World, an RPG-style Shadow Game that Dark Bakura has set up based on ancient Egypt, Zorc is the game's final boss and has three Ba gauges, and if Dark Yugi loses the Shadow RPG, Dark Bakura would gain the ultimate powers of darkness and Zorc would effectively be summoned once again. However, with the help of Yugi and his other dear friends, Atem defeats him and stops him from being resurrected, also freeing Ryo Bakura from the Millennium Ring once and for all. Dark Bakura was an entity made of both Zorc and Thief King Bakura's souls.

Minor Antagonists

Filler Antagonists

Film Antagonists

Recurring characters

Seto Kaiba

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (1998-1999), Kenjirō Tsuda (2000-present, adult), Kiyomi Yazaki (2000-2004, child) (Japanese), Eric Stuart (all media), Dwayne Tan (Odex) (English)

Seto Kaiba (海馬 瀬人 Kaiba Seto). In the early manga, Seto discovers that the grandfather of his classmate, Yugi Mutou, owns the rare "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" card. Kaiba steals the card from Yugi by switching it with a fake copy. Yugi recognizes the card for a fake and duels Kaiba to get it back. Yugi, Hiroto Honda and Katsuya Jonouchi were beaten up by Kaiba's guards until the Darker Yugi from within the Millennium Puzzle confronts Kaiba and challenges to a Shadow Game with the card as a prize. Although Kaiba nearly wins, the magical nature of the game prevents the stolen Blue-Eyes from obeying him, and Kaiba is defeated, suffering a temporary Penalty Game—an illusion of being killed by monsters. WatchMojo.com listed Seto Kaiba number ten in their Top 10 Anime Anti-Heroes.

Mokuba Kaiba

Voiced by: Katsue Miwa (1998), Junko Noda (game), Junko Takeuchi (2000-present) (Japanese), Tara Sands (2001-2005), Carrie Keranen (2005-2006) (English)

Mokuba Kaiba (海馬 モクバ Kaiba Mokuba) is Seto Kaiba's younger brother and an expert at Capsule Monster Chess (カプセルモンスターチェス Kapuseru Monsutā Chesu). In the manga, Mokuba is characterized as a spoiled brat, always trying to trick Yugi Mutou to get back at him for defeating his older brother. In the pre-Death-T chapters of the manga, Mokuba tries to defeat Yugi before Kaiba has a chance to and challenges Katsuya Jonouchi and Yugi to a Russian Roulette Dinner of Death (死の料理・ロシアンルーレット Shi no Ryōri Roshian Rūretto) and poisons Jonouchi. In Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Mokuba is eternally devoted to his brother Seto Kaiba and is constantly by his side. He is not as violent as his manga counterpart, and is not committed to avenge Seto's defeat. He befriends Yugi's group after they rescue him, thus making him the warmer, more sociable one of the two brothers.

Sugoroku Mutou

Voiced by: Takeshi Aono (1998), Tadashi Miyazawa (2000-present) (Japanese), Maddie Blaustein (4Kids), Marc Diraison (4Kids, ep. 199), Chuck Powers (Odex) (English)

Sugoroku Mutou (武藤 双六 Mutō Sugoroku, Solomon Muto in the English anime, Sugoroku Muto in the Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie Animanga) is the grandfather of Yugi Mutou, who gave him his famous Millennium Puzzle as a present, which he had recovered from the tomb of Pharaoh Atem in his youth. He was once a gaming master who traveled all over the world to try all sorts of games and win them all, vowing that if he ever lost a game, he'd "open up a game shop, wear overalls, and collect years instead of chips". In the present, he's an overall-wearing old man who owns a game shop called Kame Game, where Yugi and his friends get several of the games they play. In the second series anime adaptation, he taught Katsuya Jonouchi how to play the Duel Monsters card game. Similar to his grandson, his fondness for games is evident even in his name: "Sugoroku" is a Japanese game similar to Backgammon. Sugoroku is the reincarnation of Ancient Egyptian vizier, Siamun Muran, right-hand man to the Pharaoh Atem.

Ryuji Otogi

Voiced by: Ryō Naitō (Japanese), Marc Thompson (English)

Ryuji Otogi (御伽 龍児 Otogi Ryūji, Duke Devlin in the English anime) is a talented game inventor and is also the creator of Dragons, Dice, & Dungeons (D·D·D(ドラゴン・ダイス・＆(アンド)ダンジョンズ) Doragon Daisu ando Danjonzu) (Dungeon Dice Monsters in the anime). According to his father, Mr. Clown, Ryuji was born in order to fulfill his father's revenge on Sugoroku Mutou. Sugoroku had defeated Mr. Otogi in a Shadow Game called the Devil's Board Game, causing him to age 50 years in one night as a Penalty Game. Ryuji was transferred to Domino High School, where Yugi Mutou (Sugoroku's grandson) goes to school. His father used this as an opportunity for Ryuji to defeat Yugi in a series of games and fulfill the family's revenge.[2]

In the anime, the influence of Ryuji's father is omitted entirely. Instead, it is explained that that Ryuji befriended Pegasus, who became fond of his DDD game (now named Dungeon Dice Monsters (ダンジョンダイスモンスターズ Danjon Daisu Monsutāzu)), and wanted to help him market the game. Following his defeat by Yugi Mutou, Ryuji's idol is no longer interested in their earlier deal. Angry and bitter, he blames Yugi and (falsely) believes he cheated in his match against Pegasus. After learning the truth, he befriends Yugi and the others and will often join them on their adventures. Despite his arrogance and being one of the more negative, sarcastic members of the group, he is fairly smart and level headed. His personality often causes conflict with Honda(Tristan), especially over Shizuka(Serenity), who they both have a crush on.

Shadi

Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa (1998), Nozomu Sasaki (2000-2004) (Japanese), Wayne Grayson (4Kids), Chuck Powers (Odex) (English)

Shadi (シャーディー Shādī) is the first Millennium Item wielder to cause trouble for Yugi and his friends in the series. He holds the Millennium Key (千年錠 Sennen Jō, also known as the Millennium Ankh), which allowed him to peer into the inner souls of humans and gave him the ability to rearrange their personality as he pleased, and the Millennium Scales (千年秤 Sennen Bakari), which had the power to weigh the evil in a person's heart in the same vein as Anubis's "Weighing of the Heart" trials in Egyptian mythology, using the feather of Ma'at.

Ishizu Ishtar

Voiced by: Sumi Shimamoto (adult), Sakura Nogawa (child) (Japanese), Karen Neil (4Kids), Alison Lester (Odex) (English)

Ishizu Ishtar (イシズ・イシュタール Ishizu Ishutāru, originally romanized as Isis Ishtar) is Marik's elder sister. Ishizu became a museum curator in order to lure Yugi Mutou and Seto Kaiba to her in order to keep Marik from fulfilling his goals. To aid her, she holds the Millennium Tauk (千年首飾り Sennen Tauku, known as the Millennium Necklace in the English anime) that has the power to foresee events in the near future. Despite her brother's betrayal of their family, she still loves him very much and believes that there is still good in his heart. she continued to seek a way to return him to the person he used to be, even as he became more cruel. She is committed to her family's destiny to serve the pharaoh, as she believes that he is the only one with the power to stop Marik.

Rishid Ishtar

Voiced by: KONTA (Japanese), Michael Alston Bailey (English)

Rishid Ishtar (リシド・イシュタール Rishido Ishutāru, Odion Ishtar in the English anime) is Marik's adoptive brother and the second-in-command of the Ghouls. Abandoned as a child, Rishid was taken in by Marik's mother prior to his birth. However, his father never accepted him as a suitable heir and treated him as a servant rather than a son. Despite this, Rishid had always desire to become a true part of the family and an heir to the tombkeeper clan. When Marik was born, his mother told him to take care of his younger brother and Rishid stood by Marik's side, even when he turned to a life of evil. Marik and Rishid were close siblings, but Rishid always harbored a resentment for him as the true heir to the tombkeeper's clan and legitimate son of his parents. When Marik was bitten by a cobra and became ill, their father beat Rishid, furious he allowed Marik to be harmed, and ordered that he not leave Marik's bedside until he recovered. Rishid takes a dagger to Marik's room with the intent to kill him in his sleep (this is edited out in the dub, along with Rishid's resentment for Marik). Marik awakens and murmurs "brother", causing Rishid to drop the weapon in shock: Marik sees Rishid as his brother, despite the fact they are not blood related. When Marik admitted that he was terrified of being forced to take the initiation ritual, he tried unsuccessfully to stop their father from forcing it on him. When that failed, he scarred his own face with a dagger in order to share the pain and prove his loyalty to their family. When Marik unknowingly developed his dark split personality,Rishid was the only one who could restrain Yami Marik and protected the normal Marik from ever knowing about the existence of his dark side and the crimes it had committed. Once, after he helped Marik and Ishizu sneak outside, his father attempted to kill him for betraying them. When Marik returned and witnessed this, his anger allowed Yami Marik to take over and murder his father(send him to the shadow realm, in the English anime)but Rishid was still alive and was able to calm Marik down and make his dark side disappear again, lying to him that Shadi (who appeared afterwards) had killed him under orders from the pharaoh to protect him from the truth.

Mai Kujaku

Voiced by: Haruhi Terada (Japanese), Megan Hollingshead (4Kids, #2-144), Bella Hudson (4Kids, #145-181), Kathleen Delaney (4Kids, uncut), Alison Lester (Odex) (English)

Mai Kujaku (孔雀 舞 Kujaku Mai, Mai Valentine in the English anime) is an attractive woman who spent most of her life alone. While working as a blackjack dealer on a cruise ship, she developed a cynical attitude towards people and showed no shame in manipulating men, who displayed foolish infatuation towards her and previously used her "Aroma Tactics" to easily beat them in card games. Although she made a lot of money doing this, it caused her to hate people more until she got sick of her job and quit. She became a powerful, successful duelist thanks to her Harpie-themed deck. However, Mai had no true friends, and dueled simply for pride and monetary gain, but also entered the Duelist Kingdom tournament to find the things she used to cherish. When Mai joined the Duelist Kingdom tournament to seek the prize money, she met Yugi Mutou and his friends and steadily forged a true friendship with them after they rescued her Star Chips from the Player Killer of Darkness to help her stay in the tournament. Mai subsequently faced Yugi in the semi-finals, but ultimately chose to surrender to him when she decided she could not win, telling him that some losses only serve to make people stronger. In the anime, she was raised in a wealthy household, but was barely acknowledged by her relatives.

In the 4Kids version, Mai's past as a blackjack dealer was omitted and both she and her Harpie Ladies' appearance were censored to remove sexual references. Her 4Kids name is a reference to "my valentine".

Shizuka Kawai

Voiced by: Michiko Neya (1998), Mika Sakenobe (2000-2004) (Japanese), Lisa Ortiz (English)

Shizuka Kawai (川井 静香 Kawai Shizuka, Shizuka Jōnouchi (城之内 静香 Jōnouchi Shizuka)) in the 1998 series,[5] (Serenity Wheeler in the English anime) is the little sister of Katsuya Jonouchi, separated from him when their parents divorced and her mother took custody of her. When Shizuka was diagnosed with the steady onset of blindness, Jounouchi entered the Duelist Kingdom tournament and successfully obtained the prize money to secure the operation that would save her eyesight.

Rebecca Hopkins

Voiced by: Kaori Tagami (Japanese), Kerry Williams (English)

Rebecca Hopkins (レベッカ・ホプキンス Rebekka Hopukinsu, Rebecca Hawkins in the dub) is a character created exclusively for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. She is the bratty 8-year-old granddaughter of a friend of Sugoroku Mutou, believing Sugoroku stole the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card from him. Dueling Sugoroku's grandson Yugi to get it back, Rebecca and Yugi play a game identical to the one Sugoroku played with Rebecca's grandfather years ago. After Yugi surrenders, Sugoroku explains that Seto Kaiba tore her Blue-Eyes White Dragon in half after beating him in a duel. After learning the truth, Rebecca apologizes to Sugoroku for thinking he tore it instead. Yugi then hands Rebecca the "Ties of Friendship" card that he won at Duelist Kingdom as a token of his acceptance of her forgiveness for her foolishness. She later appears as one of the contestants for the KC Grand Prix. By this time, she has given up the teddy bear she carried around with her, in addition to growing out her hair and getting glasses. She is also is shown to be quite intelligent, as she has already enrolled in college, but is still immature and self-centered. She has been shown to have a large, undisguised crush on Yugi, as shown by how she always wants to hold his hand and calls him her 'darling', which often makes Anzu unhappy.

Millennium World

During the Millennium World story arc, Dark Yugi journeys into his lost memories and meets old acquaintances from Ancient Egypt as NPCs (non player characters) within Dark Bakura's ultimate tabletop role-playing game, the Shadow RPG (闇のＲ・Ｐ・Ｇ Yami no Ā Pī Jī), a campaign based on the past. The Six High Priests (六神官 Roku Shinkan) protect the seven Millennium Items with their lives and have to swear eternal loyalty to the Pharaoh, Atem (serving as the player character of Dark Yugi, Atem's spirit in modern times). In the age where Shadow Games were used to determine a person's fate, these Priests used the Millennium Items and sorcery to pull out and seal human souls (Ka), which take the form of Monsters Spirits, into stone slabs to do battle; usually from criminals and those who pilfer from the tombs of the Pharaohs. Within the RPG, each characters' health and magic were represented by their Ba Gauge.

Seto

Voiced by: Kenjirō Tsuda (adult), Kiyomi Yazawa (child) (Japanese), Eric Stuart (English)

Priest Seto (神官セト Shinkan Seto) is one of the seven High Priests that guard the Millennium Items and is the holder of the Millennium Rod. Priest Seto is named after the god Set and is actually the first cousin of Pharaoh Atem. Seto Kaiba is his reincarnation and thus, resembles him in looks and basic attitude, believing in power and brute strength. However, Priest Seto appears to bear a great loyalty and friendship to Atem, as opposed to Kaiba, who views modern day Yugi Mutou as a lifelong rival as opposed to someone he calls a friend. Before the Battle City arc, a tablet showing Priest Seto fighting Pharaoh Atem was on display at the Domino City Museum, with Blue-Eyes White Dragon fighting against the Pharaoh's Dark Magician. During Battle City, Kaiba continuously has vivid visions of his past life as Seto. Priest Seto appears as an NPC in the Shadow RPG, aligned to Dark Yugi's side of the board.

Mahado

Voiced by: Kazunari Kojima (adult), Kenji Iwama (child) (Japanese), Michael Sinterniklaas (English)

Priest Mahado (神官マハード Shinkan Mahādo, known as Mahad in the English anime) was a loyal High Priest of Pharaoh Atem's court and appears as an NPC within Dark Bakura's Shadow RPG. He bears the Millennium Ring, but lost the item to Thief King Bakura in a Shadow Game. He states that he had sensed an evil intelligence within the Millennium Ring, which it absorbed from the previous priest who wore it. His Monster Spirit Ka is the Magus of Illusion (幻想の魔術師 Gensō no Majutsushi, known as the Illusion Magician in the English anime), a spellcaster.

Isis

Voiced by: Sumi Shimamoto (Japanese), Karen Neil (English)

Priest Isis (神官アイシス Shinkan Aishisu) is a loyal priestess that serves Pharaoh Atem in Ancient Egypt and wields the Millennium Necklace. Ishizu Ishtar is the reincarnation of Isis. She is named after the Egyptian goddess Isis.

Karim

Voiced by: Masahito Kawanago (Japanese), Marc Diraison (English)

Priest Karim (神官カリム Shinkan Karimu) is one of the six High Priests that served under Pharaoh Atem in Ancient Egypt 5,000 years ago during his reign, and was the owner of the Millennium Scales at the time. He appears as an NPC aligned with Dark Yugi in the Shadow RPG.

Shada

Voiced by: Nozomu Sasaki (Japanese), Michael Alston Baley (English)

Priest Shada (神官シャダ Shinkan Shada) is one of the six priests that guarded Pharaoh Atem 3,000 years ago and appears as an NPC in the Shadow RPG. He is the keeper of the Millennium Key during Atem's reign. He appears to have a friendship with Priest Seto, and although he was relunctant, Shada aided Seto in his criminal hunt for Monster Spirit Ka with his Millennium Key. He later dies after pushing Atem out of the way of a lightning bolt caused by Zorc Necrophades, having his Ba Gauge wiped out (in the English version of the anime, he is sent to the Shadow Realm). After his death, Siamun, his predecessor, took back the Millennium Key in order to called forth Exodia the Sealed One. Although he is the wielder of the Millennium key and has a similar name to Shadi, the two are not related in any way.

Siamun Muran

Voiced by: Tadashi Miyazawa (Japanese), Maddie Blaustein (English)

Siamun Muran (シモン・ムーラン Shimon Mūran, known as Shimon in the English anime) is a vizier of Pharaoh Atem. He resembles Yugi's modern day grandpa, Sugoroku Mutou. He was originally one of the Pharaoh Akhenamkhanen's original guardians and was the former keeper of the Millennium Key, the predecessor to Shada.

Mana

Voiced by: Yuki Nakao (Japanese), Bella Hudson (English)

Mana (マナ Mana) is a childhood friend of Atem and studies magic under Mahado as his apprentice. She is a light-hearted, open, playful and caring girl, who shares a deep bond between her master and Atem; the anime shows all three were childhood friends. She appears in the Millennium World arc as an NPC during Dark Bakura's Shadow RPG game. Her Ka is the Dark Magician Girl. In the anime, she can see Atem's friends from the present and initially mistakes Yugi for him.

Kisara

Voiced by: Rie Nakagawa (Japanese), Carrie Keranen (English)

Kisara (キサラ Kisara) is the keeper of the Blue Eyes White Dragon Monster Spirit in the Millennium World arc. Her pale appearance is unusual, and she is mentioned as being from a "foreign country" in the Japanese anime. In the second series anime adaptation, it's stated that as children, Priest Seto saved Kisara from slave traders, and she repaid him by unconsciously releasing her inner dragon spirit after the traders set fire to his village and killed his mother. Years later (their first meeting in the manga), Seto again stumbles across Kisara being stoned because of her pale white skin, deep blue eyes and snow white hair. Shada senses the immeasurably strong strength and power within her — which he deems "equal to that of the [Egyptian] Gods" — and Seto takes her back to the palace, where he recognizes her as the girl he once saved some years ago. Kazuki Takahashi has said that he originally planned for the story to have much further explored the strong romantic relationship between Seto and Kisara, but in order to meet a deadline these details had to be cut. According to Takahashi, Priest Seto's strong romantic feelings for Kisara are the main basis behind Kaiba's modern-day unusually strong obsession with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card.[6]

Bobasa

Voiced by: Yū Mizushima (Japanese), Sean Schemmel (English)

In the manga, Bobasa (ボバサ Bobasa) is a member of an Egyptian tombkeeper clan that protects the Millennium Items under the command of Shadi. He has Shadi's Millennium Scale as well as his Millennium Key. Bobasa protects the items by placing them on his abnormally-shaped chest and locking his clothes. He then swallows the key, and is able to regurgitate it at will. He accompanied Yugi and his friends into the Millennium Puzzle's maze, a continuation of the Labyrinth Treasure Hunt from the early manga, in order to find the true door to the king's memory. He later enters the Memory World with Yugi and his friends and becomes an NPC in the Shadow RPG. In the manga, it is revealed that he is actually Hasan, which in turn, means that he is actually Shadi.

In the Duel Monsters anime version, his role and character are completely altered. Bobasa appears as a comic relief NPC that inhabits the Shadow RPG. He is a key switch that can lead the player to where the Pharaoh's name is if the player gives him enough food to eat. It is never fully explained to who and what he actually is, but it's implied that he could have been a genie or some other supernatural entity because he said that now that he's full, he can "grant your wish." When he finally took them to the Pharaoh's tomb, he vanished and seemed to know a lot more about the situation then he was first implied to. Unlike the manga, Bobasa is not an alternate identity of Shadi.

Other Characters

References

  1. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh!. Volumes 1. June 2003. VIZ Media.
  2. 1 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist. Volumes 9-10, Chapters 75-86. 2005. VIZ Media.
  3. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist. Volumes 8, Chapters 74. September 2005. VIZ Media.
  4. 1 2 3 Yu-Gi-Oh!. Chapter 28. March 2004. Viz Media
  5. ↑ "イッパツ逆転 白衣の危機". Toei Animation. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  6. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Bunkaban, Vol. 20, Appendix
  7. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh!. Volume 1, Chapter 2. February 2005
  8. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh!. Volume 3, Chapter 22. December 2003.
  9. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh!. Volume 2, Chapter 10. August 2003. Viz Media
  10. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh!. Volumes 2, Chapter 15. August 2003. VIZ Media.
  11. 1 2 3 Yu-Gi-Oh!. Volume 6. Chapter 43. September 2004. Viz Media
  12. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guidebook: The Gospel of Truth. Kazuki Takahashi
  13. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh!. Volume 6. Chapter 50. September 2004. Viz Media
  14. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Japanese Manga. Vol 11. Chapter 87. Shueisha

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