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Rex Godwin (Rex Goodwin)
Rex Godwin (Rex Goodwin)
Godwin as a Dark Signer
Voiced by: Shinya Kote (Japanese), Murray Thom (English)
I am no more than a man who dreams of the evolution of Neo Domino City and peace for the world. However, I would not hesitate to sacrifice one side... to capitalize on another for existential necessities.
The director of Neo Domino's Public Security Maintenance Bureau and the leader of Yliaster. He is responsible for transforming Neo Domino into its current, hierarchical state, and for isolating Satellite (to act as the battleground for the war between the Signers and the Dark Signers, and as a decoy to protect Neo Domino). Cold, calm and calculating, he is perfectly willing to sacrifice innocent lives to achieve his goals and preserve his utopia.
It is later revealed that he was a former developer in M.I.D.S. and an assistant to Yusei's father along with his older brother, Rudger. Shortly before the Zero Reverse he was entrusted with 3 of the cards necessary to operate Old Momentum's safety switches, his brother's severed arm bearing the Dragon's Head, and the mission to bring together the Signers to defeat Rudger. He is also the Legendary D-Wheeler from the legend of the Daedalus Bridge, having flown from Satellite to Neo Domino and losing his left arm in the process.
Acting on his promise to his brother, he gathered the Signers and sent them to defeat his brother, while thinking of a way to break the 5000 year cycle. He eventually came to the conclusion that only a God's power could change fate, and decided to acquire the powers of both the Crimson Dragon and the King of the Underworld to become the Ultimate God and create an 'ideal' world.
He plays an Inca-themed deck based around using the effects of Sun Dragon Inti and Moon Dragon Quilla to maintain field presence. His Earthbound Immortal is Wiraqocha Rasca, the condor.
- Affably Evil: At least up until he acquires Wiraqocha Rasca, after which he loses it.
- Arc Villain: Takes over as the final threat of the first season when he attempts to become a God and create an ideal world.
- An Arm and a Leg: He lost his left arm after jumping off the Daedalus Bridge with his D-Wheel, and as fate has, he lost the exact length that his brother's severed arm can perfectly fit his body symmetrically (after Godwin hulks out and gets significantly buffer). Notably, after getting the marks of all the Signers on top of already having the mark of the Dark Signers, his brother's arm turns into Godwin's arm, with the scar that is connecting upper arm with Rudger's arm disappearing completely and the skin color of Rudger's arm turning into Godwin's skin color.
- Artificial Limbs: He lost his arm when riding off the Daedalus Bridge and later replaced it with a mechanical arm. Coupled with the fact that he had the severed Dragon Head, it led some to believe that he was the 5th Signer.
- Badass Biker: He was the Legendary D-Wheeler, which his tale being told for many years by the citizens of Satellite, aspiring generations of new kids.
- Big Good: Starts out as this to the Signers, as he gathered them to defeat the Dark Signers and the Evil Gods that is until he decides to take the power of the Crimson Dragon and King of the Underworld for himself.
- Became Their Own Antithesis: As the Legendary D-Wheeler he opposed the authority of Neo Domino, but would eventually become the authority.
- Broken Pedestal: Crow and the citizens of Satellite idolized the Legendary D-Wheeler from the Daedalus Bridge tale. Godwin reveals to Crow and the others that he was the Legendary D-Wheeler, trying to crush their spirits by telling them how foolish that man was. While Crow is not happy about the revelation, he gets around that problem by separating the Legendary D-Wheeler from the current Godwin and that the citizens of Satellite will carry the will and bravery of the Legendary Duelist regardless.
- Cain and Abel: An interesting variant of this trope. Despite being the younger brother, Godwin is the Cain to Rudger's Abel, but not in a classic sense. Godwin loves his older brother, but to end the cycle of battle between the Signers and Dark Signers, he tries to get the same powers Rudger once possessed. He already has Rudger's arm with the Dragon Head, then Godwin lets himself get killed by his brother so that he will be revived as a Dark Signer.
- Characterization Marches On: In his first appearance, Rex nearly strangles Mikage for failing to properly keep Jack in check, which is a level of anger and violence at odds with his portrayal with The Stoic Affably Evil Hidden Agenda Villain Rex is portrayed as for the rest of the show.
- The Chessmaster: He has been playing everyone, even the Crimson Dragon and the Earthbound Gods.
- Drunk on the Dark Side: His attitude after gaining the power of both sides has heavy shades of this.
- The End of the World as We Know It: Plans on causing this, then rebuilding the world sans the Signer-Dark Signer cycle.
- Even Evil Has Standards: As mentioned below, even he was disgusted with what Takasu did to the Facilities' inmates and fired him when the truth came to light.
- Evil Is Hammy: After his ascension to godhood, his previously affable personality is replaced by a much more grandiose and bombastic one.
- Evil Mentor: To Jack, initially, and eventually to the other Signers.
- Expy: He is essentially this show's version of Pegasus.
- Fallen Hero: As the Legendary D-Wheeler he initiated the building of the Daedalus Bridge, which sparked the story, and eventually became viewed as a martyr by the Satellite residents because of it.
- Foreshadowing: That emblem on his suit that he showcases from his very first appearance? Totally insignificant, really.
- Gambit Roulette: You've got to have good planning skills of to play two gods in the process of becoming one.
- A God Am I: When becomes a Signer and Dark Signer in one, he is putting himself on a divine pedestal and he can't stop talking about the powers of a god and that he will recreate the world.
- Godhood Seeker: Intends to acquire the power of both the Crimson Dragon and the King of the Underworld, in order to become the Ultimate God and end the 5000 year cycle.
- Hannibal Lecture: His quote in the Dark Signer section is part of one which spans the Duel, with varying degrees of focus on each of his opponents, until Yusei finally shuts him up.
- Hidden Agenda Villain: Until the last three episodes of the Dark Signers arc.
- Hypocrite: A strange example. He claims that bonds have failed and everyone is ultimately strongest when alone, but Yusei points out in his Shut Up, Hannibal! moment that both Godwin/Goodwin brothers were ultimately trying to fight fate, and:Yusei: "Isn't that what we call a bond?"
- Irony: Security tried to arrest him for attempting to build a bridge that would connect Satellite with Neo-Domino City. Yet after jumping from the unfinished bridge and miraculously arriving at his desired destination, he ended up being the head of Security himself and he does nothing to make Satellite a better place.
- Kick the Dog: He's the Legendary Man from Daedalus Bridge and relishes in pointing out how he failed, with the result of absolutely hammering Crow (who had viewed the Legendary Man as an idol).
- Large and in Charge: He's the president of the Public Security Maintenance Bureau, and he's more than a head taller than Jack, dwarfing every character Godwin is speaking to. Short characters look tiny when standing next to him.
- Last-Name Basis: No one other than his older brother ever calls him by his first name.
- A Love to Dismember: He worships his brother's severed arm, and 62 episodes in Godwin forcefully removes his prosthetic left arm in order to make his brother's arm his own, becoming a Signer in the process.
- Mayincatec: Mostly averted. His deck is largely based on Inca mythology, with only "Fire Ant Ascator" being the lone exception as it's based on Azcatl from Aztec mythology.
- Mr. Exposition: Initially. Most of the plot of the first season is told and explained by him.
- One Head Taller: Despite Jack already being a very tall man, he only reaches Godwin's shoulder. Mikage looks very small in comparison to him, and Jeager, who is even shorter, looks even smaller when he's standing next to Godwin.
- Robotic Reveal: His prosthetic was revealed when he caught a spike that broke off Bommer's D-Wheel and it shredded his glove.
- Self-Made Man: While he used to be a professor from the Tops, after the Zero Reverse he ended up on Satellite and became a nobody. Despite not completing the Daedalus Bridge, he managed to arrive at Neo-Domino City, but at the cost of losing his left arm. Afterwards, he somehow managed to become the president of Security, who ironically were trying to arrest him when he was building the Daedalus Bridge.
- Spell My Name With An S: In the original version of the anime, his family name is spelled as "Goodwin". The Japanese pronunciation is "Gohdowin", but it's neither "Guddowin" nor "Goddowin" (for Godwin), so the double O is actually pronounced as a long O instead of a U.
- The Stoic: He's subdued in general.
- Temporary Bulk Change: Once he reveals himself as a Dark Signer, he gets much more muscular.
- Throwing the Fight: Doubles as Thanatos Gambit. To become a Dark Signer he has to die first, so he lets Rudger defeat him in a Duel of Darkness.
- Together in Death: After he is defeated by Yusei, he walks into the afterlife with his brother.
- Utopia Justifies the Means: Both in his plan to create an 'ideal' world and in his isolation of Satellite to act as a battleground.
- Villainous Breakdown: After Yusei's will causes him to lose the Full Dragon's Birthmark.
- Villain with Good Publicity: To the public, he was seen as at worst a stern authority figure, only the Signers being suspicious of him. (And while they were suspicious, it's doubtful even they realized the lengths of his goals.)
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Due to his Temporary Bulk Change, he ends up without wearing a shirt for the whole duel.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Rather than risk an uncertain future in which the world is threatened with destruction every 5000 years, he decided to destroy the world and recreate one without the cycle of conflict between Signers and Dark Signers.
- White Gloves: Hides his prosthetic with these.
- Would Hit a Girl: The first clue to his true nature was in the fourth episode; when Mikage told him Jack and Yusei were dueling, he got angry and started to strangle her. He calmed down and let go after she squeaked out a frightened apology. (This was cut from the dub.)
- Yin-Yang Bomb: Becomes a Signer and a Dark Signer at the same time. His deck also has a Solar and Lunar motif.
Jeager (Lazar)
Jeager (Lazar)
Voiced by: Tetsuya Yanagihara (Japanese), Gary Mack (English)
Godwin's right-hand man and the bureau's Head of Special Investigations in the first two arcs. Effeminate, slightly sadistic, and egotistical, his arrogance quickly gives way to cowardice when his life is in danger. He leaves his post after being left to die by Placido and goes into hiding with his family. However, Yusei's group flush him out in order to find out what he knows about Yliaster. After the Three Emperors leave their post in the Bureau to compete in the WRGP finals, Jeager becomes the Bureau's director.
He plays a Jester deck, which revolves around having multiple Spell and Trap cards on the field at once.
- Adaptational Villainy: He's much more nefarious in the manga, sealing duelists into cards and supporting Goodwin's quest for power.
- Anything but That!: He doesn't care what happens to him, Jack threatening to take away all the ramen he gave him is what makes him cooperate.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In Episode 80 he breaks into Yusei's apartment, steals the engine program that Yusei and Bruno had been working on, and, while he's at it, he eats one of Jack's cup ramen.
- Balloonacy: Can quickly inflate a balloon and float into the sky with it.
- Big Good: Post Heel–Face Turn, he's surprisingly the closest you can get from the human side. Best shown when, rather than evacuating with his family to escape the descending Ark Cradle, he sends them to Martha's group, while, along with Mizoguchi and the MC, remain at ground zero to help ensure the city evacuates. He also instinctively tries to catch Yusei when the latter falls from his airborned D-Wheel, Mizoguchi only holding him back from jumping off the building they're on to catch him. That Jaeger is completely different from the one we were introduced to at the beginning.
- The Cameo: An alternate version of him
makes a very brief appearance in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, sipping champagne while a plate of sliced cheese and a bowl of cup ramen are laid out in front of him. - Characterization Marches On: Jeager was more serious and composed in the Dark Signer arc, and would sometimes show Nerves of Steel. He also didn't have any fear of Jack having no problems belittling him to his face. These traits are mostly gone in following season, where he's more prone to comical moments, though that may have more to do with the lack of respect from his new bosses during the second season.
- Circus Brat: As a child, he was part of a third rate circus, until he - being the oldest son - realized he needed a better salary to pay the bills. (Seeing as his whole family pretty much lived on cup ramen, it implies business was even worse than he suggested.)
- Compressed Vice: For Episode 80, Jeager is given a insatiable weakness for cup ramen.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Not exactly a moron, but you wouldn't guess from his appearance that he's a talented duelist. Or that he is acrobatic and possesses the skills of a magician.
- Cute, but Cacophonic: He has a very high-pitched and annoying voice.
- Dirty Coward: Pretty much any time he's in actual danger - unless his family is concerned - his reaction is to dive for cover or make a run for it.
- The Dragon: To Godwin in the first season and then later to the Three Emperor’s for half of the second before he goes into hiding.
- Dragon Ascendant: An interesting case. He takes over as head of the Bureau after Godwin's death and the Three Emperor’s rewriting history to compete in the WRGP, but this comes after his Heel-Face Turn.
- Evil Laugh: Hi hi hi~
- Hidden Depths: It took all of fandom by surprise when it was revealed he was the breadwinner for a family he would protect at all costs.
- Facial Markings: His red clown make-up.
- Heel–Face Turn: By the second half of Season 2.
- Large Ham: He is often overly dramatic.
- Lookalike Lovers: His wife and his son look like him!
- Ninja Log: Pulls a variation of this when Crow ties him up after mistaking him for a Dark Signer.
- Papa Wolf: He will do anything to protect his wife and son.
- Self-Made Man: He's from a poor circus family and gains a job in the bureau in order to support them.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After being used and left for dead by Placido, he disappears.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Cup ramen. This bites him back in the ass when he eats one of Jack's ramen while stealing Yusei and Bruno's new engine data, leaving fingerprints behind.
- Villainous Harlequin: It's even the theme of his deck.
Mikage Sagiri (Mina Simington)
Mikage Sagiri (Mina Simington)
Voiced by: Aiko Aihashi (Japanese), Carrie Keranen (English)
Godwin's meek secretary who watches over Jack. She does her best to be useful, but often unintentionally sparks her superiors' wrath. She has feelings towards Jack, and is jealous of Carly for the attention she receives. In Season 2, she is Head of Special Investigations.
- All Love Is Unrequited: She likes Jack, though he doesn't realize it or he just doesn't care.
- Cannot Spit It Out: In the first few seasons, regarding her crush on Jack.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: In her "Jack Atlas's harem member" incarnation.
- Fangirl: Of Jack.
- Love Triangle: Mikage likes Jack, Jack is oblivious and likes Carly, while Ushio likes Mikage and also goes unnoticed.
- Ms. Exposition: Whenever something has to do with the city, she will give the main characters the information they need to hear.
- Oblivious to Love: Doesn't realize that Ushio likes her.
- Office Lady: Works in an office and is a lady.
- Satellite Character: Doesn't have a whole lot of personality outside of liking Jack.
- Sexy Secretary: She was originally Godwin's secretary.
Tetsu Ushio (Tetsu Trudge)
Tetsu Ushio (Tetsu Trudge)
Voiced by: Koi Ochiai (Japanese), Dan Green (English)
A member of Security who operated within Satellite. After losing to Yusei in the first episode, he developed a grudge against him and vowed to crush him. He fought Yusei two more times, once when Yusei escaped Satellite via the pipeline between the cities (which gave him a scar on his cheek) and again when Yusei attempted to reclaim his D-Wheel from a Security Warehouse - losing both times.
Later, he flew the Signers, Mikage, and Lua to Satellite on Godwin's orders. While at Martha's place he began to respect Satellite residents more after learning how one of the children, Takuya, admired Security for trying to save his father and wanted to become one someday (despite the fact that Satellite residents couldn't join Security). After Yusei's initial duel with Rudger, he became one of Yusei's allies and has accompanied his group during the fight against the Dark Signers. He has worked with Mikage on several occasions and has developed a crush on her, though he is aware of her feelings for Jack.
By Season 2, he is working as Mikage's partner and has been promoted to the position of Assistant Chief of Special Investigations.
He uses a standard-issue pursuit deck, a law-enforcement-themed deck with significant field control.
(He is an adult version of the bully that once harassed Yugi and his friends, although the Duel Monsters anime reduced him to a single flashback appearance. For information on the version of Ushio from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, see the Original Series Yu-Gi-Oh!: Domino High School character sheet)
- Ascended Extra: He's an alternate incarnation of the same bully Yugi faced in his first Dark Game. Notably, since his beating up Jonouchi, Honda and Yugi was also included in a flashback in the Duel Monsters anime, Ushio's appearance as an adult man here is one of the few hints that 5D's isn't set too far into the future.
- Badass Biker: Is a riding officer who continues a duel without caring that he and his target are falling down a lift badass enough?
- Beware the Quiet Ones: As one of Rudger's drones he is (ironically) much less talkative, but still a rather dangerous foe with an effective strategy.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Check the page picture.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: When under Rudger's influence, becoming a Dark Signer Drone for a short time. As a drone he uses a Deck Destruction deck. He gets better after being defeated by Jack.
- Cannot Spit It Out: He has a longstanding affection for Mikage, but it never goes anywhere (though it's popular enough in fanon).
- Car Fu: He likes to do this on his targets.
- Character Development: Starts out as a total jerk, eventually develops into something of a Reasonable Authority Figure.
- Dark Is Not Evil: He starts using a Hellway Deck, comprised of Dark Fiends, after his Heel–Face Turn.
- Demoted to Extra: Outside of a couple early duels, his role is reduced in the second season.
- Dishing Out Dirt: The vast majority of his Monsters have the EARTH Attribute, including Gate Blocker, Goyo Guardian, and Montage Dragon.
- Expy: Of Professor Cronos de Medici/Dr. Vellian Crowler from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Both are notable figures of Authority who primarily wield EARTH-Attribute Monsters and are the first opponents the protagonist faces in their respective series. They also hold an intense grudge toward the protagonist that fades away as the series progresses.
- Also an expy of Ushio from the first chapter of the original manga/Toei anime (assuming they're not literally the same person, which is never really clarified.) They both act as mean bullies in the beginning, and have essentially identical character designs aside from the age and outfit, but Officer Ushio becomes nicer while Ushio the hall monitor stays nasty only to get punished by Yami Yugi's Penalty Game.
- False Start: His feelings for Mikage, again, frequently result in this.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: A rare example of what could have been both. Ushio got his scar early on when he tried to stop Yusei's gambit to escape to Neo Domino City.
- Heel–Face Turn: He starts to turn over a new leaf during the first season, and eventually becomes a sort of honorary member of the group.
- He can be counted as an example of a cross-series version of this, even if he may not be the same Ushio from the original manga. The original was an unrepentant thug who had no hint of being scared straight by his Dark Game with Yugi, while this one definitely bettered himself, and on his own, at that.
- Implacable Man: Nothing, whether it be a tidal wave of garbage, a fall down an elevator shaft, or an evil deity, can divert Ushio from his job.
- Inspector Javert: To the point that many compared the first season of 5Ds to Les Misérables, mostly on the basis of his character.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's a big jerk to Satellite citizens, but he's nice to people from the City and has a soft spot to children. Later he becomes a genuine Nice Guy.
- Large Ham: Ushio is fairly loud and bombastic, especially in the dub.
- Love Hurts: He has an unrequited love for Mikage which isn't returned at all.
- Mighty Glacier: Ushio has a fairly slow and methodical style of play, but his Montage Dragon and Goyo Guardian both hit hard.
- Nice Guys Finish Last: Well, he's not exactly nice most of the time, but he is a good person and his feelings for Mikage are real...but as of the end of the series, she still hasn't noticed him.
- Signature Mon: His Goyo Guardian serves as his Signature Monster, having appeared in three out of Ushio's six duels. Goyo Guardian is so iconic (particularly because of how powerful it was in the OCG/TCG) that an entire archetype was inspired by it, which is introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V where Security officers all use Goyo decks.
- The Worf Effect: Like Cronos in the series before him, he is shown to be a genuinely great duelist...but every match he duels has to be lost for plot-related reasons. He has never won an on-screen Duel, though he does seem pretty talented from what we can see. Doesn't help that half of his duels were against Yusei.
- You Rebel Scum!: He initially refers to Yusei as "Satellite Scum" and his cards as "trash" on every possible occasion. He stops this later after his Heel–Face Turn (and learning Yusei was born in the city).
Takasu (Armstrong)
Takasu (Armstrong)
Voiced by: Kouji Ishii (Japanese), David Wills (English)
A terrible prison Warden in the Alcatraz-esque prison facility. He was ordered to find out more about Yusei's mark, resorting to various torture methods involving electrocution. Considering how he treats those who end up in his prison from Satellite, it's not too much of a stretch to imagine him as being pretty much the worst villain in the entire show for someone without powers. He's sick, twisted, and has a complete lack of care for his inmates, often cheating and scheming to get what he wants after stripping their decks from all of them.
He challenges Yusei to a Duel despite knowing that he's confiscated Yusei's deck, but Yusei constructs a new one from offered cards that each inmate had secretly saved. With this mish-mash deck, Yusei challenges and defeats the cheating warden, sending currents of electricity through his body that nearly knock him down for good. He is later removed by Godwin.
He uses an Iron Chain mill deck.
- Absurdly High-Stakes Game: He gets Yusei into an old favorite of "electroshock whenever you lose LP." However, he deliberately turns his off... but then the power goes out and on again...
- Adaptational Karma: In the original, Godwin simply voices his disappointment in the chief after his Duel against Yusei and tells him to leave, with what becomes of him afterward being uncertain. In the dub, Goodwin chews him out for his mistreatment of the prisoners and fires him on the spot.
- Chain Pain: His deck revolves around Iron Chain monsters.
- Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Despite his by all accounts massive advantage over Yusei, he still cheats like no tomorrow. As tends to happen in these situations, Yusei turns his cheating on him. Which results in...
- Dirty Coward: Prior to his Duel with Yusei, he made preparations to ensure that only his opponent gets electrocuted every time he loses LP. The inmates call out on Takasu for said act of cowardice, but he casually dismisses the accusations. Luckily once the power restarted Takasu gets electrocuted as well.
- Electric Torture: During their duel, he hooks Yusei up to a device that shocks him whenever he loses lifepoints.
- Establishing Character Moment: Walking up to a recently imprisoned Yusei, telling him he has no hope, and then doing the nose hair thing.
- Evil Laugh: He's got one.
- Failed a Spot Check: He relies so much on his security cameras to check what's in Yusei's hands, that he doesn't stop to think that there's a card missing... Granted this is more the fault of his security team actually watching the cameras (they were just feeding Takasu info on the cards via a hidden transceiver), but more than likely they were following an order given by him to tell him "which" cards were in Yusei's hand, not "how many". This lets Yusei, who was Genre Savvy enough to know Takasu would be using the cameras, to hide a card in his hand from view until it was needed.
- Fat Bastard: Hands down the fattest character in the entire series, and most certainly one of the most despicable.
- Gonk: Drawn much less flatteringly than most characters.
- Gross-Up Close-Up: He blows NOSE HAIR on people.
- Hate Sink: Takasu is easily one of the most vile characters in the series without supernatural powers, being a corrupt and underhanded warden who abuses his power to torment the inmates for his own sick pleasure. Takasu's humiliating defeat and dismissal from his job is definitely well-deserved.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Repeatedly; Yusei beats him because his Mill Deck gives Yusei a metric ton of material for Blasting the Ruins, and Yusei uses his cheating bastardry against him at one point by switching his set cards while he isn't looking, resulting in Takasu destroying the wrong card.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: This guy was a tyrant at the Facility for years and thought he was untouchable, until Goodwin himself got sick of his underhandedness, abuse of his authority and fired him.
- Kick the Dog: Doesn't so much Kick the Dog as Wade Through A Stream Of Dogs Kicking Them With Every Step, going all the way from base insults to outright torture. He doesn't even do it on Godwin's orders; Godwin told him to observe only.
- Sadist: His liking for torture says a lot, and his Deck seems designed to maximize the pain of the electroshock Duel.
- Scary Black Man: A very large, and considering his penchant for torture, fairly scary example.
- Sore Loser: He became so enraged upon losing to Yusei that he tries to back out of their deal and put him in lockdown anyway out of spite.
- Torture Cellar: Oh, you bet he's got one.
- Villain of the Week: In Episodes 8-9, though he did appear earlier.
- Villainous Glutton: If his gut is any indication.
- Would Harm a Senior: Backhands Yanagi, an old man, for having cards in the facility. (This was cut from the dub)
- You Rebel Scum!: His reaction to anything the prisoners do.
Soichi Kazama (Kaz)
Soichi Kazama (Kaz)
Voiced by: Koichi Yokota (Japanese), Marc Thompson (English)
An officer who rides a Duel Chaser like Ushio, and is described as one of the top chasers. When he is introduced, Jack is chasing Syd and his theft ring. Kazama, who was infiltrating the theft ring while undercover, protects Jack from Syd's laser gun and ends up getting hospitalized. To avenge him, Jack borrows Kazama's Chaos King Archfiend and defeats Syd and his theft ring with the card and his own brute strength. After receiving his card back, Kazama acknowledges Jack as a true D-Wheeler and they become friends.
Kazama later appears when Jack is framed for various crimes he didn't commit; Kazama doesn't believe the accusations, and he eventually confronts Fake Jack and witnesses Jack's victory over the imposter. He also appears chasing the Diablos when they cause trouble on the highways, later witnessing with Jack the birth of Shooting Star Dragon.
- Badass Biker: He's said to be a top chaser. When he and the other Security officers chase Fake Jack, he is the only one who doesn't crash.
- Dark Is Not Evil: His ace card is Chaos King Archfiend, a DARK Fiend-type Synchro Monster. Kazama, on the other hand, is a swell guy.
- Fair Cop: Actually looks good, especially compared to all of the other cops of this series.
- Informed Ability: Supposedly, he's one of the top chasers, but doesn’t have much chance to show it.
- The Mole: He was infiltrating Syd's theft ring, but Jack accidentally ruined his mission in his ignorance.
- Taking the Bullet: Kazama protects Jack when Syd shoots a laser gun at him, which ends in Kazama crashing when his D-Wheel is hit.
- True Companions: He doesn't believe that Jack permitted crash incidents and confronts Ushio about this (although Ushio himself doesn't want to believe that it was Jack).
Others
Others
Akutsu (Zigzix)
- Mad Scientist: He gets kind of creepy when he's too caught up enjoying all the Momentum chaos and only calms down to reveal the Arc Cradle is slowly falling toward Neo-Domino. Then he goes back to spinning gleefully.
- Villainous Breakdown: Well, villainous and breakdown are both arguable, but regardless, whenever Momentum starts doing anything, he completely loses his shit.
