Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists / Characters

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Mai Kujaku (Mai Valentine)

**Mai Kujaku (孔雀舞; Kujaku Mai) (Mai Valentine)**

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Voiced by: Haruhi Terada (Japanese), Megan Hollingshead (English, Season 1-3), Erica Schroeder (English, Season 4-5 & Duel Links; credited as Bella Hudson in Duel Monsters), Kathleen Delaney (English, Uncut), Yolanda Mateos (European Spanish)

One of the best duelists around. She once worked as a casino dealer before picking up the Duel Monsters card game, and became used to depending on only herself until she met Yugi and his friends in the Duelist Kingdom arc. Though she isn't around in every chapter/episode, she's mostly a good guy and helps the heroes out frequently.

She uses a Harpie deck in the Duelist Kingdom arc, and mixes it up with some Amazons in the Battle City arc. In the anime's season 4 she uses more Harpie cards, supplementing them with the Seal of Orichalcos.

Action Girl: She is a genuinely good duelist, even though most of it occurs offscreen but against the likes of Yugi and Dark Marik in the anime, she is able to put up a good fight.
Adaptational Badass: The duel with Marik is a lot more one-sided in the Manga while the anime has her putting on a fight.
Adaptational Modesty: The anime makes many of her outfits less skimpy and downplays how bold she gets in her flirtations. For example, in the manga she suggests she'll sleep with Ryuzaki if he manages to defeat her in a duel, while in the anime she only offers him a kiss.
Adaptational Backstory Change: The anime gives her a backstory regarding her parents but they were changed in the English dub. In the original, she was orphaned at a young age while the dub has her parents just being absent due to working abroad.
Adaptation Expansion: The anime gives her a backstory of her childhood and her own filler villain to beat in Battle City.
Amazon Brigade: Her deck, which includes her Harpies and some actual Amazons.
Badass Driver: She's shown to be a very skilled driver capable of pulling off dangerous maneuvers.
Badass Normal: No Millennium Item or connections with ancient Egypt, but she's skilled enough on her own merits to make it into the finals of Duelist Kingdom and the top eight in Battle City.
Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: Many of the outfits she wears bare her midriff, fitting with her Femme Fatale persona.
Bathing Beauty: She values bathing so much that she picks a fight with the Duelist Kingdom staff over her room at the ship not having a shower and later somehow acquires and carries around a portable shower for her to use on the island itself.
Best Her to Bed Her: Played With. Her first cons started as her faking that she was only into men who could beat her in a duel, but that was only a ploy to get people to play with her and lose their money. But it seemed to become real, as she only started to develop feelings for Jonouchi after he beat her in a duel.
Big-Breast Pride: She's fully aware of her buxom figure and wears cleavage-baring outfits to show it off, while also hoping it may distract her opponents.
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Blonde to Anzu's Brunette and Shizuka's Redhead.
Break the Cutie: During the Battle City arc, when she fights against Dark Marik in his really, really painful Shadow Game and suffers through his Penalty Game.
Broken Bird: In the beginning, she's an ex-Lonely Rich Kid who had lived by and relied on herself since her parents had passed on (or in the 4Kids version, were always too busy to spend time with her), acting cynical and disenchanted until Jounouchi calls her out on her treatment of her opponents, Yugi wins back the star chips she lost due to the Player Killer, and (in the anime) Anzu duels her for Yugi's sake. After she defrosts, she reverts because Dark Marik put her into a coma where she was trapped in an hourglass, slowly forgetting everyone who ever loved her (only in the anime - in the manga, she was being eaten by scarabs and she actually managed to come back from that experience emotionally stable) and has recurring nightmares about the experience. Then, despite all her efforts to improve her skills (even winning tournaments), she is still unable to escape Yugi's and Jonouchi's shadows. This leads to her joining Doma, because the Orichalcos' power makes her feel more powerful.
Buxom Beauty Standard: She has a busty figure, which is prominent due to the cleavage present in her outfits and is one of the reasons why she's such a Dude Magnet.
Compressed Hair: She can somehow keep all of her long hair compressed into a normal-sized motorcycle helmet.
Cool Big Sis: She acts as the older and more experienced friend to the main characters, as well as Shizuka/Serenity.
Cruel to Be Kind: She doesn't mince words about how terribly Yugi is dueling against her in their Duelist Kingdom finals match, but it's because she can tell he's holding back and she wants to duel him at his best.
Dark Action Girl: During the Doma Arc, after she becomes corrupted by the Orichalcos and starts working for Dartz.
Defeat Means Friendship: Her defeat at Jonouchi's hands starts to defrost her although she still acted as a Sore Loser that time, and out of all the antagonists Yugi and Jonouchi face during Duelist Kingdom, Mai plays a bigger role in later chapters than anyone except Seto Kaiba.
Defrosting Ice Queen: She starts the series as a cynical, arrogant woman who doesn't care for anyone but herself, but starts to defrost once she befriends the main cast, especially after Yug duels Panik to get her star chips back.
Demoted to Extra: After Doma, she's relegated to just making a couple of silent cameos for the remainder of the anime. In the manga, Battle City was her last appearance, and leaves the story a bit more happy compared to the anime, though she does seem to be back to her old self by the end of the series.
Deus Angst Machina: From Dark Marik's Penalty Game to the anime's Doma Arc.
Distracted by the Sexy:
- An implied reason for her choice of outfits is to try to distract her opponents.
- She also uses her looks to sneak Honda, Bakura, and Anzu past the security guard at Duelist Kingdom (in the anime, at least - the manga version just has Jonouchi beating the snot out of him), and to trick Dinosaur Ryuzaki into giving up his deluxe room on the cruise to her.
Dude Magnet: She often has guys fawning after her due to her beauty and flirty personality.
Everyone Has Standards: She starts out as an antagonist, but even then she's visibly shocked when Jonochi punches Honda during an argument and shares her food with the group despite not being on good terms with them at the time.
Everyone Loves Blondes: She's a blonde with long, wavy hair and is the most sexually charged character in the cast.
Evil Costume Switch: Developed a taste for black leather after joining the Doma cult.
Fanservice: She and her monsters are this.
Femme Fatale: She's a smart and attractive woman who uses her feminine charms to get an advantage in life, even duels. She made a fortune conning rich men out of their money when she worked as a casino dealer.
Friendly Rival: After her defrosting, Mai is one of the duelists who thinks well of Yugi and Jonouchi despite losing to both of them.
The Gadfly: She enjoys mocking and messing with people, once pretending to be dead just so she could troll Jonouchi.
Gamer Chick: She's a young woman who's a professional duelist, which is a rarity.
Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: Does this to Jonouchi during Battle City after his Brainwashed and Crazy period.
Harping on About Harpies: Her signature monsters are female harpies.
Head-Turning Beauty: She's considered incredibly attractive, to the point people often visibly react upon seeing her. Her first appearance in the manga has Yugi, Jonouchi, and Honda all Distracted by the Sexy upon seeing her.
Idiot Ball: Mostly due to her being Locked Out of the Loop on important information, yet still.
- The end of her duel with Marik. On paper, it seems that she has the means to win the duel by just declaring an attack, though in practice it's not so^note. However, Mai still had a few other moves she could have made that would have more or less secured her victory in just a few turns. Meanwhile, after stealing the Winged Dragon of Ra from Marik halfway through the duel and deciding then to play it, she goes to try and beat Marik with it. This is despite a first-hand demonstration in the previous duel that using the card is highly dangerous.
- In the anime's Doma Arc: when she duels Raphael, Mai attempts to use Jonouchi's Hermos card despite not being one of the three chosen duelists. It doesn't go well for her. Granted, she didn't have any way of knowing that you have to be The Chosen One to use Hermos.
It's All About Me: She starts off being defined by her selfishness, being a vain and self-absorbed woman who feels no guilt in using others to get ahead in life. She becomes more selfless once befriending the party.
I Work Alone: She enjoys being a lone wolf, due to her natural distrust of others and desire to be an independent woman. She eases off on this when she befriends the main cast.
Jerkass Has a Point: In her first duel with Jonouchi, she points out that even if he and Yugi are friends, there can only ever be one champion, and if either of them wants to ultimately win they'll have to go through the other. She's also right in that he has to step out from Yugi's shadow and duel on his own if he wants to get anywhere.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In the very beginning of the series, she's pretty aggressive, sarcastic, and a bit mean-spirited, though significantly less so than other duelists like Haga or Bandit Keith. Mai softens up after hanging out with Yugi's gang a bit. During Duelist Kingdom, Mai lets Anzu use her portable shower unit and stands guard to rout any peeping tom's, she hands her copy of "Honor of Kings Right" ^noteto Jonouchi when his copy gets stolen. During Battle City, she rescues Honda, Shizuka and Otogi who were fleeing the Ghouls.
Know When to Fold 'Em: Knowing that she doesn't stand a chance against Yami Yugi after he destroys her Mirror Wall trap and his Black Luster Soldier defeats her Harpie's Pet Dragon, Mai surrenders immediately after her turn begins. Played with in her duel against Anzu- she surrenders even though she had a chance to win, just to have a reason to return the Star Chips.
Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: The dark to Anzu and Shizuka's light.
Long Hair Is Feminine: She has waist-long blonde hair and is one of the few female duelists in the series and one who likes to flaunt her femininity.
Lonely Rich Kid: In her backstory, at least in the anime. We see her as a little girl, all alone in a Big Fancy House...
Manipulative Bitch: She uses her guile and beauty to manipulate people, especially men, into doing her bidding. Best seen in her interactions with Ryuzaki, where she's constantly playing him for a fool.
Meaningful Name: Mai Kujaku means "dancing peacock."
Mind Rape: By Marik during Battle City. She was put into an hourglass filled with scarabs that slowly devoured her body, and she would have died after a set amount of time (in the anime, it's less nightmare-ish and more emotional - the longer she was in the hourglass, the more memories of her friends she would lose). In the anime, this lead to a Heroic BSoD and a Face–Heel Turn in the Doma filler arc.
More than Mind Control: How Dartz got her to serve him.
Ms. Fanservice: Midriff-baring corset, miniskirt, knee-high (and in one case, thigh-high) boots (often high-heeled as seen in a close-up after her forfeiting her Duel with Yugi), large breasts, and more.
Must Have Lots of Free Time: As a professional duelist, she does have quite a bit of free time on her hands— hangs out with True Companions eight-to-ten years younger than her. She also falls in love with one of them. Justified because her little friends are champion duelists too, so they all ran in the same circles. She first meets them in a tournament they are all competing in.
My God, What Have I Done?: After she beats Jounouchi in the Doma Arc, causing him to lose his soul.
Of Corsets Sexy: She wears a corset with prominent cleavage.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: While losing most of her onscreen duels, she wins enough offscreen matches in both the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City arcs to make the finals. In the Doma Arc, she even manages to defeat Pegasus.
Old Maid: Actually, by her own choice. She did have a Hopeless Suitor in an anime filler episode and blew him off, defeating him in a duel when he wouldn't give up.
Only in It for the Money: She's a professional duelist who only takes part in the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City tournaments for the prize money.
Overshadowed by Awesome: She's a very good duelist and strategist, but has the misfortune to be on the same team as Yugi and Kaiba (who have connections to the nameless pharaoh and some of the most powerful cards around) and ends up going up against Dark Marik in the Battle City semifinals.
Parental Abandonment: In the manga, her parents are never mentioned but she mentions she has been by herself most of her life. In the anime, her parents explicitly died when she was little (in the 4Kids version, they're changed to be alive but never had time for her due to their work) and left her alone to rely on herself.
Punny Name: Her English dub name is a pun, as Mai Valentine is a play on "my Valentine".
Phony Psychic: She pretends she had psychic powers at the start of Duelist Kingdom with her "aroma tactics", which involves knowing what her cards are without looking at them because of having them sprayed with various perfumes. This backfires on her in her duel with Jounouchi when he figures it out, however, and she drops them later on.
Proud Beauty: She's a vain woman who greatly values her appearance and likes to brag about it. She even takes time to pamper herself even when out in the wild in the Duelist Kingdom.
Sexophone: In the anime, new music always played whenever she showed up in Duelist Kingdom, and occasionally in Battle City. Stopped in Doma due to her change of sides.
Ship Tease: With Jonouchi, starting with the scene where Jonouchi gave her her Star Chips back. She later returns the favor by giving him her Entry Card, so that he can duel Keith. A lot of the ship tease happens during Mai's duel with Dark Marik, with Jonouchi being extra motivated to duel Dark Marik in order to save her from her penalty. The Doma filler arc challenges their romantic tension by making Mai on the side of the villains and adding Varon to create Love Triangle, who specifically challenges Jonouchi to gain Mai's affection because he knows she still has feelings for Jonouchi.
Signature Mon: The Harpie Lady is the card she uses the most, with the Three Harpie Sisters serving as her ace monsters (Harpie's Pet Dragon is the muscle). Whether it's just the single lady or the Three Sisters, they are treated as her Signature Mon interchangeably throughout multiple media. Mai is drawn to the archetype because the Harpie Ladies represent strong females who dominate males, fitting her character.
Spared by the Adaptation: In The Sacred Cards, a video game adaptation of Season 2-3, she duels Kaiba in the Battle City finals instead of Dark Marik. She still loses, but she doesn't end up in coma. Jonouchi and Kaiba take her place instead.
Statuesque Stunner: At 5'9, she's easily the tallest female character in the series, adding to her model-like appeal.
The Tease: She enjoys acting flirtatiously and teasing other men, both as a plot to manipulate them and for her own amusement.
Took a Level in Kindness: While she was never really cruel, she was very arrogant and had a mindset that duelists could only rely on themselves with friendship just getting in the way. Being beaten by Joey and especially Panik causes her to reassess her opinion, and from then on she's much more an ally who happens to be a bit of a prima-donna than the Rich Bitch she started as.
Tsundere: She develops a crush on Jonouchi, but is reluctant to admit it and often ends up having arguments with him, but shows her softer side in serious moments. To a lesser extent, she has this attitude to the main characters as a whole, sometimes treating them as "dumb kids" while also going out of her way to help them.
Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Jonouchi, both in the manga and anime. The two develop a mutual attraction, which they admit to each other in the conclusion of the Battle City storyline, but never actually become a couple on-screen because of other events separating them.
Woman Of Wealth And Taste: She has a taste for opulent things and likes to bask in luxury. She's after the prize money in the duelist tournaments to sustain this expensive lifestyle of hers.
The Worf Effect:
- Dinosaur Ryuzaki is built up as a major threat at the start of Duelist Kingdom, yet she manages to beat and make a fool of him before they even get to the island, establishing her as one of the best duelists on the island.
- Marik defeating her so easily and brutally at the start of the Battle City finals is meant to establish just how ruthless and terrifying he is.

Ishizu Ishtar

**Ishizu Ishtar (イシズ・イシュタール; Ishizu Ishutaaru)**

Voiced by: Sumi Shimamoto (JP), Karen Neil (EN), Adelaida López (European Spanish)

Marik's older sister and Rishid's adoptive sister, she's the owner of the Millennium Tauk, which allows the user to see into the past and future. Ishizu works for the Egyptian government agency, the Supreme Council of Antiquities - presumably to the public, she traveled to Japan's Domino City to oversee the dynastic exhibit, The Art of Egypt, which showcased stone slabs, depicting ka battles, from which the card game Magic & Wizards/Duel Monsters originated. She invited Seto Kaiba to the Domino City Museum to show him the slabs that also depicted the nameless king, who resembled Yugi. She told Kaiba about the three God Cards and tasked him with retrieving them from the Ghouls, through hosting a city-wide Duel Monsters tournament. To bait the Ghouls into coming, she gave him one of the God cards - "The God of the Obelisk."

With the Millennium Tauk, Ishizu had already predicted Yugi would visit the museum. When Dark Yugi arrived, along with Anzu Mazaki, and saw the slabs depicting the ancient ka battles and also of the pharaoh, she approached him. She told him that a large battle would soon be taking place, and that he must gather the seven Millennium Items to regain his memories.

In the Duel Monsters card game, she uses a Sand Fairy (Fairy monsters with an Egyptian theme) deck, along with cards that cycle her opponent's cards into the graveyard and her cards into her deck. Her trump card is Reversal of Worlds (Exchange of the Spirit). Supplimentary material usually also gives her a "Gravekeeper" deck focusing on Graveyard control.

Abusive Parents: Her father didn't treat her or her brothers particularly well, and cared more for his duty of guarding the Millennium Items than any of them.
Adaptational Villainy: In the earliest Konami video games, Ishizu is a sinister and often hostile actor. In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses, she's on the side of the Yorkists with Seto.
Alliterative Name: Ishizu Ishtar.
Because Destiny Says So: She was so obsessed with following her visions that she threw away a quicker victory against Kaiba just to achieve the victory she saw. Which fails when Kaiba manages to defy her visions and defeat her.
Big Sister Instinct: Joins Battle City to try to save her brother.
Break the Haughty: Tries it on Kaiba and to a degree, but suffers it herself once he manages to change destiny and overcome her visions from the future.
Cain and Abel: The Abel to Marik's Cain before his Heel–Face Turn.
The Chessmaster: In her duel with Kaiba, she manipulates every move he makes, even allowing herself to take damage from him, in preparation to flip his strategy back on him. Lampshaded by Dark Marik in the anime, who snickers that it's fun to watch her work Kaiba over after she did it to normal Marik so often when they were children.
Combat Clairvoyance: Sees into the future to predict her opponent's moves.
Dishing Out Dirt: She uses Earth-attribute Fairy monsters with a distinct Egyptian design flavor.
Do Not Adjust Your Set: How she gets Kaiba's attention at the start of the second series anime adaptation.
Driven to Suicide: Implied in the manga. While talking with her before the Battle City finals, Kaiba realizes that she intends to stay on Alcrataz once it self-destructs if it becomes apparent that Marik can't be saved, which very much reminds him of his own desire to protect Mokuba.
Early-Bird Cameo: Ishizu first appeared in the Konami video games, including one that was released several weeks before she made her proper debut in the manga.
Early-Installment Weirdness: Several early video game appearances by Ishizu show her with a very different personality from the one she'd be established with. In Duel Monsters II, which predates her manga debut by a couple months, she's an unlockable high-level boss, has a different name (Ishizu Ishtar Naomi), and her design and dialogue is noticeably villainous◊. Her Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories counterpart, called Naomi Ishizu in Japan, is much the same. It seems fairly likely that Takahashi hadn't quite nailed down Ishizu's concept at the time those games were being made.
First-Name Basis: In the Japanese version and manga, she's one of the few character to refer to Kaiba by his given name Seto. This is not the case in the 4Kids version.
Foil: To Kaiba. They both had abusive fathers (biological in her case, adoptive in Kaiba's), have younger siblings they are protective of, and are part of organizing the Battle City tournament. However, Ishizu looks to the past and believes in destiny through her visions from the Millennium Tauk, where Kaiba looks to the future while being more focused on modern-day technology and, in the English 4Kids dub, is a skeptic about the ancient Egyptian magic going on. This is especially highlighted during their duel in the quarter-finals.
Formal Characters Use Keigo: In Japanese, she always communicates using very formal linguistics (such as using "watakushi" as a personal pronoun), to illustrate her serious and formal demeanor.
Graceful Loser: In spite of the fact that it means she's out of the running to confront Marik herself, she takes her defeat at the hands of Kaiba rather well. In fact, it brings her hope that the future can be changed and that either Yugi, Jonouchi, or Kaiba can save her brother.
Herald: For the Battle City arc. She informs Kaiba about the God Cards, the Ghouls and Kaiba's destined connections to Ancient Egypt and his rival Dark Yugi, and she gives him the idea to host the Battle City tournament. She also informs Dark Yugi about his connections to Ancient Egypt and Kaiba and the upcoming battle
Hidden Buxom: In the manga version of Battle City, her dress sometimes exposes her cleavage, revealing that she is rather buxom.
Inconsistent Coloring: Most media, namely the anime and most video games, give her blue-colored eyes. In the digitally colored manga, her eyes are purple to match Marik's eye color. In Duel Links, her eyes are magenta-purple, which is closer to the digitally colored manga version than the anime.
Inconsistent Spelling: Ishizu's name is not Isis, but it is meant to reference the name Isis. Kazuki Takahashi basically took the name Isis and converted the letters to Japanese characters, though he chose to use Ishizu instead of Ishisu. Further proof is the priestess Isis in the Millennium World arc is spelled more phonetically correct (アイシス; aishisu) as far as the English language goes.
Lady of War: Yeah, she plays a card game instead of leading an army, but she's definitely got this vibe. She's quiet, feminine, and came this close to kicking Seto Kaiba's arrogant ass.
Mind Rape: Subverted. Even though she has a Millennium Item, she's the only character who wields one that is never seen using Shadow Game magic. No Penalty Games, either.
Ms. Fanservice: The outfit Ishizu wears to Battle City hugs her curves quite attentively, and in the manga the dress is sometimes drawn such that it shows cleavage her generous cleavage.
Mysterious Veil: Appears with one while on the Battle City blimp up until her first duel. She keeps the one on her head throughout the arc and it acts similarly to a Badass Cape.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: She had the chance to win against Kaiba, but didn't take it because it wasn't the specific victory she foresaw. Trying to get the win conditions she saw in her vision was what led Kaiba to be able to defeat her.
Reincarnation: Of the priestess Isis.
Signature Mon: Averted. Unlike every other duelist, Ishizu has no Signature Monster or anything that is close to being an Ace Monster. Duel Links tries to give her something that is close to a Soul Card, namely "Sacrifice's Blast" (also known as "Blast Held by a Tribute") which is a Trap Card.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: While dutiful and composed even as a girl, when Marik begged to see the world outside their underground home, she defied centuries of tradition to sneak him out for an hour.
The Strategist: Has her duel with Kaiba all planned out from the start.
Token Good Teammate: In the manga. Of all of the holders of Millennium Items, Ishizu is notably the only one that never tries to harm Yugi or his friends and is immediately cordial with them. She also is supportive of Atem's attempt at regaining his memory, handing over the Millennium Necklace to him without fuss. This is still true but Downplayed in the anime, where she shares this trait with Shadi.
Trap Master: Just like the other Ishtar siblings, Ishizu's is a master of Trap Cards and she gains the upper hand of her duel against Kaiba by using powerful Trap Cards.
You Can't Fight Fate: This subject is discussed at length by Ishizu and Kaiba during their duel (where it is ultimately defied by Kaiba). Ishizu anticipates Kaiba's downfall when he attempts to attack directly with Obelisk, only for it to backfire thanks to her Sacrifice's Blast Trap. Kaiba, however, instead revives Gadget Soldier and uses it and Obelisk as Tributes to Summon Blue-Eyes, and attacks Ishizu with it directly, winning Kaiba the Duel.

Insector Haga (Weevil Underwood)

**Insector Haga (インセクター羽蛾; Insekutā Haga) (Weevil Underwood)**

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Voiced by: Urara Takano (JP), Jimmy Zoppi (EN, Duel Monsters), Billy Bob Thompson (EN, Duel Links), David Robles (European Spanish)

Haga was the Champion of the Japanese National Tournament for Magic & Wizards/Duel Monsters, who then was invited to Duelist Kingdom by Pegasus. He pretends to befriend Yugi, but in actuality his goal was to throw his grandfather's powerful Exodia cards into the ocean, inciting Dark Yugi's rage and making him the first of Dark Yugi's targets on the island.

Despite putting Yugi at a disadvantage, he loses the game and gets thrown off the island. He later turns up in the Battle City arc, as well as the anime's Doma arc; he loses to Jonouchi and gets a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown after toying with Yugi too much. His last major appearance in the anime is in the last filler arc and stealing the God Cards before Dark Bakura stopped them.

As his name suggests, he uses an Insect deck. His trump cards are Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth and Insect Queen (which he lost to Jounouchi via the ante rules of Battle City, but he quickly gains another one).

Adaptational Villainy: In the Japanese version, he knew about the field power bonus rule in Duelist Kingdom because Pegasus told him about it as a "special preview" for winning the Japanese championship. In the 4Kids version, he brags about "stealing" the secret to said rules.
Adaptational Heroism: In Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction' Haga is still a massive cocky jerk, but he's unambiguously on the good guys' side with no strings attached or tricks under his sleeve.
Animal Motifs: Bugs are his favorite archetype, and go along with his name and general trickery.
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: He tosses out Yugi's most powerful cards, which forces Jonouchi to literally go overboard in an attempt to recover them...and causes Jonouchi to catch a cold for all the trouble.
Berserk Button: In the 4Kids version, being laughed at angers him quite a bit, as shown in his first duel with Dark Yugi. He'd been mostly calm and shown little more than irritation up until Dark Yugi started laughing at him. At first, he was confused, then enraged into shouting. Indeed, most of his jerkish behavior then on seemed to be motivated by the mocking he received from former fans after the events of Duelist Kingdom.
Big Bad Wannabe: After the anime's filler saga Doma went and reminded everyone that both he and Ryuzaki could be legitimate opponents, the remaining arcs in the anime then had them repeatedly try to upstage things only to be immediately taken out of action by whoever the current arc's antagonist was (Siegfried in the KC Grand Prix, Dark Bakura in the anime version of Millennium World)
Big Creepy-Crawlies: He specializes in using huge and creepy insect monsters.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Much like plenty of the manga's early villains, when Yugi first met Haga, he seemed like a very nice guy, nicer than Ryuzaki ironically enough. He was very polite overall, gave some advice to both Yugi and Jounouchi, and seemed pretty tame to the Genre Blind. Yugi liked and admired him right after meeting him, which was why he trusted the complete stranger with handling his grandfather's cards despite their not being water-proof and a large body of water being nearby. It was more noticeable in the Japanese version than in the 4Kids version, in which he sounded unbelievably sarcastic the entire time. Now, of course, fans know what he's really like.
Break Them by Talking: Gives one to Dark Yugi in the anime on his reckless use of the Seal of Orichalcos; it almost works, too!
Cheaters Never Prosper:
- And he gets kicked off the island and has his Star Chip glove taken by Jonouchi as the result of it.
- Then he loses to Jonouchi when the latter summons Gearfried the Iron Knight who whose effect cannot be equipped, including monster-equip cards. No points on what happens after.
Curbstomp Battle: In the Grand Prix filler, this is the result of him (and Ryuzaki) attempting to duel Siegfried.
Deal with the Devil: The anime incarnations joins with Filler Villain Dartz to attempt revenge on Yugi.
Determinator: Along with Ryuzaki, in the anime. Never gave up no matter how many times he got his ass kicked. Biked off of a cliff to catch the rope ladder from Raphael's helicopter. Just because he wanted a better chance at defeating the Pharaoh. Then, in the next tournament, they both beat up a duelist, tied him up, stole his clothes, and stood on top of each other just for another chance at fame. Yeah. They both qualify.
Deus Exit Machina: The Exodia cards would have trivialized the plot for Yugi, so something needed to separate the two. Why not make it an Establishing Character Moment for the series' Hate Sink?
Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Notably averted. His cheating, from what we've seen, is always clearly planned out and calculated prior to a duel. It never directly hinders him because, for all his flaws, he is a lot more clever than your average cheater. In fact, he never actually cheats during the duels that are shown, but he uses underhanded methods outside of them beforehand (e.g. sneaking an insect card into an opponent's deck, throwing out a future competitor's ace cards while he had his trust) to gain an edge.
Dub Personality Change: Downplayed. While he's a nasty piece of work in both the original Japanese and the English dub, he makes more of an effort to hide it in the former. This contrast can be seen when he meets Yugi; he acts polite and friendly in the original Japanese, but comes off as rude and condescending in the English dub. Also, while the original Japanese has him explain that he knows about the field power bonus rule because Pegasus told him about it as a reward for winning the Japanese championship, he brags about "stealing" some secret information in the English dub, suggesting he's even more of a cheater than he was originally.
Establishing Character Moment: The moment he throws Yugi's Exodia cards into the ocean makes it clear what kind of a character he is.
Faux Affably Evil: When first introduced, he acts friendly and humble enough… then Yugi makes the mistake of handing him his Exodia cards. You know what happens next.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He wears glasses and is one of the most scummy characters in the series, caring nothing for anyone but himself and constantly cheating to get ahead in duels.
Freaky Is Cool: Adores insects, spiders, and all things creepy-crawly.
From Nobody to Nightmare: In the Doma arc of the anime, he gets his hands on the Seal of Orichalcos and access to Doma's endless supply of rare cards, forming a much more powerful deck.
Giggling Villain: "Hyoi hyoi hyoi hyoi hyoi hyoi!"
Hate Sink: To the point where when he's in a duel, you are actively cheering for him to lose.
Hidden Badass: In the anime. Apparently brave (or crazy) enough to bike off the edge of a cliff and grab onto a helicopter rope ladder for a chance at victory, despite his many flaws. And then, without skipping a beat, he convinces Raphael to give him and Ryuzaki a chance at joining the Orichalcos. While hanging from a rope ladder that Raphael was about to cut. The guy's got guts and he doesn't hesitate, that's for certain.
High Collar of Doom: Part of his Duelist Kingdom arc outfit◊. Less pronounced than most examples though.
How the Mighty Have Fallen: He first appeared as the Japanese/National champion of Duel Monsters, then got on Dark Yugi's bad side with his cheating, ended up getting curbstomped in the first match of Duelist Kingdom, and his career and reputation never really recovered.
Hypocrite: He fashions himself as a Weak, but Skilled strategist, with his little bugs being the countermeasure to everyone else's brute-force tactics. However, whenever he manages to bring out a strong monster himself, he invariably becomes just as reckless and overconfident as the people he lambasts, and finds his strength being used against him.
Informed Ability: He's introduced in the second episode of the anime as a champion at Duel Monsters (National Champion in the original Japanese, Regional Champion in the dub), which would imply he has skills on-par with someone like Kaiba. None of his duels live up to that implication; Yugi beats him in the first round of Duelist Kingdom and in the Doma filler arc in the anime, and Joey beats him at Battle City even when Weevil cheated and had his deck rigged to prevent Joey's monsters from attacking for most of the duel. His skill level in each of these duels isn't very impressive either, largely amounting to "summon a single super-powerful Insect monster and win through brute force", with a handful of Spell and Trap support to keep the opponent from attacking.
Jerkass: Haga is a colossal jackass who is shown to be willing to do whatever it takes to win, even if it means sabotaging, cheating and lying his way to the top. Notably, in his first appearance he makes Yugi lose the Exodia pieces by pretending to be a friendly figure that wants to check them out before tossing them into the ocean so that Yugi and friends can't ever retrieve them.
Jerkass Has a Point:
- During the Doma Filler Arc, when Dark Yugi calls him horrible, Haga points out that Dark Yugi had used the Seal of Orichalcos in order to win despite knowing that he'd be putting his friend in danger, and that Yugi paid the price, saying that while he was indeed an asshole at least he didn't use the Seal despite knowing that he could endanger his friends. Even though he tries not to show it, Dark Yugi is visibly affected by his words.
- During his Duel against Jonouchi in Battle City, he reveals the kid who temporarily stole the latter's Deck had done so in order to sneak in a Parasite Paracide card and not from desperation at having his own Deck stolen. Jonouchi and his friends condemn Haga as a cheater. Haga retorts that Jonouchi could have avoided his predicament at having all his monsters turn into insects from the parasite's infection, if he'd simply checked his Deck before challenging Haga. While Haga really is a dirty cheater and Smug Snake, his retort isn't wrong, either.
Jerk Jock: For a guy who plays a card game, he is so clearly channeling this attitude.
Kick the Dog: In the anime only. In his second duel with Dark Yugi, he pretended to tear up the card Yugi's soul was trapped in (the card he actually tore up was some random insect card) just to screw with Dark Yugi. It doesn't end so well for him.
Meaningful Name: His Japanese given name roughly means, "Moth Wings." Particularly fitting given what one of his trump cards is. His dub given name refers to the weevil beetle, one type of which are teal like his hair.
Moral Myopia: Normally, his and Ryuuzaki's grief at having been called has-beens by the community would make the character sympathetic, especially with the way they tell their tale when they each confront Dark Yugi and Jounouchi in the DOMA arc. Unlike with Ryuuzaki, though, any sympathy you would have Haga would be squashed by him conveniently ignoring the fact that all we've ever seen of him is that he's a selfish, self-centered cheater, who treated everyone beneath him like dirt when he had his fame, and yet thought of the masses as unfair for crapping on them for having not having gotten very far in the last two tournaments. Haga immediately proves after the tale is told that, unlike Ryuzaki, he deserves every bit of that karmic mistreatment.
Nerd Glasses: He's very smart and cunning and wears stereotypical, large nerd glasses.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: You shouldn't have used Yugi to pull a cruel joke on Dark Yugi.
"Not So Different" Remark: In the anime, he points out that Dark Yugi was as selfish and callous as he was when he unleashed the Seal and points out that technically Dark Yugi's worse since he knew he'd put his friend in danger, which even he didn't do. Even Dark Yugi can't deny that he's got a point.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: At first, the Blue to Ryuzaki's Red. Color-coded even, with Haga's hair and Ryuzaki's hat! Haga seems more calm and composed early on, relying on strategy over brute force. However, curiously enough, they keep to their respective tactics but switch attitudes over time. Ryuzaki doesn't exactly become "calm," but Haga seems to become more Hot-Blooded and irritable by the time the Doma Arc rolls around.
- This may be due to Sanity Slippage resulting from having Haga's aforementioned berserk buttons mashed too often, by the heroes as well as by unnamed in-universe fans. Interestingly, the switch does not seem to hamper Haga's skills; if anything, it might have even helped!
Scary Shiny Glasses: His glasses often take on this appearance when he needs to look sinister.
Signature Mon: Insect Queen is often treated as THE Signature Monster and Soul Card of Haga, with Perfect Ultimate Great Moth being treated as a secondary one. Multiple media still present Insect Queen as Haga's Signature Monster despite her being less powerful than Great Moth and Perfect Ultimate Great Moth. During the Doma filler arc, Haga has obtained another copy of Insect Queen, which he would also use in the next filler arc. Insect Queen is the obtained Soul Card that Jonouchi uses the least across the anime and manga media, and in Duel Links, neither version of Jonouchi can trigger the summoning animation of Insect Queen, unlike with Jinzoningen - Psycho Shocker and The Legendary Fisherman.
Smug Snake:
- His main attribute and, arguably, his principal weakness. He really is a great duelist and strategist but he is very over-confident and tends to underestimate his opponents, leading to his inevitable downfall.
- The only time he seemed to stop being so smug (at least at first) was against Dark Yugi during the Doma arc. He genuinely expected a big duel when he initiated it and spent about three-fourths of the duel utterly stomping Dark Yugi. He didn't really start doing badly until his smugness crept in again. Oh, and especially when Dark Yugi absolutely flipped out in response to his cruel joke, and got help from quite a few good draws in his final play.
- A Running Gag during his Battle City duel with Jonouchi has him flipping out every time Jonouchi's trap cards mess up his strategy.
Token Evil Teammate: Along with Ryuzaki he briefly travels with Yugi's group during the Doma arc, up until joining forces with Dartz.
Too Dumb to Live: In the Doma arc, he tells Yami Yugi he possesses the card that Yugi's soul was trapped in tells him he would return it. Yami Yugi then goes half-way on their dueling ring and tears the card in half and tells him it was a worthless monster card. Not only was this an utterly stupid move on his part, he pissed off Yami Yugi so badly that he ends up at the receiving end of a There's No Kill like Overkill despite his lifepoints already at zero. Anzu had to stop him him from going further even after his soul was taken.
Took a Level in Badass: A From Nobody to Nightmare play with this trope, after getting the Orichalcos Seal, Haga in particular went from smug to being control of his duel with Yugi through clever strategy and almost won; a huge step up from his first duel with Dark Yugi, in which his performance was stymied by over-confidence.
Villainous Breakdown: He has a major emotional breakdown and freakout every time he loses.
Villainous Crush: Shows a few signs of having one on Anzu in the original Japanese version only. He attempts to flirt with her at the Battle City tournament, calling her "a cute lady." Her reaction was less than interested. He apparently had some hard feelings about that because later, in the Doma arc, he tells her that she looks terrible despite saying that she shouldn't feel proud "just because she's cute" an episode later. He apparently doesn't take well to rejection.
Warm-Up Boss: For the Duelist Kingdom Arc. He demonstrates to Yugi in their duel just what the new rules for the tournament are and how they work, such as the field power bonuses. He's also the first duelist we see to lean into archetypal play, something that becomes common as the arc continues. Ultimately though, he's only a threat to Yugi because he cheated both to learn these rules and lure Yugi to the Forest Field to begin with. Compared to Yugi and Joey's other opponents, Haga comes off as small fry.
Weak, but Skilled: This is how he tends to fashion himself, especially in relation to his dinosaur-wielding fellow, with his monsters having relatively low stats and his plays relying more on Spells and Traps, controlling the field, and long-term strategies. Ironically, his strategies are usually oriented around bringing out a single superpowered monster and using it to smash the opponent, which is then undone when he runs right into an obvious trap—exactly the sort of thing you'd expect from an Unskilled, but Strong player.
The Worf Effect: In the anime, he's introduced in the second episode as a professional duelist who wins a championship. Then Dark Yugi beats him within minutes of arriving in Duelist Kingdom and sends him home on the first boat back. Then on the Grand Prix, he is easily beaten by Siegfried in one turn.
Worthy Opponent: Surprisingly, Jonouchi seems to regard him as this during Battle City after their duel in the anime.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: In Battle City, he hired a kid to sabotage Jonouchi's deck. When the kid demands his payment of a rare card, Haga gives him a lame card. When the kid protests, Haga sprays him with silly string and runs away (in the manga, it was a can of insecticide).

Dinosaur Ryuzaki (Rex Raptor)

**Dinosaur Ryuzaki (ダイナソウ竜崎; Dainasō Ryūzaki) (Rex Raptor)**

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Voiced by: Kin Fuji (JP, ep. 2-59), Yūichi Nakamura (ep. 131-224 & Duel Links), Sam Riegel (EN, ep. 1-144 & Duel Links), Sebastian Arcelus (ep. 145-187), Anothony Salerno (ep. 188-224), Jorge Saudinós (European Spanish)

He lost to Haga in the finale of the Japanese National Tournament. Just like Haga, he was also invited to Duelist Kingdom, but he loses to Jonouchi and forfeited his Red-Eyes Black Dragon. He later appears in the Battle City arc when Jonouchi battles Esper Roba during the tournament, and in the anime, the filler arcs (most notably Doma).

As his name suggests, he uses a Dinosaur deck, though his trump cards are all Dragons: Serpent Night Dragon (which he lost to Esper Roba via the ante rules of Battle City), Red-Eyes Black Dragon (which he lost in a wager to Jonouchi), and Tyrant Dragon, which he gains in the Doma filler arc.

Adaptational Villainy: In the anime. Manga Rex's worst crime is being a bit of a smug jerk as a result of being a runner-up to the title of Japanese champion, but otherwise he is a fairly minor opponent that gifts Joey his Red-Eyes upon his defeat and otherwise fades into the background. In contrast, Anime Rex becomes motivated by a desire for revenge against Joey during the Doma Arc, using the Seal of Orichalcos to try and steal his soul, and later partners with Weevil to steal the seven Millennium Items from Yugi after the Kaiba Corp Grand Prix, though they are thwarted by Yami Bakura.
Animal Motifs: Dinosaurs
The Bet: Looking to take Jonouchi's Time Wizard to use against Mai later in Duelist Kingdom, he bets all the cards both players have on the field on the outcome of the duel. This includes his REBD and several power-ups that make it more deadly. He winds up regretting it.
Big Bad Wannabe: In the anime he attempts to become a major threat during several filler arcs, only to end up as a lackey or an easily humiliated loser every time.
Butt-Monkey: He tends to be portrayed as a loser who gets humiliated often, which is always played for laughs.
The Cameo: Was defeated by Kaiba in the Toei movie, but didn't have his Red-Eyes Black Dragon due to it going to Shōgo Aoyama instead.
Deal with the Devil: Joins Dartz to attempt revenge on Jounouchi.
Determinator: See Haga's/Weevil's description for the trope. Downplayed in the manga.
Dinosaurs Are Dragons: Actually, it's reversed—Dragons Are Dinosaurs. He's a dinosaur duelist, but his strongest monsters are Serpent Night Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Tyrant Dragon, as when the original anime was being made there were no high-powered Dinosaur cards and the type as a whole was very unsupported. This would be fixed several years later during the timeframe of GX's production, hence Tyranno Kenzan.
Everyone Has Standards: He has shades of this in the manga and early on in the anime. He’s not necessarily evil, merely being a bit overconfident and smug. Despite this, he has his standards and is above cheating, even warning Jonouchi not to duel Esper Roba after he himself had lost to the "psychic" duelist.
From Nobody to Nightmare: In the Doma filler arc, alongside Haga, when they join up with Dartz and go from a pair of Butt-Monkey has-beens to serious threats.
Jerk Jock: Not to the same degree as Haga, but he's still very smug about his abilities and treats weaker players like garbage.
Never My Fault:
- In anime, he's pissed off at Jonouchi/Joey for using his Red Eyes Black Dragon against him during their second duel and claims that Jonouchi took it from him when in reality, Ryuzaki wagered the REBD out of his own free will during their duel in Duelist Kingdom, in an attempt to take Jonouchi's Time Wizard for himself.
- In that same duel, he also blames Jonouchi for beating him and ruining his career. Jonouchi justly responds by pointing out that someone had to lose that Duel (it's a competitive game, after all), and the fact that he happened to win wasn't an attempt to ruin Ryuzaki's career; it was just the result of him being a better player and Ryuzaki could have focused on bouncing back from a single upset loss, but didn't. It doesn't help that he hung out with Weevil and went along with his more underhanded moments like scamming a kid who was a big fan of theirs out of his best card in exchange for a few autographs. His declining reputation was more far more self inflicted beyond losing at Duelist Kingdom.
- He still wants revenge on Jonouchi/Joey after causing him to lose his soul to the Seal of Orichalcos the second time. Even though it was Ryuzaki/Raptor who chose to play and activate the card in the first place then makes it pretty clear that he knew of the consequences for activating it being fully aware to what would happen if either duelist lost. Jonouchi/Joey even tries to talk sense into him about playing the card, only Ryuzaki continuously responding "knowing" the deal.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
- Combined with Hoist by His Own Petard. His bet against Jonouchi to take Time Wizard is what gave Jonouchi the idea to use the card against him, and win the duel.
- This happens again during their rematch, where he tries to initiate a combo with Tyrant Dragon's primary effect to attack twice in the same Battle Phase by resurrecting Jonouchi's Red-Eyes Black Dragon with Chain of the Underworld so he could wipe out what was left of his life points. This not only gave Jonouchi his ace monster back to use after activating a trap to protect it, but Chain of the Underworld also allowed him to draw an additional card, which wound up being crucial for his comeback.
Overshadowed by Awesome: Even though he never manages to make it to the same level of dueling fame that Yugi and Kaiba have reached, he and Haga still manage to remain HouseholdNames in the dueling world and never fade into obscurity.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: In the Anime he is the Red to Haga's Blue at first. They switch dynamics later on. See Haga's entry.
Signature Mon: Red-Eyes Black Dragon serves as one initially and is treated as such in Duel Links, but the card is more associated with Jonouchi. Two-Headed King Rex is treated as his other Signature Monster, notably seen in Reshef of Destruction.
Starter Villain: Ryuzaki is the first antagonist duelist Jonouchi defeats on his own. During his first duel with Mai, Jonouchi got some advice from Yugi, but when she arranged the duel between him and Ryuzaki, Mai added the condition that Yugi couldn't intervene.
Unskilled, but Strong: Seems meant to give off this - he rarely ever plays Spells or Traps (and doesn't use a single one in the manga), while his strategies are universally just brute-force beatdown. His monsters aren't particularly strong, despite being dinosaurs, but both times, he has a power boost backing him up.
Villainy-Free Villain: Never does anything particularly wrong in the manga but is treated like an antagonist, mostly out of association with Haga, best exemplified by him never actually cheating. Subverted during the Doma Arc however, where he becomes a minion of the Arc Villain, Dartz.
The Worf Effect: Every time he duels someone in the manga he's defeated either by cheating (Mai and Esper) or dumb luck (Jonouchi). While nothing definitively says Haga cheated to beat him, it's not unlikely that he did considering Haga's tactics (it's also worth noting that he's introduced alongside Haga as a tournament finalist, so he obviously has some number of dueling wins under his belt). Since Ryuzaki is only ever beaten in the series by people who cheated or got lucky, its possible he's a great duelist whose bad luck paints him as a worse duelist than he actually is.

Ryota Kajiki (Mako Tsunami)

**Ryota Kajiki (梶木漁太; Kajiki Ryōta) (Mako Tsunami)**

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Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (JP), Andrew Rannells (EN, Duel Monsters), Daniel J. Edwards (EN, Duel Links), Iván Muelas (European Spanish)

A fisherman by trade who duels in honor of his father, who was lost in a shipwreck (in the 4Kids version, he thinks his father is still alive). He faces Yugi in Duelist Kingdom and Jounouchi in Battle City.

He uses a Water deck filled mostly with sea monsters like sharks and krakens. His trump cards are The Legendary Fisherman, which he says is identical to his father, and the Fortress Whale (he loses both to Jounouchi via the ante rules of Battle City), which are bolstered by his usage of the Field Spell Umi.

Anime Hair: It makes him look straight out of a martial arts manga.
Awesome, but Impractical: His "Fortress Whale", a Level 7 Normal Monster in the manga (which requires two tributes) and a Ritual Monster in the anime (which cannot be summoned without the Ritual Spell), is too slow to summon and Kajiki needs several backup cards to properly uses this monster, even with an active "Umi" power-up spell on the field.
Berserk Button: He yells at Jounouchi for the latter's clowning around and seeming ineptitude during their Battle City duel.
Boisterous Bruiser: A big friendly guy with a hammy demeanor.
Day in the Limelight: Moreso than most Duelists of the Week, Kajiki's appearance in the Battle City arc actually starts with him getting acquainted with the workers at an aquarium, before eventually getting hired as a central performer for them. Both of his primary appearances also do make the effort to explain his backstory and what his plans are for the future.
Defeat Means Friendship: Kajiki doesn't accompany the protagonists during their journeys, but he becomes good friends with Yugi and Jounouchi despite losing both his duels to them.
Disappeared Dad: His father is implied to be dead in the manga and Japanese versions of the anime due to a sea storm.
Fish out of Water: The Battle City arc shows that he's a little naive about life on land. He tried to go fishing in the marine aquarium.
Friendly Rival: With both Yugi and Jounouchi.
Graceful Loser: During both of his defeats he genuinely congratulates his opponents and thanks them for a good game.
Heroic BSoD: When Jounouchi manages to destroy The Legendary Fisherman, since he equates him with his father, though Jounouchi cheers him up.
Hot-Blooded: Tends to lose his temper at the slightest provocation, much like Jounouchi.
Kraken and Leviathan: Some of Kajiki's most powerful monsters are these.
Making a Splash: Several of Kajiki's Trap and Spell Cards involve using the water to protect him and his monsters or to hinder his opponents.
Nice Guy: Notably, he's given a much more sympathetic backstory and characterization than most of the one-shot duelists that Yugi and Jonouchi face. He also never resorts to cheating or being a bully, even when taunting his opponents.
Schmuck Bait: During Duelist Kingdom, he caught fish and roasted them on a campfire as a way to lure hungry duelists to face him. When the duelists "steal" his fish, he comes out of hiding to challenge them.
Signature Mon: The Legendary Fisherman is this to him, even though he has Fortress Whale as his strongest monster. Due to the strong resemble to his father, The Legendary Fisherman serves as Kajiki's father-by-proxy to whom he's emotionally attached to.
Start My Own: He's the only duelist aside form Jounouchi who has an actual plan for the prize money in Duelist Kingdom; he wants to buy his own boat and become a professional fisherman like his father. The series finale shows him at the helm of an impressive fishing trawler, implying that he succeeded.
Walking Shirtless Scene: In Duelist Kingdom, he is only wearing his swimming gear and therefore is completely shirtless. Averted in Battle City, where he wears a fisherman's outfit.

"Bandit" Keith Howard

Keith Howard (キース・ハワード; Kīsu Hawādo)/
"Bandit" Keith (バンデット・キース; Bandetto Kīsu)

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Voiced by: Hajime Komada (JP), Ted Lewis (EN), Carlos del Pino (European Spanish)

The former American/Intercontinental Champion, called "Bandit" Keith and number one "Card Professor" due to him winning all the big prizes. He issues a challenge to Pegasus, but is defeated. Throughout Duelist Kingdom, his goal is to get his revenge on Pegasus. After his defeat by Jonouchi, he is killed by Pegasus, who inflicts a Russian Roulette Penalty Game on him. In the anime, he instead is expelled from the island and ends up as one of Marik's first Mind Slaves.

In Duel Monsters, he uses a Machine deck, which is later augmented with many rare cards by Marik. His trump cards are Metalzoa, Barrel Dragon, and Slot Machine; while under Marik's control in the anime, Machine King and rare Fiend monster Zera The Mant are added to his arsenal.

Adaptational Badass: In the manga, Jonouchi kicks his ass in a fistfight. In the anime, Keith catches his punches and beats up Kozuka, Takaido, and Satake all at once. Despite being shown as the first puppet of Marik later on in the anime, after Bakura interferes with the mind control powers of the Millenium Rod and in spite of still showing obvious signs of mental agony, Keith resists long enough to ruin Marik's plans by smashing the Millenium Puzzle and flee while refusing to succumb to any further attempts by the Millennium Rod's brainwashing. He's even more awesome in the video games; in Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction, he takes over the Rare Hunters/Ghouls after Marik's Heel–Face Turn and leads them in invading and occupying Domino City. When you duel him as a boss, he even summons the Winged Dragon of Ra against you! Okay, he summons it stuck in Sphere Mode since he doesn't know the chant to unlock it, but it's the thought that counts.
All for Nothing: Keith's quest for revenge against Pegasus never had any chance of success thanks to Pegasus Millenium Eye, which Keith wasn't even aware of since he's not one of the handful of duelists with knowledge about the Millenium Items.
Asshole Victim: In the manga, Pegasus' penalty game kills him. In the anime, Marik turns him into a mind slave. Either way, not very easy to pity.
Back from the Dead: He's revived by Yako in the R spin-off manga for his Evil Plan. It's implied that he's still actually dead, but his hatred was so strong that he lived on as an animate corpse.
Big Bad Wannabe: He's played up as a major antagonist, but is clearly much less of a threat than Pegasus, the guy with the Millennium item. Continues into Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction, where he leads the Neo Ghouls trying to take the Millennium Items, but is just a distraction from trying to stop Pegasus from reviving Reshef.
Bond Villain Stupidity: He is shown to have a knife/gun that he used to threaten Pegasus for his prize money yet it didn't occur to him that he can use said weapon earlier to threaten other duelists for their star-chips. Granted, there may be risk of eyewitnesses where he could be ejected from the island, but he could have simply threatened Jonouchi and his friends for their star-chips without the risk of being caught after Kozuka lost the duel.
Brainwashed and Crazy: In the anime only, Marik does this to him after finding him adrift on the ocean, and turns him into one of his Rare Hunters.
The Brute: In the manga he beats up his henchmen and Yugi, while in the anime he beats up Jonouchi and accidentally sets a warehouse on fire.
Came Back Wrong: In Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Keith was revived from his deck, which was missing a card that Jonouchi took (Time Machine). Because of this, he's a bit underweight, very unhinged, and it's heavily implied that he's still dead and lives on as an animate corpse.
Card Sharp: Bandit Keith tends to use this method of cheating. In his semi-finals duel with Joey, he slips his "7 Completed" cards out of his wristbands (which Pegasus notes and later explains after Joey wins the duel), and in his anime-only duel with Yugi, he keeps cards in a special gadget kept up his sleeve.
Character-Driven Strategy: Bandit Keith keeps multiple decks based around different types and strategies. While this might imply that he is a professional who knows what he's doing, he is also shown to be a cheater, routinely pulling cards out of his cuffs or his sleeves or pulling dirty moves (like pretending to drop a card to reveal what he has so that he can manipulate his opponent, as he tried to do in his duel with Joey). This reflects his shallow motivations and personality, perfectly willing to do whatever it takes to win for greed or pride. He seems to have a particular affinity towards Machine-type monsters, hinting at how he sees other people as tools to be used without remorse. In his battle against Joey Wheeler in the Duelist Kingdom finals, his signature card "Metalmorph" is used to turn the Fiend-type monster "Zoa" into a Machine-type, reflecting his dehumanizing behaviour.
Cheaters Never Prosper:
- He walks Ghost Kozuka through his duel with Jonouchi, so that he can see every card Jonouchi has. He beats up Kozuka, Takaido, and Satake and steals their Star Chips after Kozuka's defeat, and traps Yugi, Jonouchi, Anzu, Honda, and Bakura in an underground labyrinth. Keith then steals Jonouchi's entry card to qualify for his finals match, and hides his set of "7 Completed" cards inside his wristbands during their match. And yet he still gets his ass kicked by Jonouchi. All of this caused Pegasus to either kill him in the manga or eject him from the island and into the ocean, depending on the version.
- Jounouchi even lampshades this in the 4Kids version, pointing out that Keith's cheating will only get him so far, until he runs into an opponent who's dueling for something more than winning for winning's sake.
Dark Is Evil: Most of his stronger cards, including Revolver Dragon, Zoa, Slot Machine, and Zera the Mant, are Dark.
Drowning My Sorrows: In the Japanese version, he's shown as having descended into alcoholism following his humiliating defeat at Pegasus' hands, not snapping out of it until Duelist Kingdom was announced and motivating him to seek revenge.
Eagleland: Type 2. He is thuggish, selfish, smug, and a total jerk. Also, greedy.
Evil Counterpart: To Jounouchi, something that Pegasus explicitly points out in their Duel. They're both blonde, arrogant, short-tempered, lower-class, and strong-willed. They both use decks that rely on straightforward assaults. Both use gamble-based cards, time-based cards, and thief-based cards. Neither of them were official entrants into Duelist Kingdom, and had to obtain their entry passes from other people. Their Duel is essentially Keith using a strategy, and then Jounouchi copying it and doing it better, and they have monsters with the same ATK and nearly-identical LP at multiple points. The big difference between the two is that Jounouchi is completely selfless and has a sense of honor, meaning he's largely able to do what he does through the support of his friends, while Keith is completely selfish and has no scruples at all, meaning he cheats his way to the top and makes countless enemies along the way. Additionally, at the time of their duel, Keith was long past his prime and wallowing in hatred, while Jounouchi was stepping onto the world stage for the first time and more hopeful than he'd ever been. In the anime, Pegasus reads their minds during their duel to see what they're fighting for. He discovers that Jounouchi is fighting for the money to get his sister the operation she needs, while Keith is simply out for revenge on Pegasus and money he'll keep for himself. He even states, in the dub, that their duel is practically a battle of good vs. evil.
Evil Laugh: Keith's high, girly laugh isn't especially menacing, but it does sound quite unhinged.
Eviler than Thou: He never really gets the chance to act on it, but his objective is to pay back Pegasus for humiliating him, unaware that Pegasus really is more than a match for him.
Foil: Keith's short-temper, Smug Snakery, and use of physical force makes for a pretty strong contrast with Manipulative Bastard and Gentleman Snarker Pegasus. He also serves as an Evil Counterpart for Jounouchi/Joey for being both duelists that rely on gambling and offensive strategies. Their two ace cards are even about time travel. But Keith's card Time Machine, is about resetting the field to the turn before. Symbolizing his obsession with his past. While Jonouchi's card Time Wizard, moves time forward. Showing Jonouchi's desire towards improvement and to duel for tomorrow.
Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: They're typically hidden by Sinister Shades, but when we do see Keith's eyes, they're small, narrow and veiny.
Griefer: He sneaks his way into Duelist Kingdom and begins playing and generally just throwing wrenches into everybody else's plans just in the hopes of making Pegasus lose in the finals.
Hair-Trigger Temper: It doesn't take much to make Keith angry.
Hate Sink: His main purpose is to be an asshole that the audience can hate.
Hidden Depths: Keith's one of the few players who thought to make full use of the Arena itself to his advantage. Knowing full well that the hologram will at least show a monster on the field, he drops Zoa to bait Jonouchi into a trap. Likewise, because of the size of the arenas, Keith knew his opponent wouldn't likely see Keith's 7 Completes or other hidden cards in his wristband. His degree of cheating is much more subtle and effective than Haga's.
Hoist by His Own Petard:
- In his duel against Jonouchi, he ended up losing because he played the Sword and Shield card, causing his and Jonouchi's monsters to have their attack and defense points swapped. But because Jonouchi had a trap card that allowed him to sent his Red-Eyes back one turn, it ended up with Keith losing the duel. For bonus points, that trap is Graverobber, which allows Jonouchi to play one of Keith's card in graveyard (Time Machine) which he used to sent back Red-Eyes.
- After he loses the duel, rather than just walk away, he informs everyone that Jonouchi's entry card was not his own and that Jonouchi should be disqualified. When asked how he could possibly know this, Pegasus reveals that Keith was the one who stole Jonouchi's entry card in the first place. Depending on the version, this leads to Keith either getting killed or being shot out into the ocean.
Hypocrite: He regularly stresses that nobody's ever beaten him without cheating (referring, of course, to Pegasus), in spite of... well, being Bandit Keith.
Hypocrite Has a Point: His frequent claims that Pegasus is a cheater are as hypocritical as they are correct.
Jerkass: Other characters may be more evil than Keith, but no one—except maybe Gozaburo Kaiba—is a bigger asshole. In Yu-Gi-Oh! R, he kickstarts the plot by telling Yako that Yugi killed Pegasus. He couldn't care if it was true or not as long as he could duel Jonouchi again.
Jerk Jock: Keith's what happens when the captain of the football team from every teen movie ever made turns twenty-six and decides to play Duel Monsters.
Karma Houdini: In the anime, he survives Duelist Kingdom and is set free from Marik's mind control after accidentally burning the warehouse down, almost killing Yugi in the process. Keith's never seen again despite all the trouble he caused. The games have him go even further and take over Marik's Rare Hunters, all without consequence to himself.
Kick the Dog: Stealing Jonouchi's prize entry card and before that, trapping him and Yugi in a cave.
Killed Off for Real: Pegasus' Shadow Game and Penalty Game in the manga has Keith shoot himself in the head to kill him via turning his hand into a gun and having him play Russian Roulette.
Killer Robot: Pendulum Machine, Launcher Spider, Metalzoa, Barrel Dragon, and Slot Machine would all qualify, as does the Machine King he uses under Marik's control.
Major Injury Underreaction: His ejection from the tournament in the 4Kids version. When he hits the water, he simply says "Ouch."
Mechanical Monster: Metalzoa, Revolver Dragon and TM1 Launcher Spider are Machines that resemble creatures.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Or at least to distrust.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Towards Pegasus. He doesn't get to act on this in any continuity, but defeating Pegasus is what drives his motivation.
Our Demons Are Different: In the anime-only warehouse battle, Zera the Mant, which becomes his trump card while under Marik's control is a 2800/2300 eight starred Fiend summoned by the Zera Ritual. During his duel with Jonouchi he uses Zoa, a 2600/1900 seven starred Fiend that can become the Killer Robot Metalzoa under the influence of Metalmorph.
Perma-Stubble: In the manga Keith has quite a bit of stubble, while in the anime he's more clean-shaven.
The Rival: His duel with Jounouchi is heavily foreshadowed by the way he deliberately antagonizes Jounouchi.
Russian Roulette: Played it in his depression over his loss to Pegasus in the manga. Because of this, his Penalty Game in the manga involved his hand morphing into a gun and being forced to play Russian Roulette, shooting himself in the head and dying.
Schrödinger's Cast: In the manga, he's killed in his Shadow Game with Pegasus, but in the R spin-off, which is debated canon, he is revived by the Evil Gods. In the anime, he's dropped into the sea instead of being killed by Pegasus's Penalty Game and is later found and brainwashed by Marik. Then in the video games Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards and Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction, he becomes the new leader of the Rare Hunters/Ghouls after Marik reforms and christens them the Neo Ghouls, a contuinuity that mixes the manga and anime continuities.
Signature Mon: Various media present his Revolver Dragon/Barrel Dragon as his Signature Monster.
Sinister Shades: Keith always wears his shades, and they do a lot to enhance both the sense of menace and assholery that he gives off.
Sir Swears-a-Lot: In the VIZ translation of the manga, he can barely go two lines without Symbol Swearing.
Smug Snake: Keith thinks the world owes him something and is confident he will be paid.
Sore Loser: Keith does not take defeat well. After losing, he tries to get Joey disqualified, then threatens to kill Pegasus if he doesn't give Keith the prize money. It doesn't end well for Keith.
Spared by the Adaptation: In the anime, he survives Duelist Kingdom and disappears from the story just before Battle City. He also survives in some video games.
Summon Magic: In the anime-only warehouse duel, his Zera the Mant requires the Zera Ritual before it can appear on the field. Keith cheats to get it into his hand.
Sunglasses at Night: He only removes his iconic sunglasses a few times, and otherwise wears them no matter where he is, including while prowling around Pegasus' castle in the middle of the night, or the dark caves leading to the graveyard arena.
The Power of Hate: In Yu-Gi-Oh! R, his grudge against Jonouchi is so strong he came back from the dead and refused to die until his hatred was sated.
Took a Level in Badass: Assorted adaptations are quite kind to him in this regard. In Duelist Kingdom, he was a washed-up has-been who lost to a rookie in spite of cheating. He also gets beaten up by said rookie (in the anime, it's the other way around). In Yu-Gi-Oh! R he wields an Evil God, and in Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction he leads the Neo Ghouls in taking over Domino, kidnapping Ishizu, and seizing the Winged Dragon of Ra, which he then duels the player with. In Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour he manages to defeat Joey in a duel and plays deadly Shadow Games with the player, banishing their soul to the Shadow Realm should they lose.
Villain Has a Point: Inverted and Played for Laughs. Keith and his goons laugh at Joey being justifiably scared of his situation (being nabbed and forced to duel in a graveyard-themed arena in a dark cave will do that). Joey admits he is indeed scared, but none more than due to the face of his opponent, Bonz. Keith the rest of his lackeys laugh even harder at this and admit they totally agree with Joey on that front.
Unsportsmanlike Gloating: He gloats quite a bit during matches if he's in the lead. Should he win a duel against you in the games, he'll rub it in your face.
Wearing a Flag on Your Head: He always wears a bandana painted with the Stars and Stripes, and his Abridged Series counterpart is the Trope Namer.
What Happened to the Mouse?: In the anime, it's not clear what happened to him after he was freed from Marik's mind control. He simply rushes past Jounouchi and Honda to escape the warehouse, and that's the last that is ever seen of him. The closest to an explanation that is ever given is his role in Reshef of Destruction, which isn't canon. Interestingly, in the Doma/Waking the Dragons arc he cameos as one of many Lost Souls, which suggest someone Dropped a Bridge on Him at some point.
Yandere: For Jonouchi in R. Keith really, really wanted to duel him and instigated the entire plot to do so.

Ghost Kozuka (Bonz)

**"Ghost" Kotsuzuka/Kozuka (ゴースト骨塚; Gōsuto Kotsuzuka) (Bonz)**

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Voiced by: Masami Suzuki (JP), Amy Birnbaum (EN)

"Ghost" Kozuka is first introduced as one of Bandit Keith's henchmen, alongside his friends Satake and Takaido (Zygor and Sid in the 4Kids version). Seeking to scope out the competition, Keith sets Kotsuzuka and Jonouchi/Joey against one another; when Kozuka is defeated, Keith beats him up and steals his Star Chips. Kozuka resurfaces alongside Takaido and Satake during the Battle City arc, where he makes the fatal mistake of challenging Dark Bakura in a Shadow Game.

His trump cards are Call of the Haunted (which is a lot more powerful than its real-life counterpart), Pumpking the King of Ghosts, and Great Mammoth of Goldfine.

Absurdly High-Stakes Game: Gets killed by playing one with Dark Bakura, in which he and his friends get dragged into hell.. which surprisingly was in the anime of all things (he simply falls down dead in the manga).
Adaptational Nice Guy: In Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (where his manga version gets Spared by the Adaptation), his unlock event centers around him trying to start over with a clean slate only to accidentally scare people with his looks. Additionally, he states he's more for spooking people for fun rather than genuinely tormenting them like Keith and Dark Bakura, making his demeanor in that game come off as Kayfabe rather than genuine malice.
Adaptational Villainy: His Even Evil Has Standards characterization is only in the manga, and in the anime version of Battle City, he attempts to make it to the finals by cheating rather than dueling proper - which made him more of an Asshole Victim of Dark Bakura than an unfortunate one.
Anime Hair: Being he was based on early Dark Yugi designs, not surprising.
Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Skull-faced and runs a Zombie deck.
Back for the Dead: After a notable absence he reappears near the midway point of the Battle City arc to duel Bakura and winds up dead by the end of it.
Cheaters Never Prosper: In the anime, rather than dueling, he, Takaido, and Satake spend all their time at Battle City scaring people into giving them their Puzzle Cards. This ultimately leads to them encounter Dark Bakura and literally getting dragged into hell via Penalty Game.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: A creepy, little guy with pale skin and dark hair.
Even Evil Has Standards: In the manga, he felt Keith trapping Yugi and his friends in the cave was extreme. In the anime, he laughs about it instead.
Everything's Deader with Zombies: They don't call him "Ghost'' for nothing.
Evil Duo: His henchmen, Takaido and Satake. Satake's the Dumb Muscle, Takaido's the talker.
Killed Off for Real: By Dark Bakura's Shadow Games.
Nightmare Face: Keith even thinks that Kotsuzuka's own face is scarier than an actual skull.
Reused Character Design: Dark Yugi's original character design was meant to look similar to Kozuka.
Signature Mon: Despite the fact that it's only seen in his duel against Jonouchi, various media present Ghost King - Pumpking as his Signature Monster.
Took a Level in Badass: Downplayed. In Duelist Kingdom, the help he receives from Bandit Keith implies he's a newcomer much like Jonouchi at the time. By the time of Battle City, despite acquiring most of his Puzzle Cards through intimidation rather than dueling, his duel against Dark Bakura shows that he can at least stand on his own in a fair duel, if still having no chance against one of the most skilled players in the cast.
Villainous Cheekbones: They are so unnaturally defined for someone who probably an early teenager at the oldest.
You Have Failed Me: Receives a nasty No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from Bandit Keith after he's defeated by Jonouchi.

Esper Roba (Espa Roba)

**Esper Roba (エスパー絽場; Esupā Roba)** (Espa Roba)

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Voiced by: Maiko Itou (JP), Sebastian Arcelus (EN, Duel Monsters), Bryan Tyler (EN, Duel Links), Jesús Pinillos (European Spanish)

A duelist who claims to have ESP, but really cheats by having his younger brothers spy on his opponent's cards and relay the info to him via an earpiece. After Jounouchi defeats him in Battle City, he decides to turn his life around and go legit.

Roba uses a deck of cards that emulate psychic powers (this was before the Psychic type was invented in the game). His trump card was Jinzoningen - Psycho Shocker, which Jounouchi won via the ante rules of Battle City.

Adaptational Jerkass: For the most part, his original and 4Kids personality aren't too different, but he doesn't come off as the nicest guy when he's first introduced in the 4Kids version, right after beating Dinosaur Ryuzaki and winning his Serpent Night Dragon. In the original, he says it's an okay card, but doesn't fit with his Psychic deck (which is true), while in the 4Kids version, he says it's worthless and only fitting to be used as a coaster.
Big Brother Instinct: The reason he resorted to cheating was so he could build a reputation of being an unbeatable duelist. The bullies would respect him and leave his brothers alone.
Cheaters Never Prosper: His brothers spy on his opponent's cards, but Jounouchi beats him. Although Roba is competent enough that he doesn't need to cheat.
Foil: To Bandit Keith. While both a cheater and a Jerkass, it's all in an attempt to protect his loved ones and he eventually sees the error of his ways thanks to Jounouchi; Keith never reforms or has anyone else's interests in mind. Also, both Roba and Keith use Machines but have different strategies. Keith's decks are straightforward offense while Roba is primarily a control deck. Another notable difference is the time when they cheat. Keith starts cheating in the middle of the duel when he's in a pinch; Roba starts the duel cheating, but ends up not relying on it for the rest of the duel.
Hidden Heart of Gold: Acts like a jerk to protect his brothers from bullies. He later drops the facade completely.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He may act like a jerk, but he's doing all of this for the sake of his brothers.
Heel–Face Turn: Not actually evil, but he decides to stop cheating after his duel with Jonouchi.
Hoist by His Own Petard: He's taken down by Jounouchi's Roulette Spider and his own Reflect Bounder card, which reflects opponents attacks back at them. Thanks to the effects of Roulette Spider, and all the boosts he gave Jinzoningen - Psycho Shocker, Psycho Shocker ends up destroying both the Reflect Bounder and itself, wiping out Roba's life points. For added irony, Roba was the one who had to tell the Roulette Spider to stop moving.
Large Ham: Makes quite the show out of his supposed ESP, presumably to help sell himself as a psychic and/or give his brothers time to spy on his opponent and relay their information to him.
"Not So Different" Remark: Mokuba compares him to Kaiba as a protective older brother.
Phony Psychic: Claims he's clairvoyant and can thus predict which cards his opponent has, but in reality it's due to his brothers spying on his opponents' cards from a rooftop and relaying them through a headset.
Real Men Wear Pink: He wears a pink sweatshirt, but in order to protect his little brothers, he needs the reputation of an unbeatable duelist, which would command him enough respect to keep the bullies away from them.
Signature Mon: Jinzoningen - Psycho Shocker is his Signature Monster, even if he loses it to Jounouchi. Psycho Shocker would later serves as one of Jounouchi's best cards. In Duel Links, Psycho Shocker's summoning animation can be triggered by Roba and both versions of Jounouchi.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's a minor character Jounouchi faced in Battle City, but the Psycho Shocker card he wins due to the ante rule ends up becoming a key card that he regularly uses, unlike the cards he won from Haga and Kajiki which only showed up in his fight with Rishid.^note
Villainous Breakdown: Takes losing hard, even for a Duel Monsters duelist, because his reputation as unbeatable means everything to him, for the reasons mentioned above. He snaps out of it when his brothers calm him down and he parts with Jounouchi amicably.

Characters / Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists

**Mai Kujaku (孔雀舞; Kujaku Mai) (Mai Valentine)**

**Ishizu Ishtar (イシズ・イシュタール; Ishizu Ishutaaru)**

**Insector Haga (インセクター羽蛾; Insekutā Haga) (Weevil Underwood)**

**Dinosaur Ryuzaki (ダイナソウ竜崎; Dainasō Ryūzaki) (Rex Raptor)**

**Ryota Kajiki (梶木漁太; Kajiki Ryōta) (Mako Tsunami)**

Keith Howard (キース・ハワード; Kīsu Hawādo)/
"Bandit" Keith (バンデット・キース; Bandetto Kīsu)

**"Ghost" Kotsuzuka/Kozuka (ゴースト骨塚; Gōsuto Kotsuzuka) (Bonz)**

**Esper Roba (エスパー絽場; Esupā Roba)** (Espa Roba)

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Insector Haga (インセクター羽蛾; Insekutā Haga) (Weevil Underwood)

Dinosaur Ryuzaki (ダイナソウ竜崎; Dainasō Ryūzaki) (Rex Raptor)

Ryota Kajiki (梶木 漁太; Kajiki Ryōta) (Mako Tsunami)

Keith Howard (キース・ハワード; Kīsu Hawādo)/"Bandit" Keith (バンデット・キース; Bandetto Kīsu)

"Ghost" Kotsuzuka/Kozuka (ゴースト骨塚; Gōsuto Kotsuzuka) (Bonz)

Esper Roba (エスパー絽場; Esupā Roba) (Espa Roba)

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**Mai Kujaku (孔雀舞; Kujaku Mai) (Mai Valentine)**

**Ishizu Ishtar (イシズ・イシュタール; Ishizu Ishutaaru)**

**Insector Haga (インセクター羽蛾; Insekutā Haga) (Weevil Underwood)**

**Dinosaur Ryuzaki (ダイナソウ竜崎; Dainasō Ryūzaki) (Rex Raptor)**

**Ryota Kajiki (梶木漁太; Kajiki Ryōta) (Mako Tsunami)**

Keith Howard (キース・ハワード; Kīsu Hawādo)/
"Bandit" Keith (バンデット・キース; Bandetto Kīsu)

**"Ghost" Kotsuzuka/Kozuka (ゴースト骨塚; Gōsuto Kotsuzuka) (Bonz)**

**Esper Roba (エスパー絽場; Esupā Roba)** (Espa Roba)