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!!Shobu Kirifuda
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yumiko Kobayashi (Season 1 - Cross Shock), Kōki Uchiyama (Versus - Versus Revolution Final)(JP), Joshua Seth (EN Season 1), Liam O'Brien (Seasons 2 & 3)
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The main protagonist of the first series, Shobu is the son of legendary duelist Shori Kirifuda, and desires to become a Kaijudo master and the best duelist in the world.
He uses a Fire Civilization swift attacking deck, inherited from his father, and his trump card is Bolshack Dragon. His deck changes throughout the various series, but always includes Fire cards and Dragons in this vein.
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!!!Tropes associated with Shobu:
* TheAce: He's widely regarded as this among his friends. Prior to his loss to [[TheMentor Knight]], he'd never lost a duel.
* AnimeHair: A legendary example that he inherited from his dad. It's the source of many jokes in the dub.
* AttackAttackAttack: The main strategy of his Fire deck, though his hybrids are more adaptable.
* GreenThumb: His most common backup civilization is the Nature civilization.
* HeroicBSOD: He goes into this a few times, particularly after losing to Dr. Root.
* IconicItem: No matter how many times Shobu changes his deck, he is always associated with the Bolshack Dragon.
* IdiotBall:
** Kokujo stresses Shobu out so much in their first duel that Shobu makes a horrific misplay that pisses Kokujo off so much that he cancels the duel and leaves immediately.
** Shobu and Rekuta go on a quiz show about Duel Masters cards. Shobu gets nearly every question wrong, even on cards that he ''owns''.
** In the Sacred Lands season, there's a part where Shobu is extremely reluctant to play Water cards, preferring to stick with his Fire cards, which nearly leads to his defeat. It isn't until he is lectured on how his father made a similar mistake that he starts using them. Earlier in the season, he had no problem using Light cards, and he had used a Fire/Water deck in season 1 against Mikuni.
*InvincibleHero: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. While this trope is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] mercilessly, Shobu loses a surprising number of times in the first season alone.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Shobu and his father Shori. They even have the same spiky hair and clothing.
* MeaningfulName: Shobu (勝負) means "challenge" or "game"; Kirifuda (切り札) means "trump card".
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Shobu often draws his big final card with a "flaming hand up in the air".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Shobu is so LockedOutOfTheLoop when it comes to a Kaijudo duel, that he doesn't realize the ramifications of winning one - attacking the opponent directly with a very real creature. It's certainly not helped by the fact that his victory against [[spoiler:Kokujo]] is done with [[MoreDakka Armored Blaster]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Valdios]]. Subsequently, he tries to avoid attacking directly in a Kaijudo duel and convince his opponents to surrender.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: His aces are often Dragons, though he uses a fair number of Armored Wyverns as well.
* PlayingWithFire: His primary deck is a Fire Civilization deck.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Denies that his shirt is lavender; it's purple, the colour of royalty.
* StopCopyingMe: Mikuni throws Shobu off his game and defeats him by copying both his words and his moves until Shobu gets confused and makes a mistake. During their rematch, Shobu does the same thing to him and throws him off his game.
* ToBeAMaster: Shobu wants to be the best duelist in the whole world. In the English dub, they translated that as to become a true "Kaijudo" master.[[note]]The term "Kaijūdō" is not used in the Japanese anime series. Kaijudo duelists are referred to as "True Duelists" and Kaijudo battle as "Duel of Truth".[[/note]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Bolshack Dragon and its associated retrains.
* TheWorfEffect: This happens to Shobu quite a lot.
** Knight ultimately flattens Shobu, despite him doing better midway through their first duel.[[note]]He could easily have destroyed Bolshack Dragon with Gatling Skyterror.[[/note]]
** Despite an improved performance in their second duel, Kokujo still beats him.
** A deck example. Toban-Jan, who uses a similar deck to Shobu, is beaten by Hakuoh.
** Mikuni defeats Shobu despite Shobu improving his deck with evolution creatures.
** Dr. Root defeats Shobu, proving that he's got a long way to go and showing off the power of his Survivor cards.
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[[folder:Rekuta Kadoko]]
!!Rekuta Kadoko
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuka Imai (JP), (EN) Debi Derryberry (Season 1), Sterling R. (Season 2), Brianne Siddall (Season 3)
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Shobu's best friend. His father runs the local card shop, so Rekuta has quite the collection of cards. Unfortunately, he's absolutely horrendous at using them.
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*{{Adorkable}}: He's very much this. He's oh so GenreSavvy, yet at the same time oh so GenreBlind.
* ButtMonkey: And aware of it too.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Rekuta's been defeated enough times to be Shobu's best friend.
* DistressedDude: He avoids it until after 'Charge'.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: He has a large number of cards and the knowledge of them, but he can't duel his way out of a paper bag.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Though not to the extent of Mimi.
* ATwinkleInTheSky: A running gag with Rekuta. Plastic Cow's [[GagDub localization]] also takes this to some illogical conclusions.
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!!Sayuki
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Saeko Chiba (JP), (EN) Debi Derryberry (Season 1), Peggy O'Neal (Season 2/3)
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One of Shobu's friends. She tends to be the voice of reason in the group…at least when there isn't an attractive older gentleman around.
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* AllWomenAreLustful: If she sees an attractive boy, chances are she'll fall for him. Especially Knight and Hakuoh.
* BreastExpansion: To a lesser extent than Mimi, Sayuki gets noticeably bigger as the series progresses.
* CanonForeigner: Sayuki was not in the original manga, and is thus anime-exclusive.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's the main snarker among the group, particularly towards Mimi.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Sayuki is a Knight fangirl.
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!!Mimi Tasogare
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A new friend to Shobu, Rekuta, and Sayuki, Mimi is somewhat of a ditz and new to the game of ''Duel Masters''. However, she shows signs of being more than she appears. In truth, she is actually the Second Guardian of the Temple and a friend of Hakuoh's; transferring to Shobu's school to spy on him for the Master, but genuinely befriending the group. After resolving her loyalties, she subsequently becomes one of the more prominent duelists among Shobu's friends.
She uses a Shield Trigger deck that incorporates multiple civilizations, with blockers as her creatures and Nature Civilization Giants as her ace creatures.
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* ActionGirl: A capable duelist and a physical brawler who can shatter walls with ease.
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Mimi is TheMole, don't you know.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Mimi is hypnotized by the Master during her duel with Shobu.
* BreastExpansion: Her bust got bigger over the course of the first season. The dub toned this down until Season 2.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: It says something when Mimi's ability to break down walls is less believable than conjuring creatures from another dimension.
* TheDitz: In Season 1, even when she isn't putting it on. She becomes more serious from the second season onwards.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Mimi has a voice modulator that lets her do this. When the Master hypnotizes her, she doesn't need it to do this.
* GentleGiant: Her trump cards are Giants, most of which cannot attack creatures.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Mimi is super-girly until it's time to throw down, [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower which she does quite proficiently.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Mimi is a Hakuoh fangirl.
* MsFanservice: In Season 2, thanks to her fancier outfit and older appearance and bust.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Mimi puts this on until she's revealed as the Second Guardian.
* OhCrap: She reacts this way when Kokujo summons Ballom in his Kaijudo duel.
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!!Knight
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), Milton Lawrence (EN Seasons 1 & 2), Kirk Thornton (EN Season 3)
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Shobu's mentor. A Kaijudo duelist, and one of the best in the world. He replaces the manga-exclusive NAC, who was based on Satoshi Nakamura, a famous Magic: The Gathering player who assisted in the development of the Duel Masters game. His inner monologues in the dub tend to be highly amusing.
His initial deck is a Fire/Light deck, though the Fire cards he uses differ from Shobu's.
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* CanonForeigner: Based on NAC from the manga, but he's largely exclusive to the anime.
* CloudCuckoolander: He can have some truly odd inner thoughts, though he keeps it quiet.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's ''very'' snarky, and tends to dip deep into SarcasmMode.
* TheMentor: To Shobu, though as he lampshades, he's not all that good at it.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Knight could be the poster boy for this trope. He's cool and sauve, and a (mostly) hit with the ladies, worrying about his skills as a mentor…and willing to indulge in the latest fashion trends and press his apprentice for his debts for rent.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Tan-skinned, dark-haired, and very good-looking, and he knows it.
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[[folder:Kintaro Nanda]]
!!Kintaro Nanda
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Chiyako Shibahara (JP), (EN) Jay Lerner (Season 1) R. Martin Klein (Season 3)
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A White Soldier and the gatekeeper of the Temple. He's defeated by Shobu and befriends him after Shobu loses to Mikuni, assisting him in changing his deck.
He initially uses a Fire/Nature Mana Destruction deck, focusing on mana advantage through both increasing his own mana and reducing his costs and depleting his opponent's mana.
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!!!Tropes associated with Kintaro:
* BadassInANiceSuit: A White Soldier who wears an Italian suit.
* BreakTheHaughty: His loss to Shobu knocks him down a significant peg.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: His first deck uses Elf-X to maintain mana advantage.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: His first ace is Bolzard Dragon, the second Dragon introduced in the series.
* VagueAge: A recurring source of frustration for Rekuta. It's difficult to tell how old Kintaro is.
* YouHaveFailedMe: For losing to Shobu, he's kicked out of the Temple.
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[[folder:Kyoshiro Kokujo]]
!!Kyoshiro Kokujo
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Daisuke Kishio (JP), (EN) Micha Liberman (Season 1)
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One of Shobu's rivals and a self-proclaimed evil genius. Kokujo tends to stand apart from Shobu and his friends, but often acts as an ally to them…at least once they finally convince him to.
He uses a Darkness Civilization deck, focused on allowing his opponent to think that they have the upper hand against him and then defeating them, with the Ballom line of creatures as his primary aces.
!!!Tropes associated with Kokujo:
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* AnimeHair: Long and black, and SeriousBusiness.
* AntiHero: Kokujo is a Type V.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: Kokujo's shoes, apparently. [[RuleOfCool But they make him look so cool]].
* BadassLongcoat: A long black leather one over a bare chest.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: Kokujo chastises Shobu for calling him a bad guy due to his evil laugh. Shobu asks in confusion if that means Kokujo isn't a bad guy, and Kokujo points out that of course he is.
* CardCarryingVillain: Pardoning the pun, Kokujo is a self-proclaimed "Evil Genius" in the dub.
* DarkIsEvil: He claims to be this.
* DarkIsNotEvil: This is more akin to the reality.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Averted hilariously by Kokujo after his defeat against Shobu.
* HopeCrusher: Kokujo enjoys handing his opponents such traumatizing defeats that they never want to duel again. This fails to work on Shobu.
* LaughingMad: Kokujo descends into this when [[spoiler:Shobu beats him for the first time]].
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Kokujo cites the trope word-for-word when Knight comments that he's been getting a lot of negative attention in the dueling community.
* ObviouslyEvil: Dark hair, leather clothing, darkness deck, sharp teeth... Naturally, the GagDub lampshades it.
* RapunzelHair: His hair reaches to his feet.
* TheRival: Kokujo is one of Shobu's darker rivals, and the most traditional, given his maintained tension with Shobu.
* SeriousBusiness: Card games and haircare. And his image as an evil genius.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Whenever Kokujo shows up, he's acting as one of these, particularly when he shows up and worfs both Toru and Aizen before Shobu can duel them.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Kokujo calls Shobu "sweet boy" and "schoolboy".
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Wears his BadassLongcoat over a bare chest.
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[[folder:Hakuoh]]
!!Hakuoh
!!!'''Voiced by:''' (JP) Junko Minagawa, (EN) Joshua Seth (Season 1), Joe Ochman (Season 2), Doug Erholtz (Season 3)
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The Temple champion, and apparently world champion after Knight. Hakuoh was formerly someone who dueled for the love of the game, but has since become cold and distant, rejecting any attachment to his friends and believing only in winning without mercy. Defeating him becomes Shobu's main goal in the first Season. He tends to be used as a pawn for evil due to his immense skills; first by the Master in Season 1 to gain revenge on the creatures who scarred him, and later as one of the Fua Duelists under the persona of "White".
He uses a Light Civilization deck focused heavily around blockers and tapping his opponent's creatures, though he branches out to hybrid builds later in the series. His trump cards are Urth, Purifying Elemental and Alcadeias, Lord of Spirits.
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!!!Tropes associated with Hakuoh:
* AnimeHair: Long teal blue hair in the first season, and white-blonde hair in a ponytail in the following seasons.
* BadassInANiceSuit: One of the best duelists in the series, and often clad in a luminous three-piece suit.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: As "White".
* DistressedDude: Hakuoh, as shown in 'Duel Masters Charge'.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Comments "Wow. We are evil" when he learns that they haven't been paying for their cable.
* ForTheEvulz: During the first season he called up henchmen to fire if they couldn't guess the number he was thinking of.
* HeelFaceTurn: At the climax of Season 1, he protects Shobu from his final attack, turning against the Master.
* {{Jerkass}}: In Season 1.
* LightIsGood: After his HeelFaceTurn.
* LightIsNotGood: During Season 1 and as "White".
* RapunzelHair: His hair reaches down to his ankles, though it's a bit shorter after he ties it back.
* TheRival: He functions as Shobu's primary rival.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: During his tenure as the temple champion in the first season, Hakuoh sports bluish-white hair and a very sour attitude. [[spoiler:Once he undergoes a HeelFaceTurn, his hair shifts to blond.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In Season 1. The stress he undergoes during his duel with Shobu turns it white-blonde.
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[[folder:Jamira]]
!!Jamira
!!!'''Voiced by:''' (JP), (EN)
[[quoteright:]]
A disciple of the Temple sent to duel Shobu. Jamira seems to live by a strange code of honor; to cheat whenever possible to get his way rather than be honest. To this end, he's constantly getting in Shobu's way through various means.
His decks tend to vary; he first uses a Water/Darkness deck, and later a Fire/Nature/Darkness deck during the Invitational Championship. He also winds up with Kokujo's Darkness deck in Sacred Lands, though it does him little good.
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!!!Tropes associated with Jamira:
* CastingAShadow: In all of his appearances, he's used Darkness cards, including Kokujo's deck.
* CheatersNeverProsper: He switches decks with a prearranged deck while Shobu isn't looking, and later tries to hypnotize him. Neither does him any good.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Jamira has issues with this, especially given that he cheats.
* RunningGag: Being confused for a leprechaun. He takes it in stride all things considered.
* SmugSnake: Almost literally. Jamira is utterly convinced of his superiority, and tends to get dunked on a lot. And that's not even getting into the Dance of the Viper.
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[[folder:Toru Shimaya]]
!!Toru Shimaya
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Jun Fukuyama (JP), Cam Clarke (EN)
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Another Temple duelist. He's sent to duel Shobu, terrorizing Mr. Kakudo's card shop, but Kokujo clobbers him easily before duelling Shobu himself. He makes his return in the Invitational Championship, duelling Shobu in the finals after easily crushing Tsuyoshi.
Though he first used a Nature/Light deck, during the Invitational Championship he uses a Beast Folk/Liquid People Evolution deck, debuting evolution creatures in the series.
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!!!Tropes associated with Toru:
* DemotedToExtra: You might think he'd have a small role following his declaration of friendship with Shobu, but nope.
* GreenThumb: His most common civilization is Nature.
* TheWorfEffect: He's set up as a terrifying duelist, dominating the boys in Maruo's store. Then Kokujo takes him to pieces rather easily. Later he does this to Tsuyoshi, who gave Shobu a tough duel.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Teal, and it's commented on.
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[[folder:Mikuni (Johnny Coolburns)]]
!!Mikuni
!!!'''Voiced by:''' (JP), (EN)
[[quoteright:]]
The First Guardian of the Temple, Mikuni is a copycat duelist who mimics his opponent's move to throw them off their game.
He uses a Fire/Water deck, with the Fire portion of his deck heavily resembling Shobu's.
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!!!Tropes associated with Mikuni:
* TheBigGuy: Out of the Four Guardians, seeing as Benny Haha is in a mech.
* HotBloodedSideburns: Mikuni, to the point of Charge taking his dub name from them.
* StopCopyingMe: Mikuni throws Shobu off his game and defeats him by copying both his words and his moves until Shobu gets confused and makes a mistake. During their rematch, Shobu does the same thing to him and throws him off his game.
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[[folder:Benny Haha]]
!!Benny Haha
!!!'''Voiced by:''' (JP), (EN)
[[quoteright:]]
The Third Guardian of the Temple. Benny is…interesting. In the dub, he's Mimi's twin brother, and his appearance is the result of plastic surgery to make him look older.
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!!!Tropes associated with Benny:
* CheatersNeverProsper: Benny Haha uses cameras to spy on the cards in Shobu's hand and predict his moves. Shobu figures it out and manages to confuse him and get an advantage, then Mimi destroys the cameras. When Shobu is about to win, Benny claims that his sister is sick and that he needs to remain undefeated so that he can pay for her treatments, but Mimi tells Shobu he is lying and he finishes him off. In the dub, ''Mimi'' is Benny Haha's sister, and so this ploy works even ''less'' well for him since Shobu clearly can tell that Mimi isn't sick.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Benny Haha claims this when Mimi destroys all of his equipment...all because he cheated at a card game.
* EvilIsPetty: He's easily one of the most petty and vile villains in the franchise.
*{{Gonk}}: He's not a pretty dude. According to the dub, this is due to plastic surgery.
* HumongousMecha: A staple of his.
** He inhabits one for most of his screentime during Season 1.
** During an escape sequence in Charge, he builds a miniature mecha [[ThisIsADrill with a massive drill]].
*{{Jerkass}}: There's no way around it; Benny Haha is a massive prick even at the best of time, taunting Mimi and Shobu at every opportunity.
* MakingASplash: His first deck is a Water Civilization deck designed to subtly counter Shobu's.
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!!Shobu Kirifuda
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yumiko Kobayashi (Season 1 - Cross Shock), Kōki Uchiyama (Versus - Versus Revolution Final)(JP), Joshua Seth (EN Season 1), Liam O'Brien (Seasons 2 & 3)
[[quoteright:]]
The main protagonist of the first series, Shobu is the son of legendary duelist Shori Kirifuda, and desires to become a Kaijudo master and the best duelist in the world.
He uses a Fire Civilization swift attacking deck, inherited from his father, and his trump card is Bolshack Dragon. His deck changes throughout the various series, but always includes Fire cards and Dragons in this vein.
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!!!Tropes associated with Shobu:
* TheAce: He's widely regarded as this among his friends. Prior to his loss to [[TheMentor Knight]], he'd never lost a duel.
* AnimeHair: A legendary example that he inherited from his dad. It's the source of many jokes in the dub.
* AttackAttackAttack: The main strategy of his Fire deck, though his hybrids are more adaptable.
* GreenThumb: His most common backup civilization is the Nature civilization.
* HeroicBSOD: He goes into this a few times, particularly after losing to Dr. Root.
* IconicItem: No matter how many times Shobu changes his deck, he is always associated with the Bolshack Dragon.
* IdiotBall:
** Kokujo stresses Shobu out so much in their first duel that Shobu makes a horrific misplay that pisses Kokujo off so much that he cancels the duel and leaves immediately.
** Shobu and Rekuta go on a quiz show about Duel Masters cards. Shobu gets nearly every question wrong, even on cards that he ''owns''.
** In the Sacred Lands season, there's a part where Shobu is extremely reluctant to play Water cards, preferring to stick with his Fire cards, which nearly leads to his defeat. It isn't until he is lectured on how his father made a similar mistake that he starts using them. Earlier in the season, he had no problem using Light cards, and he had used a Fire/Water deck in season 1 against Mikuni.
*InvincibleHero: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. While this trope is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] mercilessly, Shobu loses a surprising number of times in the first season alone.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Shobu and his father Shori. They even have the same spiky hair and clothing.
* MeaningfulName: Shobu (勝負) means "challenge" or "game"; Kirifuda (切り札) means "trump card".
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Shobu often draws his big final card with a "flaming hand up in the air".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Shobu is so LockedOutOfTheLoop when it comes to a Kaijudo duel, that he doesn't realize the ramifications of winning one - attacking the opponent directly with a very real creature. It's certainly not helped by the fact that his victory against [[spoiler:Kokujo]] is done with [[MoreDakka Armored Blaster]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Valdios]]. Subsequently, he tries to avoid attacking directly in a Kaijudo duel and convince his opponents to surrender.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: His aces are often Dragons, though he uses a fair number of Armored Wyverns as well.
* PlayingWithFire: His primary deck is a Fire Civilization deck.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Denies that his shirt is lavender; it's purple, the colour of royalty.
* StopCopyingMe: Mikuni throws Shobu off his game and defeats him by copying both his words and his moves until Shobu gets confused and makes a mistake. During their rematch, Shobu does the same thing to him and throws him off his game.
* ToBeAMaster: Shobu wants to be the best duelist in the whole world. In the English dub, they translated that as to become a true "Kaijudo" master.[[note]]The term "Kaijūdō" is not used in the Japanese anime series. Kaijudo duelists are referred to as "True Duelists" and Kaijudo battle as "Duel of Truth".[[/note]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Bolshack Dragon and its associated retrains.
* TheWorfEffect: This happens to Shobu quite a lot.
** Knight ultimately flattens Shobu, despite him doing better midway through their first duel.[[note]]He could easily have destroyed Bolshack Dragon with Gatling Skyterror.[[/note]]
** Despite an improved performance in their second duel, Kokujo still beats him.
** A deck example. Toban-Jan, who uses a similar deck to Shobu, is beaten by Hakuoh.
** Mikuni defeats Shobu despite Shobu improving his deck with evolution creatures.
** Dr. Root defeats Shobu, proving that he's got a long way to go and showing off the power of his Survivor cards.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rekuta Kadoko]]
!!Rekuta Kadoko
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuka Imai (JP), (EN) Debi Derryberry (Season 1), Sterling R. (Season 2), Brianne Siddall (Season 3)
[[quoteright:]]
Shobu's best friend. His father runs the local card shop, so Rekuta has quite the collection of cards. Unfortunately, he's absolutely horrendous at using them.
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!!!Tropes associated with Rekuta:
*{{Adorkable}}: He's very much this. He's oh so GenreSavvy, yet at the same time oh so GenreBlind.
* ButtMonkey: And aware of it too.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Rekuta's been defeated enough times to be Shobu's best friend.
* DistressedDude: He avoids it until after 'Charge'.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: He has a large number of cards and the knowledge of them, but he can't duel his way out of a paper bag.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Though not to the extent of Mimi.
* ATwinkleInTheSky: A running gag with Rekuta. Plastic Cow's [[GagDub localization]] also takes this to some illogical conclusions.
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[[folder:Sayuki]]
!!Sayuki
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Saeko Chiba (JP), (EN) Debi Derryberry (Season 1), Peggy O'Neal (Season 2/3)
[[quoteright:]]
One of Shobu's friends. She tends to be the voice of reason in the group…at least when there isn't an attractive older gentleman around.
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!!!Tropes associated with Sayuki:
* AllWomenAreLustful: If she sees an attractive boy, chances are she'll fall for him. Especially Knight and Hakuoh.
* BreastExpansion: To a lesser extent than Mimi, Sayuki gets noticeably bigger as the series progresses.
* CanonForeigner: Sayuki was not in the original manga, and is thus anime-exclusive.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's the main snarker among the group, particularly towards Mimi.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Sayuki is a Knight fangirl.
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[[folder:Mimi Tasogare]]
!!Mimi Tasogare
!!!'''Voiced by:''' (JP), (EN)
[[quoteright:]]
A new friend to Shobu, Rekuta, and Sayuki, Mimi is somewhat of a ditz and new to the game of ''Duel Masters''. However, she shows signs of being more than she appears. In truth, she is actually the Second Guardian of the Temple and a friend of Hakuoh's; transferring to Shobu's school to spy on him for the Master, but genuinely befriending the group. After resolving her loyalties, she subsequently becomes one of the more prominent duelists among Shobu's friends.
She uses a Shield Trigger deck that incorporates multiple civilizations, with blockers as her creatures and Nature Civilization Giants as her ace creatures.
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!!!Tropes associated with Mimi:
* ActionGirl: A capable duelist and a physical brawler who can shatter walls with ease.
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Mimi is TheMole, don't you know.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Mimi is hypnotized by the Master during her duel with Shobu.
* BreastExpansion: Her bust got bigger over the course of the first season. The dub toned this down until Season 2.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: It says something when Mimi's ability to break down walls is less believable than conjuring creatures from another dimension.
* TheDitz: In Season 1, even when she isn't putting it on. She becomes more serious from the second season onwards.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Mimi has a voice modulator that lets her do this. When the Master hypnotizes her, she doesn't need it to do this.
* GentleGiant: Her trump cards are Giants, most of which cannot attack creatures.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Mimi is super-girly until it's time to throw down, [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower which she does quite proficiently.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Mimi is a Hakuoh fangirl.
* MsFanservice: In Season 2, thanks to her fancier outfit and older appearance and bust.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Mimi puts this on until she's revealed as the Second Guardian.
* OhCrap: She reacts this way when Kokujo summons Ballom in his Kaijudo duel.
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[[folder:Knight]]
!!Knight
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), Milton Lawrence (EN Seasons 1 & 2), Kirk Thornton (EN Season 3)
[[quoteright:]]
Shobu's mentor. A Kaijudo duelist, and one of the best in the world. He replaces the manga-exclusive NAC, who was based on Satoshi Nakamura, a famous Magic: The Gathering player who assisted in the development of the Duel Masters game. His inner monologues in the dub tend to be highly amusing.
His initial deck is a Fire/Light deck, though the Fire cards he uses differ from Shobu's.
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!!!Tropes associated with Knight:
* CanonForeigner: Based on NAC from the manga, but he's largely exclusive to the anime.
* CloudCuckoolander: He can have some truly odd inner thoughts, though he keeps it quiet.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's ''very'' snarky, and tends to dip deep into SarcasmMode.
* TheMentor: To Shobu, though as he lampshades, he's not all that good at it.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Knight could be the poster boy for this trope. He's cool and sauve, and a (mostly) hit with the ladies, worrying about his skills as a mentor…and willing to indulge in the latest fashion trends and press his apprentice for his debts for rent.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Tan-skinned, dark-haired, and very good-looking, and he knows it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kintaro Nanda]]
!!Kintaro Nanda
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Chiyako Shibahara (JP), (EN) Jay Lerner (Season 1) R. Martin Klein (Season 3)
[[quoteright:]]
A White Soldier and the gatekeeper of the Temple. He's defeated by Shobu and befriends him after Shobu loses to Mikuni, assisting him in changing his deck.
He initially uses a Fire/Nature Mana Destruction deck, focusing on mana advantage through both increasing his own mana and reducing his costs and depleting his opponent's mana.
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!!!Tropes associated with Kintaro:
* BadassInANiceSuit: A White Soldier who wears an Italian suit.
* BreakTheHaughty: His loss to Shobu knocks him down a significant peg.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: His first deck uses Elf-X to maintain mana advantage.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: His first ace is Bolzard Dragon, the second Dragon introduced in the series.
* VagueAge: A recurring source of frustration for Rekuta. It's difficult to tell how old Kintaro is.
* YouHaveFailedMe: For losing to Shobu, he's kicked out of the Temple.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kyoshiro Kokujo]]
!!Kyoshiro Kokujo
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Daisuke Kishio (JP), (EN) Micha Liberman (Season 1)
[[quoteright:]]
One of Shobu's rivals and a self-proclaimed evil genius. Kokujo tends to stand apart from Shobu and his friends, but often acts as an ally to them…at least once they finally convince him to.
He uses a Darkness Civilization deck, focused on allowing his opponent to think that they have the upper hand against him and then defeating them, with the Ballom line of creatures as his primary aces.
!!!Tropes associated with Kokujo:
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* AnimeHair: Long and black, and SeriousBusiness.
* AntiHero: Kokujo is a Type V.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: Kokujo's shoes, apparently. [[RuleOfCool But they make him look so cool]].
* BadassLongcoat: A long black leather one over a bare chest.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: Kokujo chastises Shobu for calling him a bad guy due to his evil laugh. Shobu asks in confusion if that means Kokujo isn't a bad guy, and Kokujo points out that of course he is.
* CardCarryingVillain: Pardoning the pun, Kokujo is a self-proclaimed "Evil Genius" in the dub.
* DarkIsEvil: He claims to be this.
* DarkIsNotEvil: This is more akin to the reality.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Averted hilariously by Kokujo after his defeat against Shobu.
* HopeCrusher: Kokujo enjoys handing his opponents such traumatizing defeats that they never want to duel again. This fails to work on Shobu.
* LaughingMad: Kokujo descends into this when [[spoiler:Shobu beats him for the first time]].
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Kokujo cites the trope word-for-word when Knight comments that he's been getting a lot of negative attention in the dueling community.
* ObviouslyEvil: Dark hair, leather clothing, darkness deck, sharp teeth... Naturally, the GagDub lampshades it.
* RapunzelHair: His hair reaches to his feet.
* TheRival: Kokujo is one of Shobu's darker rivals, and the most traditional, given his maintained tension with Shobu.
* SeriousBusiness: Card games and haircare. And his image as an evil genius.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Whenever Kokujo shows up, he's acting as one of these, particularly when he shows up and worfs both Toru and Aizen before Shobu can duel them.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Kokujo calls Shobu "sweet boy" and "schoolboy".
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Wears his BadassLongcoat over a bare chest.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hakuoh]]
!!Hakuoh
!!!'''Voiced by:''' (JP) Junko Minagawa, (EN) Joshua Seth (Season 1), Joe Ochman (Season 2), Doug Erholtz (Season 3)
[[quoteright:]]
The Temple champion, and apparently world champion after Knight. Hakuoh was formerly someone who dueled for the love of the game, but has since become cold and distant, rejecting any attachment to his friends and believing only in winning without mercy. Defeating him becomes Shobu's main goal in the first Season. He tends to be used as a pawn for evil due to his immense skills; first by the Master in Season 1 to gain revenge on the creatures who scarred him, and later as one of the Fua Duelists under the persona of "White".
He uses a Light Civilization deck focused heavily around blockers and tapping his opponent's creatures, though he branches out to hybrid builds later in the series. His trump cards are Urth, Purifying Elemental and Alcadeias, Lord of Spirits.
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!!!Tropes associated with Hakuoh:
* AnimeHair: Long teal blue hair in the first season, and white-blonde hair in a ponytail in the following seasons.
* BadassInANiceSuit: One of the best duelists in the series, and often clad in a luminous three-piece suit.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: As "White".
* DistressedDude: Hakuoh, as shown in 'Duel Masters Charge'.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Comments "Wow. We are evil" when he learns that they haven't been paying for their cable.
* ForTheEvulz: During the first season he called up henchmen to fire if they couldn't guess the number he was thinking of.
* HeelFaceTurn: At the climax of Season 1, he protects Shobu from his final attack, turning against the Master.
* {{Jerkass}}: In Season 1.
* LightIsGood: After his HeelFaceTurn.
* LightIsNotGood: During Season 1 and as "White".
* RapunzelHair: His hair reaches down to his ankles, though it's a bit shorter after he ties it back.
* TheRival: He functions as Shobu's primary rival.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: During his tenure as the temple champion in the first season, Hakuoh sports bluish-white hair and a very sour attitude. [[spoiler:Once he undergoes a HeelFaceTurn, his hair shifts to blond.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In Season 1. The stress he undergoes during his duel with Shobu turns it white-blonde.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jamira]]
!!Jamira
!!!'''Voiced by:''' (JP), (EN)
[[quoteright:]]
A disciple of the Temple sent to duel Shobu. Jamira seems to live by a strange code of honor; to cheat whenever possible to get his way rather than be honest. To this end, he's constantly getting in Shobu's way through various means.
His decks tend to vary; he first uses a Water/Darkness deck, and later a Fire/Nature/Darkness deck during the Invitational Championship. He also winds up with Kokujo's Darkness deck in Sacred Lands, though it does him little good.
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!!!Tropes associated with Jamira:
* CastingAShadow: In all of his appearances, he's used Darkness cards, including Kokujo's deck.
* CheatersNeverProsper: He switches decks with a prearranged deck while Shobu isn't looking, and later tries to hypnotize him. Neither does him any good.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Jamira has issues with this, especially given that he cheats.
* RunningGag: Being confused for a leprechaun. He takes it in stride all things considered.
* SmugSnake: Almost literally. Jamira is utterly convinced of his superiority, and tends to get dunked on a lot. And that's not even getting into the Dance of the Viper.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Toru Shimaya]]
!!Toru Shimaya
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Jun Fukuyama (JP), Cam Clarke (EN)
[[quoteright:]]
Another Temple duelist. He's sent to duel Shobu, terrorizing Mr. Kakudo's card shop, but Kokujo clobbers him easily before duelling Shobu himself. He makes his return in the Invitational Championship, duelling Shobu in the finals after easily crushing Tsuyoshi.
Though he first used a Nature/Light deck, during the Invitational Championship he uses a Beast Folk/Liquid People Evolution deck, debuting evolution creatures in the series.
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!!!Tropes associated with Toru:
* DemotedToExtra: You might think he'd have a small role following his declaration of friendship with Shobu, but nope.
* GreenThumb: His most common civilization is Nature.
* TheWorfEffect: He's set up as a terrifying duelist, dominating the boys in Maruo's store. Then Kokujo takes him to pieces rather easily. Later he does this to Tsuyoshi, who gave Shobu a tough duel.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Teal, and it's commented on.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mikuni (Johnny Coolburns)]]
!!Mikuni
!!!'''Voiced by:''' (JP), (EN)
[[quoteright:]]
The First Guardian of the Temple, Mikuni is a copycat duelist who mimics his opponent's move to throw them off their game.
He uses a Fire/Water deck, with the Fire portion of his deck heavily resembling Shobu's.
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!!!Tropes associated with Mikuni:
* TheBigGuy: Out of the Four Guardians, seeing as Benny Haha is in a mech.
* HotBloodedSideburns: Mikuni, to the point of Charge taking his dub name from them.
* StopCopyingMe: Mikuni throws Shobu off his game and defeats him by copying both his words and his moves until Shobu gets confused and makes a mistake. During their rematch, Shobu does the same thing to him and throws him off his game.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Benny Haha]]
!!Benny Haha
!!!'''Voiced by:''' (JP), (EN)
[[quoteright:]]
The Third Guardian of the Temple. Benny is…interesting. In the dub, he's Mimi's twin brother, and his appearance is the result of plastic surgery to make him look older.
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!!!Tropes associated with Benny:
* CheatersNeverProsper: Benny Haha uses cameras to spy on the cards in Shobu's hand and predict his moves. Shobu figures it out and manages to confuse him and get an advantage, then Mimi destroys the cameras. When Shobu is about to win, Benny claims that his sister is sick and that he needs to remain undefeated so that he can pay for her treatments, but Mimi tells Shobu he is lying and he finishes him off. In the dub, ''Mimi'' is Benny Haha's sister, and so this ploy works even ''less'' well for him since Shobu clearly can tell that Mimi isn't sick.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Benny Haha claims this when Mimi destroys all of his equipment...all because he cheated at a card game.
* EvilIsPetty: He's easily one of the most petty and vile villains in the franchise.
*{{Gonk}}: He's not a pretty dude. According to the dub, this is due to plastic surgery.
* HumongousMecha: A staple of his.
** He inhabits one for most of his screentime during Season 1.
** During an escape sequence in Charge, he builds a miniature mecha [[ThisIsADrill with a massive drill]].
*{{Jerkass}}: There's no way around it; Benny Haha is a massive prick even at the best of time, taunting Mimi and Shobu at every opportunity.
* MakingASplash: His first deck is a Water Civilization deck designed to subtly counter Shobu's.
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