History Characters / YuGiOhMinorAntagonists

The other antagonists of the anime and manga series ''Manga/YuGiOh''.

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!'''Original Manga'''

[[folder:Students of Domino High School]]

!! Tetsu Ushio
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--> Voiced by: Creator/KojiOchiai (Japanese Toei anime), Creator/YujiKishi (Duel Monsters)

Ushio was the [[StarterVillain first villain]] of the manga and thus the first victim of Dark Yugi's Shadow Games. Ushio was a hall monitor of Domino High School and enforced its many rules, being feared even by its teachers. He offers a paid bully protection service to Yugi after he learns that he is being bullied by Jonouchi and Honda. Although Yugi refuses and denies that he has been bullied, Ushio beats up Jonouchi and Honda anyway and then demands that Yugi pay him a fee of 20,000 yen. After Yugi solves the Millennium Puzzle and [[SuperPoweredEvilSide becomes possessed by Dark Yugi for the first time]], Dark Yugi called Ushio to meet him at the school during the night. Dark Yugi doubled the amount of money that Ushio had demanded, but insisted that they play a Shadow Game called "Money and Knife" for it. The game involved using Ushio's knife to stab more than one banknote each turn while they are on the player's hand, keeping whichever amount they manage to get and forfeiting the winnings if they stab their hands in the process. After a few turns, Ushio got greedy, and rather than risk not winning all the money in the game, he tried to attack Dark Yugi with the knife. In response to his cheating, Dark Yugi evaded the attack and inflicted the "Greed, Illusion of Avarice" Penalty Game on Ushio, [[PoeticJustice making him believe he is being showered in money, which in actuality were just garbage and leaves]].

Well, that's how it goes in the manga. In the first series anime adaptation, he insteads plays a game that involves reaching the top of a tower with playing cards, and Dark Yugi inflicts a Penalty Game in which Ushio [[MindRape is trapped in an illusion of water monsters eating him]]. He appears in the second series adaptation, but only in a flashback; his ultimate fate is never shown and it's unknown if he even played a Shadow Game with Yugi at all in the Duel Monsters continuity.

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* AdaptedOut: The chapter he appears is the very first chapter of the original manga. Naturally, the second series anime skips over this and he only briefly appears in a flashback.
* AssholeVictim: Although he poses as a person who stands for "justice" and can't stand bullying, he's actually a greedy jerk who is an even bigger bully. He beats up Jonouchi and Honda (in the first series anime, [[AdaptationExplanationExtrication the latter is beaten up for no reason]]), extorts money from Yugi, and then tries to kill him for it. No sympathy is given when Dark Yugi turns his mind into jello.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems to genuinely want to protect his fellow students and Yugi, but all he really wants is to extort them for their money.
* CheatersNeverProsper: He would have been better off if he didn't try to cheat during Dark Yugi's Shadow Game.
* CurbstompBattle: He doesn't do that well in [[SecretTestOfCharacter Dark Yugi's Shadow Game]], so he tries to kill Yugi insted. [[MindRape It doesn't end well for him]].
* DirtyCop: Well, more like "dirty hall monitor". Funnily enough, the 5D's version of Ushio ''is'' a cop, but is a much better human being.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: He would have gotten away with some money and his sanity had he not been a greedy bastard.
* DubNameChange: In the English version of the Dungeon Dice Monsters video game, he's renamed to Demitrius the Bully. His 5D's incarnation is called Tetsu Trudge in the 4Kids dub.
* {{Greed}}: His "bodyguard service" takes advantage of Yugi's meekness in order to extort money ftom him, and Ushio's greed is what causes him to lose Dark Yugi's Knife and Money game.
* HighCollarOfDoom: The trench coat he wears in the manga when he meets Dark Yugi at night has a really high collar.
* JerkAss: One of the first in many of Dark Yugi's jerkass victims.
* KickTheDog: Not only does he beats up [[DisproportionateRetribution Jonouchi and Honda half-dead for merely teasing Yugi]], he then proceeds to beat up Yugi as well.
* MindRape: He's driven insane in two different ways in the manga and the first series anime respectively. Probably didn't happen in the Duel Monsters continuity because all Dark Yugi does in the anime is Mind Crush. Plus, he's a good cop in 5D's.
* RedArmbandOfLeadership: As leader of the Morals Group, he sports one of these.
* StarterVillain: Seto Kaiba may have been Dark Yugi's first big villainous opponent and Yugi's greatest rival, but Ushio may have had an even bigger impact. He may have been little more than a thug (at least then), but after Yugi stood up to him after he was bullying Jonouchi and Honda, their opinion towards Yugi changed towards the better, leading to them becoming lifelong companions, and more importantly, Yugi completing the Millennium Puzzle and starting the chain of events that started the whole franchise.
* VillainousBreakdown: He has one during his battle with Dark Yugi, which ultimately causes him to lose the Shadow Game and his sanity.

!! Sozoji
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Sozoji was a karaoke player who tried to get people to listen to his horrid singing. He forced Yugi Mutou and Tomoya Hanasaki to sell tickets to his "All Night Solo Live Show". When Yugi discovered that Hanasaki was also asked to sell tickets, out of kindness he offered to take charge of selling all the tickets, so only one of them would have to suffer. When Sozoji discovered the exchange, he beat up Hanasaki and forced Yugi to listen to his music at deafening volumes.

In reaction to this, Dark Yugi emerged and challenged him to a Shadow Game called the Silence Game. The game involved two Sound Pierrot toys from Yugi's grandfather's game shop, which reacted to sound - the first to make their toy react was the loser. Dark Yugi's headphone jack was balancing on a glass of water, and he excitedly anticipated its eventual fall into the water. However, the sound of his heartbeat caused him to lose the Shadow Game, and he was inflicted with a Penalty Game in which was forced to listen to his heartbeat at deafening volumes.
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* AdaptedOut: He obviously doesn't appear in the second series Duel Monsters anime, but he doesn't appear in the first series Toei anime either.
* AssholeVictim: Might have been more sympathetic had he not beaten up Hanasaki and disturbed public peace.
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: It's hard to tell if he's deluded himself into thinking he's a good singer or if he knows he's bad and just doesn't care.
* DreadfulMusician
* DubNameChange: In the English version of the Dungeon Dice Monsters video game, he's renamed to Fender Shrill.
* GiftedlyBad: He believes he's a singing masterpiece. No one agrees.
* GlassShatteringSound: Unlike a lot of the minor villains of the manga, he wasn't a murder, but his terrible singing might have killed Yugi anyway.
* JerkAss: The third jerkass of the series that Dark yugi gets rid of.
* MindRape: Dark Yugi's "Heart Beat" Penalty Game probably drove him insane eventually if he didn't die from a heart attack.
* NoIndoorVoice
* PunnyName: His name in the English DDM video game, "Fender Shrill", refers to his terrible singing voice.

!! Kokurano
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--> Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruChiba (Japanese Toei anime)

Kokurano is the self-proclaimed psychic of Domino High School's Class 1-A. He became famous at school when he predicted a fellow student's house would catch fire, which came true 3 weeks later. In actuality, he had set the student's house on fire.

After he tries to assault Anzu, Dark Yugi challenges him to a Shadow Game called Paper Crash.

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* AdaptedOut: Because the second anime adaptation skips over this chapter, he never appears there. Instead, the villain of the anime-only Burger World flashback was a perverted gym cheater with a camera, intended to be a CompositeCharacter of Kokurano and Prisoner Number 777
* AssholeVictim: The bad predictions he makes for his fellow students come true because he sees to it that it comes true - including burning down one of their houses. Also, he nearly killed Yugi by knocking bookshelves over him and then...
* AttemptedRape: ...tries to rape Anzu after drugging her with chloroform before Dark Yugi shows up and challenges him to a Shadow Game. It's a wonder why after committing the above crimes, including this, Dark Yugi doesn't give him a more lethal Penalty Game (he just gets knocked out by chloroform and has his phony predictions exposed)
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: His predictions are phony, but he's so loony that he actually believes he has psychic powers. This proves to be his downfall when he plays Paper Crash with Yugi. In that game, both players had to pull sheets of paper out from under a chloroform bottle, without letting it fall. Kokurano closed his eyes and tried to use his powers to "levitate" the bottle, but wound up knocking off the bottle of chloroform and faints.
* DubNameChange: He's renamed to Fortuno in English version of the Dungeon Dice Monsters video game.
* JerkAss: He's completely obnoxious and full of himself.
* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: Well, he ''tries'' to invoke this...
* PhonyPsychic: Has plenty of fortunes prepared in his cape to make it seem as if he made a prophecy beforehand, and makes sure the bad prophecies come true himself, such as burning down a person's house after predicting his house would catch on fire. He especially has no problems doing the latter if the person pisses him off. And in Anzu's case, he predicted she'd meet a wonderful man soon, intending to become said man.

!! Goro Inogashira
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Goro was part of a class that served Hiroshima-style ''okonomiyaki'' for the Domino High School festival and was the Senior Class D festival committee president. When Anzu Mazaki's class won his class's favored spot at the festival in a raffle drawing, he ordered his classmate's to tear down the Anzu's class' booth and seized the spot. However, Dark Yugi won it back by defeating Goro in a Shadow Game called "Griddle Ice Hockey".

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* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: The school staff didn't do a thing about him stealing a festival spot, leading our then SociopathHero Dark Yugi to solve the problem by committing possible murder.
* AdaptedOut: He neither appears in the first series anime nor the second series anime.
* AssholeVictim: He didn't deserve what he got, but he's still a giantic dick.
* ContinuityCameo: His name makes a cameo appearance in ''GX'' as one of Trueman's victims.
* DisproportionateRetribution: All he did was steal a stand to sell delicious food and beat up a few people. Dark Yugi punishes him by ''blowing his face up''.
* {{Expy}}: He existed way before then, but he resembles the cheerleader dudes in OsuTatakaeOuendan.
* {{Jerkass}}: You could have just found another stand, you know...
* KickTheDog: Not only did his class destroy Yugi and his classmates' hardwork, they trample normal Yugi. And Goro knocked out Jonouchi while he was stuck in a life-sized ''Pop-Up Pirate'' barrel.
* StarterVillain: Ushio was Dark Yugi's first opponent, sure, but Goro was the first one that actually briefly broke Dark Yugi's poker face with his strong arm during the game and forced him to think outside the box rather than breeze through.
* StudentCouncilPresident: The festival committee's president for his class.
* SupremeChef: Appear his ''okonomiyaki'' is ''that'' good.

!! Kujirada
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--> Voiced by: Shouzou Iizuka (Japanese Toei anime)

Kujirada was one of Yugi's more snobbish classmates. When Digital Pets became a fad at Domino High School, Kujirada starts causing trouble with his.

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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the first Toei series anime, he first appears as he does in the manga, but it turns out he was being bullied by Haiyama, who is the real antagonist of the Digital Pet story there.
* DemonicDummy: His Hidden Pet is basically this.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Kujirada's Digital Pet is one of the stranger aspects of the first dozen chapters, it's not even related to the Shadow Game magic from Ancient Egypt... it's just a demonic modern-day toy.
* FatBastard: Both Kujirada and his Digital Pet.
* MindControl: Experiences this one night where, after being tired of regular pet food, his Digital Pet basically commands him to feed it other pets.He's only freed from the pet's mind control after Yugi's U-2 beats the snot out of it.
* MyLittlePanzer: The Digital Pets sure seems like a fun thing for children. Kujirada's pet and the other pets seem to have a mind of their own. Possible {{Digimon}} reference?
* SeriousBusiness: Digital Pets. To be fair, [[NightmareFuel there's more than meets the eye]]...
* SmugSnake
* TroublemakingNewPet: Having an ultra rare Digital Pet isn't as cool as it seems. You might lose sleep over it.

!! Koji "the Spider" Nagumo
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-->Voiced by: Shin Tomita (Japanese), Matthew Charles (English)

Nagumo is a gamer with interest in a variety of games, ranging from Monster Fighter to Duel Monsters. However, as Dark Yugi and the ''Dungeon Dice Monsters'' video game notes, he has no real respect for games. He engages in gaming to make money and often focuses on the potential resale value of desirable collectibles, including Monster Fighter figures and rare cards such as Seto Kaiba's "God of Obelisk".

Nagumo, at heart, is merely a bully who relies on his physical strength to win games when he is in danger of losing, rather than accepting defeat gracefully, and uses his hobbies to lure in potential victims to extort with his strength. This causes even the normal Yugi to voluntarily make him a victim to one of Dark Yugi's Shadow Games.

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* AesopAmnesia: He apparently didn't learn a thing from his Monster Fighter Shadow Game with Dark Yugi, and harasses a duelist for his rare cards during Battle City a dozen volumes later. It doesn't end well for him when he runs into Kaiba and his God Card.
* ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire: He's not called Jiro "the Spider" Nagumo for nothing. He even lures in weak gamers to extort, like a spider does its prey.
* AssholeVictim
* TheBusCameBack: He's an early villain that suffered a traumatic loss against Dark Yugi in one of his Shadow Games, that actually (briefly) returns during the Battle City arc, only to get his spirit broken by Seto Kaiba and his Obelisk.
* TheCameo: He makes a special appearance as an NPC in ''Reshef of Destruction''. He also appears in the anime-only ''Pyramid of Light'' movie and his name appears in ''GX'' as one of Trueman's victims.
* TheCollector: He collects Monster Fighter figurines and rare Duel Monsters cards for profit.
* DubNameChange: The English DDM video game changes his name to Stringer.
* {{Jerkass}}: He was enough of dick that ''Yugi'' lost his cool and sicked his sociopath alter-ego on the guy.
* MindRape: Dark Yugi raised the level of his Shadow Game against Nagumo, making the players feel the pain of their monsters. Towards the end of the game, Nagumo's Wild Spider horrifyingly turned into a little Nagumo/spider hybrid, and received a final blow to his face.
* OhCrap: When he reappears in the Battle City arc, he has this reaction when Kaiba sicks Obelisk on him. His face is stuck with
* SoreLoser: He resorts to violence when games don't go his way.
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: He does this to the normal Yugi.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Domino City Residents]]
!!Prisoner Number 777
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--> Voiced by: Creator/MahitoOhba (Japanese Toei anime - Jiro The Spider), Main/NobuyukiHiyama (Japanese Toei anime - Tetsu Sasaki)

The prisoner escaped from Domino City Jail with a stolen handgun after killing a guard and then held Anzu Mazaki hostage at Burger World. After blindfolding her, he told Yugi to get him Lucky Stripe cigarettes and vodka. When Anzu realized that Yugi was the one bringing the Prisoner cigarettes and vodka from the Prison's description of him, she told Yugi to stay away because it was too dangerous. Angry, [[WouldHitAGirl the prisoner slammed her down and told her to shut up]].

Yugi's distress at seeing Anzu being treated this way prompted Dark Yugi to emerge, where the SuperPoweredEvilSide challenged the Prisoner to a game called the "One finger [[EmphasizeEverything BATTLE!]]", a game where each player tries to take each other's life using one finger of their choosing. The prisoner aimed his gun at Yugi (right finger) and told him that he will die after he lights his cigarette. While the prisoner was pouring the vodka, Dark Yugi placed the lit lighter (right thumb) on his hand - the Russian vodka was 90% alcohol and pulling the trigger would cause the lighter to fall into the glass. As Dark Yugi leads Anzu away, the Prisoner sighs in relief, causing the cigarette to drop from his mouth and ignite the vodka, setting the convict ablaze.
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* AdaptedOut: Because the second anime adaptation skips over this chapter, he never appears. Instead, the villain of the anime-only Burger World flashback was a perverted gym cheater with a camera, intended to be a CompositeCharacter of Prisoner Number 777 and Kokurano
* AssholeVictim: He's a convicted killer, whom Dark Yugi sets on fire. Nobody misses him.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In the first series Toei anime, he was actually the manager of Burger World, who at first appeared to be little more than a friendly minor character.
* CheatersNeverProsper: In the manga, he's actually one of Dark Yugi's victims that surprisingly ''didn't'' cheat. However, in the anime, he uses his hand to remove the lighter and attempts to shoot Yugi - however, Dark Yugi gives him a Penalty Game in which he is engulfed by flames.
* DecompositeCharacter: In the first series Toei anime, his character design is given to a RedHerring and his role is given to the Burger World Manager.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Subverted in the Toei anime. If he had not cheated, he would have been killed by natural means as per the manga. But he gets a MindRape when he cheats in the anime. That is to say, he was screwed either way.
* DubNameChange: In the English Dungeon Dice Monsters video game, he's renamed to Jackpot.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: In the manga, no name is given to him except "Prisoner Number 777"
* JerkAss: The first in many of Dark Yugi's jerkass victims.
* ManOnFire: Dark Yugi sets him on fire in the manga, which kills him. In the anime, he ''thinks'' he's set on fire.
* MindRape: He's driven insane in the anime, believing to be on fire.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the first series anime, the person who has Prisoner Number 777's design is given the name Tetsu Sasaki, whereas the Burger World manager - the real convict - is called Jiro The Spider.
* WouldHitAGirl: Not only does he take Anzu hostage, he physically assaults her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kaiba Corporation's Death-T]]
!! Kaiba's butler ([[DubNameChange Hobson]])
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--> Voice by: Ryuji Saikachi (Japanese Toei series), Creator/Tedlewis (English)

[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Kaiba's butler is Seto Kaiba's faithful butler]], rarely leaving his side. He once worked as a torturer and learned to resist torture himself, before being employed by the Kaiba family.

Using his skills of torture, Daimon designed the Electric Chair Ride game of Kaiba's Death-T theme park. The ride was designed to make the participants scream, which they must resist doing to avoid being electrocuted with ten million volts.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: His Electric Chair Ride of Death-T's horror section electrifies you to death if you scream.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the first series anime by Toei, he is portrayed as more sympathetic. Instead of being a master torturer, he's an elderly player of Duel Monsters. Being ill and perpetually on life support, Kaiba's butler experienced Seto Kaiba's kindness when Seto was young. He duels for Kaiba in the hopes of his good heart reemerging, and upon his loss, urged Yugi to restore Kaiba's kindness.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the first anime adaptation, he's not that bad of a guy. We see little of him in the second anime, so there's little to tell if he's as sadistic as his manga counterpart.
* AntiVillain: In the first series anime, where he's only following Kaiba's evil orders in the hopes that he'll eventually become good again.
* ColdBloodedTorture: And he enjoys doing it.
* DubNameChange: The 4Kids English dub changes his anime name from "Daimon" to "Hobson."
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: In the manga, he's Kaiba's butler. His name? Who cares.
* HighVoltageDeath: His fate in the manga.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: According to the anime series, he's called Daimon.
* NobleDemon: Once again, only in the first series anime.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Of ancient Egypt's Gelbelk, keeper of the pharaoh's dungeons and also a master torturer, who appears as an NPC during the Shadow RPG.
* TickleTorture: Literally, he sets up tickle machines in an attempt to get Yugi's crew laughing so they'll be ''electrocuted to death''.
* TortureTechnician: Doubles as this for Kaiba as well as being his butler.

!! Chopman
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One summer during a camp near Domino Lake, Chopman murdered ten boy scouts who had been staying there in a single night. He chopped their bodies into unrecognizable pieces and the news of the murders had all of Domino City in fear. The suspect came to be known as "The Chopman", but was not captured and remained at large. Seto Kaiba later hired him for the Horror Stage of his Death-T theme park.

After a horrifying struggle, Jonouchi manages to kill the Chopman by burning him alive.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: His role in Death-T is basically ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' come to life.
* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear in the first series anime because Death-T was heavily toned down by Toei Animation. Likewise, the first episode of the second series anime skips over Death-T's lower stages and goes right into Yugi's final Death-T battle with Kaiba, so he doesn't appear there either.
* AxeCrazy: As long as he gets to kill people, he's satisfied.
* CaptainErsatz: Of Leatherface.
* HockeyMaskAndChainsaw
* {{Homage}}: Obviously to ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''
* KillItWithFire: Jonouchi's solution for this psychopath.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: No one knows who his identity is - all they know is that he's the Chopman.
* [[WouldHurtAChild Would Kill a Child]]: Killed ten boy scouts and was all-the-more-willing to kill Johji, Honda's infant nephew.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Duelists]]
!! Insector Haga ([[DubNameChange Weevil Underwood]])
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--> Voiced by: Creator/UraraTakano (JP), Creator/JimmyZoppi (EN)

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 filler arc; he loses to Jonouchi and gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after toying with Yugi too much. His last major appearance (anime-only) is in the last [[TournamentArc 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).

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* AnimalMotifs: Bugs.
* BerserkButton: 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 [[{{Jerkass}} jerkish]] behavior then on seemed to be motivated by the mocking he received from former fans after the events of Duelist Kingdom.
* BigBadWannabe: 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)
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His insect monsters are huge.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: 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 GenreBlind. Yugi liked and admired him right after meeting him, which was why he [[WhatAnIdiot 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 English dub, in which he sounded unbelievably sarcastic the entire time. Now, of course, fans know [[{{Jerkass}} what]] [[SmugSnake he's really like]].
* BreakingSpeech: Gives one to Dark Yugi in the anime; it actually almost works.
* CheatersNeverProsper: And he gets kicked off the island and has his Star Chip glove taken by Jonouchi as the result of it.
* CurbstompBattle: In the Grand Prix filler, this is the result of him (and Ryuzaki) attempting to duel Siegfried.
* DealWithTheDevil: The anime incarnations joins with FillerVillain 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. [[CrazyAwesome Biked off of a cliff to catch the rope ladder from Raphael's helicopter.]] [[{{Determinator}} Just because he wanted a better chance at defeating the Pharaoh.]] Then, in the next tournament, [[HolyShitQuotient they both beat up a duelist, tied him up, stole his clothes,]] [[TotemPoleTrench and stood on top of each other]] [[HolyShitQuotient just for another chance at fame.]] Yeah. They both qualify.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Notably [[AvertedTrope 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 [[DirtyCoward his]] [[SmugSnake flaws]], he ''is'' a lot more clever than your average cheater.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: 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.
* FreakyIsCool: ''Adores'' insects, spiders, and all things creepy-crawly.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: 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.
* GigglingVillain: [[AnnoyingLaugh "Hyoi hyoi hyoi hyoi hyoi hyoi!"]]
* HiddenBadass: In the anime. Apparently brave (or [[SanitySlippage crazy]]) enough to [[TheDeterminator 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.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Part of his Duelist Kingdom arc [[http://www.kokorononaka.net/Image/Haga/Others-ep04-Haga-17-Permanentlear.jpg outfit]]. Less [[DownplayedTrope pronounced]] than most examples though.
* {{Jerkass}}: BIG TIME.
** JerkAssHasAPoint: During the Doma FillerArc, 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.
* JerkJock: For a guy who plays a card game, he is so clearly channeling this attitude.
* KickTheDog: 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. [[UnstoppableRage It doesn't end so well for him]].
* LetsGetDangerous: His second battle with Dark Yugi in the anime.
* MeaningfulName: Aside from his obvious dub name, his Japanese given name roughly means, "Moth Wings." Particularly fitting given what one of his trump cards is.
* NerdGlasses: He's very smart and cunning.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: You shouldn't have used Yugi to pull a cruel joke on Dark Yugi.
* NotSoDifferent: 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. Overlaps with...
** JerkassHasAPoint: Even Dark Yugi can't deny it.
* RedOniBlueOni: At first, the Blue to Ryuzaki/Rex's Red. [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience 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 HotBlooded and irritable by the time the Doma Arc rolls around.
** This may be due to SanitySlippage resulting from having Haga's aforementioned [[BerserkButton 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, [[TookALevelInBadass it might have even helped]]!
* ScaryShinyGlasses: His glasses often take on this appearance when he needs to look sinister.
* SmugSnake: His main attribute and, arguably, his [[FatalFlaw 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 [[VillainousBreakdown 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 ''[[CurbStompBattle stomping]]'' Dark Yugi. He didn't really start doing badly until his [[FatalFlaw smugness]] crept in again. Oh, and especially when Dark Yugi [[UnstoppableRage absolutely flipped out in response to his cruel joke]], and got help from quite a few good draws in his final play.
* TheWorfEffect: 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.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Ryuzaki in the anime.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Along with Ryuzaki he briefly travels with Yugi's group during the Doma arc, up until joining forces with Dartz.
* TookALevelInBadass: A FromNobodyToNightmare play with this trope, after getting the Orichalcos Seal, Haga in particular went from [[SmugSnake smug]] to [[EvilGenius 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 [[SmugSnake over-confidence]].
* VillainousBreakdown: Every time he loses.
* VillainousCrush: 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 [[{{Squick}} 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.
* WarmUpBoss: 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.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In Battle City, he hired a kid to sabotage Jonocuhi's deck. When the kid demands his payment of a rare card, Haga gives him a lame card. When the kid protests, Weevil sprays him with silly string and runs away (in the manga, it was ''a can of insecticide'').

!! Dinosaur Ryuzaki ([[DubNameChange Rex Raptor]])
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--> Voiced by: Kin Fuji (JP, ep. 2-59), YuuichiNakamura (ep. 131-224), SamRiegel (EN, ep. 1-144), Sebastian Arcelus (ep. 145-187), Anothony Salerno (ep. 188-224)

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 Espa Roba during the tournament, and in the anime, the filler arcs (most notably Doma).

As his name suggests, he uses a Dinosaur deck, [[DinosaursAreDragons though his trump cards are all Dragons]]: Serpent Night Dragon (which he lost to Espa 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.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: He may have been a jerk in the manga, but at least he was helpful and doesn't team up with Haga. In the anime he ''does'' team up with Haga and is a straight antagonist in the Doma filler arc.
* AnimalMotifs: Dinosaurs
* BigBadWannabe: See Weevil/Haga's description. Unless you go by the manga.
* DealWithTheDevil: Joins Dartz to attempt revenge on Jounouchi.
* {{Determinator}}: See Weevil/Haga's description for the trope. Downplayed in the manga.
* DinosaursAreDragons: 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.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He has shades of this in the manga. He's not at all evil in the manga, actually, just pretty smug. He still has his standards and is above cheating, and he even warned Jonouchi not to duel Esper Roba.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Played straight with some of his monsters, subverted with [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Two Headed King Rex]].
* FromNobodyToNightmare: In the anime.
* HiddenBadass: See Weevil/Haga's description.
* JerkJock: Not to the same degree as Haga, but he's still very smug about his abilities and treats weaker players like garbage.
* NeverMyFault: In anime filler, 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.
** 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 [[HoistByHisOwnPetard who chose to play and activate the card in first the 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.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Haga/Weevil's Blue at first. They switch later. See Haga/Weevil's entry.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Haga/Weevil. But only in the anime.
* TokenEvilTeammate: See Weevil/Haga's description. Is less of this in the manga

!! "Bandit" Keith Howard ([[DubNameChange Bandit Keith]])
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--> Voiced by: Hajime Komada (JP), Creator/TedLewis (EN)

The former American 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.

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* AdaptationalBadass: In the manga, Jonouchi/Joey kicks his ass in a fistfight. In the anime, Keith hands Jonouchi his rear end, and beats up Kozuka, Takaido, and Satake all at once.
* AssholeVictim: 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.
* BigBadWannabe: 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 ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'', 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.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Blond and the biggest douche in the entire series. There might be more evil people out there, but nobody quite as punchable as Keith.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the anime only, Marik does this to him at one point.
* TheBrute: And lord, how. He even beats up Yugi, of all people! Contrast to Pegasus, who takes up the role of the SquishyWizard. In the manga, he's not much of a brute - he only beats up his henchman and Yugi - the latter of which causes Jonouchi to kick his ass.
* CheatersNeverProsper: 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. He steals Jonouchi's entry card to try and avoid their duel. He hides his set of "7 Completed" cards inside his wristbands during their match. And yet he still gets his ass kicked by Jonouchi. Thanks to that, he is unceremoniously killed by Pegasus via Penalty Game after threatening to take the prize money by force (in the anime, he is instead expelled from the island by Pegasus and falls into the ocean).
* CoolShades[=/=]SunglassesAtNight[=/=]SinisterShades: Keith always wears his shades, and they do a lot to enhance both the sense of menace and assholery that he gives off.
* DarkIsEvil: Most of his stronger cards, including Revolver Dragon, Zoa, Slot Machine, and Zera the Mant are Dark.
* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2. He's thuggish, selfish, smug, and a total jerk.
* EvilLaugh[=/=]UnEvilLaugh: Keith's high, girly laugh isn't especially ''menacing'', but it ''does'' sound quite unhinged.
* EvilerThanThou: He never really gets the chance to act on it, but his objective is to payback Pegasus for humiliating him.
* {{Foil}}: Keith's short-temper, {{Smug Snake}}ry, and use of physical force makes for a pretty strong contrast with ManipulativeBastard and GentlemanSnarker Pegasus.
** Also serves as an EvilCounterpart for Jounouchi/Joey for being both duelists that rely on gambling and offensive strategies.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: They're typically hidden by SinisterShades, but when we do see Keith's eyes they're small, narrow and veiny.
* HairTriggerTemper
* {{Hypocrite}}: He regularly stresses that nobody's ever beaten him without cheating (referring, of course, to Pegasus), in spite of... well, being Bandit Keith.
* {{Jerkass}}: Other characters may be more ''evil'' than Keith, but no one--except maybe Gozaburo Kaiba--is a bigger asshole.
* JerkJock: 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.
* KickTheDog: Stealing Jonouchi's prize entry card and before that, trapping him and Yugi in a cave.
* KilledOffForReal: 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. Averted in the anime, where he survives his fall from the castle and is captured by Marik.
** BackFromTheDead: Revived by Yako in the R spin-off manga for his EvilPlan
** DeadAllAlong: In spin-off ''R'', he is revived by the Evil Gods and this is the only explanation to how he survived his Shadow Game with Pegasus.
* KillerRobot: Pendulum Machine, Launcher Spider, Metalzoa, Barrel Dragon, and Slot Machine would all qualify, as does the Machine King he uses under Marik's control.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: His ejection from the tournament in the anime dub. When he hits the water, he simply says "ouch."
* MechanicalMonster: Both Metalzoa and Barrel Dragon.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Or at least to distrust.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Towards Pegasus.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: 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 KillerRobot Metalzoa under the influence of Metalmorph.
* RussianRoulette: Played it in his depression over his loss to Pegasus in the manga. Because of this, his Penalty Game involved his hand morphing into a gun and being forced to play Russian Roulette, shooting himself in the head and dying.
* SchrodingersCast: 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 being killed by Pegasus's Penalty Game and is found and brainwashed by Marik. Then in the video games ''VideoGame/YuGiOhTheSacredCards'' and ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'', he becomes the new leader of the Rare Hunters/Ghouls after Marik reforms and christens them the Neo Ghouls.
* SmugSnake: Lord yes. Keith thinks the world owes him something and is confident he will be paid.
* SoreLoser: Does not take defeat well. In the manga, after losing, he threatens to kill Pegasus if he doesn't give Keith the prize money. Of course, Pegasus being a wielder of a Millennium Item, this act of coercion after losing AND cheating in a game doesn't end well for Keith.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the anime, he gets off really easily.
* SummonMagic: In the anime-only warehouse duel, his Zera the Mant requires the Zera Ritual before it can appear on the field.
* TookALevelInBadass: 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 ''R'' he wields an Evil God, and in ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'' 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.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Does it to Joey and Pegasus.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: His AbridgedSeries counterpart is the TropeNamer.
* {{Yandere}}: For Jonouchi in R.

!! "Ghost" Kotsuzuka/[[BlindIdiotTranslation Kozuka]] ([[DubNameChange Bonz]])
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-> Voiced by: Masami Suzuki (JP), Amy Birnbaum (EN)

A creepy midget who plays a Zombie deck, "Ghost" Kotsuzuka is first introduced as one of Bandit Keith's henchmen, alongside his friends Satake and Takaido. 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. Kotsuzuka resurfaces alongside Takaido and Satake during the Battle City arc, where he makes the fatal mistake of [[AbsurdlyhighStakesGame 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.

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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Gets killed by playing one with Dark Bakura, in which he and his friends get dragged into hell.. which surprisingly ''[[LighterAndSofter was in the anime]]'' of all things (he simply falls down dead in the manga).
* AdaptationalVillainy: His EvenEvilHasStandards 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 AssholeVictim of Dark Bakura than an unfortunate one.
* AnimeHair: Being he was based on early Dark Yugi designs, not surprising.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: A skull-faced midget who runs a Zombie deck?
* CheatersNeverProsper: 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 [[AxeCrazy Dark Bakura]] and literally getting dragged into hell via Penalty Game.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the manga, he felt Keith trapping Yugi and his friends in the cave was extreme. In the anime, he laughs about it instead.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
* KilledOffForReal: By Dark Bakura's Shadow Games.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: His henchmen, Takaido and Satake. Satake's the DumbMuscle, Takaido's the talker.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Receives a nasty NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Bandit Keith after he's defeated by Jonouchi.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Player Killers]]
!! Ventriloquist of the Dead
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The Ventriloquist of the Dead is one of Pegasus's hired Player Killers, who fights in a Shadow Game of Duel Monsters against Dark Yugi using a puppet of Seto Kaiba and his stolen cards. Yugi originally challenged Saruwatari to a game on Duelist Kingdom, in order to retrieve the two Star Chips Mokuba stole and confiscated by Saruwatari, but since Saruwatari doesn't like playing games, he arranged for the Ventriloquist of the Dead to face Yugi instead.

Upon losing, Dark Yugi, furious that the ventriloquist stole Kaiba's cards and toyed with his soul with a puppet, inflicted a Penalty Game on the Player Killer, where he believed a puppet of himself was attacking him - making him one of Dark Yugi's final Shadow Game victims.

This Player Killer uses a card deck stolen from Seto Kaiba. He does not appear in the anime, and is instead replaced by the Mimic of Doom, who impersonates Kaiba himself.

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* AdaptedOut: Is replaced in the anime by the Mimic of Doom.
* AssholeVictim: Steals the cards of a supposedly dead man and then makes a mockery of him using a puppet... no one particularly cares when Dark Yugi {{Mind Rape}}s him
* CreepyDoll: Plays with a deranged puppet based off of Kaiba, and claims that the doll is possessed with Kaiba's dead spirit.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: He claims that his puppet is the real Seto Kaiba's soul. His fat anime counterpart, The Mimic of Doom himself pretends to be Kaiba BackFromTheDead after supposedly committing suicide using his unexplained shapeshifting powers (however, in the English dub, he actually IS the spirit of Seto Kaiba - his "evil half that was banished to the [[NeverSayDie Shadow Realm]]", that is)
* DubNameChange: In the English versions of VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction and the Dungeon Dice Monsters video games, he's called the Puppeteer of Doom and The Puppeteer respectively.
* LivingDollCollector: Well, he ''pretends'' to be this. He only collects dolls based on people thought to be dead, rather than actual people.
* MarionetteMaster: He doesn't have a playing face of his own, he fights of all his games through his dolls.
* MindRape: Thanks to Dark Yugi, he's now forever trapped in an illusion where he's being attacked by a creepy puppet of himself.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Ventriloquist of the Dead". Sure, he might be a good guy...
* PlayerKilling: One of several meant to take out the gamers on Duelist Kingdom (Pegasus's goal is to be the only one left in the competition - thus becoming the best duelist and being given Kaiba Corp). When introduced, he's basically trying to player kill Yugi.
* SlasherSmile: His Kaiba puppet looks like it's trying to usurp [[Film/ChildsPlay Chuckie]].

!! Player Killer of Darkness ([[DubNamechange Panik]])
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-> Voiced by: Hari Kaneko (JP), David Moo (EN)

An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Player Killers during the Duelist Kingdom arc, kidnapping unsuspecting gamers during the thick of night and intimidating them into losing their star chips. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Dark Yugi in a Shadow Game - a duel where each turn was a step up the gallows, and upon losing, Dark Yugi inflicts a Penalty Game that hangs the Player Killer, becoming one of Dark Yugi's final victims.

This Player Killer uses a deck that focuses on hiding in the darkness and intimidation.

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* AxeCrazy: The Player Killer of Darkness is violently insane, and gets worse as the duel progresses.
* TheBrute: Of the Player Killers. He's probably the least talented of the four we meet, uses thuggish tactics to intimidate his opponents, is none too bright, and very violent.
* TheBully: How Yugi sees him in the English dub of the anime.
* CheatersNeverProsper: In the anime, he tries to kill Yugi with fire upon losing. His use of pyrotechnics has little effect on Dark Yugi, who disposes of him with a Mind Crush after his victory.
* DarkIsEvil: Relies on shadow and darkness and uses Dark-attribute monsters.
* DeathByIrony: In the manga, after Dark Yugi offers to bet his life in return to make up for the number discrepancy between his and Mai's star chips, the Player Killer of Darkness ties a noose around his neck to make sure Dark Yugi dies after he loses. At the end of the game, in typical Dark Yugi fashion, he experiences a Penalty Game in which is is hanged by a noose.
* DeflectorShield: He combos Chaos Shield with Castle of Dark Illusions to make his side of the field impossible to attack.
* DirtyCoward: He scares and ambushes unknowing gamers in the shadows in order make himself seem braver than them. Dark Yugi isn't buying it. Carries into his duelist tactics -- as Dark Yugi notes, hiding his monsters in shadows so opponents can't attack because they don't know how strong they are is a cowardly way to duel, and when they're revealed, he switches them to defense and sets them up behind barriers to protect them until the shadows return.
* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, the Player Killer of Darkness relies more on scare tactics and, in the anime, pyrotechnics than actual talent.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In the Japanese version, he's only known by his title, "The Player Killer of Darkness."
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a dooming voice.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Dark Yugi hangs him in the manga and Mind Crushes him in the anime. Nobody cares.
* MindRape: To the extreme. Dark Yugi pretty much hangs him using a Penalty Game.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Once again, "Player Killer of Darkness". In the dub, "Panik" still fits well for someone who relies on fear and intimidation to duel.
* PlayerKilling: One of several meant to take out the gamers on Duelist Kingdom (Pegasus's goal is to be the only one left in the competition - thus becoming the best duelist and being given Kaiba Corp).
* PsychoForHire: Joined up with Pegasus because he likes breaking people.
* PyroManiac: In the anime, at least. Uses flamethrowers to fry the opponent's seat during duels and throw them off their game. He later tries to kill Yugi with them.
* SanitySlippage: As the Shadow Game progesses and the duel turns against him. [[http://i.imgur.com/QctUa9s.png "Three turns left."]]
* SlasherSmile: Often has one.
* SoreLoser: In the anime, he tries to burn Yugi/Dark Yugi to death after they beat him.
* StoneWall: His Castle of Dark Illusions, which not only has incredible defense, but shrouds the field in darkness, making it impossible for his monsters to be attacked. The addition of his Chaos Shield further defends his monsters and his Life Points, at the cost of locking his cards in place, and preventing them from attacking.
* VillainousBreakdown: Completely loses it when Dark Yugi starts revealing his thinly-veiled cowardice..

!! The Meikyu Brothers ([[DubNameChange The Paradox Brothers]])
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-> Mei/Para voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama (JP), Creator/WayneGrayson (EN)
-> Kyu/Dox voiced by: Hitoshi Nishimura (JP), Marc Thompson (EN)

Two eccentric brothers of implied Chinese descent hired by Pegasus as Player Killers. They take on both Yugi and Jounouchi in a tag battle, threatening to leave the group trapped underground if they lost. However, the brothers still have another game that Yugi and Jonouchi must pass, [[RiddleMeThis which is a riddle]]. They inform them that one of the doors that leads out of the room will lead them to the surface, while the other simply leads to an endless maze. [[Manga/YuGiOh With the help of Dark Bakura]], Dark Yugi outs their UnwinnableByDesign riffle with his own "Labyrinth Coin Game" (involving the use of a two-headed coin).

The brothers both use decks that turn the game into a labyrinth board game, their FinalBoss being Gate Guardian.

In the anime, they reappear in Anime/YuGiOhGX, facing Judai and Shou in a Tag Team Duel, but are defeated once again.

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* BaldOfEvil: Both brothers are entirely bald.
* BashBrothers: Their main gimmick is tag team battling.
* BreakoutCharacter: They managed to be popular enough to appear on NAS anime spin-off, [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yugioh Gx]]
* CreepyTwins: Less creepy and far more effective.
* DualBoss: The twins have only played tag duels in every depiction.
* EvilLaugh: Typical of early villains of the series.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: They do this in the dub.
* FinalBoss: Gate Guardian of the labyrinth/Duel Monsters game.
* KnightsAndKnaves: Pull this when questioned on the way out of their dungeon.
* PlayerKilling: Same deal as the other Player Killers.
* RhymesOnADime: Only in the dub.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: In their tag duel with Yugi and Jonouchi, the twins use various monsters and card effects that allow then to bypass several of their own Labyrinth Wall's rules for attacking and moving spaces. They also pull out rules the pair doesn't know about to block their moves, to the point in the dub Joey accuses them of making up the rules as they go along.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Their labyrinth riddle game. They're just a coiple of liars. They can change the right answer at will... because in reality, both doors lead out to the exit as seen in the manga.
* TattooedCrook: They have Chinese symbols on their heads
* ThemeTwinNaming: In the Japanese version, their names are Mei and Kyu (Meikyu is Labyrinth). In the English version, their names are Para and Dox (Paradox).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ghouls]]
!! The Rare Hunter ([[DubNameChange Seeker]])
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-> Voiced by: Creator/EijiTakemoto (JP), David Willis (EN)

The first Ghoul encountered in the manga (unless one counts a brainwashed Keith, which only happens in the anime) he's never given a name other than "Rare Hunter". He beats Jonouchi and takes his Red-Eyes, and is in turn beaten by Dark Yugi. He runs an Exodia deck that focuses on assembling counterfeited Exodia cards and using them to defeat his opponents.

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* CheatersNeverProsper: In addition to loading his deck with three copies of Exodia, he also marks his cards in the dub (in the original, his cards are counterfeit). He still loses, and it's largely because his deck is so filled with Exodia pieces that he can't draw anything else.
* CurbstompBattle: Against Dark Yugi, who handed his ass to him after Yugi activates a trap that destroys the same cards, rendering him unable to receive an insta-win with Exodia. To know how it's a curb-stomp battle, Dark Yugi ''never'' lost a single life point (upgraded to 4000 rather than the usual 2000).
** In the manga, his battle against Dark Yugi is arguably one of the shortest chapters ever - it was only a few pages long.
* EgomaniacHunter: Displays this attitude towards card hunting.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: He's always addressed as "Rare Hunter" in the anime; the name "Seeker" is only used in one of the video games.
* SmugSnake: Seems to think that simply having Exodia makes him invincible.
* StoneWall: Stone Statue of the Aztecs and Gear Golem, which he uses to defend his Life Points while he searches for Exodia.
* WakeUpCallBoss: For the Battle City arc. He demonstrates how dogged and dangerous the Ghouls actually are in their pursuit of rare cards by beating the tar out of Jonouchi after he defeats him in a duel.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Courtesy of Marik.

!! Pandora the Conjurer ([[DubNameChange Arkana]])
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-> Voiced by: TakehitoKoyasu (JP), SamRiegel (EN)

A former stage magician who either had his mother mother die at one point in his life and his lover dying in a magic trick gone wrong and joining the Rare Hunters in his despair (in the manga), or lost his good looks to a fire and his girlfriend to the BSOD that followed and serves as one of Marik's Ghouls in the hopes of winning her back (in the anime). He challenges Yugi to a deathmatch, where the loser will get their legs chopped off by buzzsaws.

He runs a Spellcaster deck designed specifically to counter many of Yugi's best cards, and many of the cards emulate a magician's act. His trump card is the Black Magician.

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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: His battle against Yugi is Death-T level of ridiculously dangerous. As each player loses life points, buzzsaws get closer and closer to the player's legs. The loser will ultimately die from blood loss by having their legs chopped off.
* CheatersNeverProsper: Trims his cards and uses trick shuffling to bring his Black Magician into his opening hand. Dark Yugi, being a avid fan of all things gaming, is disgusted by the way he treats his cards for the sake of winning. And if it wasn't for the regular Yugi, Dark Yugi would have probably left Pandora to get his legs chopped off (basically [[Film/BatmanBegins "I'm not going to kill you, but I'm not going to save you either"]]).
* DeathByIrony: On several levels. He's defeated by Dark Magician Girl, after claiming he was a Dark Magician master but didn't know she even existed, underestimates her power and attacks her with his own Dark Magician causing it to be destroyed, and it's because Dark Magician Girl has gained power from his own Dark Magician that he let be destroyed earlier.
* DirtyCoward: Panics every time the duel is turning against him.
* DrivenToSuicide: In the manga, Pandora considered suicide twice; when his mother died and when his lover died. After losing his duel with Yugi, Marik stirs up those feelings to make him commit suicide when he wakes up.
* EvilCounterpart: Not Pandora himself, but his Black Magician, with its {{white hair|BlackHeart}} and evil smile is very much the evil counterpart to Yugi's Black Magician.
* GigglingVillain: He does a lot of laughing.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: He went mad after the loss of his fiance.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: So he turned to Marik to get her back.
* MaskPower: Wears a mask to conceal his scarred face.
* NiceHat: Still wears his magician's hat.
* SlasherSmile: Does a lot of grinning and smirking.
* SmugSnake: Arrogantly declares he's a true master of the Dark Magician and Yugi can't hope to compare to him.
* StageMagician: Things went wrong as this though.
* TheUnreveal: Shows Dark Yugi his face. Dark Yugi is repulsed, but ''we'' don't get to see it.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Courtesy of Marik, who forces him to commit suicide in the manga.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Has no problem with sacrificing his monsters willy-nilly, and has the gall to insult them. Marik does this to him by stirring up two tragic incidents in his life.

!! Masks of Light and Darkness ([[DubNameChange Lumis and Umbra]])
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-> Mask of Light/Lumis voiced by: Creator/YuuMizushima (JP), Creator/JimmyZoppi (EN)
-> Mask of Darkness/Umbra voiced by: KoujiIshii (JP), Matthew Charles (EN)

Two of Marik's Ghouls, whom he orders to take on Dark Yugi and Seto Kaiba in a double deathmatch on top of building, where upon losing, a bomb will destroy the glass beneath them, sending them to their deaths (in the dub, [[NeverSayDie the Shadow Realm]]).

They run a Mask Deck that focusses on locking down the opponents' options and draining their Life Points. Their trump cards are The Masked Beast (3200/1800) and Masked Beast-Des Gardius (3300/2500).

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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: The tag battle they challenge Yugi and Kaiba to is a deathmatch, where anybody who loses all of their Life Points will be sent falling down a 130-foot building. However, the stakes turn out to be a bit uneven, as when Mask of Darkness is sent falling, he's revealed to have a parachute (though he faints due to shock). In the manga, Dark Yugi, the master of high-stake gaming, reacts with [[DeadpanSnarker "Some death match THIS turned out to be..."]]
* {{Acrofatic}}: Mask of Light is surprisingly agile.
* BashBrothers: Before Kaiba starts screwing with them, they're a talented pair of tag duelists.
* DarkIsEvil: Most of Mask of Darkness's monsters are Dark.
* EarlyBirdCameo: While Dark Yugi and Kaiba just dealt with a bunch of miscellaneous Ghouls in the manga before going up against the duo, the anime set things up by having them briefly duel the unmasked Mask of Light and Darkness before quickly meeting up in a deadly rematch (or, at least, their voices implied that they were the same characters).
* LightIsNotGood: Most of Mask of Light's monsters are Light.
* MaskOfPower: Most of their cards are masks that make their monsters stronger or their opponents' monsters weaker.
* MaskPower: Far more competent with their masks on (if the previous Gouls that Dark Yugi and Kaiba battled were actually them).
* MeaningfulName: Thei dub names, Lumis and Umbra, mean light and dark.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Assuming that they are the same characters, in their first apperance, they don't wear their masks and are easily defeated. In their second, they keep Yugi and Kaiba busy for four anime episodes.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: They play dumb the first time they run into Yugi and Kaiba. The second time, not so much.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In the Japanese version--Mask of Light and Mask of Darkness respectively.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Marik pulls it on Mask of Light (Mask of Darkness had already fallen off the building).
[[/folder]]

!'''Anime Filler'''
[[folder:The Big Five]]
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-> Oshita/Gansley voiced by: Nobuyuki Saito (JP, Legendary Heroes), Creator/EricStuart (EN, Legendary Heroes); Shintaro Sonooka (JP, Virtual World), Creator/MarcThompson (EN, Virtual World)
-> Otaki/Crump voiced by: Satoshi Tsuruoka (JP, Legendary Heroes); Ryosuke Otani (JP, Virtual World); Creator/MikePollock (EN)
-> Ooka/Johnson voiced by: Shin'ichi Yashiro (Japanese);, Creator/WayneGrayson (EN, Legendary Heroes); Andrew Paul (EN, Virtual World)
-> Oota/Nezbitt voiced by: Hiroomi Sugino (JP), David Willis (EN)
-> Daimon/Leichter voiced by: Creator/EijiTakemoto (JP, Legendary Heroes); Hisashi Izumi (JP, Virtual World), Creator/SeanSchemmel (English)

The Kaiba Corp board of directors, consisting of Oshita ([[DubNameChange Gansley]]), Otaki ([[DubNameChange Crump]]), Ooka ([[DubNameChange Johnson]]), Ota ([[DubNameChange Nezbitt]]) and Daimon ([[DubNameChange Leichter]]). Played a part in Seto Kaiba's takeover of the company when Gozaburo ran things, but once Seto Kaiba took over he stripped them of their power and left them as figureheads. They've since tried various schemes to take the company for themselves, such as when Yugi Mutou beat Kaiba in his Death-T final game, which left him in a coma and without his title of best gamer. Thus, they attempted to work with Pegasus to take control of the company.

In the anime only, where they are promoted to significant filler villains, their betrayal is what ultimately result in them being locked in a virtual world; they must each defeat a member of the main cast in a duel in order to escape.

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* AllYourPowersCombined: Twice. The first time is when they all possess Honda's body, the second is when they sacrifice all of their Deck Masters to summon Five-Headed Dragon.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Daimon. He's got dark skin, dark hair, and a six foot thick Southern accent in the dub.
* AmericanAccents: Leichter's a pretty straight up Dixie accent in the dub.
* AmoralAttorney: Ooka/Johnson. In the Japanese version he says outright he has no problem twisting the facts, and claims "the truth" is whatever tale he can spin for the court.
* AnimeHair: Daimon.
* AntiVillain: Otaki is by far the most sympathetic of the Big 5, aside from his humiliating treatment in his duel with Anzu. He had AbusiveParents and only found comfort in watching penguins at the zoo, jealous of their deeply paternal bonds with their children. He eventually worked up the ranks to gain enough authority to get his own penguin-themed amusement park, but [[JerkAss Seto]] turned his proposal down.
* ArcVillain: In the "Virtual World" and "Virtual Nightmare" arcs, though in the latter they're subordinate to Noah and Gozaburo.
* AscendedExtra: Went from a minor faceless group in the manga to recurring foes each with a distinct personality in the anime.
* BadassGrandpa: They're all in their fifties at least, and can take on the likes of Yugi, Kaiba, and Jonouchi. Special mention goes to Oshita and Daimon for nearly taking out Yugi and Kaiba without cheating.
* BaldOfEvil: Oshita in his real body, Daimon as Jinzo.
* BeardOfEvil: Daimon.
* BigOlEyebrows: Daimon has thick villainous eyebrows. Oota looks like someone drew angry eyebrows on him with a giant marker.
* BlingOfWar: Oota as Robotic Knight.
* BoringButPractical: Aside from Daimon, the group clearly has only a beginner's understanding of Duel Monsters. Thus they use straightforward and simple strategies, but they're good enough to work. Oshita uses self-replacing monsters with effects to limit the opponent's card advantage, Otaki uses a Water-themed beatdown deck, Ooka uses a Fusion-monster Life Point recovery combo that lets him abuse his Deck Master ability, and Oota uses a Machine-themed beatdown deck focused on Machine King. Oota even comments on this due to repeatedly using his Robotic Knight's special ability to pile damage onto his opponents, Shizuka, Ryuji Otogi, and Honda, after which Shizuka complains about his tactics. His response:
--> "Why change what works?"
* {{Bowdlerize}}: For some reason in the dub [[note]]likely because large needles are used to consume illegal drugs[[/note]], Injection Fairy Lilly's syringe is replaced with a rocket.
* CaptainErsatz: Otaki is very clearly based on Batman villain Oswald Cobblepot, aka The Penguin.
* CastFromHitPoints: Daimon's playstyle is to use powerful cards that drain his Life Points, then regain them with cards like Solemn Wishes or Life Absorbing Machine.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: They betrayed Gozaburo to Kaiba, and Kaiba to Pegasus before (in the anime-onlu) trapping him in a virtual world. After they themselves were trapped there, they join up with Noah, but have no problems flaunting his rules and going behind his back in their desperation to get out of there. Finally, they violate the terms of their duel with Yugi and Jonouchi, refusing to return Honda's body despite having promised to.
* CombiningMecha: Nezbit combines Robot knight with Machine King to create Perfect Machine King
* CoolMask: Oshita as Deepsea Warrior. Daimon wears one along with some SinisterShades when he first appears; one could argue that the mask he wears as Jinzo counts too.
* {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s: They worked for [[JerkAss Gozaburo]] after all
* {{Cyborg}}: Daimon as Jinzo; Oota would desperately like to be one.
* DeadpanSnarker: Somewhat surprisingly in the English dub, Gansley, who keeps up a pretty constant barrage of understated sarcasm in the initial part of his duel with Yugi.
* DealWithTheDevil: They cut deals with Pegasus and then Noah in hopes of gaining control of [=KaibaCorp=]. Daimon's "A Deal With Dark Ruler" card simulates this, summoning Berserk Dragon in exchange for half his lifepoints.
* DeathByIrony: All of them lose in ironic fashions:
** Oshita spends the duel insulting Kuriboh and loses due to its ability.
** Otaki declares Black Magician Girl to be useless without the Black Magician, so Anzu summons Yugi's and the tag team wins her the duel.
** Ooka loses because he can't tell if Jonouchi's telling the truth about what cards he's drawn.
** Oota picks Shizuka as an opponent because she's inexperienced and it's her monster that finishes him off.
** Daimon considers himself superior to Kaiba and loses when Kaiba pulls out a monster with a higher level than Daimon's.
** In their combined duel with Yugi and Jonouchi, they allowed Jonouchi to duel with Yugi because they thought he would be weaker and hold Yugi back. It was Jonouchi's cards powering up the Black Magician that won the duel.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Their Five-Headed Dragon is supposed to be unbeatable, having the highest attack of any monster in the game at that time, and an immunity to Trap Cards, Spell Cards, and attacks by any monster that doesn't have the Light attribute. Yugi and Kaiba take it down with Master of Dragon Soldier in their first confrontation with it, while Yugi and Jonouchi/Joey use a Dark Flare Knight/Mirage Knight combination the second time.
* DirtyOldMan: Otaki/Crump makes many lewd comments about Anzu and the Black Magician Girl in the Japanese version.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Initially they're an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness, with the collective goal of taking over [=KaibaCorp=] for unspecified, but undoubtedly sinister intentions. In the "Virtual Nightmare" arc, they're all given separate personalities, and objectives, and while they all share the goal of defeating Kaiba and escaping into the real world, their reasons for hating him are fleshed out, with them being gaining separate backstories and motivations. Oshita and Ooka are just greedy, Otaki's mad at Kaiba for mocking his penguin obsession, Oota's angry about his work being disposed of, and Daimon's TheResenter par excellence.
* {{Dracolich}}: Berserk Dragon.
* DramaticUnmask: Daimon goes through the effort of disguising his Deck Master identity before revealing himself as the powerful Lockdown-style monster Jinzo when Kaiba tries to set Trap cards.
* DrivenByEnvy: All of them are envious of Kaiba, but Daimon is probably the worst, as he feels he, and not Seto, should have been given control of [=KaibaCorp=].
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Otaki certainly thinks so, and his Nightmare Penguin Deck Master and deck filled with penguin cards reflects that belief. In practise it doesn't work out so well for him, as his penguins are among the weakest cards in the game.
* EvilOldFolks: Oshita, who actually needs a cane to support himself.
* EvilSoundsDeep: In the dub, they all have fairly low voices, with Gansley and Nezbitt hitting the lowest notes.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Johnson and especially Leichter, who in the English dub at least, is incapable of addressing anyone informally, despite being the biggest bastard of the entire group. Also Crump for being LaughablyEvil.
* FatBastard: Oshita and Otaki are noticeably portly.
* FiveBadBand: If the name wasn't a tip off.
** BigBad: Oshita/Gansley (among the group at least), TheLeader of the group.
** TheDragon: Daimon/Leichter, who seems to be second-in-command, and is definitely their best duelist. One could argue that Five-Headed Dragon is this to the group as a whole, with Berserk Dragon being Daimon's.
*** DragonInChief: Daimon is by far the most skilled duelist, and takes over for the group permanently in their unified duel.
** TheBrute: Ooka/Johnson, his dueling "strategy" is to abuse his Deck Master's KillEmAll ability to keep the opponent's field cleared, and he uses Judge Man, a large and imposing monster.
** EvilGenius: Ota/Nezbitt, robot engineer and weapons expert who uses Spell support to pump up his Machine King. Also overlaps slightly with TheBrute since once he has Machine King powered up, he resorts to attacking since his power allows him to do massive damage.
** DarkChick: Otaki/Crump, the most sympathetic and absurd, being a penguin fanatic and all.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Daimon's Injection Fairy Lilly. She's a small cute fairy with only 400/1500. However, by paying 2000 Life Points he can raise her attack to 3400 until the end of his turn, making her very hard to get rid of.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Ooka's real body, Daimon's Deck Master body.
* GeniusBruiser: Subverted. Oota thinks he's become one after fusing to create Perfect Machine King but he relies on brute power more than strategy, and costs the Big Five their duel with Yugi and Jonouchi.
* GoodWithNumbers: Otaki/Crump is an accountant.
* GrandTheftMe: What they try to do.
* {{Greed}}: A motivating factor for all of them, but especially Oshita and Ooka.
* HumongousMecha: Oota's Perfect Machine King, created by fusing Machine King and Robotic Knight.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Daimon's a bad guy, no doubt, but he's entirely right when he calls out Kaiba for the way he used Mokuba and The Big Five during TheCoup against Gozaburo.
* ILied: Daimon's response when Yugi reminds him that he promised to return Honda's body if the Big 5 were defeated.
* KillSat: Leichter's Satellite Cannon, which remains out of reach of attacks, and gains 1000 ATK points every turn.
* LargeAndInCharge: Daimon is their most talented duelist and is therefore given the most control when the Big Five are forced to duel together. He is also physically tallest as a human and probably as Jinzo as well.
* LastNameBasis: In the English dub, only Crump's first name has been revealed, and they are all addressed by their last names.
* LeanAndMean: Daimon as Jinzo. Possibly as a normal person as well, since he is the tallest of the Big Five but seems to have narrow shoulders.
* TheLoad: Ota/Nezbitt, who, in the duel against Yugi and Jonouchi, totally blows the substantial lead that Oshita, Otaki, and Ooka had established, requiring [[TheDragon Daimon]] to step in in order to stave off defeat. This comes off as a bit ironic, given how he was the only one of the Five to beat a duelist individually, and it was through him taking Honda's body that the group had a chance to duel Yugi and Jonouchi at all (though part of that was because Honda lost defending an inexperienced Shizuka from Oota's attacks).
** Otaki, perhaps surprisingly, isn't this; despite his humiliating loss to Anzu he firmly establishes himself as a NotSoHarmlessVillain during the group duel.
* TheManBehindTheMan: They think they're this to Pegasus; in reality he's just using them.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Otaki. He uses a deck filled with penguins, which he's been obsessed with since childhood, and comes off as so pathetic in his duel with Anzu that you almost feel sorry for him. Then in the duel between the Big Five and Yugi & Jonouchi (in which most of the cards on the field belong to other Big Five members) he and his Deck Master, Nightmare Penguin, really come into their own, boosting the power of the WATER monsters Oshita had played and establishing an enormous lead for the Big Five.
** Ooka as well. In his duel against Jonouchi he only manages to stay in the game through excessive cheating and still loses. In the team match against Yugi and Jonouchi, he manages to bring them to the brink of defeat, only for Oota to muscle in and ruin everything for the team.
* OddNameOut: Daimon in the Japanese, as the only one who's name doesn't begin with an "o". He arguably counts in the English as well, given that his name is a ShoutOut to Hannibal Lecter, while the others are just made up names.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: In their initial appearances.
* OneWingedAngel: Oota (as Robotic Knight) gets an impressive one when he fuses with Machine King to create Perfect Machine King. 2700 ATK, 1500 DEF. It gains 500 ATK for every Machine monster on the field, including itself, and Nezbitt runs a Machine deck and has a Magic Card that turns ''opposing'' monsters into Machines - in Oota's duel, this causes the King to rocket up to '''5200''' ATK the second it's summoned.
** The entire Big Five do this in their final match, when they summon Five-Headed Dragon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Their Five-Headed Dragon is a GameBreaker with 5000/5000, that destroys all cards on the field through the act of being summoned and can only be harmed by a monster with the Light Attribute. After it's destruction in their duel with Yugi and Jonouchi/Joey, Daimon summons the Berserk Dragon, a freaky [[TheUndead undead]] monster with 3500/0 that can attack the entire field at once (but fortunately loses 500 ATK points every turn).
* PerpetualFrowner: Oshita's a scowler.
* PungeonMaster: All of them in the English dub--Gansley makes business puns, Crump accounting ones, Johnson legal ones, and Nezbitt machine related ones, while Leichter makes most of his at Kaiba's expense.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Daimon delivers a lengthy one to Kaiba in which he calls him out on his ruthless attitude and treatment of Mokuba.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Oshita's deck is made up almost exclusively of reptile cards.
* TheResenter: They all resent Kaiba for his control of the company, but Daimon/Leichter is the most classic example, feeling control of the company should have come to him due to his status as Gozaburo's right-hand man.
* ShoutOut: In the English dub, "Leichter" is named for [[Film/SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]], and in [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081213044448/yugioh/images/c/c1/JinzoYAP1-EN-UR-LE.png the Jinzo body]] looks the part a bit. It also fits he gives such [[HannibalLecture speeches]] too.
* SinisterSilhouettes: In their initial appearances.
* SmugSnake: All of them. They range from very low-functioning (Otaki and Oota) to the far more high-functioning Oshita and Daimon. Ooka may be the most classic of them, with his condescending attitude, arrogance, and smarmy personality.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: In the English dub, Gansley vs Yugi and Leichter vs Kaiba.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Their deck masters have this to varying degrees, most prominently [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/23/DeepseaWarriorPSV-EN-C.jpg Deepsea Warrior]] and [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/2a/JinzoPSV-EN-ScR.jpg Jinzo]].
* ThemeNaming: In the original Japanese. Their surnames all begin with the character for 'big,' romanized as 'O.' The exception is Daimon, who uses the more Chinese 'dai' pronunciation.
* TookALevelInBadass: Between their original appearances in the manga and the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc, to the anime's Virtual World FillerArc. Oshita and Daimon in particular have become capable duelists who can give the likes of Yugi and Kaiba, both world champions, a run for their money.
* [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty Try To Catch Me Dueling Dirty]]: Ooka already had a ''huge'' game breaking ability, but added rigging the results of Jonouchi's luck-based cards to his advantage. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Noah didn't put up with it]].
* VillainBall: Oshita/Gansley actually had Yugi beat, but decided to drag their duel out because he wanted to watch him squirm.
** Actually, if the overall gameplay is taken into account, [[FridgeLogic Oshita would have lost anyway]]: had he summoned Rainbow Snake Eingana and attacked Obnoxious Celtic Guardian with it, Kuriboh's Deck Master ability would have kicked in, shielding Yami Yugi from the damage. Yami Yugi would have then drawn Rainbow Blessing and used it to wipe out Oshita's remaining Life Points with Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast.
* VillainousCheekbones: All of them but Otaki, who has chubby cheeks. Special points to Daimon, who has cheekbones that could cut sheet metal.
* VirtualGhost: Their fates after the Virtual Game arc, which is why they need to do GrandTheftMe on the heroes to get human bodies again.
* WeHaveReserves: Oota's support strategy--summon, then discard Machine monsters to directly deal damage to his opponents. The only ones that ultimately matter to him are his beatstick Machine King and himself as Robotic Knight.
* WouldHitAGirl: Otaki and Oota would both trap a girl in the virtual world, and even specifically choose Shizuka and Anzu as their opponents because they think they'll be easier to beat.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: In the group duel, Yugi and Jonouchi manage to do the [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable near impossible]] and take down the Five-Headed Dragon, which served as the group's collective Deck Master and is all but undefeatable. They celebrate, they cheer--and then Daimon activates [[DealWithTheDevil A Deal With Dark Ruler]] to summon [[TheUndead Berserk Dragon]] as their new Deck Master, even as Yugi and Jonouchi's all powerful Mirage Knight splits back into the Black Magician and Flame Swordsman that were used to summon it. [[OhCrap Uh-oh]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Grimo (Grerimo)]]
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-> Voiced by: James Onoda (JP), Creator/MikePollock (EN)

A duelist working for Dartz, he duels Yugi to test out the powers of the Seal of Orichalcos as when combined when the Egyptian God Cards. He plays a Warrior deck designed to swarm the field. In his duel against Yugi, he added the stolen Obelisk the Tormentor. When he loses, he manages to pass Obelisk to Rafael before his soul is taken.

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* {{Badass}}: His dueling strategy is simple, but effective -- summon weak Warrior-type monsters in numbers and use Spell and Trap card support to protect them and increase their ATK to pose a threat.
* BeardOfEvil: Sports a sharp-looking beard and mustache.
* BilingualBonus: He speaks in Latin in the dub before he challenges Rex and Weevil.
* BlackCloak: His attire.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: For the entire Doma organization, unveiling their dangerous-looking Duel Disk knock-off, the Seal of Orichalcos, and he can control the God Cards and capture souls.
* FlatCharacter: Who is this guy? Why does he work for Dartz? What type of person is he? Questions we never get answers to.
* HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle.
* NoNameGiven: In the dub.
* SacrificialLamb: A villainous version -- he exists to show off the power of the Doma organization, then lose and get his soul taken now that the organization has been established as a proper threat.
* YourSoulIsMine: It's practically his first line in the dub.
-->"The problem shall be yours, once I strip you two fools of your souls."
* ZergRush: His strongest monsters that we see are Makyura (1600) and Warrior Dai Grepher (1700). He instead prefers to swarm the field with weak Warriors and use the Seal of Orichalcos and other cards to pump up their attack so they pose a threat.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rafael]]
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--> Voiced by: Creator/YoshihisaKawahara (JP), Creator/MarcThompson (EN)

One of Dartz's henchmen, he lived a life of luxury until a shipwreck killed his family and left him stranded on a deserted island with only his deck for company. As a result, he's very attached to his cards and refuses to let them be destroyed.

He uses a Guardian deck, along with many cards that protect his monsters from going to the graveyard, and is so far the only one of Dartz's henchmen whose cards are mostly real. His trump cards are Guardian Eatos and Guardian Dreadscythe.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Rebecca, who mentions that after she became the US champion, there were rumors that she only won because Rafael doesn't compete in championships. Arguably to Yami himself, given that Rafael beat him in their first duel, and only loses the HeroicRematch because he essentially surrendered after [[HeelRealization realizing the error of his ways]] despite still having the advantage in duel terms, though Yugi could still conceivably win.
* {{Badass}}: He beats Yami Yugi entirely fairly, with no cheating or underhanded tactics. He does force Yami Yugi to play the Seal of Orichalcos, but does so by dueling him into a corner so he has no choice but to do it.
* BatmanGambit: He goads Yami Yugi into playing the Seal of Orichalcos, and beating him while he is under the influence.
* BerserkButton: Calling his dead family meaningless. Dartz pushes it intentionally.
** Do NOT send any of his monsters to the graveyard, ESPECIALLY Eatos (which he considers his mother).
* TheChessmaster: Manipulates Yami Yugu into playing the Seal of Orichalcos and is ready to defend himself when it comes.
* TheCoatsAreOff: Before his first duel with Yami Yugi he tosses his BadassLongcoat off. Notably, he manages to win.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The darkest of Dartz's men.
* TheDragon: To Dartz
* EvilCounterpart: Is sometimes seen as Yami's.
* ExcaliburInTheRust: Variation. His cards are so old that the ink is fading and the edges are frayed. That doesn't change the fact that he has one of the most powerful decks in the series.
* AFatherToHisMen: To his monsters. He absolutely hates it when a monster of him is send to the graveyard. In the rematch, he surrenders by sacrificing all of his Life Points to revive all of his monsters from the graveyard.
* GeniusBruiser: He's physically imposing and a strong duelist, but is also intelligent and has a strong grasp of proper strategy.
* HeelFaceTurn: He eventually turns on Dartz.
** HeelFaceDoorSlam: And gets his soul taken for it.
* HotbloodedSideburns: They point ''out''.
* KnightTemplar: A perfect counterpart to Yami Yugi, only more ruthless.
* TheMagicPokerEquation: The series as a whole is an example of this trope, but Rafael's drawing abilty still stands out, seeing as how he discards his entire hand on his first turn in both his duels to draw two extra cards each turn, manages to pull out his Guardian monsters with ease, a feat that requires the respective equip card to be present on the field, and is still able to duel competently.
* MeaningfulName: It's quite possible he's named after Archangel Raphael; he has a guardian motif, and angelic wings appear before he duels.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Gives Yugi the Claw of Hermos before the rematch which Yugi uses to destroy Dreadscythe and open his eyes as well as defeat Dartz with later on.
* NobleDemon: The only one of Dartz's minions that isn't AxCrazy.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: After his loss against Yami Yugi.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Rafael or Raphael?
* StartOfDarkness: Heartbreakingly highlighted in his past flashbacks.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's the least evil guy of Dartz's minions.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He thinks Dartz will usher in a new golden age for the world, and will do anything to help him do it.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The only one who's not having a SlasherSmile or SmugSuper, having a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vendetta against a certain organization]] and [[BloodKnight fight anyone just because they're there]]. Also the only one that honestly believes that Dartz will inspire world peace.
* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: Gives a ''beautiful'' one at the end of his second duel, after seeing the spirits of his family. It's a beautiful moment because he hasn't had anything to truly smile in ''years''.
* WorthyOpponent: To Yugi. In their first duel he introduced himself as a true duelist, which Yugi finds ridiculous. In the HeroicRematch, Yugi calls him a true duelist himself.
* TheWorfEffect: As soon as he goes for the Heel, he gets defeated by Dartz himself.
* YouCantFightFate: Or so he believes, anyway. Ironically, according to Dark Yugi, his bonds with his family and monsters hold the power to [[ScrewDestiny change destiny]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Hates duelists who treat monsters this way, but resorts to this himself after Eatos is destroyed and Deathscythe hits the field. Dartz does this to him once he's no longer useful.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Yami Yugi assumes he has gained a great advantage when he finally manages to destroy Guardian Eatos in their rematch, sending Rafael into a near breakdown. But while Eatos is Rafael's favorite card and extremely powerful, destroying her summons Guardian Dreadscythe, which is even ''worse''.
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[[folder:Amelda (Alister)]]
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--> Voiced by: Yukinara Iemura (JP), Creator/TedLewis (EN)

One of Dartz's henchmen, he and his little brother were caught in a warzone in a city caught between two countries supplied with Kaiba Corp weapons. When his brother was killed in battle, Amelda developed a deep hatred of Kaiba Corp though it turns out to be Dartz who did it.

The first time he's shown dueling, he uses Pegasus' stolen deck along with fire cards focusing on Balrog. His true deck has a military theme, with soldiers, tanks, etc. His trump cards are Soldier Revolt and Air Fortress Ziggurat.

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* BareYourMidriff: Makes you think Dartz has two [[DarkChick DarkChicks]] working for him.
* BerserkButton: Seeing the Kaiba Corp helicopters.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: And HOW.
* EvilCounterpart: Kaiba's second one in the anime.
* EvilGenius: Disguises himself to move about and uses tricky dueling tactics.
* PlayingWithFire: His deck motif the first time around.
* RevengeByProxy: Wants revenge on Seto simply because his adopted father's weapons were the result of his brother's death.
* ShoutOut: His dub name is based off the famous occultist Alister Crowley, whose unicursal hexagram is the basis for the Seal of Orichalcos.
* StartOfDarkness: Survived a terrible war but lost his beloved brother.
* TragicKeepsake: Carries his brother's favorite Dyna Dude action figure to always remember him.
* TrickBoss: He uses some very unorthodox strategies and cards, but they work.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He once was a proud big brother to his younger sibling until Gozaburo, actually Dartz, destroyed his home town. And he used to actually look like a normal boy.
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[[folder:Varon[[note]]Probably supposed to be Balon[[/note]](Valon)]]
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--> Voiced by: Takeshi Maeda (JP), Creator/MarcThompson (EN)

One of Dartz's henchmen, he was a street kid who befriended a nun in a church owned by a gang. When the church was set on fire, Varon beat up the gang and blamed them, and was sent to prison. He drifted through the system getting into fights constantly until Dartz recruited him who had that church burnt for the purpose of having him join in the first place.

He uses an Armor deck, in which the monsters are parts of cybernetic armor (like helmet, boots, gauntlet, shield, etc) that actually attach to him. Since the Seal of Orichalcos makes the duel real, he can attack the opponent personally and beat them senseless. His trump cards include Big Bang Blow and Buster Pyle.

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* AccentAdaptation: Has an Australian accent in the dub.
* AttackAttackAttack: At one point, he even declares that he doesn't care if his opponent has an obvious trap card set, he would still attack.
* AxCrazy: He doesn't look very stable when he defeats Rebecca and Duke.
** SlasherSmile: Not at all.
* TheBerserker: Rushes into any situation where there's a battle without thinking of the consequences, and is willing to duel anyone, even if it means not taking their souls away.
* BloodKnight: The ONLY duelist in the series who isn't a WellIntentionedExtremist, a certified NiceGuy or a psychopath obsessed with winning and killing everything that can duel. This love of a fight is what translates somewhat to Jaden Yuki in GX.
* BoisterousBruiser: He talks tough and hits tougher.
* TheBrute: His deck literally allows him to win with just punching rather than complex plans that actually pay off.
* CompressedHair: His helmet hair is [[http://kaiba-cave.tumblr.com/post/49971833898/requested-by-foxyboxes something to behold.]]
* EvilCounterpart: Is arguably this to Joey. He's who Joey could have turned into if things at home had gotten just that little bit worse.
* GracefulLoser: After losing his duel with Joey, he calmly accepts his defeat and tells Joey it's up to the latter to save Mai, before having his soul taken away.
* KickTheDog: His duel with Rebecca and Duke where he harms them repeatedly with his armor cards (duels in the Doma Arc cause realistic damage to players).
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He tries to do this to Joey, whom he sees as an obstacle to Mai.
* NotSoDifferent[=/=]WorthyOpponent: He and Joey gain a lot of respect for each other over the course of their duel.
* PoweredArmor: His deck motif.
* ShoutOut: His back story is a reference to ''{{Cyborg 009}}''.
** ''SaintSeiya'' anyone?
* SmugSuper: What the dub makes him out to be.
* StartOfDarkness: See StreetUrchin
* StreetUrchin: After his home at the church was burnt down by Dartz he pretty much lived on the streets until he joined Dartz.
* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: His Psychic Armor Head has an [=AI=] that analyzes his opponent's cards and gives him advice.
* {{Yandere}}: For Mai, claiming that she's the only one who can understand him. He gets better, though.
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[[folder:Leonhart/Leon]]
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'''Leonhart von Schroider (レオンハルト・フォン・シュレイダー; ''reonharuto fon shureidaa'') /Leon Wilson (レオン・ウィルソン; ''reon wiruson'')'''
--> Voiced by: Seiko Noguchi (JP), Creator/AndrewRannells (EN)

An anime-only character.

The younger brother of failed corporate mogul Siegfried von Schroder, Leon dueled for fun under an alias until Siegfried found out about his hobby and recruited him to help him take down [=KaibaCorp=]. A cheerful kid, Leon loves his brother but isn't entirely on-board with his schemes.

He uses a fairy-tale themed deck designed specifically for him by Pegasus. His trump cards include Hex Trude, Globerman, and Princess of Thorns. Siegfried later gives him Golden Castle of Stromberg, an illegal Magic Card that's almost impossible to get rid of.

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* ArcVillain: The FinalBoss of the "KC Grand Prix" arc.
* AntiVillain: Leon's barely a villain, and thinks he's just playing in a tournament on behalf of his family. Unfortunately for him, he's actually being manipulated by his brother, Siegfried.
* BigBrotherWorship: Siegfried used this to his full advantage.
* CheatersNeverProsper: Toyed with. Cheating certainly doesn't help Leon, but that's because once he finds out the move he's used is illegal, he tries to throw the duel.
* CheerfulChild: Leon is very happy and well-adjusted.
* ChildProdigy: At dueling.
* TheCutie: Look at the kid's picture: he's adorable.
* TheDragon: To his older brother. He isn't necessarily aware of this.
* EnfanteTerrible: Downplayed. Leon's an angry kid out to destroy [=KaibaCorp=], but that's more his brother's influence than anything else.
* EvilCounterpart: To Mokuba, although the "evil" part is quite a bit of a stretch. Both are the younger, happier brothers of driven, ruthless businessmen, who try to support their brothers no matter what. The difference is that Leon is actually a better duelist than Siegfried, and that unlike Mokuba he a) isn't entirely on-board with what his brother plans to do, and b) is being used by said brother.
* FillerVillain: Does not exist in the manga.
* FinalBoss: Of the [=KaibaCorp=] Grand Prix arc. Siegfried may be the ArcVillain and BigBad, but Leon's the one that Yugi has to take down in the last duel of the arc.
* {{Foil}}: His relationship with Siegfried parallels the one between Kaiba and Mokuba.
* HeelFaceTurn: When he discovers the degree to which Siegfried was using him, Leon turns on his brother and helps Yugi destroy his own Golden Castle of Stromberg.
* HeroWorshipper: Of Siegfried.
* HeroicBSOD / MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he learns of Siegfried's true plan and that Golden Castle of Stromberg is an illegal GameBreaker card, as he wanted to win fairly. Yugi cheers him up.
* MoralityPet: To his older brother Siegfried, though Siegfried isn't afraid to use him if it serves his interests.
* NiceGuy: One of the nicest characters in the original series. Leon duels for fun, and not in a BloodKnight way either; he just likes to play games and meet people. Mind you, [[BewareTheNiceOnes that doesn't mean he's not a]] ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes very]]'' [[BewareTheNiceOnes capable duelist]].
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His opponents and spectators have a tendency of assuming he's weak because he's a kid and his fairy-tale cards are cutesy and silly. Then he starts winning.
* ParentalNeglect: His parents shut him out of their lives and Siegfried's for fear he would distract the older boy from his studies.
* TheUnfavourite: Siegfried was the favourite, while Leon spent most of his childhood being completely ignored.
* UnwittingPawn: In Siegfried's plan. He thinks that all Siegfried wants to do is have a von Schroeder crowned KC Grand Champion, to humiliate Kaiba and help publicise the launch of one of Siegfried's new gaming systems. Instead, Siegfried's using him to collapse [=KaibaCorp=]'s computers and cost their rival vast amounts of time and money.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: Like his brother, he has a weird hair color.
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--> Voiced by: Creator/KojiOchiai (Japanese Toei anime), Main/YujiKishi (Duel Monsters)

* OneSceneWonder: In the second series anime, he's known as "that guy who helped Kaiba kidnap Yugi's grandfather" in the first episode.

* CompleteMonster: He pretty much gets off to murder and has no redeeming human characteristics whatsoever.

* DevelopmentGag: As revealed by Kazuki Takahashi in the opening of one of the later volumes, back during the development stages, Dark Yugi was originally going to have the skull-faced appearance Kozuka ultimately received.

* {{Homage}}: Obviously to TheTexasChainsawMassacre

The Kaiba Corp board of directors, consisting of Oshita (Gansley), Otaki (Crump), Ooka (Johnson), Ota (Nezbitt) and Daimon (Leichter). Played a part in Kaiba's takeover of the company when Gozaburo ran things, but once Kaiba took over he stripped them of their power and left them as figureheads. They've since tried various schemes to take the company for themselves, that ultimately result in them being locked in a virtual world; they must each defeat a member of the main cast in a duel in order to escape.

Oshita uses a Reptile deck that concentrates on locking down his opponent's options; his Deck Master is Deep Sea Warrior. Otaki uses a water/ice deck filled with penguins; his Deck Master is Nightmare Penguin. Ooka uses a Fusion deck along with cards that emulate a courtroom setting; his Deck Master is Judgeman. Ota uses a Machine deck that has Perfect Machine King as its trump card; his Deck Master is Robotic Knight. Daimon uses a Lockdown strategy that focuses on Injection Fairy Lily and Satellite Cannon; his Deck Master is Jinzo. During their joint duel with Yugi & Joey, the five utilise a combination of one another's cards, with Five-Headed Dragon and Leichter's Berserk Dragon acting as their trump cards.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Twice. The first time is when they all possess Tristan's body, the second is when they sacrifice all of their Deck Masters to summon Five-Headed Dragon.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Leichter. He's got dark skin, dark hair, and a six foot thick Southern accent in the dub.

* AnimeHair: Leichter.
* AntiVillain: Crump is by far the most sympathetic of the Big 5, aside from his humiliating treatment in his duel with Tea. He had AbusiveParents and only found comfort in watching penguins at the zoo, jealous of their deeply paternal bonds with their children. He eventually worked up the ranks to gain enough authority to get his own penguin-themed amusement park, but [[JerkAss Seto]] turned his proposal down.

* BadassGrandpa: They're all in their fifties at least, and can take on the likes of Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey. Special mention goes to Gansley and Leichter for nearly taking out Yugi and Kaiba without cheating.
* BaldOfEvil: Gansley in his real body, Leichter as Jinzo.
* BeardOfEvil: Leichter.
* BigOlEyebrows: Leichter has thick villainous eyebrows. Nezbitt looks like someone drew angry eyebrows on him with a giant marker.
* BlingOfWar: Nezbitt as Robotic Knight.
* BoringButPractical: Aside from Leichter, the group clearly has only a beginner's understanding of Duel Monsters. Thus they use straightforward and simple strategies, but they're good enough to work. Gansley uses self-replacing monsters with effects to limit the opponent's card advantage, Crump uses a Water-themed beatdown deck, Johnson uses a Fusion-monster Life Point recovery combo that lets him abuse his Deck Master ability, and Nezbitt uses a Machine-themed beatdown deck focused on Machine King. Nezbitt even comments on this due to repeatedly using his Robotic Knight's special ability to pile damage onto his opponents, Serenity, Duke, and Tristan, after which Serenity complains about his tactics. His response:

* CaptainErsatz: Crump is very clearly based on Batman villain Oswald Cobblepot, aka The Penguin.
* CastFromHitPoints: Leichter's playstyle is to use powerful cards that drain his Life Points, then regain them with cards like Solemn Wishes or Life Absorbing Machine.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: They betrayed Gozaburo to Kaiba, and Kaiba to Pegasus, before trapping him in a virtual world. After they themselves were trapped there, they join up with Noah, but have no problems flaunting his rules and going behind his back in their desperation to get out of there. Finally, they violate the terms of their duel with Yugi and Joey, refusing to return Tristan's body despite having promised to.

* CoolMask: Gansley as Deepsea Warrior. Leichter wears one along with some SinisterShades when he first appears; one could argue that the mask he wears as Jinzo counts too.

* {{Cyborg}}: Leichter as Jinzo; Nezbitt would desperately like to be one.
* DeadpanSnarker: Somewhat surprisingly, Gansley, who keeps up a pretty constant barrage of understated sarcasm in the initial part of his duel with Yugi.
* DealWithTheDevil: They cut deals with Pegasus and then Noah in hopes of gaining control of [=KaibaCorp=]. Leichter's "A Deal With Dark Ruler" card simulates this, summoning Berserk Dragon in exchange for half his lifepoints.

** Gansley spends the duel insulting Kuriboh and loses due to its ability.
** Crump declares Dark Magician Girl to be useless without the Dark Magician, so Tea summons Yugi's and the tag team wins her the duel.
** Johnson loses because he can't tell if Joey's telling the truth about what cards he's drawn.
** Nezbitt picks Serenity as an opponent because she's inexperienced and it's her monster that finishes him off.
** Leichter considers himself superior to Kaiba and loses when Kaiba pulls out a monster with a higher level than Leichter's.
** In their combined duel with Yugi and Joey, they allowed Joey to duel with Yugi because they thought he would be weaker and hold Yugi back. It was Joey's cards powering up the Dark Magician that won the duel.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Initially they're an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness, with the collective goal of taking over [=KaibaCorp=] for unspecified, but undoubtedly sinister intentions. In the "Virtual Nightmare" arc, they're all given separate personalities, and objectives, and while they all share the goal of defeating Kaiba and escaping into the real world, their reasons for hating him are fleshed out, with them being gaining separate backstories and motivations. Gansley and Johnson are just greedy, Crump's mad at Kaiba for mocking his penguin obsession, Nezbitt's angry about his work being disposed of, and Leichter's TheResenter par excellence.

* DramaticUnmask: Leichter goes through the effort of disguising his Deck Master identity before revealing himself as the powerful Lockdown-style monster Jinzo when Kaiba tries to set Trap cards.
* DrivenByEnvy: All of them are envious of Kaiba, but Leichter is probably the worst, as he feels he, and not Seto, should have been given control of [=KaibaCorp=].
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Crump certainly thinks so, and his Nightmare Penguin Deck Master and deck filled with penguin cards reflects that belief. In practise it doesn't work out so well for him, as his penguins are among the weakest cards in the game.
* EvilOldFolks: Gansley, who actually needs a cane to support himself.

* FatBastard: Gansley and Crump are noticeably portly.

** TheDragon: Daimon/Leichter, who seems to be second-in-command, and is definitely their best duelist. One could argue that Five-Headed Dragon is this to the group as a whole, with Berserk Dragon being Leichter's.
*** DragonInChief: Leichter is by far the most skilled duelist, and takes over for the group permanently in their unified duel.

* FluffyTheTerrible: Leichter's Injection Fairy Lilly. She's a small cute fairy with only 400/1500. However, by paying 2000 Life Points he can raise her attack to 3400 until the end of his turn, making her very hard to get rid of.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Johnson's real body, Leichter's Deck Master body.
* GeniusBruiser: Subverted. Nezbitt thinks he's become one after fusing to create Perfect Machine King but he relies on brute power more than strategy, and costs the Big Five their duel with Yugi and Joey.

* {{Greed}}: A motivating factor for all of them, but especially Gansley and Johnson.
* HumongousMecha: Nezbitt's Perfect Machine King, created by fusing Machine King and Robotic Knight.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Leichter's a bad guy, no doubt, but he's entirely right when he calls out Kaiba for the way he used Mokuba and The Big Five during TheCoup against Gozaburo.
* ILied: Leichter's response when Yugi reminds him that he promised to return Tristan's body if the Big 5 were defeated.

* LargeAndInCharge: Leichter is their most talented duelist and is therefore given the most control when the Big Five are forced to duel together. He is also physically tallest as a human and probably as Jinzo as well.
* LastNameBasis: Only Crump's first name has been revealed, and they are all addressed by their last names.
* LeanAndMean: Leichter as Jinzo. Possibly as a normal person as well, since he is the tallest of the Big Five but seems to have narrow shoulders.
* TheLoad: Ota/Nezbitt, who, in the duel against Yugi and Joey, totally blows the substantial lead that Gansley, Crump, and Johnson had established, requiring [[TheDragon Leichter]] to step in in order to stave off defeat. This comes off as a bit ironic, given how he was the only one of the Five to beat a duelist individually, and it was through him taking Tristan's body that the group had a chance to duel Yugi and Joey at all (though part of that was because Tristan lost defending an inexperienced Serenity from Nezbitt's attacks).
** Crump, perhaps surprisingly, isn't this; despite his humiliating loss to Tea he firmly establishes himself as a NotSoHarmlessVillain during the group duel.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Crump. He uses a deck filled with penguins, which he's been obsessed with since childhood, and comes off as so pathetic in his duel with Tea that you almost feel sorry for him. Then in the duel between the Big Five and Yugi & Joey (in which most of the cards on the field belong to other Big Five members) he and his Deck Master, Nightmare Penguin, really come into their own, boosting the power of the WATER monsters Gansley had played and establishing an enormous lead for the Big Five.
** Johnson as well. In his duel against Joey he only manages to stay in the game through excessive cheating and still loses. In the team match against Yugi and Joey, he manages to bring them to the brink of defeat, only for Nezbitt to muscle in and ruin everything for the team.

* OneWingedAngel: Nezbitt (as Robotic Knight) gets an impressive one when he fuses with Machine King to create Perfect Machine King. 2700 ATK, 1500 DEF. It gains 500 ATK for every Machine monster on the field, including itself, and Nezbitt runs a Machine deck and has a Magic Card that turns ''opposing'' monsters into Machines - in Nezbitt's duel, this causes the King to rocket up to '''5200''' ATK the second it's summoned.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Their Five-Headed Dragon is a GameBreaker with 5000/5000, that destroys all cards on the field through the act of being summoned and can only be harmed by a monster with the Light Attribute. After it's destruction in their duel with Yugi and Jonouchi/Joey, Leichter summons the Berserk Dragon, a freaky [[TheUndead undead]] monster with 3500/0 that can attack the entire field at once (but fortunately loses 500 ATK points every turn).
* PerpetualFrowner: Gansley's a scowler.
* PungeonMaster: All of them--Gansley makes business puns, Crump accounting ones, Johnson legal ones, and Nezbitt machine related ones, while Leichter makes most of his at Kaiba's expense.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Leichter delivers a lengthy one to Kaiba in which he calls him out on his ruthless attitude and treatment of Mokuba.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Gansley's deck is made up almost exclusively of reptile cards.

* SmugSnake: All of them. They range from very low-functioning (Crump and Nezbitt) to the far more high-functioning Gansley and Leichter. Johnson may be the most classic of them, with his condescending attitude, arrogance, and smarmy personality.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Gansley vs Yugi and Leichter vs Kaiba.

* ThemeNaming: In the original Japanese. Their surnames all begin with the character for 'big,' romanized as 'O.' The exception is Leichter/Daimon, who uses the more Chinese 'dai' pronunciation.
* TookALevelInBadass: Between their original appearances, and the Virtual World arc. Gansley and Leichter in particular have become capable duelists who can give the likes of Yugi and Kaiba, both world champions, a run for their money.
* [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty Try To Catch Me Dueling Dirty]]: Johnson already had a ''huge'' game breaking ability, but added rigging the results of Joey's luck-based cards to his advantage. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Noah didn't put up with it]].

** Actually, if the overall gameplay is taken into account, [[FridgeLogic Gansley would have lost anyway]]: had he summoned Rainbow Snake Eingana and attacked Obnoxious Celtic Guardian with it, Kuriboh's Deck Master ability would have kicked in, shielding Yami Yugi from the damage. Yami Yugi would have then drawn Rainbow Blessing and used it to wipe out Gansley's remaining Life Points with Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast.
* VillainousCheekbones: All of them but Crump, who has chubby cheeks. Special points to Leichter, who has cheekbones that could cut sheet metal.

* WeHaveReserves: Nezbitt's support strategy--summon, then discard Machine monsters to directly deal damage to his opponents. The only ones that ultimately matter to him are his beatstick Machine King and himself as Robotic Knight.
* WouldHitAGirl: Crump and Nezbitt would both trap a girl in the virtual world, and even specifically choose Serenity and Tea as their opponents because they think they'll be easier to beat.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: In the group duel, Yugi and Joey manage to do the [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable near impossible]] and take down the Five-Headed Dragon, which served as the group's collective Deck Master and is all but undefeatable. They celebrate, they cheer--and then Leichter activates [[DealWithTheDevil A Deal With Dark Ruler]] to summon [[TheUndead Berserk Dragon]] as their new Deck Master, even as Yugi and Joey's all powerful Mirage Knight splits back into the Dark Magician and Flame Swordsman that were used to summon it. [[OhCrap Uh-oh]].

* Jerkass: He was enough of dick that ''Yugi'' lost his cool and sicked his sociopath alter-ego on the guy.

* DubNameName: The English DDM video game changes his name to Stringer.

* BusCameBack: He's an early villain that suffered a traumatic loss against Dark Yugi in one of his Shadow Games, that actually (briefly) returns during the Battle City arc, only to get his spirit broken by Seto Kaiba and his Obelisk.

* TheCameo: He makes a special appearance as an NPC in ''Reshef of Destruction''.

* MindRape: Dark Yugi raised the level of his Shadow Game against Nagumo, making the players feel the pain of their monsters. Towards the end of the game, Nagumo's Wild Spilder horrifyingly turned into a little Nagumo/spider hybrid, and received a final blow to his face.

--> voiced by: Shouzou Iizuka (Japanese Toei anime)

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[[folder:Domino City Residents]]
!!Prisoner Number 777
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--> Voiced by: Creator/MahitoOhba (Japanese Toei anime - Jiro The Spider), Main/NobuyukiHiyama (Japanese Toei anime - Tetsu Sasaki)

The prisoner escaped from Domino City Jail with a stolen handgun after killing a guard and then held Anzu Mazaki hostage at Burger World. After blindfolding her, he told Yugi to get him Lucky Stripe cigarettes and vodka. When Anzu realized that Yugi was the one bringing the Prisoner cigarettes and vodka from the Prison's description of him, she told Yugi to stay away because it was too dangerous. Angry, [[WouldHitAGirl the prisoner slammed her down and told her to shut up]].

Yugi's distress at seeing Anzu being treated this way prompted Dark Yugi to emerge, where the SuperPoweredEvilSide challenged the Prisoner to a game called the "One finger [[EmphasizeEverything BATTLE!]]", a game where each player tries to take each other's life using one finger of their choosing. The prisoner aimed his gun at Yugi (right finger) and told him that he will die after he lights his cigarette. While the prisoner was pouring the vodka, Dark Yugi placed the lit lighter (right thumb) on his hand - the Russian vodka was 90% alcohol and pulling the trigger would cause the lighter to fall into the glass. As Dark Yugi leads Anzu away, the Prisoner sighs in relief, causing the cigarette to drop from his mouth and ignite the vodka, setting the convict ablaze.

[[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep Kaiba's butler is Seto Kaiba's faithful butler]], rarely leaving his side. He once worked as a torturer and learned to resist torture himself, before being employed by the Kaiba family.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Kujirada's Digital Pet is one of the stranger aspects of the first dozen chapters, it's not eve related to the Shadow Games... it's just a demonic toy.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the first Toei series anime, he first appears as he does in the manga, but it turns out he was being bullied by Haiyama, who is the real antagonist of the Digital pet story there.

Goro was part of a class that served Hiroshima-style ''okonomiyaki'' for the Domino High School festival and was the Senior Class D festival committee president. When Anzu Mazaki's class won his class's favored spot at the festival in a raffle drawing, he ordered his classmate's to tear down the Anzu's class' booth and seized the spot. However, Dark Yugi won it back by defeating Goro in the Shadow Game, Griddle Ice Hockey.

* DubNameChange: In the English version of the Dungeon Dice Monsters video game, he's renamed to Demitrius the Bully. His 5D's incarnation is called Tetsu Trudge in the 4Kids dub.

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[[folder:Domino City Residents]]
!!Prisoner Number 777
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--> Voiced by: Creator/MahitoOhba (Japanese Toei anime - Jiro The Spider), Main/NobuyukiHiyama (Japanese Toei anime - Tetsu Sasaki)

The prisoner escaped from Domino City Jail with a stolen handgun after killing a guard and then held Anzu Mazaki hostage at Burger World. After blindfolding her, he told Yugi to get him Lucky Stripe cigarettes and vodka. When Anzu realized that Yugi was the one bringing the Prisoner cigarettes and vodka from the Prison's description of him, she told Yugi to stay away because it was too dangerous. Angry, [[WouldHitAGirl the prisoner slammed her down and told her to shut up]].

Yugi's distress at seeing Anzu being treated this way prompted Dark Yugi to emerge, where the SuperPoweredEvilSide challenged the Prisoner to a game called the "One finger [[EmphasizeEverything BATTLE!]]", a game where each player tries to take each other's life using one finger of their choosing. The prisoner aimed his gun at Yugi (right finger) and told him that he will die after he lights his cigarette. While the prisoner was pouring the vodka, Dark Yugi placed the lit lighter (right thumb) on his hand - the Russian vodka was 90% alcohol and pulling the trigger would cause the lighter to fall into the glass. As Dark Yugi leads Anzu away, the Prisoner sighs in relief, causing the cigarette to drop from his mouth and ignite the vodka, setting the convict ablaze.

Yugi's distress at seeing Anzu being treated this way prompted Dark Yugi to emerge, where the SuperPoweredEvilSide challenged the Prisoner to a game called the "One finger [[EmphasizeEverything BATTLE!]]", a game where each player tries to take each other's life using one finger of their choosing. The prisoner aimed his gun at Yugi (right finger) and told him that he will die after he lights his cigarette. While the prisoner was pouring the vodka, Dark Yugi placed the lighter on his hand (right thumb) - the Russian vodka was 90% alcohol and pulling the trigger would cause the lighter to fall into the glass. As Dark Yugi leads Anzu away, the Prisoner sighs in relief, causing the cigarette to drop from his mouth and ignite the vodka, setting the convict ablaze.

* Anti-Villain: In the first series anime, where he's only following Kaiba's evil orders in the hopes that he'll eventually become good again.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the first anime, he's not that bad of a guy. We see little of him in the second anime, so there's little to tell if he's as sadistic as his manga counterpart.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the first series anime by Toei, he is portrayed as more sympathetic. Being ill and perpetually on life support, Kaiba's butler experienced Seto Kaiba's kindness when Seto was young. He duels for Kaiba in the hopes of his good heart reemerging, and upon his loss, urged Yugi to restore Kaiba's kindness.

* DubNameChange: In the first series anime, the person who has Prisoner Number 777's design is given the name Tetsu Sasaki, whereas the Burger World manager - the real convict - is called Jiro The Spider. And in the English Dungeon Dice Monsters video game, he's renamed to Jackpot.

!! Daimon ([[DubNameChange Hobson]])

Daimon is Seto Kaiba's faithful retainer, rarely leaving his side. He once worked as a torturer and learned to resist torture himself, before being employed by the Kaiba family.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the first series anime by Toei, he is portrayed as more sympathetic. Being ill and perpetually on life support, Daimon experienced Seto Kaiba's kindness when Seto was young. He duels for Kaiba in the hopes of his good heart reemerging, and upon his loss, urged Yugi to restore Kaiba's kindness.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: He's simply known as "Kaiba's butler" in the manga.

** JerkAssHasAPoint: During the Doma FillerArc, 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, YDark Yugi is visibly affected.

* [[WouldHurtAChild Would Kill a Child]]: Killed ten boy scouts and was all-the-more-willing to kill Johji's, Honda's infant nephew.

* AdaptedOut: Because the second anime adaptation skips over this chapter, he never appears. Instead, the villain of the anime-only Burger World flashback was a perverted gym cheater with a camera, intended to be a CompositeCharacter of Kokurano and Prisoner Number 777

* GlassShatteringSound: Unlike the a lot of the minor villains of the manga, he wasn't a murder, but his terrible singing might have killed Yugi anyway.

!! Kokurano
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--> Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruChiba (Duel Monsters)

Kokurano is the self-proclaimed psychic of Domino High School's Class 1-A. He became famous at school when he predicted a fellow student's house would catch fire, which came true 3 weeks later. In actuality, he had set the student's house on fire.

After he tries to assault Anzu, Dark Yugi challenges him to a Shadow Game called Paper Crash.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the manga, Joey kicks his ass in a fistfight. In the anime, Keith hands Jonouchi his rear end, and beats up Kozuka, Takaido, and Satake all at once.