ocean-themed duelist appearing both in the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City arcs. Introduced in the Duelist Kingdom arc, he duels Yugi Mutou and is defeated. In Battle City he duels Katsuya Jounouchi, and his backstory is further expanded. It is revealed that Kajiki's father was a great fisherman that was lost at sea. In the English anime, Mako believes his father is alive and duels to raise money to fund a trip to search for him; in the Japanese anime, Kajiki duels in his father's memory. Jounouchi defeats Ryota in their duel. (Wiki)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters centers around the journey of the spirit of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who is trying to re-discover who he was many years ago, since he has lost his memories. With the help of a boy, Yugi Mutou, the one who awakened the spirit, and his friends, he battles many villains and adversaries. Many of the villains have been linked to the Nameless Pharaoh's past, due to the Millennium Puzzle he holds and many try to take the puzzle and his power away from him. 
The series focuses on the card game aspect of it and the main theme represented throughout the series is friendship.

__Alma Mater:__ Tokyo International University

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Andrew Scott Rannells (born August 23, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for originating the role of Elder Kevin Price in the 2011 Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. He received his second Tony nomination in 2017 for his performance as Whizzer in the 2016 Broadway revival of Falsettos. Other Broadway credits include Hairspray (2005), Jersey Boys (2009), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014), Hamilton (2015), and The Boys in the Band (2018).

Singapore-based actor who worked for Odex. Speaks Mandarin Chinese, English, and French.

__Interests:__ Performing Arts, Literature, Music, Art and The Internet  
__Favorite Food:__ Pasta  
__Favorite Song:__ A Whole New World  
__Favorite Musical:__ Wicked  
__Favorite Movies:__ Rainman, Lord of the Rings, Jungle Book, Aladdin  
__Favorite Singers:__ Lea Salonga and Susan Egan  
__Favorite Actor:__ Jason Scott Lee

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Hermes Pereira Baroli, better known only as Hermes Baroli, is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, dubbing director, entrepreneur, screenwriter, television presenter and art director. He is also the son of actors and voice actors [Gilberto Baroli](https://anilist.co/staff/102351/) and [Zodja Pereira](https://anilist.co/staff/202529/), brother of actresses and voice actresses [Letícia Quinto](https://anilist.co/staff/100136/) and half-brother of [Luciana Baroli](https://anilist.co/staff/106520/), married to [Leticia Grassi](https://anilist.co/staff/205030/). One of his most remarkable works was the voice of the character Seiya of Pegasus in The Knights of the Zodiac. He also voiced Matt Damon in Saving Private Ryan, Manabu in Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya, Edward Norton in Fight Club, James Franco in 127 Hours and Scott Summers / Cyclops (1st voice) in X-Men: Evolution.

10th grader Yugi spent most of his time alone playing games--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, a mysterious Egyptian artifact! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evil-doers to the Shadow Games--weird games with high stakes and high risks! These graphic novels contain new stories not seen in the anime, including the origin of Yugi and his friends!
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 
Notes: 
- The Viz Media release split the series into three parts with separate chapter/volume counts. "Yu-Gi-Oh!" includes volumes 1-7, "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist" includes volumes 8-31, and "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World" includes volumes 32-38. 
- The final chapter of Viz Media's "Yu-Gi-Oh!" was moved from its final volume to the first volume of "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist."

Ryota Kajiki