Age: 17 (at the beginning of the show) - currently 18
Dorm: Obelisk Blue (graduated now)
Deck Type: Cyber Dragon Deck
Signiture Card: Cyber Dragon / Cyber End Dragon
Dubbed Name: Zane Truesdale
Seiyuu: Maeda Tsuyoshi
English Voice Actor: Scottie Ray
He can be summarized in one word:
aloof. At first he seems distant, unreachable, a dueling genius with only one goal in mind: to win (more appropriately, to find a worth opponent worthy).
However, as the series progresses you begin to see other qualities emerge in him. He DOES care about his brother, he DOES admire other duelists, he DOES blush. XD
He can also become quite
evil. In
Season Two, after losing to
Edo Phoenix in a pro duelist match (he was so angry he didn't see a trap card), he lost all his confidence.
He began losing duel after duel until he was introduced to an "underground duel" with Mad Dog Inukai. "Underground duels" are when you have cuffs placed around your neck, arms, and legs, and everytime you lose lifepoints, you get electrified. Badly.
Some of that shocking must have gone to his head because he began to wear long black trenchcoats, laugh evilly, and proclaim himself
Hell Kaiser Ryo! (By the way, he won that duel.)
He can be easily compared to
Kaiba Seto of the original Yuugiou series. Both are
amazing duelists, both love their younger brothers, and both go through some emotional trama after losing a duel (when you've never lost before, I suppose it can be a bit shocking.).
However, there are some major differences! For example, Ryo is missing something that Seto has written all over his face: an ego! Ryo always respects his opponents (he's such a gentleman T_T). Also, Ryo tends to be strict on his brother and nicer to others. The opposite can be said for Seto.
Finally, Ryo has a better voice, and looks better too. XD *gets stabbed by all the Seto fangirls*
But going back to the past, the first duel he ever lost was to
Camilla. He lost that on purpose to save his younger brother,
Marufuji Sho.
Oh my gosh, how of you guys would willingly turn yourself into a doll for a vampire to save your brother's soul? I bet no one. That's one pretty awesome big brother.
Sho is kind of like the opposite of Ryo. He's small (literally), insecure, and in Osiris Red. Back in elementary school, Sho was dueling another opponent. Sho drew a
Powerbond card and started getting cocky (calling his opponent a coward gorilla and saying that whoever lost who have to do a handstand around school nude - bad little boy ^_~).
Anyways, just before he played the card, Ryo stepped in and offered the boy a card in exchange to stop the duel. Sho got angry, but Ryo showed him how Sho would have lost due to the effect of Powerbond and his opponent's facedown Spellbinding Circle. From then on, he
sealed his brother's Powerbond.
To the sorta future again. The last two episodes of Season 1 deal with his duel against
Yuki Judai. Ryo had been looking forward to this duel since their first encounter in Episode 8. Since he got to choose his opponent for his graduation duel, any guesses whom?
Everybody was shocked that the
Kaiser would choose an
Osiris Red student for the ceremonial duel! It's an incredible intense duel...can't describe it in this little space! Spoiler...the duel ends in a TIE.
Oh yes! I forgot to mention how
smart and
handsome he is! XD He is the
TOP student at Duel Academia (or was, since he's now graduated). On the final exam, he scored 1000 points out of 1000. Which is
damn good (excuse my language). He has hordes of fangirls.
One girl,
Saotome Rei even pretended to be a boy to join the academy just to see him. He has such a wonderful voice! Current status...SINGLE!
ARGH, I'm running out of space to talk about Kaiser! Hmm...maybe I'll create another page soon...
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