The original manga of Yu-Gi-Oh! tells the tale of Yugi Mutou, a timid young boy who loves all sorts of games, but is often bullied around. One day, he solves an ancient artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle, causing his body to play host to a mysterious spirit with the personality of a gambler. From that moment onwards, whenever Yugi or one of his friends is threatened by those with darkness in their hearts, this "Dark Yugi" shows himself and challenges them to dangerous "Shadow Games" which reveal the true nature of someone's heart, the losers of these contests often being subjected to a dark punishment called a "Penalty Game". As the series progresses, Yugi and his friends (Jonouchi Katsuya, Anzu Mazaki, Hiroto Honda, and later Ryo Bakura) learn that this other Yugi inside of his puzzle is actually the spirit of a nameless Pharaoh from Egyptian times who had lost his memories. As Yugi and his companions attempt to help the Pharaoh regain his memories, they find themselves going through many trials as they wager their lives facing off against others that wield the mysterious Millennium Items and the dark power of the Shadow Games.
The Japanese names in Western order (given name before family name) and English manga names are listed first and the English anime names are listed second, when applicable.
Yugi Mutou
Main article: Yugi Mutou
Yugi Mutou (武藤 遊戯 Mutō Yūgi, Yugi Muto and pronounced "Moto" in the English anime) is main protagonist of the story. He wears the Millennium Puzzle, one of the seven Millennium Items
and an ancient Egyptian artifact holding the spirit of Pharaoh Atem
around his neck. When Yugi is playing a game or under stress, the spirit
inside the Millennium Puzzle surfaces and the 3,000-year-old (5,000 in
the English anime) pharaoh, Dark Yugi takes partial or complete control
of the body, changing his personality to a cold and confident gambler.
Initially, Yugi could be described as soft-spoken, timid, meek, and shy,
but as the series progresses, his character develops to the point where
he has a much bigger presence and becomes more outspoken. One defining
character moment for him was when he defeated an antagonist without Dark
Yugi's help, Ryuji Otogi, in a game of Dungeon Dice Monsters (DDD in
the manga) under bleak circumstances, proving that he is truly worthy of
being the Millennium Puzzle's wielder.Yugi's main defining trait in the manga is that he has an extreme fondness for games of all kinds, willing to support competition to his grandfather's game store in order to buy the latest games (for example, Dungeon Dice Monsters or DDD in the manga). This goes with his name "Yugi", which means game, and the series title, which means "Game King" or "King of Games." In the second series anime, he's shown to be mostly fond of the Duel Monsters (Magic & Wizards in the Japanese manga) card game, being especially adept at playing it.
In both mediums, he shares a M&W/DM deck with his other half, which focuses on earth and dark monsters with spell and trap cards to enhance them. Notable examples of his early monsters are Dark Magician, Gaia the Fierce Knight, Summoned Skull, Curse of Dragon, and Celtic Guardian. Later, during Battle City, Yugi acquires Dark Magician Girl, as well as his Magnet Warriors, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, Buster Blader, Big Shield Guardna and Royal Knights, all of which become some of his most commonly played cards. During the Ceremonial Battle, the normal Yugi makes his own deck that is themed with toy monsters and level monsters that gets stronger as the game progresses, symbolizing his character growth throughout the story. Living in a game shop, he also owns a number of other collectible games.
In the first series anime, Yugi is voiced by Megumi Ogata. In the Duel Monsters anime, he is voiced by Shunsuke Kazama. In the English dub, he is voiced by Dan Green.
Dark / Yami Yugi
Main article: Yugi Mutou
Dark Yugi (闇遊戯 Yami Yūgi, initially Yami Yugi or The Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle in the English anime, later referred to as just The Pharoah)
is the second personality inhabiting Yugi's body, a 3,000-year-old
gambling spirit of an ancient Pharaoh who resides in the Millennium
Puzzle. Like his host, he shares a fondness for games and gaming
culture, often referred to in the manga as Game King (遊戯王 Yūgiō, King of Games in most English translations).[1][2] He appears whenever Yugi's in trouble, challenging bullies and criminals to occult judgment games called Shadow Games (闇のゲーム Yami no Gēmu) and enforces Penalty Games (罰ゲーム Batsu Gēmu) to enact ironic justice
(the default powers of a Millennium Item wielder). A defining character
moment for him is when he decides to stop using them after his battle
with Pegasus, who tells him that the Millennium Items contain an evil
will.[3]
In the second series anime, Dark Yugi comes off as a lot more merciful
as a character because this subplot is written out. As the story
progresses to the point where he's more than just a split personality,
he becomes more and more independent of Yugi and develops a desire to
find out who he is and where he came from.Even compared to Yugi, he seems to have the most knowledge on gaming and gambling culture within the whole cast, noticeably when he explains Ryuji Otogi's bar bet games to the normal Yugi, who noticed that his games didn't feel like they were fair.
Yugi and his friends eventually find out that he is the spirit of an ancient Pharaoh who has long forgotten his name. At the end of the manga, it's revealed that his name as Pharaoh was Atem (アテム Atemu), who sealed his soul into the Puzzle along with the Great God of Evil, Zorc Necrophades.
In the first series anime, Dark Yugi is voiced by Megumi Ogata. In the Duel Monsters anime, he is voiced by Shunsuke Kazama. In the English dub, he is voiced by Dan Green.
Katsuya Jonouchi
Main article: Katsuya Jonouchi
Katsuya Jonouchi (城之内 克也 Jōnouchi Katsuya, Joey Wheeler in the English anime)
is Yugi's best friend. Initially nothing more than a street thug and
former bully; throwing Yugi's Millennium Puzzle piece into the swimming
pool and disgusted at how unmanly he was. When Tetsuo Ushio decides to
be Yugi's self-imposed bodyguard in order to extort money from him, he
beats up Jonouchi and Honda, Yugi stands up for them, and it's then that
Jonouchi realizes that he was jealous of Yugi's "treasure" all along,
and later on that night, he retrieves the Millennium Puzzle piece and
brings it back to Yugi's house, where Yugi completes it and challenges
Ushio to the first Shadow Game of the series. Jonouchi is touched by
Yugi's behavior towards him and they become loyal friends, forming his
own "treasure."Jonouchi is good at fist fighting and is usually able to take on people bigger than him, such as Bandit Keith (in the anime, this quality is underplayed and he gets beaten up by Bandit Keith instead). Though not exactly the best gamer in Domino, he develops a better liking to them thanks to Yugi, and he's managed to use his strong points to help Yugi come through in earlier storylines. Later on, he develops an interest in the Duel Monsters game, the latest fad at the time. Though unskilled at first, with Yugi's help, he trains for the Duelist Kingdom tournament in order to free Sugoroku's soul from the portable TV and save his sister's eyesight; progressively getting better throughout the series to the point where he could be called a match for Dark Yugi. Jonouchi is shown to have a very kind heart, selfless and caring, considerate, and eager willingness to help and save those he deeply cares for and loves, but he also demonstrates a near lack of modesty and can be rather rash at times, making him a source of comic relief. Jonouchi notes that, before he met Yugi, he was never really motivated for anything. As the story progressed, he learned to channel his anger into games instead of his fists.
In the anime, Yugi's grandfather tutors him in how to play Duel Monsters, and he is initially rather unskilled at the game, only making his progress through additional help from Yugi, but he gains a knack for it, and eventually goes on to place second in the Duelist Kingdom Tournament, fourth in Battle City, but is eliminated early on in the KC Grand Championship Tournament. In the English version of the anime, he has a Brooklyn accent.
He also appeared to have strong romantic feelings for his dear friend Mai Kujaku, and in the anime, he did everything he could to try and save her from the Seal of Orichalcos' evil in the Doma filler arc
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