List of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's characters

The following is a list of characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime series. Where appropriate, names from English media are on the left whilst the original Japanese names are on the right.

Main characters

 * Yusei Fudo (不動 遊星)
 * Yusei is the main protagonist of the series, a young man who grew up in the Sattelite. When he travels to New Domino City in order to retrieve his Stardust Dragon from Jack Atlas, he soon discovers that he is a Signer, a person chosen to bear the mark of the Crimson Dragon. Whilst initially bearing the mark of the Crimson Dragon's tail, following his battle with Goodwin, it is replaced with the dragon's head. He is cool and collected duelist who believes no card is useless. He uses a "Warrior and Synchron" deck which focuses on managing small monsters of various levels in order to summon out powerful Synchro Monsters, such as Junk Warrior. His key card is Stardust Dragon and later obtains two further evolutions; the powerful Majestic Star Dragon and the Accel Synchro monster, Shooting Star Dragon.


 * Jack Atlas (ジャック・アトラス)
 * Jack is known as the "Absolute King of the Turbo Duel", and was once Yusei's best friend, but they became bitter rivals after Jack stole Yusei's Stardust Dragon and Duel Runner and left for New Domino City. Now, as a former resident of Satellite, he must hide his past from the rest of society. But he was defeated by Yusei Fudo in the championship round of the Fortune Cup. After that he starts off as very arrogant and cruel, but his conscience is revived thanks to Carly Carmine, who heals his wounded heart and teaches him to let "the real Jack Atlas" live, and become a good person. His signature card is also a Synchro monster, Red Dragon Archfiend (Red Demon's Dragon in the Japanese version) which, when granted the power of the Signers, can be upgraded to Majestic Red Dragon. He later achieves a Burning Soul which can summon out Scar-Red Nova Dragon. He plays a "Power" Deck, focusing on quickly summoning powerful monster to obliterate his opponent's defenses. Jack is one of the five Signers, the chosen ones of the People of the Stars, and carries the Crimson Dragon's Wings. He has attracted Mina, Carly, and the waitress Stephanie.


 * Akiza Izinski / Aki Izayoi (十六夜 アキ)
 * She is the main female protagonist that doubled as antagonist. Akiza appears as a cold and pathologically sadomasochistic girl with the power to bring the monsters and magic of Duel Monsters to life, a psychic power ability only used through anguish and cruelty. Because of this, and her abilities, she is called the "Black Rose" ("Black Rose Witch" in Japanese). Because of this, she earlier chose to distance herself from people, believing her power to be caused by the Dragon birthmark she possesses, but became more 'open' after her second Duel with Yusei. She holds strong feelings for Yusei. She is the third Signer, who plays a deck based around Plant-Type Monsters and holds the "Black Rose Dragon". While she is the Black Rose, she hides her appearance with a tattered cloak and covers her face with a mask. She, along with Leo, Luna, and their friends, attends the Duel Academy after the Dark Signers' defeat and later becomes a Turbo Duelist, acting as a reserve member of Team 5D's in the WRGP.


 * Leo / Rua (龍亞)
 * Leo is the lively and blundering twin brother of Luna. He plays a "Morphtronic" deck ("Deformer" in Japanese, also written as "D-Former"), with monsters based on Transformers that have different abilities in attack and defense position. He idolizes Jack, and even owns figurines of him, his Duel Runner, and his Dragon. He duels in the Fortune Cup tournament in place of his sister, but lost in the first round to Greiger. He has some knowledge of the dragon birthmarks, since his sister has one, and was shocked to discover that Yusei has one too. Whilst he is not a Signer himself, his key card, Power Tool Dragon, is similar to one of the five dragons. Leo's original dub name was going to be Luca, but 4Kids changed it.


 * Luna / Ruka (龍可)
 * Luna is the calm and collected twin sister of Leo. She plays a "Fairy/Spirit" deck, and gained the ability to speak with Duel Monster spirits, after an incident that occurred eight years ago. Luna fell into a coma at the age of three, but recovered after a month, thanks to Leo, who was by her side the whole time calling her name. After she awoke, she claimed to have visited the Duel Monsters Spirit World in her dreams, where she met the spirit of Ancient Fairy Dragon, who charged her with the duty of keeping the spirit world safe. Luna was invited to enter the Fortune Cup, however she had no interest in participating. Leo thought of the idea to enter in her place. She dislikes dueling, as speaking to monster spirits tires her. She is also one of the five Signers. Her birthmark is one of the Crimson Dragon's Claws. Her dragon is Ancient Fairy Dragon, which she retrieved after defeating Devack.


 * Crow Hogan (クロウ・ホーガン)
 * Crow is one of Yusei's friends and a thief. His parents died when he was little, and he was alone until Duel Monsters gave him friends and taught him how to read. He passes his knowledge on to a group of children he looks after, and his motives for stealing are to provide for them. He later became a member of Team Satisfaction with Yusei, Jack, and Kalin, but he quit due to Kalin taking the fun out of dueling, both from himself and his opponents. His custom Duel Runner, Black Bird, has a built in Flying Formation used to cross large gaps and can also fire hooks to change direction. After facing Goodwin alongside Yusei and Jack, Yusei inherits the Dragon Head birthmark while he inherits Yusei's Tail Birthmark, becoming a Signer himself. He uses a Blackwing deck that can quickly summon monsters (a.k.a. "swarming") and use their abilities to win a duel, and his main Synchro Monsters are Blackwing Armed Wing, Blackwing - Silverwind the Ascendant, and Blackwing Armor Master, later obtaining his own Signer Dragon, the Black-Winged Dragon. In the third season Crow opens a delivery service and his Duel Runner is the main vehicle, naming his business "Black Bird Delivery".

Allies

 * Tetsu Trudge / Tetsu Ushio (牛尾 哲)
 * Trudge is a Security officer who observes the residents of Satellite. He initially duels using a "Guard" deck, but after his first clash with Yusei, he upgrades to a specially-designed "Pursuit" deck, with Goyo Guardian as its main Synchro of choice. He has a violent character but also great pride as a duelist and for this Yusei respects him. After losing to Yusei, he vows to defeat and arrest him, no matter how long it takes. After the first confrontation between Yusei and the Dark Signers, Trudge falls under their control, becoming a Dark Signer himself, and challenges Jack to a duel while he was still recovering from his injuries from his Fortune Cup finals match against Yusei, using a Worm-based deck that focuses on Deck Destruction. Just like the other brainwashed Dark Signers, Trudge gets back to normal after being defeated by Jack. He later reappears to help Mina spy on Jack and brings the signers to Martha's place where he develops a deeper respect to the people of Satellite. He has also shown to have a crush on Mina, and is incredibly jealous of Jack to the point he gains super strength. As time goes on, he becomes less hateful and shows more concern for his allies. Following the Dark Signer incident, he becomes Mina's assistant in an Investigation unit. He is also an examiner who tests those looking to acquire a license for Turbo Duels. It has been revealed that he is the same Tetsu that picked on Yugi at Domino High.


 * His character is based on Ushio, to whom Yugi Muto challenged his first Shadow Game. In the dubbed version, Trudge has a rivalry with Yusei going for some time now. The pilot dub shown at Comic-Con referred to him by his Japanese name, Ushio, rather than Trudge. In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Wheelie Breakers, his full English name is Officer Tetsu Trudge.


 * Mina Simington / Mikage Sagiri (狭霧 深影)
 * Mina is Jack's secretary. She is often very concerned over Jack and tries her best to be useful despite the fact that he is always cold towards her. She is the only one that know Jack's true reason of fighting the Dark Signers: Carly. She has shown to have feelings for Jack (though he doesn't seem to reciprocate) and envy's Carly for the attention he gives her. Following the Dark Signers incident, she becomes a chief in the Special Security Investigation with Trudge as her assistant.


 * Lazar / Yeager (イェーガー)
 * Lazar is Goodwin's assistant and Director of the Neo Domino Security Division. He comes from a family of clowns and has a thing for cup ramen. In the third season, he pledge's allegiance to the three Yliaster members, but later goes into hiding with his wife and son when he learns more about their plans. Whilst generally composed, he gets rather jittery under pressure. He uses a 'Jester Deck', which focuses on sealing Synchro monsters. After his hideout was discovered by team 5D's, he decides to cooperate with them.




 * Rally Dawson (ラリー・ドーソン)
 * Rally is a young boy who idolizes his friend Yusei. He steals a chip to assist Yusei in his duel against Jack Atlas and in turn, Yusei helps him out when he is targeted by Security because of the marker on his cheek. While his main deck is never seen, his specialty is 'One Shot' monsters. Turbo Booster, one of Rally's monsters, he gave to Yusei for good luck. During Yusei's duel with Roman, Roman uses Rally as a human shield, where Rally then uses One Shot Cannon to destroy Earthbound Immortal, Uru, therefore sacrificing himself to save Yusei. Rally and the others return when Yusei defeats Roman.


 * Martha (マーサ)
 * Martha is a woman who lives in a house in Satellite and works as an assistant for Dr. Schmitt. She was a foster parent for Yusei and his friends when they were growing up in Satellite, and the mother of Jack, who calls her mom. In Episode 46 she falls into a geoglyph when trying to save the Satellite Boy Taka, where her soul is then sacrificed to Roman's Earthbound Immortal, Uru. She is returned when Yusei defeats Roman.


 * Bolt Tanner / Jin Himuro (氷室 仁)
 * Tanner is a former Turbo Duel champion. At the detention center, he starts as a ruthless bully, but becomes an ally of Yusei, after losing to him in a duel. During his time at the cell, he was beaten by Armstrong in an attempt to anger Yusei. He is later free thanks to Blister and helps Yusei during the Fortune Cup. After becoming Yusei's ally, he is given information about the Signers. He and Yanagi then move to Leo and Luna's house. He plays an "Ushi Oni Beatdown" deck. His Ace Monster is 'Great Ushi Oni', which he gives to Yusei in order to make contact with Blister.


 * Tenzen Yanagi (矢薙 典膳)
 * An eccentric old man and former traveler, who befriends Yusei after being detained in the New Domino City Detention Center. Despite his over-eagerness and erratic behavior, he knows several things concerning the Signers and the Five Dragons. He duels Tanner and was utterly defeated. After having his cards called trash, Yusei uses his deck to duel Tanner and wins. When Yusei was transferred to another cell, Yanagi was beaten by Armstrong to make Yusei angry. He is free thanks to Blister and continues to root for Yusei during the Fortune Cup. After Yusei wins the Fortune Cup, he explains to Yusei, Leo, Luna and Tanner about the Crimson Dragon telling them that it is only possible to call it out when there are all five Signers together giving Yusei the clue that the last Signer appeared. He and Tanner then move to Leo and Luna's house. He plays a "Hidden Treasure" deck, based on legendary treasures from all over the world, which he takes great pride in, despite the fact the majority of the cards cause self-inflicted damage.


 * Blister / Saiga (雑賀)
 * An old friend of Tanner and he is once a top Turbo Duel Champion, until his partner, Aero (Yūji (ユージ) in the Japanese version), was injured in an accident. Aero sends Blister the burned Machiner's Sniper card, which was a symbol of their friendship, and Blister thinks that he will never forgive him. Yusei helps him regain his faith in his friends. He helps Yusei prepare his Duel Runner for the Fortune Cup. He later sneaks into the Satellite to help Yusei's friends, and is currently staying at Martha's house looking after the children. Following the defeat of the Dark Signers as well as Rex Goodwin, Blister meets up with Yusei again when he, Jack and Crow hear about the story of Tetsuzo Kuzuyama.


 * Ancient Fairy Dragon (エンシェント・フェアリー・ドラゴン)
 * Ancient Fairy Dragon is one of the five legendary dragons. During the time of the Zero Reverse incident, when Professor Fudo reclaimed the Dragon cards from Roman, Ancient Fairy got left behind and went into the possession of Devack. When Luna first visited the Spirit Realm, she asked her to protect the monsters there. Later on, she became imprisoned in a mountain by a seal, but is able to contact Luna telepathically. With the help of Regulus, Torunka and Leo, Luna is able to rescue Ancient Fairy and defeat Demak. As a Synchro Monster, Ancient Fairy Dragon is able to destroy an opponent's Field Magic Card, and recover life points, which is valuable since Earthbound Immortals are reliant on Field Magic cards.


 * Torunka (トルンカ)
 * A Dark Sage that Luna encounters when she arrives in the Minus World and helps her search for Regulus. His age is reverted to that of a child due to effects of the Minus Curse, and forgot all his spells. He returns to his normal age when Zeman the Ape King is defeated. He seems like the young version of Dark Magician since when he is in his normal age he looks like Dark Sage. Several times in the English version he complains that his sciatica is hurting, making him sound like more of a child. He is voiced by Aki Kanada in the Japanese version, and Hiroshi Naka as child, he is voiced by  Mike Sinterniklaas in the English version, and as adult, he is voiced by  Sean Schemmel in the English version.


 * Regulus (レグルス)
 * Regulus is a white lion who serves the Ancient Fairy Dragon. He is reluctant at first, due to being infected by a Minus Staff, but when Luna frees him from the curse and he notices she is a Signer, he decides to help her free Ancient Fairy Dragon from her seal. When Devack is defeated and Ancient Fairy Dragon freed, Regulus becomes a monster in Luna's deck that can deal damage when Ancient Fairy Dragon is removed from play.


 * Bruno (ブルーノ)
 * Bruno is an android and a technical genius. He is first introduced only as Dark Glass, who informs Yusei about Accel Synchro, a technique that involves fusing two Synchro Monsters during an opponent's turn. However, before he can teach him more, he crashes during a duel with Placido and loses his memory. He is found by Security and is sent to live with Yusei, where his abilities as a super mechanic are shown, helping him improve their Duel Runners. Later, when he comes across a kitten that caused him to crash, he regains his memory, and soon rejoins Yusei to finish teaching him about Accel Synchro, though he still keeps his identity a secret to Yusei. Complimenting his technique is his Tech Genus Deck, designed to frequently summon monsters for multiple Synchro Summons in order to summon his Accel Synchro Monster, Tech Genus Blade Gunner. He is the first duelist in the series who is left-handed and is able to transform himself.


 * Sherry Leblanc (シェリー・ルブラン)
 * Sherry is a turbo duelist from a rival team, hoping to recruit Yusei to her team. She belonged to a rich family until her parents were killed by Yliaster when she was young, and she is now under the care of her butler, Mizoguchi. She enters the WRGP to get closer to Yliaster and find out more about her parents' death. Although she is mainly focused on Yusei, she also takes an interest in Akiza after being saved by her powers. She uses a Fleur Knight deck, her key monster being Fleur de Chevalier.


 * Mizoguchi (ミゾグチ)
 * Mizoguchi is Sherry's butler and guardian, who has been protecting her since her parents were killed. He is also Sherry's partner in the WRGP. He uses a Bushido Deck revolving around swordsmen.


 * Kazama (風馬)
 * Kazama is a Security Officer for the Administration Beareau. He is first introduced when he gets injured during an undercover mission because of Jack's interference. However, he later becomes friends with Jack and is generally willing to back him up whenever necessary.

Dark Signers
Dark Signers are the antagonists of the second arc of the show, who go against the Crimson Dragon and the Signers. Dark Signers are born when someone who has died, usually someone wanting revenge from what a Signer does to them, is resurrected by an Earthbound Immortal (Earthbound God in the Japanese version), evil entities imprisoned in the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon. Infused with dark powers and dark cards, the Dark Signers are able to form a barrier around their opponents, initiating a Shadow Duel where attacks from monsters cause real damage. Sometimes if the Dark Signer is showing weakness or resistance, the Earthbound Immortal itself can take over its body. Dark Signers have special cards called Dark Tuner Monsters that can summon Dark Synchro Monsters with a negative level. They also have an Earthbound Immortal, representative of their birthmarks. When summoned, these monsters sacrifice the souls of anyone caught within the Dark Signer's geoglyph (with the exception of the duelists, Signers, and anyone protected by a barrier emitted by a Signer's birthmark.) Their common attribute is to be able to attack directly and not be chosen as a target, although some circumstances allow them to attack monsters and be attacked themselves. In the anime, they are also unaffected by Spell and Trap cards.

There are also Dark Signers-like figures (called Shadow Drones in the dub) who are recruited by Roman using his spiders to control them, though they only have access of Dark Tuner and Synchro Monsters. When these Dark Signer are defeated, their Mark of the Shadows and Deck disappear and they lose memory of when they were possessed. However, according to Goodwin, a true Dark Signer cannot be returned to normal since they have already died as well as their duels end with the losing duelist being killed (in the dub, they are sent to the Netherrealm). When a true Dark Signer is defeated, all the souls that were used for summoning their Earthbound Immortal are freed (this also seems to apply to non-Dark Signers who were defeated in Shadow Duels). After Goodwin and the King of the Netherworld are defeated. Goodwin and Roman pass onto the afterlife whilst Carly, Misty, Devack and Greiger are revived with no memory of when they were Dark Signers. Kalin is actually shown later that he does have his memories of being a dark signer. It's speculated since he willingly became a dark signer that he kept the memories unlike the others.


 * Rex Goodwin (レクス・ゴドウィン)
 * Rex Goodwin is the original leader of the Yliasters and the chief of public maintenance for New Domino City. He, alongside his brother Roman, was an assistant to Professor Fudo during the Zero Reverse accident. With his elitism, he transformed the city into a hierarchical society. He shows interest in the Signers, explaining their significance to Jack prior to holding the Fortune Cup to gather the remaining Signers and awaken their powers. It is seen that he can be aggressive if necessary, but usually keeps a calm demeanor. Known as a legendary D-Wheeler, Goodwin lost his left arm around the time he didn't finish Daedalus Bridge, the only means for the Satellite to be connected with the city, and had it replaced with a cybernetic one which doubles as his duel disk. He additionally possesses his brother's severed arm with the head part of the Mark of the Dragon. In the dub he claims to be the fifth signer, but it is not actually so. But after the deaths of the Dark Signers, Rex reveals himself to have become one of them during a duel with Roman, having the condor birthmark on his back and control of the Earthbound Immortal Wiraqoacha Rasca. Furthermore, he integrates his brother's arm onto himself to gain the power of a Signer as part of his plan to use both the Earthbound Immortals and the Crimson Dragon to recreate the world in his image. He is defeated by the joint efforts of Yusei, Jack and Crow, and passes onto the afterlife with Roman.


 * Roman Goodwin / Rudger Goodwin (ルドガー・ゴドウィン)
 * The leader of the Dark Signers. He possesses a birthmark resembling the Spider Nazca line and can use it send out spiders that can possess civilians, turning them into Dark Signers, giving them Shadow powers and Dark Tuner and Synchro Monsters. They can also be used as a means of surveillance, reporting all it has found once it returns to its owner. He reveals himself to be Rex Goodwin's big brother and an assistant to Professor Fudo (Yusei's Father), until he met a mysterious man from Yliaster, that told him to look into Ener-D's light and learn of the Earthbound Immortals' battle against the Crimson Dragon. Though revealed to be the Fifth Signer, Roman betrays Professor Fudo and causes the Zero Reverse incident after ripping his own arm off and giving it to Rex, telling him to unite Signers and defeat him. The resulting explosion transformed Roman into a Dark Signer.


 * Like Rex, he has a bionic arm in place of it, which he uses to trigger explosives. He is defeated by Yusei, however before he dies he triggers an explosion that sends Yusei down into the Ener-D's light. His deck focuses around Spider type monsters, and specialises in changing an opponent's monster into defense mode to obtain counters for summoning his Earthbound Immortal Uru, who can control an opponent's monster by sacrificing one of their own. He's later on defeated by Yusei, but sets off an explosive in his mechanical arm before crumbling to dust, so that Yusei would fall into the gate to the Underworld. His spirit remained in the world until Goodwin is defeated, joining his brother in the afterlife.


 * Kalin Kessler / Kyosuke Kiryu (鬼柳京介)
 * Kalin was once the leader of a group called Satifaction ("The Enforcers" in the English Dub.)with Yusei, Jack and Crow, who would go around battling rival duel gangs (In the English Dub, Satifaction defeat Satellite gangs in order to make Satellite a safer place; after defeating all the gangs, Kalin find Security as the enemy). As time went on however, he became a bit more sadistic against his opponents and started going out of control as a result, which caused Crow, Jack and Yusei to leave. Kalin decides to provoke Security and attacks a Security officer. When Yusei tries to take the blame for it, his attempt fails and Kalin is arrested. Misunderstanding the situation and believing Yusei had sold him out, he later becomes a Dark Signer, branded with the giant birthmark, in order to get his revenge on him. His first duel is cancelled due to a malfunction on Yusei's Duel Runner, but he loses his second duel with him, when Yusei's feelings allows him to synchro summon Majestic Star Dragon. He forgives Yusei before disappearing. In the 4kids version he admits he was wrong to think that Yusei sold him out.


 * He is revived after Goodwin's defeat, but still has memories of being a Dark Signer and the crimes he committed. He goes to a place called Crash Town looking for a way to die, and ends up duelling Yusei again. They are soon both captured and taken to work in a mine, though Yusei manages to break him free. Whilst assisting two siblings, West and Nico, in rescuing their father, Kalin regains his will to live.


 * He uses an Infernity Deck that specialises in effects used when the player has 0 cards in his hand. His Dark Signer deck additionally has two key monsters; a Dark Synchro Monster called One-Hundred Eye Dragon, which can gain the effects of the monsters in his graveyard, and the Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu, which inflicts additional damage for every monster it destroys. His Dark Signer birthmark is based on the giant Nazca line. In Crash Town, it is revealed that he has his own Ace, the LV8 Synchro Monster, Infernity Death Dragon.


 * Carly Carmine / Carly Nagisa (カーリー渚)
 * Carly is a reporter who came from the country to seek out her dreams (in the English dub, she is a weblogger working as an intern who hopes to become a true reporter). She tends to get pushed around by others as she attempts to obtain a big scoop and is generally called "Stutter Stammer Carly" due to her nervousness. She uses a "Fortune Fairy" Deck which she uses to predict her fortune and have tips for the day. Despite her anxiety, she is a truly good person and gets her happiness by seeing others try hard.


 * She safeguarded Jack for a short while and garners some affection for him, but he leaves her behind to avoid her getting involved with the Signer battles. However, she infiltrates the Arcadia Movement and ends up being killed after plummeting through a window as a result of Sayer's Psychic Monsters during their duel (In the dub, her fall was prevented by the Dark Signers). She is revived as a Dark Signer herself, with an alternate vengeful personality that brandishes a birthmark of the Hummingbird, a "Fortune Lady" deck with monsters that grow gradually stronger with each turn, and the Earthbound Immortal Aslla Piscu, which destroys all her opponents monsters and inflicts damage accordingly should it ever leave the field, although she is never shown with any Dark Synchro monsters. But despite the new persona, the true Carly still exists within her and desires to be with Jack. She ends up dueling Jack, where she shows him a vision where they are together as Dark Signers, but Jack aims to reach her true desires. He confesses his love for her and is willing to sacrifice himself to make Carly understand. While he manages to reach her, the Earthbound Immortal takes over Carly and Jack is forced to fight her. Jack tries to play a trap card that would make the duel end up in a tie but Carly activates one her trap cards before Jack did, ending the duel with her as the loser. Carly tells Jack that she will always be cheering him on and that she loves him, before dying. She is revived by Goodwin as he faded away. She reappears in the third season, occasionally helping Jack out. While her memories of her time as a Dark Signer disappeared, her feelings for Jack have not.


 * Misty Tredwell / Misty Lola (ミスティ・ローラ)
 * Misty is a famous model who can read someone based on facial appearance. When her younger brother, Toby, is allegedly killed by Akiza's powers (disappeared in the English dub, Misty's depression causes her to drive off a cliff, leading her to become a Dark Signer with the lizard birthmark and the Earthbound Immortal - Ccarayhua, which destroys all cards in play on both sides of the field when destroyed.


 * She seeks out Akiza and duels her with the intent of revenge. Their duel however is postponed due to the aftershock of Carly's duel with Sayer, so she waits for her at the Lizard control unit. She duels Akiza again in the hall of mirrors of an old carnival site, showing Akiza events of the past to dwindle down her spirit. However, she eventually learns that Sayer was the one who killed Toby, and after using Ccarayhua to take revenge on him, she is defeated by Akiza to stop the Earthbound Immortal inside her. She is revived by Goodwin as he faded away.


 * She uses a Reptiless Deck, her ace monster being Bad End Dragon, featuring cards to either seal her opponents draw phase or remove all her opponents monster attack power then forcing them to attack her monsters, drawing them into suicide attacks. Like Carly, she is never seen with any Dark Synchro monsters. She also appears to be able to use lizards as surveillance, much like Roman's spiders.


 * Devack / Demak (ディマク)
 * Devack is another Dark Signer who has Ancient Fairy Dragon in his possession. Devack hates the Signers although his reason for doing so is never explained. He possesses a dark birthmark of the monkey and the Earthbound Immortal Cusillu. During the chaos surrounding Carly and Misty's duels, he frees Greiger who was being escorted by Security in order to recruit him to the Dark Signers. He duels Leo and Luna is in the Spirit World, but is defeated and turned into dust when Luna reappears and reclaims Ancient Fairy Dragon. He is the first Dark Signer to be defeated, when he is beaten by Leo and Luna. After Goodwin's defeat, Devack is revived.


 * Like his birthmark, his deck features Monkey monsters, including the Dark Synchro Monster, Zeman the Ape King, which focuses around increasing the power of his monsters in play through the number of monsters in his graveyard. He is also able to use captured spirits from the Spirit Realm in order to summon his Earthbound Immortal Cusillu, who can avoid destruction and cut the opponents life points in half as long as he sacrifices his other monsters in order to do so.


 * Greiger / Bommer (ボマー)
 * Greiger is a physically well-built Duelist first met in the Fortune Cup tournament, battling first against Leo (posing as his sister), then again in a Turbo Duel against Crow, although he was trying to duel Yusei. He apparently originates from arid Central America, which he believes that Goodwin used Greiger's village as the site of an "experiment" to summon the Crimson Dragon, that completely destroyed the village, leaving the whereabouts of Greiger's younger brother and sister unknown. Enraged to learn the truth prior to his match with Yusei, Greiger attempts to take revenge on Goodwin for his village's destruction.


 * When he lost, Greiger reveals this to the audience before using his Duel Runner to rocket toward the box room to take out Goodwin. But Yusei stops Greiger and he is soon arrested by Security for his attempt of Goodwin's life, publicly labeled insane to discredit his word against Goodwin and sentenced to death. However, he is later set free by Devak and brought before Roman who made him a Dark Signer himself, giving him the whale birthmark, to extract his vengeance on their mutual enemies Goodwin and Yusei. But while hunting them, Greiger ends up dueling Crow, where he learns that the Dark Signers were the ones that caused his village's destruction, and its residents, including his brother and sister, are being used for his Earthbound Immortal's summoning until Crow defeats the monster to free Greiger's people. Defeated, Greiger tells Yusei to beat the Dark Signers before he disappears, later returning after Goodwin's defeat.


 * Greiger's deck is fairly solid, focusing on his three "Reactor" monsters, who can inflict 800 damage the first time their opponent Summons a monster, or activates a Spell or Trap card each turn. His Ace Monsters are his "Flying Fortress SKY FIRE", which is a combination of his three Reactor monsters, and his Synchro Monster "Dark Strike Fighter". While a Dark Signer, Greiger brandishes the Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challua, which can inflict damage in defense mode with half of its defense points, as well as prevent the opponents from attacking. He also controls a Dark Synchro monster, Dark Fleet Top which special summon Flying Fortress SKY FIRE from his graveyard each turn.


 * Dick Pitt (ディック・ピット)
 * A street duelist who was possessed by one of Roman's spiders and became a Shadow Drone. He challenges Yusei to a Shadow Duel, using an ice-themed deck and a Dark Synchro monster called Frozen Fitzgerald. When he is defeated by Yusei, he returns to normal and has no idea on what just had happened. Then Yusei looked at his deck then noticed that the cards he used in the duel was not there. Yusei felt very suspicious. He is unnamed in the English Dub, and Carly does not know his name in this version.

Ylliaster
Originally led by Goodwin, the Yliaster are an organization of Star Guardians who were said to bring peace to the world and worshipped the Crimson Dragon. Their purpose was to steer the world to a certain future, which was somehow changed by Dr Fudo's creation of Ener-D (Momentum in Japanese). In the third season, a trio from Yliaster come from the future with the purpose of setting things right, hoping to accomplish this by harnessing energy given from Turbo Duels during the WRGP. To aid in this, they are given tablets by a supposed 'God of Destiny', which grant them the power of the Machine Emperors, powerful Union Monsters with the power to absorb Synchro Monsters. Similar to Dark Signers and Psycho Duelists, they can deal real damage in duels. They also have the ability to change history, which only people with certain powers such as the Signers can recall.


 * Placido (プラシド)
 * Placido is a member of the Three Emperors of Yliaster who investigates a meteorite that crashes into Earth, as well as operate the Riding Roid referred to as "Ghost". His ace monster is Machine Emperor Wisel. He has dark-gray hair, carries a sword with him that can be used to open portals to travel through, and has the ability to control machines. He manages to have Lazar successfully steal a Duel Runner program from Yusei and install it into a large number of Riding Roids, all under his control. He uses these to force Turbo Duelists to crash, in order to speed up a process the Yliaster are planning. He is eventually defeated by Yusei and destroyed, though José appears to still have use for him. He's revealed to be an android upon his defeat.


 * Lucciano (ルチアーノ)
 * Lucciano is a member of Yliaster. His ace monster is Machine Emperor Skiel. Lucciano is the smallest in the group, has long red hair, a rather sadistic personality and is particularly skillful at creating illusions. He transfers into Duel Academy in order to get close to Luna, and ends up duelling both her and Leo. After the duel, he wipes the memories of the Duel Academy students so they behave like he doesn't exist. He is also the first character in the series to use a Duel Board.


 * José (ホセ)
 * José is the leader of the Three Emperors of Yliaster, though the other members tend to do their own thing regardless. His ace monster is Machine Emperor Grannel.


 * Ghost (ゴースト)
 * Ghosts are Riding Roids, robots originally designed for testing Duel Runners for Security, but have been reprogrammed by Placido to force other duelists to crash in Turbo Duels. Whilst the first Ghost was defeated by Yusei, Placido steals a program created by Yusei and Bruno and installs it into a army of Ghosts (collectively known as the Diablo) that he releases throughout the city.


 * Guard Robot (ガードロボ)
 * A giant duel robot that uses an advanced program to predict its opponents moves, and uses a Lock Down deck designed to seal off various methods of dueling.


 * Imposter Jack Atlas
 * A robotic imposter that frames Jack for forcing people to crash during duels. He rides a Duel Runner similar to Jack's Wheel of Fortune and uses a deck identical to his, with three copies of Red Dragon Archfiend. His personality and tactics, however, are more representitive of how Jack was prior to the Fortune Cup, using brute force to overpower his opponents. He is obliterated when Jack defeats him using Majestic Red Dragon. (Savior Demon Dragon in the original Japanese)


 * Zone (ゾーン)
 * A mysterious being that resides in an alternate dimension somewhere. He is revered by the Three Emperors of Yliaster as their God, and is the one responsible for bestowing upon them the Machine Emperors. However, he has also given Yusei the Accel Synchro Monster, Shooting Star Dragon, stating all possibilities must be made equal. He is also responsible for creating Bruno.


 * Clark Smith (クラーク・スミス)
 * The director of Momentum Express, the company who dispatched the Ylliaster trio to Neo Domino City. He creates a project called Infinity, which can create wormholes. He is responsible for the death of Sherry's parents, who reportedly knew too much about Ylliaster. However, when his actions against Yusei goes against Ylliaster's wishes, he is erased from existence.

Others

 * Sayer / Divine (ディヴァイン)
 * A mysterious man who took Akiza under his wing as a father figure, founder of a mysterious group of psychic duelists known as the Arcadia Movement that seems to oppose Yliaster and conjectures that they are planning to use the Crimson Dragon for world domination. Whilst he claims the group is for uniting Psychic Duelists who have been rejected by the outside world, Sayer's actual intent is to raise an army of soldiers to the point of experimenting on children to unleash their full potential and even saw Akiza as nothing more than an expedient. Furthermore, because he threatened to expose Goodwin, Sayer is able to perform his heinous deeds without being investigated. He duels Leo to see if he is has powers like his sister, deciding to make use of him to give Luna a reason to join the movement. However, when Sayer learns that Carly infiltrated the movement, he duels and then kills her by pushing her through a window. However to his surprise, Carly is revived as a Dark Signer, and challenges Sayer to a Shadow Duel, where he is defeated by her Earthbound Immortal and falls inside the Arcadia Movement building. He manages to survive and intervenes in Akiza's duel with Misty, whispering something in her ear to awaken her dark nature once again, in the hopes of regaining his control over her. However, when he reveals to Yusei that he was the one who killed Misty's brother, Toby, Yusei reveals that Misty heard the whole thing and she has Ccarayhua devour Sayer, freeing Akiza from her trance. Matching his powers, Sayer uses a Deck filled with Psychic Monsters, with his main Synchro Monster being the Thought Ruler Archfiend (Mental Sphere Demon in Japanese). He also uses his Psychic powers to manifest cards into physical weapons against Yusei.


 * Zeman the Ape King / Demonic Monkey King Zeman (猿魔王ゼーマン)
 * Zeman is an evil monkey spirit who commands an army of monkey soldiers, who is also one of Devack's Dark Synchro monsters who can prevent activation of Spell and Trap cards until after the Damage Phase. He and his army use special staffs that imprison Duel Monster Spirits in stone tablets to use as Minus-level monsters. The staffs are also able to reverse the nature of things, such as making leaves fall up into trees, or making people hear the opposite of what others say. He is destroyed when Regulus neutralizes his negative energy.


 * Lotten (ロットン)
 * Malcolm's younger brother and the top dog of the Malcolm family, which competes for ownership for a mine in Crash Town. He rides a transformable Duel Runner. His key monster is Gatling Ogre, which has the ability to defeat an opponent before he even takes his turn (by inflicting 4000 LP of damage even on the first turn of a Duel). He conspires with Barbara to overthrow Malcolm and take over Crash Town.


 * Familiar of the Crimson Devil (紅蓮の悪魔のしもべ)
 * This Familiar is the fiery servant of Scar-Red Nova, a powerful Earthbound Immortal also known as the Crimson Devil, that not even the Dark Signers could control. He tempts Jack into duelling him for a chance to gain power, the true motive being a ritual to revive him. However, he is defeated when Jack gains a Burning Soul and absorbs Scar Red Nova's power to form Red Nova Dragon. The Familiar who large stone slabs in place of cards, and his 'deck' focuses on destroying his own monsters to deal effect damage. After his defeat to Jack Atlas, the statue of Scar-Red Nova fell over, crushing the Familiar.


 * Paradox (パラドックス)
 * Paradox is the main antagonist of the movie, Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time, who comes from a distant and ruined future. Using a time travel capable Duel Runner and the power to capture monsters and create Malefic (Sin) versions of them, he travels through various periods of time stealing various dragon cards in order to kill Maximillion Pegasus and prevent Duel Monsters from being created. In order to stop him, Yusei uses the Crimson Dragon's power to travel back in time and team up with Jaden Yuki and Yugi Mutou in order to stop him. Paradox uses a Malefic Deck (Sin in Japanese version) which consists of twisted variations of some of the main dragons from the series, and his key cards are Malefic Paradox Dragon and Malefic Truth Dragon.

Fortune Cup
The Fortune Cup is a tournament organized by Rex Goodwin in order to awaken the powers of the Signers, with the winner being able to challenge Jack Atlas for the title of King. Along with Yusei, Akiza and Leo (disguised as Luna), there were other duelists whose jobs were to put pressure on their opponents in order to awaken their abilities (the exception being Hunter Pace, who replaced one of the combatants in order to beat Yusei ('The duelist who beat the king').


 * Hunter Pace / Mukuro Enjō (炎城 ムクロ)
 * He was first seen in the first episode trying to win Jack's title and losing. In the dub he was the former champion trying to reclaim the title he lost to Jack some time before the series began. In the original version was simply called a challenger with no indication that he ever was the champion or had previously dualed Jack. In the eigtth episode he returned with a new deck to dual Jack but lost again . He returns later to participate in the Fortune Cup by forcibly replacing the cloaked duelist known as "The Reborn Reaper" Shira, and lost to Yusei. Plays a Speed-based deck exclusively for Turbo Duels, focusing on gaining Speed Counters as quickly as possible, as well as effect damage. His Ace Monster is "Skull Flame".


 * Gill Randsborg / Jill deLauncebeaux (ジル・ド・ランスボウ)
 * A duelist in the Fortune Cup tournament who claims to be a descendant of the "knights of old", and dresses as such. He is first to challenge Akiza, using his "Masked Knight"-series "LV" monsters. He barely survived the final blow from Akiza's "Black Rose Dragon", which is proven when he was still in contention for the Consolation Match. In the English version, he speaks mostly in Shakespearean English, though at the end of his duel with Akiza, he panics and uses normal English with a Wisconsin accent (as well as confessing that he made the costume especially for this duel).


 * The Professor / Professor Frank (フランク博士)
 * A creepy duelist, and admitted assassin, from China that battles Luna in a special Consolation Duel for the losers of the first round of the Fortune Cup tournament. He seems nice and pleasant at first, but is able to induce Luna in a trance that transports her mind to the World of Duel Monster Spirits, and he soon follows after to contaminate the world with his evil intentions, revealing himself as not being completely sane. His main monster is Ido, the Supreme Magical Force.


 * Commander Koda / Kodo Kinomiya (来宮 虎堂)
 * A participant in the Fortune Cup who is often called "The Duel Profiler". His opponent in the first round, Professor Frank, threw his match so he could play Luna in the Consolation Duel. Koda's opponent in the semifinals was Akiza, whose past he studied so that he could throw her off by reminding her of how her psychic abilities hurt others in order to further awaken her Signer abilities. Nevertheless, she went on to defeat and severely damage her opponent with her powers.

World Riding Duel Grand Prix
People and duelists making plans for the upcoming World Riding Duel Grand Prix (WRGP for short). Players battle in teams of up to three players, each with 4000 points per player. When one player's life points reach zero, the next player takes over until all players are eliminated.


 * Team Unicorn
 * Team Unicorn (チーム・ユニコーン) is one of the leading teams competing in the WRGP, who go up against Team 5D's in the beginning round of the preliminaries.


 * Andore (アンドレ)
 * The team's forerunner, generally hailed as a card playing genius. He uses two decks, a Fast Power deck and a Unicorn deck, both of which rely heavily on special effects. His key card is Thunder Unicorn.


 * Breo (ブレオ)
 * The team's second duelist. He used to be a road duellist until he joined Team Unicorn after being defeated by Jean. He uses a Bicorn deck that revolves around deck destruction.


 * Jean (ジャン)
 * The team's leader and third duelist, who plans out the team's strategies. He was the one who recruited Andore and Breo, noticing their potential would come to fruition as a team. He uses a Tricorn deck.


 * Team Catastrophe
 * Team Catastrophe (チーム・カタストロフ) is another team in the same preliminary group as 5D's and Unicorn. Using a Dark Card called Hidden Knight -Hook that they received from Placido, they are able to cause the wheels on their opponents' Duel Runners to lock, causing them to crash. Their members are Nicolas, Hermann and Hans. Although they manage to defeat Team Unicorn, they are beaten by Team 5D's when their second dark card - Doom's Ray - backfires.


 * Nicolas (ニコラス)
 * Hermann (ヘルマン)
 * Hans (ハンス)


 * Team Ragnarok
 * Team Ragnarok (チーム・ラグナロク) is a team in the quarter finals of the WRGP. Similar to the Signers, they possess three Polar God cards which protect them from the effects of Ylliaster's ability to alter history. These cards seem to resonate when battling against the Signer's dragons.


 * Harald
 * Dragan (ドラガン)
 * Possesses the Polar God Thor.
 * Possesses the Polar God Thor.


 * Brave


 * Team Taiyo
 * Team Taiyo (チーム・太陽) is a team Team 5D's faces in the quarter finals of the WRGP. They share a single Duel Runner that Yusei helps fix prior to the tournament, in which they face against Team 5d's. They use a Stall deck with focuses on using Holding Hands Majin to increase their defense for enough turns so they can summon their key monster, Sleeping Giant Thud.


 * Taro Yamashita (山下太郎)
 * Jinbei Tanigawa (谷川甚兵衛)
 * Yoshizo Hayashi (林吉蔵)

Others

 * Lenny / Uryū (瓜生)
 * Lenny is an insect duelist and former Domino resident who harasses Tank and later comes with his two henchmen, Larry and Lug, to try to take Yusei's Duel Runner by force. Yusei duels him and wins, but they part on friendly terms, with Lenny promising to win next time they duel. While he and his henchmen are actually unnamed in the English anime, TV listings and video games refer to him as Lenny.


 * Mr. Armstrong / Takasu (鷹栖)
 * Mr. Armstrong is the warden of the Detention Center that Yusei is being held at after his and Jack's duel in the Stadium. Armstrong uses his power as Warden to mistreat and abuse the detainees. After Yusei challenged and defeated Armstrong to win the freedom of all detainees after Armstrong locked down the entire facility, Rex Goodwin, who watched the duel from above, fires Armstrong. Armstrong uses a "Chain Deck", focusing on his "Chain" monsters, as well as deck destruction and effect-damage tactics. His Ace Monster is the Synchro Monster "Iron Chain Dragon" is also an menace.


 * Tetsuzo Kuzuyama (屑山鉄蔵)
 * An old man from Satellite. When his wife left with his son, Goki, he became attached to the house, which features booby traps and an old fashioned duel ring. After dueling Crow, he stays at Martha's. Tetsuzo uses a Scrap-Iron deck, which uses a family of Junk monsters and several 'Scrap-Iron' trap cards.


 * Garome (ガロメ)
 * A loan shark who swindles people out of their cards. Like his job, his deck consists of accountant-esque monsters and specialises on placing Loan Tokens on the opponent's field.


 * Michel (ミシェル) and Claire (クレア)
 * Michel is a spirit of a young boy who lives in a house in a forest. Long ago his sister Claire died of an illness and he later died too, but his strong feelings to protect her held them both. Whenever he sees people who would potentially threaten her, he would trap them in cards, sparking a legend about the forest. He and Claire are eventually set free when he is defeated by Leo. Michel uses a Ghost deck that uses Circle spell cards that requires discards to play spells and monsters.


 * Bolger (ボルガー)
 * Bolger was a friend of Crow and Robert Pearson, the original owner of Crow's Duel Runner and Deck. Whilst generally partnered with Pearson in protecting the people of Satellite, Bolger was more interested in money. When Pearson refused to enter a businessship deal over his Duel Runner technology, Bolger killed him in a duel. He later went on to form a Duel Runner company, but made under the table deals to keep it afloat. Needing the Black Feather Dragon, he duels Crow for it, where his identity as Pearson's murderer is revealed. When Crow defeats him, he finally understands the pain it caused to others and feels remorse. He uses a White Warrior deck designed to counter the Blackwing deck, and his key card is Blood Mephist, a monster that can deal real damage in a duel.


 * Leo (レオー)
 * Not to confused with Rua who is named Leo in the dub, this Leo is Zora's hyperactive son. Three years ago he accidentally broke Zora's clock and left home to study clock repair. When he comes back, Crow duels him so he can learn to face his problems instead of running away from them. Matching his hobby, Leo's deck is filled with clock-based monsters, including Clock Knights and a Time Wizard he got from his late father.

Other Characters

 * Blitz / Nerve (ナーヴ)
 * Yusei's friend and inhabitant of Satellite. He has a strong sense of justice.


 * Nervin / Blitz (ブリッツ)
 * Yusei's friend and inhabitant of Satellite, he is prone to worrying.


 * Tank / Taka (タカ)
 * Called in the original. Yusei's friend and inhabitant of Satellite. He has a jolly personality.


 * Zigzix / Akutsu (阿久津)
 * The scientist responsible for the New Domino City's power plant, Zigzix studies the Signers' power under Goodwin's orders. In the Japanese version, he also has an obsession with "momentum" and enjoys saying the word often that carries into the English version as saying things that "spin".


 * Alex / Kōhei Aoyama (青山 光平)
 * One of Yusei's cell mates at the detention center who plans to escape. He gives up his chance in order to help Yusei win his duel against Mr. Armstrong.


 * MC
 * The MC (Master of Ceremonies) for the Turbo Duels, providing commentary for both the Fortune Cup and the WRGP. His hair is maintained as a very large pompadour.


 * Zigzix / Akutsu (阿久津)
 * The scientist responsible for the New Domino City's power plant, Zigzix studies the Signers' power under Goodwin's orders. In the Japanese version, he also has an obsession with "momentum" and enjoys saying the word often that carries into the English version as saying things that "spin".


 * Dexter / Tenpei Hayano (早野 天兵)
 * A young duelist who is good friends with Leo, (Tenpei in the Japanese version) built a dueling deck specifically designed to defeat the powerful duelist known as "The Black Rose", who he and Leo had been planning to challenge for some time. When he first meets Yusei, he was afraid of him due to his criminal mark, but began to admire him once Leo told him he had customized his and Luna's Duel Disks to fit them and was strong enough to enter the Fortune Cup.


 * Sly (スライ)
 * A shy boy who tends to be by himself, though gets dragged around by Luna. He has an interest in Yusei's Stardust Dragon.


 * Bob (ボブ)
 * One of Leo's friends.


 * Patty (パティ)
 * One of Luna's friends.


 * Maria (マリア)
 * A teacher at Duel Academy.


 * Rudolph Heitmann (ルドルフ・ハイトマン),
 * Heitmann is the head instructor at Duel Academy who dislikes students with low level monsters. He seems to literally have inherited the Ancient Gear deck used by Vellian Crowler from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, but has been updated among the years.


 * Tetsuzo Kuzuyama (屑山鉄蔵)
 * An old man from Satellite. When his wife left with his son, Goki, he became attached to the house, which features booby traps and an old fashioned duel ring. After dueling Crow, he stays at Martha's. Tetsuzo uses a Scrap-Iron deck, which uses a family of Junk monsters and several 'Scrap-Iron' trap cards.


 * Angela Rains (アンジェラ)
 * Angela is a rival reporter who constantly gets in Carly's way and shows little respect for others, especially Carly. She will often write a rather incriminating article even if she lacks hard-hitting evidence. She is also reportedly doing some work for Goodwin.


 * Hideo Izinski / Hideo Izayoi (十六夜 英雄)
 * Hideo, simply known as the Senator in the English dub, is Akiza's father. Whilst he loved his daughter very much, his work often got in the way of spending time with her. During a duel with her when she was 8, a call from work pushed Akiza to awaken her Signer powers, hurting her father in the process, and leading her parents to become fearful of her. He blames himself for neglecting Akiza. When Akiza is hospitalized as a result of her duel with Misty, Hideo goes to visit her and wishes that someone would help her. Jack informs her that the one person who can help her is Yusei, so he goes over to beg him for his help. With both his and Yusei's help, Akiza manages to gain control of her powers and open her heart to people once again. His wife, Setsuko Izayoi (十六夜 節子) in the Japanese version, is voiced by Akira Nakagawa in the Japanese version and Priscilla Everett in the English version.


 * Professor Fudo (不動博士)
 * Yusei's father, currently deceased. He worked for RRD on the Ener-D project with his assistants, Goodwin and Roman. However, when he decided it would be too dangerous to continue, he tried to stop the project. However, Roman betrayed him and took over the project. After that, the Zero Reverse incident occurred and Professor Fudo was killed, along with his wife, in the blast. Before he died, he entrusted three of the Dragon cards to Goodwin, who put them in circulation until they came to their owners, and made sure his son, Yusei, got to safety. He later appears before Yusei when he falls into the Ener-D's light, protecting him from the spirits of those who died during Zero Reverse.


 * Toby Tredwell / Tobi Lola (トビ・ローラ)
 * Misty's younger brother who died a year before the series start. He was one of the members of the Arcadia Movement with Psychic powers similar to Akiza's. However, he was killed by Sayer as a result of some harsh experiments on his psychic potential (in the English dub, he is supposedly taken by them). Sayer made it appear that it was Akiza's fault he died, hence Misty wanting revenge on her, and his dirt on Rex Goodwin helped avoid investigation into the matter. However, the truth was revealed thanks to the efforts of Yusei. in the english dub, it is stated that toby was sent to a continually moving Arcadia facility.


 * Zora (ゾラ)
 * A friend of Martha's and the landlady of a house that Yusei, Jack and Crow stay at in the third season. She gets annoyed at the disturbances the crew's engineering makes, though she seems to have a soft side for Yusei.


 * Stephanie (ステファニー)
 * A waitress at a café that Jack frequents. She has a crush on him and is often at odds with both Mina and Carly for his affections.


 * Robert Pearson (ロバート・ピアスン)
 * The original owner of the Blackbird Duel Runner and the Blackwing Deck three years prior to the story. He looked after the kids of Satellite and taught them to build Duel Monsters equipment. When he refused to sell his Duel Runner tech to a company, Bolger duelled him with a real damage inducing monster, which led to his death in a resulting fire. Before his death, he entrusted his deck, Duel Runner and the safety of the children to Crow.

A woman residing in Crash Town, who asks for Yusei's help in rescuing Kalin from the Ramon Group. However, it turns out to all be a ruse, as she was actually working with the Malcolm family to trick Yusei into beating Kalin so the Ramon group would be helpless.
 * Barbara (バーバラ)


 * Malcolm (マルコム)
 * The leader of the Malcolm family. His family is recognisable by the red scarves they wear.


 * Lotten (ロットン)
 * Malcolm's younger brother and the Malcolm family's top dog, who rides a transformable Duel Runner. His key monster is Gatling Ogre, which has the ability to defeat an opponent before he even takes his turn (by inflicting 4000 LP of damage even on the first turn of a Duel). He conspires with Barbara to overthrow Malcolm and take over Crash Town.


 * Ramon (ラモン)
 * The leader of the Ramon group, who generally wear black jackets. He recruits Kalin to his group to fend off the Marco group, but is soon defeated himself by Lotten and taken to the mines.


 * West (ウェスト) and Nico (ニコ)
 * Siblings whose father were sent to work in the mines. They grew fond of Kiryu and help him and Yusei escape from the mines, as well as rescue their father. However, whilst escaping with Kiryu, their father falls down a mine shaft whilst saving the others, and upon exiting the mine, they are kidnapped by Lotten. They are later rescued and are now cared for by Kiryu.

Manga characters
Characters that appear in the manga version of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''


 * Sect Injuin (伊集院セクト)
 * Sect is a turbo duelist who looks up to Yusei like a big brother. He uses an insect deck.


 * Skeleton Knight


 * A skeletal horseman who duels on horseback. There is an urban legend in which people invoke his powers in order to gain rare cards. However, in truth, he is a dangerous duelist that can deal real damage during duels.