Ghost Kozuka (manga)

Ghost Kozuka

Names
English	Ghost Kozuka
Japanese translated	Ghost Kotsuzuka
Japanese Japanese ゴースト骨塚 Rōmaji Gōsuto Kotsuzuka
Personal
Gender	Male
Duelist
Tournament Position Duelist Kingdom Eliminated Battle City Eliminated
Deck	Ghost
Appearances
Manga debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 88 (Duelist Duel 29): "The Lurking Duelists"
Appears in Manga Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Books Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guidebook: The Gospel of Truth
Kozuka, Ghost

Ghost Kozuka, known as Ghost Kotsuzuka in the Japanese version, is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga. This is the original depiction of Ghost Kozuka, known as Bonz in the English anime.

Kozuka is a Duelist, nicknamed "Ghost" for his use of ghost-like Duel Monsters cards. He took part in the Duelist Kingdom tournament, where he, Takaido and Satake teamed up with Bandit Keith, who helped them at first, before later turning on them. He also took part in the Battle City tournament, where he was defeated and killed by Dark Bakura.

Biography

Duelist Kingdom

Kozuka took part in the Duelist Kingdom tournament. Here he met up with, Takaido, Satake and Bandit Keith Howard. Keith was the former United States champion, but had not been invited to the tournament. He offered to help the Kozuka, Takaido and Satake earn forty Star Chips between them, so that the four of them could enter Pegasus Castle, as the semifinalists. With his help they had earned four, five and five Star Chips respectively. Kozuka and Satake then spotted a group of people, including Yugi Mutou, while searching for opponents. They informed Keith of their find, but thought they were better avoiding this group, as Yugi would be too difficult to defeat. However, Keith suggested that they separate the other Duelist, Katsuya Jonouchi, from that group, and force him to Duel in the hidden underground crypt. As the crypt had a Graveyard terrain, which strengthened undead cards, Keith suggested that Kozuka Duel, since his Deck was filled with Ghost cards. However, upon looking through it, he decided it would not suffice and lent Kozuka some of his own cards, to strengthen it. When Jonouchi left his friends to urinate in private, Kozuka, Takaido and Satake snuck up behind him, grabbed him and dragged him into the crypt. Kozuka imposed the wager of four Star Chips for the Duel.

Kozuka, Dueling Katsuya Jonouchi

Kozuka planned on Summoning a Ghost card, but was stopped by Keith, who over the next three turns, insisted that he play non-Ghost cards, which were all weak enough to be destroyed by Jonouchi's monsters. Kozuka then drew "Call of the Haunted", which revived his monsters as Zombies, powered up by the Graveyard terrain and capable of resurrecting even stronger when beaten. When Kozuka was about to attack one turn, Keith suggested that he draw another card to try and power up the Zombies even further first. Kozuka got "Pumpking the King of Ghosts", which powered up his Zombies every turn. Jonouchi played safely by putting his monsters in Defense Mode, but Kozuka eventually drew "Stop Defense". Jonouchi used "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" to destroy "Pumpking" and on his last turn, used "Shield and Sword", which switched the ATK and DEF of all monsters. The Zombies, which only attacked based on instinct, were incapable of defending and as such had 0 DEF, which became their new ATK. This gave Jonouchi an opening to damage Kozuka's Life Points and win the Duel.

Keith turns on Kozuka.

After exiting the crypt, Keith then ordered Kozuka, Takaido and Satake to block the exit with a boulder, trapping Jonouchi, Yugi and their friends inside. They obeyed, but Kozuka wondered if they had went too far. Keith then moved on to his "next order of business" and proceeded to beat up Kozuka for losing, kicking him in the stomach. Kozuka pleaded, reminding him that he had only played the cards Keith told him to, but Keith insisted that he should have won in that case and kicked him in the face. As Kozuka lay on the ground, Keith spat on him and commented that without his Star Chips, he was useless and should just die. Keith also took Takaido and Satake's Star Chips and beat them up, leaving the three lying on the ground in pain, while he went to Pegasus Castle alone.

Battle City

Kozuka, killed by Dark Bakura

"Ghost" Kozuka was one of the many Duelists who migrated to Domino City at the rumor of a new Duel Monsters tournament being announced by Seto Kaiba at Domino City Museum. The next day, Kozuka was present at the opening ceremony of the Battle City tournament, with the rest of the eligible Duelists.

During the actual tournament, he Dueled Dark Bakura shortly before the championship stages, but his Ghost Deck was easily overpowered by Dark Bakura's Occult Deck. Kozuka lost the Duel and his Puzzle Cards. As a Penalty Game, Dark Bakura took his life, using the Millennium Ring.

Deck

Kozuka used a Ghost Deck, during Duelist Kingdom. However Bandit Keith considered it insufficient for his Duel against Katsuya Jonouchi and lent him cards to make it more powerful. His new Deck contained a number of non-Ghost monsters, which he was able to revive through "Call of the Haunted", as near-unkillable Zombies. The Graveyard terrain and "Pumpking the King of Ghosts" made them stronger. The last part of the combo was "Stop Defense", to ensure the Zombies could damage the opponent's Life Points.

In Battle City, Kozuka still used a Ghost Deck. However, none of his cards were shown.

Image	Information
	"Crass Clown" (「マーダーサーカス」 Mādā Sākasu)
	Level  5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Normal ATK  1350 DEF  1400
	"Crawling Dragon" (「地（ち）を這（は）うドラゴン」 Chi o Hau Doragon)
	Level  5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Dragon / Normal ATK  1600 DEF  1400
	"Medusa's Ghost" (「メデューサの亡（ぼう）霊（れい）」 Medyūsa no Bōrei)
	Level  ??? Types  Normal ATK  1500 DEF  1200
	"Pumpking the King of Ghosts" (「ゴースト王（おう）－パンプキング－」 Gōsuto Ō - Panpukingu -)
	Level  6 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Zombie / Effect ATK  1500 DEF  2000
	"Zanki" (「鎧（よろい）武（む）者（しゃ）斬（ザン）鬼（キ）」 Yoroi Musha Zanki)
	Level  5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Warrior / Normal ATK  1500
	"Call of the Haunted" (「リビング・デッド（生ける屍）の呼（よ）び声（ごえ）」 Ribingu Deddo no Yobigoe)
	Card type  Spell Card Property  Continuous
	"Stop Defense" (「『守（しゅ）備（び）』封（ふう）じ」 "Shubi" Fūji)
	Card type  Trap Card Property  Normal
	"Armored Zombie" (「鎧（よろい）武（む）者（しゃ）ゾンビ」 Yoroi Musha Zonbi)
	Non-physical Level  5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Zombie / Normal ATK  1500 DEF  0
	"Clown Zombie" (「マーダーサーカス・ゾンビ」 Mādā Sākasu Zonbi)
	Non-physical Level  5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Zombie / Normal ATK  1350 DEF  0
	"Dragon Zombie" (「ドラゴン・ゾンビ」 Doragon Zombi)
	Non-physical Level  5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Zombie / Normal ATK  1600 DEF  0

Duels

Kozuka took part in the following Duels.

	Event	Outcome	Chapter(s)
VS — Katsuya Jonouchi	Duelist Kingdom	Lose	089 (D 030), 090 (D 031), 091 (D 032)
VS — Dark Bakura	Battle City	Lose	201 (D 142)