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* [[Mokuba Kaiba]] (adoptive adopted son)* [[Seto Kaiba]] (adoptive adopted son)

* {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series)|20|ref}}* {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|097|ref}} (second series anime)

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (first series)]]* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (second series)]]

| ja_voice = {{voice actors|ja|Unsho Ishizuka|Tetsuo Komura}} (second series)

| de_voice = {{voice actors|de|Engelbert von Nordhausen}}|es_voice = Victor Valverde}} '''Gozaburo Kaiba''' is a character in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' anime and the final antagonist of the [[Virtual World (arc)|Virtual World]] arc, after his biological son, [[Noah Kaiba]] failed and was defeated by [[Yami Yugi]]. He was [[Seto Kaiba|Seto]] and [[Mokuba Kaiba]]'s adoptive father and the former CEO of [[KaibaCorp]]. ==Design=====Appearance===[[File:Gozaburo Kaiba lineart.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Gozaburo Kaiba lineart]]Gozaburo's appearance was that of a tall man, with gray hair and a mustache. In the manga, his facial expressions showed evil and madness when he committed suicide, while in the anime, he seemed like a calm and deceitful man. He usually wore a red business suit, a black tie, and a white inner long-sleeved dress shirt. Gozaburo had brown eyes and was fair skinned.

'''===Personality===Gozaburo Kaiba''' was [[Seto]] a strict and [[Mokuba Kaiba]]'s adoptive persistent man. He was considered evil by many because he constantly manipulated people, including his own son, to achieve his goals. At first, Gozaburo appeared to be a caring father and the former , training his son to succeed him as CEO of [[KaibaCorp]]. He never really cared for Noah, and rather just saw him as a tool for KaibaCorp to take over the world with. His plan was to make Noah's mindset identical to his to accomplish his goal. After Noah's accident, he only wanted to save him at any cost, but by doing so, he discovered a plan to destroy the final antagonist in real world and rule the [[Virtual World]] arcvirtual world instead. However, after Gozaburo saw Noah's death as having a wrench thrown into his biological sonplans and did not really care about him. Originally, Gozaburo planned to have Seto become a host to replace Noah's dead body because of the limitations of the virtual world. In the English dub, Seto proved himself more capable than Noah, so he ultimately scrapped the plan. In the original, [[that never occurred because Noah Kaiba]] failed and was defeated by [['s lack of interactions with real people inhibited his maturity. Upon hearing that, Yami Yugi, despite his difference with Seto, understood why he hated Gozaburo so much. He usually didn't recognize the hard work of the Big Five. He was very strict with Seto, though he was nicer to Mokuba. Meanwhile, Gozaburo used Noah to set his ambition into motion.<ref name="ep 119">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yami Yugi.]]119|ref}}</ref>

One year later, Seto concluded his studies. Gozaburo made the fatal mistake when he gave Seto 2% of KaibaCorp shares as his birthday present. He put Seto on a mission to earn 100 times (10 times in the English Version) that amount through investments within a year in order to test if he was capable of inheriting KaibaCorp, or else he would return to the orphanage. Seto overcame the expectations of Gozaburo by easily accomplishing his mission. However, Seto set in motion his own plan, he, along with the [[The Big Five|KaibaCorp Board of Directors]] (later known as The Big Five), started buying shares of KaibaCorp until they reached 49% of the company. Gozaburo, also with 49%, realized Seto's plan. Because of that, Seto hurt Mokuba to force him to spend more time with Gozaburo than with him. That action deceived This was actually a ruse to deceive Gozaburo in into thinking that Mokuba would support him instead of his brother. However, that He was proven wrong when Mokuba , remaining loyal to his brother, transferred his 2% of the company to Seto, and shocked their father.<ref name="ep 108">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|108|ref}}</ref> ===First Series Anime==={{Missing information|[[Yu-Gi-Oh! First Series - Episode 020]]}}[[File:Gozaburo Kaiba (toei).png|thumb|left|Gozaburo in the First Series Anime.]]In Episode 20, Gozaburo returned. He questioned Seto on why he created Kaiba Land and finished it even though it was over budget. After he angrily denounced Seto for the way that he ran the company, Seto announced that he was in control and the board members went to his side, which showed Gozaburo that he was in control. Gozaburo looked at the street below the board office, and then collapsed in shock.

== Personality ==Gozaburo was a strict and persistent man. He was considered evil by many because he constantly manipulated people, including his own son, to achieve his goals. At first, Gozaburo was a caring father, and trained his son to succeed him as CEO of KaibaCorp. He never really cared for Noah, and rather just saw him as a tool for KaibaCorp to take over the world with. His plan was to make Noah's mindset identical to his to accomplish his goal. After Noah's accident, he only wanted to save him at any cost, but by doing so, he discovered a plan to destroy the real world and rule the virtual world instead. However, Gozaburo saw Noah's death as having a wrench thrown into his plans and did not really care about him. Originally, Gozaburo planned to have Seto become a host to replace Noah's dead body because of the limitations of the virtual world. In the English dub, Seto proved himself more capable than Noah, so he ultimately scrapped the plan. In the original, that never occurred because Noah's lack of interactions with real people inhibited his maturity. Upon hearing that, Yami Yugi, despite his difference with Seto, understood why he hated Gozaburo so much. He usually didn't recognize the hard work of the Big Five. He was very strict with Seto, though he was nicer to Mokuba. Meanwhile, Gozaburo used Noah to set his ambition into motion.<ref name="ep 119">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|119|ref}}</ref> == Design == ===Appearance===[[File:Gozaburo Kaiba lineart.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Gozaburo Kaiba lineart.]]Gozaburo's appearance was that of a tall man, with gray hair and a mustache. In the manga, his facial expressions showed evil and madness when he committed suicide, while in the anime, he seemed like a calm and deceitful man. He usually wore a red business suit, a black tie, and a white inner long-sleeved dress shirt. Gozaburo had brown eyes and was fair skinned. ==Other Versionsversions==

Gozaburo manga portal.jpg | [[Gozaburo Kaiba (manga)]]Gozaburo-Kaiba-Nightmare-Troubadour.png | [[Gozaburo Kaiba (Nightmare Troubadour)]]

==Decks=====Anime=Deck==

Before his Duel with Seto, Gozaburo [[Summon]]ed a number of monsters with a chess theme against Yugi and company, using their respective chess pieces - "[[Cosmo Queen (anime)|Cosmo Queen]]" (Queen), "[[Skull Knight 2 (anime)|Skull Knight]]" (Bishop), "[[Command Knight (anime)|Command Knight]]" (Knight), "[[Rock Ogre Grotto 1 (anime)|Rock Ogre Grotto 1]]" (Rook), and "[[Lizard Soldier (anime)|Lizard Soldier]]" (Pawn).

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