HERO

HERO
Japanese	ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー)
Japanese (base text)	ＨＥＲＯ
Japanese (translated)	Hero
English	Hero
Other names French: Heros German: Held Italian: Eroe Korean: 히어로 Portuguese: Herói Spanish: Héroe
Appears in (anime)	Yu-Gi-Oh! (Duel Monsters) GX
Appears in (manga)	Yu-Gi-Oh! (Duel Monsters) GX
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Heroes are a three-prong series of Archetypes introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Hero cards are noted by 「ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー)」 in the card's Japanese name.

Initially divided into Elemental Heroes, Evil Heroes and Destiny Heroes, they are starting to shift towards eventual unification of the three Archetypes.

Cards whose text specifically reference this unification are "Elemental Hero Stratos", "Elemental Hero Ocean", "Elemental Hero Divine Neos", "Evil Hero Infernal Prodigy", "Elemental Hero Absolute Zero" and "Hero's Bond", where the effects are based on cards present on the field whose names contain "Hero", allowing them to be used with either the "Elemental Heroes", "Evil Heroes" or "Destiny Heroes".

The Japanese cards use 「Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ(エレメンタルヒーロー)」, 「Ｅ－ＨＥＲＯ(イービルヒーロー)」 and 「Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯ(デステニーヒーロー)」 at the start of their applicable cards, so 「ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー)」 would only work for those three. Note that Elemental Hero and Evil Hero use 「Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ」 and 「Ｅ－ＨＥＲＯ」, and their furigana is different: Elemental Heroes have 「エレメンタルヒーロー」 and Evil Heroes have 「イービルヒーロー」.

The Korean cards use "히어로" to indicate Heroes. Elemental Heroes and Evil Heroes are denoted by "엘리멘틀 히어로" and Destiny Heroes are denoted by "데스티니 히어로".

In English and other languages, they have since changed the text to allow only Destiny Heroes and Elemental Heroes to work with these related card effects. Most cards still need to be updated with the release of the "Evil Heroes" to include them. "Elemental Hero Stratos" and "Elemental Hero Ocean" have been erratered to support each type of Hero.