Kagemaru

Kagemaru
Gender	"male" is not in the list (Male, Female, Unknown, None) of allowed values for the "Gender" property.male;
Occupation	Chairman of Duel Academy
	Kagemaru

Kagemaru 「影丸」 is the main antagonist of the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, as well as former chairman of Duel Academy.

Etymology

The "Kage" portion of his name is derived from the Japanese word "kage" 「影」, meaning "shadow," while the "maru" portion means "circle" or "perfection". Therefore, this character's name could mean "shadow perfection". Another interpretation is "shadow of perfection," perhaps referring to his failed attempt at becoming immortal, or "perfect". "Maru" is also a common end for male Japanese names.

Biography

History

Kagemaru was the leader of the Shadow Riders and at some point in the past, a former chairman of Duel Academy. His Shadow Charm was a small ring. In horrible health, he hoped to attain eternal youth by sacrificing Duel Monster Spirits to the Sacred Beasts, gathering the Seven Stars to help him accomplish that purpose.

Shadow Riders

Kagemaru's withered old body, inside a tube.

He was first involved in the series as an unseen figure talking to Professor Banner through his computer screen, telling him that it was an appropriate time to test Jaden in the Gravekeepers world. Banner argued Jaden might not be ready, but Kagemaru said it mattered not, and he simply would have no use if he failed.

He is next seen with the Shadow Riders, asking which one would make the first move, with Nightshroud revealing he would act. After Dr. Crowler loses to Camula, he appears on a screen in Chancellor Sheppard's office, taunting him that two keys have already been lost, and wondering if anymore students would fall to the vampire.

In Titan's flashback in how he escaped the World of Darkness, Kagemaru was shown reaching out to him giving him his item, and promising him freedom if he would serve him and defeat the key holders.

Kagemaru, after gaining youth through the power of the Sacred Beasts.

After the seventh Rider, Amnael falls, he finally makes his existence known to Jaden and the others, being air-lifted in via helicopter, in his stasis tube. Many students challenge him to a fight, however he only accepts a Duel with one student - Jaden. During the Duel, He Summons all three Sacred Beasts, and they gradually absorb duel spirits which eventually restores him to a muscular much younger form. Jaden struggles against the Sacred Beasts, but ultimately manages to come out on top. After being defeated, he returned to his aged state, and promised to renounce his former ways and asked for forgiveness, which Jaden was happy to give. Kagemaru was then carried to the hospital via helicopter after Jaden accidentally crushed his spine with a bear hug.

Darkness

Kagemaru and Sartorius warning Jaden.

Kagemaru returns to Duel Academy with Sartorius to tell Jaden that they have both had some sort of premonition, feeling that Duel Academy might be in grave danger, theorizing that the Sacred Beasts, Light of Destruction, and Yubel incidents might be related. Both Kagemaru and Sartorius are later present at Jaden's graduation ceremony.

Non-canon appearances

In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force he serves as the final boss of the game, and the player is forced to duel him twice in a row, once in his older, machine-bound form and again in his youthful form. After completing the game, he can also be found during part 1 on the cliff after 10:00 PM. Upon acquiring his Deck Recipes, he also gifts the player with a "Phantasmal Martyrs" card.

Deck

Kagemaru plays a "Sacred Beast" Deck.

Notes

v t e Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force characters → TF02
Player
Tier 1	001 Jaden Yuki 002 Syrus Truesdale 003 Chumley Huffington 004 Alexis Rhodes 005 Chazz Princeton 006 Bastion Misawa 007 Zane Truesdale
Tier 2	008 Vellian Crowler 009 Lyman Banner 010 Atticus Rhodes 011 Camula 012 Tania 013 Don Zaloog 014 Abidos the Third 015 Titan 016 Amnael 017 Kagemaru 018 Damon 019 Jasmine 020 Mindy 021 Blair 022 Paradox Brothers Para 023 Paradox Brothers Dox 024 Dark Magician Girl 025 Jinzo 026 Sadie 027 Dorothy 028 Slade Princeton 029 Jagger Princeton 030 Fonda Fontaine 031 The Gambler 032 Yasmin 033 Nightshroud
Tier 3	034 Mimicry 035 Wade 036 Georg 037 Hose 038 Dean 039 Lioside 040 Gillian 041 KENYoU 042 Moses 043 Terence 044 Ivan 045 Giry 046 Michael 047 Taku 048 Bawnji 049 Walter 050 Hayden 051 Rei 052 Zanny 053 Nathan 054 Alvaro 055 Rio 056 Tryston 057 Loggy 058 Kura 059 Aite 060 Sigthor 061 Joshua 062 Hiro 063 Laurence 064 Khadim 065 Shannon 066 Yan 067 Faty 068 Craig 069 Pipin 070 Deron 071 Enzo 072 Swin 073 Deloge 074 Vyga 075 Colin 076 Rune 077 Marcel 078 Ray 079 Bivin 080 Pablo 081 Mathew 082 Corey 083 Simon 084 Nova 085 Rock 086 Dante 087 Truly 088 Brown 089 Seydina 090 Woody 091 Hide 092 Jaime 093 Syun 094 Anca 095 Rie 096 Maki 097 Celia 098 Disa 099 Masha 100 Jewels 101 Andrea 102 Lily 103 Yumi 104 Inoso 105 Emperor.Umiuma 106 Mokuma 107 Sanzyudai Yuki 108 Senjome 109 Sironos
Non-Duelists	Chairman Chancellor Sheppard Doctor Pharaoh Researcher Sartyr

v t e Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Spirit Caller characters
Player
Students	Jaden Yuki Syrus Truesdale Chumley Huffington Alexis Rhodes Chazz Princeton Bastion Misawa Zane Truesdale Jasmine Mindy Beauregard Brier Dimitri Torrey Taiyou Torimaki Raizou Mototani Natsuo Tanaka Ryouta Katou Ishiki Erishi America Uchimura Blair Tyranno Hassleberry Atticus Rhodes
Faculty	Professor Sartyr Dr. Vellian Crowler Fonda Fontaine Prof. Lyman Banner
Shadow Riders	Nightshroud Camula Tania Don Zaloog Abidos the Third Titan Amnael Kagemaru
Obtainable Duel Monster Spirits Partners	Adhesive Explosive Jerry Beans Man Oscillo Hero #2 Hane-Hane Star Boy Ebon Magician Curran Soitsu Skelengel Babycerasaurus Acrobat Monkey Beelze Frog Blast Asmodian Dragon Piper White Magician Pikeru Batteryman C Batteryman D
Other Duel Monster Spirits	Jinzo Kaibaman Dark Magician Girl
Other Duelists	Aster Phoenix Para Dox Admiral
Non-Duelists	Chancellor Sheppard Ms. Dorothy Sadie

v t e ← TF02 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3 characters
Player
Tier 1	001 Jaden Yuki 002 Syrus Truesdale 003 Chazz Princeton 004 Zane Truesdale 005 Blair Flannigan 006 Alexis Rhodes 007 Bastion Misawa
Tier 2	008 Tyranno Hassleberry 009 Aster Phoenix 010 Jesse Anderson 011 Sartorius 012 Sarina 013 Vice-Chancellor Bonaparte 014 Adrian Gecko 015 Jim Crocodile Cook 016 Axel Brodie 017 Professor Thelonious Viper 018 Vellian Crowler 019 Atticus Rhodes - Nightshroud 020 Damon 021 Jasmine 022 Mindy 023 Dark Magician Girl 024 Jinzo 025 Sadie 026 Ms. Dorothy 027 Slade Princeton 028 Jagger Princeton 029 Fonda Fontaine 030 The Gambler 031 Yasmin 032 Titan 033 Paradox Brothers - Para 034 Paradox Brothers - Dox 035 Lyman Banner - Amnael 036 Camula 037 Tania 038 Don Zaloog 039 Abidos the Third 040 Kagemaru 041 Chumley Huffington 042 Yubel 043 Trueman 044 Yusuke Fujiwara
Tier 3	045 Mimicry 046 Wade 047 Georg 048 Hose 049 Dean 050 Lioside 051 Gillian 052 KENYoU 053 Moses 054 Terence 055 Ivan 056 Giry 057 Michael 058 Taku 059 Bawnji 060 Walter 061 Hayden 062 Rei 063 Zanny 064 Nathan 065 Alvaro 066 Rio 067 Tryston 068 Loggy 069 Kura 070 Aite 071 Sigthor 072 Joshua 073 Hiro 074 Laurence 075 Khadim 076 Shannon 077 Yan 078 Faty 079 Craig 080 Pipin 081 Deron 082 Enzo 083 Swin 084 Deloge 085 Vyga 086 Colin 087 Rune 088 Marcel 089 Ray 090 Bivin 091 Pablo 092 Mathew 093 Corey 094 Simon 095 Nova 096 Rock 097 Dante 098 Truly 099 Brown 100 Seydina 101 Woody 102 Hide 103 Jaime 104 Syun 105 Anca 106 Rie 107 Maki 108 Celia 109 Disa 110 Masha 111 Jewels 112 Andrea 113 Lily 114 Yumi 115 Bright 116 Yuma 117 Cherry 118 Wisteria 119 Kami 120 Inoso 121 Emperor.Umiuma 122 Mokuma 123 Sanzyudai Yuki 124 Senjome 125 Sironos
Non-Duelists	Chairman Chancellor Sheppard Pharaoh Sartyr
Other	The Supreme King

v t e Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force characters → TF02
Player
Tier 1	001 Jaden Yuki 002 Syrus Truesdale 003 Chumley Huffington 004 Alexis Rhodes 005 Chazz Princeton 006 Bastion Misawa 007 Zane Truesdale
Tier 2	008 Vellian Crowler 009 Lyman Banner 010 Atticus Rhodes 011 Camula 012 Tania 013 Don Zaloog 014 Abidos the Third 015 Titan 016 Amnael 017 Kagemaru 018 Damon 019 Jasmine 020 Mindy 021 Blair 022 Paradox Brothers Para 023 Paradox Brothers Dox 024 Dark Magician Girl 025 Jinzo 026 Sadie 027 Dorothy 028 Slade Princeton 029 Jagger Princeton 030 Fonda Fontaine 031 The Gambler 032 Yasmin 033 Nightshroud
Tier 3	034 Mimicry 035 Wade 036 Georg 037 Hose 038 Dean 039 Lioside 040 Gillian 041 KENYoU 042 Moses 043 Terence 044 Ivan 045 Giry 046 Michael 047 Taku 048 Bawnji 049 Walter 050 Hayden 051 Rei 052 Zanny 053 Nathan 054 Alvaro 055 Rio 056 Tryston 057 Loggy 058 Kura 059 Aite 060 Sigthor 061 Joshua 062 Hiro 063 Laurence 064 Khadim 065 Shannon 066 Yan 067 Faty 068 Craig 069 Pipin 070 Deron 071 Enzo 072 Swin 073 Deloge 074 Vyga 075 Colin 076 Rune 077 Marcel 078 Ray 079 Bivin 080 Pablo 081 Mathew 082 Corey 083 Simon 084 Nova 085 Rock 086 Dante 087 Truly 088 Brown 089 Seydina 090 Woody 091 Hide 092 Jaime 093 Syun 094 Anca 095 Rie 096 Maki 097 Celia 098 Disa 099 Masha 100 Jewels 101 Andrea 102 Lily 103 Yumi 104 Inoso 105 Emperor.Umiuma 106 Mokuma 107 Sanzyudai Yuki 108 Senjome 109 Sironos
Non-Duelists	Chairman Chancellor Sheppard Doctor Pharaoh Researcher Sartyr

v t e Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Spirit Caller characters
Player
Students	Jaden Yuki Syrus Truesdale Chumley Huffington Alexis Rhodes Chazz Princeton Bastion Misawa Zane Truesdale Jasmine Mindy Beauregard Brier Dimitri Torrey Taiyou Torimaki Raizou Mototani Natsuo Tanaka Ryouta Katou Ishiki Erishi America Uchimura Blair Tyranno Hassleberry Atticus Rhodes
Faculty	Professor Sartyr Dr. Vellian Crowler Fonda Fontaine Prof. Lyman Banner
Shadow Riders	Nightshroud Camula Tania Don Zaloog Abidos the Third Titan Amnael Kagemaru
Obtainable Duel Monster Spirits Partners	Adhesive Explosive Jerry Beans Man Oscillo Hero #2 Hane-Hane Star Boy Ebon Magician Curran Soitsu Skelengel Babycerasaurus Acrobat Monkey Beelze Frog Blast Asmodian Dragon Piper White Magician Pikeru Batteryman C Batteryman D
Other Duel Monster Spirits	Jinzo Kaibaman Dark Magician Girl
Other Duelists	Aster Phoenix Para Dox Admiral
Non-Duelists	Chancellor Sheppard Ms. Dorothy Sadie

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