Yako Tenma
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| Occupation | President of Industrial Illusions |
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Yako Tenma is the main antagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh! R. He is the protégé and adopted son (often mistaken, or mistranslated as younger brother) of Pegasus, and the biological twin brother of Gekko Tenma, who wants revenge for Pegasus' death and disappearance, although unbeknownst to him, it was actually Yami Bakura who killed him. He was always known as the less superior of the two Tenma brothers, constantly being defeated by Gekko. Yako appeared to have acquired an inferiority complex from his treatment by others. Pegasus however, seemed to be the only one who recognized he had potential, and that he'd develop into a great Duelist someday. He believes that Yugi killed Pegasus, and even when Gekko tells him that what Keith Howard told him is false, he said that "the reason Pegasus got killed is because Yugi won against him." Tenma's name comes from "Pegasus", which can be translated into Japanese as "Tenma", or 天馬.
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History
Yako along his twin brother, Gekko were orphans adopted by Pegasus to be trained as his protégés to be potential heirs to his company, I2. It became apparent the Tenma twins were considered Pegasus' favorites amongst the adopted children, and they clearly were the most attached to him. One day prior to Duelist Kingdom, Pegasus discussed his plans of taking over KaibaCorp and reviving Cyndia. Unfortunately, this dream would never come true, and it was also the last time Yako would see his mentor alive. At some point after The Duelist Kingdom Tournament, he found Cyndia's card covered in Pegasus's blood, causing Yako to freak out.
In anger, Yako demanded Mr. Crocketts tell him who did this, and not knowing what happened to Pegasus, he revealed that Yugi defeated him, giving Yako a target. In revenge, Yako locked himself in his room to research in the mystic science, which includes the Millennium Items, especially the Millennium Eye, and the designs of very powerful and evil cards that Pegasus left behind, but did not produce due to fear; Yako used his researches to complete them, and named them the Wicked Gods, which slowly corrupted him. He tested his plan to revive Pegasus by using "The Wicked Avatar" to revive Keith Howard.
Biography
Yako made his move after the Battle City Tournament, observing a recording of Yugi's defeat of Dark Marik, and declaring that Yugi had to pay for taking everything from him. He hacked into the KaibaCorp buildings mainframe, making it through all of the firewalls, and preventing Isono from shutting the system down. He then appeared as a hologram, declaring the KaibaCorp had been taken over by the Asian divison of Industrial Illusions. He kidnapped Anzu Mazaki, replacing her with a hologram. After school had finished at Domino High School, Yako appeared as a hologram to meet Yugi Muto, emerging from a desk. Jonouchi initially thought he was a ghost, though Yugi realized that Yako was a hologram.
Yako requested to Duel Yugi, and he accepted, switching to Dark Yugi. Yugi summoned "Slifer the Sky Dragon" against Yako, but Yako countered with his newly revealed God card, "The Wicked Avatar", destroying "Slifer" with ease as "Avatar" was higher on the divine hierachy of the God cards. He then called off the duel and Anzu disappeared, revealing to the others that she had been a hologram, and told Yugi to come to the KaibaCorp building if he wanted to rescue her. Around the same time, he also contacted Kaiba in a similar manner, remarking when Kaiba suggested a facility to train future duelists that Pegasus had also planned a similar idea. The duel disks of people that Kaiba was observing began to malfunction, and Kaiba realized that Yako was behind it. Yako revealed that he had taken over KaibaCorp for a project of his, goading Kaiba into returning to Japan.
After Yugi defeated Deschutes Lew, he talked with Bandit Keith, revealing that he needed the Duels to occur to have the R.A. Project to proceed. Later, after Yugi had defeated Maico Kato, bringing the total number of card professors in the building down to seven, he met him in person, Yugi sensing that he was real due to his duelist's aura. He requested to Duel Yugi again, as his deck was not well prepared the previous time. He offered to let Yugi see Anzu if he won, but if Yako won, he would take the Egyptian Gods. Yugi accepted the challenge, and Crocketts led them to a theater to Duel.
Yako quickly brought out three monsters using "Summoner Monk", while Yugi countered with "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior". However, despite Yugi's efforts, Yako was able to summon "The Wicked Dreadroot", and power it up with "[[Divine Evolution]", with the Wicked God's effect halving the ATK and DEF of every other monster on the field. Yugi tried to summon "The Sun Dragon Ra", but Yako used "The Selection" to prevent its Summon.
Yugi refused to give up, and Summoned "Arcana Knight Joker", rather than attempting to Summon another Egyptian God. He lured Yako into attacking him, and used "Spellbinding Illusion" to negate its effects and allow "Arcana Knight Joker" to destroy it. Shocked that Yugi had destroyed the Wicked God monster, Yako abandoned the body he had been possessing to Duel Yugi, revealed to be that of his twin brother, Gekko Tenma.
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Personality
Yako is extremely determined to revive Pegasus, not letting anything stand in his way; be it Yugi and his friends or Seto Kaiba. His mentality seemed to be slowly warped by the presence of the Wicked Gods, twisting him more and more as he had been exposed to them over time. He claims that Pegasus was his master and everything to him, and losing him was the worst tragedy that could befall him.
He also held great enmity for his twin, Gekko. Gekko was often praised by Pegasus as a "perfect" duelist, and Yako often felt that he was dueling in the shadow of his twin. He failed to realize that Gekko was "perfect" in the fact that he would experience no growth as a duelist, and was as strong as he'd ever be. Yako's feelings for Gekko eventually caused him to use his brother as a pawn in his battle against Yugi.
After the destruction of The Wicked Avatar, Yako's personality returned to his kind, calm demeanor he held before being exposed to the Wicked Gods.
Abilities
He is highly skilled with technology, using holograms to make it appear as if he could pass through walls, ceilings and other solid objects.
Deck
Wicked God
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| Opponent(s) | Chapter(s) | Outcome |
| Dark Yugi/Yugi Mutou | 1-2 | No result |
| Seto Kaiba | 28-31 | Win |
| Dark Yugi/Yugi Mutou | 38-44 | Lose |
Yako uses a Devil God Deck. it focuses on Level modification tactics to bring out multiple monsters, which he can Tribute for the Summoning of the Wicked Gods, particularly "The Wicked Avatar". Many of his monsters are named after Goetia demons. In addition, several of his monsters are unnamed.
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Gekko
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| Opponent(s) | Chapter(s) | Outcome |
| Dark Yugi/Yugi Mutou | 9-11 | Lose |
In order to test the powers of "The Wicked Dreadroot", Yako possesses his twin brother Gekko and forces him to Duel Yugi. The Deck focused on swarming the field with "Seraphim" monsters in order to bring out "Dreadroot", while countering the opponent with cards such as "Triage".
Notes
- ↑ This card was played as a fusion of "Beast King Barbaros" and "Machine Lord Ür". It is an Effect Monster in the TCG/OCG.
