Heartless Hound

Heartless Hound
"Heartless Hound Martial Master Shiba".
Japanese	邪（じゃ）犬（けん） 邪犬 (base) じゃけん (ruby) Jaken (romanized)
Sets Battle Pack 2022 Vol.2 Deck Mod Pack: Requiem of Destruction!! Korean Event Pack 2023 Vol.2
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!
Manga appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel LP
Lists	Members

Heartless Hound (邪（じゃ）犬（けん） Jaken) is a series of DARK Attribute Beast-Warrior Type monsters used by Bochi in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! anime and Juji in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel LP manga. It focuses on sending many Beast-Warrior Type monsters to the Graveyard, then Special Summoning them back to the field.

Design

Etymology

The series' Japanese name (邪（じゃ）犬（けん）) literally means "Wicked Dog". It is a pun on 邪（じゃ）険（けん） "heartless", swapping the second kanji for 犬（けん） ("dog"), which has the same reading.

Members

The Heartless Hound monsters are based on different breeds of dog wielding various weapons, with the high-Level monsters being based on mythological figures.

Heartless Hound	Dog breed	Weapon	Deity	Notes
Apex Katana Danbiramatian	Dalmatian	Katana		"Danbira" is a Japanese catch-all nickname given to swords.
Blade Aikuchihuahua	Chihuahua	Aikuchi-style dagger
Blade Bulldosu	Bulldog	Aikuchi-style sword		"Dosu" is a nickname given to swords that used aikuchi-style mountings.
Blaster Chaka Chow Chow	Chow Chow	Marble pistol		"Chaka" is a Japanese nickname given to pistols.
Blaster Gundog	Husky	Water pistol
Martial Master Shiba	Shiba Inu	Trishula	Shiva
Striking Kai Ken Knuckle	Kai Ken	Knuckledusters
Thunder Emperor Drainu	Dobermann	Vajra	Indra Komainu