Editing Leichter

{{Infobox character
| headers                  = true
| image                    = lector.png
| en_name                  = Leichter
| ja_trans_name            = Kogoro Daimon
| other_names              = Big 5
| ja_name                  = 大門小五郎
| romaji_name              = Daimon Kogorō
| gender                   = Male
| previous_organization    = [[KaibaCorp]]
| previous_occupation      = [[Gozaburo Kaiba]]'s assistant
| team                     = [[The Big Five]]
| anime_deck               = [[Lockdown]]
| deck_master              = [[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]
| ntr_deck                 = View from Above
| anime_debut              = {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|8|ref}}
| video_game_debut         = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler]]''
| hide_appearances         = true
| appears_in_manga         = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist]]''
| appears_in_anime         = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
| appears_in_gba           =
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction]]''
| appears_in_nds           = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour]]''
| en_voice                 = {{voice actors|en|Tom Souhrada}}
| ja_voice                 = {{voice actors|ja|Eiji Takemoto|Hisashi Izumi|e1=(Legendary Heroes)|e2=(Virtual World)<ref>[http://www.hi-net.zaq.ne.jp/aki_rhythm/seiyuu/seiyuu-y.html hi-net.zaq.ne.jp] ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' cast</ref>}}
| de_voice                 = {{voice actors|de|Jörg Hengstler|e1=(Virtual World)}}
|es_voice = Jesús "Rolo" Rodríguez (Spanish from Spain)}}

'''Leichter''', known as '''Kogoro Daimon''' in the Japanese version, is a character in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' anime. He is a member of [[the Big Five]]. He was the former assistant to [[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]] and later [[Seto Kaiba]].

== Design ==
=== Appearance ===
Leichter is tall and has brown hair and dark skin. Like the other members of The Big Five, he wears a business suit. In the Virtual World, he takes the appearance of [[Jinzo]].

===Personality===
Leichter seems to be loyal, as he helped raise Seto Kaiba and always performed his appropriate duties as Kaiba's right-hand man. Although he may have only done this in the hope to gain more power. Leichter is more virtuous than the other Big Five members, as he was morally opposed to Seto Kaiba's deceitful schemes, while the other members often engaged in similar behaviour. Despite this, he says he doesn't believe in playing fair, when he went back on his word to return Tristan's body. He is also very polite. As the most skilled duelist of The Big Five he can be somewhat arrogant, mainly seen from the Japanese Dub in his duel against Yugi & Joey. Thanks to his Deck Master Jinzo preventing the use of his opponent's Trap Cards, Lector proclaimed if his group let him handle everything from the start he would have already won.

===Voice/mannerisms===
In the English dub he speaks with a Southern US dialect. His voice is slightly more robotic when he is in his Jinzo form. He tends to address people as Mr. (surname).

==Biography==
===KaibaCorp===
Leichter worked as an assistant to [[Gozaburo Kaiba]] at [[KaibaCorp]]. In the Japanese version, he sold weapons to foreign countries. In the English dub, he helped raise Seto Kaiba and was next in line to run KaibaCorp, after Gozaburo.

On Seto's birthday, Gozaburo gives Seto a 2% share of KaibaCorp (10 million dollars in the dub). With only Leichter allowed to help him, Seto was tasked to return Gozaburo 100 times (10 times in the dub) the money Gozaburo lent him within a year's time or else he and Mokuba would be sent back to the orphanage. Seto got Leichter to use the money to buy 51% of a company and force them to buy it back at 5 times the price (10 times in the dub) by threatening to let the company go bankrupt and leave the employees jobless.

Leichter, along with 4 other KaibaCorp employees formed a group known as [[the Big Five]]. Seto convinces the Big Five that Gozaburo is mistreating them and he'll help restore them to their former power. The Big Five agree, and thus buy 49% of KaibaCorp. Combined with 2% that Gozaburo had previously given to Mokuba, the Big Five vote out Gozaburo and vote in Seto as the president of the company. However, Kaiba demotes Lector from heir to the company president to a figurehead.

===Duelist Kingdom===
Furious over Kaiba's betrayal and taking his spot as successor to Gozaburo, Leichter and the Big Five strike a deal with the president of [[Industrial Illusions]], [[Maximillion Pegasus]], in an attempt to overthrow Seto. If Pegasus defeats Seto and [[Yugi Muto]] in Duels, then they will use their 49% to vote Pegasus into power of the company by kidnapping [[Mokuba Kaiba]], who has been entrusted with the security codes to the two percent the Big Five need.

The Big Five later watch on their monitor the Duel between Yugi Moto and Maximilian Pegasus. The Big Five and Pegasus' plan fails, after Pegasus is defeated by Yugi. In the manga, Leichter and the rest of the Big Five were fired by Seto and are never seen again.

===Legendary Heroes===
In the anime, the Big Five avoid being fired by making excuses and offering Seto his complete virtual reality game as a peace offering.

Eager to try out the virtual reality game, Kaiba refrains from immediately firing them and enters the virtual world. The Big Five trap Kaiba in the virtual reality.

However, Kaiba is rescued by Mokuba, Yugi, [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]], and [[Mai Valentine]]. The Big Five reprogram the game and set "[[Mythic Dragon (anime)|Mythic Dragon]]" as the final boss. However, it is defeated by Yugi and Kaiba's "[[Dragon Master Knight (anime)|Dragon Master Knight]]".

===Virtual Realm===
After losing in Legendary Heroes, the Big Five found themselves trapped in the virtual world, instead of Kaiba. Here they meet up with [[Noah Kaiba]]. Having Seto as a common enemy, they made plans for revenge.

During the [[Battle City]] tournament, Noah has the KaibaCorp blimp sucked into an undersea fortress, where the virtual world's main servers are. They force Seto and Mokuba Kaiba, along with Yugi and his friends into the virtual world again. Using an altered set of ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' rules, involving [[Deck Master]]s, the Big Five Duel their enemies in the hopes of stealing their bodies to escape the virtual reality.

[[File:Leichter.jpg|thumb|left|Leichter as "[[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]".]]

Leichter takes the form of "[[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]", who he uses as his Deck Master and challenges Seto as his opponent. He claims that he did all the hard work to make Seto look good for Gozaburo and reveals Seto's manipulation of Mokuba when they overthrew Gozaburo, which Seto denies. Though the latter does acknowledge he went back on his agreement with the Big Five & was using them from the start. Seto is originally unaware of Leichter's choice of Deck Master, due to his overcoat. He shows no interest in what it could be, until Leichter uses his ability to destroy Kaiba's [[Trap Card]]s. Seto manages to win the Duel after using "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" to destroy Leichter's "[[Satellite Cannon (anime)|Satellite Cannon]]".

Leichter, along with [[Gansley]], [[Crump]], and [[Johnson]], having failed to win their targets' bodies, go behind Noah's back and attempt to steal the bodies. They chase down [[Duke Devlin|Duke]], [[Serenity Wheeler|Serenity]], and [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]]. As they argue over who gets which bodies, Noah makes contact and tells them off. Since [[Nezbitt]] didn't rightfully take [[Tristan Taylor]]'s body (as he had actually lost the Duel despite defeating Tristan), Noah allows the Big Five to share Tristan's body in order to Duel Yugi. Should they win, they would get their freedom.

The Big Five face Yugi and Joey, using Tristan's body. The Big 5 each switch control and their Deck Masters throughout the Duel. Leichter does most of the turns during the Duel, using his Deck Master to negate their opponents' Traps and allow their own monsters to attack with "[[Gravity Bind (anime)|Gravity Bind]]" active. Leichter uses "[[Dragon Revival Ritual]]" to combine their Deck Masters into the Mythic Dragon, "[[Mythic Dragon (anime)|Mythic Dragon]]" again. The dragon is destroyed by Yugi and Joey's "[[Mirage Knight (anime)|Mirage Knight]]", but the Big 5 use "[[A Deal with Dark Ruler (anime)|A Deal with Dark Ruler]]" to make "[[Berserk Dragon (anime)|Berserk Dragon]]" their Deck Master. However, it is destroyed by "[[Dark Magician Knight (anime)|Dark Magician Knight]]", costing them the Duel.

Noah refused to give the Big Five any more chances after that. In the original version, Noah deleted Leichter and the Big Five. In the dub, Noah imprisoned the Big Five in the different corners of the Virtual World until it was destroyed.

==Deck==

Leichter uses a '''Control Deck''' and utilizes a wide array of cards that [[lockdown]] the opponent's abilities, highlighted by his [[Deck Master]] "[[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]". In his Duel with Kaiba, he combines "Jinzo" with "[[Injection Fairy Lily (anime)|Injection Fairy Lily]]" and "[[Imperial Order (anime)|Imperial Order]]", preventing Kaiba's use of [[Spell Card|Magic]] and [[Trap Card]]s and overwhelming him with the brute power of "Fairy Lily". He also uses a variety of cards to replenish his [[Life Points]] so he can continue to [[pay]] them to use the effects of "Imperial Order" and "Fairy Lily" effects. This deck may represent his desire to control Kaiba Corp and win money in a similar way he controls the duel and "wins" and "invests" Life Points.

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{{Decklist
|effect monsters =
* [[Cyber Jar (anime)|Cyber Jar]]
* [[Dreamsprite (anime)|Dreamsprite]]
* [[Fire Princess (anime)|Fire Princess]]<ref group=Notes name=sac>This card is [[Set]] and later [[Tribute]]d to Summon "[[Satellite Cannon (anime)|Satellite Cannon]]".</ref>
* [[Hiro's Shadow Scout (anime)|Hiro's Shadow Scout]]
* [[Injection Fairy Lily (anime)|Injection Fairy Lily]]
* [[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]
* [[Satellite Cannon (anime)|Satellite Cannon]]
|spells =
* [[Emergency Provisions (anime)|Emergency Provisions]]
* [[Sebek's Blessing (anime)|Sebek's Blessing]]
* [[Spring of Rebirth (anime)|Spring of Rebirth]]<ref group=Notes name=prov>This card is [[Set]] and later [[send|sent]] to the [[Graveyard]] with "[[Emergency Provisions (anime)|Emergency Provisions]]".</ref>
* [[Watch Tranquilizer]]
|traps =
* [[Imperial Order (anime)|Imperial Order]]
* [[Life Absorbing Machine (anime)|Life Absorbing Machine]]
* [[Mask of Perplexity]]
* [[Solemn Wishes (anime)|Solemn Wishes]]
* [[The Regulation of Tribe (anime)|The Regulation of Tribe]]<ref group=Notes name=tribe>This card is seen when "[[Satellite Cannon (anime)|Satellite Cannon]]" is launched, but later activates as "[[Imperial Order (anime)|Imperial Order]]".</ref>
}}

==Duels==
{| class="wikitable card-list"
|-
! Opponent(s) || Episode(s) || Outcome(s)
|-
| [[Seto Kaiba]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 108|108]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 109|109]] || Lose
|-
| [[Yugi Muto]]/[[Yami Yugi]] and [[Joey Wheeler]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 111|111]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 113|113]] || Lose (with [[The Big Five]]; through [[Tristan Taylor]])
|}

==References==
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==Notes==
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