Masa

Masa

Names
English	Masa
Japanese translated	Masaru
Japanese Japanese マサル Rōmaji Masaru
Personal
Gender	Male
Career Education
Organization	Newspaper Club
School	Goha #7 Elementary
Duelist
Tournament Position Goha Rush Duel Team Battle Royal Did not place (With Scoop Pitman and Cub)
Appearances
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS episode 0055: "Breaking News!"
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS
Voice actors
Japanese	Kentaro Kumagai
Masa

Masa, known as Masaru (マサル Masaru) in the Japanese version, is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS anime. He is a student at Goha 7th Elementary, and the interviewer of the Newspaper Club.

A adult character resembling Masa and sharing his voice actor, Makeru Kurimoto, appears in Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!.

Design

Appearance

Masa is a stocky fair-skinned boy with short brown hair in three spikes, and brown eyes. He wears a cream-coloured shirt a sleeveless blue jacket, orange pants, and black boots. Like his fellow Newspaper Club members, he constantly carries around his journalist equipment and wears a yellow and black armband on his left bicep; Masa carries a microphone.

Personality

Masa claims that he is devoted to the truth, but his questions can be provocative when he is giving interviews.

Biography

Birth of Rush Duels

Masa, Cub, and Scoop interviewed Yuga Ohdo and Lucidien "Luke" Kallister about Rush Dueling. Although Luke claimed Rush Dueling turned common sense on its head and put one onto a new path, Scoop found Rush Dueling to be simplistic and shallow and published an article decrying it. Yuga, Luke, Gavin Sogetsu, and Romin Kassidy came to their office to order him to change the story, and Masa and Cub fended them off despite Gavin using the authority of the Student Council against them until Yuga threatened to publish their paper online, where it would likely be censored by Goha Enterprises who had been doing the same to any digital content discussing Rush Duels. Scoop freaked out and revealed that he was the Chief to his visitors, and suggested they Duel to determine the content of the article.

Luke accepted Scoop's challenge, and Scoop stated that he didn't mind using Rush Dueling rules. Masa constantly interviewed both Duelists' throughout the Duel. Scoop was able to bring out all three of his "Printing Pressers" and destroy all of Luke's monsters, but Luke was able to endure the turn by reducing the ATK of one "Toughroid", surviving with 100 LP. Cub believed Scoop had won the Duel, but Luke he destroyed all of Scoop's "Toughroids" with "Dragonic Pressure", then brought out "Multistrike Dragon Dragias" and defeated Scoop. After Scoop's loss, Romin took Masa's microphone and "interviewed" Scoop, asking him how he felt about Rush Dueling now, and Scoop admitted that he'd come to like the depth and fun of Rush Duels. Masa, Scoop and Cub begged Yuga not to shut down their paper; Yuga agreed not to, and Scoop published a revised article that legitimately praised Rush Dueling; Masa and Cub quickly distributing it the following morning.

Gavin called Scoop to ask if he had any information on Yuga's "Sevens Road Magician", whose legality was being disputed as it was said to have been the reason for a Duelist being disqualified during the 666th Goha Dueling Tournament. Masa, Scoop and Cub instead searched for information on the tournament itself, discovering a videotape with footage of the Duelist in question, Otes, being disqualified for being a Goha employee. Yosh Imimi was sent to bring Masa, Scoop and Cub to the Big Seven Arena, where Yuga was Rush Dueling Roa Kassidy, and they arrived just as Kaizo was about to disqualify Yuga. Masa connected their VCR player to Kaizo so that Scoop could show everyone the footage of Otes's disqualification, which also showed Roa present in the crowd during the event, resulting in Roa revealing his animosity over not being chosen to become the King of Duels. With the legality of "Sevens Road Magician" cleared up, Yuga and Roa continued their Duel with the right to the King of Duels title on the line. Yuga was pushed into a corner, but he was able to win.

Maximum

Some time after Yuga and Roa's Duel, Scoop received a penalty on his Duel Disk. Masa, Scoop and Cub went to the Road Laboratory, where Yuga explained that they and all his other friends had been penalized due to his challenge by Goha Duel Overseer Nail Saionji to retrieve the data of Yuga's Drone Kaizo, and if anyone in Yuga's group of friends lost a Duel, they would all be penalized and their accounts deleted if they received six penalties. The penalty had occurred when Yosh had defeated his mother Mimi, as Mimi had inadvertently become considered one of Yuga's friends; Masa used his microphone to interview whoever was speaking at the time. Despite the circumstances, everyone present agreed to help Yuga, given that all of their accounts were on the line, but then Yuga, Luke and Gavin were dropped into a pit leading to the Garden of Curiosity, with Romin and Saburamen also falling in.

Gavin later came to Masa, Scoop and Cub to ask them about Maximum Summoning, showing them a drawing of the Maximum Monster "Yggdrago the Sky Emperor", though Masa had never heard of it. Masa was with Scoop and Cub in Goha City when they watched Yuga and Nail's Maximum Monsters, "Supreme Machine Magnum Overlord" and "Yggdrago the Sky Emperor" battling from the streets below. Yuga was forced to return his Maximum to his hand and was pushed into a corner, but to Masa's shock, Ricky and Katz declared their support for Yuga and were also penalized five times, as were many elementary students around Goha City. Fortunately Yuga was able to re-Maximum Summon "Magnum Overlord" again and defeated Nail, who erased the penalties on Scoop's Duel Disk.

Goha #6 Elementary

Masa was with Scoop and Cub at the Newspaper Club after school one day when Luke came to them and asked them to join his new Luke Club, dubbing them members four, five, and six without their consent. Once Luke had left, Masa and his friends quickly agreed that they wouldn't be joining the club.

Yuga, Luke, Gavin, Romin, Rayne and Rino were all forced to transfer to Goha #6 Elementary. Cub came to Masa Scoop with a warning that a caterpillar track was headed for the Road Laboratory, so they enlisted the help of the Post-Apocalyptic Club to defend it, but they were all easily disarmed by the caterpillar track's driver, Caterpillio Elephantis, scaring Yosh and his friends away. Masa and his friends refused to flee even as Caterpillio's track bore down on them, but fortunately they were saved by Luke's sister Tiadosia "Tiger" Kallister, who challenged Caterpillio to a Rush Duel. Masa tried to interview Tiger throughout the Duel, but his questions annoyed her and she continually sent him and Cub flying away with a yell. Tiger eventually defeated Caterpillio, but despite his loss, Caterpillio tried to dismantle the lab anyway until he was stopped by Galian Townsend, another member of Goha 6th's Heavy Cavalry Duel Club. After they left, Masa interviewed Tiger over her victory, and she noted that this wasn't the full strength of the Heavy Cavalry Duel Club.

Masa later witnessed Yuga's second Rush Duel with Asana Mutsuba, the leader of the Heavy Cavalry Duel Club, from afar at Goha #7 Elementary.

Team Battle Royal

Luke began to have Goha #7 Elementary painted blue, so Masa, Cub and Scoop interviewed him as to why. Luke and Kaizo confirmed they were painting the school the color of "Multistrike Dragon Dragias" for a two-day celebration of his ascendance on the Student Council and they both began laughing as they reveled in their power, something Scoop called a scoop.

Masa, Scoop and Cub learned about the Goha Rush Duel Team Battle Royal from Prioria Sweetalina's announcement. They decided to enter as a team, attending the registration at Goha Stadium and interviewing Janko Entant from Goha #6 Elementary's Student Council.

Masa, Scoop and Cub made it through the first day of the tournament as Team Newspaper Extra. On the second day, Rino contacted them and explained that Luke, Romin and Gavin required aid in their efforts to uncover the truth behind an organization calling themselves "Goha 66", so Masa, Scoop and Cub went with the Post-Apocalyptic Club and the Gourmet Comrades Team to rescue them from a mob of defeated Duelists. At Scoop's suggestion, Saburamen, Briscoe and Sushiko accompanied Luke, Romin and Gavin, while Masa, Scoop and Cub remained behind with the Post-Apocalyptic Club to hold off the Duelists, though they weren't thrilled by Luke's statement that he would only remember them for three days.

Despite their efforts, Masa, Scoop, and Cub failed to place in the tournament, so they attended the finals of the Goha Rush Duel Team Battle Royal on the third day, watching Romin's victory against Roa and Gavin's Duel against Nail and witnessing Gavin's new "DJ G" persona. Faced with "Yggdrago the Sky Emperor", Gavin eventually returned to his normal persona after a power outage in the stadium and forced a DRAW, leaving Yuga and Luke to have a final Duel.

Masa watched Yuga and Luke's Rush Duel, where the power in the stadium began to fail again, revealed to be due to the Goha Duel Server being hacked, and Masa witnessed the revelation of the Goha Duel Server on the moon and the Rush Duel Program contained within, under attack by Goha Enterprises Drones that were uninstalling it and had been all tournament. Despite knowing their Duel would complete the uninstallation, Yuga and Luke continued to Duel. Masa applauded when Luke eventually won, resulting in the uninstallation of Rush Dueling, but Yuga and Nail were able to reinstall the program and install it in the Super Rush Robot to protect it from another attack. Masa then watched Luke's coronation as King of Duels.

Goha 6 Siblings

After becoming King of Duels, the power went to Luke's head again and he began bossing the other Duelists at the school around. Tiger leaked her brother's childhood manga "The Lukeman" to the Newspaper Club and had them publish it to give Luke's ego a much-needed check.

The true Goha Presidents, the Goha Six, returned to Earth, evicted the current president, Mimi Imimi, and challenged Yuga and his friends to Rush Duels with the Super Rush Robot held hostage by Forcersizers that would shake it apart unless Yuga defeated the six siblings. Masa was in Goha City one night with Scoop, Cub and the Post-Apocalyptic Club when he watched the Rush Duel between Yuga and The Lukeman, including Yuo Goha's rage after he believed Yuga and The Lukeman weren't taking the Duel seriously. To Masa's shock a meteor entered the atmosphere and plunged towards Yuga, having been dragged in by the Goha Meteor Shower, and Yuga blocked the meteor with his Duel Disk, acquiring the "Fusion" card contained within it and using it to defeat The Lukeman, saving the Super Rush Robot.

Goha Employee

Yuga, Luke, Romin, Gavin, Swirls, Rayne and Rino were hired by Goha Enterprises, and after Luke hired Yosh, Mason and Hicks to work in his Luke Division, Masa, Scoop and Cub went to the Goha Enterprises Main Office to interview Luke, hoping to interview all the Goha #7 Elementary students who had become Goha employees, though when Masa interviewed Luke they were discouraged by his apparent lack of a plan for the day's work. Luke claimed they would plan around what their colleagues were doing, but after observing Gavin stamping documents, Romin arguing with the Chef Drones, Yosh's mother Mimi working in the Gohanium Section and Yuga trying to present a new vending machine, all that had been accomplished was Mason and Hicks being kicked out of the building after Graves urinated on Yuga's vending machine. Tracker then arrived and led them to an underground stairway he claimed smelled of money. Tracker's nose led them to an abandoned Goha factory containing a Duel Card Manufacturer, and after Masa switched the lights on, Scoop demonstrated it by making "The★Luke Division Manager" for Luke and Masa made "Masa on the Mic". Tracker eagerly asked if the machine could make normal Duel Monsters cards, hoping to partner with Luke by making more Maximum Monsters and "Fusions". Scoop vehemently protested against the idea and Tracker suggested they settle the matter in a Rush Duel. Scoop gained an early lead, but Tracker Maximum Summoned "Dynamic Dino Dynamix" and easily destroyed all of Scoop's cards and depleted most of his LP. Scoop vowed that he would reveal the truth and Fusion Summoned "Newsflash the Journalistic Juggernaut", using his prior knowledge of Tracker's monsters in combination with "Hot Off the Press" and the effect of "Newsflash" to damage his LP and weaken "Dynamix", defeating Tracker. Luke offered Tracker a job so he could have a real dream after the Duel, and the ceiling caved in and destroyed the Duel Card Manufacturer, an outcome Luke suggested was for the best. They then found a Duel ID card in the rubble with the name "Yuga Goha".

Duels

Opponent	Episode(s)	Outcome
14 unknown Duelists	45	Win (off-screen; with Scoop Pitman and Cub)