Nathan

Nathan

English name	Nathan
Japanese translated	Yasuo Kawasaki
Japanese name Japanese 川崎（かわさき）　泰生（やすお） Base 川崎　泰生 Furigana かわさき　やすお Rōmaji Kawasaki Yasuo
Gender	Male
School	Duel Academy
Dormitory	Slifer Red
Decks
Tag Force	Spatiotemporal War
Tag Force 2	Solar Assault
Tag Force 3	Solar Assault
Video game debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force
Appears in PlayStation 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force Evolution PSP Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3
Nathan

Nathan, known as Yasuo Kawasaki in the Japanese version, is a character appearing in the Tag Force series.

In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4-6, his name is given to Takashi Nakamoto.

Appearances

Tag Force

Nathan gives the player a "Yashinoki" card when they recieve his Deck Recipe.

He teams up with Zanny during the Tag Force Tournament.

Tag Force 2-3

Nathan is Hiro's partner in the Slifer Red Tournament during Tag Duel Sundays.

Gifts

The player is able to give Nathan sandwiches. The following table details how much he likes or dislikes the sandwiches.

Tag Force 2

In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2, Nathan has the following responses when the player gives him a sandwich.

Rating	Sandwiches	Response
5	Golden Egg Goya Grape Lettuce Tomato	(Your partner is really happy!)
4	Carrot Cook's Hamburger Kimchi Spicy Curry Top-grade Salad	(Your partner is happy!)
3	Caviar Cheese Chicken Chocolate Croquette Dried Mackerel Dried Sardine Durian Fermented Cheese Fermented Soybean Foie Gras Fried Noodle Fried Shrimp Garlic Gyoza Lobster Melon Phantom Pepper Pineapple Plain Ramen Noodle Rice Ball Salmon Soba Noodle Sweet Chestnut Tangerine Tofu Truffle	(Not much of a reaction...)
2	Curry Ham Hot Pepper Normal Egg Spicy Fish Egg	(Your partner didn't seem to like it!)
1	Cream Jam Sausage Steak Sweet Bean Paste	(You partner didn't like it!)
?	Destiny	Randomly selected response

Tag Force 3

In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3, Nathan has the following responses when the player gives him a sandwich.

The localized version of the game reuses his responses from Tag Force 2, which are shared among all standard Duelist 3 characters. The responses below are translations from the Japanese version of the game, which has individual responses for each character.

Rating	Sandwiches	Response
5	Golden Egg Goya Grape Lettuce Tomato	I was thinking about what was in it, but... It's tasty! Real tasty! N-no, I'm not scared to say that!
4	Carrot Cook's Hamburger Kimchi Spicy Curry Top-grade Salad	I was thinking about what was in it, but... It was pretty good! N-no, I'm not scared to say that!
3	Caviar Cheese Chicken Chocolate Croquette Dried Mackerel Dried Sardine Durian Fermented Cheese Fermented Soybean Foie Gras Fried Noodle Fried Shrimp Garlic Gyoza Lobster Melon Phantom Pepper Pineapple Plain Ramen Noodle Rice Ball Salmon Soba Noodle Sweet Chestnut Tangerine Tofu Truffle	I was thinking about what was in it, but... It was alright! Nothing to worry about! N-no, I'm not scared to say that!
2	Curry Ham Hot Pepper Normal Egg Spicy Fish Egg	I was thinking about what was in it, but... It was as bad as I expected! N-no, I'm not scared to say that!
1	Cream Jam Sausage Steak Sweet Bean Paste	I was thinking about what was in it, but... I shouldn't have eaten it...! Egh! N-no, I'm not scared to say that!
?	Destiny	Randomly selected response

Ending Scenes

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  Tag Force 3 (Localized)

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  Tag Force 3 (Japanese)

Decks

Nathan uses "B.E.S." Decks in every game, adding "B.E.S. Assault Core" and "Shield Recovery" to his Decks in the later installments. He also uses many other cards referencing the Gradius series.

Nathan's Decks in Tag Force 2 and Tag Force 3 are named after Solar Assault, a spin-off videogame of the Gradius series released by Konami in 1997.

Tag Force

Spatiotemporal War ★3

Japanese: 超時空の戦い · Rōmaji: Chōjikū no Tatakai Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Gradius x3 Ground Attacker Bugroth x3 Effect Monsters B.E.S. Covered Core x2 B.E.S. Crystal Core x2 B.E.S. Tetran x2 Big Core x2 Gradius' Option x2 King of the Swamp x3 Manticore of Darkness x2 Victory Viper XX03 x3 Spell Cards A Legendary Ocean x3 Boss Rush Cost Down x2 Dark Core x2 Polymerization x3 Power Capsule Premature Burial Trap Cards Call of the Haunted Option Hunter x2 Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Amphibious Bugroth x3