Ryouta Ishida

Ryouta Ishida is the main character that represents the new cast members. Born in New York City, he went to Japan to become the Duel Monsters Champ. Ever since he defeated Kaiba during the first episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh Second Anime series, he has owned the title of "King of Games", and solidified the position as his when he defeated Maximillion Pegasus at Duelist Kingdom. He also uses many names in the series, with the name "Ryouta Ishida" being an alias as well. He also uses the alias "Jasehn Sarrhis" in the second half of the first series, but his real names are "Russell Tanner" in the first series and "Mikiehl Flontaine" in the second series.

Ryouta's skill when it comes to both card games and fighting are phenomenal. Ryouta has never lost a confrontation in melee and weapon fighting. He has only lost duels to a couple of opponents, such as Scott Carson, Joey Wheeler, and even Seto Kaiba. Joey was generous enough to let Ryouta keep his "King of Games" title, but Scott and Kaiba gained the title each time, with Scott eventually surrendering it back after rematches and Kaiba immediately surrendering it back after a quick rematch. However, Ryouta has been in many duels, showing that he is no loser at the game of Duel Monsters.

In the fourth series, he lives in Domino City with the main cast of Yu-Gi-OH and the new cast of characters who are his good friends. He once lived with Yugi Moto in the game shop but left when Yugi was kicked out. He now lives in a rented mansion with Scott Carson, Bagna Miyagi, and Rina. In the fourth series, Ryouta is alive once more, but he is not happy with the world he's in now. He wishes to go back to past, but Scott won't allow it, causing Ryouta to almost go berserk. He is stopped by Scott in the end and knocked unconscious. Ryouta is then on high surveillance by Scott and Bagna, so they can keep control of his dark side, which he eventually ends up destroying at the end.

In the final series, the fifth series, Ryouta becomes involved with a new planet, a new girl, and a new enemy from his past. He still is known as the King of Games, which he finishes the entire show with the title still his, as well as King of the planet known as Umona. He represents the character of AthrunZala00 and is also voiced by AthrunZala00.

Appearance and Skills/Abilities
Ryouta's appearance closely resembles that of Gundam Seed character, Athrun Zala, in the first series and then he closely resembles the design of Vampire Knight character, Zero Kiryuu, in the second series. His hair is the exact same length but it is black instead of dark blue of Athrun and whitish-gray of Zero. His eyes are green, but a little bit lighter than Athrun's eye color. He is usually seen wearing blue jeans and a red shirt. He also wears a blue jacket or a blue school uniform over the red shirt.

He also wields a belt with two gun holsters on it. In each one, a Beretta 92FS pistol rests in place. He also bears a zanpakuto that resembles a regular katana, inside a scabbard, at his side as well.

Ryouta's skills and abilities, other than the Millennium Pocket Watch and fighting skills, are from either anime or what he's good at. Depending on the anime, he has massive skills in things just as jutsu from Naruto, contractor powers from Darker Than Black, magic skills in Mahou Sensei Negima, and so on.

Otherwise, his skills mostly develop through different games. He is the absolute master of Duel Monster as stated in his test, "King of Games." As stated in his title, he is also a master of a range of different video games. Ryouta's favorite games and the ones he could probably destroy someone at are Shooter, RPG, and Hack-and-Slash.

Ryouta's Past
Not much of Ryouta's past is known during the actual board game. It is not until the Yu-Gi-OH: Destined Souls Movie is released that Ryouta's past is mentioned through Scott's explanation of why he wants to destroy Ryouta. In the movie, only middle and high school is really mentioned so only that part of his past is revealed. In that flashback, Ryouta and Bagna take in Scott and try to make him popular by hanging out with the cool kids and setting him up with a girl. However, one day, Ryouta and Bagna decide to break away from him and take the popular kids with them, leaving Scott alone again. Also, Scott's girlfriend breaks up with him for Ryouta but is then hit by a car later on, resulting in her death. Ryouta had tried to save her but was unsuccessful. However, this past is false on the fact that Scott gets along with Ryouta very well. What probably really happened during this time was that they made him popular and it stayed that way.

It is also revealed by Ryouta multiple times that he doesn't not have parents or siblings any more. When he was young, he was traveling home with his parents and his younger brother when they collided with another car. Ryouta was the only one to survive the crash. Shortly after this, he would take in Arashi as his brother as a possible replacement for the younger brother he lost in the crash. More information on his past will be revealed after it is revealed in the board game.

In the Thanksgiving OVA of the second series, it is revealed that Ryouta's past has been going on for thousands of years as he mentions his existence as a vampire. As to how he became a vampire, that is still unknown.

In the second arc of Season 2 of the second series, Ryouta is mentioned in high school moments by Bagna and Scott. He also mentions at one point about his real brother and how close they were. His past with one of the main villains of the arc, Xavier, is mentioned in this arc as well.

In the final episode of the second series, it is revealed that Ryouta's real name is Mikiehl Flontaine, and that Xavier is his actual brother. However, this name and relationship only exist in the second series. There is no mention of it in the fourth series.

Ryouta ends up revealing a huge chunk of his past in the fourth series when he discusses past stories with Yukito Heian and his friends. However, talking about the past makes Ryouta want to obtain his old friends from the past, including his ex-love, Shizuka. When Scott asks him to drop the past, Ryouta says that he can't because his fun times were then and he doesn't care about the life he lives now. This is why Ryouta is referred to as the Sannin character who resides in the past.

In the fifth series, Ryouta talks mostly about his past with Damian and the vampire clan he was part of, but that is all. Unlike the previous series, he is now only focused on the present and what is to come in the future.

Other Anime and Video Game References
Although Ryouta's character resides in Domino in the Yu-Gi-Oh world, it has been stated multiple times that he has been to other anime world and also to many video game worlds. Some of the ones mentioned a lot are Code Geass, Death Note, Bleach, Naruto, Mahou Sensei Negima, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Full Metal Alchemist, Darker Than Black, Gundam Seed Destiny, and even the Final Fantasy Series. In fact, he's even made a couple of decks that revolve around different anime. Here's a little bit on what he's received from each of these anime and video games (major spoilers will be shown in the anime summaries below):


 * Code Geass: In the story of Geass, Ryouta's character was a member of the royal Britannian family, but he was also cast away like Lelouch and Nunnally. He lived at Ashford Academy with Lelouch. Eventually, the two, along with Rivalz, went out to play a chess game. Eventually, when an accident happened on the highway, Lelouch and Ryouta's character, Zeraan vi Britannia, got trapped inside of a tanker truck. Eventually, they came across their childhood friend, Suzaku Kururugi, and the two ended up releasing two girls who go by the names of C.C. and S.S. Eventually, when the two are about to be killed, the two girls end up taking the bullets instead and eventually, when the two boys want power, the girls grant them the power in the form of Geass. He, along with his brother, Lelouch, led a rebellion against the Britannian army, which came out as a victory. In the end, Lelouch and Zeraan set the plan up to be killed for the Zero Requiem. Lelouch was killed but Zeraan decided to give up and flee the screen, leaving his brother to die. It's still a mystery how it happened, but Ryouta ended up stealing Lelouch's method of using Geass, instead of having to use it through touch.


 * Death Note: In the story of Death Note, Ryouta's character, who went by his real name, was playing the part of Kira in America. After dealing with the detective known as R, he fled to Japan to escape being caught by him. He also had a girlfriend, who played the part of the American Second Kira, named Tina. Eventually, Ryouta's character met the main character, Light Yagami, and together the two killed off many people. Eventually, they started to work with the detective, L, and the American detective, R, would also make an appearance in Japan to help out. Shortly after Light would get his victory over L, Ryouta's character would fight R to the death, which he would win. With those two detectives out of the way, Mello and Near would appear on the scene. Mello would be killed off by Kiyomi Takada and the SPK and Kira Investigation team would meet each other. Ryouta's character, using the intelligence he was given, would talk with Teru Mikami and ask him to use an alias so he wouldn't be killed. When the names were written and Light saw that Ryouta's name had been written, he went crazy on Ryouta's character for a bit while Ryouta denied anything he said. Eventually, Light was killed off and Ryouta's character was fine with that, since he was just a "pawn" to him. After this, Ryouta's character, along with Tina, would kill off the rest of the SPK and Kira Investigation Force. Shortly after that though, they were found out and tried to flee the country. Tina would be killed shortly after deciding to escape. Ryouta's character would make it to the airport only to be shot up by a police force and have his name written in the Death Note by his Shinigami, Xavier. He staggered out to the plane, making his way to the stairs. However, he would end up falling short of the stairs and dying.


 * Bleach: Ryouta's character, who went by the same name, was a close friend of Ichigo Kurosaki. It's still a mystery as to how he received his powers. He just received them the same time as Ichigo did but he didn't have any interaction with a Soul Reaper to do it. Another mystery that Ryouta's Bleach character holds is the fact that he has a Hollow Mask, like Ichigo, only with blue flames on it. He went through the same trainings that Ichigo always went through, but was always a lot quicker to get the mission done. He took place in the invasion on the Soul Society, the fight against the Bounts, fighting against the Arrancar, and any other filler arcs there were. He fought against most of the same people that Ichigo did which helped out Ichigo a little more. However the team of two was always still getting hurt even if they were fighting one enemy. His zanpakuto's name is Zeniheed. It starts out as a regular katana, that transforms into a blue verson of Inuyasha's transformed Tessaiga blade. When he goes bankai, which is named Areisu Zeniheed, he gains a pair of dragon wings made of blue fire. The blue fire that he uses for his shikai is much stronger in this form. It even forms around the sword making it so hot that only Ryouta's character can hold it. The phrase to use his shikai is "Burn their souls to ash". He's one of the most powerful characters in the show. As of the manga now, Ryouta and Ichigo have used up their Shinigami powers, meaning they can't interact with spirits anymore. However, the two regain their Shinigami powers and get locked into a fight with the group, XCution, who was helping them before.


 * Naruto: Ryouta's character, who went by the same name, was a member of Squad 7, who didn't like any of the other members in his squad at first. When Sasuke defected from the village, even though Naruto wanted to bring him back, Ryouta vowed to kill him. This caused Naruto and Ryouta to hate each other for quite a while. However, the two would become close again during the two and a half year training session with their sensei, Jiraiya. During this period of time, Ryouta spent most of his time trying to train himself so he could power himself up quicker. In Shippuden, Ryouta takes part in the rescue of Gaara, where he ends up running into Itachi again. Like Sasuke, Ryouta had a dislike for him since he killed off the entire Uchiha clan. However, the Itachi was only a fake, which ticked Ryouta off quite a bit. Eventually, he helped to fight off Deidara, which is where he planned to reveal something new but never did. However, he finally revealed this secret when he met Sasuke for the first time since he had defected. He revealed his Sharingan, which revealed him as another surviving member of the Uchiha clan that was also sparred by Itachi. However, he was still defeated easily by Sasuke, along with the rest of the squad. He also learned many of the same jutsu that Naruto did, including the Rasengan and its upgrade, the Rasen Shuriken. During the time of Pain, Ryouta was training alongside Naruto to learn Sage Mode and new techniques. When Pain invaded Konoha, Naruto and Ryouta eventually showed up to take him on. This was the first time that Ryouta showed off his Mangekyou Sharingan, It's a mystery as to how he obtained it, but Ryouta kept saying that he obtained it through training. They were able to barely defeat Pain and eventually he would go to the Land of Iron where the Summit of the Kages took place. As of now in the manga, Ryouta is watching over Naruto as the two and Killer B take part in the war. Ryouta has also voiced his opinion of the war, stating his disliking for it.


 * Mahou Sensei Negima: In this show, Ryouta went by the name of Isaac Ferdinand McMyers. He was a vampire mage that had lived his childhood with the vampire mage, Evangeline A.K. McDowell. Eventually, she was bitten by a vampire, becoming one herself. Ryouta took off to Wales for a while, where he was bitten by a vampire as well. Shortly after becoming a vampire, he returned back to his home to see Evangeline, but she had gone missing. He then searched for many years trying to find her but no clues to her whereabouts was revealed. Eventually, he would meet Nagi Springfield and the young prodigy mage, Negi Springfield. After three years of training with Nagi, he would be admitted into the Magical Academy, where he would graduate the same time as Negi. His fortune revealed that he would also be a teacher as Mahora Academy in Japan. He would arrived there and meet up with Negi for the first time since those four years ago when they first met. Shortly after starting, rumors of a vampire attacking students would be spread around, and Negi and Ryouta would end up confronting the vampire. Ryouta was surprised when he found out the vampire they were fighting was the same person he had been looking for for so long. His relationship would continue to grow with Evangeline throughout the series, but mostly in the manga. He ended up forming a pactio with some girls, but under different methods that will remain unnamed. As of now in the manga, the mighty war in the magic world has finished and the two are having fun with their students before heading back to help the magic world.


 * Dance in the Vampire Bund: This recently new anime has Ryouta appearing as a vampire servant for the Queen of the Vampires, Mina Tepes. In the past, he grew up as a vampire that tried to survive on his own. However, he would eventually by taken in by the Royal Family at that time to serve the previous Queen, who was Mina's mother. Eventually, he would be able to see Mina after she was born and grow up to watch over her growth. Eventually, a war broke out and Ryouta fought to protect the Queen but was unsuccessful. However, he would continue to serve young Mina when she became the Queen. Eventually, the two would meet the young werewolf, Akira, for the first time. At first, Ryouta was fine with Mina wanting Akira to protect her. However, when the main story came into play, he started to become jealous of the relationship between the two. However, as of episode 7 in the anime, he finally accepts the relationship and just let's it go. In the manga read so far, Ryouta is currently watching over Mina, making sure she is safe.


 * Full Metal Alchemist: In this series, Ryouta is related to the Elric Brothers and goes by the name Jason Elric. He performed the human transmutation on the Elrics' mother too and also loses his right arm and left leg which, just like Edward, he gets automail replacements for them. He becomes a State Alchemist at a young age as well, and obtains the name of Element Alchemist, since he specializes in different elements of alchemy. As for the rest of the story, he follows Edward around the most so wherever Edward is usually seen, that's where he would be. He and Edward were both sent to the other side of the gate when they revived Alphonse Elric back into his human form. In the movie, the two had to live without alchemy but they managed by getting involved in rocket scientry. Eventually, they would be able to go back to their world where they would take on and defeat the enemy. After that, the two would go back to the real world on their own, only to find out that Alphonse had gone with them. The series ends with them living in Germany, where they would continue to help out in ways that didn't involve alchemy. In Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, he is still a member of the Elric family, under the name Jason, and usually follows Edward.


 * Darker Than Black: Ryouta uses his name for an alias and also uses the name "Rei" as his Contractor name in this series. He possesses the power to control fire on the molecular scale. He usually pulls off some of the same tricks that Hei does, but uses fire to kill his enemies instead. He's a member of Hei's team, which means he is always around Hei. It's still a mystery to how it happened, but he is just like Hei, who is a contractor but still has human qualities, such as emotions. He serves the Syndicate in the first season and is on his own with Hei in the second season. He shows a liking for Yin and Suou, but he never develops a relationship with either of them. He ends up living through the last OVA shown and continues on his path with Hei.


 * Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destiny: In this anime series, he remains using the same alias. In Gundam Seed, Ryouta is living on a colony with Kira and friends when ZAFT attacks and steals some of the Gundams. However, Kira and Ryouta end up piloting two other ones there; Ryouta's Gundam being called Genesis. He becomes a member of the Earth Federation for a long time, even though he says he's not a member, just like Kira. Eventually though, he comes to disagree with both sides of the conflict and becomes a member of the third party, which is the Three Ships Alliance, where he remains for the rest of the season. In Gundam Seed Destiny, he is working as a bodyguard, along with Athrun, to watch over Cagalli, who is the leader of ORB. The ZAFT colony is attacked by the Earth Federation and steals off with some of the Gundams. For a while, Athrun and Ryouta fight for ZAFT but eventually make it back to Earth. Athrun decides to help out ZAFT and leaves for a long time. Ryouta, on the other hand, goes back to live with Kira and Lacus. Eventually, Kira and Ryouta bring out their Gundams; Ryouta's Gundam is now the Black Wings Genesis. They take on a bunch of Gundams, that are trying to kill Lacus, with ease. Then, they have to save their sister, Cagalli, from being forced to wed Yuna Roma Seiran. Then, he serves as a member of the newly restored Three Ships Alliance for the rest of the season.
 * Guilty Crown: In this new series, Ryouta is a member of the group known as the Undertakers. He uses guns to fight off the government soldier, but also has the ability to use Voids. He ends up transferring into Shuu's school, where he hangs out with him and Inori. However, he quickly grows a dislike for Shuu because Shuu seems like a coward. However, when Shuu returns in Episode 11 to help, he assists Shuu only to watch as his leader and idol, Gai, is killed in Episode 12. Now, in the last few episodes, Ryouta is stuck in the school with Shuu because the area becomes a quarantine zone, meaning no one can leave. As of Episode 14, Ryouta is going to help Shuu out with helping the students make it out alive.


 * Final Fantasy Series: Ryouta was a member of the cast for five different Final Fantasy games, which are Final Fantasy VII Series, Final Fantasy VIII Series, Final Fantasy X Series, Final Fantasy XII Series, and now the new Final Fantasy XIII Series. He has a different name that he uses in all of them. His Season 4 name, Jasehn Sarrhis, is the name that he uses in Final Fantasy XIII and the sequel, Final Fantasy XIII-2. He is a member of the playable party in all of those games and always takes on a different appearance in the games. He is also a hero in all of the games. He is also a member of Dissidia Final Fantasy where he is a member of the hero team.


 * There are also many other games and anime that he is a member of. He is a member of DBZ, where he is a Z-Warrior; Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, where he works with RIN and has the abilities of both an angel and immortality, even though he's a male; Yu Yu Hakusho, where he is a Spirit Detective, just like Yusuke; Samurai Warriors/Dynasty Warriors/Warriors Orochi, where he is a legendary warrior that fought during these time periods; and many more.

Ryouta's Deaths in the First and Second Series
At the end of the first series, Scott Carson and Bagna Miyagi fight off hordes of demons to cut open a path for Ryouta to go fight his dark half. Ryouta duels his dark half one last time, and defeats him easily like his dark half had done to him in the last duel. The two then fight to the death with them both killing each other. However, in the second series, Malicious Revenge states this fight as a fake dream Ryouta had, making this death never really happen.

In the final episode of the second series, the dead members of the cast of Yu-Gi-Oh! decide to watch D-Grayman Abridged instead of the final fight against Malicious Revenge. Ryouta is the last of his friends standing after some time passes. Malicious Revenge goes to finish him, only to be wounded by Scott Carson. Ryouta and Malicious Revenge end up clashing one final time with Ryouta slicing Malicious Revenge's head off. Ryouta slowly makes his way back to the place where the corpse of his lover, Shizuka, laid. He fall over onto the ground next to her, grabs her hand, speaks his final words, and dies next to her.

Relationships
Ryouta has many relationships, whether it is a love relationship, hate relationship, or very close friend relationship. Here are a few of the important ones:

Seto Kaiba: He is Ryouta's main rival since their first duel in the actual Yu-Gi-Oh Second Anime Series. Even though they are so alike, they still hate each other.

Yugi Moto: He is the main character of Yu-Gi-Oh. Yugi and Ryouta are on good terms, but they don't speak with each other that much. However, in Arc 2 of Season 2, Yugi helps to rescue Rina and when Yugi has nowhere to go, Ryouta allows him to live in Scott's mansion.

Maximillion Pegasus: He is the owner of Industrial Illusions and Ryouta's boss. However weird Pegasus may be, Ryouta still has respect for him.

Yami Bakura: He is the Spirit of the Millennium Ring and kind of an antagonist for the Board Game. He and Ryouta both like Lolita girls so they hate each other.

Joey Wheeler: Yugi's best friend from the original Yu-Gi-Oh series. Ryouta shares a good friend/hate relationship with him since he hangs out with sometimes but usually insults him like Kaiba does.

Yami Marik: One of the main villains from the original Yu-Gi-Oh series. Ryouta has always hated him since Battle City and hates him even more because Marik tries to have sex with him.

Rina: A girl from the other world who once lived with Ryouta. She seems to be a reincarnation of Remi, seeing as she knew Ryouta before he even introduced himself, making them very close. She was killed at the end of the second series. However, since she is an angel, she just transferred back to Heaven. In the fourth series, she reappears and joins up with Ryouta again.

Hana: A girl from the other world who once lived with Ryouta. She seems to be a reincarnation of Suzume, seeing that she is just as smart or smarter than Ryouta and Scott. She was killed at the end of the second series.

Dgem Kakizaki: She is the very freaky Orichalcos girl in the board game. Even though she's weird, Ryouta seems to except her anyways. She was killed at the end of the second series. However, she reappears in the fourth series when Yukito Heian revives the Yu-Gi-Oh cast.

Arashi Zanders: He is Ryouta's adoptive brother. Even though they're not blood relatives, they are still very close. He's very trustworthy of Ryouta, since he allowed Ryouta to keep watch over the four girls from the other world. He was killed at the end of the second series.

Bagna Miyagi: He is revealed as an antagonist called Kuro Kuma, only to later be revealed as Ryouta's childhood friend. They are so close that he, along with Arashi, is the only person that knows Ryouta's real name. The two are also very competitive, hating to lose. However, they both enjoy dueling each other, even if they would lose. He was killed at the end of the second series. However, since he is an angel, he just transferred back to Heaven. In the fourth series, he joins back up with Ryouta when Ryouta is revived.

Scott Carson: He is revealed as an antagonist called Nobuyuki Saito, only to later be revealed as Ryouta's close friend originally from California. He is also a member of Industrial Illusions, just like Ryouta, only he is the Vice President of the company. He also owns his own corporation known as Carson Corp (Saito Corp to hide his identity), even though nothing is known about it. He was killed at the end of the second series. However, since he is a demon, he is transferred back to Hell. In the fourth series, he joins back up with Ryouta when Ryouta is revived.

Benkei Kanesaka, Naomi, and Shiori: Some of Ryouta's close friends from the first series. Benkei was Ryouta's best friend at the time, Shiori was Naomi's friend who is in a couple with Benkei, and Naomi was Ryouta's girlfriend. However, Ryouta grows bored of them and lets Yami Marik kill them off.

Evangeline: A character from the anime, Mahou Sensei Negima. Ryouta was close to her in the anime and since Bakura and Duke were looking for chicks, those two decided to get Evangeline and Chizuru from there and bring them to the Yu-Gi-Oh world. Ryouta watches over her during this time, making sure Bakura doesn't touch her.

Xavier's Oreichalkos group: In one part of the first series, one of Ryouta's enemies, Xavier, came along with an Oreichalkos group that Ryouta had dealt with before the series. This time, they prove to be very powerful, but in the end they are still defeated by Ryouta and his friends.

The new cast from the first series: The characters who represent the first new cast. These characters are fictional characters that Ryouta's dark half, Malicious Revenge, made up to fool him in the second series, when real look-alikes of these characters would appear. However, even though they were fictional, Ryouta got along with them well.

The Fletcher Twins: Young twins who were taken in by Ryouta when he moved back to New York City in the first series. He got to know them very well, and even grew some romantic feelings for one of them: Jessica Fletcher.

Aster Phoenix: One of the characters from Yu-Gi-Oh GX. He is introduced in the first series in New York taking part in a handicap duel against the Fletcher Twins, where he comes out victorious. He continues to be a character in other series, but drifts away from Ryouta since the two become good friends in the first series.

Shizuka: A girl from the other world who once lived with Ryouta. She seems to be a reincarnation of Jessica Fletcher, seeing that she is still as snobby as her, especially to Ryouta. As with Jessica, Ryouta shows major feelings for her that she doesn't admit to. In the Okinawa OVA of the second series, Scott challenges Ryouta to a duel with the stipulation of talking with the four girls if Ryouta loses. Scott ends up quickly crushing Ryouta and the two end up getting closer to Sakura and Shizuka. In the Halloween OVA of the second series, Scott and Sakura reveal their feelings for each other as well as Ryouta and Shizuka revealing their feelings for each other. In the Christmas OVA of the second series, the two become closer at a ball held by Kaiba and Pegasus. In Arc 2 of Season 2 of the second series, Ryouta lets his rage take the best of him when Xavier's group kidnaps Shizuka. In Ryouta's duel against Xavier, Shizuka shows faith in Ryouta to win when Ryouta even feels he is going to lose. Ryouta's main goal during Arc 2 of Season 2 of the second series is to rescue Shizuka after she is kidnapped, showing his love for her. She was killed at the end of the second series by Malicious Revenge.

King Xerxes I: He is the Duel Spirit that resides in Ryouta's Millennium Pocket Watch. He has the same personality as Ryouta, but seems to be a lot calmer about certain situations, unlike Ryouta. He is also one of the great Persian kings, making him the only Millennium Spirit that doesn't reside from Egypt. Because of the power the Egyptian Gods hold, Xerxes has to make an appearance in Ryouta's duels, only to play and use the Egyptian Gods. Xerxes makes an appearance in a couple of first season episodes, but he has been mainly showing up to assist Ryouta in problems during both Season 2 and the OVAs of the second series. He always summons Ryouta into the Millennium Pocket Watch to talk with him and assist him by giving him a winning card or taking his place in a duel. Xerxes reappears in the fourth series since Ryouta is revived and still owns the pocket watch. He talks to Ryouta when Ryouta has no one else to talk to and usually lets Ryouta do with the watch as he pleases unless he feels the situation is bad. Xerxes finally becomes a main character in the fifth series when he starts to talk to Ryouta more. He helps Ryouta with dire situations, including the final enemy. When Ryouta becomes King of Umona, Ryouta's brother, Aaron, decides to go look for Omar. Xerxes and his servant, Dmitrius, decide to join Aaron on this quest, leaving Ryouta behind with his old friends.

Natalya: She is Scott's sister. Even though she can take care of herself, Ryouta watches over her to make sure she doesn't get injured. She was killed at the end of the second series.

Xavier: Xavier is a member of the same vampire clan that Ryouta was born in to, who was also a member of the Orichalcos at one time. The two never got along and Ryouta always was defeating him and torturing him in many ways (lighting him on fire as an example). Xavier appears in Arc 2 of Season 2 of the second series to get his revenge on Ryouta only to see defeat at the hands of two illegal cards Natalya gave to Ryouta. Xavier did exist in Hell as a torture target for Scott. However, in the Demise Realm Arc of the second series, Xavier breaks free and attacks Ryouta and his friends again. Scott sets Xavier free from one of the three Great Grandmasters, Malicious Revenge, and Xavier becomes a close ally. He was killed at the end of the second series.

Grand Masters: Ryouta had a close relationship to all of the Grand Masters at one time in his life. Lifeless Corpses is the embodiment of one of his ex-lovers, Jennifer Sanders, who he had a close relationship with. Disaster Proclamation happened to be Nobuyuki Sekigawa, who was close friends with Ryouta in the first series. As for Malicious Revenge, he is Ryouta's dark side, making the two really close. However, in the second series, it is shown that Ryouta has strong dislike for all three of them in the end. Now, in the fourth series, it is possible that Malicious Revenge will make an appearance again as Ryouta's dark side. However, Scott and Bagna are trying to help stop this reappearance.

Yukito Heian, Rikimaru Minomoto, and Sanryuu Nishimura: The main characters of the fourth series. At first, Ryouta and his group don't really converse with these three but when Ryouta meets them out on an island to meet up with Rina, he shares stories with the three and becomes close with them. However, with the possible reappearance of Malicious Revenge. He later decides to help Yukito train for the tournament, even though Ryouta wishes to have someone else win.

Akihiko Gotou, Daisuke Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Saitou, Takeshi Ando, and Satoshi Nakamura: The five friends that Ryouta and the other Sannin are hanging out with at the beginning of the fourth series. They hardly appear in the fourth series so they return in the fifth series where they just hang out with each other since Ryouta is busy with main plot ideas instead.

The leaders of the nations from the third series: These leaders are all against Ryouta at first, other than Isaac Ferdinand McMysaard. They believe that Ryouta is a possible Weapon of Mass Destruction for Japan and try to eliminate him after Yukito does not win the seat of power in Japan. However, once Ryouta's dark half and other enemies show up, the leaders start to trust Ryouta and side with him as allies for the fourth series. Isaac, on the other hand, knows Ryouta from the third series in an OVA that was never produced. This OVA takes place ten years before the third series, which is towards the end of the second series, Ryouta and his pals arrive in London before they go to their final fight. When Isaac hears of this, he invites Ryouta to a ball at Westminster palace where the two duel, with Ryouta being the winner. The two become friends, and Ryouta leaves Isaac with his deck before Ryouta heads off to his death.

The Royal Families' Children: Ryouta tries to pick a fight with them at first, only to intimidate the other countries so they wouldn't try to hurt Japan. Isaac's son, Chauncy McMysaard, gets into a rivalry with Ryouta in the fourth series, especially when Ryouta takes Jeffreie Walters' daughter and Chauncy's love interest, Jada, captive. However, when the leaders become allies with Ryouta after Matthieu la Wellsearia's son, Konstantin, becomes an enemy, the kids becomes allies with Ryouta as well.

Sadao Watanabe: One of the characters in the fourth series looking to seize Japan as his own. Yukito wishes to visit with him before the tournament and the Sannin go to see him too. However, the Sannin come to realize that this guy is better to run the country than Yukito so the Sannin side with him.

Junichiro Tanizaki: Sadao Watanabe's strategist, good friend and a member of the third series cast. He was a freshman at Cambridge in the third series, but when fifteen years pass during then and the fourth series, he is now the assistant to Watanabe, who beats Yukito to become the new ruler. Since Junichiro and Ryouta are both smart, the two easily become friends.

Belle: A girl from Ryouta's past. When Ryouta takes Jada captive, he tells her that she reminds him of this girl. She was a girl who was born with a weak body. Ryouta would meet her when she was five and the two would become friends. They would hang together for seven years after that. When this time hits, her condition becomes severe so she becomes permentally hospitalized. He continues to spend time with her until she passes away. Belle is stated as the first girl Ryouta ever fell in love with.

Yuna Matricus: The young princess of Umona, whose real name is Yuna. She is put under the care of Ryouta by his brother, Aaron. Ryouta ends up becoming romantically attached to her, while she remained oblivious. When Damian tries to steal her away, he shows his love for her by fighting and defeating Damian to rescue her back. Ryouta always becomes nervous around her when she freely strips naked, since he is a true anime male character. After Scott forces him to give up some blood which is fed to Yuna via a watermelon smoothie, she starts to have feeling for him via the True Blood effect. After they defeat the final enemy, the two get married and become rulers of the planet, Umona.

Omar: Aaron's good friend and Yuna's babysitter. Omar doesn't really care about anything other than his phone. Because of this personality, Ryouta becomes close friends with him after obtaining a special phone for a short period of time.

Marcia and Gwen: Two of Ryouta's American friends from a short while back. They are lesbians who got to know Ryouta offscreen during his return to New York City in the first series. The two make an appearance in the fifth series when Ryouta asks them to come to Japan.

Randall Parker: One of Marcia and Gwen's friends from America. Ryouta becomes friends with him at first but eventually Ryouta becomes more involved with the plots so Randall becomes friends with Yugi instead.

Zoe: A young girl who Yami Bakura makes into his sex slave. Eventually after freeing her from Dgem, who stole her from Yami Bakura, she becomes a main member of the new cast. Ryouta, having his lolita complex, gains some romantic feelings for her, but takes a bigger interest in Yuna. This is why Damian falls for Zoe instead.

Damien Michaels: Ryouta's main rival in the fifth series. The two were good friends in the past but then some disputes led to fighting between the two. Eventually the two would lose their memories of one another. Ryouta would regain his but not worry about. It would take Damian until the fifth series to remember Ryouta. When he does, though, he begins his fight with Ryouta again, which is loses. Scott then brainwashes him into an ally, who then Ryouta becomes good friends with. Eventually, Damian becomes an enemy again and starts to fight with Ryouta once more. In the end, though, Damian is beat once again and brainwashed again as well.

Millennium Pocket Watch
Main Article: Millennium Pocket Watch

Ryouta possesses a Millennium Item that is known as the Millennium Pocket Watch. He received this item as a gift when he was younger. His father had bought it for him when he was younger. In fact, it was exactly a year before his parents died.

He didn't find out about the powers of the item until he became a member of Domino for the first time. After that, he uses it whenever it is necessary.

His items ability has to do with time. He can control time how he wants, whether it is going into the past or the future, setting the time back to a time earlier, changing how quickly a person can age or just not make them age at all, freeze time in place, etc. The appearance is a normal pocket watch with the eye etching that is in every Millennium Item.

Ryouta's Decks
Main Article: Ryouta Ishida's Decks

Ryouta uses many different decks that are all fixed on one objective: swarming the field for multiple Synchro Summoning. His first deck happens to be a Zombie deck. It exists of mostly real and anime Yu-Gi-OH Zombie cards of the DARK and EARTH attributes as well as some DARK Zombies created by Ryouta himself. This deck is used to quickly Synchro Summon the Zombie royalty cards he created. There is also a Burn strategy of different trap cards placed in this deck.

His second deck is a combination of Ryouta's favorite two elements, DARK and FIRE. The DARK monsters are completely Zombies, while his FIRE monsters are a combination of Flamvell monsters and Zombie monsters. This deck allow focuses on a Burn strategy, with the combination of the Flamvell monsters and multiple trap cards lodged in this deck.

His next deck is a version of Crow Hogan's Blackwing deck with a few of Ryouta's favorite magic and trap cards placed in it. He obtained this deck from Katsumi, after the Signer power of Black-Winged Dragon was drained out of it. It once was also a Virus Control Deck, but it now just themed on destroying the opponent quickly through battle.

Also, for a short time, Ryouta was using a version of Akiza Izinski's Plant deck, again with a few of Ryouta's favorite magic and trap cards placed in it. He obtained this deck from Katsumi's sister, Katsuko, grew bored of it and switched to a different deck. Eventually, the Signer power of Black Rose Dragon was disappear, allowing Ryouta to seize control of it as well. This deck is mostly focused on Burn, allowing Ryouta to destroy his opponents quickly with effect damage. Later on, however, Ryouta were relinquish ownership of this deck over to Shizuka, allowing him to view Shizuka as his previous love, Jessica.

Another deck of his, that was first used in the Halloween OVA, is a combination of DARK and FIRE Undead monsters (mainly Zombies and Vampires). The main point of this deck is for Synchro Summoning his new Vampire royalty cards and destroying the opponent through battle. Ryouta's liking of supernatural beings helps him command this undead army quite easily.

His final deck, that has only been used in the Halloween OVA so far, is a Lolita Wars Deck, which is based off of a fanfiction Ryouta wrote. The monsters in this deck help out the other monsters with different effects. The magic and trap cards help out mostly any card that is a Lolita girl, but there are some that help out the main male characters as well. There is also a field card in this deck that helps to play more than 5 monsters and more than 5 spell and trap cards by only pay a small fraction of your life points for an extra zone, making this deck a very deadly deck.

Also, during the first season, Ryouta faced against Fujihisa Hojo, who at the time was using a roulette strategy to pick his and his opponent's playing deck. Out of ten decks, the one to choose Ryouta for that duel was a WATER deck. This deck is based off of Structure Deck 4 in the Yu-Gi-OH trading card game, Fury of the Deep. This deck uses multiple cards labeled as Umi in order to power up the sea creatures in it, in order to bring a quick defeat to any opponent that faced it.

Also, for a short period of time during the first season, Ryouta used his old specialty, the Power Deck. This was the first ever deck that Ryouta had used when going through the Yu-Gi-Oh Second Series Anime. This deck consisted of mostly beatstick monsters and burn cards. This deck specializes on Ryouta's old favorite monster, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

In Episode 6, Ryouta gets a Duel Runner and challenges Akira Yoshizawa to a duel. This is when he uses a Naturia Turbo Deck. This deck is based off of the deck that a girl close to him in his dream, Remi, played. He decided to use this deck to show that he could fight for her with this deck, but ends up taking a huge loss against Akira.

In the actual Yu-Gi-Oh Second Series anime, Ryouta used Exodia to defeat Seto Kaiba in Episode 1. Even though Ryouta had put Exodia away after Duelist Kingdom, he decides to bring it back against Joey Wheeler in Episode 12 of the board game. Eventually, he remembers the deck that Nobuyuki Sekigawa had used in his dream and, even though Ryouta didn't like him, he rebuilt a copy of this deck. The main purpose of this deck is to get the five pieces of Exodia as quickly as possible in order to gain a quick win.