Seto Kaiba
Seto Kaiba (Japanese: 海馬 瀬人 Kaiba Seto), in the Yu-Gi-Oh manga and anime, is the main rival of Yugi Mutou (Yugi Moto) in the trading card game Magic and Wizards (Duel Monsters). He owns his own multi-national company, KaibaCorp. Arrogant and self-centred, Kaiba aims to become the world's greatest duelist; to do so he must defeat Yugi, the only duelist who has beaten him.
He is known for owning 3 of the 4 Blue-Eyes White Dragons in the world (the fourth belonging to Sugoroku Mutou (Solomon Moto) which he destroyed), and later, in the Battle City Tournament, for owning the Egyptian God Card, Obelisk no Kyoshinhei (Obelisk the Tormentor in the English version). The four Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards were posessed by an American, a German, a Hong Konger, and Sugoroku Mutou (Solomon Moto) of Japan, Yugi's grandfather. Kaiba took the cards belonging to the former three using force: by either forcing the person into bankruptcy, by making deals with the mafia, or by forcing the person to commit suicide. In the case of the fourth, he kidnapped Mr. Mutou and forced him into a duel. When Sugoroku Mutou lost, Kaiba tore up the latter fourth card and forced him into virtual reality torture. Sugoroku Mutou barely survived. Yugi agreed to go through the theme park of death. Dark Yugi later dueled Seto and won. In revenge, Yugi placed a penalty game on Seto, destroying the part of his heart with evil in it.
In the manga, it is at first revealed that at a young age, Kaiba and his younger brother Mokuba were orphaned (their actual surnames unknown). Seto's mother died after Mokuba was born, and their father died in an accident when Seto was eight. Their relatives used up their inheritance and left them at the orphanage. his When the former head of KaibaCorp, Gōzaburo Kaiba, arrived at the orphanage to perform a publicity stunt, Kaiba saw the chance to challenge him to a game of chess, with Gozaburo forced to adopt Seto and Mokuba should he win. The different versions of the story differ on Seto's age: the manga and Japanese animated series states that Seto was ten years old, while the English animated series states that Seto was twelve.
Seto had won by studying Gozaburo's chess methods (or in the manga, by cheating). But Gozaburo forced Seto into a rigorous accelerated school program, forcing him to study several subjects, including economics, social studies, foriegn languages, and game strategy. Six years later, Seto Kaiba took over his father's company. In the manga and original Japanese anime, Gōzaburo, provoked by Seto, commited suicide by jumping out of his office. In the English anime, he "ran away". Gozaburo's death occurred six months before Seto dueled Sugoroku Mutou.
It was later revealed that despite the fact that Kaiba was bright and intelligent, which led to many prospective parents wanting to adopt him, Kaiba swore to protect his brother at all costs, and wanted Mokuba adopted with him, which all had refused. Gozaburo also had an ulterior motive: he wanted to adopt Seto because he was bright enough to be motivation for his own son, Noah Kaiba, to do better so that Noah could inherit KaibaCorp. With Noa's untimely death, however, Gozaburo focused his energies to Seto. On Seto's birthday, he was given a large sum of money and was told that although he could spend the money any way he wished, he must return ten times the amount in one year. Not only did Seto accomplish this feat, but he did so in one day, and such ruthless business skills led to Kaiba's takeover of his father's company.
Previous to Seto, KaibaCorp was a company specializing in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction, but when Seto took control of KaibaCorp, KaibaCorp became a company that manufactured game equipment. One of Kaiba's dreams was to build an amusement park for orphaned and underprivileged children called KaibaLand.
Notable Dueling Cards
Although Kaiba is best known for his three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and the fusion monster formed from the three dragons, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, other Duel Monsters Cards have been prominently featured in his deck. They include:
- Deck Destruction Virus of Death / Crush Card Virus
