Ryou Bakura

Bakura Ryou,is a recurring character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. He is a friend of Yugi Muto.

He is the modern-day counterpart to Bandit King Bakura.

Yami Bakura is his other self, released from the power of the Millennium Ring. The two rarely directly converse. Unlike the close, cooperative relationship between Yugi Muto and Yami Yugi, Yami Bakura is a malignant entity that completely suppresses Bakura's spirit when he takes him over.

Gender

• Male

Blood type

• AB

Favorite food

Profiterole

Least favorite food

Raw oyster

Design

Appearance

Bakura's expression sheet

Bakura's character design was overseen by Kazuki Takahashi.

In the Duelist Kingdom arc, he wears a white wool sweater and green undershirt. His usual outfit in following seasons consists of a blue opened shirt over a light blue and white horizontally striped t-shirt. Bakura has brown eyes and white hair. His hair is pointed downwards in various directions and trails half way down his back. He wears the Millennium Ring on a lace around his neck. In the manga, during the Ceremonial Battle, he wore a different white t-shirt. Bakura is fair-skinned.

Personality

Bakura has a humble, kind-hearted, and soft-spoken personality, but he is not too shy to voice his true feelings when needed. He would often smile to hide his loneliness. Having lost his mother and younger sister Amane due to a car accident years ago, he would write letters to his sister in heaven (Manga only).

Bakura often acts as a mental support to the group and seems to know a lot about Duel Monsters, albeit he's never taken part in a duel himself. While he gets confused about where he is or what happened after being possessed by Yami Bakura, his first instinct would be to find food, since the spirit would either forget or not care about eating. At the beginning of the last season Bakura is shown running away at night, hearing voices until he finally loses control after escaping to a church. It's the only time in the anime he seems to be aware of it. In the manga version, Bakura knows about being possessed and fights back more often to get free or help his friends.

Voice and mannerisms

In the original version, Bakura has a polite speaking manner, using many honorifics for others.

Etymology

"Ryou" can mean "cool, refreshing," "distant," or "real