Cosplay

Cosplay, short for costume roleplay, as an act common to anime, manga and video game fandoms, where fans dress themselves as characters.

The V Jump magazine features a parody of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, called Yu-Gi-Oh! 5C's, which features group of people cosplaying as Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's characters.

Recent, V Jump has been displaying cosplays of characters from Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, some of which include Ryoga Kamishiro and Tetsuo Takeda.

Throughout the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series, characters have dressed as Duel Monsters' characters.
 * In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, although not strictly cosplay, Yami Bakura trapped Yugi and his friends in their Duel Monsters cards.


 * During a dream, Téa was called on stage by the Dark Magician Girl and dressed as her.


 * In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, on Duel Monsters Spirit Day, people dressed as Duel Monsters for a festival.


 * In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2009: Stardust Accelerator, characters dressed as Dark Magician sell the player Duel Runner parts, while characters dressed as Dark Magician Girl sell them Booster Packs.


 * In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, during episode 161's party several students dressed up as monsters.


 * In Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time, during the event in Yugi's time, several characters were dressed as Harpie Ladys and Magician's Valkyrias.