Tenzen Yanagi

Yanagi Tenzen is an eccentric old man, who meets Yusei Fudo on a paddy wagon after Yusei has been caught by the Public Security and is being sent to a detention center. He doesn't seem fazed by being sent to the center.

Yanagi quickly befriends Yusei. Himuro wanted to duel Yusei, but Yusei's deck had been confiscated. Yanagi being a big fan of Duel Monsters and duelists themselves was pleased to meet Himuro, a former pro duelist and dueled him in place of Yusei.

After the duel Himuro speaks ill of Yanagi's cards and stomps on them, causing Yusei to challenge Himuro using Yanagi's deck.

Yusei plans to escape the detention center together with Yanagi and Himuro. Yanagi gets beaten up and harassed by Takasu for being friends with Yusei.

Deck
Yanagi plays a Hidden Treasure Deck, based around monsters themed after rare and mysterious objects from all over the world. His cards share the odd characteristic of inflicting damage to himself or forcing himself to discard. These cards work in conjunction with "Curse-Returner Hitogata" and "Triangle - O" to inflict damage to the opponent.