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Mokuba Kaiba ( (かい) () モクバ Kaiba Mokuba) is a recurring Yu-Gi-Oh! character. He is Seto Kaiba's younger brother and the only person Kaiba ever shows any love or affection to.

Appearance[]

Mokuba has tan skin with grayish-purple eyes and long black hair. In the flashback, Mokuba was seen wearing a greenish-blue long sleeve sweatshirt, black shorts, white socks, and black dress shoes. In the present, he wore a white and orange-striped open-collared shirt with a red sweatshirt over it, a light blue bandana around his neck, light blueish-green jeans, and light blue/black sneakers. Occasionally, Mokuba puts up his bandana like a mask and wears a purple hat to hide his identity. During the events of Battle City (as well as most of the series), Mokuba wears a green blue-striped shirt with a yellow vest over it, dark blue jeans, and blue sneakers.

In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, Mokuba was given a redesign, wearing a white business suit and having his long hair cut short.

Personality[]

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Mokuba Kaiba linework

At the beginning of the manga, Mokuba was very mean and would go as far as trying to trick Yugi Mutou to get back at him for defeating his older brother, Seto Kaiba. Mokuba is a gamer who specializes in Capsule Monster Chess (Capmon), but is not as good of a gamer as his brother. He is so committed to avenging his brother's humiliation, he uses several extreme measures, such as having his friends brandish a machine gun, a knife, and a stun gun in one manga chapter to coerce Yugi to play Capsule Monster Chess with him.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime, Mokuba is eternally devoted to his brother Seto Kaiba and is constantly by his side. He is more naive and good-natured, and will do whatever his brother tells him to. Indeed, Mokuba is perhaps the source of his brother's more human and positive traits, and Mokuba has acknowledged that to everyone else Kaiba can seem like an unpleasant person to be around but Mokuba recognizes the good in his brother and looks past Kaiba's flaws. He also seems to trust Yugi and his friends more than he did previously. There is a part in one episode when he saw Yami Yugi watching him from another building when he was about to kick some brothers out of the Battle City grounds, when he considered, "You know, I bet Yugi would give them another chance!", which shows that he must really respect Yugi, as he starts to want to think and be like him.

In the original Japanese version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, Mokuba tends to omit honorifics when referring to people other than his older brother, a habit which he shares with Kaiba. Mokuba politely refers to his older brother as "nii-sama" (honorable older brother) and he is very forgiving, especially towards Kaiba. Even after Noah hypnotized him, and brainwashed him into forgetting who Kaiba and the others were, Mokuba forgave him and treated him like a brother (they are actually stepbrothers).

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime, Mokuba is a kind-hearted boy who is naive to the ways of the world but is also shown to be a quick escape artist. He succeeds in befriending Yugi and his friends, even though Kaiba doesn’t approve of this. Mokuba does not Duel in the first series anime. He only Duels in the second series and manga. Mokuba has an unlucky streak of being kidnapped by Kaiba's enemies, forcing Kaiba to show his kinder side and rescue him. Mokuba is the only person his brother is shown to consistently care about, despite Mokuba snapping at him once.

Biography[]

History[]

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Seto and Mokuba playing chess at the orphanage.

At a young age, Mokuba and Seto were orphaned. Their actual surnames are unknown. Their mother died when Mokuba was born, and their father supposedly died in an accident when Seto was eight. Their relatives used up their inheritance and left them at the city orphanage.

Seto was bright and intelligent, which led to many prospective parents wanting to adopt him, but Seto swore to protect his brother at all costs, and wanted Mokuba adopted with him, which all had refused. Whenever bullies would pick on Mokuba, Seto would always stick up for him, including jumping a child to get back a toy train that he had taken from Mokuba.

Although Mokuba was insistently happy at the orphanage, Seto had always aspired greater things for both of them and looked to the future.

When the former head of Kaiba Corporation, Gozaburo Kaiba, arrived at the orphanage to perform a publicity stunt, Seto saw the chance to for him and Mokuba to leave the orphanage together, so he challenged Gozaburo to a game of chess and won, with that Gozaburo forced to adopt Seto and Mokuba. Mokuba was five at the time. Seto won by studying Gozaburo's chess methods.

Six years later, Seto took over the company. In the second series anime, it showed that he had used Mokuba to do so. Seto planned gaining 51% of the company in order to overthrow Gozaburo. Seto deliberately leaked this information to Gozaburo and accused Mokuba of telling Gozaburo. Mokuba sided with Gozaburo, who allowed Seto to gain 49% of the company, believing that Mokuba would give him his 2%. Gozaburo was fond of making his enemies think they were winning against him so they would look worse when he beat them, which Seto based his plan around. As Seto planned, Mokuba switched sides last minute giving his 2% to Seto. Mokuba stated that he would never go against his big brother.

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Duelist Kingdom[]

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Mokuba was originally imprisoned by Pegasus on a high tower in Duelist Kingdom, in order to force Seto Kaiba to come and Duel Pegasus to rescue Mokuba (in the Japanese version, he wants the card Kaiba gave Mokuba that is the key to the facility that has the secret documents needed to take over KaibaCorp). However, Mokuba escapes from the tower by a rope of knotted bedsheets, which only go a small way down the tower. After a rather nasty fall, Mokuba steals a boy's Deck and his star chips, leaving him to be kicked off the island. Yugi and his friends find the boy and promise to help him. They go back to the scene of the crime. Mokuba jumps out of the bushes and challenges Yugi to a Duel. The only cards he played were "Man-Eating Plant" and "Krokodilus". Mokuba's identity then gets found out, and he explains that after Yugi beat Kaiba in a Duel, his brother had gone away and abandoned him, and that it was all Yugi's fault. Mokuba then reveals to the others that Pegasus made a deal with the Big 5 they wanted Pegasus to take over the company but to do that they had to get rid of both Kaiba brothers (in the dub Seto would meet with an "accident" and Mokuba would be held captive so he couldn't claim the title). In addition in order to revive the reputation of the company Pegasus had to beat Yugi in the Duelist Kingdom tournament. Téa soon pieced together the rest of the story: Mokuba was trying to beat Yugi and have him removed from the competition so Pegasus would not have to face Yugi at all. After this revelation, Mokuba reappears in Yugi's stand and tries to steal his star chips to disqualify him in revenge. Yugi gets Mokuba to see the truth that Kaiba is looking for new perspectives as a duelist & a person after freed of the evil that influenced him. Accepting Yugi as his friend, they vowed to protect the Kaiba brothers from Pegasus as they reach to save the boy in time before he gets sent away from the island. But they arrive too late and all they succeed in doing is getting Mokuba captured again. Yugi agrees to Duel for his freedom, and wins. But Kemo, takes Mokuba anyway, and locks him in a dungeon.

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Kaiba reaches him, and just as he is about to free Mokuba, Pegasus shows up and steals Mokuba's soul, forcing Seto to Duel Yugi in a largely unfair match with Mokuba's soul on the line. In desperation, Kaiba backs away to stand at the castle's edge, telling Yugi he will die with his dragons, implying that if he couldn't save Mokuba, his life wasn't worth living. (In the dub, Kaiba backed on to the ledge, knowing Yugi wouldn't attack him and let him get hurt, therefore letting Kaiba win the match). Not wanting to see Kaiba die, Yugi allows him to win the Duel, only to see Kaiba lose his soul to Pegasus after Téa won Yugi the right to enter into the main castle. Mokuba and Kaiba have their souls restored shortly after Yugi defeats Pegasus. Soon both Mokuba and Seto were reunited with Mokuba overjoyed to see his brother again both say that they never gave up on each other.

Legendary Heroes[]

Seto and Mokuba come back from Duelist Kingdom and go back to KaibaCorp. Kaiba goes straight to the Big Five to get revenge on them for what they did to him and Mokuba. They manage to convince him that they did what they did to help Kaiba, not hurt him. To prove this, they tell him that they have finished the virtual world simulator that they had been working on. Kaiba, who became very eager to test it out, decided to wait to fire them after he tested the simulator. Mokuba was very against it, but Kaiba decided to do it anyway. While inside, it became very apparent to Kaiba that the Big Five had rewired the simulator as he was caught by the Armed Ninja.

Mokuba, realizing it was a trap, swiped Kaiba's Deck from the chair and ran to get help. He recruited Yugi and his friends to help him. They went to Kaiba's personal lab for more chair simulators to get into the virtual world. Mokuba, Yugi, and Joey entered the world while Tea and Tristan stayed behind to stand guard.

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When inside, they first enter a graveyard where they run into 3 monsters. Mokuba shows Yugi and Joey how to summon a monster. They then run into a fairy named Earu, that leads that to an old town. In there, Yugi suggests they split up to look around the town for clues about Kaiba. An old lady told Mokuba that she saw someone with a prisoner going towards a mountain and the only way to get there was to cross a large desert.

They tried crossing the desert that’s after the town but get hit by a twister. They all end up back at the town with Mokuba shaken from the twister. An old man tells them that to cross the desert they need a special monster, a Niwatori card. In order to get it they must enter a tournament and win against the champion, Madame Butterfly. Joey goes up against the champ using the name Senor Porky. The champion turns out to be Mai, then she realized it’s Joey. She decided to help them out by getting the card by force and the running for it. While crossing the desert, they ran into a monster but Joey got rid of it.

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When they finally reached the temple after the desert Mokuba runs towards it, desperate to see his brother again. When everyone catches up to him they open a door inside the temple and see a maze. They soon hear a girl scream, making Joey run to help her. However, they are all ambushed by labyrinth tanks and only manage to escape thanks to Yugi using Magical Hats. They then see Iru again and it led them to a princess named Adina, who looks exactly like Mokuba (except a girl). They then find the exit but it is blocked by a Gate Guardian. Yugi and Joey defeat it using Polymerization on Red-Eyes Black Dragon and the Summoned Skull and then adding Dragon Nails.

Adina, thankful that they had saved her, took them to her castle where they discussed the Heroes of Legend. Soon, however, the castle is surrounded by monsters. One of them captures Mokuba, who was dressed up like Princess Adina and then taken to the castle in the sky, to where Kaiba is.

Upon meeting his brother, Mokuba set him free and gave back his Deck. Kaiba disapproved of Mokuba asking Yugi for help and wasn’t thankful to Yugi, Joey, or Mai. Unfortunately, the Big Five decide to make the Mythic Dragon appear even though there were no sacrifices. The dragons first target is the person who doesn’t have any monsters to defend himself with: Mokuba. Joey, however, ordered his Red-Eyes Black Dragon to take the hit therefore losing the game and disappearing. Then Mai gets hit and is taken. Yugi tries to convince Kaiba work with him by summoning his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon but Kaiba refuses. The Mythic Dragon goes to attack Kaiba, but Mokuba, the only one realizing that the attack was for Kaiba, pushed him out of the way in an act of selflessness, leaving him devastated.

In the end, Kaiba and Yugi worked together and defeated the Mythic Dragon. Afterwards, Adina turns out to be the Mystical Elf, and brought back Joey, Mai, and Mokuba. Reunited at last, everyone left the virtual world.

Battle City[]

During the Battle City tournament, Mokuba is the Battle City commissioner, calling violations and penalties when needed. While his brother Duels, Mokuba wanders around town. The first violation he sees is performed by the Roba brothers. While the eldest, Espa dueled, his brothers used binoculars to see his opponent's hand. Mokuba tackles Espa's brother, and is about to throw Espa out when the younger Robas tell Mokuba about how their big brother protects them from bullies by winning Duels. This reminds Mokuba of his relationship with Kaiba, and he does not disqualify the Robas, commenting that big brother stories get him every time. He also stopped another foul when one winner tried to take two rare cards from the loser which was against the rules. The winner wouldn't have it but Seto showed up and put the winner in his place for disrespecting Mokuba and left together. Later on when the brothers saw Yugi and his friends, Seto could not believe that Joey was in the tournament. As they started to leave, Joey challenged Seto, Mokuba did advise Joey not to challenge Seto, even if he was good. The chopper showed up so he and Seto left before the duel began.

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As Mokuba walks away, he is ambushed by Rare Hunters and kidnapped. He is tied up and dangled from a helicopter, which flies over his brother's head. The Rare Hunters make Kaiba Duel with Yugi against infamous tag team Duelists Lumis and Umbra. The loser of the Duel would plummet to their death (In the dub they would be sent to the Shadow Realm). While they Duel, Mokuba is taken to a warehouse, and locked up there with Téa. Together, they construct a tower of boxes, and Mokuba manages to escape, but Téa was captured again. Mokuba was ordered to go find Yugi and Kaiba. Mokuba took a helicopter to pick them up, he also discovered that Yugi has two identities, which Kaiba told him to not listen to his nonsense. They later find Joey was brainwashed and Yugi Duels Joey to set him free from Marik and the two friends narrowly survive.

Virtual World[]

During the Virtual World arc, Mokuba and Seto are taunted by Noah as he showed them images from their past. Later on, Nezbitt, disguised as Tristan, kidnaps Mokuba where he is held captive by Noah while Kaiba faces Leichter. After Kaiba wins the Duel against Leichter, Noah brainwashed Mokuba, who forgot who Kaiba and his friends are, in an attempt to split them up. In the Duel between Kaiba and Noah, Kaiba was about to win the Duel when Noah used Mokuba as a shield by putting him between Noah and Noah's monster, so that Mokuba would be harmed by the attack should Kaiba choose to do so. Kaiba was unable to bring himself to harm his last living family member, allowing Noah to get the lead in the Duel. Eventually Kaiba managed to break through to Mokuba using his "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" card, and when Mokuba ran away from Noah Kaiba activates Last Turn. Kaiba picked Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and Noah chose his Deck Master which held the second Deck Master: Shinato, causing Kaiba to lose the Duel. Mokuba ran to his brother after he lost but unfortunately, Noah turned them both to stone before they could be reunited. After Noah's defeat against Yami Yugi, Noah tried to "help" the gang to escape from the Virtual World after Gozaburo reveals his plans. However, Noah tricked all of them so that he could escape using Mokuba's body. However, after a change of heart, Noah came back to the Virtual World to stop his father from taking Kaiba's body. Then Mokuba, Kaiba and Yugi left the Virtual World before it exploded.

Battle City Finals[]

Again, Mokuba continues to be a supporting character. He sadly watched Kaiba Duel and lose to the Pharaoh. He's also present when Kaiba and Joey have their Duel and witnessed Joey putting up a good fight, but ultimately Kaiba wins. He also questioned his brother's emotions as well and convinced him to be there when Yami Yugi faced Yami Marik in the finals.

Waking the Dragons[]

Mokuba is a supporting character through this arc. He was with Kaiba during his Duels with Alister and is present during Kaiba and Yami's Duel with Dartz. Mokuba spoke with Kaiba after the first Duel with Alister concerning his hatred towards Gozaburo and Kaiba. When Kaiba loses to Dartz, Mokuba ends up in tears with his brother's soul being taken.

Grand Championship[]

Mokuba is again a supporting character, having the duties of inviting and helping Yugi and his friends through the whole championship. He was also the one who allowed Yugi's grandpa to secretly enter the Grand Championship to test Joey to see how far he had gotten.

Dawn of the Duel[]

Yami Bakura sent Mokuba's soul to the Shadow Realm to get Kaiba to come to Egypt and he wasn't seen again until he noticed Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in the sky, where he and Roland tracked Kaiba to Egypt. Mokuba watched Yugi defeat the Pharaoh and escaped from the falling building where Yugi and the Pharaoh dueled.

Pyramid of Light[]

Mokuba was supporting his elder brother, helping with the preparations for his Duel against Yugi. He was also tasked with bringing Yugi to the arena in the first place. It should be noted that he was one of the few people who noticed the change in Kaiba's behavior and was genuinely worried about him.

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Mokuba was shown during Jaden's flashback of one KaibaCorp card illustration project.[4]

Relationships[]

Family[]

Seto Kaiba[]

Mokuba and Seto have an unconditional bond as brothers after their parents died, Seto promised that he would take care of Mokuba. Even though Seto does not show kindness or patience, Mokuba recognizes his brothers good qualities and stays by his side no matter what. Mokuba's well being is often the reason for Kaiba to go to great lengths to get his brother back even if it means dueling for high stakes. Mokuba will at times express concern or question Seto's actions such as him testing out his virtual world pod or the new Duel Disk, while there are times where Mokuba is right to be worried, Seto is confident it will be fine and tries to assure Mokuba. When Mokuba was kidnapped by Pegasus and held prisoner, Mokuba never gave up on his brother, knowing he would come. Even when Seto was trapped in a virtual world game, Mokuba got help from Yugi and his friends freeing his brother and beating the game. During Battle City, when Mokuba was the dueling commissioner (a position which Seto gave him) his brother put a duelist in his place for disrespecting him.

Friends[]

Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi[]

At the beginning of the series, Mokuba held a grudge against Yugi for beating his brother at Duel Monsters. After escaping captivity in Duelist Kingdom, Mokuba stole another duelist's deck and star chips and searched for Yugi and his friends. He challenged Yugi to a dual but when Yami Yugi dueled he knew right away that it was Mokuba, after playing two monsters whose attacks failed each time (due to the deck not belonging to Mokuba) he confronts Yugi for what happened and also tells the friends what Pegasus is doing blaming them for what has happened. Yami tells Mokuba that he helped Seto by releasing the evil in him and also explained that what Mokuba was doing was not the answer, a statement which even he recognized was true. From then on, Mokuba had a better relationship with Yugi and his friends and would go to them for help.

Joey Wheeler[]

Unlike his brother, Mokuba has a better relationship with Joey, although he can be somewhat annoyed with Joey's antics or his teasing. Mokuba does see Joey as a good duelist but even when he tries to challenge Seto, he does tell Joey that even though he is a fair duelist, he should not challenge his brother, saying it would be a waste of time.

Téa Gardner[]

Mokuba does respect Téa for who she is and she has also showed concern for him at times. When the Rare Hunters captured them and Joey, Téa helped Mokuba escape so he could warn Seto and Yugi what was happening. Later on when Téa was trapped by the Rare Hunters and Téa was in trouble of being crushed, Seto saved her and Mokuba freed her saying that they were even.

Other appearances[]

Deck[]

Anime[]

Mokuba was not seen using his own Deck in the anime and manga series. The only known cards in the stolen Deck were "Krokodilus" and "Man-Eating Plant". During the Legendary Heroes arc, he used his brother's Deck until Kaiba was freed.

Video games[]

In the video games, he would play with an animal themed Deck. Some of his Magic and Trap Cards involve kid-themed items, reflecting his naive nature.

Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel[]

In Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel, he used to play a Deck with only monsters and "Polymerization", and always plays his monsters in Attack Position. He also has "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" as well.


Nightmare Troubadour[]



Deck Recipe[]


Gaming items[]

Capsule Monster Chess pieces[]

The first time Mokuba faced Yugi, he used the following Capsule Monster Chess pieces:

When he faced Yugi in Death-T, he used the following:

Duels[]

Opponent(s) Episode(s) Outcome(s)
Yugi Muto 8 No result

References[]

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