Mai Kujaku

NAME: Mai Kujaku

ALIAS: Mai-san

RACE: Japanese

SPECIES: Human

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual

BIRTHDAY: November 20th

AGE: 44

HOBBIES: Dueling, Bragging, Having Fun

ORIGINAL OR CANON: Canon

FACE CLAIM: Yu-Gi-Oh! - Mai Kujaku

OCCUPATION: Works full-time as a Professional Duelist

PLACE OF LIVING: Mai travels a lot, so most of her time is spent living in hotels

IS THIS CHARACTER AN NPC?: Yes, Mai is only in the story for the Battle City Tournament

PERSONALITY: Mai starts out as a self-absorbed woman who is only set out for prize money, personal satisfaction, and power. She was also very arrogant and proud of her Dueling skills and looks, and used those to brag to Anzu Mazaki a lot. This showed Mai had no qualms about using her beauty to seduce men into giving her what she wanted and making them her tools. This is evident in her stealing Dinosaur Ryuzaki's luxury room on the cruise to Duelist Kingdom by offering him a kiss if he could beat her in a duel. She later manipulated him into dueling Jonouchi for her as revenge on Jonouchi for defeating her in his very first duel.

Mai is an extremely lonely person. At least at first, as she convinced herself she didn't need friends. At one point, she believed her Harpie Lady cards were the closest thing she'd ever have in friends. She tends to be selfish, and this outlook she has on life continues until she meets Yuugi Motou with his three best friends. Mai's selfish attitude and outlook on life continue until she meets and finds meaning with Yugi Muto and his three best friends. She was skeptical of them, given that they were clearly just teenagers and friendships were fleeting when you're in high school. But despite everything they went through during Duelist Kingdom, it was through them she learned what it was like to have true friends. Mai doesn't see Yuugi and the others again until the Battle City Tournament, where she is one of the finalists.

POWERS & ABILITIES: ----

DECK(S):

HARPIE/AMAZONESS DECK

Monsters
Dark Witch
Harpie Lady x3
Cyber Harpie Lady
Amazoness Fighter
Dunames Dark Witch
Harpie Lady Sisters
The Unfriendly Amazon
Amazoness Chain Master
Amazoness Swords Woman

Spells
De-Spell
Grave Arm
Elf's Light
Mirror Wall
Rose Whip x2
Shadow of Eyes
Monster Reborn
Elegant Egotist
Cyber Shield x2
Graceful Charity
Amazoness Spellcaster
Harpie's Feather Duster x2

Traps
Mirror Wall
Gravity Bind
Dramatic Rescue
Amazoness Archers

RANK: Tokyo Citizen/Duelist

APPEARANCE:

HISTORY: When they gang first encountered Mai Kujaku, she's a conceited, laugh-your-head-off duelist who's out for number one: herself. She's endlessly bragging and always trash-talking, and she sometimes employs mind games to psych her opponents out. She enters the Duelist Kingdom Tournament strictly for the money at first, but the course of events will drastically change her outlook. It all starts when she duels Jonouchi. She thinks the novice will be a cakewalk, but with a little coaching from Yuugi, Joey actually manages to beat her. This doesn't sit well with Mai, and she manages to convince Dinosaur Ryuzaki to challenge him next on the provision that once he'd won, he'd get to duel Mai next. But amazingly, Jonouchi manages to show his own skills and beat Ryusaki all by himself.

The change in Mai's attitude starts when she loses her Star Chips to Panik (Player Killer), one of Pegasus' Eliminators. When Yuugi risks his life to defeat Panik and win back the Star Chips, she's at a loss to reply. She eventually leaves them, but not before leaving a terse note: "I owe you eight Star Chips." Mai takes time out to get her affairs in order. She's beginning to realize just how serious dueling can be, and she begins to come to Yuugi's aid. She was reluctant at first to chip in to help after Yuugi lost to Kaiba, but after Anzu went so far as to challenge Mai to a duel herself, she relents and gives him five Star Chips to make up for the ones he lost to Kaiba so he could enter the semifinals. But then, Yuugi learns he has to duel Mai… a much different Mai than before. This Mai had hardened into a truly serious duelist. The trash talk was still there, but underneath it all is a desire to see just what Yuugi was made of.

It's that serious, Mai, that convinces Yuugi to make amends with Yami, the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle, and once again work together to bring Mai a shocking defeat. But she takes the loss in stride. She realizes that she still has a way to go. But before she leaves, she does one more favor: giving Joey her entry card so he can face Bandit Keith (who stole Jonouchi's card). Jonouchi asked Mai if they were friends now, but she only answered herself, "Dork, of course we're friends." Outside of dueling, Mai has indeed become friends with Yuugi and the gang. She later helps them to rescue Kaiba from the virtual game trap, but more than anything, she's itching to see just how good she can be, hoping for another serious test so she can see just how she stacks up. She appears again later in the story and around the Battle City Tournament.