Yu-Gi-Oh! Starlight Heroes

'Yu-Gi-Oh! Starlight Heroes 'is a anime series that is a spin-off to Yu-Gi-Oh! It takes place after Arc-V and before VRAINS.

Summary Sypnosis
The shows sets with a girl named Junko Yusa (Juno Yusa in English dub) coming into town called Neo Domino City in search of her mother, who has mysteriously disappeared and she will face some enemies with the help of her new friends and a young teen girl named Starlight, who gives her the Star of Courage mark on her right hand.

Main Characters
Junko Yusa/Juno Yusa (ユクス・ジュンコ Yuusa Junko)
 * Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (Japanese); Sarah Natochenny (English)
 * The main protagonist of the series who is searching for her mother. She has a street smart personality and a great Dueliest who never loses a duel. Her ace Duel Monster is the Stealth Ninja Girl. She saves Starlight from danger twice and becomes connected to her, giving her The Star of Courage mark on her right hand. In season 4, Junko is the recarnaction of Jing Le Yu.

Starlight (スターライト Sutāraito)
 * Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (Japanese); Haven Paschall (English)
 * The secondary protagonist of the series who acompanies Junko on her search for her mother. She has no memory of her life, but does know that she was taken care of by Shibata and Haruka. She is connected to Junko who gives her the Star of Courage mark on her right hand. In season 2, it is revealed that she is the long lost princess of the Star Kingdom.

Miyako Fujii/Annie Wilcox (藤井宮子 Fujii Miyako)
 * Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese); Suzy Myers (English)
 * Miyako is a high school student and is the first person Junko meets and becomes her friend. She is book smart and doesn't know how to play Duel Monsters, but Junko teaches her how to play. She is the first person to know about Starlight's powers. Her father is a Duelist Champion. By the end of season 3, Hideaki confesses his feelings to Miyako and they began dating.

Hideaki Sugiyama/Reuben Mitchell (杉山秀明 Sugiyama Hideaki)
 * Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese); Wayne Grayson (English)
 * Hideaki is Miyako's best friend and also becomes Junko's friend. He is an inventor, but sometimes his inventions are a failure and they all exploded. He doesn't know how to play Duel Monsters, but Junko teaches him how to play. He has a crush on Miyako, but is too shy to admit it and he sometimes gets jealous whenever Miyako gets all lovestruck with some hot guy. He doesn't know about Starlight's powers until episode 25. By the end of season 3, he confeses his feelings to Miyako and they began dating.

Takayuki Fujii/Ethan Wilcox (藤井隆行 Fujii Takayuki)
 * Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki (Japanese); Laurie Hymes (English)
 * Takayuki is Miyako's 6 year old brother. He is a junior duelist and he is very obnoxious. He can easily annoyed his big sister or Junko. He doesn't know about Starlight's powers until episode 25. He develops a big crush on Starlight and claims that they are a couple, but Starlight is not interested in him because he is 10 years younger than she is.

Drako Otsuka (ドレイコ大塚 Otsuka Drako)
 * Voiced by: Ryota Osaka (Japanese); Jason Griffith (English)
 * A mysterious boy who came into town for no reason. He is a strong duelist and his ace Duel Monster is the Black Wolf Beast. He is served as Junko's love interest. He may or may not know about Starlight's powers, but he somehow knows in episode 25. In season 5, he is actually a Knight of Hanoi who went to spy on Starlight and only pretends to be one of the good guys, but left Hanoi because he has actually developed feelings for Junko.

Ami Yusa/Amy Yusa (アミ・ユサ Yuusa Ami)
 * Voiced by: Ai Kayano (Japanese); Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld (English)
 * Ami is Junko's 6 year old sister who was very sick since the age of 3,but feels a lot better after the surgery. She soon became a Duelist at the end of season 2.

Neo Domnio City
Akinari Shibata/Professor Stewart (柴田アキナリ Shibata Akinari)
 * Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama  (Japanese); Ted Lewis (English)
 * Miyako and Hideaki's high school teacher and Haruka's boss. He takes Junko into his home until Junko finds her mother. He knows about Starlight's powers.

Haruka Nakajima/Hope Summers (中島はるか Nakajima Haruka)
 * Voiced by: Aya Endō (Japanese); Eileen Stevens (English)
 * A girl who befriends Junko and is a assistant to Sensei Shibata. She took care of Starlight for a long time before she even met Junko. She is not a duelist because she doesn't like to see Duel Monsters getting hurt. She has a secret that nobody knows. In season 2, her secret is actually her being the daughter of Seichii Nakajima and Yasushi is Haruka's younger brother.

Lila Yamagata (リラ山形 Yamagata Rira)
 * Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki (Japanese); Erica Schroeder (English)
 * Lila is a classmate of Miyako and Hideaki who is a bookworm and is part of the student counciel.

Hitoshi Ehime/Hunk Madsion (愛媛人 Ehime Hitoshi)
 * Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Samuel Vincent (English)
 * Hitoshi is a classmate of Miyako and Hideaki who always picks on them and bullies other students.

Tetsu Wakayama/Lenny Whithalets (和歌山哲 Wakayama Tetsu)
 * Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (Japanese); Ben Phillips (English)
 * Tetsu is a classmate of Miyako and Hideaki who is a scrawny nerd and has the biggest crush on Junko, but Junko always rejects him. He is also jealous of Drako's love for Junko.

Michiko Ueda/Stephanie Richmont (上田道子 Ueda Michiko)
 * Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa (Japanese); Brittney Lee Hamilton (English)
 * Michiko is a Champion of the Duelist Contest and is Miyako's rival.

Isao Fujii/Wilson Wilcox (藤井功 Fujii Isao)
 * Voiced by: Hiroki Tochi (Japanese); Carmen Borgia (English)
 * Isao is the Duelist Champion of Neo Domino City and is Miyako and Takayuki's father.

Kimi Fujii/Kimberly Wilcox (藤井君 Fujii Kimi)
 * Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (Japanese); Michele Knotz (English)
 * Kimi is Isao's wife and Miyako and Takayuki's mother

Yasushi Nakajima/Gideon Summers (中島安 Nakajima Yasu)
 * Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese); Jonathan Silver (English)
 * Yasushi is a mysterious Duelist who is a loner and is Junko's rival. In season 2, he is actually the son of Seichii Nakajima and is the younger brother of Haruka. By the end of the series, he is now friends with the Starlight Gang.

Den City
Kaiya Yusa/Kayla Yusa (カイヤ・ユサ Yuusa Kaiya)
 * Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese); Maggie McDowell (English)
 * Kaiya is Junko's mother who disappeared prior to the series and now Junko is searching for her. At the mid-end of Season 1, Kaiya was found and rescued by Junko and they are reunited at last.

Reika Koizumi/Jessica “Frankie” Paradise (小泉麗華 Koizumi Reika)
 * Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa (Japanese); Kate Higgins (English)
 * Reika is Junko's close childhood friend and the world’s most famous singer, movie star and TV star actress, and figure-skater.

Haya Shirai/Quinn Morrison (白井羽 Shirai Haya)
 * Voiced by: Megumi Han (Japanese); Jo Armeniox (English)
 * Haya is a classmate of Junko's back in Den City

Naoko Imamura/Anthony Caperbon (今村尚子 Imamura Naoko)
 * Voiced by: Yuki Kaji (Japanese); Rory Max Kaplan (English)
 * Naoko is a classmate of Junko's back in Den City

Yukari Akiyama/Yvette Rodriguez (秋山ゆかり Akiyama Yukari)
 * Voiced by: Masumi Asano (Japanese); Laura Bailey (English)
 * Yukari is a high-ranking secret agent.

Minami Koizumi/Evangeline Paradise (南小泉 Koizumi Minami)
 * Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese); Cindy Robinson (English)
 * Minami is Reika's mother, a singer, movie star and TV star actress, supermodel, and figure-skater.

Fumiko Yuki/Samantha Yuki (ユキフミ子 Yuuki Fumiko)
 * Voiced by: Kana Asumi (Japanese); Jennifer Foraziati-DaCosta (English)
 * Fumiko is a journalist, a competitor for the Den City Dueling Championship, and the daughter of Judai Yuuki (Jaden Yuki in the English Dub) and Asuka Tenjoin (Alexis Rhodes in the English Dub). She works at a journal company in the far side of town.

Ignacio Matsumoto/Hendrix Bowie (松本生弘成志雄 Matsumoto Ignacio)
 * Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Japanese); Quinton Flynn (English)
 * Ignacio is a rock and roller and a competitor for the Den City Dueling Championship.

Fritz Weber (フリッツ・ウェーバー Furittsu u~ēbā)
 * Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa  (Japanese); Fred Tatasciore (English)
 * Fritz is a German Duelist who always eats all of the food he likes and is a competitor for the Den City Dueling Championship.

Jiro Mesuda/Hamilton Von Hiller (清水次郎 Shimizu Jirō)
 * Voiced by: Junko Minagawa (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook  (English)
 * Jiro is a silent scientist who is short and can only make grunt sounds and is a competitor for the Den City Dueling Championship

Mamiko Hasegawa/Miette Beaumont (長谷川真美子 Hasegawa Mamiko)
 * Voiced by: Kei Shindō (Japanese); Maggie McDowell (English)
 * Mamiko is Junko's childhood rival. She is very jealous of Junko and also embarrasses her about Junko's crush on Drako. She is also the leader of a group called the Razzle Dazzle Trio.

Yurika Moriyama/Phoebe Swanson (ゆりか森山 Moriyama Yurika)
 * Voiced by: Megumi Kubota (Japanese); Alex Cazares (English)
 * Yurika is one of Mamiko's friends, a member of the Razzle Dazzle Trio and one of Junko and the Starlight Gang's rivals.

Famiko Takeuchi/Amoret Fernandez (竹内普三航 Takeuchi Famiko)
 * Voiced by: Misato Fukuen (Japanese); Brittney Lee Hamilton (English)
 * Famiko is one of Mamiko's friends, a member of the Razzle Dazzle Trio and one of Junko and the Starlight Gang's rivals.

Ophelia (オフィーリア Ofīria)
 * Voiced by: Masako Nozawa (Japanese); Tara Platt (English)
 * Ophelia is a elder woman who came to visit Den City for some unknown reason. She seems to know about Starlight's past.

Phoenix (フェニックス Fenikkusu)
 * Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (Japanese); Grant George  (English)
 * Phoenix is the leader of a Anti-Social group against SOL Technologies for some reason. He knows Junko very well.

North (埜数 Norsu)
 * Voiced by: Koharu Kusumi (Japanese); Jenny Emm (English)
 * North is one of the members of a Anti-Social group against SOL Technologies for some reason. She knows Junko very well.

Mimi (ミミ Mimi)
 * Mimi is a little puppy who followed Starlight after listening to her sing her song. Starlight befriends Mimi and decides to adopt her as her pet.

The Midnight Star Mages
The Midnight Star Mages are a trio of sorceresses created by Jing Le Yu's master Hikasu before her death. In the present day, they are great friends of Daichi Yusa until his death and King Stardust. They appear in the dreams of Starlight

Frozen Water General Beauty (凍った水の一般的なアクア Furōzun Mizu No Ippantekina Byūti)
 * Voiced by: Reina Ueda (Japanese); Willa Holland (English)
 * Beauty is the leader of the Midnight Star Mages.

Blazing Rock General Rouge (ブレージング・ロック・ジェネラル・ルージュ Burējingu Rokku Jeneraru Rūju)
 * Voiced by: Rie Takahashi (Japanese); Cassandra Lee Morris (English)
 * Rouge is the one of the Midnight Star Mages.

Thundering Moonstone General Zan Moonlight (サンダームーンストーンゼーンムーンライト Sandāmūnsutōnzēnmūnraito)
 * Voiced by: Ryoka Yuzuki (Japanese); Lisa Ortiz (English)
 * Zan Moonlight is the one of the Midnight Star Mages and the eldest of them.

Data World
Luigi Françoise Le Bihan Lafond (ルイジ・フランソワ・ル・ビーハン・ラフォンド Ruiji Furansowa Ru Bīhan Rafondoa)
 * Voiced by: Naoki Tatsuta (Japanese); Ted Lewis  (English)
 * Luigi was once King Stardust's royal adviser, but he did something really bad and King Stardust turned him into a blob thing and was trap inside a magical computer. He was activated by Junko and Starlight. He has a massive crush on Miyako because he watched the Dueling Contest on TV (Yes, even when he is trapped inside a computer).

Ninja Clan
Hyousuke (ヒュースケ Hyūsuke)
 * Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura (Japanese); Patrick Seitz (English)
 * Hyousuke is the elder of the Ninja Clan and he helps Junko train to use her abilities through her blindness.

Oshin (おしん Oshin)
 * Voiced by: Yūji Mitsuya (Japanese); Ted Biaselli (English)
 * Oshin is an old Ninja teacher who teaches Junko all the abilities of the ninja.

Kaoru (薫 Kaoru)
 * Voiced by: Yoshiko Matsuo (Japanese); Gwendoline Yeo (English)
 * Kaoru is an elderly woman who serves tea to Junko and her friends.

Star Kingdom
King Stardust (スターダスト王 Sutādasuto-ō)
 * Voiced by: Yuya Uchida (Japanese); Tom Wayland (English)
 * King Stardust is Starlight's long lost father and is the king of the Star Kingdom.

Queen Sunlight (クイーン・サンライト Kuīn Sanraito)
 * Voiced by: Satomi Arai (Japanese); Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (English)
 * Queen Sunlight is Starlight's long lost mother and is the queen of the Star Kingdom.

Harklight (ハークライト Hākuraito)
 * Voiced by: Hiroaki Miura (Japanese); Daniel J. Edwards (English)
 * Harklight is a knight to the Star Kingdom. He is also a guardian to Starlight.

Sunshine
 * Voiced by: Mariko Kouda (Japanese); Danielle Judovits (English)
 * Sunshine is Harklight's wife. She is very caring and kind. She's not a knight or a Duelist, but she can always support her husband.

Team Fang
Takashi/Ozzy the Ultimate Skull Leader  (高志 Takashi)
 * Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi (Japanese); Michael Chobot (English)
 * Takashi is the Leader of Team Fang (Skull Gang in the English dub) who is after Junko and her friends for unknown reason.

Ichika (いちか Ichika)
 * Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki (Japanese); Laura Bailey (English)
 * Ichika is one of the members of Team Fang and she dueled Junko to not let her throw, but she was defeated by Junko

The Chikota Twins (チコタツインズ The Chikota Twins)
 * Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya (Mamoru) and Jun Shima (Mayumi) (Japanese); Keith Silverstein (Mamoru) and Kate Higgins (Mayumi) (English)
 * The Chikota Twins, Mamoru and Mayumi, are both members of Team Fang and they both challenged Junko and Miyako to a tag duel, but were defeated by the two girls

Elf Tribe
Jhaartael (ジアーアタエル Jiaaataeru)
 * Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo (Japanese); Keith Silverstein  (English)
 * Jhaartael is the leader of the Elf Tribe. He has a hate for all the humans.

Maeralya (マエラリア Maeraria)
 * Voiced by: Saki Fujita (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)
 * Maeralya is Jhaartael's commander of the Elf Tribe. She somehow developing a close bond with Ami.

Seiveril (セイヴェリル Seivu~eriru
 * Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto (Japanese); Sam Black (English)
 * Seiveril is one of the elves in the elf tribe. He has a huge crush on Reika and made her dress like his princess in order to get Ami out.

Lorelei (ローレライ Rōrerai)
 * Voiced by: Yuki Komatsu (Japanese); Karen Strassman (English)
 * Lorelei is one of the elves in the elf tribe. She, along with Neldor, get extremely annoyed when Seiveril talks about Reika too much.

Neldor (ネルドール Nerudōru)
 * Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima (Japanese); Marc Thompson (English)
 * Neldor is one of the elves in the elf tribe. He, along with Lorelei, get extremely annoyed when Seiveril talks about Reika too much.

Data World
Masato Igarashi/Henry Kramer Sr. (マサト・イガラシ Igarashi Masato)
 * Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese); Fred Tatasciore (English)
 * Masato is Kenji's father and was the one who send out the viruses in the Data World.

Kenji Igarashi/Henry Kramer Jr. (五十嵐健治 Igarashi Kenji)
 * Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Daniel J. Edwards (English)
 * Kenji is a 13 year old computer genius who is madly in love with Miyako and dreams of marrying Miyako one day, which makes Miyako a little disgusted by it.

Asumi/Delilah (アスミ Asumi)
 * Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (Japanese); Shanelle Workman (English)
 * Asumi is an android girl who is created by Masato and used to work for the Data World as a part-timer in the branch office until she began to develop a human heart while investigating the Starlight Gang and eventually sided with them.

New Doma
Alco (アルコ Aruko)
 * Voiced by: Joji Nakata (Japanese); Travis Willingham (English)
 * Alco is a sorcerer who is by Zemorah's side all the time. He is the one who took Junko's eyesight and made her blind.

Zemorah (ゼモラ Zemora)
 * Voiced by Minami Takayama  (Japanese); Sonny Dey (English)
 * Zemorah is the new leader of the new Doma after Dartz. She wants Starlight's powers to revive the Great Leviathan. In the end of season 4, she left New Doma behind and becomes friends with the Starlight Gang.

Riku (陸 Riku)
 * Voiced by: Chinami Nishimura (Japanese); Kate Higgins (English)
 * Riku is a teenage girl who transferred to Junko's school to captured Starlight and is only interested in dueling Junko in order to get her, She is based on Rafael from Duel Monsters.

Fuyu/Lilybeth (冬 Fuyu)
 * Voiced by: Yumi Tōma (Japanese); Stephanie Sheh (English)
 * Fuyu is a sadist who obeys Zemorah's rules all the time and she is very independent of all things and is interested in dueling Miyako because of her fame in the Dueling Contest. She is sort of based on Amelda (Alister in the English Dub) from Duel Monsters.

Toshihiro/Weldon (土肥 Toshihiro)
 * Voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura (Japanese); Keith Silverstein (English)
 * Toshihiro is a rough-tough guy who is capable of capturing Starlight and is interested in dueling Hideaki because of his nerdy appearance, but has the bone to duel. He is kind of based on Valon from Duel Monsters

The Knights of Hanoi
Seiichi Nakajima/Michael Summers (中島誠一 Nakajima Seiichi)
 * Voiced by: Masami Iwasaki (Japanese); Travis Willingham (English)
 * Leader of the Knights of Hanoi (ハノイの騎士団長 Hanoi no Kishi Danchō)
 * Voiced by: Takashi Kondō (Japanese); Liam O'Brien (English)
 * Seiichi is a owner of the SOL Technologies company and is Haruka's father. He and Haruka don't make any eye contact for some reason and he is holding some kind of secret. It turns out that he is the leader of the Knights of Hanoi and he wants Starlight's powers to go to a new world with new monsters and creatures.

Kyoshi Kogami (鴻上聖 Kōgami Kiyoshi)
 * Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo (Japanese); H.D. Quinn (English)
 * Kyoshi is a doctor at SOL Technologies who works for Seiichi. It turns out that he is apart of the Knights of Hanoi and he experiments on 6 little children for his own reasons.

Shade (シェード Shēdo)
 * Voiced by: Kanako Miyamoto (Japanese); Stephanie Sheh (English)
 * Shade is one of the Knights of Hanoi and Drako's partner.

Opening Themes
Japanese opening theme 1: XYZ


 * Performer: Rica Matsumoto


 * Episodes: 001-023

Japanese opening theme 2: Tomorrow


 * Performer: Machico
 * Episodes: 024-048

Japanese opening theme 3: Be an Arrow


 * Performer: Rica Matsumoto
 * Episodes: 049-070

Japanese opening theme 4: Connect


 * Performer: ClariS
 * Episodes: 071-095

Japanese opening theme 5: Courage


 * Performer: Haruka Tomatsu
 * Episodes: 096-119

Japanese opening theme 6: Shikisai


 * Performer: Maaya Sakamoto
 * Episodes: 120-141

Japanese opening theme 7: Howling


 * Performer: Flow x Granrodeo
 * Episodes: 142-166

Japanese opening theme 8: Ash


 * Performer: LiSA
 * Episodes: 167-180

Japanese opening theme 9: Mind Conductor


 * Performer: Yurika
 * Episodes: 181-219

English opening theme: Yu-Gi-Oh! opening theme (Dark Side Dimension Version)

Ending Themes
Japanese ending theme 1: Kimi no Soba de


 * Performer: Grin
 * Episodes: 001-023

Japanese ending theme 2: Sincerely


 * Performer: True
 * Episodes: 024-048

Japanese ending theme 3: DreamDream


 * Performer: Shōko Nakagawa
 * Episodes: 049-070

Japanese ending theme 4: Ring Your Bell


 * Performer: Kalafina
 * Episodes: 071-095

Japanese ending theme 5: Kaze no Message


 * Perfomer: Mai Mizuhashi
 * Episodes: 096-119

Japanese ending theme 6: Spica


 * Performer: Bump of Chicken
 * Episodes: 120-141

Japanese ending theme 7: Michi


 * Performer: Kenjiro Tsuda
 * Episodes: 142-166

Japanese ending theme 8: Desir


 * Performer: Garnidelia
 * Episodes: 167-180

Japanese ending theme 9: See You Tomorrow


 * Performer: Aoi Yuuki
 * Episodes 181-204

Japanese ending theme 10: Overfly


 * Performer: Luna Haruna
 * Episodes: 205-219

English ending theme: Yu-Gi-Oh! opening theme (Dark Side Dimension Version)

Season 5: Star Kingdom Saga
This is the final saga of the series.