Miho Nosaka Miho Nosaka is a major character in the Toei " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " anime and " Yu - Gi - Oh ! the Movie " . Miho appeared once in the manga in a story where Hiroto Honda bought her a love jigsaw puzzle . In Toei ' s anime , she was made into a main character , alongside Yugi Mutou , Anzu Mazaki , Hiroto Honda and Jonouchi . Her role and personality in the anime are significantly different , and Honda has a massive crush on Miho throughout the series . The jigsaw puzzle story is changed in the anime to revolve around Mayumi buying the puzzle for Jonouchi . Design . Appearance . Miho ' s usual outfit is the Domino High School ' s girls ' uniform . She has lilac hair that is fixed in a ponytail and usually has a yellow ribbon on top . Miho is fair skinned . Personality . Miho is cheerful and flirty , though she can also be a stubborn and resilient girl who nonetheless cares deeply for her friends ' safety . She sometimes refers to herself as in third person . Miho shows signs of being a typical fangirl , squealing at any given moment when an attractive male ( mainly Ryo Bakura ) walks past . Much like Honda , she is a romanticist at heart . However , Miho can also be naive and at times a little dim - witted and oblivious to the feelings of those around her , much to Honda ' s dismay . However , it is also hinted that Miho is aware of Honda ’ s crush on her , as she often says things in front of Honda on purpose so he will volunteer to do things for her . If someone hurts her friends , she becomes serious , and she will come to their defense , as evidenced when she confronted Warashibe for giving Anzu , Honda and Jonouchi polluted water and making them sick . Etymology . Her first name means " beautiful " and " grain . " Biography . Miho is Anzu Mazaki ' s best friend and a close friend of Yugi Mutou , Katsuya Jonouchi , Hiroto Honda , who is madly in love with her , and Ryo Bakura . Miho entered the classroom while Jonouchi was tormenting Yugi . She said that the cafeteria line was long , and she had had nothing for lunch , prompting Honda to volunteer to buy her lunch . After school one day , Jonouchi and Yugi agreed to go to Burger World on the way home . Honda disagreed as it would be against school rules . Miho enthusiastically said that she ' d like to go , causing Honda to change his mind . Anzu tried to discourage them from going , by saying she ' d heard bad things about the place and reminded them of the escaped convict , Jiro the Jorogumo . Jonouchi noted how Anzu had been acting weird lately and not accompanying them on their way home from school over the last few days . He wondered if Anzu could be dating older men for pay . Miho , not wanting Anzu to live such a life , followed her home to tried and " rescue her " . However she found Anzu was actually working in Burger World , but keeping it a secret as part - time jobs were against school rules . Miho too got a job at Burger World , wanting the extra money to buy things . She accompanied Anzu on her way home after school the next day . Honda suspected Miho was also dating for pay and followed , resulting in him getting a job too , wanting the extra money to buy stuff for Miho . The three were followed home by Yugi and Jonouchi the next day . Two escaped convicts entered Burger World that day and one of them wound up taking Anzu hostage . Miho , Honda and Anzu quit after this incident . Honda and Miho however got a new job at a noodle shop . Miho was invited to Seto Kaiba ' s mansion along with the rest of Yugi ' s friends . She was immediately fond of Kaiba because of his wealth , making Honda jealous . Honda was convinced by Miho to get up early to wait in line to buy a D - Shock watch for her . However the watch got stolen by Shotaro Akaboshi , while Honda wasn ' t paying attention . At the arcade when Miho arrived to collect the watch , Honda discovered it was missing and stripped down to his underwear while searching his clothes for it . Miho slapped him and ran off crying . Dark Yugi won the watch back in a Game of Darkness and had it returned to Honda , who passed it on to Miho . Two days later , Honda offered to wait in line to buy Miho perfume . She was delighted to receive more from Hirota . Miho got a Digital Pet and hoped to win the prize holiday in an upcoming tournament . However she didn ' t want to spend time training the pet for the tournament herself , so she made sure to say this in front of Honda , who volunteered to take care of the pet . Honda took days off school and returned with the pet , now named Super Strawberry , which he used to defeat Kujirada ' s pet Devil Master , who was after eating Anzu and Jonouchi ' s pets . Haiyama , who had been manipulating Kujirada , kidnapped Miho and left a note . Honda got whipped by Haiyama , as he attempted to rescue Miho . While he was unconscious , Dark Yugi defeated Haiyama in a Digital Pet duel . As Miho lay unconscious on Honda , she spoke about going on the holiday , but with her mother rather than Honda . Mayumi had a crush on Jonouchi . Looking for ideas in what gift to get him , she asked Miho and Anzu what Jonouchi was interested in . Miho said porn videos , but after realizing that Mayumi was looking for a gift , they got Yugi to help and ended up getting a jigsaw love letter . The college student , Warashibe , desperately tried to win Miho ' s affection , by sending her " Capsule Monster Chess " pieces as presents . Warashibe pretended to be a hero in front of Miho by saving her from a guy , who was really Yugi in disguise . However , Miho recognized Yugi and Warashibe ' s appearance which didn ' t meet her expectations . Warashibe tried to invite Miho to his secret base , but she refused and slapped him after getting too creeped out . Embarrassed by what happened , Warashibe poisoned Miho ' s friends , prompting her to confront him . Yugi led her to Warashibes ' s base , where she was forced into a game of Capsule Monster Chess . Upon realizing that Warashibe had rigged the dispenser to give Miho the weaker monsters , Miho angrily got up to leave . Warashibe refused to let them leave , as he wanted to put Miho in a giant CapMon capsule . He quickly closed his gate , which broke , causing a part of it to hit Miho and Yugi , knocking them out . Yugi changed to Dark Yugi , who finished the Capsule Monster Chess game , defeating Warashibe and rescuing Miho . When Yugi and Anzu went to Domino Park together , Miho , Jonouchi , and Honda investigated to see if it ' s a date . Miho lashed at Honda after he suggested that they go to the pool , so he could see her in a swimsuit . Regardless , she still spent time with Honda in the pool . She managed to get out of the park during the evacuation when there was a bomb scare , but returned after the bomber was captured . Miho congratulated Yugi after he received a love letter from Risa Kageyama and asked Anzu if she felt jealous . She continued to spy on Yugi ' s love life , by hiding in the bushes with the rest of his friends to watch Yugi meeting Risa . Honda tried talking Miho into taking part in a beauty pageant . After Miho fell for Bakura , she agreed to do it . Fellow contestant , Kaoruko Himekoji and her supporter , the Student Council Chairman , tried to sabotage Miho ' s chances of winning . Miho performed dancing in the first round . The chairman had her swimsuit torn - up for the next round , but Miho improvised and wore a mermaid costume from the school drama supplies . Before the final round , Kaoruko mugged Miho and tore her dress . Dark Yugi then defeated Kaoruko in a Shadow Game , causing her to withdraw from the competition as well . Miho also helps her friends during the Death T and the " Monster World " arcs . In " Yu - Gi - Oh ! The Movie " she hung out with her friends at school and had a laugh with them . Miho , Honda , Yugi and Jounochi head to a card shop to watch Yugi and Jonouchi play a game of " Duel Monsters " . Much to the gang ' s shock , they discovered that Anzu now worked there . Miho watched Yugi play the game as he explained it to her . Honda challenged her , but she wanted to watch more . Shougo Aoyama was being picked on because he could not play the game very well . Anzu explained that the child had been there before but was too timid to play . Miho ' s final appearance was her having a good time with her friends and Shougo . Deck . Miho Dueled Yugi once , but none of her cards were shown . Relationships . Anzu Mazaki . Miho and Anzu are best friends . They support each other and rarely fight . Miho likes to tease her when Yugi goes out with another girl . Despite that , both girls are often together . Ryo Bakura . Miho Nosaka has a crush on Ryo Bakura . When she first met him , she intended on inviting him to her school . Miho strongly defends Ryo even going to the point of saying unrealistic things about him . Ryo is Miho ' s official love interest .