Girag Girag ( ギラグ " Giragu " ) , known as Souhachi Kiraku ( 喜楽 壮八 " Kiraku Sōhachi " ) in his past life , is a character appearing in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " anime . He is an Emperor from the Barian World , working to gather the " Numbers " to save the Barian World . He was later brainwashed by Vector and Don Thousand and eventually absorbed . He and the other Barian Emperors were later revived following Yuma and Astral ' s final Duel . Design . Appearance . While in his true form , Girag has a decidedly alien - looking helmet - like face with two spikes prodding up above the eyes , with green hair in the style of a mohawk . In addition , he wears a dark brown suit with orange colored jewels adorned all over his body , and has a Barian Emblem with a golden winged outline on his chest . He also wears matching brown gloves and boots as well as the same G - shaped belt in his human form . In the Barian World , Girag wore a brown cloak and hood . While in human form , Girag is a very tall and muscular man with dark tanned skin and the same green mohawk . He wears suspenders and small pair of wings on his back as well as black fingerless gloves . He also has a thunderbolt marking on the top left - side of his forehead . He appears disguised as a second year student in Heartland Academy , as indicated by the color of his uniform , which is the same as Shark and his gang . While supervising and commentating on the Friendship Games , and during his Duel with Yuma against Tori and Cathy , Girag wore a regular Duel Gazer . During the aforementioned Duel , Girag also wore an orange sports jersey . While Girag was watching Duels that were part of his plans , and during his Duel against Yuma and Ray , his left eye was surrounded by a red lens instead . Personality . Girag is a fearless warrior who does not hesitate in his mission . He assaulted Fender ' s gang by himself with no fear , holding Fender and declaring he liked his eyes as they resembled those of a " scared prey " , which also reveals he is sadistic and abusive . However he also seems to be quite arrogant as he referred to himself as " ore - sama " in one instance , which is an extremely egotistical way for a person to refer to themselves in Japan . He also seems to have a liking to manga , which is the reason he brainwashed Art Stanley , and even attempted to draw manga sketches , although his designs were terrible . He has an infatuation with the TV singer Scarlett Starling and goes to a bar called the " BARian " to eat and relax . Girag ' s downfall is his lack of foresight , and his plans always tend to go awry due to a single miscalculation . For example , when brainwashing Tori Meadows and Cathy Katherine , Girag neglects to take into account Shark ' s personality , and thus is forced to Duel alongside Yuma and help him win . This can be attributed to Girag ' s rather arrogant personality , for he thinks his plans as flawless despite his failures . Also , according to Alito , he ' s known to slack off on a regular basis . Though arrogant and somewhat abusive to humans , Girag has been shown to be friendly and respectful with several of his fellow Barian s , but shares a close relationship with Alito , whom he gives romantic advice to as well as shows mourning over when gravely injured . After being revived by Don Thousand , Girag displayed much more malice , taking Ponta ' s spirit and devouring it right after explaining what he had done to save the tanuki ' s life . He returns to normal after Alito awakens his real memories , and also trusts in Yuma just as Alito did . Abilities . Girag has many supernatural powers . He can teleport at will like Vetrix could , and he can also brainwash people by using " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " . Those that he brainwashes maintain their personalities , but develop a devotion to serving the Barian World bordering on obsession . He has supernatural endurance , taking a punch from Fender in the face with no pain . He also has superhuman strength , which is shown when he broke a TV by stomping on it with one foot . Girag ' s powers by themselves outside of Duels are harmless to him , but his powers are strained inside Duels , thus the power his monsters produce also inflict harm on him as a consequence . Etymology . Girag ' s name is derived from , also known as Merak , a star located in the asterism . Biography . History . Girag was born as Souhachi Kiraku and was a great warrior , known for being wise and benevolent , often sharing the spoils of his conquests with the populace . While on the battlefield one day , he befriended a tanuki , Ponta . Ponta became Kiraku ' s body double , helping him in battles and won many conquests . Eventually , Kiraku learned that some vassals were displeased with his policy of distributing the wealth among the peasants and rebelled against him . Knowing he would lose the upcoming battle , he was forced to part ways with Ponta , making the tanuki feel betrayed . Before his death he received an " Over - Hundred Number " from Don Thousand in order to fill his heart with hatred and send him to the Barian World instead of the Astral World . . Later it was shown that Don Thousand brainwashed his vassals to turn against him and implanted his " Over - Hundred Number " into him before he died . He was reincarnated as one of the Seven Barian Emperors , as his soul was one that was connected to a Mythyrian " Number " card , which had sealed Thousand ' s power . Girag had no memory of his previous life , due to the " Over - Hundred Number " that he received from Don Thousand . The Emperors plotted to destroy the Astral World . Due to both worlds being made of energy , they could not interact . As Barian s cannot take " Numbers " directly , they exploited humans such as Vetrix and Dr . Faker . Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL II . Barian Invasion . With the defeat of both humans , Dumon determined that they would have to do it themselves . He sent Girag to Earth , calling him a brave warrior of the Barian World . Girag appeared from a portal in front of a gang of thugs led by Fender after Fender mentioned wanting more power . He teleported through the crowd , avoiding their strikes . He confronted Fender , who punched him in the face , with Girag feeling nothing . Girag hoisted Fender by the neck and threw him to the ground ( the dub cuts out the fight between Girag and Fender after he confronts him ) . Showing a card , " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " , he promised Fender great power and hypnotized him and his thugs , making them chant " Barian ! " With Fender under his control , he instructed him to go after Yuma Tsukumo . After Fender was defeated , he retrieved the " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " without moving and departed through a portal . After Fender ' s loss , Girag furiously looked for Yuma , even threatening a student . He then spotted the pro Duelist Devon Knox who was visiting Heartland Academy and followed him into the locker room to brainwash him . Devon defeated Ray Shadows when the latter got in his way , but was himself defeated by Yuma . Girag ' s next attempt involved students from the school , with him brainwashing the Student Council President , Carlyle Chesterton , who also failed . Girag stumbled into the school ' s Comic Book Appreciation Club , where he brainwashed Art Stanley . Girag ordered Art to find Yuma ' s weakness . Using his comic sketches of Yuma as a front to speak with him , he attempted to , but failed . Of his own accord , Art spoke to Shark and determined his weakness due to his reaction to dropping one of his rings . Following Shark to the hospital , he saw the boy ' s bond with his sister Rio . Art returned to Girag and suggested they target Shark instead of Yuma , as he still couldn ' t discover Yuma ' s weakness . Girag approved the plan before showing Art his own poorly drawn comic sketches . Art trapped Rio in his " fantasy world " using Barian powers and Dueled Shark , with Art insisting that the whole Duel ' s outcome was already written in his sketchbook . He pushed Shark into a corner by threatening Rio , but Shark fought back after encouragement from Yuma when the latter found Art ' s sketchbook . Shark ' s bond with his sister shattered the Barian magic , freeing Rio and allowing Shark to defeat Art , ruining Girag ' s plans again . Still targeting Yuma and Shark , Girag brainwashed the Floral Design Club and their leader , Lotus Hanazoe . However , Rio ended up Dueling Lotus in Yuma ' s place . Despite Lotus building her Deck to counter WATER monsters , Rio managed to overcome it and defeat Lotus despite her lack of a " Number C " monsters . Later , Girag hid in a room by the old gym at school , watching commercials for Scarlett Starling ' s CD . When Alito approached him , he didn ' t realize it was him , but after seeing Alito ' s cross counter punch , he recognized him . Later , he went a bar called BARian and gave Alito love advice . When Yuma ' s friend s had a massive argument , Girag approached Yuma and suggested he host a " Friendship Games " to help repair their friendships . Yuma agreed and a Tag Duel tournament was organized . When the final Duel approached , Yuma and Shark were to Duel Cathy and Tori . Girag brainwashed them with " Barian ' s Force " to attempt to take his " Numbers " , but this plan was disrupted when Shark left the tournament early . Girag was substituted in as Yuma ' s partner instead . This worried him , as a Barian losing to a " CXyz " would have the same result as Astral losing to a " Number " . He and Yuma managed to work together to defeat them . Several days later , he and Alito were training in the forest , doing all sorts of exercises until a Barian energy ball came down from the sky . Girag and Alito immediately knew who it was and correctly deduced the person to be Mizar , due to the amazing amount of power emanating from him . He and Alito were then given the Barian Sphere Cube s by Mizar , and Girag said that he could now use it to defeat Yuma . Girag brainwashed some school students to go after Yuma but his plan was ruined by Alito showing up , defeating all the people he manipulated with " Barian ' s Force " . After some protesting between him and Alito , he left . After observing the Duel between Yuma and Alito , he warped back to his hideout , and saw Alito on the ground and hurt , which upset him . He then demanded to know who did this to him , Alito closed his eyes and muttered " Ray " , Girag yelled his name . Later on , Girag and Mizar argued about what to do next , with Girag suggesting revenge against Ray . Mizar pointed out that they cannot afford to lose their last Barian Sphere Cube just to get revenge on Ray , for they need it for the " Numbers " for the sake of Barian World . After settling the argument , Mizar brought Alito back to Barian World for help . After he leaves , Girag mutters that " Barian World can wait . Revenge for Alito can ' t . " Later , as Yuma was walking home from school , Girag challenged him to a Duel , on the condition that he brought Ray with him ( in the dub , he intended to Duel Ray , not Yuma , but Yuma wanted to keep him safe and eventually , Girag decided to Duel them both ) . Yuma and Astral arrived at the meeting point without Ray , with the former saying he did not believe what Girag said about Ray being the cause of Alito ' s injuries . Ray eventually showed up and joined Yuma in the Duel . Due to Ray ' s terrible Dueling skills , Girag was able to gain the upper hand early in the Duel , but thanks to Yuma using Ray ' s " Rank - Up - Magic Limited Barian ' s Force " to Summon " " , Girag was defeated . After his loss to Yuma and Ray , he was severely injured , forcing him to retreat to the Barian World . In order to heal , Girag was put into stasis inside of a Baria Crystal alongside Alito , and were watched over by Dumon and Mizar . When Vector appeared and mocked them , Mizar attempted to physically assault him before being restrained by Dumon . Mythyrian Numbers War . After Vector released Don Thousand and told Dumon and Mizar about the Seven Mythyrian " Numbers " , both left for Earth . After that , Vector saw that Girag and Alito hadn ' t recovered yet , and used some of Don Thousand ' s powers to accelerate the healing process . He realized it would still take more time and left for Earth as well . While their comrades were collecting the " Numbers " , Girag and Alito eventually awakened from their stasis . Girag , Alito and Vector awaited for Dumon and Mizar to return , surprising them with their resurrection . Mr . Heartland then appeared and told the group of the new " Number " location and that Yuma might be aiming for it as well . Girag mentioned that they can ambush Yuma and his gang should they arrive first and Alito immediately left to to do so . Later , Girag himself returned to Earth and saw a TV broadcast that featured a statue resembling him . Girag went to the Duel Lodge to see the statue of himself and his body was suddenly controlled by Ponta ' s spirit and his spirit was trapped in the statue . They ran into Yuma , who was in disbelief of Girag ' s claims until he mentioned several things of Yuma ' s habits and their Duel . Girag begged Yuma to get his body back and appealed to him after telling him that Ponta had a " Number " . After Yuma won the Duel , Girag recalled his past with Ponta and revealed that he sent Ponta away so that he would be able to live as he knew he would lose his next battle . After Ponta gave his " Number " to Yuma , Girag is overwhelmed by Don Thousand ' s power and is forced grabbed Ponta and ate the spirit , claiming he tricked him and Yuma . Vowing to defeat Yuma , Girag departed for the Barian World , confused about how and why he said that . As he mused , Girag felt Ponta ' s spirit still stirring inside of his body . Later , Girag was called to an emergency meeting between the Seven Barian Emperors . There , he witnessed Vector discover that Nash and Marin were still alive . Nash granted each of the Barian Emperors new powers , then consented to Vector ' s plan of attacking Earth now . Barian Emperor Onslaught . After Mr . Heartland was defeated , the Seven Barian Emperors arrived together on Earth in front of Yuma and commenced Barian Battlemorph . When Yuma was rendered unable to Duel when the Emperor ' s Key reacted with Nash ' s Barian Emblem , Roku and Kaze arrived and pelted the Emperors with smoke bombs , allowing Yuma ' s group to escape . As the other Emperors gave chase , Girag confronted Roku and Kaze personally , who vowed he would not get to Yuma without going through them . Girag was initially unable to make much headway against him , with Kaze saying he wasn ' t much of a match for them . Eventually , he commenced a Chaos Draw alongside the others Emperors . This allowed him to use " Rank - Up - Magic - The Seventh One " to bring out " " . He claimed their efforts were useless as he defeated both his opponents using this card , sending their souls to the Barian World . After Nash ' s victory over Quattro , the Emperors regrouped and Nash ordered them to split up and pursue the remaining " Number " holders - Yuma , Astral , Kite , Trey and Quinton . Vector met with Girag and Alito , and told Girag to lure Nash back to the Barian World , while ordering Alito to pursue Yuma , knowing he could not afford to fight both Nash and Yuma . The two questioned why they should listen to Vector , and he responded by asking who they thought woke them from their " nap " earlier . Vector then called on Don Thousand , who appeared and grabbed both Girag and Alito by the necks and exerted his influence on them both , effectively turning them into Vector ' s puppets . Girag proceeded to meet with Nash and informed him that Yuma and his allies had gone to the Barian World . Nash ordered Girag to return there and hurry , doing so himself . Halfway through the trip , Girag pretended to be trapped by dark tentacles , prompting Nash to try to save him . The tentacles snared Nash and Girag told him he couldn ' t be allowed to Duel Yuma , saying it was in the name of Don Thousand . Girag proceeded to attack the Different Dimension Airship with " Giant Hand " after Alito ' s memories were restored by Yuma and agreed to work with him against Don Thousand . Alito , Yuma , and Tori attempted to reason with Girag , but Don Thousand ' s control was too strong . With Alito as his opponent , Girag brought out " Giant Red Hand " and " " in an attempt at a One Turn Kill , but Alito barely survived using " Hyper Burning " . When Alito Xyz Summon ed " " , Girag was shocked to see the " Number " again , as well as Ponta . Alito then used " Last Counter " to allow " Sandayu " to defeat " Giant Red Hand " , causing Girag to regain his memories of his past life as a human . As a result , he was freed from Don Thousand ' s control . He reverted to human form and tried to get near Alito , but Alito said that the Duel was not over yet . When Alito explained how " Last Counter " will cause him lose , Girag became emotional as Alito said it for the sake of Girag , his best friend . As Alito died , Girag began to cry and then absorbed Alito ' s soul . He angrily yelled that he ' d never forgive Vector or Don Thousand , but Vector suddenly appeared to him and Yuma with " " , who attacked Yuma . When Girag realized what was happening , he pushed Yuma out of the way and was impaled . During his final moments , Girag thanked Yuma for saving Alito and entrusted him with the task of defeating Don Thousand . He faded away as Ponta promised to go with him , allowing Vector to absorb all three souls . Girag ' s soul appeared with Dumon ' s , Marin ' s and Alito ' s when Vector full absorbed their powers during his Duel against Nash . During Nash ' s Duel with Yuma , Girag ' s soul appeared to support Nash alongside those of the other Emperors after Nash overlaid their " Chaos Over - Hundred Numbers " to create " CXyz Barian Hope " . Girag was revived after Yuma ' s and Astral ' s ceremonial Duel , along with his fellow Barian Emperors and Ponta . He officially enrolled in Heartland Academy as a second - year student . He then joined Yuma when he headed to the Astral World to come to Astral ' s aid . Relationships . Alito . Girag shares a brotherly relationship with Alito and cares a great deal for him , even giving him romantic advice and training together . They are occasionally prone to bickering , whether serious or otherwise . Girag was greatly worried for Alito when he watched him Duel Yuma and upon seeing him on the ground injured . He was also upset over it to the point of letting his anger get the better of him during a brief talk with Mizar , who was concerned that he would go as far as using his " Number " . Their relationship is so strong that Alito insisted on being the one to break Don Thousand ' s hold on Girag , even though he couldn ' t use " " . While Girag was brainwashed by Don Thousand , he relentlessly attacked Alito with the effect damage of " " . Nevertheless , once his true memories were revealed , Girag was upset that Alito was going to lose . Decks . Pressure Point . Girag uses a Pressure Point Deck consisting of the " Hand " archetype . He also utilizes a burn strategy through cards such as " Erosion Hand Forest " and " Damaging Hand " . Girag later gains the ability to perform a Chaos Draw , giving him access to " Rank - Up - Magic - The Seventh One " , giving him easy access to " " which he later augments with " " to perform a One Turn Kill . Raccoon . While Girag is body - swapped with Ponta , Ponta uses his body to wield a " Raccoon " Deck focused on swarm tactics .