Hirutani ' s gang Hirutani ' s gang is a group of thugs , led by Hirutani himself . The gang is known for picking on weaker people , incapable of defending themselves . It consists mainly of people from Rintama High School , but has been around since Hirutani was in middle school . History . Middle school . When they were in middle school , Jonouchi hung out with Hirutani and would spend time picking fights . During this time , he learned how to fight . Jonouchi was considered to be partners with Hirutani . After middle school , Hirutani went to Rintama High School , while Jonouchi went to Domino High School . The Wild Gang . Hirutani blackmailed Jonouchi in returning , by threatening to beat - up the rest of Jonouchi ' s class . Jonouchi complied and joined the gang , which consisted entirely of Rintama High boys , apart from himself . As Hirutani forced Jonouchi to miss days of school , Yugi Mutou , Hiroto Honda and Anzu Mazaki grew worried and went to Jonouchi ' s house to check - up on him . Jonouchi ' s father , however , scared them away , mistaking them for Jonouchi and yelling at him for disappearing for two days . While Jonouchi was with the gang , they started a fight outside the American Club with a man who accidentally stepped on one of the member ' s foot . Yugi , Honda and Anzu spotted Jonouchi with the gang here . Yugi ran over to ask Jonouchi what was going . Jonouchi denied knowing Yugi , but as Yugi continued to plea with him , one of the members punched Yugi in the face . The gang left for the café , J ' z . Inside Hirutani decided they should celebrate Jonouchi ' s return , but Jonouchi picked a fight with the guy who punched Yugi earlier . Hirutani ordered the rest of the gang to seize Jonouchi . After they managed to pin Jonouchi they took him to the " torture chamber " . Yugi , Honda and Anzu had followed the gang to J ' z . After seeing one of the members leave , Honda seized him and demanded to know why Jonouchi was with them . Honda went inside expecting a fight , but only found the boy , who punched Yugi earlier , lying unconscious . Honda was unable to wake him to get answers . Outside , he Yugi and Anzu split - up to look for Jonouchi . At the torture chamber , the gang tied Jonouchi ' s hands over his head and proceeded to attack him with stun - guns . Jonouchi managed to kickone of the thugs away , knocking him unconscious . The group still managed to electrocute him , until he could take no more . Hirutani ordered one of the gangsters to shock Jonouchi again . Although the gangster was concerned that it may kill him , he reluctantly proceeded to follow through , but Dark Yugi appeared and interrupted . Dark Yugi let the gang , punch him around for a bit , allowing him to set up a trap ; He lured them into a puddle , as he stood up , he secretly put a metal bar under the unconscious member ' s arm . He then hung the Millennium Puzzle off a chain over the unconscious boy ' s forehead . He then challenged the gang to a game . He warned them that there was a time bomb under their feet and it would explode taking them with it if they couldn ' t find the switch in time . Hirutani mistook the stun guns they were holding as the switch as using them in the rain over the puddle would cause the gang to electrocute themselves . As the gang advanced to attack Yugi without using the stun guns , rainwater trickled down the chain and off the tip of the Puzzle onto the unconscious member , waking him up . As he woke up , he moved his arm suspended under the metal bar , causing him to let the stun gun he was holding drop into the puddle of water electrocuting the gang . Honda and Anzu then rushed in and the three of them took Jonouchi away . Jonouchi ! Soul Battle ! At school , Nezumi reported that he ' d been mugged by a group of people , who used yo - yo s . Jonouchi agreed to help Nezumi get back at these thugs . So Nezumi led Yugi and Jonouchi to where he ' d been mugged . Yugi recognized the place as the " torture chamber " Hirutani ' s gang used . The group were then ambushed by Hirutani ' s minions . Hirutani offered Jonouchi a chance to rejoin the gang as his second in command . Meanwhile , Nezumi revealed that he ' d been working for Hirutani , as he helped a member of the gang hang Yugi from a hook , by the rope around his Millennium Puzzle , while the remaining minions held Jonouchi back with their yo - yos . Jonouchi refused to rejoin and made his way over to Yugi , while taking hard hits from the yo - yos . Despite taking several hard blows , he managed to help Yugi down . He then turned to Hirutani and said that the pain of the bruises is nothing compared to the pain of betraying his friend . A number of minions closed in on Yugi and Jonouchi , swinging their yo - yos . Jonouchi borrowed Yugi ' s Millennium Puzzle and swung it around by the rope . The thugs ' yo - yos all got caught in the rope . Easily able to grab their yo - yos , Jonouchi hung the thugs from the hook , by their fingers , by tying their yo - yos to it . Jonouchi then returned the Puzzle to Yugi , allowing him to change into Dark Yugi . Yugi and Jonouchi split - up , with Jounouchi facing Hirutani , while Yugi took care of the rest of the gang . Yugi led his faction to a rooftop . He took out his own yo - yo and began running around the group , using the yo - yo to knock holes in the galvanized rooftop . The thugs continued to hit theirs off the rooftop too , causing it to collapse below them . On another rooftop , Hirutani and Jonouchi had a fistfight , but Hirutani smashed some glass and threw it in Jonouchi ' s eyes . Hirutani approached Jonouchi with another shard of glass to stab him . Although unable to see Hirutani , Jonouchi heard him step on glass and delivered a massive punch . Hirutani was left dangling off the edge of the building by one hand . Jonouchi then took out his own yo - yo and used the walk the dog technique to hit Hirutani ' s hand , causing him to fall . Anime version . The yo - yo gang appeared once in the Toei anime . This was an amalgamation of both their manga appearances . Many events were the same as the first manga appearance , up to Yugi Mutou , Hiroto Honda and Anzu Mazaki searching for Jonouchi after the gang went to J ' z . Honda and Yugi confronted Hirutani . However Hirutani ' s spiked yo - yo , easily tore apart Honda ' s brush and struck both boys down . Yugi ' s hands were tied over his head onto the crane . Jonouchi freed him and the two boys split - up and defeated the rest of the gang in the same manner as the second manga appearance .