Rebecca Hawkins Rebecca Hawkins , known as Rebecca Hopkins in the Japanese version , is a character in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " second series anime . Rebecca is , in the original Japanese version , the youngest person to become the American Duel Monsters champion , formerly held by Bandit Keith . In the English anime , she is the Intercontinental Champion . Rebecca is also the granddaughter of Arthur Hawkins . She is twelve years old in the original Japanese anime . In the dub , she is eight , ten in Waking the Dragons . Biography . Duelist Kingdom . Rebecca is the granddaughter of Arthur Hawkins , an old friend of Yugi Muto ' s grandfather , Solomon Muto . Rebecca encountered Yugi as he returns from Duelist Kingdom . She accused Solomon of stealing her grandfather ' s prized " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " and demanded he Duel her for it , when asked about how she knew that Solomon " stole " the card , she replies that Bandit Keith told her . As he was recently discharged from the hospital , Solomon cannot Duel , so Yugi Dueled Rebecca in his place . While they Dueled , Solomon recounted how he met Arthur , an archaeologist who believed that the ancient Egyptians played an ancient form of " Duel Monsters " . Arthur ' s colleagues laughed at his strange ideas , and he set out on an expedition with Solomon to find proof . They were trapped when a tomb caved in , and as there were only enough supplies for one person to live , they Dueled for them . Now , Yugi and Rebecca are fighting , card for card , the very same Duel , and Solomon claims he knows how it will end . Rebecca discard ed various monsters to her Graveyard to power up her " Shadow Ghoul " monster , and Yugi conceded defeat . Rebecca demanded the card , but Solomon reveals it was destroyed . An angry Rebecca yelled at Solomon ( unaware that it was really Seto Kaiba that destroyed it ) until Arthur arrived , telling her to behave . He showed Rebecca the card Yugi had drawn before he forfeited . That card was " Soul Release " , which would have allowed Yugi to remove five monsters from her Graveyard , which would have weakened the " Shadow Ghoul " just enough for Yugi ' s " Dark Magician " to destroy it . Yugi admitted that he surrendered on purpose , just as his grandfather did to let Arthur take the last of the water that they had . When they were rescued , Arthur was so grateful that he gave his " Blue - Eyes " card to Solomon . After learning about the story , Rebecca quickly apologized for being mean to Yugi and not listening to his side of the story . Yugi gave Rebecca his " The Ties of Friendship " as a reminder of this lesson , which she kept ever since . Waking the Dragons . She and her grandfather returned in the Waking the Dragons arc to help Yugi and his friends against Dartz . Here , Rebecca appears noticeably older - looking and wearing glasses ( to the point that everyone barely recognizes her ) and is also in college — much to the shock of Yugi and the gang . She helped by researching Dartz ’ s Three Swordsmen and hacking into KaibaCorp ’ s computer system to track others via their Duel Disk s . She also seemed to be slaving under the delusion that Yugi was her boyfriend ( her " darling " in the Japanese version , a reference to " " ) — something which made Téa Gardner jealous . This didn ’ t seem to be a pretend crush as she was devastated when Yugi ' s soul was taken and tried to defeat Valon in vengeance . However , she and Duke were defeated by Valon easily . KC Grand Championship . After Dartz was defeated , the gang stayed with Rebecca and her grandfather for a while . Rebecca then took part in the KC Grand Championship , where she defeats Chinese champion Vivian Wong and Abe the Monkey Man . She lost to Leon von Schroeder in the semi - finals which she ' s greatly upset about it and she wanted a rematch with Yugi again . She spent the rest of the tournament cheering from the sidelines . She is absent after the tournament ended , telling Yugi that she will Duel him again one day , and telling Téa ( with a coy look ) that she will miss her . Her appearance in this arc is different from her appearance in Waking the Dragons . She still keeps the short skirt , but wears thigh - high socks to cover her legs . She also wears a light blue top over a grey T - shirt and reverted back to having two pigtails . Dawn of the Duel . In the Japanese version of the final episode , Rebecca made her final appearance by hugging Yugi at the airport while Tea glares at the scene . Decks . Anime . Duelist Kingdom . Rebecca originally utilizes her grandfather ' s Shadow Ghoul Deck , focused around loading the Graveyard with Monster Card s through cards such as " Judgment Blaster " . In addition , she also uses a large quantity of cards which give her a hand advantage such as " Skelengel " and " Sangan " . Waking the Dragons . In the Waking the Dragons arc , Rebecca played a Gem Dragon Deck . Grand Championship . During the Grand Championship , Rebecca uses a Gem Dragon / Anti - Cure Deck . Her main strategy is using " Fire Princess " along with " Marie the Fallen One " to constantly inflict damage . She also utilizes a large quantity of stall cards such as " Gravity Bind " and " Imperial Order " . Nightmare Troubadour . Decks . In " Yu - Gi - Oh ! Nightmare Troubadour " , Rebecca plays a Burn Deck similar to her third anime Deck called Big Bang USA .