Tomoya Hanasaki Tomoya Hanasaki is a character appearing in a few of the earlier chapters of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga and is briefly mentioned in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " anime . Hanasaki is a friend of Yugi Mutou and is obsessed with American superhero comics , particularly " Zombire " . He and his parents all look alike and share a " Zombire " obsession . Biography . Hanasaki spent some time in hospital . When his father came to visit , he gave Tomoya a Zombire figure , telling him that this is Zombire and he is the strongest hero in America . Holding the figure , Hanasaki said he felt stronger too . His father was delighted to hear this and promised to bring him more Zombire toys and figures every time he came home from America . This continued until Hanasaki acquired a vast collection of Zombire merchandise over the years . Hanasaki was bullied by Sozoji into selling tickets to his concert , Sozoji ' s All Night Solo Live Show . Hanasaki was unable to sell any as Sozoji was a poor singer . He tried asking Yugi to buy one , but found Yugi had also been asked to sell them . Rather than have both of them burdened , Yugi took Hanasaki ' s tickets , saying he would try to sell them all himself . Sozoji saw the exchange and beat - up Hanasaki afterwards . Yugi arrived at the concert , not having sold any tickets . Sozoji then showed him Hanasaki , beaten - up and blamed it on Yugi for taking his tickets . Yugi apologized , but Hanasaki said he did not need to and that getting beaten - up was his divine punishment for trying to sell Yugi the ticket earlier . Dark Yugi then emerged to punish Sozoji for what he did to Yugi and Hanasaki by defeating him in the silence game Shadow Game . As class B came up with ideas for their attraction at the school festival , Hanasaki suggested that they have a comedy manga dojo ( gag manga in the English version ) . The rest of the class all looked at him funnily and he hung his head in embarrassment . Hanasaki watched Yugi and Jonouchi Dueling at school when they first started playing " Duel Monsters " . After showing Yugi , Jonouchi , Anzu and Honda a " Zombire " comic in school , he invited them over to his house to show them his " Zombire " collection . During the visit , Hanasaki ' s father returned home and gave Tomoya a Zombire costume . After his friends left , Hanasaki put on the costume and went outside . His father spotted him and payed some delinquents to fake a crime scene and allow Hanasaki to break it up . Two of the delinquents pretended to be beating - up the third in front of Hanasaki . Hanasaki initially considered staying out of it , but thought Zombire would not do such a thing . He approached the attackers and demanded that they leave the victim alone . The two proceed to attack Hanasaki in turn . He flinched each time , but found the two guys fell back as if they had taken a powerful blow each time . The two delinqents ran away and Hanasaki called after them , saying that he was Zombire . The next day at school , Hanasaki saw two of the delinquents questioning Yugi . He ordered them to leave Yugi alone , although not wearing his costume . The delinquents shrugged and decided to leave . Later Hanasaki received a message from the delinquents saying they had kidnapped Yugi , so Hanasaki put on his costume and confronted them . However this time , the delinquents demanded more money than Hanasaki ' s father could afford , so the delinquents proceeded to attack Hanasaki and told him they had been paid last time . However Dark Yugi showed up and saved Hanasaki . As Dark Yugi escorted Hanasaki away , he told him that he can still be a hero . After Sugoroku Mutou was hospitalized during Death - T , Hanasaki visited him at the hospital . Jonouchi called Hanasaki at one point to see that Sugoroku was okay .