Hiroto Honda ( manga ) Hiroto Honda known as Tristan Taylor in the English version of " Yu - Gi - Oh ! The Dark Side of Dimensions " , is a character in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga . This is the original depiction of Hiroto Honda , known as Tristan Taylor in most English media , as created by Kazuki Takahashi . Honda started out as a bully , who would along with Katsuya Jonouchi , would pick on Yugi Mutou . However soon after Jonouchi became friends with Yugi , he got Yugi to help when Honda had a crush on Miho Nosaka , resulting in Honda befriending Yugi . Honda accompanies Yugi on most of his adventurers . His fighting and shooting skills prove useful in earlier games . During " Duel Monsters " tournaments , he and Anzu Mazaki provide support and encouragement for Yugi and Jonouchi . Biography . School arc . Honda and Jonouchi used to bully Yugi at school . Together they took the unsolved Millennium Puzzle from Yugi and teased him about it . However Anzu Mazaki arrived and told them off , causing the two boys to flee . While talking about what happened in the hall , Honda and Jonouchi met the hall monitor , Ushio , who overheard them mentioning bullying . Jonouchi tried telling Ushio to stay out of it , but knowing how influential Ushio was , Honda restrained Jonouchi and said nothing important about bullying . The next day Ushio beat - up Jonouchi and Honda , accusing them of bullying Yugi . However Yugi tried defending them when he found out , which resulted in him being beaten - up too . Although Jonouchi became friends with Yugi after the encounter with Ushio , Honda still forced Yugi to carry stuff and buy pornographic magazines for him . Honda lent his air rifle to the class for usage in their Carnival Games booth for the school festival . Honda developed a crush on Miho Nosaka ( manga ) . As his infatuation got to him , he let Jonouchi know and despite Honda ' s wishes , Jonouchi told Yugi and asked him for help . Yugi suggested that they browse his family ' s store for a present . Yugi ' s grandfather suggested a love letter jigsaw puzzle . Honda could write a love letter to Miho on it , for her to assemble when she receives it . Jonouchi laughed at the idea of Honda doing something like that . However Honda thought it was perfect and bought it . Having never sent a love letter before , he got Yugi to write one and threatened him , should Miho not like it . The next day at school , the teacher Ms . Chono found the puzzle on Miho ' s desk and confiscated it . As she found out it was a love letter , she read it to the class and offered the sender a chance to confess or face expulsion . Although owning up would still result in expulsion . Yugi claimed to have wrote it and Jonouchi claimed to have sent it , so Honda can still have a chance with Miho . However Honda also claimed it was from him . Chono continued the puzzle to find out who really sent it and planned to punish the others for lying . Dark Yugi emerged and turned the jigsaw into a Shadow Game , Dark Puzzle ; as Chono continued to complete the puzzle , she felt the pain she was inflicting on others by doing it . The makeup on her face began to peel away , revealing her true ugly self . Chono then fleed the room , sparing the boys any trouble . After the incident , Honda plucked up the courage to ask Miho out directly , but she rejected him . Jonouchi then treated him to a hamburger to cheer him up and since then Honda became good friends with Yugi . Honda accompanied Jonouchi when he bought new top of the range shoes at the Junky Scorpion . Honda didn ' t see how such a fuss could be made out of shoes and tried to talk Jonouchi out of taking the store owner ' s test of putting his foot into a shoe , believed to have a scorpion in it . After leaving the shop , Honda , Jonouchi and Yugi were attacked from behind , by a gang who stole Jonouchi ' s shoes . They tracked down the gang afterwards . Jonouchi and Honda beat up the gang , who told them they were paid by the store owner . Dark Yugi played coin in sneaker with the store owner , resulting in Yugi returning to Jonouchi and Honda with the shoes , unaware of how he got them back . Honda first learned about " Duel Monsters " while watching Yugi and Jonouchi playing at school . Honda started to worry when Jonouchi missed a day of school . Unable to recall Jonouchi ever missing school before , he suspected something was wrong . He , Yugi and Anzu investigated by visiting Jonouchi ' s apartment , but fled after Jonouchi ' s father yelled at them mistaking them for Jonouchi . They continued to search for Jonouchi and found him with Hirutani ' s gang , who were attacking someone outside the American Club . Afterwards Honda told Yugi and Anzu about Jonouchi ' s past with Hirutani and the three of them agreed that Jonouchi wouldn ' t have willingly rejoined the gang . Honda later interrogated one of the members into telling them why Jonouchi rejoined ; He had been blackmailed , with Hirutani threatening to beat - up members of Jonouchi ' s class . Honda went to J ' z in search of the gang , but found the place in a mess , with one unconscious member of the gang . Unable to get him to wake - up , Honda , Anzu and Yugi suspected Jonouchi was in trouble and split - up to find him . Honda later found Yugi tending to Jonouchi , after Dark Yugi defeated the gang in Landmine Search Network , unbeknownst to everyone else . Yugi invited Honda , Jonouchi and Anzu to The Art of Egypt exhibition at Domino City Museum , with his friends free of charge because Sugoroku Mutou was friends with Professor Yoshimori . Honda initially got Jonouchi fearful of curses by mentioning that there would be a mummy at the exhibition . At the exhibition , he met Professor Yoshimori and Curator Kanekura and was shown around by Yoshimori . Death - T . As a favor to his sister , Honda takes his nephew Johji to the Kaiba Land . Here he meets with Yugi and Jonouchi and assists them in Death - T . They meet Anzu at the start of Death - T 1 , who had been hired at KaibaLand . Honda gets her to mind Johji , while he takes part in the first game , the Stardust Shootout . Using his sharpshooting skills , Honda takes charge . Since Kaiba rigged the game , Yugi and his friends laser guns were duds . But the staff were unaware Anzu was their friend , so she had been given a functional gun . Using her gun and hiding Johji on his back , Honda is able to take out the remaining opposition . In exchange for Johji ' s help , Honda had promised him a bath with Anzu , which she blatantly refuses . Honda gets trapped in the Death - T 3 stage , after his coat gets caught under a falling block . After Dark Yugi rescues Mokuba Kaiba , from Seto Kaiba ' s artificial Penalty Game , Mokuba repays him , by saving Honda . Honda arrives to cheer Yugi on in Death - T 5 . Monster World . Honda , along with Yugi , Anzu and Jonouchi visit Ryo Bakura , to play " Monster World " . However , Bakura gets possessed by Dark Bakura , who turns the game into a Shadow Game . Honda gets trapped in his piece , a magic gunman . His friends also get trapped inside pieces , while Dark Yugi leads them as the player . On their first encounter with Dark Master Zorc , Honda manages to shoot off one of his arms off . On a later encounter , Honda attacks Zorc , who has been weakened by the White Wizard Bakura , causing Zorc to turn into his final form . After the game , Honda and his friends are returned to normal . Duelist Kingdom . Honda , Anzu and Bakura accompany Yugi and Jonouchi to Duelist Kingdom . During the preliminaries , he cheers Yugi and Jonouchi on from the sidelines of their Duels . As Yugi and Joey are about to enter the Duelist Kingdom finals , Saruwatari refuses Honda , Anzu and Bakura entry as they are not finalists . Jonouchi knocks out Saruwatari to let the others in . The day before the finals , Honda asked Yugi to try and save the Kaiba brothers , remembering how Mokuba saved him during Death - T . Also , he went away to get Mokuba ' s body , but was caught by a guard . Later , Bakura arrived and freed him , then they left . Honda was acting suspicious about Bakura . Honda cheered for Yugi and Joey from the sidelines during the final rounds . Dungeon Dice Monsters . He , along with Jonouchi , Anzu , and Sugoroku , tried looking for Yugi when he was lost in the Black Clown store , where he was actually playing D . D . M with Ryuji Otogi . Battle City . He , with Ryuji , went to the hospital to pick up Shizuka Kawai , Jonouchi ' s sister . He later cheered from the sidelines for Yugi and Jonouchi during the finals Pharaoh ' s Memory . Went Dark Yugi entered the world of memory to relieve his past , he went with Yugi , Jonouchi , Anzu , and Bobasa to the World of Memory , and witnessed Bobasa transforming into Hasan . He was tagging along with the group , and helped defeat Zorc Necrophades . Ceremonial Battle . He witnessed the Ceremonial Battle , and said good - bye to Atem , before he passed on to the afterlife . The Dark Side of Dimensions . Honda remains close friends with Yugi , Jonouchi , Bakura , Ryuji and Yugi .