Kitamura Kitamura is a character appearing in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! VRAINS " anime . He is the former boss of Akira Zaizen at SOL Technologies . Design . Personality . Kitamura appears to be a control freak who reacts to everything in a comical manner . This is seen many times when he was observing Playmaker and Blue Angel ' s duel against the prototype AI duelists . He is also shown to be harsh to his subordinates as he threatens to fire them or cut their salaries by 50 % if they disobey him . Despite this , most of his subordinates don ' t fear him much . Biography . Hanoi . After Akira got demoted , Kitamura replaced his position as SOL Technologies Security Manager . He is in charge of the project to create an army of AI Duelists to protect LINK VRAINS from hackers . Kitamura grew frustrated , as Playmaker defeated the prototype AI . He ordered the other AI to attack him , but his employees explained the other AI was defeated by Blue Angel . Kitamura declared he would fire his employees , but was even more shocked there were other people at the data bank , namely Ghost Girl and the chief of SOL Technologies , Akira . Kitamura watched as Akira confronted Playmaker , bringing up the accident involving SOL Technologies ten years ago as they dueled . Intrigued by what he was hearing , but realizing that this was sensitive information , he ordered his employees to send the footage to his office to record and to turn off all the monitors , threatening to fire them if they didn ' t , and went to his office and to watch the footage alone . As the duel progressed and Akira proceeded to reveal his and Aoi ' s past , Kitamura briefly wondered what he was talking about when he brought up the possibility of Aoi getting kidnapped and what SOL Technologies had to do with it . Kitamura watched the two Duel , and was surprised to hear Playmaker was a victim of the Hanoi Project . Kitamura was excited Akira was close to defeating Playmaker and thought he ' d be able to threaten the SOL Technologies ' superiors , forcing them to promote him . However , Playmaker defeated Akira , causing Kitamura to go berserk and yell in frustration , all of which his subordinates heard outside his office . Another . Kitamura , who retained his position , was shocked that an eclipse occurred in LINK VRAINS . Thinking this was a virus or a bug , he gave orders to his employees to stop that , else he ' d fire them . He announced to the media his AI army was made to defeat the Knights of Hanoi . He had his employees take control of the AI , and believed he would even earn a promotion . Despite a number of Knights of Hanoi were defeated , the employees started reporting that the AI army was losing . Kitamura was shocked , and saw two elite Knights of Hanoi have defeated his army . While Kitamura was interviewed by the media , people criticized him over the Internet for his failure of protecting LINK VRAINS . With the Knights of Hanoi weakened , Kitamura reported to his superiors that his AI army had defeated the leftover Knights of Hanoi . His superiors reminded him of the consequences , should an incident like that happen again . Instead , Kitamura swore to pursue Ignis , promising to accomplish that what Akira couldn ' t , intending on obtaining a promotion . Pleased with himself , Kitamura returned to his post , only to be reported that the AI army was being deleted . Kitamura , seeing he had no control over LINK VRAINS , saw his promotion was gone . As a tower appeared in LINK VRAINS , Kitamura shouted at his employees to look into the matter . The employees explained the Knights of Hanoi took control over LINK VRAINS , infuriating Kitamura , as a " lame hacker group " infiltrated the cyberspace that SOL Technologies created . Realizing he could not be promoted , Kitamura started thinking how to turn this situation into his favor . He entered LINK VRAINS , shouting out he wanted to speak to the leader of the Knights of Hanoi as the security - in - chief of SOL Technologies , without executing any traps . Nobody responded , and Kitamura was certain his demotion was inevitable , and decided to turn back on his company . The leader appeared behind him , questioning what did he want . Kitamura was startled to meet Revolver , who threatened to erase Kitamura if he wasted his time . Kitamura pointed out there was no media reporter around , and since they were alone , he wanted to propose a secret deal . Kitamura proposed an alliance to rule LINK VRAINS , amusing Revolver . Kitamura knew the Knights of Hanoi have the control of LINK VRAINS , and he explained he would maintain their domain , thinking they could even earn a fortune . Revolver was intrigued , but in order to have Kitamura join them , he had him undertake a test . Revolver went away , leaving Spectre to face Kitamura in a Master Duel . Spectre defeated Kitamura , and thanked him , for due to his poor management , the takeover of LINK VRAINS was easy . However , he was disgusted to see Kitamura wanted to trick Revolver into his bidding . Kitamura wished to join the Knights of Hanoi . Specter snapped his fingers , bidding his wish - as data . With that , Kitamura glew with a red light before disappearing .