Johnson Johnson , known as Chikuzen Ouka in the Japanese version , was the legal adviser for KaibaCorp , an expert lawyer , and a member of the Big Five . Design . Appearance . Johnson is tall , wears glasses and has dark hair . Like the other members of The Big Five , he wears a business suit . In the virtual world , he takes the appearance of Judge Man . Personality . Johnson is dishonest and sneaky . In his law career he would deceive the court and in his Duel with Joey Wheeler , he would manipulate any of Joey ' s chance - based turns so that he would end up with extremely bad luck . Voice / mannerisms . In the English dub , Johnson speaks fairly slowly and in a formal , conceited manner . He often makes legal puns to reflect his career as a lawyer . When he is in the form of Judge Man , he has a robotic sounding voice . Biography . KaibaCorp . Johnson once convinced a jury that a man who suffered from hydrophobia was guilty of stealing a boat ; an example of how he " convinces people that lies are truth " . He worked as a legal adviser at KaibaCorp . Johnson , along 4 other KaibaCorp employees formed a group known as the Big Five . Seto Kaiba , the adoptive son of the head of KaibaCorp , Gozaburo Kaiba , convinces the Big Five that Gozaburo is mistreating them and he ' ll help restore them to their former power . The Big Five agree , and thus buy 49 % of KaibaCorp . Combined with 2 % that Gozaburo had previously given to Seto for a test to prove his business skill , the Big Five vote out Gozaburo and vote in Seto as the president of the company . Duelist Kingdom . However , Seto quickly backs out on their deal , stripping them of their power and leaving the Big Five little more than figureheads and consultants . Furious over their betrayal , the Big Five strike a deal with the president of Industrial Illusions , Maximillion Pegasus in an attempt to overthrow Seto . If Pegasus defeats Seto and Yugi Muto in Duels , then they will use their 49 % to vote Pegasus into power of the company by kidnapping Seto ' s brother Mokuba Kaiba , who has been entrusted with the security codes to the two percent the Big Five need . The Big Five watches the Duel between Yugi Muto and Maximillion Pegasus on their monitor . The Big Five and Pegasus ' plan fails , after Pegasus is defeated by Yugi . In the manga , Johnson and the rest of the Big Five are fired by Seto and are never seen again . Legendary Heroes . In the anime , the Big Five avoid being fired , by making excuses and offering Seto his complete virtual reality game as a peace offering . Eager to try out the virtual reality game , Kaiba refrains from immediately firing them and enters the virtual world . The Big Five trap Kaiba in the virtual reality . However Kaiba is rescued by Mokuba , Yugi , Joey , and Mai Valentine . The Big Five reprogram the game and set the " Mythic Dragon " as the final boss . However it is defeated by Yugi and Kaiba ' s " Dragon Master Knight " . Virtual World . After losing in Legendary Heroes , the Big Five got trapped in the virtual world , instead of Kaiba . Here they meet up with Noah Kaiba . Having Seto as a common enemy , they made plans for revenge . During the Battle City tournament , Noah has the KaibaCorp blimp sucked into an undersea fortress , where the virtual world ' s main servers are . They force Seto and Mokuba Kaiba , along with Yugi and his friends into the virtual world again . Using an altered set of Duel Monsters rules , involving Deck Master s , the Big Five Duel their enemies in the hopes of stealing their bodies to escape the virtual reality . To lure Joey Wheeler into a Duel , Johnson disguised a setting of the blimp and disguised himself as Mai Valentine until he reveals himself ( He was the only member of the Big Five to not introduce himself in Deck Master form to his opponent ) . He Duels Joey Wheeler in a courtroom setting . Johnson claims that Joey is on trial for gambling too much with his Deck and takes the form of " Judge Man " , who he also uses as his Deck Master . During the Duel , Johnson secretly rigs Joey ' s dice rolls and coin flip in his favor . Noah later teleports in and threatens to disqualify him for cheating while exposing to Joey that Johnson tampered with his dice roles . Joey asks that Noah let the Duel continue , and Noah does so before teleporting away . Joey plays another game of chance with Johnson in which he loses one of the true or false questions he claims to be an expert in - picking a monster card rather than a magic card , thus allowing Joey to transfer the card ' s ATK to his " Flame Swordsman " to strength his monster , enabling Joey to win the Duel . Johnson , along with Gansley , Crump , and Leichter , having failed to win their targets bodies , go behind Noah ' s back and attempt to steal the bodies while in their Deck Master forms . They chase down Duke Devlin , Serenity Wheeler , and Joey . As they argue over who gets which bodies , Noah makes contact and tells them off . Since Nezbitt didn ' t rightfully take Tristan Taylor ' s body ( as he had actually lost the Duel despite beating Tristan ) , Noah allows the Big Five to share Tristan ' s body in order to Duel Yugi . Should they win , they would get their freedom . The Big Five face Yugi and Joey , using Tristan ' s body . The 5 , each switch control and Deck Master throughout the Duel . Johnson only takes full control for 1 turn , where he uses his Deck Master effect to destroy Yugi and Joey ' s monsters , although he also advised his colleagues to focus on Joey in the belief that he would be the weak link in the Duel . Towards the end of the Duel , the Big Five uses " Dragon Revival Ritual " to combine their Deck Masters into the " Mythic Dragon " again . The dragon is destroyed by Yugi and Joey ' s " Mirage Knight " , but the Big 5 use " A Deal with Dark Ruler " to make " Berserk Dragon " their Deck Master . Ultimately , it is destroyed by " Dark Magician Knight " , costing them the Duel . Noah refused to give the Big Five any more chances after that . In the original version , Noah deleted Johnson and the rest of the Big Five . In the English dub , Noah imprisoned the Big Five in the different corners of the Virtual World until it is destroyed . Decks . Anime . Johnson uses a Fusion Deck that relies on increasing his Life Points in order use his Deck Master ' s ability , " " Clear the Courtroom " " , which can destroy all monsters on the opposing field at a cost of 1000 points , inflicting 500 points of damage to the opponent for every monster destroyed .