Kazuya Taiga

Kazuya Taiga (大牙 和巳) is a character and anti-villain from the anime and manga series Battle Spirits Double Drive.
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1=“Come, my key spirit! Pierce everything with your flames of anger! Summon! The HorseTwelveGodKing Exeseed!"
- Kazuya Taiga's Catchphrase while summoning The HorseTwelveGodKing Exeseed.
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2=“Crushing wave! Inverse scroll of storm! Come, god of the blue depths of the ocean! Summon! Imagine Brave! Ocean Demon-God!”
- Kazuya Taiga's Catchphrase while summoning Ocean Demon-God.
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3=“Come forth now, flame donned in ultimate darkness! Dye the world black with infernal hellfire! Ultimate Summon! The Hellflame FourDemonLord Bram-Zand!"
- Kazuya Taiga's Catchphrase while summoning The Hellflame FourDemonLord Bram-Zand.
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4="Come forth, storm that cuts through hell! Use that unparalleled strength to cover the world in blackness! Ultimate Summon! The Hellwind FourDemonLord Vandiel!"
- Kazuya Taiga's Catchphrase while summoning The Hellwind FourDemonLord Vandiel.
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5=“Now, it's the time to come fourth! The ultimate black overlord! Summon! The EvilGodKing Deathpeers!” (今こそ,いでよ! 究極の黒き覇王！召喚! 邪神皇デスピアズ！ Imakoso, ideyo! kyūkyoku no kuroki haō! Shōkan! Jashinō Desupiazu!)
- Kazuya Taiga's Catchphrase while summoning The EvilGodKing Deathpeers.
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== Appearance ==
Kazuya has purple hair. He wears a black and orange jacket and light grey pants. After selling his soul to the Ultimates, he has purple markings besides his eyes.
== Personality ==
Kazuya is serious. He is also a sore loser, claiming that Shunta's victory over him was just luck. Although he gets easily excited about battles, he believes that only winning has meaning.
== Biography ==
Kazuya was given a Battle Spirits deck from his father, who told him to become stronger so they could have a match when he came back from a trip. When his father did not return for many years, this caused him to become obsessed with strength, thinking that this would bring his father back. His strength also made him many friends.
Kazuya was one of the finalists in a Battle Spirits tournament, along with Shunta Mogami. During the finals, he lost to Shunta, putting him in second place. Because of this loss, the friends that he had before all left him.
Later, he was called to the Spirits World by Tatsumi and Shishi, who planned to exploit his hatred and anger to put Shunta into a deeper state of despair. He was given The HorseTwelveGodKing Execeed, which Kazuya believed to be rightfully his. He was then told to battle against Kengou, who he defeated.
Then, he found Shunta with the other heroes. Kazuya showed off Execeed to Shunta, who was shocked. The two then had a battle. Kazuya won after expressing his hatred for Shunta and destroying his Imagine Brave. Satisfied, Kazuya left Shunta, who was shocked by Kazuya's attitude.
Satisfied, Kazuya tried to return to his own world. However, General Inui stopped him, who told him that he'd have to leave Execeed behind if he wanted to leave. This led to the two starting a battle, but they were interrupted by Sandrat, who informed them that Shunta, having obtained the TigerTwelveGodKing, challenged Kazuya to a rematch. Kazuya, planning to take the Tiger God-King as well, accepted. However, he ended up losing and suffering great injuries. Having lost Exeseed, Kazuya turned down Shunta's invitation to their group and grudgingly trudged away.
Due to his injuries, Kazuya eventually collapsed in a desert and was found by Shishi. She brought him back to Tatsumi's castle and treated him. When he woke up, Shishi directed him towards a new Soul Spot. There, he was able to obtain Ocean Demon-God, although disappointed that it wasn't a 12 God-King card instead. He also met Yoku Albatrosa, who arrived there after Kazuya obtained the card. Calling him Shunta's extra, Kazuya challenges Yoku, planning to take his God-King. Kazuya lost, and Yoku claims that he was unable to defeat Shunta because he was the one who was chosen by Execeed.
After being mocked by Inui and Kabuto, he decided to challenge Tatsumi to a battle, in order to prove his strength. He lost easily, enraging him further. Because of this, Shishi told him of a forbidden power that surpassed those of the 12 God-Kings and led him to another world. The beings that inhabited that world tell him that they possess an ultimate power that humans cannot obtain. Realizing that this power was an Ultimate, he convinced them to give him it after he explained his desperate need to become stronger. In the end, Kazuya traded his soul in order to obtain the power of Ultimates.
Shishi explains to Tatsumi that, with Kazuya's new power, they will be able to easily obtain the 12 God-Kings. Kazuya confirms this, explaining how his Ultimates are a forbidden power that surpasses even the 12 God-Kings. Offended, Inui challenges him to a battle. During the battle, Kazuya shocks everyone by unleashing the Soul Drive of Bram-Zand, and easily crushes Inui. By the rule of the battle, Kazuya was to obtain Inui's Calamity-Boar. However, he declared it useless and gave it back.
After Tatsumi was defeated, Kazuya appeared to challenge Shunta to a match, betting on the remaining and Shunta's God-Kings. During the battle, Bram-Zand was destroyed before Kazuya was able to activate Soul Drive, but Kazuya was able to use the Soul Drive of a new Ultimate, The Hellwind FourDemonLord Vandiel, to win. Kazuya was happy to get his revenge, but he still left feeling unsatisfied. 
After Tatsumi unlocked the EvilGodKing he's shows to disappear with Shishi for some evil schemes. After Shunta's group found him he stated that he wanted to create a new world where him is loved by everyone while realizing that a lot of people got worse than him but found his reason a valuable excuse to reset the world. In a Battle between Shunta and Yoku they try to explain that Shishi has deceived him and Shunta adds that they play battle spirits everyday but after that Shishi says thet he'll live a live of nothingness because he sells his soul to the ultimates. After his defeat by deciding to not use burst wall he return with his world when their friends says to not give up after a single match. 
== Deck ==
Kazuya is shown to have five decks in total. One of them is a hybrid deck of blue and green, while another is a pure red deck. Additionally, after trading his soul to the Ultimates, he obtains an Ultimate deck. The contents of his other two decks are unknown.
Blue/Green Hybrid Deck
Name 	Color	Type
Beatbeetle (Revival) 	Green	Spirit
DarkDio-Mantis 	Green	Spirit
The WindHero Dorcus-Ushiwaka 	Green	Spirit (Burst)
The ShelledSwordsman Laminifencer 	Green	Spirit
The BeastShellMan Maximus 	Green	Spirit
Ryuuguushi 	Blue 	Spirit
Warthog Kong 	Blue 	Spirit
The NeptuneSacredBeast Tri-Poseidos	Blue 	Spirit
Ocean Demon-God 	Blue 	Brave
Ultimate-Leaf-Seadra 	Blue 	Ultimate
Red Deck
Name 	Color	Type
Rokceratops (Revival) 	Red 	Spirit
The BlackNinthBeast BloodySaber 	Red 	Spirit (Soul Burst)
The RowdyBladeDragon Dynasword 	Red 	Spirit
The KatanaHero Musashied-Ashliger 	Red 	Spirit (Burst)
The HorseTwelveGodKing Exeseed 	Red 	Spirit
The Shrine of the Twelve God-Kings	Red 	Nexus
Dyna Burst 	Red 	Magic (Burst)
Double Blaster 	Red 	Magic (Burst)
Ultimate Deck
Name 	Color 	Type
Birgoyle 	Red/Green	Ultimate
The DragonEvilEmperor Evilfried 	Red 	Ultimate
Ultimate-Siegwurm-Nova 	Red 	Ultimate
Ultimate-Sagitto-Apollodragon 	Red 	Ultimate
The HolyDragonEmperor Ultimate-Saviour	Red 	Ultimate (Burst)
The Hellflame FourDemonLord Bram-Zand 	Red 	Ultimate
The Hellwind FourDemonLord Vandiel 	Green 	Ultimate
The EvilGodKing Deathpeers 	All 	Ultimate
The EvilGodKing Deathpeers-Zorc 	All 	Ultimate
Evil Flame 	Red 	Magic (Soul Burst)
Evil Draw 	Red 	Magic
Neo-Double Draw 	Red 	Magic
Bullet Fire 	Red 	Magic
Burst Wall 	White 	Magic (Burst)
Scramble Booster 	White 	Magic
Reactive Barrier 	White 	Magic
Snow and Ice Circle 	White 	Magic
The EvilGod Territory 	Red 	Nexus
== Battle Stats ==
Episode	Type 	Opponent 	Result
1 	Single Battle (hybrid deck) 	Shunta 	Lose
17 	Single Battle (red deck) 	Kengou 	Win
18 	Single Battle (red deck) 	Shunta 	Win
21 	Single Battle (red deck) 	Shunta 	Lose
25 	Single Battle (hybrid deck) 	Yoku 	Lose
31 	Single Battle (hybrid deck) 	Tatsumi 	Lose
32 	Single Battle (Ultimate deck)	General Inui 	Win
39-40 	Single Battle (Ultimate deck)	Shunta 	Win
50-51 	2-on-1 (Ultimate deck) 	Shunta & Yoku	Lose
== Trivia ==
* Kazuya's Ultimate deck is likely to be rival to the protagonists of Double Drive, Shunta Mogami and Yoku Albatrosa, since the deck use the colors red and green, the same colors used by the protagonists.
== Appearances ==
Battle Spirits Double Drive (anime)
Battle Spirits Double Drive (manga)
==Gallery==
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