Duel Masters: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Who's the kid with the spiky hair?! Meet Shobu Kirifuda, son of legendary (and missing) Kaijudo Master Shori Kirifuda. Shobu's just an ordinary kid, with one big difference - Shobu has the potential to be the World's Greatest Duelist! With best friends Rekuta, Sayuki and Mimi cheering him on, Shobu's dueling skills are increasing and he's learning valuable lessons about friendship, destiny and winning. Under the watchful eye of the mysterious Knight, Shobu learns to harness the power of the Flaming Hand and gains better control over both the ferocious creatures in the Zone and a steady stream of wacky (and sometimes evil!) opponents. Come along with Shobue and his friends as he follows the path to becoming a champion duelist and maybe... someday... a Kaijudo Master!

Series details

• Title: Duel Masters
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Anime
• Premiere date: 2002-10-21
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 20 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8811
• IMDb ID: tt0404597
• TVDB ID: 261667

Cast and credited roles

• Yumiko Kobayashi — Shōbu Kirifuda
• Hidetoshi Nakamura — Master
• Junko Minagawa — Hakuoh
• Naoki Tatsuta — Maruo Kadoko
• Saeko Chiba — Sayuki Manaka
• Saki Nakajima — Mimi Tasogare
• Yuka Imai — Rekuta Kadoko
• Eriko Hirata — Benchan
• Ryuuzou Ishino — Bucchake
• Yuuka Nakatsukasa — Yodel
• Fumie Mizusawa — Chūjirō
• Fumie Mizusawa — Lucifer

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-10-21; final listed air date 2003-03-31; episode order: 26.
• Season 2: premiered 2004-04-19; final listed air date 2006-03-27; episode order: 52.
• Season 3: premiered 2007-04-22; final listed air date 2007-07-08; episode order: 12.
• Season 4: premiered 2007-11-01; final listed air date 2008-04-10; episode order: 24.
• Season 5: premiered 2008-04-05; final listed air date 2010-03-20; episode order: 100.
• Season 6: premiered 2010-04-03; final listed air date 2011-03-26; episode order: 50.
• Season 7: premiered 2011-04-02; final listed air date 2012-03-31; episode order: 52.
• Season 8: premiered 2012-04-07; final listed air date 2013-03-30; episode order: 51.
• Season 9: premiered 2013-04-06; final listed air date 2014-03-29; episode order: 51.
• Season 10: premiered 2014-04-05; final listed air date 2015-03-28; episode order: 49.
• Season 11: premiered 2015-04-05; final listed air date 2016-03-27; episode order: 51.
• Season 12: premiered 2016-04-03; final listed air date 2017-03-26; episode order: 51.
• Season 13: premiered 2017-04-02; final listed air date 2018-03-25; episode order: 51.
• Season 14: premiered 2018-04-01; final listed air date 2019-03-31; episode order: 51.
• Season 15: premiered 2019-04-07; final listed air date 2020-03-29; episode order: 51.
• Season 16: premiered 2020-04-05; final listed air date 2021-03-28.
• Season 17: premiered 2021-04-04; final listed air date 2022-03-27.
• Season 18: premiered 2022-04-03; final listed air date 2022-08-28.
• Season 19: premiered 2022-09-04; final listed air date 2023-03-26.
• Season 20: premiered 2023-04-02; final listed air date 2024-03-31.
• Season 21: premiered 2024-10-04; final listed air date 2024-11-29.
• Season 22: premiered 2025-02-28; final listed air date 2025-02-28.
• Season 23: premiered 2026-02-06; final listed air date 2026-03-06.

Source and licence

Adapted from Duel Masters on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.