Shobu Kirifuda

Shobu Kirifuda is the Main Protagonist of the Duel Masters Anime and Manga.

He aspires to become a great duelist like his father.

Shobu keeps a positive attitude throughout the series, insisting on dueling for fun as opposed to simply winning.

Anime
Shobu Kirifuda is the son of the legendary duelist, Shori Kirifuda. He loves to duel more than anything, especially with his favorite card, the Bolshack Dragon. Shobu's goal is to meet his father again. He wants to become the best duelist in the whole world and in doing so, be the best at what he truly loves.

He uses a Fire Civilization deck which later becomes a Dragon Deck and later a Dragon and Angel Command deck. After a defeat by Yu he loses most of his deck but is guided to his father's deck by the spirits of Bolmeteus Samurai Dragon and Bolbalzak "Sword Flash" Dragon. This new deck is a Dragon and Samurai deck.

As of Duel Masters Cross his main cards are: Bolmeteus Steel Dragon, Bolshack Yamato Dragon, Bolbalzak "Sword Flash" Dragon and Saint Bolshack, Spiritual Dragon. After losing Saint Bolshack, Bolmeteus "Kensei" Dragon and Valkiryas Musashi, Ultimate Battle Dragon became his trump cards as well. He lost his mojo in the season 1 in episode 25 named "Something Wacky this Way Comes", but he got it back in the 28th episode.

In the second season,he decides to head to the Creature World in order to be able to control creatures summoned during a Kaijudo duel. His main rivals are Hakuoh and Kokujo

Deck

 * Bolshack Dragon
 * Immortal Baron, Vorg
 * Mini Titan Gett
 * Scarlet Skyterror
 * Rothus, the Traveler
 * Brawler Zyler
 * Armored Blaster Valdios
 * Armored Cannon Balbaro
 * Baby Zoppe
 * Twin-Cannon Skyterror
 * Tornado Flame
 * Rumble Gate