Hiroto Honda

Infobox animanga character
name =
series = Yu-Gi-Oh!


caption = Hiroto Honda in Vol.4 of the original manga
first = "Yu-Gi-Oh!" (original and English manga) Volume 1, Duel 1
last =
creator =
voiced by = 1st series: Ryotaro Okiayu
2nd series:
Takayuki Kondo (Episode 1-51)
Hidehiro Kikuchi (Episode 53 onward) (Japanese)
Sam Regal (English, Ep. 1-10)
Frank Frankson (English, ep. 11 onward) (English)
Brian Zimmerman(Singapore English)
alias =
age = 17
born = April 19
relatives = Elder sister (unseen and unnamed character)
Nephew: Johji (Cedric)
Mother (in Toei's anime, unseen character but has dialogue)
Pet dog: Blankey

nihongo|Hiroto Honda|本田 ヒロト|"Honda Hiroto", known in the English anime and most of the English video games as Tristan Taylor, is a fictional character in the manga and anime series "Yu-Gi-Oh!".

In the anime and manga

Hiroto Honda, who is in class 1-B at Domino High School, is a boy who became a friend of Yugi Mutou, Katsuya Jonouchi (Joey Wheeler), and Anzu Mazaki (Téa Gardner). In the first series anime, Miho Nosaka is also one of Honda's friends. Honda plays few of the games that Yugi plays, and does not play Magic and Wizards (also known as Duel Monsters) that often (In the Duel Monsters anime, he duels in the episode in the Noah Kaiba arc against the fourth member of the Big Five, Nezbitt (Soichiro Ota)).

In the manga, Honda starts out as Jonouchi's street thug henchman and also at first has a crush on Miho Nosaka but she rejects him. Also in the manga, Honda also owns a female dog named Blankey and has a nephew named Johji. Honda is also a sharpshooter; Honda says in the manga that when he was a kid, he could shoot a 100-yen piece with a BB gun from 50 feet. In the first series anime, Honda is the head of the clean-up committee at school and often cites his duty while doing things, which causes him to annoy his friends. Honda often argues with Jonouchi.

In Duelist Kingdom, Honda is not as important in the story. In Battle City, Honda develops a crush on Jonouchi's sister, Shizuka Kawai (Serenity Wheeler), and in the second series anime he fights with Ryuji Otogi (Duke Devlin) over her.

Relationships

In the manga, Honda gets a crush over Miho, a minor character in the manga; Miho rejects him. In the first anime series, Honda's crush on Miho spans the series, but Miho is seen having a crush on Ryo Bakura. In the first anime series, Honda is Jonouchi's verbal sparring partner instead of his partner, and he is head of the beautification committee at his school, which he dramatically brags about often. Honda recalls that their friendship started after they participated in a relay race. In the Duel Monsters anime, Honda and Anzu are more or less cheerleaders for Yugi and Jonouchi. His crush for Shizuka was carried over to the Duel Monsters anime.

Name

In all of the Japanese versions and in the English-language versions of the original "Yu-Gi-Oh!" manga by Kazuki Takahashi, Honda is known as "Hiroto Honda".

In the English-language second series anime, the English-language video games, the English-language "", and the English-language "ani-manga" of that movie, he is known as "Tristan Taylor". In the English "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses" video game, he is "T. Tristan Grey".

In translated versions of the manga in Spanish, Indonesian, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, and Norwegian, he is known as Hiroto Honda. In the Brazilian Portuguese version of the manga he is known as Tristan Taylor. In the Spanish dubbed anime he is known as Tristán Taylor. In the dubbed anime of all of the other Indo-European languages he is known as Tristan Taylor.

Deck

Honda uses a Military Deck, using Warriors and Machines related to the military theme. Prior to the duel with Dinosaur Ryuzaki (Rex Raptor in English anime), Jonouchi discovers Honda's cards, including a Lava Battleguard. Jonouchi has a card called Swamp Battleguard, which works well with Lava Battleguard. Jonouchi uses them in the duel against Ryuzaki, and they defeat Ryuzaki's second strongest dragon. Honda uses his own strategy when he dueled against Nesbitt of the Big Five.

References

* Kazuki Takahashi (2002). nihongo|"Yu-Gi-Oh! Characters Guide Book - The Gospel of Truth"|遊戯王キャラクターズガイドブック―真理の福音―. Shueisha. ISBN 4-08-873363-0