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Kaijudo Big Baddie Revealed to be The Choten
Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters is the newest franchise from Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro, which will feature an online Battle Game (launching May 5), trading card game (available June 24), and a television series airing in the U.S. on The Hub TV network (premiering on June 2). The Kaijudo storyline centers around a young hero, Ray, who possesses the rare ability to befriend and duel alongside fantastical creatures from a parallel dimension. It’s up to Ray to master the ancient art of Kaijudo in order to protect both worlds.
The Bad Guys
The Choten?
The Choten is a charismatic evil genius who 
seeks to exploit the creature civilizations for his own purposes. He is a Kaijudo Master in his own right, but has chosen to follow a different path than the other Masters. He no longer relies on traditional ways of summoning and controlling creatures, instead preferring to use ultra-modern technology and mechanical means to enslave the creatures and control their power.
The Choten has many allies to help him achieve his objectives, including his protégé Alakshmi and her spooky creature Razorkinder, and his second-in-command, Seneschal, a Water creature whose attitude mirrors The Choten�s—and who fully believes in his master�s work. Even with such powerful allies, The Choten doesn�t have a problem dueling when necessary, and is perhaps one of the most dangerous opponents that Ray, Allie, and Gabe may face.
Seneschal
Seneschal is the perfect lieutenant to The Choten. A walking database with all of the technological skills of the Water civilization, he is refined, efficient, and totally superior (in his own mind at least), just like his master. And like The Choten, he fully believes in and is dedicated to his master�s goal of assembling a creature army and bringing down the Veil between the worlds.
Alakshmi Verma
Alakshmi is The Choten‘s favorite young duelist, recruited to carry out his dark missions with the help of her creepy creature, Razorkinder Puppet. She‘s a single-minded Kaijudo ninja, cool and calculating with a definite dark side. Her association with the Creature Realm goes back hundreds of years, and she sees her work with The Choten as the culmination of several lifetimes of karmic retribution for wrongs committed against her people by the Creature Realm. Intimidating in skill and beauty, Alakshmi and her creature Razorkinder present a real challenge to Ray and his friends in the fight to keep our world intact.
The Good Guys
Raiden “Ray” Pierce-Okamoto
Fourteen-year-old Raiden ―Ray‖ Pierce-Okamoto dreams of powerful creatures from a very different land, and one day, Ray accidently summons a creature from the creature realm to defend himself. Ray‘s natural ability leads him to train under the mysterious Kaijudo Masters—an ancient order of monks who study Kaijudo, ―the Way of the Creature.‖ In his training, he discovers his creature ally in battle - Tatsurion the Unchained. Ray‘s sharp mind, inquisitive nature, deep compassion and friendship for both human and creature-kind leads him to develop a powerful new way of using Kaijudo—dueling with creatures as partners, rather than just using them as weapons.
Tatsurion the Unchained, a.k.a. “Bob”
A very rare hybrid creature of the Fire and Nature civilizations, Bob possesses the awesome strength and regenerative powers of the Beast Kin, but also the Dragon ability to summon various fire attacks and defenses. Tatsurion is quick to anger and even quicker to rush headlong into combat until Ray teaches Tatsurion to fight smart, to ―bob and weave‖ (thus, the nickname given to him by Ray), and to pick his battles.
Allison “Allie” Underhill
Allie and Ray have been best friends since early childhood. They connected over both being raised in single parent homes. Allie is sassy, quick-witted, and self-assured. She fits in comfortably with all of the cliques at school–from the cheerleaders to the glee club. Even though her dad is wealthy, Allie does not have the stereotypical ―rich girl attitude.‖ Instead she‘s fiercely independent and incredibly adventurous. She‘s also very caring, though her selfish side emerges when things don‘t go her way. As a duelist, Allie quickly becomes emotionally attached to her creatures, and is enamored by the Darkness civilization. This fascination will play a huge part in choosing Squeaky as her ‗bestie‘ in battle.
Gabriel “Gabe” Wallace
Gabe is a very smart kid and a master strategist, but he‘s also overly formal, obsessively neat, and not very coordinated. He sticks close to Ray, hoping that his easygoing nature will rub off on him. Becoming a duelist will prove to be a catalytic experience for Gabe, which will force him out of his self-protective shell and make him relate to creature and people in a way that he‘s never felt the need to before. Gabe�s favorite creature is Gargle, prince of the Water Civilization. Together they use technology and logic every time they enter into battle!
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