him grow as a cardfighter. Kouji Ibuki (伊吹コウジ, Ibuki Kōji) Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (Japanese); Daegan Manns (English) He is the employee of the United Sanctuary branch and Coach of Team Demise. Similar to Kai, he tends to add "the" on his move declarations. He works under the branch manager of United Sanctuary branch Yuichirou Kanzaki. He later betrayed the branch after finding out Kanzaki's ambition and entrusted Chrono with the Depend Card, believing that Chrono could use it. It is later revealed that he is the one who has been sending Gear Chronicle cards to Chrono. Antagonists The antagonists of the series are: Yuichirou Kanzaki (神崎 ユウイチロウ, Kanzaki Yūichirō) Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Josh Friesen (English) The main antagonist of this season and the Branch Chief of United Sanctuary. He is an elitist who believes that "weakness is a crime" and teaches that philosophy to all fighters of the branch. After losing to Chrono, he retired as a branch chief of United Sanctuary. He uses a Shadow Paladin deck. Shouma Shinonome (東雲 ショウマ, Shinonome Shōma) Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Mark Linde (English) A calm and analytic fighter who defeated Shion in the regional tournament. Unlike Rin, Shouma prefers to make his opponents lose confidence. He was later fired from Team Demise after losing to Shion. He uses a Genesis deck. Rin Hashima (羽島リン, Hashima Rin) Voiced by: Yui Kondou (Japanese); Caitlynne Medrek (English) A popular card-fighter due to her strength and beauty, Rin is an arrogant, selfish, and sadistic fighter who uses psychological attacks to enrage or frighten her opponents. She bears a grudge against Mamoru due to a past incident and takes her hatred out on Tokoha. Rin defeated Tokoha at the regional tournament but lost to her at the special match afterwards, causing Rin to quit the team. Rin uses an Angel Feather deck. Sugiru Kariya (刈谷 スギル, Kariya Sugiru) Voiced by: Masahito Yabe (Japanese); Chris Austman (English) An arrogant fighter who underestimates his opponents. He lost to Chrono in the regional tournament and was kicked out of Demise as a result. He uses a Link Joker deck. Theme songs Opening theme "Break It" by Mamoru Miyano (eps. 197-222) (eps. 197-244 in the English dub) "Generation!" by JAM Project (eps. 223-244) Ending themes by Misaki Tokura (Izumi Kitta) (eps. 197-209) (eps. 197-244 in the English dub) "NEXT PHASE" by Emi Nitta (eps. 210-222) "flower" by