Aster Phoenix

Aster Phoenix, known as Edo Phoenix (エド・フェニックス) in the Japanese version, and commonly romanized as Ed Phoenix, is a child prodigy, world famous, top-ranking professional Duelist. He is adored by fans around the globe, and his celebrity status has done wonders for the game by introducing it to the masses.[2] An intelligent vigilante, Aster makes his first appearance in the second season of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and is the anti-hero counterpart to Jaden Yuki. Though not initially caring much for Jaden and Duel Academy, Aster is sent there by his manager to defeat Jaden, succeeding in doing so. It is only after a furious Duel between Heroes and realizing that he was being deceived that Aster comes to better terms with Jaden. Aster is stated by Maximillion Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters to be one of the best Duelists he has ever seen, listing him along with Yugi Muto, the previous King of Games and Seto Kaiba. He is also a pro-athlete, and excels at skiing, skydiving, skysurfing, and surfing. While no mention of it is made in the English dub, the original version further indicates that he has a Ph.D. in two undisclosed subjects. Aster can also see Duel Monster Spirits, although not to the same degree as Jaden. Aster is one of only three people to ever defeat Jaden, the other two being Zane Truesdale and Kaibaman; he is also the only one out of these three to later be defeated by Jaden in a rematch. An alternate universe version of Aster appears in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V.[3][4]