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Kessenju! (known in the US as Kessenju!: Ultimate Battle Beasts) is a trading card game created by ACS.

Originally starting life in 2000 as a manga by Hideki Terasaki (fictional) in Kodansha's Comic BomBom, the Kessenju trading card game was later launched in Japan in December 2001 by ACS.

Later on, in July of 2003, an anime adaption of Kessenju was released. It was animated by Nippon Animation (of HxH 1999 fame), and ran for several seasons until 2006.

In 2004, the anime was licensed by Nelvana. Much like their earlier approach with Bakuten Shoot Beyblade, the dub of the Kessenju anime (now given the title Kessenju: Ultimate Battle Beasts) is aimed at a young audience and thus features lots of edits and name changes. Around that time, the Kessenju TCG was also launched in the US by Topps.

The main characters of the Kessenju anime (localized names here)

Sendo Tenryu
 * 🇯🇵 Yuko Sato
 * 🇺🇲 Catriona Murphy

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Anyways, the main cast of the are as follows (localized names here):

Confident, plucky and as turbulent as fire, Sendo Tenryu aspires to be the best Kessenju duelist there is. Sendo utilizes a Fire-based deck, and prefers to outpower his opponents.

Hideo Tsuchida (Hayden Tsuchida)
 * 🇯🇵 Jun Fukuyama
 * 🇺🇲 Tim Hamaguchi

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Smart, selfish and as calm as nature, Hideo is the contrast to Sendo in terms of personality. Daisuke uses an Earth-centric deck, and relies heavily on theory and strategy.

Kyou Mizuhara (Chloe Mizuhara)
 * 🇯🇵 Ayako Kawasumi
 * 🇺🇲 Martha MacIsaac

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Cheerful, bubby, and as pure as the sea, Kyou is the prime girl of the bunch. Kyou duels with a Water-centric deck, and usually relies on her insane luck to win.