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In the English Yu-Gi-Oh! Eternal Duelist's Soul video game, Kaiba's name is given in the wrong order and is rendered Kaiba Seto.

In the first original Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, Yu-Gi-Oh!: A Shadow Game, Kaiba has green hair, while in the manga and the second series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Kaiba has brown hair. The "Shadow Game" TV series has not been translated into English by 4Kids and therefore not shown on TV.

Kaiba is the majority shareholder of his own multi-national company, KaibaCorp. Arrogant and self-centred, Kaiba aims to become the world's greatest duelist; to do so he must defeat Yugi, the only duelist who has beaten him.

In the original Japanese version of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kaiba omits honorifics and has a "rude" pattern of speech. Kaiba uses the word "ore" to mean "I" instead of the usual "boku"; "ore" is a boastful way to say "I" in Japanese. Kaiba usually calls Katsuya Jonouchi (Joey Wheeler) names, such as bonkotsu (mediocre), make inu (pathetic dog), and zako (small fry). (See Wikibooks:Japanese:Pronouns )

Kaiba is known for owning 3 of the 4 Blue-Eyes White Dragons in the world (the fourth belonging to Sugoroku Mutou (Solomon Moto) which he destroyed), and later, in the Battle City Tournament, for owning the Egyptian God Card, Obelisk no Kyoshinhei ( Obelisk the TormentorIn the manga Yu-Gi-Oh and the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime series (known as simply Yu-Gi-Oh in English-speaking countries), Obelisk the Tormentor ( Oberisuku no Kyoshinhei lit. Obelisk the Great God-Soldier is one of the three Egyptian God Cards. In the in the English version). In the manga, the four Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards were possessed by an AmericanThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in, a GermanThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east, a Hong KongThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or Hong Kong (, pinyin: Xinggng, WG: Hsiang-kang, Cantonese IPA, Jyutping or Penkyamp: hoeng1 gong2, meaning Fragrant Harbour , is one of two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of Chier, and Sugoroku MutouSugoroku Mutou ( Muto Sugoroku , known as Solomon Moto in the English anime, is a fictional character in the manga Yu-Gi-Oh and both Yu-Gi-Oh! A Shadow Game and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (known internationally as simply Yu-Gi-Oh anime series. In the English (Solomon Moto) of Japan, Yugi's grandfather. Kaiba took the cards belonging to the former three using force: by either forcing the person into bankruptcyBankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organisation to pay their creditors. A declared state of bankruptcy can be requested or initiated by the bankrupt individual or organisation, or it can be requested by, by making deals with the mafiaThis article is about the organized crime groups. For other meanings, see Mafia (disambiguation). The Mafia also referred to as La Cosa Nostra ( Italian, variously translated as This Thing Of Ours or Our Thing , is the collective name of various secret or, or by forcing the person to commit suicide.

In the case of the fourth, he tries to steal it at first, but Dark Yugi wins a game of Magic and Wizards and places a penalty game on Seto, causing Seto to feel the sensation of dying while he isn't really dying; Yugi gave his grandfather his card back. Several chapters later, Kaiba kidnapped Mr. Mutou and forced him into a duel. When Sugoroku Mutou lost, Kaiba tore up the latter fourth card and forced him into virtual reality torture. Sugoroku Mutou barely survived. Yugi agreed to go through the theme park of death. Dark Yugi (Yami Yugi) later dueled Seto and won. In revenge, Yugi placed a penalty game on Seto, destroying the part of his heart with evil in it. The first and second series anime have similar plots at Death T.

In the manga, at a young age, Kaiba and his younger brother Mokuba were orphaned (their actual surnames unknown). Seto's mother died after Mokuba was born, and their father died in an accident when Seto was eight. Their relatives used up their inheritance and left them at the orphanage. When the former head of KaibaCorp, Gozaburo Kaiba, arrived at the orphanage to perform a publicity stunt, Kaiba saw the chance to challenge him to a game of chess, with Gozaburo forced to adopt Seto and Mokuba should he win. The different versions of the story differ on Seto's age: the manga and Japanese animated series states that Seto was ten years old, while the English animated series states that Seto was twelve.

Seto had won by studying Gozaburo's chess methods (or in the manga, by cheating). But Gozaburo forced Seto into a rigorous accelerated school program, forcing him to study several subjects, including economics, social studies, foreign languages, and game strategy. Six years later, Seto Kaiba took over his father's company. In the manga, Gozaburo, provoked by Seto, committed suicide by jumping out of his office. Gozaburo's death occurred six months before Seto dueled Sugoroku Mutou.

In the first series, Seto electrocutes Gozaburo after Seto takes over the company.

In the second series, Kaiba was bright and intelligent, which led to many prospective parents wanting to adopt him, Kaiba swore to protect his brother at all costs, and wanted Mokuba adopted with him, which all had refused. Gozaburo also had an ulterior motive: he wanted to adopt Seto because he was bright enough to be motivation for his own son, Noa Kaiba , or Noah Kaiba in the English anime, to do better so that Noah could inherit KaibaCorp. With Noah's untimely death, however, Gozaburo focused his energies to Seto. On Seto's birthday, he was given a large sum of money and was told that although he could spend the money any way he wished, he must return ten times the amount in one year. Not only did Seto accomplish this feat, but he did so in one day, and such ruthless business skills led to Kaiba's takeover of his father's company. Gozaburo tried to use Mokuba but that plan went down the drain too. Gozaburo downloaded his mind into Noa's virtual world. In the original Japanese version, Gozaburo committed suicide. In the English Duel Monsters anime, Gozaburo ran away and was never heard from again.

The Gozaburo in the digital world intended to use Noa to digitize the entire world. Gozaburo also wanted to defeat Seto at his own game using Exodia Necros. Gozaburo was defeated in the game and a missile was headed towards Noah's virtual headquarters. Gozaburo turned into a monstrous entity and tried to kill Seto, but Seto and Yugi escaped. Gozaburo tried to log himself out, but a changed Noah refused. Noah and Gozaburo were destroyed.

Previous to Seto, KaibaCorp was a company specializing in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction, but when Seto took control of KaibaCorp, KaibaCorp became a company that manufactured game equipment. One of Kaiba's dreams was to build an amusement park for orphaned and underprivileged children called KaibaLand. At the start of the series, only one KaibaLand had been built, in Domino (in the English anime, none of the parks had been built, and KaibaLand was touted as the KaibaCorp headquarters).

Among one of the recurring plots in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters is Seto being forced to deal with either people adversely affected by Gozaburo Kaiba's actions wanting to take their revenge on Seto, or people from wihin KaibaCorp attempting to take over the corporation.