Yugi Moto

Character
Name:	Yugi Moto, Yugi Mutou, Mutō Yūgi, Yuugi Mutou
Occupation:
Relationships:	Best friend of Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, Téa Gardner and Ryou Bakura, body host/modern day version of Yami Yugi, grandson of Solomon Moto.
Fandom:	Yu-Gi-Oh
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Yugi Moto, known as Yugi Mutou or Yuugi Mutou in the manga and Japanese version, is the main protagonist of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series.

Fandom

Sometimes in fanworks made in the 2000s, Yugi is referred to as Hikari by Yami Yugi and other characters, sharing this nickname with Ryou Bakura and Marik Ishtar; this is inspired by the american dub calling the spirits from the Millenium Itens Yami, meaning Dark in japanese, with Hikari meaning Light. The japanese side of the fandom has a different nickname for him: Omote (表), that means "surface"/"front", to indicate that he's the 'real' Yugi.

Heba

Heba is a Alternate Universe version of Yugi that would live in ancient Egypt alongside other characters like Atem and Thief King Bakura, an almost Original Character that can be found in some Yu-Gi-Oh fanworks. It is unknown who created him, with some sources saying he was created in a online roleplaying game , but he can be found in fanfics as early as 2004. He is almost always used in fanfics and fanarts that ship him and Atem, usually so that you can have a story that takes place in ancient Egypt without the use of something like time travel. He does not have a established look, and might either look exactly like Yugi, or have tanned skin like the other egyptian characters.

• Fanfics with Heba on AO3
• Heba on Tumblr

Shipping

Some of most popular ships in the fandom involving Yugi are Puzzleshipping (him with Yami Yugi/Atem), and Rivalshipping (him with Seto Kaiba). The pairing of Yugi and Téa Gardner, known as Peachshipping, is also very popular, and gets teased in canon material, even if it never is realized.