{"id":54699,"date":"2025-12-09T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54699"},"modified":"2025-12-08T18:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:48:57","slug":"konami-creates-new-one-of-a-kind-yu-gi-oh-card-and-its-a-wedding-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/konami-creates-new-one-of-a-kind-yu-gi-oh-card-and-its-a-wedding-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Konami creates new one-of-a-kind Yu-Gi-Oh! card, and it&#8217;s a wedding gift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To celebrate the recent marriage of massively popular Japanese content creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCgMPP6RRjktV7krOfyUewqw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hajime Syacho<\/a>, Konami sent the man a one-of-a-kind <strong>Yu-Gi-Oh!<\/strong> card featuring him and his wife. Though the card is larger than the average playing card and thus cannot be used in tournaments, Syacho was ecstatic to receive a gift based on one of his favorite franchises.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">KONAMI\u3055\u3093\u304b\u3089\u7d50\u5a5a\u795d\u3044\u3067\u7d20\u6575\u904e\u304e\u308b\u3082\u306e\u3092\u3082\u3089\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u2026<br>\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\u2026\uff01\uff01\uff01<br>\u4e16\u754c\u3067\u552f\u4e00\u306e\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u3084\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eX4jGvoAcC\">pic.twitter.com\/eX4jGvoAcC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u306f\u3058\u3081\u3057\u3083\u3061\u3087\u30fc(hajime) (@hajimesyacho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hajimesyacho\/status\/1997652572576911726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>I received an absolutely wonderful wedding gift from Konami. Thank you so much! The only card of its kind in the world.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Syacho\u2019s framed card is a re-designed version of the standard \u201cRitual Sanctuary\u201d spell card. HJMN-JP001, a unique card number referencing the owner, can be found on the bottom-right-hand side of the illustration. The date he announced his marriage, August 30, 2025, is marked on the bottom-left side as a passcode.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251208-54699-001-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251208-54699-001-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251208-54699-001-285x380.jpg 285w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251208-54699-001-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251208-54699-001.jpg 1100w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The illustration is a reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pipipikora\/status\/1997659726859939918?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a picture Syacho and his wife took<\/a> to announce their marriage, with a bouquet covering the bride&#8217;s face. While the standard Ritual Sanctuary features an unknown boy and girl holding her veil, this version features the characters Raye and Roze, both of whom appear in the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game The Chronicles, as well as cards themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u904a\u622f\u738b\u3011KONAMI\u3055\u3093\u304b\u3089\u306e\u7d50\u5a5a\u795d\u3044\u3092\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y0jj-vzffH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An avid fan of Yu-Gi-Oh! and other trading card games, Syacho provided the Japanese voice of the Goha President and the Goha Drone\/Doll in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens anime. He announced his marriage publicly when he was at the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2025 in Paris, France, on August 30 to 31. 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