Duel Academia

This article is about the location in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Yu-Gi-Oh! RED. For the Arc V location, see Duel Academia (Fusion)

Duel Academia, sometimes known as Central Academy is a school for professional duelists located on an island found somewhere south of Domino City, Japan. The school was founded by through investment by Seto Kaiba and Pegasus J. Crawford. Initially run by the superintendent Kagemaru, it is now run by Kaiba Corporation. It is the main setting for most of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Yu-Gi-Oh! RED series. It has four main subsidaries: North Academy, West Academy, East Academy, and South Academy. The school was actually built by Seto Kaiba and Yugi Mutou as a means to seal away the Three Phantasms.

Main Branch
The main branch of Duel Academia is located on an island that is only accessible by ferry. The school is located near an active volcano, and is otherwise mostly covered in forests.

The school is divided into three sections: Obelisk Blue, Ra Yellow, and Osiris Red, based on student grades and achievement, with Obelisk Blue being the highest. This structure was somewhat altered later on, with Osiris Red being retooled as a secret secondary school for students with supernatural powers, to give them a space where they could work on and learn about their powers safely and with support. Initially, Obelisk was the only dorm to have a girls' wing, however, a second wing was constructed later for Ra Yellow, and a second upperclassman dorm was built for Osiris Red.

One dorm, formerly known as the Honors Dorm, and now referred to as the Abandoned Dorm, was initially the site for supernatural research. It was shut down and boarded up after the disappearance of nearly all of the Honors Students who were in residence there. After this, the dorm became a hotspot for negative supernatural energy. The students were later returned, and the dorm was eventually torn down and exorcised.

The actual construction of the school was developed as the means to create a seal for the Three Phantasms. The three dorms' placements are in accordance with an ancient type of seal, using the power of the gods they are named for and the student belief in their dorm structure as the energy source to maintain it. Obelisk Dorm stands at the point of anchoring, Ra Dorm stands at the point of observation, and Osiris at the point of protection.

North Academy
North Academy was the first of Duel Academia's new branches to be established. It is located somewhere in northern Russia. Unlike the central branch, North Academy does not divide its students into ranked dorms. Students are instead ranked in a hierarchy depending on how many other students they defeat in a row at the point of their enrollment, a placement that can then change over time depending on overall dueling statistics at the end of each semester. North and Central Academies traditionally have a healthy rivalry, though this has begun to expand to all five branches.

Unlike Central Academy, North Academy is not well-known for its academic program, and is focused entirely on creating professional duelists, so it tends to have fewer enrollees. At this time, it does not have any specific programs for supernaturally gifted students.

South Academy
South Academy is located somewhere in central Australia. In comparison to the other schools, it is as of yet still quite small, turning out very few students every year. South Academy does divide students into dorms like Duel Academia, but they are simply called the Black, Blue, and Red dorms, with no association to the Egyptian Gods. As of yet, there is no program for supernatural students.

East Academy
East Academy is located somewhere in Indonesia. It does not sort its students into ranked dorms, instead simply placing class levels together. East Academy is well known for its innovative dueling styles and pushing the limits of dueling. It has an extremely vibrant Duel Technologies program that attracts more techies than duelists. As of yet, there is no program for supernatural students.

West Academy
West Academy is located somewhere on the American west coast. It was once an extremely militarized school that focused on the combative arts of dueling, but in recent years it has widened its scope and includes a highly-praised program for Duel Theater. As of yet, there is no program for supernatural students.

Cave of the Phantasms
The cave of the Phantasms is located deep underground, beneath the Duel Academia library, and consists of a major cave system that winds throughout most of the island. The cave was initially the point of confinement for the Three Phantasms, but it has since been emptied out and the Phantasms moved elsewhere.

Staff
Samejima: Headmaster (formerly)

Asuka Tenjoin: Ra Yellow Dorm Advisor (formerly), Fusion Studies Teacher (formerly), Headmaster

Chronos de Medici: Obelisk Blue Dorm Advisor, Duel Tactics and History Teacher

Emi Ayukawa: Obelisk Blue Dorm Advisor, School Nurse

Kagemaru: Superintendent (formerly)

Judai Yuki: Osiris Red Dorm Advisor, Psychic Duelist Teacher

Johan Andersen: Osiris Red Dorm Advisor, Spirit Seer Teacher, Dueling 101 Teacher

Midori Hibiki: Shadow Gamer Teacher

Dawn Marisa Gray: Magician Teacher

Takuma Saiou: Oracle Teacher

Daitokuji: Osiris Red Dorm Advisor (formerly)

Daichi Misawa: Ra Yellow Dorm Advisor, Science Teacher

Tania Misawa: Ra Yellow Dorm Advisor, Spirit Teacher