Ishizu Ishtar

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Ishizu Ishtar in the second series anime
Appears in	manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! (Original manga) anime: Yu-Gi-Oh! (Duel Monsters) (2nd series anime)
Debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Volume 10, Duel 87 Original Japanese manga Volume 17, Duel 146
Birthday	April 5
Deck	Past Pains
Sign	Aries
Age	20
Height	167 cm (about 5 feet and 6 inches)
Weight	43 kg (94.6 pounds)
Blood type	O
Favorite food	Om Ali
Least favorite food	Meat dish
Status at debut	Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities
Relations	Younger brother: Marik Ishtar Adoptive brother: Rishid Ishtar (Odion Ishtar)
Seiyū	Sumi Shimamoto
Voice actor(s)	Kayzie Rogers (US) Alison Lester (Singapore)

Ishizu Ishtar (イシズ・イシュタール Ishizu Ishutāru) is a character in the manga Yu-Gi-Oh! and the second series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime (known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters in Asia). Her name is sometimes rendered by fans as Isis Ishtar. In the Philippines, her name is dubbed Eunice instead of Ishizu.

Ishizu, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, is the sister of Marik Ishtar (commonly rendered "Malik"). She became a museum curator in order to lure Yugi Mutou (Yugi Muto in the English anime) and Seto Kaiba in order to save Marik from his darker alter ego, Dark Marik (Yami Marik). It is also theoretically possible that she is the reincarnation of Isis, one of the six priests who served Pharaoh Atem (they both wield the same Millenium item and there is a definite resemblance between them), but there is no concrete evidence to determine if this is true. She holds the Millennium Tauk (Millennium Necklace in the English anime) until she passes it down to Yugi. The reason she does this is because the Millennium Tauk no longer responded to her, as the future it showed her was changed by Kaiba.

The original version of the future Ishizu saw didn't involve Yugi and Kaiba at all, but instead her dueling Yami Marik in the Battle City Finals. The Millenium Talk predicted that it would be a duel Ishizu would ultimately lose, after which she would sacrifice her own life to trap Marik inside the Alcatraz Duel Tower when Kaiba destroyed it, thereby dying with him. However, the Millenium Rod spontaneously activated and allowed Kaiba to change the future, thereby winning a duel he was ultimately destined to lose in Ishizu's vision. Facing a future that was no longer written, Ishizu thanked Kaiba for defeating her, because in doing so, he gave her hope that a better future may be possible for all of them. However, Kaiba replied to her that anyone who allows themselves to be chained by destiny can never have hope.

After the Pharaoh recovers his memories and his name in the Egyptian Arc, Ishizu, her brother Marik, and adopted brother Rishid (Odion in the English anime) lead Yugi and his friends to the tomb of the Pharaoh in order for Pharaoh Atem and Yugi to have a final duel in order to determine if the spirit will move on to the afterlife or remain in the present.

Ishizu's name supposedly derives from the Egyptian deity Isis and the Mesopotamian deity Ishtar.

Ishizu appears in Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories under the name Isis. She is the duelist that must be defeated in the future before battling Kaiba. After the duel she forfeits the Millennium Necklace and it gets sucked into one of Yugi's blank cards.

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Ishizu was a finalist in the Battle City tournament. She primarily plays with Fairy-type (Angel Type) monsters. Her strategy revolves around discarding her own cards while returning her opponent's to their deck to activate Exchange of the Spirit, which swaps the Graveyard with the deck: this in turn restores Ishizu's deck to full strength while draining her opponent's deck at the same time. Notably, unlike the majority of the Fairy-type monsters in the game, Ishizu's cards have an Egyptian appearance.