Basara Akagiyama was first introduced in the Versus Revolution season of the Duel Masters Anime.

He was part of the secret society of Duel Masters Land and Katta Kirifuda's new rival. After obtaining the unsealed version of Forbidden, his strength and ambitions become on par with Zakira due to the influence of Dokindam X, The Legendary Forbidden, making him a major enemy of Katta and Lucifer and also indirectly, Shobu Kirifuda, Katta's brother. Later in the series, he became the leader of a cult, the "Rare Killers" and seems to be a husk of his former self whose mind and body was taken over by his forbidden card.

12 years after his defeat by Katta and Team Hamukatsu, he changed his ways and went into being a Motorbike Grand Prix Champion like his father.

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