Chione Tsumura

Chione Tsumura is a third-year Obelisk Blue student of Duel Academy and duels with a Reptile-themed deck known as "Ogdoadic". She is the only daughter and child of Akira Tsumura, a card designer-researcher, and Cleopatra Massri, a historian in Ancient Egyptian history, the niece of Ramses and Arsinoe Massri, and the granddaughter of Amunet Massri.

Midway through her second year, Chione was shocked to discover some of her friend going missing upon a duel exam. Unable to really handle it, she goes to Zane for comfort, which helped them both ultimately confess and begin a secret relationship, not wanting others to learn about it.

Physical description
Chione is a slim and slender young woman of Egyptian and Japanese heritage. She has shoulder-length black hair, purple-golden eyes, and a pale skin tone (which she inherited from her father). Chione wears a white ribbon-like headband on her head, along with having her ears pierced. Her earrings change daily, but her main pair of rose gold, heart-shaped with little ribbons on them.

Skills

 * Dueling proficiency: Since she got into dueling at such a young age, Chione is extremely skilled at dueling. Attending various dueling tournaments also helped her improve her skill. She is adept at using Reptile-types and can easily counter the cards that can deem her deck useless.
 * Extensive knowledge of Ancient Egyptian History: Chione grew up learning and reading about Ancient Egyptian history, given her mother's family were historians on their own culture. She developed a love for reading and learning more about her ancient culture.
 * Multilingualism: She is able to speak fluently in Arabic, English, and Japanese, and can read Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Equipment

 * Duel Disk
 * Academy-Issued Duel disk: After arriving into Duel Academy Island, Chione was given the Academy-issued Disk.

Pre-Series
Born in Cairo, Egypt, Chione is the only child and daughter of Akira Tsumura, a card designer-researcher, and Cleopatra Massri, an Ancient Egyptian historian/professor. Raised in the land where Duel Monsters originated, Chione got an early start in the game and even learning about it. By the time she was five years old, she found an archetype to work with, Reptiles. She later received her "Ogdoadic" cards from her Uncle Ramses and Aunt Arsinoe when she was eight years old.

When she was ten, her father was given a new job opportunity which would need them to move to Kyoto, Japan. Despite the move, Chione took the move well, and began making friends with the children in the apartment complex they were in. By the time she was 14, she was one of the best duelists in the apartment building. At the age of fifteen, Chione applied for Duel Academy, passing her written and Duel Exam. As she was female, she was automatically placed in the Obelisk Blue dorm, much to her annoyance. She later became friends with Zane Truesdale and Atticus Rhodes.

During her first year, Chione became to develop feelings for Zane, but was unsure how to approach him. She was eventually able to confess to him. Chione and Zane became a couple at the end of their first year, and revealed to their friends during their second year. Sometime in her second year, she met first year, Chumley Huffington and the two got talking over their interest in animals. Part way through her second year, Chione learns of some her friends and fellow students go missing. This was the last time she heard from Atticus.

Deck
Chione utilizes a Reptile-based deck called "Ogdoadic". Her playing style is centered sending her monsters to the Graveyard and Special Summoning them afterwards. Her deck is comprised of DARK and LIGHT monsters with the same Level that have similarly designed effects. Also possess some "Reptilianne" cards for extra support in her deck.

Atticus Rhodes
Chione's relationship with Atticus is often questioned by Zane, and later Alexis. It's said that the two have a sibling-like bond, to the point Chione is always standing by Atticus' side.

Name Etymology
The name  Chione  is of Egyptian origin, meaning "Mythical Nile daughter". The name Tsumura is a Japanese surname.

Trivia

 * Chione is noted for being one of the top Female Duelists of the Third Year and also the entireity of Duel Academy.