, known in the English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 and English video games as Téa Gardner, is a fictional character in the manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 and anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series Yu-Gi-Oh!

Yu-Gi-Oh!

is a Japanese manga created by Kazuki Takahashi. It has produced a franchise that includes multiple anime shows, a trading card game and numerous video games...

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Anzu's given name is sometimes written in hiragana

Hiragana

is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...

 (as "あんず" http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/yugioh2000/chara.html) next to the kanji in order to emphasize the fact that her name is read as "Anzu

Anzu

Anzu is a Japanese given name for females. Anzu means "Apricot" in Japanese. 杏子 can be another female name Kyoko or "apricot, child" as well.People*Anzu NagaiFictional characters*Anzu Hatsushima, a character in Princess Soft...

" instead of "Kyoko

Kyoko

is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.-Possible Writings:The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子...

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Anzu's character design was overseen by Kazuki Takahashi

Kazuki Takahashi

is a manga artist, illustrator and game creator who created the manga Yu-Gi-Oh!, which led to the anime versions of it, Toei's Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters , as well as a spinoff manga , three spinoff anime and several video games, novels and books...

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In the manga, Anzu originally bore a conventional, short hairstyle.