Chazz used to be an Obelisk Blue at dual academy, until Jaden Yuki beat him in a dual. After that, his spot in Obelisk blue was moved down in class because Bastion was moving up to an Obelisk.
This was enough for Chazz, so he left the school and then his boat crashed near North Academy.
The principle of this school gave him a card called Ojama Yellow. This card talks to Chazz and he hates it. After the principle gives him this card he duels all fifty of North Academy's students and wins. This would make him the best dueler in the school, which would mean that he has to go up against Jaden Yuki in the school duel! Just what he wanted....
Chazz has two brothers, Slade Princeton and Jagger Princeton.
Chazz is the first to duel Sartorius in Season 2, who unnerves Chazz with his ability to duel without having to look at his cards. When Sartorius reveals the card "Hanged Man" to Chazz and tells him the Hanged Man is his destiny, Chazz is skeptical, and simply shuffles the card into Sartorius' deck. However, in the move to would end the match, Chazz is forced to choose a card from Sartorius' hand: he is horrified to find the Hanged Man card there. Chazz is converted and becomes Sartorius' conquest, and the Hanged Man card changes to show Chazz.
Chazz duels the majority of the Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue students, helping them "see the light". He even forgets about the Ojama Brothers, and tosses them away. Jaden finds the cards, and the Ojamas work together with him to free Chazz from the Society of Light.
Throughout most of the series, Chazz has a crush on Alexis Rhodes, that reaches a head when, while in captivity after losing to Lyman Banner, Chazz becomes convinced he and Alexis are meant to be. However, Alexis treats such feelings with annoyance, and is very put-off by the idea of her and Chazz together. Chazz duels Alexis with the help of her brother Atticus, who convinces Chazz that beating Alexis in a duel will make her love him. When Alexis wins, Chazz says it's perfectly fine: "The Chazz always rides alone!"
He then promptly breaks down into tears.
Jun's Japanese nickname, Manjoume Thunder, is derived from the Japanese words "Manjoume sanda", where Sanda is the word for Thunder. Upon entering North Academy, Jun demanded the students there call him "Manjoume san da", where "san" and "da" are honorifics. The students misheard Jun, and began to call him "Manjoume sanda" by accident. Upon his re-entry into Duel Academy, the nickname stuck. After being converted by Sartorius, Jun adopts the nickname "White Thunder" to match his new uniform. After he is freed, he dons his black coat again to be reborn as "Black Thunder". |
