Max Tate
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Max Tate is a fictional character in the popular manga and anime series of Beyblade
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Max is a happy, good-natured kid who always sees the best in everything and everyone. He's like a brother to Tyson and loves to laugh at whatever life throws at him. Max is a highly skilled Beyblader specializing in a defensive style. Max strongly believes that the key to beyblading lies in the player, and not the beyblade. For Max, beyblading is a family affair. He lives with his Dad who runs a local hobby shop specializing in beyblades and his Mom is a research scientist at a top-secret BBA facility. His father is Japanese, and his mother, Judy, is American. Judy is the coach of the American Beyblade team, the All Starz
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His perky, upbeat nature and Beyblading skills have won him many friends throughout the series. His bit-beast is Draciel, the water turtle (derived from the ancient Chinese turtle God of the North, Genbu).
He was voiced by Ai Orikasa
in the Japanese version and Gage Knox
in the North American version.
and Kenny
. He meets them by the river when Tyson attempts to save a drowning dog, but fails; thus leading Max into the rescue. At first, Kenny is jealous because he showed up out of the blue with great beyblading skills and was also somewhat jealous of his relationship with Tyson, but this soon passes. Max, along with Tyson and Kenny, agree to enter the Japan qualifying tournament being hosted by the BBA, and comes in first place in Block A. In the semi-finals, he faces Kai
and loses. Even though he lost, he offers Kai his hand in order to congratulate him, but Kai scoffs and walks off; a sign of his disregard for Max's skills at the time. Once Tyson beats Kai and he and becomes the national champion, Mr. Dickenson forms them into a team, named "Bladebreakers
" by Tyson (Team BBA in the original version). They then go off to compete in the championships.
Throughout the season, Max is a usual battler for the team, and wins most of his battles. After the tournament, he moves back to America with his mom until a little later in Beyblade V-Force.
Max uses 4 Beyblades in season 1: Draciel Max, Draciel Metal Ball, Draciel Shield, Draciel Fortess
After the end of the Beyblade World Championships, Max moves back to America with his mother Judy to help her with beyblade research (most likely for the American BBA). Max is first seen walking in a parking lot listening to music when he is approached by a mysterious cloaked female beyblader (who is later revealed as Mariam) who challenges him to a battle. Max tells her he won't go easy on her just because he's a champion. When it looked like it was time for Max to go on the offensive, the female beyblader charges for Draciel and wins the battle. Stunned by his loss, Max emails Kenny about the incident and learns Tyson, Ray, and Kai have also been targeted by cloaked beybladers. They all lost their matches except Kai, who tied his match with his opponent, Dunga. This and another organization known as Team Psykick targeting the Bladebreakers prompts Mr. Dickenson to have the team reunite.
The Bladebreakers have their falling-outs this season, with Max trying to be somewhat of a voice of reason when others lose their way. He also grows a bond with the Saint Shield member, Mariam. At the end of the second championships, he and Tyson are crowned the winners.
Max has 3 Beyblades in this season: Draciel Fortress, Draciel Viper, Draciel Viper 2.
Max loses his bit beast to Zeo, getting it back after Tyson defeats Zeo.
and gains a new partner, Rick Anderson. Max and his team ties with White Tiger X
for fourth place. He seems to be a bit more serious this season.
After the tournament, Daichi Sumeragi
takes a liking to Max and sees him as sort of a "person to beat" in order to become world champion, getting tired of being associated with Tyson. At the Justice Five tournament, Max faced Mystel in the third match. Their match ended in a draw.
Max's last 3 blades this season were: Draciel Viper 2, Draciel Gravity, Draciel Metal Shield.
Beyblade
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki. Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from 2000 to 2002, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon by Shogakukan...
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Max is a happy, good-natured kid who always sees the best in everything and everyone. He's like a brother to Tyson and loves to laugh at whatever life throws at him. Max is a highly skilled Beyblader specializing in a defensive style. Max strongly believes that the key to beyblading lies in the player, and not the beyblade. For Max, beyblading is a family affair. He lives with his Dad who runs a local hobby shop specializing in beyblades and his Mom is a research scientist at a top-secret BBA facility. His father is Japanese, and his mother, Judy, is American. Judy is the coach of the American Beyblade team, the All Starz
All Starz
The All Starz are a fictional team of Beybladers in the anime series Beyblade. The team consisted of Michael, Steven, Eddy and Emily in the First Season, and Max and Rick in the Third season, while Michael, Eddie and Emily would be supporting members, and Steven would not appear in the entire season...
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His perky, upbeat nature and Beyblading skills have won him many friends throughout the series. His bit-beast is Draciel, the water turtle (derived from the ancient Chinese turtle God of the North, Genbu).
He was voiced by Ai Orikasa
Ai Orikasa
is a popular Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She works for Production Baobab. Orikasa is also the Japanese dub voice for Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Her debut work was Shoukoushi Cedie in 1988...
in the Japanese version and Gage Knox
Gage Knox
Gage Knox is a Canadian actor.Knox has featured in on Canadian based programmes such as the short-lived Beware of Dog, the TV movie This Time Around, Naturally, Sadie, Queer as Folk, and Veritas: The Quest....
in the North American version.
Beyblades and Attacks
- Spin Gear
- Draciel Max (Max Defense)
- Draciel Shield (Metal Ball Defense)
- Draciel Fortress (Fortress Defense)
- MG Core
- Draciel Viper (Viper Wall)
- Draciel Viper 2 (Heavy Viper Wall)
- Engine Gear
- Draciel Gravity (Gravity Control) (Ultra Gravity Control) (Heavy Viper Wall/Tidal Wave)
- Hard Metal System
- Draciel Metal Shield (Aqua Shield)
Teams
- Beyblade
- Bladebreakers
- V-Force
- Bladebreakers
- G Revolution
- PPB All Starz
- G Revolutions
First season
One sees Max, in the first season, as a blader full of energy. Max was the first to befriend TysonTyson Granger
Tyson Granger, known in Japan as ', is the main character of the anime and manga series of Beyblade.-About Tyson:Tyson is a strong-willed kid who is not afraid to speak his mind and in so doing, he seems to get into more trouble than most kids his age...
and Kenny
Kenny (Beyblade)
Kenny, known in the original Japanese version as Professor and in the English version as the Chief, is a fictional character in the popular anime and manga series of Beyblade. He is voiced by Houko Kuwashima in the Japanese version, and Alex Hood in the English dub...
. He meets them by the river when Tyson attempts to save a drowning dog, but fails; thus leading Max into the rescue. At first, Kenny is jealous because he showed up out of the blue with great beyblading skills and was also somewhat jealous of his relationship with Tyson, but this soon passes. Max, along with Tyson and Kenny, agree to enter the Japan qualifying tournament being hosted by the BBA, and comes in first place in Block A. In the semi-finals, he faces Kai
Kai Hiwatari
is a character from the Beyblade manga and anime series.He is the captain of the Team BBA throughout most of the anime series and the keeper of the phoenix bit-beast Dranzer, or in the original Japanese version, Suzaku, the phoenix god of the South in Chinese/Japanese legend.Kai is voiced by David...
and loses. Even though he lost, he offers Kai his hand in order to congratulate him, but Kai scoffs and walks off; a sign of his disregard for Max's skills at the time. Once Tyson beats Kai and he and becomes the national champion, Mr. Dickenson forms them into a team, named "Bladebreakers
Bladebreakers
The Bladebreakers are a fictional team of Beybladers in the anime series Beyblade. The team includes Takao Kinomiya, Kai Hiwatari, Max Tate, Ray Kon and Kenny, though Kenny does not blade for the team until G-Revolution, where the team undergoes two new names, the BBA Revolution, and later...
" by Tyson (Team BBA in the original version). They then go off to compete in the championships.
Throughout the season, Max is a usual battler for the team, and wins most of his battles. After the tournament, he moves back to America with his mom until a little later in Beyblade V-Force.
Max uses 4 Beyblades in season 1: Draciel Max, Draciel Metal Ball, Draciel Shield, Draciel Fortess
Second season (Beyblade V-Force)
The Bladebreakers have their falling-outs this season, with Max trying to be somewhat of a voice of reason when others lose their way. He also grows a bond with the Saint Shield member, Mariam. At the end of the second championships, he and Tyson are crowned the winners.
Max has 3 Beyblades in this season: Draciel Fortress, Draciel Viper, Draciel Viper 2.
Max loses his bit beast to Zeo, getting it back after Tyson defeats Zeo.
Third season (Beyblade G-Revolution)
Bright, cheerful and always ready to take on a new Beyblade challenge, Max returns in G-Revolution. He is the first to hear about the new tag-team format of the Beyblade World Championships and alerts the rest of the team. Like Ray and Kai, Max realizes there is a chance he might not be able to compete if he fights with Tyson, so he leaves the Bladebreakers to join the PPB All StarzAll Starz
The All Starz are a fictional team of Beybladers in the anime series Beyblade. The team consisted of Michael, Steven, Eddy and Emily in the First Season, and Max and Rick in the Third season, while Michael, Eddie and Emily would be supporting members, and Steven would not appear in the entire season...
and gains a new partner, Rick Anderson. Max and his team ties with White Tiger X
White Tigers (Beyblade)
The White Tigers are a fictional team of Beybladers in the anime series Beyblade. The team consists of Lee Wong, Mariah Wong, Gary Tan, Kevin Cheng, and in the third season Beyblade G-Revolution only, Ray Kon and Master Tao. In G-Revolution, The White Tigers are renamed White Tiger X, and Ray and...
for fourth place. He seems to be a bit more serious this season.
After the tournament, Daichi Sumeragi
Daichi Sumeragi
Daichi Sumeragi is a fictional character in the Beyblade anime and manga series, who appears in Beyblade G-Revolution, Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle and the manga. He is a young, hyperactive blader with a blade called Strata Dragoon...
takes a liking to Max and sees him as sort of a "person to beat" in order to become world champion, getting tired of being associated with Tyson. At the Justice Five tournament, Max faced Mystel in the third match. Their match ended in a draw.
Max's last 3 blades this season were: Draciel Viper 2, Draciel Gravity, Draciel Metal Shield.
Trivia
- Max likes to put mustard on noodles which he then eats with great relish. In the North American version, mayonnaise has been translated as mustard.
- In the original and manga series, Max occasionally speaks American English along with Japanese.
- Max is somewhat of a flirt in the series, as stated by Kenny when he calls HilaryHilary TachibanaHilary Tatibana is a fictional character in the popular Beyblade anime series. Her original Japanese name is . She only appears in the anime and not in the manga. She does not appear in the first season.- Personality :...
cute. Also in the dub of the Beyblade movie, Fierce Battle, Ms. Kincaid's mother points out that Max dyes his hair to try to impress girls, causing Max to cover his head and sheepishly say, "You... can tell?" This may also explain why Max's hair is a darker blonde in V-Force than it is in season one or G-Revolution, although it may just be the coloring of the art style. - At the end of the manga, Max takes his mother's place as head director of the American BBA.
- Max is the only blader who mainly uses the defensive style.
- In V-force, Hilary mentions that Max is the youngest Blade Breaker, however, Tyson's birthday was confirmed to be on November 18, while Max's birthday was on June 15, supposedly making Max older. But in the Japanese version, it is said that Max is only 11, making him younger than the rest of the team and confirming Hilary in V-Force.
- In the Beyblade fandom it is discussed whether Max is circumcisedCircumcisionMale circumcision is the surgical removal of some or all of the foreskin from the penis. The word "circumcision" comes from Latin and ....
or not, as this procedure is common in America but not in Japan.