Tyson Granger
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Tyson Granger, known in Japan as , is the main character of the anime
and manga
series of Beyblade
.
In the Japanese version of G-Revolution Tyson (Takao)'s nickname was "The Champ". This can be seen in Episode 10 of the start of the American arc.
Tyson was voiced by Motoko Kumai
in the Japanese version, and is voiced by Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin
in the English version.
Tyson is a really popular person in the Beyblade world. He has always had a lot of fans, even when he was an amateur. When he first wins the regional tournament, many people pick up Beyblading just to be like him and defeat him. Tyson has many big fans in his school (as shown in Beyblade V-Force), much to the class president Hilary
's dismay, as his popularity in class often leads to the lessons being disrupted. Hilary and Tyson share a Yusuke-Keiko relationship (reminiscent of the so-named characters from Yu Yu Hakusho).
Tyson's closest friend and confidant
throughout the series is Kenny
, whom he goes to school with in V-Force, and who battles alongside him as his beyblading partner in G-Revolution. By the end of the series Tyson develops a unique relationship with Kai, who also becomes one of his close friends. Outside of Beyblade, Tyson doesn't make friends easily because of his aggressive nature, but he usually leaves a profound effect on the ones he does, completely changing their attitudes and way of life.
In V-Force, Tyson is often late to school and runs to school on a seemingly daily basis. He seems to be an extremely fast runner.
Tyson seems to get his strange skills from his Dragoon beyblade, such as being able to outrun dogs and cars.
use their previous models, with the exception of Ray
in V-Force, who uses Driger V in his first beyblading appearance. In V-Force, Tyson and Ray start the series with Dragoon V and Driger V, while Kai
and Max
do not get V series beyblades until later in the series. In G-Revolution, Tyson starts out with Dragoon G, while Kai, Ray, and Max use their V2 beyblades until the World Championships start (again, Ray can possibly be excluded, as he first uses Driger G in the Asian qualifying tournament, while Kai and Max use their V2 blades for the Russia and America qualifiers respectively). Daichi
gets Strata Dragoon G later on in the championships.
Even though the beyblades of the F-Dynasty
and the HMS beyblades can spin left, Tyson's series of beyblades are the only ones which exclusively use the left-spin gear.
[U.V. = Ultimate version]
Tyson's son will use the last model of Dragoon in the special chapter of the manga:
, and could use his beyblade, the Dragoon Galaxy as an attack. Tyson also upgrades his beyblade to Dragoon MS.
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 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...
series of Beyblade
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...
.
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. He is a very emotional person, and quite often worries about his friends, causing him to become angry when they are harmed in any way. Tyson isn't a born leader, yet because of his magnetic personality and self-confidence, many seem to gravitate toward him. No situation is too risky for Tyson, and he often relies on nothing more than luck in a beybattle. His style of playing is aggressive and offensive.In the Japanese version of G-Revolution Tyson (Takao)'s nickname was "The Champ". This can be seen in Episode 10 of the start of the American arc.
Tyson was voiced by Motoko Kumai
Motoko Kumai
is a Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce. Her most notable roles are Takao Kinomiya on Beyblade and Syaoran Li on Cardcaptor Sakura. From December 21, 2006 until October 2007, Motoko left her voice career due to an illness requiring medical treatment....
in the Japanese version, and is voiced by Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin
Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin
Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin is a Canadian actor.Marlowe has lent his voice in Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse as Eddy Largo, the OAV anime Interlude as He and Beyblade as Tyson Granger....
in the English version.
Personality and relationships
In the first season, Tyson is very outgoing, outspoken and cheerful, though prone to a short temper, emotional outbursts and overconfidence. He is famous for his sense of humour especially during season one where he is constantly making fun of everybody. However, his sense of humour gradually dwindles each season and by the end of the series he is a more introverted character and more serious about his responsibility as the Beyblade world champion.Tyson is a really popular person in the Beyblade world. He has always had a lot of fans, even when he was an amateur. When he first wins the regional tournament, many people pick up Beyblading just to be like him and defeat him. Tyson has many big fans in his school (as shown in Beyblade V-Force), much to the class president Hilary
Hilary Tachibana
Hilary 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 :...
's dismay, as his popularity in class often leads to the lessons being disrupted. Hilary and Tyson share a Yusuke-Keiko relationship (reminiscent of the so-named characters from Yu Yu Hakusho).
Tyson's closest friend and confidant
Confidant
The confidant is a character in a story that the lead character confides in and trusts. Typically, these consist of the best friend, relative, doctor or boss.- Role :...
throughout the series is 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...
, whom he goes to school with in V-Force, and who battles alongside him as his beyblading partner in G-Revolution. By the end of the series Tyson develops a unique relationship with Kai, who also becomes one of his close friends. Outside of Beyblade, Tyson doesn't make friends easily because of his aggressive nature, but he usually leaves a profound effect on the ones he does, completely changing their attitudes and way of life.
Family
- Hiro GrangerHiro GrangerHiro Granger, known in the Japanese versions as is a fictional character in the anime and manga series of Beyblade. He only appears in the third season of the anime, Beyblade G-Revolution, but appears throughout the manga from the beginning. He is the older brother of Tyson Granger. His bit-beast...
: Tyson's older brother, a wise blader with much knowledge to offer in Beyblade G-Revolution. He also has an alter egoAlter egoAn alter ego is a second self, which is believe to be distinct from a person's normal or original personality. The term was coined in the early nineteenth century when dissociative identity disorder was first described by psychologists...
, Jin of the Gale ( in the Japanese version). Hiro first taught Tyson how to beyblade. Hiro initially joined the BEGA LeagueBEGA LeagueThe BEGA League/Justice 5 are a fictional group of characters for the popular Beyblade anime and manga series. BEGA stands for Beyblade Entertainment Global Association. BEGA League only appear during the third season, and are seen by fans as enemies for aiding Boris. The team consists of Garland,...
as Brooklyn's coach, but later joined the G-Revolutions to bring BEGA down and defeat Brooklyn. His bitbeast is called Metal-Driger. - Mr. Granger: Tyson's father, known as Bruce in the dub version, an archaeologist who is dedicated to finding out how bit-beasts work, where they came from and why they are in beyblades themselves, and travels all over the world to find his answers.
- Mrs. Granger: Tyson's mother, Tyson himself knows very little about her as she died when Tyson was only 4 months old. In the English manga, Tyson protects a bed of flowers from being trampled during a training session with his grandpa, claiming "before she died, mom loved them." His grandpa then briefly thinks of Tysons mother, calling her "Yoshie". In her picture she wears her hair in a ponytail, a trait that appears often in the Kinomiya/Granger family.
- Ryu "Grandpa" Granger: Tyson's grandfather, A Samurai dojoDojoA is a Japanese term which literally means "place of the way". Initially, dōjōs were adjunct to temples. The term can refer to a formal training place for any of the Japanese do arts but typically it is considered the formal gathering place for students of any Japanese martial arts style to...
trainer who raised Tyson in Tokyo. He often publicly embarrasses Tyson with his out-there attitude - a running gag in the anime is that he constantly points his kendo stick at people and tries to recruit them to his training. - In the end of the Beyblade manga (vol. 14), Tyson (Takao) has a son named Makoto Kinomiya, but his wife is never revealed. We could all take a guess though and say it was Hilary. (Although Hilary herself does not feature in the Manga, being created for the Anime production, and making her first appearance in the V-Force series). However, the anime never features Tyson as an adult, instead ending when he is 15 years old.
Skills
While he is determined and strong of spirit in battle, Tyson can be rash and take too many risks. Tyson isn't very good at beyblade customization and sometimes lacks common sense. Tyson's beyblades uses special attacks that take on the form of a Dragon, and they are generally one of the fiercest, more powerful beyblades around. They use the wind element. Dragoons are known to get better with each model possibly describing how Tyson develops as he grows up and learns from his mistakes. Tyson's bit-beast is Dragoon.Tyson seems to get his strange skills from his Dragoon beyblade, such as being able to outrun dogs and cars.
Beyblades and attacks
In each season, Tyson starts out with the latest series of beyblades, while the rest of the BladebreakersBladebreakers
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...
use their previous models, with the exception of Ray
Ray Kon
Raymond Kon, more commonly known as Ray Kon, known in the Japanese version as Rei Kon , is a fictional character from the anime and manga series of Beyblade. In the anime, he is voiced by Daniel DeSanto in the US/UK version, whilst voiced by Aya Hisakawa in the Japanese version...
in V-Force, who uses Driger V in his first beyblading appearance. In V-Force, Tyson and Ray start the series with Dragoon V and Driger V, while 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 Max
Max Tate
Max Tate is a fictional character in the popular manga and anime series of Beyblade....
do not get V series beyblades until later in the series. In G-Revolution, Tyson starts out with Dragoon G, while Kai, Ray, and Max use their V2 beyblades until the World Championships start (again, Ray can possibly be excluded, as he first uses Driger G in the Asian qualifying tournament, while Kai and Max use their V2 blades for the Russia and America qualifiers respectively). Daichi
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...
gets Strata Dragoon G later on in the championships.
Even though the beyblades of the F-Dynasty
F-Dynasty
F Dynasty is a group of fictional characters from the popular Beyblade anime and manga series. Raul and Julia Fernandez are the twin Beybladers representing Spain. They were born and raised into a circus, and specialise in tag team Beyblade matches...
and the HMS beyblades can spin left, Tyson's series of beyblades are the only ones which exclusively use the left-spin gear.
[U.V. = Ultimate version]
- Basic System (Spin gear)
- Dragoon Grip Attacker - Vanishing Attack
- Dragoon Storm - Storm Attack (First used against Ray in Episode 6)
- Dragoon Fantom (Phantom)- Phantom Hurricane (First used against Jose in Episode 23)
- Dragoon Fighter (Phantom) U.V. (Super Dragoon Fighter; not a visual update of the beyblade) - Storm Attack, Phantom Hurricane, Final Attack (All used against Tala in Episode 51).
- Magnacore System (MG Core)
- Dragoon Victory - Victory Tornado (First used against Daryl in Episode 12).
- Dragoon Victory 2 - Hyper Victory Tornado (First used against Ozuma in Episode 39).
- Dragoon Victory 2 U.V. (Based on the RC Dragoon V2; spins right) - Victory Tornado, Hyper Victory Tornado.
- Engine Gear (EG)
- Dragoon Galaxy - Corkscrew Attack, Galaxy Storm (Two first used against Daichi in Episode 1), Twin Tornado Attack (Only with Daichi).
- Dragoon Galaxy Turbo - Galaxy Turbo Twister (First used against Raul and Julia in episode 24), Dragoon Tank (Only with Daichi).
- Heavy/Hard Metal System (HMS)
- Dragoon Metal Storm - Evolution Storm.
- Dragoon Metal Storm U.V. - Galaxy Storm, Galaxy Turbo Twister, Evolution Storm.
Tyson's son will use the last model of Dragoon in the special chapter of the manga:
- Heavy/Hard Metal System Limited (HMS)
- Dragoon Metal Fighter (Phantom) - Galaxy Storm, Galaxy Turbo Twister, Evolution Storm, Storm Attack, Phantom Hurricane, Final Attack, Victory Tornado, Hyper Victory Tornado.
Teams
- Beyblade - Bladebreakers.
- Beyblade V-Force - Bladebreakers.
- Beyblade G-Revolution - BBA Revolution, G-Revolutions.
Manga
In the manga series, Tyson's beyblade does not get upgraded by switching parts after he gets Dragoon F. Instead, Tyson's beyblade will transform on its own into a different beyblade due to a Dragon Part he added. For example, Tyson has Dragoon F. With the Dragon Part, Dragoon F will become Dragoon V. At the end of the manga, which flashes forward fifteen years, Tyson has a son named Makoto.Video games
Tyson is in just about all video games relating Beyblade and the anime series. He also starred in a Japanese fighting game called DreamMix TV World FightersDreamMix TV World Fighters
is a 2003 multiplayer fighting video game for the GameCube and PlayStation 2 in Japan. It features licensed characters from a few well-known Japanese companies, including Konami, Hudson Soft, and Takara.-Story:...
, and could use his beyblade, the Dragoon Galaxy as an attack. Tyson also upgrades his beyblade to Dragoon MS.