Beyblade Burst · Season 3 of 7

Beyblade Burst Turbo

  • 2018–2019
  • 51 episodes
  • Japan Apr 2, 2018
  • English Dec 15, 2018

Known as Beyblade Burst Cho-Z in Japan, this is the third Burst season and tenth Beyblade season overall. Two years after the International Blader's Cup, wild-child Aiger Akabane is inspired by a loss to Valt Aoi and sets out with his Bey Z Achilles 11 Xtend to become the world's number-one Blader by defeating ever-stronger opponents.

Episodes

51 in broadcast order
  1. 01

    Valt gets lost in a forest and is rescued by farm boy Aiger Akabane, who takes him home to his family's metalworking farmhouse.

    JPEN
  2. 02

    Aiger and his sister transfer to Beigoma Academy so he can challenge new club captain Fubuki Sumiye, Valt's successor.

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  3. 03

    Aiger and Fubuki's battle resumes and Fubuki wins, revealing more of his skill.

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  4. 04

    Valt defends his World Champion title against newcomer Kurt Baratier while the Wild Bey Gang briefly steals Aiger's Z Achilles.

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  5. 05

    Learning Lui has returned to Japan, Aiger challenges him and is easily beaten.

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  6. 06

    The wbba. announces the Lúinor Cup, offering its winner a title shot against Lui as Asia Champion.

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  7. 07

    With his father's help, Aiger builds a Super Mega Turbo Trainer to match Lui's training regime.

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  8. 08

    Inspired by Fubuki's power, Suoh forges his own Turbo Bey, Heat Salamander, from his family's heirloom Dragon Fang with the local blacksmith's help.

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  9. 09

    Toko draws Suoh in an unlucky first-round matchup, and the gang trains him hard, but Suoh still wins.

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  10. 10

    The Lúinor Cup's quarter-finals move to the newly rebuilt stadium after Valt and Lui's earlier battle destroyed the old one.

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  11. 11

    The Lúinor Cup semi-finals pit longtime rivals Fubuki and Suoh against each other, and Suoh comes out ahead, proving his newly forged Heat Salamander is no fluke.

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  12. 12

    Aiger's semi-final against friend Hae-jin tests both balance and stamina styles, with Aiger edging out the win despite Hae-jin's internal conflict between Blading and archery.

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  13. 13

    Aiger beats Suoh to win the Lúinor Cup, while Valt defends his title against Silas only for a mysterious new challenger named Phi to appear and demand a shot at the championship.

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  14. 14

    As the newly crowned Lúinor Cup champion, Aiger faces Lui for the title of Asian Champion, but a strange fortuneteller's antics distract from his training beforehand.

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  15. 15

    Aiger completes his Asian Championship match with Lui and wins, earning a Level Chip as a prize.

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  16. 16

    Aiger, Ranjiro and Hae-jin join a new Battleship Cruise tournament where the winner earns a title shot at Valt, alongside Suoh, Laban, Phi and three mystery bladers.

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  17. 17

    Another Turbo 4 member, Xander Shakadera's apprentice Xavier Bogard, debuts and is revealed as one of the Cruise's mystery bladers.

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  18. 18

    An abandoned ship appears near the cruise, and while investigating it the bladers discover the ship's final mystery blader, Kyle Hakim.

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  19. 19

    With the masked Kyle now openly competing, Xavier raises the stakes against Aiger in a tag-team battle, while Phi further reveals Phoenix's power.

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  20. 20

    Aiger visits Fubuki in America and finds him toughened up by training under Shu Kurenai, who joins the Battleship Cruise as its third mystery blader.

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  21. 21

    After Phi's battle-royale win, the rest of the Cruise's bladers get a shot at redemption in tag-team matches where losing a star risks elimination.

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  22. 22

    With only one star standing between elimination for several bladers, Beyeen tallies each competitor's stars before a round of three-way battles.

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  23. 23

    The remaining bladers fight to keep their last stars as the tournament's seventh round begins.

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  24. 24

    Aiger, Xavier and Laban get briefly stranded on a deserted island during a kayak race but are rescued in time for the tournament's eighth round.

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  25. 25

    The Bey Cruiser docks in Spain, where Naru reconnects with her father's old BC Sol mentor Raul while Aiger gets lost and stumbles into Free De La Hoya.

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  26. 26

    With Laban gone, only four bladers remain in the competition.

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  27. 27

    As the Cruise's finalist, Aiger earns first crack at challenging Valt for the World Championship, and Xavier introduces him to his mentor Xander Shakadera for a grueling 100 Battle Challenge.

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  28. 28

    Aiger's title match against Valt concludes with him winning and destroying Wonder Valtryek outright, as Valt realizes mid-fight that Aiger's resonance is corrupted.

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  29. 29

    New World Champion Aiger beats Phi in their showdown, only to be confronted immediately after by Phi's mysterious twin brother Hyde and his Dread Hades.

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  30. 30

    Aiger loses the World Champion title to Hyde as predicted, and afterward Evel Oxford invites him to the Dread Tower.

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  31. 31

    Fubuki alerts Shu to Aiger's worsening condition as Kyle resurfaces to challenge Free and loses.

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  32. 32

    Aiger and Ranjiro arrive at the Dread Tower and uncover Kyle's role feeding data on the Battleship Cruise competitors to Hyde, just as flamboyant Bey-thief Count Nightfell makes his debut.

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  33. 33

    Navigating deeper into the Dread Tower, Aiger and Ranjiro face off against the eccentric Dr. Evel and his debuting Orb Engaard.

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  34. 34

    Count Nightfell challenges Aiger to a friendly match using his fused Fusion Aether, testing tricks of his own against Aiger's fourth Dread Tower challenge.

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  35. 35

    Shu and Fubuki reach Aiger inside the Dread Tower, and Shu easily defeats him with his new Turbo Spryzen to demonstrate real strength.

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  36. 36

    Aiger finally gets his rematch with Hyde but loses again, keeping the title with Hyde.

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  37. 37

    Valt finally activates Turbo Valtryek's Turbo Awakening to overwhelm Dread Hades and reclaim the World Championship from Hyde.

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  38. 38

    Coming to terms with having destroyed his own Beyblade, Aiger returns home and evolves the wreckage of Z Achilles into Turbo Achilles with Shu's guidance.

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  39. 39

    Master of the Wind Kit Lopez arrives in town and helps Aiger, still shaky on his Turbo Awakening, develop a backup plan for his rematch with Hyde.

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  40. 40

    Inspired by watching Aiger's win over Hyde, Kit Lopez challenges him directly and wins, having first had Aiger help him build an Expand Frame for Air Knight.

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  41. 41

    The tragic history between twin brothers Phi and Hyde is revealed, torn apart by a father's gift of Revive Phoenix and Dread Hades.

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  42. 42

    Principal Shinoda unveils a double-decker Turbo Stadium at Beigoma Academy and stages a six-blader Battle Royale.

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  43. 43

    Free challenges the ruthless Phi, hoping to prove Blading means more than destruction, but Phi crushes and shatters Geist Fafnir.

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  44. 44

    Aiger's solo training trip begins at the kingdom of his rival Xavier Bogard, who offers intense sparring to help Aiger shake off his self-doubt.

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  45. 45

    Aiger's journey takes him to Africa to reunite with Laban Vanot, who has since repaired his Vice Leopard.

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  46. 46

    Determined to eventually face Valt, Aiger knows he must first prove himself against wind specialist Kit Lopez.

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  47. 47

    Having seen Geist Fafnir destroyed, Shu takes it upon himself to stop Phi before he can hurt anyone else.

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  48. 48

    As Aiger trains for his showdown with Phi, Shu shows up with a Turbo Spryzen he's reforged from the wreckage Phi left behind, ready to lend his support.

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  49. 49

    The long-awaited showdown between Aiger and Phi begins as a Burst-Finish-only match, forcing Aiger to abandon his defense-heavy game plan.

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  50. 50

    With the score still tied at zero after a string of ring-outs and survivor finishes, the crowd's energy carries Aiger forward.

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  51. 51

    In the series finale, Aiger looks back on everything that shaped him: his bond with Achilles and his rivalry with Valt.

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JP is the Japanese broadcast; EN is the English one, where the season had it.

Storyline

Known as Beyblade Burst Cho-Z in Japan, this is the third Burst season and tenth Beyblade season overall. Two years after the International Blader's Cup, wild-child Aiger Akabane is inspired by a loss to Valt Aoi and sets out with his Bey Z Achilles 11 Xtend to become the world's number-one Blader by defeating ever-stronger opponents. Netflix carried the season in two batches during 2019-2020 before removing it worldwide on October 1, 2023; it remains on Apple TV and DisneyNOW.

Characters

60In the wiki
All 60 characters

Ordered by how many of this season's episodes the guide places each character in.

Beyblades

150 released for this seriesThe toy catalogue
All 150 Beyblades
10 named on screen in the episodes

Stadiums and places

8In the wiki

Special moves

77In the wiki
All 77 moves

Did you know

52
  • Known as Beyblade Burst Cho-Z in Japan; third Burst season, tenth Beyblade anime season overall.

  • The Japanese title's kanji, Cho (Super), has one official English exception: the WBBA 'Beyblade Burst Super Z Blader License Card' bundled with CoroCoro Comic.

  • Ends the franchise's tradition of an Attack-type protagonist Bey, as Aiger Akabane's Bey is a Balance type.

  • First Beyblade dub produced by an American studio, Bang Zoom! Entertainment in Los Angeles, replacing the Canadian studios used for the first two Burst seasons; returning characters were recast with new English voice actors as a result.

  • First Beyblade season whose English opening theme changes partway through the season.

  • First season to alter battle locations in its localized release, with the Turbo Stadium (debuting episode 16) used for most major battles.

  • One of three Burst seasons, with QuadDrive and QuadStrike, whose localized title names its Bey System.

  • The Japanese title's kanji for 'Super' (Cho) has one official English-language exception: the WBBA 'Beyblade Burst Super Z Blader License Card' included with CoroCoro Comic.

All 52 notes
  • Ends the franchise's Attack-type-protagonist tradition, as Aiger Akabane's main Bey is a Balance type.

  • First Beyblade English dub produced by an American studio (Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Los Angeles) rather than the prior Canadian studios, requiring new English voice actors for returning characters.

  • First Beyblade season where the English opening theme changes partway through the season.

  • First season to alter battle locations in the localized release, using the Turbo Stadium, which debuted in episode 16, for most major battles.

  • This is the only Turbo episode Valt narrates the title card for, and his last time doing so in the whole Burst saga.

    Episode 01
  • In the Japanese dub both Valt and Aiger narrate the preview, but the English dub only uses Valt because Aiger hadn't been cast yet.

    Episode 01
  • This is Fubuki's official Turbo debut, though he first appeared in the Evolution finale.

    Episode 02
  • This is the first Beyblade Burst episode where Valt doesn't physically appear.

    Episode 02
  • Taiga's warning about Bladers being possessed by their Beys may foreshadow Aiger's own later corruption, echoing Shu's Spryzen Requiem possession.

    Episode 02
  • This episode holds the franchise record for most battles shown in one episode: 149.

    Episode 03
  • This is the first episode in the Beyblade Burst series where Valt doesn't appear at all.

    Episode 03
  • Lui is revealed to have been training at Mount Everest's base camp.

    Episode 04
  • Kurt is ranked 6th in the world.

    Episode 04
  • This is the second time a main character loses his Bey, after Valt lost Victory Valtryek in Eye On The Prize!.

    Episode 04
  • This is the first stalemate ever declared in the Burst series.

    Episode 05
  • Aiger finding Lui training echoes Valt discovering the same training room earlier in the franchise, though Lui's machine now uses three ropes instead of one.

    Episode 05
  • A new version of the theme song 'Turbo' debuts in this episode's intro.

    Episode 09
  • This is the third Turbo episode to keep its Japanese title unchanged in the English dub, after episodes 2 and 3.

    Episode 11
  • A third version of the 'Turbo' opening theme debuts in this episode.

    Episode 13
  • When Benimaru hums to himself at the start of the episode, he hums the ending theme in Japanese but the opening theme in English.

    Episode 14
  • This episode introduces the second Japanese opening theme for the season (branded Cho-Z in Japan).

    Episode 16
  • From this episode, title cards show Z Achilles wearing the golden Level Chip Aiger won from Lui.

    Episode 17
  • A third version of the 'Turbo' opening theme debuts here and plays for the rest of the season.

    Episode 20
  • This is the first time dark resonance is used anywhere in the Burst series.

    Episode 20
  • This marks the first time Phi destroys another blader's Beyblade in the anime.

    Episode 24
  • This is the second time in the franchise a character destroys their own launcher, after Xander Shakadera in Superking, and coincidentally both instances occur in each season's 25th episode.

    Episode 25
  • This is the first instance in Beyblade Burst of a character borrowing another person's Beyblade, as Xander uses Xavier's Xcalius.

    Episode 27
  • Phi and Aiger's climactic match happens during a total lunar eclipse, a 'Blood Moon'.

    Episode 28
  • This episode introduces the third Japanese opening theme (branded Super Z) and the series' first use of the ending theme 'BEY-POP SWING!'.

    Episode 29
  • This is Count Nightfell's first anime appearance, having previously been manga-exclusive.

    Episode 32
  • This marks Free's first on-screen loss to Valt.

    Episode 32
  • Starting here, the season's third Japanese opening is updated to replace 'Winning Valkyrie' with 'Cho-Z Valkyrie'.

    Episode 32
  • The English dub recasts Valt and Shu's flashback voices in this episode, likely tied to Bang Zoom! Studios taking over dubbing duties as of Turbo.

    Episode 35
  • This episode introduces the fourth Japanese opening theme for the season (branded Cho-Z).

    Episode 40
  • This marks the third time Phi has destroyed another blader's Beyblade.

    Episode 41
  • The battle is fought in the special Turbo Stadium rather than a standard Beystadium.

    Episode 41
  • Starting with this episode, Beyblade Burst Cho-Z's fourth Japanese opening was updated to swap Revive Phoenix for Dread Phoenix and drop Hyde from the sequence.

    Episode 42
  • The ending teases Phi's next target as Shu Kurenai, confirmed true in a later episode.

    Episode 43
  • This is the only episode where Geist Fafnir's locks are shown positioned correctly.

    Episode 43
  • This is the first time in Burst that a previously destroyed Beyblade is repaired in its original form rather than replaced by an upgraded version.

    Episode 45
  • This is the first and only Turbo episode where Jonji appears without his mask.

    Episode 48
  • This episode mistakenly aired in Canada before episodes 44-48 before being properly rebroadcast in its correct slot.

    Episode 49
  • Jonji is again shown without his mask, one of only two Turbo episodes where this happens.

    Episode 50
  • This is the last Japanese Burst episode to run in the 22-minute broadcast format.

    Episode 51

Notes recorded for this season and its episodes; attributed, not verified by us.

Soundtracks

4 songsEvery Beyblade song
  1. Opening
    Chouzetsu Muteki Blader! Ryosuke Sasaki, of a flood of circle
    Japanese The whole season
  2. Opening
    Turbo Nathan Sharp
    English The whole season
  3. Ending
    BEY-POP! Shun Kusakawa
    Japanese Episodes 1–28
  4. Ending
    BEY-POP SWING! Shun Kusakawa
    Japanese Episodes 29–50
  5. Ending (instrumental)
    Turbo (instrumental) Nathan Sharp
    English The whole season

The background score of Beyblade Burst Turbo was written by Danny Jacob.

Released on

  • Beyblade Burst Turbo (opening theme song)

    Single · Feb 8, 2019 · Varèse Sarabande

  • Beyblade Burst

    Vocal collection · Jun 28, 2019 · d-rights

    The only Japanese Burst release: seven television-size themes and their instrumentals. It does not carry the first season's own two themes, which were never released at all.

    14 tracks
    1. EVOLUTION BURST!
    2. Beyxercise
    3. Beyxercise 2
    4. Chouzetsu Muteki Blader!
    5. BEY-POP
    6. BEY-POP SWING
    7. Gatti'n'Roll!!
    8. EVOLUTION BURST! (instrumental)
    9. Beyxercise (instrumental)
    10. Beyxercise 2 (instrumental)
    11. Chouzetsu Muteki Blader! (instrumental)
    12. BEY-POP (instrumental)
    13. BEY-POP SWING (instrumental)
    14. Gatti'n'Roll!! (instrumental)

Credits and music

Staff

  • Director: Kentaro Yamaguchi
  • Character Design: Toshiaki Ohashi
  • Planning: Shuji Wada, Makoto Wada, Yutaka Tajima
  • Series Composition: Hideki Sonoda
  • Executive Producer: Yuya Yokoyama, Naohiko Furuichi, Fumihiko Takahara, Toshinori Irie, Takehide Akimoto
  • Art Director: Shingo Kanai
  • General Manager: Katsuhito Akiyama
  • Music: Danny Jacob
  • Animation Producer: Isami Abe

Cast

  • Aiger Akabane: Tomoko Ikeda / Laura Stahl
  • Valt Aoi: Marina Inoue / Kimlinh Tran
  • Ranjiro Kiyama: Fumihiro Okabayashi / Derek Stephen Prince
  • Fubuki Sumiye: Rikuya Yasuda / Billy Kametz
  • Suoh Genji: Shinnosuke Tachibana / Kyle McCarley
  • Hae-jin Oh: Yuuki Hayashi / Xander Mobus
  • Lui Shirosagi: Romi Park / Brandon Winckler
  • Shu Kurenai: Junya Enoki / Alan Lee
  • Silas Karlisle: Takuma Terashima / Mark Whitten
  • Toko Aoi: You Taichi / Dorah Fine
  • Nika Aoi: Aoi Inase / Jackie Lastra
  • Xavier Bogard: Natsuki Hanae / Griffin Burns

Themes

  • OP (Japanese): Chouzetsu Muteki Blader! by Ryosuke Sasaki
  • OP (English): Turbo by Nathan Sharp (NateWantsToBattle)
  • ED (Japanese, eps 01-28): BEY-POP! by Shun Kusakawa
  • ED (Japanese, eps 29-51): BEY-POP SWING!
  • ED (English, instrumental): Turbo
  • Eyecatcher (English): Turbo

Arcs

  • Aiger Akabane's rise to become world champion

The Beyblades listed are the toy catalogue's entries whose product pages name this series.