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Alexander

Zangiefu · ザンギエフ

Minor Boris's Army Beyblade

First seen: Beyblade Episode OS040 - Hot Battle In A Cold Town

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episodes on record

Beyblade

Alexander Zangiev is a minor antagonist from Boris's Beyblading army at Balkov Abbey in the original Beyblade series, trained from a young age to never accept defeat. He wields a bit-beast-less Beyblade called Matryoshka alongside a bizarre wrecking-ball-style launcher requiring the user to spin their entire body for momentum. Despite an early advantage in speed and power against Tyson Granger, he loses after Tyson receives coaching from his friends, resulting in Boris crushing his Beyblade and his removal by security. He briefly reappears, pleading with Kai from a holding cell, but is never seen again.

Blader Profile

Alexander, rated

Attack 7/10
Defense 4/10
Stamina 5/10
Technique 5/10
Spirit 4/10

beybladewiki.com editorial rating — based on on-screen performance, not official stats.

His whole-body wrecking-ball launch gave him early speed and power over Tyson, but with no bit-beast he had nothing left once Tyson adjusted.

On file

The record

Team: Boris's Army
Beyblades: Matryoshka
First appearance: Beyblade Episode OS040 - Hot Battle In A Cold Town
Japanese name: ザンギエフ
Romaji: Zangiefu
Also known as: Zangiev
Occupation: Blader
Gender: Male
First anime appearance: Hot Battle In A Cold Town
Voice (Japanese): Yuka Imai
Voice (English): Shannon Perreault

Beyblades

Alexander's Beyblades

Matryoshka

Briefing

What to know

Trained from childhood at Balkov Abbey as part of Boris's Beyblading army.
Uses a bit-beast-less Beyblade called Matryoshka with an unusual wrecking-ball-style launcher.
Battles Tyson Granger in his only shown match, initially dominating before losing.
Punished by Boris, who crushes his Beyblade underfoot after his defeat.
Later seen imprisoned in a cell, begging Kai for help, but is never shown again.
One of only five named Balkov Abbey characters, despite many being shown on screen.
Displays wind-based attacks despite having no bit-beast, unusual for the series' power system.

Notable battles

vs Tyson Granger in Beyblade Episode OS040 — Lose (0-1)

Sightings

Episodes they appear in

From our own episode records — the cast, Beyblade and debut lists we compiled show the name here.

Also on record

Where they first appear

Resolved against our own episode records, so the pointer the entry carries as text is a link you can follow.

Beyblade (2001) episode 40: Hot Battle in a Cold Town First anime appearance · 2001-10-08

Attributed, not verified by us

Claims We Could Not Check

Boris calls him 'My Son' in the English dub, sparking fan debate over a possible father-son relationship, a line absent from the Japanese version.
His launcher resembles Robert's Flail but is based on a giant version of his own Beyblade.
His purple-and-green Beyblade resembles Kenny's Hopper in attack-ring configuration.
In the Japanese version, Boris crushes his Beyblade and throws him to security, a scene cut from the English dub for violence.

The Blader Profile is our own reading of how the character performs on screen or on the page, not a figure from the makers.

Biography