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Gingka Hagane: our photograph of the Battle Card Collection card #001, Gingka

Pictured: Battle Card Collection #001

Character file · Metal Saga

Gingka Hagane

Hagane Ginga · 鋼銀河

Protagonist Team GanGan Galaxy Beyblade: Metal FusionBeyblade: Metal MastersBeyblade: Metal FuryBeyblade: Shogun Steel
Bit-beast
Pegasus
First seen
Beyblade: Metal Fusion Episode 01: Pegasus has Landed!

4

series

133

episodes on record

6

Beyblades

12

special moves

21

cards across 2 games

Biography

Gingka Hagane, called Ginga in Japan, is the central hero of the Metal Saga, introduced as a wandering blader with his Storm Pegasus. Over three anime seasons he defeats the Dark Nebula's Ryuga, wins Battle Bladers and the World Championship as captain of Team GanGan Galaxy, and eventually destroys the reborn god of destruction, Nemesis. His Pegasus evolves alongside him through Galaxy, Cosmic and Samurai forms as he masters new special moves. Fiercely cheerful and endlessly encouraging, he later mentors Zyro Kurogane in Shogun Steel and is the only blader from the saga active in every season.

Appearance and personality

What They Look Like, and How They Behave

Gingka has dark red spiky hair and wears a blue headband bearing Pegasus, with only one wing until Metal Fury restores the second his father's headband always had. His golden-brown eyes sit above a nose broken, likely from blading. His usual look pairs a long white scarf standing in for Pegasus' wings with a short blue jacket, a plain orange shirt, white-and-blue fingerless gloves, a red belt over a brown one holding a Beyblade pouch, black trousers and red-and-navy shoes; he uses a string launcher with a 3-segment grip and a Bey Point Card. In Shogun Steel his hair grows shaggier and taller, he wears a black shirt under a blue jacket with rolled sleeves and gold lines, brown fingerless gloves, dark blue trousers and black boots over red socks, a longer, ragged-ended scarf, and switches to a ZeroG Launcher.

Calm and good-natured, Gingka is ready to do whatever it takes to battle alongside Pegasus and protect the people around him, or save the world when it comes to that. Losing rattles him only briefly; he is never truly afraid and always comes back ready to fight regardless of the odds, living by his own line about a blader's spirit. His anger toward Ryuga during their fight doesn't linger, and he later forgives him on learning Ryuga was being manipulated. He constantly urges others to find that same fighting spirit, and eventually becomes a widely respected hero, admired even by future bladers like Zero, after saving the world from Nemesis. Small details round him out: he loves burgers and is oddly afraid of medicine and needles when ill.

Blader Profile

Gingka Hagane, rated

  • Attack 10/10
  • Defense 6/10
  • Stamina 7/10
  • Technique 8/10
  • Spirit 10/10

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

Pegasus's all-out offence and a spirit that never breaks beat Ryuga, Damian and Nemesis; he wins the saga's biggest matches from behind.

On file

The record

Team
Team GanGan Galaxy
Beyblades
Wind Northern Cross 125SF; Storm Pegasus 105RF; Galaxy Pegasus W105R2F; Cosmic Pegasus F:D; Samurai Ifraid W145CF; Samurai Pegasus W105R2F
Bit-beast or avatar
Pegasus
Voice (Japanese)
Aki Kanada
First appearance
Beyblade: Metal Fusion Episode 01: Pegasus has Landed!
Japanese name
鋼銀河
Romaji
Hagane Ginga
Also known as
Ginga Hagane (Japan) / Gingky (Used by Yu Tendo and Tetsuya)
Occupation
Blader / Gingka's gang / Battle Bladers Champion / Number 1 Blader in the World / Legendary Blader (Four Seasons: Autumn) / Team GanGan Galaxy Leader (formerly)
Gender
Male
First anime appearance
Pegasus Has Landed!
First manga appearance
Descending Pegasus!
Voice (English)
Robert Tinkler

Etymology

Where the Name Comes From

Gingka comes from the Japanese for "galaxy", fitting the Metal Saga's running use of celestial imagery, while Hagane is Japanese for "steel", tying into the saga's metal theme. In the Bladers of the Four Seasons concept he stands for autumn, echoed in his voice actor Aki Kanada's name, aki meaning "autumn", placed between the "summer" and "winter" kanji hidden in Ichika's and Chifuyu's names.

Bit-beast & Beyblades

Gingka Hagane's Beyblades

  1. Wind Northern Cross 125SF
  2. Storm Pegasus 105RF
  3. Galaxy Pegasus W105R2F
  4. Cosmic Pegasus F:D
  5. Samurai Ifraid W145CF
  6. Samurai Pegasus W105R2F

Special moves

Called shots

Starblast AttackCosmic TornadoStorm BringerFull PowerTornado WingGalaxy NovaStarbooster AttackMeteor Shower AttackBurst SoulReverse GazerSuper Cosmic NovaStardust Driver

Briefing

What to know

  • Grew up in Koma Village training with childhood friends Hyoma and Kyoya before setting out alone with Storm Pegasus.
  • Founded and led Team GanGan Galaxy to the Beyblade World Championship title.
  • Defeated Ryuga's Lightning L-Drago at Battle Bladers, though it cost him his Storm Pegasus.
  • Awakened and mastered Galaxy Pegasus, then Cosmic Pegasus after a Star Fragment evolved it during Metal Fury.
  • Helped destroy the Spiral Core and later the reborn Nemesis, saving Earth on multiple occasions.
  • Considered one of the 'Bladers of the Four Seasons,' representing Autumn.
  • Passed a Zero-G Beyblade down to his protege Zyro Kurogane in Shogun Steel.
  • Only blader in the franchise to remain an active competitor across every Metal Saga season and into Shogun Steel.

Notable battles

  • vs Kyoya Tategami in MF002 — Win
  • vs Ryuga in MF013 — Lose
  • vs Ryuga in MF050-MF051 — Win
  • vs Dashan Wang in MM011 — Win
  • vs Damian Hart in MM043-MM044 — Win
  • vs Ryuga in 4D005 — Lose
  • vs Nemesis in 4D051-4D052 — Win
  • vs Zyro Kurogane in ZG036 — Win

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

Episodes that mention them

The name turns up in what happens in these episodes rather than in their cast lists, so read them as leads, not as a credit.

Also on record

Named elsewhere on this site

Tournament reports, testing threads, rules announcements, news and fake or leak checks carrying this name. Each link opens that section with the name already searched for.

Cross-references

Teams, places and more

Bit-beasts & avatars 1

Places 7

Teams 4

Attributed, not verified by us

Claims We Could Not Check

  • He is the fifth character to wield a Pegasus-type Beyblade in the franchise, following his father Ryo and, in earlier media, Julia and Raul Fernandez plus a video-game-only blader.
  • His 'Blader Spirit' aura appeared even before he officially became a Legendary Blader.
  • Despite training far less than his rival Kyoya, he consistently comes out on top.
  • He has a strong aversion to medicine and needles.
  • Manga and anime disagree on who hands Zyro his first Zero-G Beyblade — Gingka in the anime, his father Ryo in the manga.

In the card games

Gingka Hagane on cardboard

All card games

The character 8

Battle Card Collection · #001 Gingka Character · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #002 Gingka Character · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #118 Gingka Character · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #142 Gingka Character · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #161 Gingka Character · series 2
Battle Card Collection · #231 Gingka Character · series 2
Battle Card Collection · #237 Gingka Character · series 2
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Battle Online · BB-28 Storm Pegasus Metal Fusion character card

Their Beyblades 13

Battle Card Collection · #027 Storm Pegasus Beyblade · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #028 Storm Pegasus Beyblade · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #029 Storm Pegasus Beyblade · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #030 Storm Pegasus Beyblade · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #124 Storm Pegasus Beyblade · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #143 Storm Pegasus Beyblade · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #144 Storm Pegasus Beyblade · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #152 Storm Pegasus Beyblade · series 1
Battle Card Collection · #176 Galaxy Pegasus Beyblade · series 2
Battle Card Collection · #177 Galaxy Pegasus Beyblade · series 2
Battle Card Collection · #178 Galaxy Pegasus Beyblade · series 2
Battle Card Collection · #216 Galaxy Pegasus Beyblade · series 2
Battle Card Collection · #238 Galaxy Pegasus Beyblade · series 2

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