Gordo

Biography

Gordo is the silent giant Dr Zagart picks out of hundreds of bladers to partner Zeo, first as a training opponent and then as his tag partner in the hunt for the four sacred bit-beasts. His two-headed hound Orthrus is designed as Zeo's mirror, ice against fire, and he is genuinely strong with it — he beats Dunga outright and comes close to beating Ray, who holds him to a draw on nerve alone. He treats the tournament strictly as a job and has almost no inner life on screen, which is rather the point: hired muscle beside a boy discovering he was built rather than born. Dragoon V2 ends his run in the final, shattering Orthrus's bit chip.

A tall boy with a spiky mohawk-style haircut that tapers into a long tail down the back, Gordo stands out for his height among the V-Force cast. The anime renders his skin tone light, though his features and colouring suggest the design was originally meant for a dark-skinned redhead, leaving a visible mismatch between concept and final animation.

Gordo doesn't behave the way his elemental pairing would suggest, a mismatch that appears to be deliberate: together with Zeo he forms a duo representing ice and fire, and while the Beyblades keep the colour scheme normal for each element, the two bladers wear it reversed, so Gordo's design points one way while his temperament points the other.

Blading style

Attack

English voice

Colin O'Meara

Beyblades

Orthrus (Blizzard Orthrus)

Bit-beast or avatar

Orthrus

First appearance

Beyblade: V-Force Episode 42

Japanese name

ゴルド

Romaji

Gordo

Occupation

Blader

Gender

Male

First anime appearance

Fortunes Dear and Dire

Voice (Japanese)

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Voice (English)

Colin O'Meara

1. 1 Orthrus

• Selected personally by Dr. Zagart to help train Zeo and hunt down the four Sacred Bit-Beasts.
• His Orthrus and Zeo's Cerberus deliberately swap the pair's expected elemental associations, pairing Gordo's icy power against Zeo's fire.
• Coached using data on Kai and Ray's fighting patterns, giving him and Zeo an edge early in the World Championships.
• Nearly defeated Ray Kon, who escaped with a draw only through sheer mental willpower.
• Eliminated from the tournament by Tyson's Dragoon V2, which destroyed Orthrus's bit-chip in the final.

• vs Zeo Zagart in Episode 42 — Win (various times)
• vs Zeo Zagart in Episode 42 — Draw
• vs Dunga in Episode 45 — Win
• vs Ray Kon in Episode 48 — Draw
• vs Tyson Granger in Episode 50 — Lose

1. S2E42 Fortunes Dear and Dire Beyblade V-Force (2002) · King, Queen and Zeo's Turn · Oct 28, 2002
2. S2E45 Zeo vs. Ozuma Beyblade V-Force (2002) · World Championship Finals · Nov 18, 2002
3. S2E48 Phoenix Falling Beyblade V-Force (2002) · World Championship Finals · Dec 9, 2002
4. S2E50 Clash of the Tyson Beyblade V-Force (2002) · World Championship Finals · Dec 23, 2002

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

• Beyblade: V-Force episode 42: Fortunes Dear and Dire 2002-10-28
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 43: Kai's Royal Flush 2002-11-04
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 44: The Calm Before the Storm 2002-11-11
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 45: Zeo vs. Ozuma 2002-11-18
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 47: Deceit from Above 2002-12-02
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 48: Phoenix Falling 2002-12-09
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 50: Clash of the Tyson 2002-12-23
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 46
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 49

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• Beyblade: V-Force episode 42: Fortunes Dear and Dire First anime appearance · 2002-10-28

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• Beyblade V-Force episode 48 aired in Japan: Phoenix Falling news item · 2002-12-09

• Zeo Zagart partner
• Dr. Zagart employer
• Ray Kon Orthrus grinds Driger down for most of their match, and only Ray's refusal to quit forces a draw that Gordo never manages to close out.
• Tyson Granger Tyson and Dragoon V2 are what finally beat him, ending Gordo's tournament run in the final round and shattering Orthrus's bit chip in the process.
• Dunga Gordo dispatches Dunga without much difficulty in the tournament's opening round, a lopsided win that shows how far Zagart's coaching had sharpened him before the tougher matches began.