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Character file · Original series

Johnny McGregor

Johnny McGregor · ジョニー・マクレガー

Rival Majestics Majestics (guest appearance) Beyblade: 2000Beyblade: G-Revolution

Bit-beast: Salamalyon · Fire · Salamander (fire lizard)
Style: Attack
From: Scottish
First seen: Beyblade: 2000, 'Knight without fear and blame'

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episodes on record

Beyblade

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cards across 3 games

Johnny McGregor, the Gladiator of Glasgow, is the hot-headed Scottish Majestic — the shortest fuse on the team and the most explosive bit-beast, a fire salamander called Salamalyon inherited down a knightly family line. He treats blading as a personal duel rather than a sport, and he is rude, impatient and sarcastic with it. He beats Kai at Robert's estate, a rare enough defeat that Kai demands the Olympia rematch and wins it, and he is reckoned the Majestics' second strongest behind Robert. He is a good tennis and golf player and has lost seven straight games of chess to his own captain. In G-Revolution he returns only as a guest, helping expose the Barthez Battalion's cheating without ever blading the Bladebreakers on screen.

Appearance and personality

What They Look Like, and How They Behave

Spiked dark red hair under a blue bandanna, violet eyes. The original series has him in a pale ripped-sleeve waistcoat over a blue shirt with grey shorts, brown boots and wristbands; G-Revolution swaps to an orange waistcoat with a torn collar, dark brown trousers and dark blue bands. Like all the Majestics he has battle armour — a gladiator's, finned at the shoulders to match Salamalyon, with an axe he launches from and, alone among the team, no helmet.

Rude, impatient and reckless, which is most of what makes him the knight he plays at. He is from Glasgow, a city he had never actually seen, and there is a sarcastic remark ready for everything. In a match he is genuinely dangerous. The Majestics have always prided themselves on working alone, and Johnny takes that furthest: he holds back on Oliver's opinions, has little to say to Enrique beyond beating him at tennis, and gets on with Robert so badly — Robert always has the last word — that he concludes he is better off by himself.

Blader Profile

Johnny McGregor, rated

Attack 9/10
Defense 5/10
Stamina 6/10
Technique 7/10
Spirit 7/10

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

All-out fire offence with little patience for anything else.

On file

The record

Blading style: Attack
Nationality: Scottish
English voice: Joanne Vannicola
Team: Majestics
Beyblades: Salamalyon
Bit-beast or avatar: Salamalyon
First appearance: Beyblade: 2000, 'Knight without fear and blame'
Japanese name: ジョニー・マクレガー
Romaji: Jonii Makuregaa
Also known as: The Gladiator of Glasgow
Occupation: Blader
Gender: Male
First anime appearance: A Knight to Remember!
First manga appearance: Finishing Move Foiled!!
Voice (Japanese): Chiharu Tezuka (2000) Hikaru Tokita (G-Revolution)
Voice (English): Jo Vannicola

Bit-beast & Beyblades

Salamalyon, form by form

Salamalyon S1 · ep 37

Special moves

Called shots

Fire Rod

Story by season

Where the seasons take them

Beyblade (2001)

Majestics

Johnny turns up as Robert's guest at the castle with a reputation — the Gladiator of Glasgow — and a temper to match it, and when Tyson's demand for a rematch against Robert gets refused, Johnny steps in and beats Kai himself, a fight closer than the final score suggests. That defeat is rare enough that Kai forces a second meeting at the Olympia Arena, and this time a tip from Tyson turns the tables and Johnny goes down, evening the Majestics-Bladebreakers series before Robert decides the match with Tyson in the third round. Once Russia turns serious, Johnny falls in with the rest of the Majestics behind Tyson's fight against the Demolition Boys, and by the end of the World Championship he's lining up for his own crack at Tyson.

Beyblade G-Revolution (2003)

Majestics (guest appearance)

Robert brings Johnny along for a G-Revolution cameo rather than a real campaign, the two watching the tag-team round-robin together before turning detective when they catch the Barthez Battalion using illegal attachments and tampered Beyblades. Bringing the evidence to Tyson gets them nowhere; the tournament is too far along to disqualify anyone without restarting the whole World Cup, and no one wants that. Johnny never blades a Bladebreaker on screen this season, settling instead for watching the final from the crowd with Robert, Enrique and Oliver.

Briefing

What to know

Represents Scotland on the noble Majestics team, nicknamed the 'Gladiator of Glasgow.'
Wields the fire bit-beast Salamalyon, passed down through his knightly family line.
Considered the Majestics' second-strongest blader, behind team leader Robert Jurgens.
Defeats Kai Hiwatari once before losing a rematch during the Olympia Arena challenge.
Skilled at tennis and golf, but has lost seven straight chess games to Robert.
Returns as a guest character in G-Revolution, helping expose the Barthez Battalion's cheating.
Never has an on-screen battle against Tyson Granger despite challenging him at season's end.

Notable battles

vs Lupinex in Episode 33 (flashback) — Win
vs Kai Hiwatari in Episode 37 — Win
vs Kai Hiwatari in Episode 39 — Lose
vs Claude (presumed) in G-Revolution — Lose

Key episodes

Watch these first

S1E37 A Knight to Remember! Beyblade (2001) · European Tour · Sep 17, 2001
S1E39 A Majestic Battle... a Majestic Victory? Beyblade (2001) · European Tour · Oct 1, 2001
S3E16 Fire and Water Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) · Tag Team World Championship · Apr 21, 2003

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 37: A Knight to Remember! First anime appearance · 2001-09-17

Rivals & bonds

Known associates

Kai Hiwatari two duels
Robert Jürgens Enrique Oliver Majestics

Cross-references

Teams, places and more

Attributed, not verified by us

Claims We Could Not Check

Only member of the Majestics never shown in a proper on-screen battle against Tyson Granger.
His Salamalyon's fire-based attacks reflect his hot-headed personality.
His zodiac sign is Gemini.

In the card games