Kenta Yumiya

Yumiya Kenta · 湯宮ケンタ

Protagonist Gingka's gang Beyblade: Metal FusionBeyblade: Metal MastersBeyblade: Metal FuryBeyblade: Shogun Steel (mentioned)

First seen: Beyblade: Metal Fusion, Episode 01 - Pegasus Has Landed

series

episodes on record

Beyblades

special moves

cards

Kenta Yumiya starts the Metal Saga as an underconfident Blader rescued from the Face Hunters by Gingka Hagane, and his admiration for Gingka becomes the engine of his entire growth arc. Training relentlessly, he develops his own signature Flame Claw special move and fights his way into Battle Bladers, and by Metal Fury he pursues the reclusive Ryuga himself to recruit him against the revived threat Nemesis. Ryuga eventually gifts him his Star Fragment, evolving Flame Sagittario into Flash Sagittario and making Kenta a Legendary Blader in his own right, though Nemesis ultimately destroys that Beyblade before the final confrontation.

Appearance and personality

What They Look Like, and How They Behave

Short in height, Kenta has bright green hair and brown eyes. A yellow T-shirt marked by a blue stripe running from chest to arms was his look in the first two seasons, worn with blue shorts; the shirt turned yellow with a white centre line by Metal Fury. Blue-and-white trainers with white socks complete his look, and he later added brown fingerless gloves along with a brown cloak and hat, eventually dropping the cloak and hat while keeping the gloves. Through the Metal Saga he and Yu appear close in age, though neither's exact age is confirmed.

Little self-belief marked Kenta as a new Blader early on, until meeting Gingka gave him something to aim for and the confidence started building. Kindness runs deep in him — noticing anything wrong with a friend, he presses gently until he gets an answer, and loyalty to those friends never wavers. Danger involving himself, his Bey or his friends stirs strong emotion in him throughout the series.

Blader Profile

Kenta Yumiya, rated

Attack 6/10
Defense 5/10
Stamina 8/10
Technique 6/10
Spirit 9/10

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

Sagittario outlasts rather than overpowers, and he loses most big matches; sheer persistence is what earns him Ryuga's respect and a Star Fragment.

On file

The record

Team: Gingka's gang
Beyblades: Flame Sagittario C145S; Flash Sagittario 230WD
First appearance: Beyblade: Metal Fusion, Episode 01 - Pegasus Has Landed
Japanese name: 湯宮ケンタ
Romaji: Yumiya Kenta
Also known as: Gingka's water boy (Ryuga) / Kenchi by (Yu)
Occupation: Gingka's gang / Legendary Blader (Four Seasons: Summer)
Gender: Male
First anime appearance: Pegasus has Landed!
Voice (Japanese): Emiri Katou
Voice (English): Lisette St. Louis

Beyblades

Kenta Yumiya's Beyblades

Special moves

Called shots

Diving Claw Diving Arrow Flame Claw

Briefing

What to know

Rescued from the Face Hunters by Gingka Hagane in his very first appearance.
Develops the Flame Claw and later Diving Claw special moves through training with Ryuga.
Only Legendary Blader given a Star Fragment as a gift rather than struck by one directly.
Only Legendary Blader to use a Light Launcher instead of a 3-Segment Grip or BeyLauncher.
Loses Flash Sagittario to Nemesis, which channels Ryuga's own power to destroy it.
Serves as B-Pit manager in the Shogun Steel manga, standing in for Madoka Amano's absence.

Notable battles

vs Kyoya Tategami (tag w/ Benkei) in MF009 — Lose
vs Reiji Mizuchi in MF044 (Battle Bladers) — Lose
vs Masamune Kadoya in MM004 (team selection) — Lose
vs Ryuga in 4D007 — Lose (x2)
vs Ryuga in 4D032 — Lose
vs Rago and Pluto (tag w/ Legendary Bladers) in 4D045-4D049 — Pluto Win / Rago Draw
vs Nemesis (tag w/ Legendary Bladers) in 4D049-4D052 — Eliminated

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.

Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 22: The Fearsome Libra 2009-08-30

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.

Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 1 aired in Japan: Pegasus Has Landed news item · 2009-04-05

Cross-references

Teams, places and more

Bit-beasts & avatars 1

Motif · Metal Sagittario Sagittario is the constellation motif behind Kenta Yumiya's signature line in Beyblade: Metal Fusion, its yel…

Places 2

Teams 3

Attributed, not verified by us

Claims We Could Not Check

Surname Yumiya means 'bow and arrow,' fitting his Sagittarius-themed Beyblade.
In the Metal Masters video game he borrows Yu Tendo's nickname habit, calling Benkei 'Big Ben'.
Shares his Russian dub voice actress, Larisa Brokhman, with Yu Tendo.

In the card games