Kumasuke Kumade

Kumade Kumasuke · 熊手熊介

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Kumasuke Kumade is the eldest and strongest of the three Kumade brothers, debuting as a Dark Nebula muscle blader in Beyblade: Metal Fusion. He first competes in a mass challenge match to earn Bey points, drawing Doji's attention, but Tsubasa Otori's Earth Eagle beats his Rock Orso solo and then again with the full trio ganging up. After reaching 50,000 points, he's dominated by Kyoya Tategami in the Battle Bladers tournament, then crushed alongside his brothers by Ryuga's Lightning L-Drago, their spirits absorbed until Gingka's Storm Pegasus frees them. He later fails Japan's Metal Masters selection and cameos giving Gingka strength against Nemesis in Metal Fury.

Appearance and personality

What They Look Like, and How They Behave

Kumasuke has a large, stocky build, with bushy eyebrows framing yellow eyes and a round nose. A pale brown fleece coonskin cap sits over short brown hair grown out into sideburns. His jacket, a short gamboge piece left open from hem to chest, shows torn sleeves, a pocket on the right and the Dark Nebula emblem on the left, worn over a black short-sleeved shirt with belt loops. A brown belt closes with a silver buckle set inside a smaller circle, and extra leather panels on either side carry three silver circles of increasing size plus a rectangle, from which his launcher and Bey holster hang. Olive-grey trousers run down into fur-cuffed, earth-brown boots, and he wears a brown leather cuff on each wrist. He resembles his brothers closely but stands taller than either of them.

Kumasuke carries the same rough, lumberjack-like bearing as his brothers, and stubbornness runs just as strong in him. Matches lost between the three of them tend to boil over into real anger. He is also the one his younger brothers look to and follow.

Blader Profile

Kumasuke Kumade, rated

Attack 6/10
Defense 6/10
Stamina 5/10
Technique 3/10
Spirit 4/10

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

Strongest of the Orso brothers and sturdy enough to reach Battle Bladers, where Kyoya brushes him aside; all muscle, no plan.

On file

The record

Team: Dark Nebula
Beyblades: Rock Orso D125B
Japanese name: 熊手熊介
Romaji: Kumade Kumasuke
Occupation: Former member of the Dark Nebula
Gender: Male
First anime appearance: Tsubasa Flies Into The Dark
Voice (Japanese): Wataru Takagi
Voice (English): Dan Petronijevic

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Kumasuke Kumade's Beyblades

Rock Orso D125B

Briefing

What to know

Eldest and strongest of the three Kumade brothers, distinguished by his tall, stocky build and coonskin cap.
Enters a mass challenge match hoping to earn 10,000 Bey points, catching Doji and Yu Tendo's attention as a potential Dark Nebula recruit.
Loses one-on-one to Tsubasa Otori's Earth Eagle 145WD, then loses again teaming with both brothers against the same opponent.
Reaches 50,000 points to enter the Battle Bladers tournament, but is easily beaten there by Kyoya Tategami's Rock Leone.
Along with his brothers, is defeated and has his Bey spirit absorbed by Ryuga's Lightning L-Drago as punishment for their loss.
In the English dub he speaks with a Russian accent, playing on the bear as a national symbol.
Fails to make Japan's Metal Masters team, placing 19th in selection.
His character and Beyblade reference the constellation Ursa Major.

Notable battles

vs Tournament Blader (1st round) in MF026 — Win
vs Tsubasa Otori, Tournament bladers in MF026 — Win (bladers)/Lose (Tsubasa)
vs Tsubasa Otori (tag w/ Kumata and Kumaji) in MF026 — Lose
vs Tsubasa Otori (tag w/ Dark Nebula Bladers) in MF035 — Lose
vs Kyoya Tategami in MF041 — Lose
vs Ryuga (tag w/ Kumata and Kumaji) in MF042 — Lose
vs Selection Bladers in MM004 — Win
vs Japanese Selection match in MM004 — Lose (19th place)

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: Metal Fusion episode 26: Tsubasa Flies Into The Dark First anime appearance · 2009-09-27

Cross-references

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Claims We Could Not Check

Bears a striking resemblance to Benkei Hanawa, which Benkei himself notes in the Metal Masters video game.
In the English dub he has a Russian accent, referencing the bear as a Russian national symbol.
He's the first character in the anime shown using an Orso-type Beyblade.
Listed among Japan's top 20 bladers.
His character and Beyblade reference the constellation Ursa Major.

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