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Mariah: our photograph of the Cards Inc. card #19, Mariah

Pictured: Cards Inc. #19

Character file · Original series

Mariah

Mao · マオ・チェン

Rival White TigersWhite Tiger X Beyblade: 2000Beyblade: G-RevolutionBakuten Shoot Beyblade manga
Bit-beast
Galux · Mountain cat / lynx
Style
Attack
From
Chinese
First seen
Beyblade: 2000, Asian Championships arc

3

series

41

episodes on record

1

Beyblade

3

special moves

4

cards across 3 games

Biography

Mariah — Mao Chen in Japan — is second-in-command of the White Tigers and the clan member who takes Ray's leaving hardest, because the two were closest. Her mountain cat Galux, inherited through her Minx Tribe ancestry, is fast and vicious, and she is the first of the Tigers to test the Bladebreakers in Hong Kong. Her Asian Tournament final against Ray is less a grudge match than a conversation; she loses it narrowly, and the two are reconciled with the rest of the clan watching. She returns with White Tiger X in G-Revolution and is among the rivals who rally to Tyson against BEGA. The manga gives her and Ray an ending: they marry, and have a daughter, Lin.

Appearance and personality

What They Look Like, and How They Behave

Feline through and through: gold cat's eyes that narrow when she concentrates, and in the anime hair, clothes and her favourite bandana all in hot pink. The manga draws her differently, with red hair and a blue outfit.

Playful, and sharp when she wants to be. She gets on with other bladers easily, keeps the peace inside the White Tigers as their second-in-command, and carries a rivalry with Emily Watson of the All Starz. In a match she taunts — opponents who write her off get knocked out of position by her speed before they have adjusted. What she settles on, in the end, is that a win does not count for much if the battle was not fun.

Blader Profile

Mariah, rated

  • Attack 7/10
  • Defense 5/10
  • Stamina 7/10
  • Technique 8/10
  • Spirit 8/10

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

Speed and precision over raw power; her bond with Ray gives her matches unusual emotional weight.

On file

The record

Blading style
Attack
Nationality
Chinese
English voice
Julie Lemieux
Team
White Tigers / White Tiger X
Beyblades
Galux
Bit-beast or avatar
Galux
First appearance
Beyblade: 2000, Asian Championships arc
Japanese name
マオ・チェン
Romaji
Mao Chen
Occupation
Blader
Gender
Female
First anime appearance
Showdown in Hong Kong
First manga appearance
To The Land of Legends!!
Voice (Japanese)
Niina Kumagaya
Voice (English)
Julie Lemieux

Etymology

Where the Name Comes From

Her Japanese name, Mao, is an animal sound, as Gary's and Kevin's are: in her case a cat's meow.

Bit-beast & Beyblades

Galux, form by form

  1. Galux S1 · ep 9

Special moves

Called shots

Cat ScratchMountain Cat AttackCat Scratch Attack

Story by season

Where the seasons take them

Beyblade (2001)

White Tigers

She's the first of the White Tigers to track the Bladebreakers down in Hong Kong and test what Ray can do outside the village, still stung that he left without her. Their rivalry never curdles the way Lee's does, and their Asian Tournament final plays out less like a grudge match than an old conversation between two people who miss each other — Galux and Driger even stop attacking each other mid-battle while the two bladers remember the years they spent together. She loses by a hair, and the loss is what finally lets her forgive him properly. In Moscow, Black Dranzer catches up with her too, and Kai strips her of Galux along with the rest of her team.

Beyblade G-Revolution (2003)

White Tiger X

Back with White Tiger X, she fights through the tournament's round-robin stage and comes out on top of the battle-royale clash against the PPB All Starz before the team's elimination in the main bracket. When Mystel slips into their training grounds scouting for BEGA, she's one of the first to size up what he's really after, and once Boris's league turns openly hostile she falls in with Tyson, Ray and the rest of the bladers organizing against it without needing to be talked into it.

Briefing

What to know

  • Younger sister of White Tigers captain Lee; grew up with childhood friend Ray Kon.
  • Bit-Beast and Beyblade both named Galux, passed down through the Minx Tribe.
  • Loses the Asian Championships final to Ray Kon by mere seconds in Beyblade: 2000.
  • Serves as the team's peacekeeper and unofficial second-in-command.
  • Rivalry-turned-friendship with Emily Watson of the All Starz.
  • In G-Revolution, helps defeat Boris Balkov's BEGA league alongside the reunited Bladebreakers/G Revolutions.
  • Marries Ray Kon and has a daughter, Lin, by the manga's ending.
  • First female Blader to appear in the franchise's main storyline.

Notable battles

  • vs Ray Kon in Episode 12 — Win
  • vs Doug in Episode 13 — Win
  • vs Ray Kon in Episode 16 — Lose
  • vs Steven in Episode 41 — Win
  • vs Kai Hiwatari in Episode 44 — Lose
  • vs Battle Royale opponents in G-Revolution Episode 28 — Win
  • vs Mathilda & Julia Fernandez in G-Revolution Episode 39 — No Outcome
  • vs Lee, Michael, and Rick (tag w/ Mathilda & Julia) in G-Revolution Episode 39 — Win

Quotes

In Their Own Words

  • I hate the Demolition Boys, and I’ll never forgive Kai for what he's done to you!
  • Why is it always so hard for a boy to admit he's chicken?
  • Hey there Ray, what's with the tailgating?
  • Please, Ray!
  • It's time for you to taste some of your own medicine!
  • Please get up, Ray!
  • Bring it on Tyson, unless you're afraid to lose!
  • Kinda cute, but no power.
  • Now, Galux! Cat Scratch!
  • Kai, I don't understand why you've changed so much since the last time I saw you. You're cold and heartless.

Key episodes

Watch these first

  1. S1E09 Showdown in Hong Kong Beyblade (2001) · Asian Tournament · Mar 5, 2001
  2. S1E12 Adios Bladebreakers Beyblade (2001) · Asian Tournament · Mar 26, 2001
  3. S1E16 My Enemy, My Friend Beyblade (2001) · Asian Tournament · Apr 23, 2001
  4. S1E44 Losing Kai Beyblade (2001) · Russian World Championship · Nov 5, 2001
  5. S3E15 Sleepless in Madrid Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) · Tag Team World Championship · Apr 14, 2003
  6. S3E19 One for All... Free for All Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) · Tag Team World Championship · May 12, 2003
  7. S3E34 The Mysterious Mystel Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) · Rise of BEGA · Aug 25, 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.

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.

Rivals & bonds

Known associates

  • Ray Kon closest childhood friend
  • LeeGaryKevin White Tigers
  • Max Tate Their paths cross mostly through the wider circle of bladers rather than any real rivalry, and by G-Revolution she's comfortable enough around him and the others to share an easy, ordinary moment like posing for a photo.

Cross-references

Teams, places and more

Bit-beasts & avatars 1

Places 2

Teams 1

Attributed, not verified by us

Claims We Could Not Check

  • Her Japanese name 'Mao' is an animal-sound pun on 'meow.'
  • Marketed heavily in American merchandising despite a limited main-cast role in the anime.
  • Becomes a fuller main-cast member in the Bakuten Shoot Beyblade: Rising manga sequel.
  • Shares a distinctive cat-like mouth curve with fellow Blader Max Tate.

In the card games

Mariah on cardboard

All card games

The character 1

Cards Inc. · #19 Mariah Character

Their bit-beast 2

Cards Inc. · #20 Galux Bit Beast
Kidys · #25 Galux 1850 Ataque · 1700 Defensa

Their Beyblades 1

Character Card Game · 093 Galux ガルクス

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