Ming-Ming

Biography

Ming-Ming is BEGA's manufactured pop idol, a singer whose concerts double as recruitment drives for Boris's league, and the face he uses to reintroduce himself to Tyson. She switches between a sweet public persona and a taller, fiercer battle form, and blades Venus on fame and mind games as much as on skill. She opens the Justice 5 against Daichi — pure showmanship against pure stubbornness — and the giggling arrogance covers a real competitor. Once Boris's cruelty is out in the open she walks away from him with Crusher, and is cheering for the BBA by the finale.

Ming-Ming switches between two distinct forms, with her size, hair and eyes changing along with them. The gentler form, called Loli Form in Japan, is shorter with soft wavy hair and big eyes, and she favours it because it makes people underestimate her. The tougher form, Queen Form in Japan, is taller with sharp-edged hair and narrow eyes, and comes out once a battle turns serious, the switch playing out as a glowing, butterfly-filled transformation. Her gentler outfit is a yellow-bodiced dress with a frilly pink skirt, heart clips over sheer sleeves, long white gloves and ruby red shoes, hair buns covered by yellow-ribboned flower clips. The tougher outfit turns black with heart motifs, shortens the gloves to a frilly red, and swaps the flower clips for white ribbons.

Ming-Ming's attitude shifts with her form, though a deep well of confidence and pride runs through both. In her gentler form she plays sweet to get people to drop their guard, even while being fairly self-centred underneath, boasting that she's both the world's best blader and its best singer; she'll even claim she has to hold back against boys so as not to crush them. When security dragged Hilary away for causing a scene outside BEGA, Ming-Ming giggled about her adoring fans, prompting Hilary to shout that she was no fan of hers. Her tougher form doesn't soften any of this — if anything she turns meaner and more sarcastic — but it does bring a sharper focus on the battle itself.

Blading style

Balance

English voice

Sugar Lyn Beard

Team

BEGA League / Justice Five

Beyblades

Venus

Bit-beast or avatar

Venus

Voice (English)

Stephanie Beard

First appearance

Beyblade: G-Revolution

Japanese name

ミンミン

Romaji

Min Min

Occupation

Singer / Blader

Gender

Female

First anime appearance

Beyblade Idol

Voice (Japanese)

Aya Hirano

1. 1 Venus S3 · ep 32

• Transforms between an 'innocent' (Loli) form and a stronger 'tough' (Queen) battle form
• Discovered by Boris while working a fast-food job and made into BEGA's cover-girl idol
• Kenny develops a running-gag crush on her throughout the season
• Uses singing both to boost her own focus and to distract opponents mid-battle
• Defects from BEGA with Crusher after witnessing Boris's true nature
• Voiced in the English dub by children's entertainer Stephanie Beard ('Sugar BayBee')

• vs BEGA Training Squad in G-Revolution Episode 38 — Win
• vs BEGA Bladers in G-Revolution Episode 41 — Win
• vs Daichi Sumeragi in G-Revolution Episode 43 — Win
• vs Lee and Rick (tag with Crusher) in G-Revolution Episode 50 — No Outcome

1. S3E32 Beyblade Idol Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) · Rise of BEGA · Aug 11, 2003
2. S3E38 BEGA on the Rise Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) · Rise of BEGA · Sep 22, 2003
3. S3E43 Sing Ming Ming Sing! Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) · Justice 5 · Nov 3, 2003
4. S3E50 Welcome to My Nightmare! Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) · Justice 5 · Dec 22, 2003

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

• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 32: Beyblade Idol 2003-08-11
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 33: Out of Their League 2003-08-18
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 35: Pros and Ex-Cons 2003-09-01
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 37: The BEGA Challenge 2003-09-15
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 38: BEGA on the Rise 2003-09-22
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 41: And Justice-Five for All 2003-10-13
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 42: When You Wish Upon a Star 2003-10-20
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 43: Sing Ming Ming Sing! 2003-11-03
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 44: Refuse to Lose 2003-11-10
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 47: Now You're Making Me Mad 2003-12-01
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 48: The Beyblading Spirit 2003-12-08
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 50: Welcome to My Nightmare! 2003-12-22
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 51: Brooklyn's Back 2003-12-29
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 52: Beybattle for the Ages 2003-12-29
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 31
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 36
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 45
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 46

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• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 32: Beyblade Idol First anime appearance · 2003-08-11

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• Beyblade G-Revolution episode 43 aired in Japan: Sing Ming Ming Sing! news item · 2003-11-03

• Daichi Sumeragi Daichi is her opponent in the Justice 5 opener, pure stubbornness against her showmanship and mind games, and the singing she uses mid-battle rattles him as much as her Venus does.
• Boris Balkov promoter
• Garland SiebaldMystelCrusherBrooklyn BEGA
• Kenny a smitten fan