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Mr. Dickenson: our photograph of the Collision card #064, Mr. Dickenson, Head of the BBA

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Character file · Original series

Mr. Dickenson

Shozo Daitenji · 大転寺小五郎

Supporting BBA chairman Beyblade: 2000Beyblade: V-ForceBeyblade: G-Revolution
First seen
Take it to the Max

3

series

60

episodes on record

1

card

Biography

Stanley A. Dickenson, the rotund, bowler-hatted chairman of the Beyblade Battle Association, is the adult who keeps the whole sport running. He spots the four finalists of the Japanese qualifier, forms them into the Bladebreakers and sends them round the world, quietly footing the bills, smoothing over the chaos and steering them through Europe to sharpen them up without telling them that is what he is doing. He has a past of his own: decades earlier he researched bit-beasts alongside Dr Zagart, the partner who became a rival. His belief in fair play makes him the natural enemy of Voltaire, Boris and the BEGA League, whose buyout of the BBA costs him his job and leaves him feeding birds in a park until Tyson's alliance wins the sport back and puts him in his chair again.

Appearance

What They Look Like

An elderly man with a long white moustache and heavy white brows, in a dark grey suit with a single gold button over a white work shirt and a red bow tie, a grey bowler with a red band, small round glasses and a brown cane. The later seasons deepen the grey, grey the moustache and turn the bow tie and hat band periwinkle.

On file

The record

Team
BBA (Chairman)
First appearance
Take it to the Max
Japanese name
大転寺小五郎
Romaji
Daitenji Kogoro
Also known as
Mr. Dickenson
Occupation
Chairman of the BBA
Gender
Male
First anime appearance
Take It To The Max!
First manga appearance
Battle Attention, Takao VS Max
Voice (Japanese)
Tamio Ohki
Voice (English)
William Colgate

Story by season

Where the seasons take them

Beyblade (2001)

BBA chairman

He picks Tyson, Kai, Ray, Max and Kenny out of the Japanese qualifiers and folds them into a single team, then travels with them through the Asian and American rounds alongside Tyson's grandfather. When their boat docks in Europe on the way to the Russian finals, he disguises himself and talks the boys into leaving it behind so they pick up local blading styles on their own rather than being shipped straight there. In Russia he and Grandpa Granger back the team through the deciding matches, and it comes out that the whole roster exists to expose Biovolt, the company Voltaire Hiwatari runs with Boris Balkov at his side.

Beyblade V-Force (2002)

BBA chairman

He turns down Dr. B's push for a scripted contest and instead has Team Psykick earn their shot by beating the BBA's own training squad, then spends the rest of the season scrambling after his own team once Psykick strands them on their island, at one point flying over it himself with Tyson's grandfather to find them. He apologises to the whole group afterward, and later takes them to the lab where he worked decades earlier, admitting to a past partnership with Dr. Zagart that ended when Zagart vanished with a strange rock and years of research. Tracking Zagart down finally answers his oldest mystery, and the partner who once studied bit-beasts with him gives up the theft rather than fight him for it.

Beyblade G-Revolution (2003)

BBA chairman

He rebuilds the roster once more, this time as the BBA Revolution with Tyson, Kenny, Hilary, Daichi and Hiro, and keeps the World Championships running with no idea that Boris is using the tournament as cover to seize the BBA the moment it ends. The takeover costs him his job along with everyone else's, and for a stretch he has nothing to do but sit in a park feeding birds. When the scattered bladers finally gather in Tala's hospital room, it's Dickenson who formally names them the G Revolutions and gives their fight against BEGA a banner to fight under, and once Brooklyn's destruction is stopped he's the one who reopens the BBA.

Briefing

What to know

  • Chairman of the BBA across Beyblade, V-Force, and G-Revolution
  • Forms the Bladebreakers out of the four finalists of the Japan Qualifying Tournament
  • Secretly arranges the Bladebreakers' European detour before the Russia finals
  • Revealed to be a former bit-beast researcher decades earlier, alongside his ex-partner Dr. Zagart
  • Loses his position when Boris's BEGA forces the BBA to shut down in G-Revolution
  • Officially reforms Tyson's team as the 'G Revolutions' after they reunite in Tala's hospital room
  • Reopens the BBA once BEGA is defeated

Key episodes

Watch these first

  1. S1E03 Take It to the Max! Beyblade (2001) · Japanese Regional Tournament · Jan 22, 2001
  2. S1E07 Thirteen Candles Beyblade (2001) · Japanese Regional Tournament · Feb 19, 2001
  3. S2E07 The Reunion Begins Beyblade V-Force (2002) · Mister X and the Men in Black · Feb 18, 2002
  4. S3E37 The BEGA Challenge Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) · Rise of BEGA · Sep 15, 2003
  5. S3E39 Rebel Alliance Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) · Rise of BEGA · Sep 29, 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.

Rivals & bonds

Known associates

Cross-references

Teams, places and more

Places 5

In the card games

Mr. Dickenson on cardboard

All card games
Xtra-Rare Foil PSA ×1 #064 Mr. Dickenson, Head of the BBA