Phi

Biography

Phi is Turbo's central antagonist and Hyde's elder twin, a self-styled 'Lord of Destruction' obsessed with breaking the strongest bladers' Beyblades. A childhood grudge over losing Dread Hades to his brother festers into an ability to corrupt opponents with dark resonance, and he destroys five beys across the season while stalking Valt's inner circle for indirect torment. After stealing a Hades fragment to become Dread Phoenix, he is finally defeated by Aiger Akabane in the season's penultimate episode.

Tall and pale-skinned, Phi has long white hair and mismatched eyes, blue on the right and red on the left. He originally wore a blue sweatshirt with a red emblem under a crimson, three-pronged-tailed coat trimmed in yellow, with a studded white belt, diamond earrings, and burgundy trousers fused with his shoes. After claiming Dread Phoenix he switched to a black gloved bodysuit lined with dark-red, similar to his younger brother's outfit, topped with a three-hexagon silver pauldron and a white-trimmed black coat, its tail again three-pronged and now flame-tipped, with a two-piece silver belt ending in dark-red hexagons. Calling on his dark power turns the whites of his eyes black, warps his voice, and shifts his aura from fiery red-orange to deep purple.

Phi first comes across as calm, composed and gentle, but that mask slips to reveal someone dangerous, immature, ruthless and hungry for power, fixated on becoming the strongest blader alive. His bond with his Bey, Phoenix, curdles into an obsession with destroying powerful opponents; he styles himself the 'Lord of Destruction' and shows real cruelty early on by wrecking Laban's Vice Leopard and Kyle's phone. The grudge driving him traces back to childhood, when his brother Hyde claimed the Bey he wanted, and it never really lets go. He toys with rivals like a spoiled child, treating people as playthings and savouring their despair, and can corrupt opponents' minds outright. Losing does not humble him — he lashes out and blames everyone but himself, though he later admits, grudgingly, that he was wrong about some things.

Team

Turbo 4

Beyblades

Revive Phoenix 10 Friction; Dread Phoenix 10 Friction

Voice (Japanese)

Takehito Koyasu

First appearance

Beyblade Burst Turbo, Episode 13 - Lúinor Cup! Final Battle!

Japanese name

ファイ

Romaji

Fai

Also known as

God of Destruction (Japanese) / Lord of Destruction (English) / Lord Destructo (Called by Ranjiro Kiyama)

Occupation

Blader / Battleship Cruise Champion / Member of The Turbo 4

Gender

Male

First anime appearance

Lúinor Cup! Final Battle!

First manga appearance

The Immortal Bey, Revive Phoenix!

Voice (English)

Greg Chun / Casey Mongillo (young)

1. 1 Revive Phoenix 10 Friction
2. 2 Dread Phoenix 10 Friction

• Hyde's elder twin brother; the pair share the rare eye condition Heterochromia iridum.
• Lost the original bey Dread Hades to Hyde as children, fueling a lasting grudge.
• Fuses a stolen fragment of Hyde's Dread Hades into his own bey to create Dread Phoenix.
• Destroys five Beyblades across the season, more than any other Burst character, though one (Achilles) by accident.
• Defeated for good by Aiger Akabane in Turbo's penultimate episode, reconciling with Hyde afterward.
• Shares his Japanese voice actor, Takehito Koyasu, who also voiced past-era villains Boris Balkov and Doji.

• vs Aiger Akabane in Episode 15 — Win (2-0)
• vs multiple bladers (Battle Royale) in Episode 20 — Win
• vs Kyle Hakim in Episode 23 — Win (2-0)
• vs Xavier Bogard in Episode 26 — Win (2-1)
• vs Hyde in Episode 41 — Win (4-2)
• vs Shu Kurenai in Episodes 46-47 — Win (3-1)
• vs Aiger Akabane in Episodes 49-50 — Lose (0-2)

• You will be punished.

• You have been judged!

• When you look at me like that, it makes me want to break you.

• It seems your eyes have seen something they never should've stumbled upon.

• Aiger Akabane; simply interesting.

• The time of destruction has come!

• I meant it when I said I'd take back everything.

• Wanting things that belong to others is a bad habit, so I'd suggest that you take care of it.

• You may think you're in control, but Fafnir's fate is in my hands!

• I will destroy each and every Bey.

Resolved against our own episode records, so the pointer the entry carries as text is a link you can follow.

• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 13: Lúinor Cup! Final Battle! First anime appearance · 2018-06-25

Taken from the episode records rather than this entry’s own. A blader who appears once can have a full episode list here while their own entry runs to three lines.

• Beyblade Burst QuadStrike episode 26
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 13
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 14
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 15
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 16
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 17
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 18
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 19
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 20
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 21
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 22
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 23
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 24
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 25
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 26
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 27
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 28
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 29
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 37
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 41
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 42
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 43
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 44
• Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 46