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Character file · Beyblade Burst

Ranjiro Kiyama

Kiyama Ranjirō · 黄山乱次郎

Rival Wild Bey Gang Beyblade Burst TurboBeyblade Burst SurgeBeyblade Burst RiseBeyblade Burst QuadStrike

First seen: Episode 02 - Achilles Vs. Forneus!

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episodes on record

Beyblades

special moves

Ranjiro Kiyama, nicknamed Cap'n, is the deuteragonist of Beyblade Burst Turbo and founder of the Wild Bey Gang after his own club walked out following a loss to Aiger Akabane. Hot-headed and fiercely competitive, he starts as Aiger's rival, fighting him to a legendary 149-battle stalemate before the two become close friends. He fights first with his brother Rantaro's hand-me-down Roktavor, upgrading it into Crash Roktavor, then later into the Lightning-era Glide Roktavor in Beyblade Burst Surge, where an injury from Lain Valhalla forces him to hand his Legend Festival spot to Hyuga.

Appearance and personality

What They Look Like, and How They Behave

Ranjiro looks a lot like his older brother Rantaro, sharing his tall flattop blonde hair, hazel eyes and a bandage across his left cheek, along with the habit of chewing a green-and-yellow lollipop. In Turbo he wears a long white jacket with flame patterns at the hem and over the right shoulder, an orange shirt underneath, white cloth wound around his waist, trousers split black and mahogany down the middle, white boots and a white belt closed with an R-shaped buckle. By Surge his hair has grown out slightly, the flame trim on the jacket has sharpened into jagged points, and the plain shirt has given way to a yellow-orange dress shirt worn with baggy pants coloured half blue and half orange, while the boots, belt, buckle and waist wrap stay the same.

Ranjiro shares much of his brother Rantaro's temper, flaring up fastest when someone mocks his hair, and Raul Comas notices he runs even hotter than Rantaro does. Being called 'Broomhead' by Hikaru and Hyuga Hizashi sends him chasing them all the way to the Comets Gym. He leads capably and looks out for the people he loves, following Aiger to the Dread Tower once he sees him falling into an unhealthy obsession with resonance. His confidence can tip into overreach: he underestimates Hikaru, is stunned by his Lightning Launch, and reacts with disbelief when Hikaru fights Glide Ragnaruk to a draw. A competitive streak keeps him training hard against Hyuga and Silas Karlisle, and quick to promise he'll beat Hyuga and Aiger in a rematch.

Blader Profile

Ranjiro Kiyama, rated

Attack 7/10
Defense 6/10
Stamina 8/10
Technique 5/10
Spirit 9/10

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

Stubborn enough to hold Aiger to a 149-round stalemate and rebuild a destroyed Roktavor, yet he loses nearly every match that matters against elite opposition.

On file

The record

Team: Wild Bey Gang
Beyblades: Raging Roktavor Gravity Revolve; Crash Roktavor 11Reach Wedge; Glide Roktavor Wheel Revolve 1S
First appearance: Episode 02 - Achilles Vs. Forneus!
Japanese name: 黄山乱次郎
Romaji: Kiyama Ranjirō
Also known as: Socho (Japanese dub) / Cap'n (English dub) / Broomhead (Called by Hikaru and Hyuga Hizashi and Aiger Akabane) / The King of Style
Occupation: Blader / Luinor Cup Competitor / Battleship Cruise Competitor / Ultimate Tag Series Competitor
Gender: Male
First anime appearance: Achilles vs Forneus! (Debut) / Locked On! Lightning Launch! (Surge)
Voice (Japanese): Fumihiro Okabayashi
Voice (English): Derek Stephen Prince

Beyblades

Ranjiro Kiyama's Beyblades

Raging Roktavor Gravity Revolve
Crash Roktavor 11Reach Wedge
Glide Roktavor Wheel Revolve 1S

Special moves

Called shots

Roktavor Typhoon Hyper Tornado Hurricane Counter Roktavor Storm

Briefing

What to know

Founded the Wild Bey Gang after Beigoma Academy BeyClub members defected to follow him post-loss.
Inherited Raging Roktavor from older brother Rantaro before upgrading it into Crash Roktavor.
Fought Aiger Akabane to a 149-battle draw before the two became genuine friends.
Returns in Surge with the evolved Glide Roktavor Wheel Revolve 1S, a white counterpart to Rantaro's.
Suffers a shoulder injury and loses his Beyblade to Lain Valhalla, forfeiting his Legend Festival slot to Hyuga.
Cousin of Ranzo Kiyama and the only one of Turbo's four leads whose launch style never changes.
Placed dead last in a 2018 Japanese character popularity poll despite his popularity in-story.
Repaired his destroyed Beyblade, joining Laban Vanot and Shu Kurenai as the only Burst characters to do so.

Notable battles

vs Aiger Akabane in Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 03 — draw after 149 rounds
vs Fubuki Sumiye in Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 04 — loses the rematch by burst finish
vs Lui Shirosagi (tag w/ Aiger & Fubuki) in Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 06 — loses 0-0-0-6
vs Xavier Bogard & Kyle Hakim (tag w/ Aiger) in Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 19 — loses 0-0
vs Evel Oxford in Beyblade Burst Turbo episode 33 — loses 0-2
vs Lain Valhalla in Beyblade Burst Surge episode 10 — loses, Glide Roktavor destroyed
vs Hikaru & Hyuga Hizashi (tag w/ Aiger) in Beyblade Burst Surge episode 21 — loses 0-4
vs Valt Aoi & Rantaro Kiyama (tag w/ Aiger) in Beyblade Burst Surge episode 23 — wins 3-0

Quotes

In Their Own Words

The knucklehead had another dream about Phi destroying Achilles.
So that's why Lord Destructo changed its name to Dread Phoenix.
Hey! Don't diss the hair! It's going back in style! Not that you twerps would know anything about that!
Yep. Style and all! See?

Sightings

Episodes they appear in

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

Cross-references

Teams, places and more

Places 3

Attributed, not verified by us

Claims We Could Not Check

His favorite foods are curry rice, hamburgers and ramen.
Owns a blue Level Chip on his Beyblade.
Voted least popular character in a 2018 Japanese popularity poll.
His zodiac sign is Taurus.
Third Burst character to repair a destroyed Beyblade, after Laban Vanot and Shu Kurenai.

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

Biography