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Character file · Original series
Robert Jürgens
Ralf Jürgens · ラルフ・ユルゲンス
- Bit-beast
- Griffolyon · Griffin
- Style
- Balance
- From
- German
2
series
15
episodes on record
2
Beyblades
1
special move
6
cards across 2 games
Biography
Robert Jürgens — Ralph in Japan — is the German champion and the aristocrat who unites Europe's national champions as the Majestics. He meets Tyson on a cruise ship and beats him with contemptuous ease, then hosts the team showdown at his own coliseum on a heavily fortified family estate. His griffin Griffolyon is ancestral and disciplined, and the arrogance is backed by real mastery. What changes him is the Bladebreakers: he learns from them that a side is worth more than individual pride, rematches Tyson before the Russian final to sharpen him, and sits in the Moscow crowd as an ally. A serious chess player and a capable businessman away from the dish, he reappears with Johnny in G-Revolution to weigh up the tag-team field.
Appearance and personality
What They Look Like, and How They Behave
Like the rest of the Majestics he blades in armour, his in blue.
Honour matters to him and he plays it straight. He starts out preferring to battle alone and learns from the BBA team that a side is worth more, and he starts out arrogant with it — his first appearance has him wrecking other people's Beyblades, Tyson's among them. By G-Revolution most of that has gone: he is civil with Tyson, on decent terms, and will put himself out to help.
On file
The record
- Blading style
- Balance
- Nationality
- German
- English voice
- Vince Corazza / Robert Smith
- Team
- Majestics
- Beyblades
- Griffolyon
- Bit-beast or avatar
- Griffolyon
- Japanese name
- ラルフ・ユルゲンス
- Romaji
- Rarufu Yurugensu
- Also known as
- Ralph Jürgens
- Occupation
- Blader / Leader of the Majestics
- Gender
- Male
- First anime appearance
- Cruising for a Bruising
- First manga appearance
- Finishing Move Foiled!!
- Voice (Japanese)
- Yuki Matsuda
- Voice (English)
- Vince Corazza (Beyblade) / Robert Tinkler (Beyblade Episode 33) / Robert Smith (Beyblade: G-Revolution)
Bit-beast & Beyblades
Griffolyon, form by form
- Griffolyon
- Griffolyon 2
Special moves
Called shots
Story by season
Where the seasons take them
Beyblade (2001)
Majestics (captain)
Robert humiliates Tyson before the tournament even properly begins, beating him at sea with such ease that the loss stings the whole team into training harder for Europe. Back at his family estate he stages the Olympia challenge, wagering the Majestics' own championship spot on a three-round contest against the Bladebreakers; the opening round ends in a draw, Johnny falls to Kai in the second, and Robert himself loses the decider to Tyson once he sees what real teamwork looks like — a defeat that teaches him more about the game than any win could. He comes away respecting the Bladebreakers enough to invite Tyson back for a private rematch before the Russian final, sharpening him rather than beating him down this time, and later cheers him on from the stands in Moscow.
Beyblade G-Revolution (2003)
Majestics (guest appearance)
Robert resurfaces in G-Revolution only as a guest, dropping in with Johnny during the tag-team round-robin to watch the new generation of bladers work. When the two of them uncover proof that the Barthez Battalion has been cheating with illegal attachments and tampered blades, Robert brings it straight to Tyson, only to learn the discovery has come too late to matter — disqualifying a team that far into the tournament would force the whole World Cup to be replayed, and no one is willing to do that. He settles for watching from the sidelines instead, cheering on the BBA Revolution against the cheaters he couldn't stop.
Briefing
What to know
- Team captain of the Majestics, wielding the inherited bit-beast Griffolyon
- Initially dismisses teamwork as unnecessary until the Bladebreakers prove him wrong
- Owns a fortified family castle in Germany, complete with antiquities and booby traps, tended by his butler Gustav
- Defeats Tyson in their first encounter, motivating the Bladebreakers to train harder in Europe
- Helps train Tyson before the World Championship final and later supports Team BBA Revolution against BEGA
- In the manga his major rival is Kai rather than Johnny, and he wins their duel
- An accomplished chess player who beats teammate Johnny
Notable battles
- vs Anonymous Bladers - Episode 30 - Win
- vs Tyson Granger - Episode 30 - Win
- vs Tyson Granger - Episode 39 - Lose
- vs Tyson Granger - Episode 47 - Win
- vs Tyson Granger - Episode 47 - Lose
- vs Miguel - G-Revolution Episode 7 - Lose
Quotes
In Their Own Words
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The name is Robert.
Key episodes
Watch these first
- S1E30 Cruising for a Bruising
- S1E37 A Knight to Remember!
- S1E39 A Majestic Battle... a Majestic Victory?
- S1E47 A Lesson for Tyson
- S1E51 Final Showdown
- S3E16 Fire and Water
- S3E17 Same Old Dirty Tricks...
Sightings
Episodes they appear in
From our own episode records — the cast, Beyblade and debut lists we compiled show the name here.
- Beyblade (2001) episode 30: Cruising for a Bruising 2001-07-30
- Beyblade (2001) episode 31: London Calling 2001-08-06
- Beyblade (2001) episode 37: A Knight to Remember! 2001-09-17
- Beyblade (2001) episode 38: Olympia Challenge 2001-09-24
- Beyblade (2001) episode 39: A Majestic Battle... a Majestic Victory? 2001-10-01
- Beyblade (2001) episode 47: A Lesson for Tyson 2001-11-26
- Beyblade (2001) episode 51: Final Showdown 2001-12-24
- Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 16: Fire and Water 2003-04-21
- Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 17: Same Old Dirty Tricks... 2003-04-28
- Beyblade (2001) episode 33
- Beyblade (2001) episode 36
- Beyblade (2001) episode 49
- Beyblade (2001) episode 50
- Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 12
- Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 30
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.
- Beyblade (2001) episode 30: Cruising for a Bruising First anime appearance · 2001-07-30
Rivals & bonds
Known associates
- Tyson Granger three matches in season 1
- Johnny McGregorEnriqueOliver Majestics
- Kai Hiwatari Kai never actually blades Robert in the anime, but the manga makes Robert his real Majestic rival, stepping in to face Kai himself after Kai demands a rematch from Johnny and beating him too.
Cross-references
Teams, places and more
Bit-beasts & avatars 1
Attributed, not verified by us
Claims We Could Not Check
- One of the strongest bladers in the GBA games thanks to a balanced stat spread at max level
- His zodiac sign is Libra
In the card games
Robert Jürgens on cardboard
The character 2
Their bit-beast 1
Their Beyblades 2
Their moves 1
The Blader Profile is our own reading of how the character performs on screen or on the page, not a figure from the makers.