Ryo Hagane

Biography

Ryo Hagane, Gingka's father, spends most of Metal Fusion disguised as the masked blader Phoenix, testing and guiding his son without revealing his identity. He is unmasked when saving Hyoma and Kenta from falling debris, and by Metal Masters he has stepped fully into his role as WBBA Director in Japan, occasionally donning the Phoenix persona again for old times' sake. Towering over even the adult cast, he imparts the show's core lesson about Blader Spirit to Gingka before nearly being crushed by falling boulders.

Ryo bears a strong resemblance to his son Gingka, sharing the same red hair and the habit of wearing a headband. Day to day he dresses in a blue vest over a black top. In his disguise as Phoenix, he swaps this for a red coat that falls to his knees, along with a metal mask and wig shaped to suggest a phoenix and conceal who he is, worn over a black-and-brown shirt and long pants, with Burn Fireblaze holstered on his belt. He's notably tall, the tallest character in the show, standing taller than even the adult cast and towering over Benkei.

Team

WBBA

Beyblades

Burn Fireblaze 135MS; Storm Pegasus 105RF; Wind Northern Cross 125SF

Bit-beast or avatar

Phoenix

First appearance

Beyblade: Metal Fusion

Japanese name

鋼 流星

Romaji

Hagane Ryūsei

Also known as

Phoenix (alter-ego) / Director of the WBBA (Metal Masters/Metal Fury) / Director (by Hikaru Hasama)

Occupation

Director of WBBA (Masters-Fury) / Blader / Gingka's gang

Gender

Male

First anime appearance

Memories of Ryo (as Ryo) / The Storm Battle Royal (as Phoenix)

Voice (Japanese)

Sho Hayami

Voice (English)

Ron Pardo

1. 1 Burn Fireblaze 135MS
2. 2 Storm Pegasus 105RF
3. 3 Wind Northern Cross 125SF

• Secretly the masked blader Phoenix for most of Metal Fusion, hiding his identity from his son Gingka
• Director of the WBBA in Japan from Metal Masters onward, with Hikaru Hasama as his assistant
• Wields Burn Fireblaze 135MS as Phoenix, plus Storm Pegasus and Wind Northern Cross in flashbacks
• Unmasked when he saves Hyoma and Kenta from falling chandelier debris
• Tries to rejoin GanGan Galaxy as Phoenix but is blocked by a rule barring WBBA relatives
• The tallest character in the Metal Series, towering even over Benkei
• Delivers the 'Blader Spirit' speech to Gingka before the L-Drago finale

• vs Gingka Hagane (as Phoenix) - Episode MF033 - Win
• vs Tsubasa Otori (as Phoenix) - Episode MF039 - Win
• vs Gingka Hagane (as Phoenix) - Episode MF039 - Lose
• vs Doji (as Phoenix) - Episode MF047 - Win
• vs Wang Hu Zhong/Gingka/Masamune/Kenta (as Phoenix) - Episode MM040 - Win

• Please, call me The Immortal Phoenix instead.

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

• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 3: The Monster Cat, Lynx 2011-04-17
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 12: Infiltrate the Dark Nebula's Castle! 2009-06-21
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 14: Memories of Ryo 2009-07-05
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 17: The Silver Pegasus 2009-07-26
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 48: The Truth About Light and Darkness 2010-03-07
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 50: The Furious Final Battle! 2010-03-21
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 51: Blader's Spirit 2010-03-28
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 1: Seeking the Legend 2010-04-04
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 24: The Creeping Darkness 2010-09-12
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 40: The Furious DJ Battle!? 2011-01-09
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 43: Spirits' Last Battle 2011-01-30
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 46: Charge! Hades City 2011-02-20
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 22
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 28
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 30
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 31
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 32
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 33
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 34
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 36
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 38
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 39
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 13
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 39
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 3
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 9
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 23
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 26
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 27
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 28
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 29
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 33
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 38
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 41
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 42
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 44

Tournament reports, testing threads, rules announcements, news and fake or leak checks carrying this name. Each link opens that section with the name already searched for.

• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 48 aired in Japan: The Truth About Light and Darkness news item · 2010-03-07