Ryutaro Fukami

Biography

Ryutaro Fukami is a fortune-telling Dark Nebula blader who fights with Thermal Pisces T125ES and holds a fatalistic belief that the future cannot be changed. Defeated by Gingka Hagane's new Storm Bringer move and later recruited into Dark Nebula by Ryuga, he ultimately loses a Battle Bladers rematch against Gingka after an escalating mind-game battle, freeing him to rejoin the reformed group of former villains celebrating Gingka's final victory.

Fair-skinned and Japanese, Ryutaro wears dark blue hair along with violet lipstick on his lower lip and pink markings beneath his turquoise eyes. His clothing takes its cues from a traditional yukata and hakama but is cut in a more Western style, finished with a number of leather belts and shoes with an unusually high sole. He's rarely without his fan.

Ryutaro keeps up a humble front despite being genuinely arrogant and self-absorbed, speaking in an overly polite, old-fashioned way and rarely voicing criticism outright. A sense of superiority runs through him, tied partly to his gift for foreseeing the future, and he's usually smiling as he gestures with his fan — nearly everything about him draws on Japanese tradition. He holds fast to the belief that fate is fixed, and challenges to that conviction rattle him into stammering, something his fights with Gingka eventually loosen. He can hurt people without much guilt, yet isn't cruel by nature: he calls out Doji over the Dark Nebula's inhumane punishments, even though he can't quite walk away from the organisation and instead tries to protect himself by beating Gingka as hard as he can.

Team

Dark Nebula (formerly)

Beyblades

Thermal Pisces T125ES

First appearance

Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode MF030

Japanese name

深海流太郎

Romaji

Fukami Ryūtarō

Occupation

Blader / Fortune Teller / Former Member of the Dark Nebula

Gender

Male

First anime appearance

The Bewitching Pisces

Voice (Japanese)

Yūki Hiro

Voice (English)

Shawn Meunier

1. 1 Thermal Pisces T125ES

• Fights with the air-manipulating, mind-tricking Thermal Pisces T125ES, tied to his claimed ability to foresee the future.
• Recruited into Dark Nebula by Ryuga after being easily defeated alongside Tobio Oike.
• Uses the special moves Distortion Drive and Blazing Inferno to disorient opponents psychologically rather than through raw power.
• Loses his pivotal Battle Bladers rematch against Gingka Hagane despite strengthening his special move.
• Objects to Dark Nebula's punishment of losing bladers, calling Doji out on it, though he doesn't leave the group outright.
• Also appears in Metal Masters, placing 8th in Japan's qualifiers, and in the movie Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun.
• Fans group him with fellow former Dark Nebula members Tobio and Tetsuya as the unofficial 'Death Stream Scissors' trio.

• Lost to Gingka Hagane, Metal Fusion episode MF030, via the debut of Storm Bringer
• Tag-teamed with Tobio Oike and lost to Ryuga, episode MF035
• Won vs Teru Saotome, episode MF040
• Lost the rematch to Gingka Hagane, episode MF043
• Lost to Reiji Mizuchi offscreen, episode MF043
• Placed 8th, losing Japan's Metal Masters qualifying rounds, episode MM004

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

• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 30: The Bewitching Pisces 2009-10-25
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 40: GO! Battle Bladers! 2010-01-10
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 43: The Deck is Stacked 2010-01-31
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 33
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 38
• Beyblade: Metal Fury episode 39
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 32
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 35
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 42
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 51
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 1
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 4
• Beyblade: Metal Masters episode 6

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

• Beyblade: Metal Fusion episode 30: The Bewitching Pisces First anime appearance · 2009-10-25