Salima

Biography

Salima is the conscience of Kane's group, opposed to the cyber bit-beasts from the start and pushed into a training match where she accidentally summons Cyber Driger — the copy built from Ray's tiger — and is partly taken over by it. She and Ray had struck up an easy rapport before they became opponents, which makes the Battle Tower match painful for both; she nearly dies in it, loses fairly, and breaks free. She is composed and intelligent and blades well above the level of a hired pilot, and she looks out for people outside her team too, telling Ray to forfeit and save his bit-beast rather than take a free win. Afterwards she leaves competition to travel and teach children the game, and reappears with Kane's group at the World Championship.

Spiky red hair, longer than Max's but cut much the same way, and dark purple eyes. She wears a black jacket over a purple top with a white skirt, red belt, black stockings and purple shoes; her first appearance drops the jacket and the stockings. Once she joins the team she is in the Psykick uniform.

Kind, and a true believer in what her team says it is for — learning everything there is to learn about Beyblade. She looks out for people outside it too: she told Ray to forfeit and save his bit-beast rather than take the free win herself, and she left competition afterwards to travel and teach children the game. She was also among the members who refused to cheat.

Blading style

Balance

Nationality

Japanese

English voice

Susan Roman

Team

Team Psykick

Beyblades

Cyber Driger

Bit-beast or avatar

Cyber Driger

First appearance

Beyblade: V-Force (early team introduction episode)

Japanese name

サリマ

Romaji

Sarima

Occupation

Blader / Teacher

Gender

Female

First anime appearance

Hilary's Bey-B-Cue

First manga appearance

A New Assassin!!

Voice (Japanese)

Hikaru Ikeda

Voice (English)

Susan Roman

1. 1 Cyber Driger S2 · ep 23

• Fights with Cyber Driger, a synthetic bit-beast built from Driger's stolen data by Doctor B's scientists.
• Initially resists using the Cyber Bit-Beasts, viewing the technology as unfair and dangerous.
• Accidentally summons Cyber Driger during a training match against teammate Kane Yamashita, becoming partially possessed.
• Nearly dies mid-battle against Ray Kon before he defeats her and breaks the bit-beast's hold.
• Has unspoken romantic feelings for teammate Kane Yamashita, her closest bond on Team Psykick.
• After the ordeal, leaves competitive Beyblading to travel the world with teammate Goki, teaching children.
• In the manga, she has no prior relationship with Tyson's group and is introduced directly as a Team Psykick member.

• Drew with Kane Yamashita, V-Force episode 20
• Drew with Ray Kon, episode 23
• Lost to Ray Kon, episode 23

• Someday, we’ll have a fair fight, with no one getting in the way.

• If he goes on like this, then Kane won’t last much longer!

• Your silence must mean that you’re scared to battle me.

• Oh, Kane, you're not yourself right now.

• Oh, you are not yourself, Kane, I know you are better than this.

• Remember what you once told me. Enjoy the battle, and don't worry too much about winning the match. Huh... That was the advice you gave me. Look at you! Look what you've become!

1. S2E17 Hilary's Bey-B-Que Beyblade V-Force (2002) · Cyber Bit-Beasts · Apr 29, 2002
2. S2E19 Their Own Private Battles Beyblade V-Force (2002) · Cyber Bit-Beasts · May 13, 2002
3. S2E23 The Bigger the Cyber Driger... The Harder It Falls... Beyblade V-Force (2002) · The Battle Tower · Jun 17, 2002
4. S2E27 Building the Perfect Bit-Beast! Beyblade V-Force (2002) · The Battle Tower · Jul 15, 2002
5. S2E43 Kai's Royal Flush Beyblade V-Force (2002) · King, Queen and Zeo's Turn · Nov 4, 2002

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

• Beyblade: V-Force episode 17: Hilary's Bey-B-Que 2002-04-29
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 18: When Friends Become Foes 2002-05-06
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 19: Their Own Private Battles 2002-05-13
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 20: The Power Half Hour!! 2002-05-20
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 21: The Battle Tower Showdown 2002-05-27
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 22: Max Takes One for the Team 2002-06-10
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 23: The Bigger the Cyber Driger... The Harder It Falls... 2002-06-17
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 26: Cyber Dragoon Takes Control! 2002-07-08
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 27: Building the Perfect Bit-Beast! 2002-07-15
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 43: Kai's Royal Flush 2002-11-04
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 25
• Beyblade: V-Force episode 28

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 V-Force episode 23 aired in Japan: The Bigger the Cyber Driger... The Harder It Falls... news item · 2002-06-17

• Ray Kon An instant, easy rapport curdles into the fight that nearly kills her, and it's Ray who reaches the person underneath Cyber Driger and talks her back from it, earning a gratitude that outlasts the match.
• KaneGokiJim Team Psykick
• Doctor B She defies him first by refusing to use Cyber Driger and later by wrecking his equipment mid-match, and pays for both when he has her locked away after the bit-beast overwhelms her.