Tao

Biography

Tao is the eccentric, elderly coach of the White Tigers in Beyblade: G-Revolution, known for reciting nonsensical sayings that nobody can quite decipher but that his team still treasures for their underlying wisdom. He occasionally extends his cryptic mentorship beyond his own team, most notably taking a benched Tyson shopping to help him rediscover the value of teamwork. His advice to Ray as a child — to spin with your heart, not your head — later becomes the key to mastering the Hard Metal System.

Team

White Tigers (coach)

First appearance

Beyblade: G-Revolution

Japanese name

タオ

Romaji

Tao

Also known as

Old Man (老師 Rōshi) / Master

Occupation

White Tigers' Coach / Wise Sage

Gender

Male

First anime appearance

We Were Once Bladebre​akers...

First manga appearance

Clash! Takao VS BaiFuZu's Lai

Voice (Japanese)

Masaaki Tsukada

Voice (English)

John McGrath

• Serves as the White Tigers' team coach through G-Revolution.
• Famous for surreal, unintelligible sayings that the team still respects.
• Takes a benched Tyson shopping, prompting him to reflect on teamwork.
• Gave young Ray the formative advice to 'spin first with your heart, not your head'.
• That advice resurfaces as the key to Ray mastering the Hard Metal System.
• Appears watching White Tiger X's World Championship and Justice Five Tournament matches.

Taken from the episode records rather than this entry’s own. A blader who appears once can have a full episode list here while their own entry runs to three lines.

• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 4
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 9
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 10
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 13
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 15
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 20
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 23
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 30
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 40
• Beyblade: G-Revolution episode 51