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Character file · Original series
Bruce Granger
Tatsuya Kinomiya · 木ノ宮龍也
- From
- Japanese
- First seen
- Beyblade: 2000 (late-season videotape appearance)
1
series
3
episodes on record
Biography
Bruce Granger — Tatsuya Kinomiya in Japan — is Tyson and Hiro's father and Ryu Granger's son, an archaeologist whose fieldwork keeps him away for long stretches, which is why the boys were raised at their grandfather's dojo. Hiro sometimes goes with him. He surfaces only near the end of the first series: first as a recorded lecture reaching the team in London, sharing what his digs have turned up about where bit-beasts came from, and then in person during the Russian arc, where what he knows about Boris and Voltaire helps the adults work out what is really being attempted. He is warm and distant at once, and matters more for what he explains than for anything he does.
On file
The record
- Nationality
- Japanese
- First appearance
- Beyblade: 2000 (late-season videotape appearance)
- Japanese name
- 木ノ宮龍也
- Romaji
- Kinomiya Tatsuya
- Occupation
- Archeaologist
- Gender
- Male
- First anime appearance
- The Blade Raider (Mentioned) / London Calling (Video Tape) / First Strike (full appearance)
- Voice (Japanese)
- Osamu Hosoi
- Voice (English)
- Craig Lauzon
Story by season
Where the seasons take them
Beyblade (2001)
He surfaces for the first time as a recorded lecture reaching the team in London, a voice from the dig sites explaining what his research has turned up about where bit-beasts actually come from. He doesn't appear in person until just before the World final in Russia, arriving alongside his own father to help the adults piece together what Boris and Voltaire are really after. He never blades himself; what he offers is context the boys couldn't get anywhere else, delivered in the same distracted, affectionate way he's spent their whole childhood being absent.
Briefing
What to know
- Archaeologist father of Tyson and Hiro Granger, and son of Ryu Granger.
- His travel for work kept him largely absent from Tyson's upbringing.
- Hiro accompanied him on research trips for several years.
- First appears via videotape discussing bit-beast origins near season one's end.
- Shares insight into Boris and Voltaire's real motives late in Beyblade: 2000.
- His given name is said to mean 'become dragon', echoing Tyson's Dragoon.
Key episodes
Watch these first
- S1E31 London Calling
- S1E46 First Strike
Sightings
Episodes they appear in
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.
Rivals & bonds
Known associates
- Tyson GrangerHiro Granger sons
- Grandpa Granger father
- Mr. Dickenson He gives Dickenson the historical grounding on bit-beasts and on Voltaire and Boris's real aims that the chairman needs to understand exactly what the Bladebreakers were formed to stop.
Attributed, not verified by us
Claims We Could Not Check
- The name 'Tatsuya' means 'become dragon', likely chosen to connect to Tyson and Dragoon.