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Character file · Metal Saga

Tsubasa Otori (Manga)

Ōtori Tsubasa · 大鳥翼

Protagonist Dark Nebula (reformed after) Beyblade: Metal Fusion
First seen
Metal Fight Beyblade manga, Battle Bladers arc

1

series

44

episodes on record

1

Beyblade

Biography

In the manga continuity, Tsubasa Otori is a soft-spoken but devious main protagonist recruited by the Dark Nebula and partnered with Yu Tendo, together forming a duo aimed at eliminating Ginga Hagane's friends. He battles with eyes closed to read opponents purely by sound, wielding Earth Aquila 145WD and his signature Aquila Great Feather Reflection technique. After the Dark Nebula's defeat he and Yu remain in Japan as reformed bladers, but their run in Battle Bladers ends in a tag-team loss to Ginga and Kyouya despite a strong joint Annihilation Attack.

Appearance and personality

What They Look Like, and How They Behave

This version of Tsubasa is tall and lightly muscular, with long, deep-blue hair reaching past his back, bangs hanging over his eyes at the front and sideburns as long as his ears. His eyes have the piercing look of an eagle, and he keeps them shut through most of a battle, opening them only to bore into an opponent's Beyblade spirit at a decisive moment. He wears a long vermilion jacket zipped up to a collar left open at the top, black fingerless gloves, and a belt of blading gear tucked out of sight beneath the jacket and visible only from behind, along with slim-fitting trousers folded over his boots.

Soft-spoken but calculating, this version of Tsubasa relishes unsettling opponents with unconventional tactics nearly as much as he relishes winning outright. He takes real pride in his ability to read a fight by ear, and that same pride tips into arrogance outside the ring, where he considers most people unworthy of his direct gaze. Taking work with Dark Nebula looks sinister on its face, but his aims run narrower: sharpening his own skill and proving how strong he is, rather than pursuing anything genuinely villainous.

Blader Profile

Tsubasa Otori (Manga), rated

  • Attack 7/10
  • Defense 6/10
  • Stamina 7/10
  • Technique 8/10
  • Spirit 5/10

beybladewiki.com editorial rating — based on on-screen performance, not official stats.

Fights with his eyes shut, reading attacks by sound and reflecting them back, but overconfidence sees him and Yu fall to Ginga and Kyouya.

On file

The record

Team
Dark Nebula (reformed after)
Beyblades
Earth Aquila 145WD
First appearance
Metal Fight Beyblade manga, Battle Bladers arc
Japanese name
大鳥翼
Romaji
Ōtori Tsubasa
Occupation
Former Member of the Dark Nebula
Gender
Male
First manga appearance
Chapter 10

Beyblades

Tsubasa Otori (Manga)'s Beyblades

  1. Earth Aquila 145WD

Briefing

What to know

  • Manga-only version, portrayed as more openly devious and overconfident than his anime counterpart.
  • Battles with his eyes closed, relying on sound to predict opponents' next moves.
  • Signature technique is Aquila Great Feather Reflection (AGFR), which counters a read opponent attack directly.
  • Shares a joint finisher, Annihilation Attack, with partner Yu Tendo.
  • Loses to Ginga Hagane and Kyouya Tategami in a tag match, eliminating him and Yu from Battle Bladers.
  • Has a gentler relationship with Yu Tendo than in the anime, plus a complicated bond with Reiji Mizuchi as part of the 'Dark Trident.'

Notable battles

  • vs Hikaru Hasama in Chapter 11 — Win
  • vs Ginga Hagane and Kyouya Tategami (tag w/ Yu Tendo) in Chapters 12-13 — Loss

Sightings

Episodes they appear in

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

Also on record

Episodes that mention them

The name turns up in what happens in these episodes rather than in their cast lists, so read them as leads, not as a credit.

Also on record

Named elsewhere on this site

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.

Attributed, not verified by us

Claims We Could Not Check

  • His manga design gives him closed eyes as a signature trait, unlike the open-eyed anime version.
  • Forms the 'Dark Trident' grouping with Yu Tendo and Reiji Mizuchi per creator Takafumi Idachi's commentary.

The Blader Profile is our own reading of how the character performs on screen or on the page, not a figure from the makers.