Hiro Granger

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Hiro Granger
Hrio Granger
Japanese name	Hitoshi Kinomiya
Hair color	blue
Eye color	brown

Hiro Granger ( , Hitoshi Kinomiya^?) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series of Beyblade. He only appears in the third season of the anime, Beyblade G-Revolution, but appears throughout the manga from the beginning. He is the older brother of Tyson Granger. His bit-beast is Metal Driger. In the manga his Holy Monster is Metal Dragon.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Hiro first appears as his alter-ego, Jin of the Gale (Shippu no Jin). He seems to be another ordinary villain. However, Tyson feels that he is familiar, as if foreshadowing. When "Jin of the Gale" sent a battle invitation to Tyson, Ray intercepted it and challenged him. Even though Jin won, he does not want to battle Tyson anymore. When Jin finally reveals himself to be Tyson's brother, Hiro Granger, they share a reunion, but it doesn't last long.

Hiro turns out to be a strict coach who doesn't care about anything but the team and it actually makes him look like a villain in his own right. The truth is that he wants to prepare Tyson the best he can for whatever comes his way.

After the world tournament in the first half of the season, Hiro surprises everyone by joining the BEGA league. This angers Tyson. At first, his reason was to help Tyson. If he trained a strong blader, Tyson would have to get stronger as well. However, when Hiro saw Brooklyn's talent, he wished to create a strong rival in order for him to defeat and left BBA Revolution. Through the Justice 5 tournament, he stood by Brooklyn, but at the very end, he expresses his pride in Tyson through his thoughts and leaves to train.

Kai Hiwatari, though no real reason is given, seems to hate Hiro. Tension is very thick between them when they talk, and Kai clearly states later on for Hiro to stay out of his way.

Spoilers end here.

Beyblade
Characters	Hiro Granger \| Tyson Granger \| Kai Hiwatari \| Kenny \| Ray Kon \| Daichi Sumeragi \| Hilary Tachibana \| Max Tate \| Others
Teams	Bladebreakers \| Blade Sharks \| White Tigers \| All Starz \| Dark Bladers \| Majestics \| Demolition Boys \| Team Psykick \| Saint Shields \| King & Queen \| Barthez Battalion \| F-Dynasty \| BEGA League
Media	Season 1-Beyblade 2000 \| Season 2 - V-Force \| Season 3 - G-Revolution \| The Movie: Fierce Battle \| Manga
Games	Beyblade (GBC) \| Beyblade (PS) \| Beyblade 2 \| BeyBlade: Super Tournament Battle \| Beyblade: GRevolution \| Beyblade Ultimate Blader Jam \| Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002: Takao Version, Daichi Version
Other	Timeline \| Bit-beast \| Toys \| Trading card game