| Tyson Granger | |
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Tyson, as he appears in Beyblade G-Revolution. |
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| Voiced by | Motoko Kumai (Japanese) Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin (English) |
| Japanese name | Takao Kinomiya |
| Bit-beast | Dragoon (Seiryuu) |
Tyson Granger, known in Japan as Takao Kinomiya (木ノ宮タカオ Kinomiya Takao), is the main character of the anime and manga series of Beyblade.
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Tyson is a strong-willed kid who is not afraid to speak his mind and in so doing, he seems to get into more trouble than most kids his age. He is a very emotional person, and quite often worries about his friends, causing him to become angry when they are harmed in any way. Tyson isn't a born leader, yet because of his magnetic personality and self-confidence, many seem to gravitate toward him. No situation is too risky for Tyson, and he often relies on nothing more than luck in a beybattle. His style of playing is aggressive and offensive.
In the Japanese version of G-Revolution Tyson (Takao)'s nickname was "The Champ". This can be seen in Episode 10 of the start of the American arc.
Tyson was voiced by Motoko Kumai in the Japanese version, and is voiced by Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin in the English version.
In the first season, Tyson is very outgoing, outspoken and cheerful, though prone to a short temper, emotional outbursts and overconfidence. He is famous for his sense of humour especially during season one where he is constantly making fun of everybody. However, his sense of humour gradually dwindles each season and by the end of the series he is a more introverted character and more serious about his responsibility as the Beyblade world champion.
Tyson is a really popular person in the Beyblade world. He has always had a lot of fans, even when he was an amateur. When he first wins the regional tournament, many people pick up Beyblading just to be like him and defeat him. Tyson has many big fans in his school (as shown in Beyblade V-Force), much to the class president Hilary's dismay, as his popularity in class often leads to the lessons being disrupted. Hilary and Tyson share a Yusuke-Keiko relationship (reminiscent of the so-named characters from Yu Yu Hakusho).
Tyson's closest friend and confidant throughout the series is Kenny, whom he goes to school with in V-Force, and who battles alongside him as his beyblading partner in G-Revolution. By the end of the series Tyson develops a unique relationship with Kai, who also becomes one of his close friends. Outside of Beyblade, Tyson doesn't make friends easily because of his aggressive nature, but he usually leaves a profound effect on the ones he does, completely changing their attitudes and way of life.
In V-Force, Tyson is often late to school and runs to school on a seemingly daily basis. He seems to be an extremely fast runner.
While he is determined and strong of spirit in battle, Tyson can be rash and take too many risks. Tyson isn't very good at beyblade customization and sometimes lacks common sense. Tyson's beyblades uses special attacks that take on the form of a Dragon, and they are generally one of the fiercest, more powerful beyblades around. They use the wind element. Dragoons are known to get better with each model possibly describing how Tyson develops as he grows up and learns from his mistakes. Tyson's bit-beast is Dragoon.
Tyson seems to get his strange skills from his Dragoon beyblade, such as being able to outrun dogs and cars.
In each season, Tyson starts out with the latest series of beyblades, while the rest of the Bladebreakers use their previous models, with the exception of Ray in V-Force, who uses Driger V in his first beyblading appearance. In V-Force, Tyson and Ray start the series with Dragoon V and Driger V, while Kai and Max do not get V series beyblades until later in the series. In G-Revolution, Tyson starts out with Dragoon G, while Kai, Ray, and Max use their V2 beyblades until the World Championships start (again, Ray can possibly be excluded, as he first uses Driger G in the Asian qualifying tournament, while Kai and Max use their V2 blades for the Russia and America qualifiers respectively). Daichi gets Strata Dragoon G later on in the championships.
Even though the beyblades of the F-Dynasty and the HMS beyblades can spin left, Tyson's series of beyblades are the only ones which exclusively use the left-spin gear.
[U.V. = Ultimate version]
Tyson's son will use the last model of Dragoon in the special chapter of the manga:
In the manga series, Tyson's beyblade does not get upgraded by switching parts after he gets Dragoon F. Instead, Tyson's beyblade will transform on its own into a different beyblade due to a Dragon Part he added. For example, Tyson has Dragoon F. With the Dragon Part, Dragoon F will become Dragoon V. At the end of the manga, which flashes forward fifteen years, Tyson has a son named Makoto.
Tyson is in just about all video games relating Beyblade and the anime series. He also starred in a Japanese fighting game called DreamMix TV World Fighters, and could use his beyblade, the Dragoon Galaxy as an attack. Tyson also upgrades his beyblade to Dragoon MS.
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