Tyson's grandfather and a living kendo master. He welcomed his grandson to his dojo when Yoshie died. He practices swordsmanship, kendo actually, and tries in vain to teach Tyson some things, but the latter has other interests. The elder Kinomiya is an enthusiastic and energetic character, although more civilised in the Japanese version of the anime (in the English dub, he is the "cool-yo" type). He sometimes follows team BBA around the world to support them during tournaments. In Japan, he also offers a home for the team.  In general, he mostly creates comic relief, but he also occasionally (and involuntarily) makes Tyson realise some important tips for beyblading, such as the winder lengthening trick.  For family reasons, Ryu's dojo also housed the sword-shaped stone inside which Seiryuu was trapped.  In G Revolution, he took the place of the fifth member on Tayson's G Revolutions team as "Mr.X". This was only temporary, because Tyson was looking for the appropriate beyblader to complete his team and Kai was nowhere to be seen, yet the Justice 5 tournament rules required for him to submit a list of players before a certain deadline.

Thirteen-year-old Tyson Granger (Takao Kinomiya), along with his fellow teammates, Kai Hiwatari, Max Tate (Max Mizuhura), and Ray Kon (Rei Kon), strive to become the greatest Beybladers in the world. With the technical help of the team's resident genius, Kenny (Kyouju), and with the powerful strength of their BitBeasts, the Bladebreakers armed with their tops (AKA: Blades) attempt to reach their goal.
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(Source: Anime News Network)

__Hobbies:__ Jazz & Tap dancing
__Nickname:__ 周ちゃん

Chikao Ootsuka was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator, with a career spanning 67 years.
Ootsuka died from ischemic heart failure at the age of 85 on January 15, 2015.

Father of [Akio Ootsuka](https://anilist.co/staff/95146/Akio-Ootsuka).

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José Santa Cruz Costa was a Brazilian actor, voice actor, presenter, radio host, and comedian. He is the great-grandfather of voice actor Ivan Franco.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Danny DeVito, Ian McKellen, J. K. Simmons, Bernard Lee, Robbie Coltrane, Peter Boyle, Gustavo Rojo, Jorge Vargas, Mario Casillas and Julio Vega (Most of the productions)
- Earl Sneed Sinclair (Dinosaurs)
- Megatron (Transformers franchise)
- Erik Magnus Lehnsherr / Max Eisenhardt / Magneto (X-Men 1992, X-Men: Evolution, Ian McKellen's movies, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends [1st dub] and MAD)
= Professor Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter franchise)
- M (Sir Miles Messervy and Admiral Hargreaves in 007 franchise)
- J. Jonah Jameson (Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy)
- Jar Jar Binks (1999-2014; Star Wars franchise)
- Dr. Julius Hibbert (10th voice - 14th-31st season; The Simpsons)
- Mr. Omar (Everybody Hates Chris)
- Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (Tarzan, The Legend of Tarzan and Tarzan & Jane)
- Auguste Gusteau (Ratatouille)
- King Randor (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
- Stinky Pete / Prospector (Toy Story franchise)
- Bigweld (Robots)
- The Toad (Flushed Away)
- Mordekaiser, The Iron Revenant [2010-2019] and Volibear, the Relentless Storm [2011-2020] (League of Legends)
- Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)
- Detective Will Jeffries (Cold Case)
- Devon Miles (Knight Rider)
- Uncle Max (The Lion King 1½)
- Hiroshi Sato (1st voice; The Legend of Korra)
- General Li (Mulan)
- King Mondo (Power Rangers: Zeo)
- Clayton Farlow (Dallas)
- Harvey Bullock (Batman: The Animated Series)
- Captain Rumford (Diablo III)
- Ginjirō Mizuno / Bicrosser Jin (Bicrossers)
- Velen (World of Warcraft)
- Mayor Johnathan "John" Carlton Lynch (Rango)
- Scrooge McDuck (Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas)
- Mouse King (Barbie in The Nutcracker)
- Boris (Balto II: Wolf Quest)
- Farmer (Barnyard and Back at the Barnyard)
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**Tommy Karlsen Sandum** was a Norwegian actor and voice actor.

Beyblade is a manga series about a group of children battling with highly powerful spinning tops enchanted with sacred bit-beasts or spirits of mythical and powerful creatures. The show focuses on the battles between Beyblading teams as they compete to become the world champions. The main character within the show are Tyson Granger, and his friends Kai Hiwatari, Ray Kon and Max Tate. During The Bladebreakers quest to become the ultimate Beyblade champions, Tyson and his friends meet many new friends, enemies and competetors whilst overcoming problems.<br><br>
(Source: Wikipedia)

Ryuunosuke Kinomiya