Hiro Granger

Hiro Granger, known in the Japanese versions as Hitoshi Kinomiya (木ノ宮仁, Kinomiya Hitoshi^?) 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.

Manga

Hiro appears in volume 1 as a rival/villain and confronts Tyson on his skills. He later brings Ray to the Japanese tournament to compete. After the tournament finishes, he reveals his true identity to his younger brother who has returned to Japan. Later as part of the world championships, the Japanese team of Tyson, Ray, Max and Kai travel to China, along with Kenny, to compete against the White Tigers. Before they enter the tournament, Hiro introduces them to a site his father and him had worked at before he had returned to Japan in the first place. There he explains the importance of the four sacred bit-beasts which are housed into the Beyblades and how other sacred spirits will now appear. Hiro follows the team throughout the entire championships until the end. When the championship is won, he once again disappears. He returns upon the second tournament to aid Tyson and his team in the World Championships once again. After the team splits up into their own countries team, Hiro accomplices Tyson, Kenny and now Daichi until the last volume where the final battle of Tyson and Kai is left unfinished.

Anime

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. (English Voiced by: Illich Guardiola)

Beyblades and Attacks

ENGINE GEAR METAL DRIGER [IRON CLAW] [MULTI-IMAGE ILLUSION] [WING BOXER ATTACK]

Teams

BEYBLADE [???] BEYBLADE V-FORCE [???] BEYBLADE G-REVOLUTION [BBA REVOLUTION] [B.E.G.A BLADERS]

Facts

• He is one of three characters to reappear after the first Beyblade game on the GBC. The others being Kai and Tyson.