Rantaro Kiyama

, also known as, is a character featured in the anime and manga series, Beyblade Burst. He is a member of the Bey Club at his school. He currently battles with his Beyblade, Rising Ragnaruk .G.R.

Appearance
Rantaro is tall and has blond hair and brown eyes. He is usually seen wearing a black gakuran jacket with a red sleeveless shirt underneath. His matching gakuran trousers are kept up using a rope and he keeps comic books around his waistband (In the manga, these are specifically CoroCoro comics). He wears a bandaid on the bridge of his nose and he is almost always seen with a lollipop in his mouth.

Personality
Rantaro is highly self-confident, often referring to himself as Kumicho ("The Boss") and is good at sneaking things in and out of their school's strict regulations. He can be quite simple-minded and clueless, and is shown to not be very insightful sometimes (such as when he was unable to tell that Valt was upset over Shu's shoulder injury and when Ken was feeling lonely at Xhaka's grandpa's dojo). Despite this, he is honest and has strong sense of justice.

Rantaro has many similar personality traits to Valt Aoi. Being naturally honest, he displays many of his emotions openly, whether it be happiness, anger, sadness or joy. He is often mistaken to be violent, but he is actually a good guy. He is often the first to encourage his teammates to do well before a battle.

Beyblade Burst (anime)
Rantaro was introduced in Let's Go! Valkyrie!!, where he is first seen at the start of a battle against Valt Aoi. He won the battle against Valt without commanding his Beyblade once, as Valt's bad launches caused self-knockouts. He was then forced to clean up the mess caused by Valt's Victory Valkyrie .B.V by the School Principal.

He later registered for the local tournament and faced Valt once again in the first round of the tournament. Despite winning the first battle with a Stadium Out and earning a point, Rantaro lost the second round due to a Burst Finish, resulting in Valt's overall victory. He complimented Valt on his performance afterwards.

Beyblade Burst (manga)
Rantaro Kiyama debuts in the first chapter as the first person ever to be challenged by Valt Aoi. However, their first battle ended up in disaster as Valt's wrong launch broke the statue of the school's founder. As a result, both Rantaro and Valt were punished by their teacher.

Beyblades

 * Ragnaruk Heavy Survive: Rantaro's Beyblade in the manga.
 * Rising Ragnaruk .G.R: Rantaro's primary Beyblade in Beyblade: Burst.

Special Moves

 * Ragnaruk Zone:

Trivia

 * Rantaro's family name, Kiyama, includes the name of a colour, similar to Valt Aoi and Shu Kurenai, who have "Blue" and "Crimson" in their names respectively. Specifically, his colour is yellow.
 * Rantaro's first name and his bey, Rising Ragnaruk share the same initials, and hints the letter R in the center of the bey