Aiger Akabane

Aiger Akabane, known as in Japan, is the main protagonist of the anime and manga series, Beyblade Burst Turbo. After witnessing the strength of Valt Aoi's new Bey, Aiger decided to create his own Bey, Z Achilles A4 11 Xtend and become a Blader. Afterwards, he moves to the big city, where he sets out on a journey to become strong enough in order to defeat Valt someday, which he achieved while under possession of his Turbo Beyblade. Over the course of his journey, Aiger upgraded his Beyblade into Z Achilles A4 11 Xtend+

Appearance
Aiger looks similar to Valt, except he has lighter skin, turquoise eyes, wears red clothing and his hair and eyebrows are maroon. He has a red letter "A" tattooed on his left cheek, and several bandage strips on his face: a horizontal one on his right cheek, two horizontal ones placed vertically on the right temple, and a horizontal one over an "X" shaped bandage underneath it on the left temple.

Aiger’s attire consists of a white shirt, jet black shorts with blue-buckled suspenders, a short-sleeved burgundy letterman's jacket with a black-striped white collar, tomato sleeves, border and pocket lining, and burgundy sneakers with a tomato border, white laces, white toe caps and a white circle with an upside-down dark-blue "A" on each inner heel. His jacket has a light-cyan circle with an upside-down dark-blue "A" on the back and three yellow buttons on the front: one on the right side with a dark-blue Beyblade symbol, and two on the left, the upper one an upside-down dark-blue "A", and the bottom a dark-blue star. After his first battle with Valt, Aiger began wearing a dark-blue hand brace on his left hand and wrist.

When he's about perform his bey's signature move, his hair turns crimson and breaks free from the blue rubber band holding it upright.

Personality
Aiger is very hot headed and cannot stand losing as he was infuriated after his defeat at the hands of Valt Aoi. However, similar to Valt, he has been thoughtful of his strategies and wins battles because of them. He also acts like a big-shot at times, such as when he brags about his victories and so-called "invincibility".

Having lived on a farm for most of his life, Aiger loves animals. He also elects to sleep in a tent in Beigoma Academy's petting zoo instead of the school's dormitories so he can be closer to the animals.

Aiger acts like Valt in many ways. They are both passionate about blading, and can easily make friends. (Valt made friends with Rantaro Kiyama; Aiger made friends with Rantaro's brother, Ranjiro)

Aiger loves milk and drinks it straight from the pack without pouring it into a cup.

However in episode 25 in his battle against Free he emitted some kind of dark aura similar to Phi, so his personality is expected to take a big turn later in the anime. This is supported by episode 28 when Aiger got possessed by Z Achilles and would do everything it takes to win.

Special Moves

 * Z Breaker: With its tip set in High mode, Achilles uses its height to its advantage and attacks knocking opponents downward, adding a down force on them, dealing more damage.
 * Z Shoot: Using the slope of the stadium, Achilles gains more speed and power in it's attacks, similar to Valt's Rush Launch.
 * Z Defense: By spinning at high speed, Achilles uses it's short edges to deflect incoming attacks and returns damage.
 * Z Slash: With it’s tip set to lower mode, Achilles hits the opponents bey head on, using its long sword like edge to slash across the opponents layer, similar to Valt’s Winning Slash
 * Z Dive: Using the power from an opponent's attack, Achilles flies into the air then uses gravity to increase its speed and power of its fall to inflict massive damage on its opponent, similar to Lui's Bloody Squall.
 * Super Z Slash:
 * Super Z Shoot:

Naru Akabane
Naru is Aiger’s little sister. She is very supportive of Aiger. She also helped him make Z Achilles A4 11 Xtend.

Ranjiro Kiyama
Aiger and Ranjiro seem to get well along with each other. At first, Ranjiro decided to teach Aiger a lesson after the latter had defeated all the members of the Rebel Bey Club; but after the two had a beybattle where they tied 149 times, the two came to respect one another. Since then, Ranjiro has begun supporting Aiger in his matches, and at one point he even returned his Bey to him after the Rebel Bladers had stolen it.

Valt Aoi
Aiger strives to become a Blader strong enough to one day defeat Valt after witnessing the immense power and strength of his new Wonder Valtryek V4 12 Volcanic. Valt is very supportive towards Aiger, and always encourages him to keep getting stronger whenever the two meet. The two are also very similar in terms of personality.

Gallery
For a full gallery of images of Aiger, see Aiger Akabane/Gallery.

Trivia

 * Aiger is the first Beyblade protagonist who uses a Balance-Type Bey, thus making him the first protagonist not to use an Attack-Type Bey.
 * Aiger is also the first protagonist whose name is an assonance.
 * Much like Valt Aoi, Aiger is really good at socializing, as he tried to befriend the Rebel and Beigoma Academy BeyClub members. In addition, Aiger shares Valt's habit of talking to his Beyblade.
 * Aiger's friendship with Ranjiro mirrors that of Valt's friendship with Ranjiro's brother, Rantaro.
 * Aiger, like Valt in Turbo, wears a backpack.
 * His sister Naru acts like Toko and Nika for Aiger.
 * Aiger's Japanese name "Aiga" means "Family" which is also how Aiger is close to his family. His last name in Japan, "Akaba" means "red blade", while his last name in dub "Akabane" means "red feather" in Japanese.
 * To support Japan in World Cup 2018 in Russia, Hiro Morita posted Aiger in Japan National Team uniform at his Twitter.
 * Aiger is the second Burst protagonist, right after Valt Aoi.
 * Aiger's traits of being the second protagonist in a Beyblade series, idolizing the first protagonist, and having a strong spirit make him similar to Zyro Kurogane, the protagonist of Beyblade: Shogun Steel.
 * He placed 10th in the character popularity poll in Japan.
 * Aiger is the first Blader to be seen receiving a Level Chip.
 * Aiger owns a Gold Level Chip
 * Similar to Tsubasa Otori in the Metal Saga, Aiger was infected by Phi’s Revive Phoenix 10 Friction’s dark power, while Tsubasa was infected by Ryuga’s Lightning L-Drago 100HF’s dark power in the Metal Saga.