Tyson Granger

{{Infobox animanga character Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin (English) }}
 * name        = Tyson Granger
 * series      = Bayblade
 * image       = [[Image:Takao 06.jpg|230px]]
 * caption     = Tyson, as he appears in Beyblade G-Revolution.
 * first       =
 * last        =
 * creator     =
 * voiced by   = Motoko Kumai (Japanese)
 * oaux1 name  = Japanese name
 * oaux1       = Takao Kinomiya
 * age         = 11-13 (Japanese), 13-15 {English)
 * born        =
 * aux1 name   = Bit-beast
 * aux1        = Dragoon (Seiryuu)

Tyson Granger, known in Japan as Takao Kinomiya (木ノ宮タカオ), is the main character of the anime and manga series of  Beyblade.

About
Tyson is a strong-willed teenager 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 seems to be a very emotional person, and quite often worries about his friends, causing him to become angry. Tyson isn't a born leader, yet because of his magnetic personality and self-confidence, people seem to gravitate toward him. No situation is too risky for Tyson, and he often relies on nothing more than luck. His style of playing is aggressive and all in all, Tyson is one fierce competitor.

Takao was voiced by Motoko Kumai in the Japanese version, while Tyson is voiced by Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin in the English version.

Personality and Relationships
Tyson is famous for his sense of humour especially during season one where he is constantly making fun of everybody. His sense of humour constantly dwindles after each season and by the end of the series as he becomes more introverted and more serious about his responsibility as the best Beyblader in the world.

Tyson is a really popular person inside the series. He had a lot of fans even when he was an amateur. When he first won the regional tournament, many people picked up Beyblading just to be like him and defeat him. He has a lot of fans in his school as shown in Beyblade V-Force, much to Hilary's dismay. Although he is popular, he doesn't seem to have many close friends outside of his beyblading ones. His closest friend throughout the series has been Kenny whom he goes to school with. 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 a extremely fast runner.

Family

 * Hiro Granger: Tyson's older brother, a wise blader with much knowledge to offer in Beyblade G-Revolution. He also has a counterpart; Jin of the Gale (Hurricane Jin (疾風のジン) in the Japanese version). Hiro first taught Tyson how to beyblade. Hiro initially joined the BEGA League as Brooklyn's coach, but later joined the G-Revolutions to bring BEGA down and defeat Brooklyn. His bitbeast is called Metal-Driger.
 * Mr. Granger: Tyson's father, an archaeologist who is dedicated to finding out how bit-beasts work, where they came from and why they are in beyblades themselves, and travels all over the world to find his answers.
 * Mrs. Granger: Tyson's mother, Tyson himself knows very little about her as she died when Tyson was only 4 months old.
 * Ryu "Grandpa" Granger: Tyson's grandfather, A Samurai dojo trainer high on life and expert rapper in the English dub who raised Tyson in Tokyo.
 * In the end of the Beyblade manga (vol. 14), Takao has a son named Makoto Kinomiya.

Skills
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 lacks common sense sometimes, which would make people think he is a jock of sorts. 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.

Beyblades and Attacks
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 Japan 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.


 * Spin Gear
 * Dragoon Grip Attacker - Vanishing Attack
 * Dragoon Storm - Storm Attack
 * Dragoon Fighter - Phantom Hurricane
 * Dragoon Fighter U.V. (Super Dragoon Fighter; not a visual update of the beyblade) - Storm Attack, Phantom Hurricane, Final Attack.


 * MG Core
 * Dragoon Victory - Victory Tornado.
 * Dragoon Victory 2 - Hyper Victory Tornado.
 * Dragoon Victory 2 U.V. (Based on the RC Dragoon V2; spins right) - Victory Tornado, Hyper Victory Tornado.


 * Engine Gear
 * Dragoon Galaxy - Corkscrew Attack, Galaxy Storm, Twin Tornado Attack (Only with Daichi).
 * Dragoon Galaxy Turbo - Galaxy Turbo Twister, Dragoon Tank (Only with Daichi).


 * Hard Metal System
 * Dragoon Metal Storm - Evolution Storm.
 * Dragoon Metal Storm U.V. - Galaxy Storm, Galaxy Turbo Twister, Evolution Storm.

Teams

 * Beyblade - Bladebreakers.
 * Beyblade V-Force - Bladebreakers.
 * Beyblade G-Revolution - BBA Revolution, G-Revolutions.

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.

Video Games
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.

Trivia

 * Tyson is the only member of the Bladebreakers who is not an only child.
 * Tyson is the only one of the Bladebreakers to never temporarily lose his bit-beast to someone else in the anime with the only exception being Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle, which isn't canon. In the manga, he temporary loses it and reclaims it in battle against Ozuma (much like how Ray got Driger back in the anime).
 * Tyson is one of three characters to be transferred from the original Beyblade game on the GBC into the actual storyline. The others are Kai and his brother otherwise known as Shippu no Jin.
 * He and Hilary seem to have a Yusuke/Keiko relationship.