Yu Tendo

is a recurring character that appears in the Metal Saga. Yu is a former member of Dark Nebula, who separated from them after they turned on him and tried to destroy his Libra. Soon after that, he made friends with Gingka Hagane, and became the sub-member of the Japanese Representative Team, Team GanGan Galaxy during the World Beyblade Championships. The Team took 1st Place and became the Best Beybladers in the World. During the Championships, Yu's tag-partner was Tsubasa Otori. Yu's Beyblade is Flame Libra T125ES.

Appearance
Yu has yellow orange hair, green eyes, and wears a white jacket and some white shorts that stop at his knees. Yu also seems to be richer than his team, due to his outfit and other aspects, such as his flying machine. He is just slightly taller than Kenta, and Titi because of his hair. When Yu first appeared, his voice sounded deeper, but like everyone else, his voice changed.

Personality
Yu has a generally happy-go-lucky personality and has a real love for beyblading. Though he's very young and general good natured, he is a strong blader and astute observer as well as having strong convictions.

He has a tendency to idolize strong bladers who beat him and hates to be marginalized like being called a little boy, which Tsubasa calls him for fun, just to get him mad.

Due to his age, he also tends to whine a lot too. As a normal child, he loves ice cream, pizza, and various other items throughout the show. Even at Dark Nebula, he was seen at one point in a room full of toys. Also he seems to like animals. He also enjoys giving nicknames to most people. He calls Kyoya-"Yo-Yo" ("TateKyo" in the manga) Benkei-"Benben", Kenta-"Kenchi", Gingka-"Gingi" or "Gingky", Hikaru-"Hippity-hop", and Masamune "Mr. Butt in skii", then "Masamoo-moo". He enjoys battling, and gets whiny when someone else gets to battle strong opponents and/or his opponent is weak. He seems to be a nice boy even though he was in the Dark Nebula in Beyblade: Metal Fusion, which confused most of the characters, especially Kenta.

Metal Fusion
He became a member of Dark Nebula after being defeated for the first time by Ryuga. Since that battle, he works closely with Doji to help Ryuga increase his strength including winning the Survival Battle Tournament to force the WBBA to legitimize Battle Bladers with Dark Nebula controlling the event.

He ends up being partnered up with Tsubasa Otori who also joins the Dark Nebula but is very suspicious of Tsubasa's intentions. Eventually, he discovers that he is merely a pawn of the Dark Nebula and must face Reiji who badly damages Libra. He is able to escape and seeks help from Gingka and his friends. Later, he is recaptured by Doji who intends of feeding Yu's power to L-Drago but is rescued before that could happen.

Metal Masters
After Battle Bladers, Yu competes for a spot on the Japanese team, GanGan Galaxy. He ultimately makes the team as a substitute and is not happy about it. It causes friction between he and Masamune at times. During the Big Bang Tournament, Yu was able to battle in four matches.

His first battle was with Team Lovushka's Leader, Aleksei. The second battle was a tag team match with Tsubasa against Team Wild Fang members, Demure and Benkei; the third battle in a tag team match with Tsubasa against Team Excalibur members, Sophie and Wales; and he participated in a last man standing battle against Team Garcias.

Though Yu would rather be a regular member of the team and is not happy about being a substitute throughout the tournament, he refuses to replace Tsubasa when Tsubasa is cut from the team and quits until Ryo reinstates Tsubasa. He also helps Tsubasa overcome L-Drago's influence during their match with Team Excalibur.

Yu wanders off into the streets of Brazil and is ambushed by Team Garcias prior to their match with them. He suffers minor injuries but his bey Libra is severely damaged. It becomes badly damaged again when he is baited by Team Garcias into participating in team tag battle.

Later, he and Tsubasa are severely injured and comatose and their beys severely damaged when they encounter Damian Hart from Team Starbreakers while racing their beys on a track in New York City. Yu recovers and helps save Gingka as they try to get to Hades City. While trying to find the Spiral Force core, he gets trapped in Jack's Arrangement bed and ultimately frees himself and destroys the bed in the process.

Metal Fury
Although Yu is shown on the opening credits, he doesnt actually show up until he runs into Kyoya in the mountains. He is surprised to see that Kyoya got a new bey and asks where he got it from. Kyoya is surprised that Yu doesnt know about the Legend Bladers story and asks if Tsubasa told him anything. Yu says that he was traveling with Tsubasa, but he was called to the WBBA and traveled on his own.

He goes on to befriend Titi and find and fight along with the other Legend Bladers.

Biography
Yu makes his first appearance as the mysterious figure whom Doji takes Ryuga to see in Episode 20 working for the Dark Nebula. Later, during the Survival Battle Tournament, an announcement is made about a single blader defeating ten bladers at once. As those defeated beys get washed away by the tide, Yu is running off to his next battle though he is still not fully revealed. Later, while hidden behind a tree, he sees an injured Kenta and Benkei are washed up shore.

In Episode 21, he finally appears in full view and helps Kenta to a WBBA station. After Kenta's injuries are tended to, Yu formally introduces himself and his bey. Everyone appears to get along. Finally, Hikaru challenges the three of them to battle and Yu defeats them quickly with his special move, Sonic Wave.

He then faces Gingka and Kyoya for the final round and defeats them, by almost destroying Leone and resisting a Starblast Attack, making him win the Survival Battle to have his wish granted. He wishes for the WBBA to hold the Battle Bladers tournament to determine the best blader in the country in order to battle Ryuga. It is then, that it is revealed that he is a member of the Dark Nebula. Later, Yu admits to Doji that his battle with Ryuga was his first loss and that loss made him Ryuga's biggest fan so he would do anything to help Ryuga. Doji gladly accepts his help.

They continue to keep their eye out of new talent. Later they are watching a tournament when a blader, Tsubasa catches their attention. Doji is excited but Yu is shrewd enough to be initially wary of Tsubasa, noting that Tsubasa intentionally called out the Dark Nebula. Later, he battles Tsubasa at Dark Nebula headquarters during Tsubasa's test battle. He gets seriously agitated when Tsubasa calls him, "Little boy" and he reacts by using Libra's full power. However, their battle ends in a draw though Tsubasa assures Yu that he hasn't used his full power. After the shock of the battle wears off, he responds in kind to Tsubasa as well.

Despite their antagonistic relationship, Yu is continually being partnered up with Tsubasa by Doji. On their next assignment, Yu battles Hyoma to gauge the progress of Hyoma's strength. He defeats Hyoma in the River Battle. He goes on another scouting mission to find new talent but comes back empty-handed. However, he has been shadowed by Tetsuya who scuttles all the way back to Dark Nebula Headquarters without Yu realizing it.

They take on Tetsuya and give him a newly modified bey. Doji confides in Yu that the data from the newly modified bey will provide to be useful. He also tries to tell him about why he hates cacti by saying that you can't hug them or pet them, but Yu is completely uninterested and drops his ice cream, causing Doji loses his cool and yells at a cactus plant in his office.

In Episode 30, Yu and Tsubasa are sent to a challenge match by Doji to enter and scout out new talent. They arrive by helicopter and Yu is completely excited about battling but is highly doubtful about finding any new talent. On their way to their matches, Yu is nearly run over by Benkei. He meets Gingka along with Kenta, Hyoma and Madoka. Yu reveals that Tsubasa joined the Dark Nebula but still hasn't accepted him. Later, Yu is disappointed that he is battling an weak unknown blader whom he defeats really quickly.

He does cheer on Kenta after Kenta wins his match but notices that Tsubasa is observing him from a distance. Finally, the last match is a battle royal. He and Tsubasa fight over battling Gingka and are nearly knocked out by Kyoya in the process. Finally, they agree to take out the weaker opponents and Yu goes after Kenta and nearly takes him out until Kyoya intervenes. However, he realizes that Tsubasa has moved in to battle Gingka and leaves his present battle to cut in on Tsubasa. They end up battling each other but are defeated by Gingka's special move.

Beyblades

 * Flame Libra T125ES: In the anime and manga, Yu's Beyblade is Flame Libra. Flame Libra is a Stamina-Type Beyblade.

Finishing/Special Moves

 * Sonic Wave: Yu's first finishing move. He first used this attack on Episode 21 (anime).


 * Sonic Buster: Yu's second finishing move. He first used this attack on Episode 22 (anime).


 * Inferno Blast : Yu's third finishing move. He first used this attack on Episode 22 (anime).


 * Sonic Shield: Yu's fourth finishing move. He first used this attack on Episode 40 (anime).


 * Final Judgement Infernal: Yu's "true" special move. He fist uses this attack on episode 130 (anime).

Quotes

 * "Libra's supersonic waves can push away water ; even under water Libra can continue to battle for ever and ever" [episode 27]


 * "You really did surprise me with that awesome dive Kenchi - you're the lucky one but deafeating me is hopless! Hopeless!" [episode 32]


 * "So there this is getting fun again" [episode 40]


 * "Yeah-yeah the sooner you loose, the sonner we go" [episode 40]


 * "A Bey Battle is about competing fairly joyfully and fiercely using all of your emotions in a clash with your opponent" [episode 44]


 * "A BeyBattle is the clash of two spirits ; it's fun because both Bladers give it their all to compete with each other [episode 44]


 * "You get it right ; that he knew that Orso was with the Dark Nebula and came to pick a fight ; A FIGHT WITH THE DARK NEBULA [episode 26]


 * "Libra, Sonic Wave" [1st episode 22}


 * "Last Jugement Inferno!"


 * "Guess what, the final verdict for Pegasis is GUILTY" [episode 22]
 * "Go Libra!"
 * "This whole thing just stinks! I'm just a sub. I won't get to be in real battles." [episode 57]

Trivia

 * Yu has a strong resemblance to Max from Beyblade 2000 (And they have the same voice-actress).
 * Yu Tendo's name means "Wandering Child of the Gods" from the Kanji of his name Child of the Gods or Cherubim [天童 (Tendo)] and Wander [遊 (Yu)].


 * It's possible that its spirit is the sonic waves itself, becasue Nemesis mimicked them when battling Libra.


 * When he launches his Bey, it often throws him off his feet, causing him to fly backwards through the air.


 * Yu only appears to have two close friends who he doesn't give nicknames at any time to: Madoka and Tsubasa.


 * Although they appear to hate each other in Metal Fusion, Yu gets along well with Tsubasa in Metal Masters, agreeing to be in tag battles with each other and sticking up for and supporting each other. But they still have a more strong relationship in the Manga.
 * Yu often tells his opponent they have lost and his Libra has won before it actually happens.
 * Yu tends to get very cranky and upset when someone isnt battling their hardest, or when someone is facing a strong opponent that he wanted to battle. It also seems that he doesn't mind losing when both bladers have given it their all.
 * Both Yu and his beyblade has their names related to number 10. Yu's (Yuu's) name means "Ten" in japanese. His beyblade is Libra. Libra is the 10th sign in the horoscope.