Chris

Chris (Anime)

Chris (クリス, Kurisu) is a character that appears in Beyblade: Metal Fury. A Blader for hire, he is later revealed to be a Legendary Blader, and specifically one of the Bladers of the Four Seasons as the Blader of Winter. He battles with his Bey, Phantom Orion B:D.

Initially a minor antagonist, Chris sided with Nemesis after meeting Johannes. He later turned against Nemesis and allied with the other Legendary Bladers in order to defeat Nemesis.

Physical Appearance

Chris has large, spiky, blonde hair with a huge spike on the top of his head like Yu and purple eyes. He has a light skin tone and wears a red jacket with yellow, white, and blue highlights on it. He wears a blue undershirt which is longer on his right side, khaki pants, a black belt, red fingerless gloves and a silver dog tag on a neck chain.

Prior to becoming a Legendary Blader, Chris sported a different design. Instead, he wore western-type clothing. He sported a red hanky, brown jacket over a black undershirt. He wore brown, fingerless gloves, a brown belt with a silver centre, along with an additional belt similar to the one Gingka wears. He also sported a silver holster, with blue jeans.

Personality

Chris is a tough, fierce, confident and introverted Blader. He fights greatly in all his battles and has become very rugged from his experiences with training in mountains, jungles, ice, swamps and any other harsh environment. He has always been the top Beyblader among his friends and that has caused him to always want more and more, as well as becoming very overconfident of his own abilities. He was a blader-for-hire and hence, only listened to people who planned on 'hiring' him. He also requested tidy payments as well. But after Gingka convinced Chris that his skills and power shouldn't be only given for payment, and instead should be used to protect and fight for it with friends, Chris became less harsh and more friendly with the people around him, and also fought alongside the others against Nemesis to save the world from getting destroyed.

Plot

Beyblade: Metal Fury

Chris, The Mysterious Phantom of Beyster Island

As the Beyster Island Tournament continues, many bladers are being eliminated by an unknown blader. He is not even seen when he does it.

Later Toby and Zeo Abyss find themselves battling a blader as visible as a shadow. The phantom-like blader effortlessly defeats them both. Masamune Kadoya is enraged to find his two best friends badly defeated by this blader and vows to get back at him. Making it to the peak, Masamune encounters the same blader who defeated Toby and Zeo, hidden by the shadows. But the blader stays in one place for too long and a light is shined on him by the WBBA. The blader is not happy to be revealed, but battles Masamune anyway. Masamune battles hard, but cannot damage the blader's bey: Phantom Orion. Orion's performance tip, Bearing Drive, allows it to spin forever without taking any damage from attacks whatsoever. The blader then uses Barnard's Loop and reveals his legendary aura. Barnard's Loop defeats Masamune and the blader is revealed to be the eighth Legendary Blader.

The blader is then greeted by Gingka Hagane and Co. who ask him to join them. The blader says that his name is Chris and that they could hire him to help, but the fee would be very expensive. King is angry at Chris for defeating Masamune and for his request for payment, so he launches his bey, Variares, and battles Orion. Gingka launches Cosmic Pegasus to stop King, knowing that if they wanted Chris on their side, then the last thing they needed to do was fight him.

But then Johannes, Aguma, Bao, and a handful of Beylin Fist bladers launch as well. At this Benkei Hanawa, Yuki Mizusawa, Toby, and Zeo launch as well. The real battle begins, but Chris does not know which side to choose, yet Johannes convinces Chris to join them and in return, they will grant Chris' wish. Yuki tries to tell Chris not to listen to Johannes, but he ignores him and targets Gingka's Cosmic Pegasus F:D. The battle is intense, but then Ryuga joins the battle and begins to drain Orion's power. Chris is badly weakened at this and Johannes commands Lynx to assist Chris. He manages to free Orion from L-Drago's grasp, before being sent flying back by Ryuga. Concerned about Ryuga's power, he warns and tells Aguma that it is time to go. Aguma uses his Special Move, Great Ring of Destruction, making Scythe Kronos create a flash of light and when it disappears, so does every blader siding with Nemesis, including Chris.

A Hired Servant of Nemesis

Later he was seen with fellow Legendary Bladers Aguma and Dynamis (in his dark form) during the resurrection of Nemesis in Mexico. Pluto summons a stadium to come out from the ground with a bey in it: Proto Nemesis. Chris notices that the bey has no face bolt. Pluto tells then that now Nemesis is just like a baby and for it to grow, it needs to be charged with the power of the Star Fragment. Aguma, Chris, and Dynamis launch their beys at Proto Nemesis and start to attack. But their attacks do not damage the "baby nemesis" at all. Then all three of them use their special moves, but then Nemesis shows a glimpse of its power and defeats all three of them. The Nemesis Bladers then appear, who introduce themselves as Keyser, Cycnus, and Herschel. Rago then appears and proves he can use the power of Nemesis as confirmed by Doji

Chris is next seen when the other Legendary Bladers storm Nemesis' hideout, when he battles Gingka and Yuki alongside the Nemesis blader Cycnus. Their battle is fierce, and both Yuki and Cycnus are out of the battle, leaving it to Gingka and Chris. During battle, Chris uses Orion's power to visually show Gingka his life's story. He was abandoned by his fellow Bladers in a tournament and began to train very hard to become the strongest. However, Gingka broke through and defeated Chris. He then convinced Chris to fight with him against Nemesis without pay.

Better than Money

He confronts Nemesis and helps the other Bladers of the Four Seasons create Zeus' Barrier. The barrier is nearly complete, but it is broken up due to Ryuga leaving the barrier as a result of Doji taunting him for siding with Gingka. L-Drago Destructor initially begins to absorb the power of the Star Fragment that Nemesis had gathered, before Proto Nemesis then overpowered L-Drago and absorbed its own power back, evolving into Diablo Nemesis. Chris continues to fight alongside the other bladers (except Aguma) but is forced to leave along with the others after Diablo Nemesis uses its special move, Armageddon, overpowering all of them. Most of the Legendary Bladers leave to discuss a strategy to defeat Nemesis, but Ryuga stays to fight Rago. When they set off to stop Rago, they are ambushed by Johannes and the Nemesis Bladers. Chris fights hard and the others along with Aguma who came to help. The Bladers defeat the servants of Nemesis and move on. When they returned, Ryuga, after losing his battle with Rago, was brutally hurt with his L-Drago Destructor badly damaged, and Zeus' Barrier could not be activated without him. Chris could not do much, until Ryuga passed on his Star Fragment to Kenta, evolving his Flame Sagittario into Flash Sagittario, making him the new Legendary Blader of Summer, which allowed Zeus' Barrier to be created again. The barrier was successfully set up, but it was destroyed due to a piece of Pluto's bey, Fusion Hades, falling on the barrier. After an apparent victory, The true power of Nemesis was unleashed, defeating Chris and all the others. But Gingka managed to destroy Nemesis once and for all (with the help of the other Legendary Bladers' Star Fragments and the power of every blader from around the world). Chris then said he will battle Kyoya Tategami after the latter challenged him, though it was presumed he lost. After the show ended, he was seen traveling the world.

Beyblades

Orion

Phantom Orion B:D : Chris' primary Beyblade in Beyblade: Metal Fury. It is a 4D Stamina Type with incredible Stamina and Endurance that can stand up to nearly any attack. Its Bearing Drive Performance Tip allows it to always maintain its upright position while simultaneously maintaining an amazing amount of stamina. The 4D Fusion Wheel allows Orion to take on stronger attacks, making it so B:D won't budge or waiver. This increased amount of stamina allows Chris to wear down his opponents then charge his own power into a burst of attacks that finish the opponent.

Special Move

Barnard's Loop: The blue points on Orion's fusion wheel and face bolt sparkle and then Orion releases its Legend Aura in the shape of itself and swallows the opponent whole in its energy, then condenses that into raw energy, which self destructs on a very wide scale. The attack only harms the opponent as Orion suffers no damage.

Beybattles

Beyblade: Metal Fury
Opponent	Episode	Result
Unknown bladers	Offscreen	Win
Beystar Island Bladers	4D025	Win
Beystar Island Bladers	4D025	Win
Beystar Island Bladers	4D025	Win
Toby and Zeo Abyss	4D025	Win
Masamune Kadoya	4D025	Win
Gingka Hagane, King, Yuki Mizusawa, Benkei Hanawa, Zeo Abyss, and Toby (Tag w/ Aguma, Bao, and Beylin Fist)	4D026	No Outcome (interrupted by Ryuga)
Ryuga	4D026	No outcome (interrupted by Johannes)
Pluto (Tag w/ Aguma and Dynamis)	4D031	Lose
Gingka Hagane	4D035-4D037	Lose
Tournament Blader	4D036	Win (Flashback)
Tournament Blader	4D036	Win (Flashback)
Rago and Pluto (Tag w/ Gingka, Kyoya, Ryuga and Dynamis)	4D038	No outcome (Nemesis evolved)
Rago (Tag w/ Legendary Bladers, (except Augma) Masamune and Yu)	4D039	No Outcome (Ruins Collapsed)
Yu Tendo and Tithi (Tag w/ Yuki)	4D041	No Outcome (Earthquake)
Johannes, Keyser, Cycnus, and Herschel (Tag w/ Legendary Bladers (except Ryuga), Zeo, Toby, and Yu)	4D042	Win
Rago and Pluto (Tag w/ Legendary Bladers, Tsubassa, Masamune and Yu)	4D045-4D049	Draw
Nemesis (Tag w/ Legendary Bladers, Tsubasa, Masamune and Yu)	4D049-4D052	Eliminated (In 4D050)
Kyoya Tategami	Offscreen (Implied in 4D052)	Lose (implied)

Gallery

Beyblade: Metal Fury

Trivia

Being the Blader of Winter is quite fitting for Chris as Orion is a constellation in the winter sky. His name, Chris, is also in the word, "Christmas", which is a winter holiday.
Chris is the only Blader of the Four Seasons that didn't appear in either of the previous seasons, Metal Fusion or Metal Masters.
Chris was the last Legendary Blader to awaken from the power of the Star Fragment in his Bey before Kenta Yumiya and his Flash Sagittario 230WD.