| “ | My name's Daichi. I challenge you! And when I win, I'll be Japan's number one Beyblader! | ” |
—Daichi Sumeragi | ||
Daichi Sumeragi is one of the deuteragonists in the Original Series, namely Beyblade: G-Revolution. He is a member of the G-Revolutions and the BBA Revolution. His Bit-Beast and Beyblade is Strata Dragoon.
Physical Appearance
Daichi is a short spiky red haired kid that has a distinct scar in the middle of his forehead. He has big thick eyebrows and green eyes. He wears a sleeveless blue ripped shirt with wristbands almost the same color as his hair. He wears light blue jeans that are ripped on the left leg and has a black belt with a bronze buckle and a bronze end on the strap. He wears timber-wolf shoes with a blue strap, white front, and white bottom.
In Beyblade: G-Revolution, Daichi's attire seems to be less rough, than in Beyblade: Fierce Battle. G-Revolution - Daichi's shirt sleeves are rolled up and the bottom of his longer pant leg is still in tact. Beyblade: Fierce Battle - Daichi's sleeves are cut off, and the bottom of his long pant leg is cut off.
Personality & Characteristics
Daichi is a young and hyperactive child. Daichi is a very strong willed Blader and never gives up. Daichi is known as the comic relief because of his air sickness, constant eating, and constant hasseling of Tyson. Daichi is a very hardworking person as shown in the ways he trains. He is very over-confident when he beyblades which sometimes results to him losing a beybattle. Daichi is also very persistent and never gives up.
Where Daichi lived, there were no dishes. He used to beybattle on the water, mountains, and forests: in nature itself and the place that beyblade originated. He is best known for beyblading in the great outdoors as he has trained close to nature and perfected his style of beyblading.
Skills
Beyblades
Template:Bit Beast
Spin Gear System
Strata Dragoon S - Spike Slash
Magnacore System
Strata Dragoon V - Vast Hurricane
Engine Gear System
Strata Dragoon G - Great Cutter, Twin Tornado Attack (w/Tyson), Dragoon Tank (w/Tyson)
Hard Metal System
Strata Dragoon MS - Spike Saw
Plot
Beyblade the Movie: Fierce Battle
Daichi's first true (non canon) appearance was in the Beyblade: V-Force movie, Fierce Battle. Like in G-Revolution series, he appears to face Tyson and soundly defeat him in a beybattle and fails. He then tries his hardest to find a way to defeat Tyson and is deceived by the Shadow Bladers but then learns to work with the Bladebreakers to defeat them.
Beyblade: G-Revolution
Daichi and Strata Dragoon
Daichi is introduced into the series by challenging Tyson to a battle. During the battle, Kenny notices that Daichi has an advantage with natural playing fields and Tyson has an advantage in a regular beystadium. Daichi impresses Max and Ray at first, but not Kai, as he thinks that Tyson is much more skilled than Daichi. He enters into the preliminary rounds to become the part of the Tag-team tournament and becomes the runner up until Kai leaves. Daichi later becomes Tyson's tag-team partner in the Tournament and wins with Tyson. He also becomes a part of the G Revolutions team in the BBA vs. BEGA Tournament with the Hard Metal System Beyblade. He battles in the first round of the Justice Five Tournament against Ming-Ming and loses.
Daichi received Strata Dragoon from his father. It is a purple beyblade with great power. It was upgraded to Strata Dragoon Vurst when the Shadow Bladers were defeated. During Daichi's match with Mathilda, Strata Dragoon Vurst was damaged beyond repair. Kenny then created Strata Dragoon Great for Daichi. Daichi was hesitant to accept it at first but then loved it as it proved to be a superior beyblade.
Manga
In the manga he has a mother named Orin and he stars in his own sidestory. He meets several rivals including Hikaru Tomonji and Kennosuke Shishi.
Relationships
Daigoro Sumeragi
Daichi's father worked as a forest wood cutter, and died in an accident while trying to save his coworkers from an avalanche of cut tree trunks. Daichi's Beyblade, Strata Dragoon, was given to him by his father before he died.
Tyson Granger
In the Beyblade Movie, Daichi became friends with Tyson after they fought the dark beybladers which leads to him unlocking Strata Dragoon. In Beyblade G-Revoltuion they have a mixed relationship as they are constantly fighting over meaningless things even though they have quite a lot in common. Still they remain good friends.
Ryu Granger
Daichi loves Tyson's Grandpa and in turn Grandpa normally takes Daichi's side in his and Tyson's arguments. Daichi is often seen doing chores for Grandpa like cutting wood.
Max Tate
After the tag-team tournament, Daichi grows attached to Max after seeing that Tyson is getting all the fame from the tournament and lives with Max and his dad.
Hilary Tachibana
Daichi has a habit of making her mad all the the time using nicknames like 'Hag' in the Japanese version. Hilary is often seen attacking Daichi after he has insulted her. He also calls her 'Grandma'.
Ray Kon
Ray and Daichi seem to never talk to each other, and never had any relationship, but in the special manga book, "Daichi and Strata Dragoon", Daichi gets beaten in a bey battle by Ray. At that point on, Daichi follows Ray everywhere.
Beybattles
| Beyblade: G-Revolution | ||
|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Episode | Result |
| Tyson Granger | Lose | |
| Tyson, Ray and Jin | Lose | |
| Max Tate | Lose | |
| Anonymous Bladers | Win | |
| Kai Hiwatari | Lose | |
| Ray and Lee (tag w/ Tyson) | Lose | |
| Hiro Granger (tag w/ Tyson) | Win | |
| Kai Hiwatari | Win (Kai lost on purpose) | |
| Tala | Win | |
| Mathilda | Win | |
| Julia and Raul (tag w/ Tyson) | Lose | |
| Egyptian Blader (w/Strata Dragoon G) | Win | |
| Rick Anderson | Win | |
| Julia and Raul (tag w/ Tyson) | Win | |
| Tala | Draw | |
| Max Tate | Lose | |
| Ming-Ming's Band (tag w/ Tyson and Max) | Win | |
| Ray Kon | Lose | |
| Ming-Ming | Lose | |
Quotes
- "Huh? Oh, brother..."
- "If you want this trophy back you have to beybattle me for it."
Tyson Vs.Daichi
- "Oh, I hate being patient and sitting still. Can't I give him a wedgie or something?"
- "Is that right, motormouth?"
- "What?"
- (Looking under a rock for Hiro) "Not here."
- "Hey! Are you making fun of me, Tyson?"
- (seeing everyone from the tournament visiting the group) "The World Championships are over. Still want a piece of us, huh?"
- (To Ming-Ming) "You don't even deserve to be in this stadium, you phony!"
- (To Ming-Ming later) "Ming Ming, you're a great beyblader!"
- "I told you, I won't take no for an answer. I'm not leaving without a rematch!"
- (takes his bag off his shoulder) "Oh, yeah!"
- (he takes out his beyblade, launcher and fires) "Take that!"
- "That's it, Tyson!"
- (after Tyson is himself again from being under pressure) "By the way ... what does pressure mean?"
Gallery
For a full gallery of images of Ray, see Daichi Sumeragi/Gallery.
Trivia
- Daichi seems to like food as much as Tyson does.
- Gaia Dragoon is the Beyblade version of the occasional fifth sacred beast, the golden dragon, in the myths of the Four Sacred Beasts, represented by the original four members of the Bladebreakers.
- In the Video games, prior to Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 - Fierce Battle! Team Battle!!, he used a cyborg looking Dragoon bit-beast. In the Team Battle!! he has his Gaia Dragoon.
- All of Strata Dragoon's attacks are all based on cutting tools. This seems to stem from the fact that Daichi's father was a logger, which emphasizes their bond.
- Daichi's family is descended from fighters, just as Tyson's family are descended from Swordsman, which is why he is designed to look more buffer and beaten up.
- In G-Revolution Episode 20, the mark on Daichi's forehead is missing in a couple of scenes.
- Daichi doesn't seem to know how to work a newspaper. This is because he ails from remote mountain regions and is more home educated compared to other characters.
- His "I am number 1!" attitude is similar to that of Masamune Kadoya's in Beyblade: Metal Masters.
- Daichi seems reminiscent to that of a monkey, such as the white tiger team are reminiscent to cats (neko-jins). At the start of G-Revolution, Tyson's main insult towards Daichi is calling "Monkey Boy". His resemblance is especially obvious in his first match against Kai Hiwatari.
- In the manga, Daichi becomes the new DJ.
- Daichi is the only person in the G Revolutions team who was not in the first two seasons, this is because of how he was introduced in the franchise.
- He was a tie-in character who first appeared in the video game and was also released as a separate manga storyline.
- He was written into the of the main manga series some time during the V-Force saga. As the anime had begun production there was no way to add him at this point.
- He was introduced in the feature film based off the V-force series (Fierce Battle), yet he seems to be forgotten by everyone in his debut in the G-Revolution series. The movie is not tied into the TV series and was a typical unrelated movie often seen with anime-tie ins. This is why in G-Revolution nobody knows who he is.
- He was finally introduced in G-Revolution, which was the first season to catch up fully with the mangas events more.
- He appears in Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 - Ikuze! Gekitou! Chou Jiryoku Battle! which also came out around this period. Players could select him or Tyson to play in the game. This is also a reference to him becoming part of the main cast of the manga. Later he was also one of the choice of two cartiridges for the Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 - Fierce Battle! Team Battle!! games. Depending on which version you picked depended on who you started with he or Tyson.
- After Kai's battle with Brooklyn, he seems to respect him the most.
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