Daigo Kurogami

This is an article about the anime character. For the manga counterpart of the same name, see Daigo Kurogami (manga).

"I don't care who my opponent is. It makes no difference."

Daigo Kurogami
Naming
Japanese	黒神ダイナ
Japanese (Romaji)	Kurogami Daina
Also Known As	Dyna (Mistranslation), Daigo Kurogami
Profile
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Black
Gender	Male
Debut Age	11
Occupation	Blader, Student
Beyblade(s)	Doomscizor D2 Force Jaggy Doomscizor D3 2Vortex Hunter
Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Ayahi Takagaki
English	Antony Kim (eps 1-20) Zach LeBlanc (eps 21-onward)
Anime/Manga
First Appearance (anime)	Let's Go! Valtryek!!

Daina Kurogami (黒神ダイナ, Kurogami Daina), known as Daigo Kurogami in the English version, is a character in the anime series, Beyblade Burst. His Bey is Doomscizor D3 2Vortex Hunter. In Evolution, he is chosen to represent France in the World Beyblade Tournament as the leader of AS Gallus.

Appearance

Daigo has black eyes and spiky black hair with a red bandana to hold it up. He is usually seen wearing a black jacket with purple stripes and red flame designs over an orange t-shirt, and black pants & boots. Daigo also wears a variety of skull accessories, including two beaded chains attached to his bandana with skulls on them, a belt and a necklace. These are all references to his Bey, Doomscizor, which is based on the Grim Reaper.

He is usually seen with a frown, although he smiles a bit more later on.

Personality

Daigo has a dark personality, suiting his appearance. He usually keeps a cool, calm, and collected demeanor, and tends to not show his emotions a lot. While he is shown to be confident in his battles, he remains open-minded about some opponents and competitors, being able to see hidden potential in them and not underestimating them should he end up facing them. In addition to not underestimating, he does not let friendship get in the way of serious blading. Along with Shu, he usually acts as a voice of reason for Valt and the others.

Despite usually being cold and distant, Daigo revealed a much softer side to him in episode 5, when it is revealed that his younger brother is in a hospital. Upon joining the Beyblade Club, he becomes friendlier and much more expressive.

Daigo has also been shown to be very observant, such as when he picked up on Valt's concern over Shu's shoulder injury and when he realized that Ken was upset over having to move away.

Whenever Daigo does something wrong or makes a mistake, such as when he defeated Yugo by using an illegal move for his launch, he'll do whatever it takes to make things right. Due to his past experience with cheating and dishonesty, he also has little tolerance towards others using cheap tricks, like when Naoki used Valt as a test subject through manipulation and later blind-sided Shu in the Individual Tournament much like how the former did with Yugo.

Daigo is shown to be willing to give others the benefit of the doubt if they are wronged in some way. For example, when Valt and Rantaro believed that Jin Aizawa attempted to sabotage Shu during their battle, Daigo was able to successfully prove Jin's innocence by revealing that he had spoken to him right before the match. When Jin firmly stated that he would never stoop so low as to cheat, Daigo knew right away that he was telling the truth.

Several episodes show Daigo acting as the peacekeeper between Rantaro and Wakiya whenever the two get into arguments.

Biography

Beyblade Burst

Daigo was first introduced in Let's Go! Valtryek!!, where he watched Valt Aoi's debut tournament battle against Rantaro Kiyama. Despite Valt's questionable performance, Daigo remained confident that there was more to Valt than meets the eye.

In Guard Dog of the Underworld! Kerbeus!!, Daigo observed Valt's next battle against Ken Midori, making the same comments as he did previously, despite his friend Wakiya Murasaki mocking Valt.

When the battle concluded in Blast-Off! Rush Launch!!, Daigo asserted that he will beat Valt in the next round of the tournament, even in an Attack-type showdown. He then had his second round battle against Melos Nekota, where he won the match within five seconds due to a Burst Finish.

Beyblades

• Doomscizor D2 Force Jaggy: Daigo's primary Bey in Beyblade Burst.
• Doomscizor D3 2Vortex Hunter: Daigo's primary Bey in Beyblade Burst Evolution.

Special Moves

• Quake Launch: Doomscizor coats itself in a dark purple aura and uses its unpredictable movements to overwhelm the opposing bey.
• Double Strike: This aptly-named technique allows Doomscizor D3 to use its specially designed Energy layer to strike the opposing bey via the black layer and then again with the blue layer, giving the attack more power and a higher chance of bursting the opposing bey. This technique can also be incorporated into other strategies such as an aerial attack or hitting the beystadium to prevent getting thrown out.
• Hunt Shoot: Doomscizor gains high speed, and will eventually burst the opponent with its Hunter tip.

Battles

Beyblade Burst (anime)
Opponent	Episode	Result
Melos Nekota	03	Win (2-0)
Valt Aoi	05	Lose (On-purpose)
Valt Aoi	05	Lose (2-1)
Shu Kurenai	11	Lose (0-2)
Ukyo Ibuki	18	Lose (1-2)
Ken Midori	21	Unknown
Valt Aoi	22	Lose (0-2)
Unknown Blader	22	Win (2-0)
Valt Aoi	23	Lose (0-2)
Valt Aoi	23	Win
Rantaro Kiyama	23	Unknown
Yugo Nansui	23	Win (2-1)
Hoji Konda	27	Lose (0-2)
Valt Aoi	27	Win (2-0)
Ukyo Ibuki	33	Win (1-0)
Gabe Brunai	37	Lose (0-1)

Relationships

• Ryota Kurogami - Ryota is Daigo's younger brother, and the two boys have a strong relationship with each other. Ryota idolizes and worships Daigo, calling him the "best big brother ever" and always supporting him in beyblade tournaments. Likewise, Daigo is very devoted to his little brother and wants nothing more than for him to get better one day.
• Valt Aoi: Even before they officially became friends, Daigo was usually confident that Valt was much stronger than he seemed. However, in episode 5, after discovering that Valt's hotheadedness is what causes him to mess up his Rush Launch, he started to intentionally provoke his anger to throw him off his game before their match. By the end of the episode, however, Daigo befriended Valt for real and later joined the Beyblade Club.
• Wakiya Murasaki: Prior to becoming apart of the BeyClub, Daigo was often seen with Wakiya at the District Tournament. Both were fine about his ominous plans, and this suggested that they've known eachother for quite some time.
• Jin Aizawa: Daigo does not interact much with Jin; but does not hesitate to talk to him about honesty in Beyblade. He was concerned over him, thinking that Jin might end up cheating just like the former.

Gallery

For a full gallery of images of Daigo, see Daigo Kurogami/Gallery.

Trivia

• Daigo, like other characters in the Burst cast, shares some similarities with his Beyblade, Dark Doomscizor. His color scheme is similar to Doomscizor’s, and he also adorns skull accessories as a reference to his bey.
• His Japanese name, Daina, is a name of Greek origin. It means "Power" while his family name Kurogami means Black God and altogether, his name means "Power of the Black God."
• His name, Daigo, and his bey, Doomscizor share the same initials, hinting at the letter D in the center of his bey.
• Daigo shares some similarities with Gingka Hagane from the Metal Saga:
  • Both wear headbands/bandanas and have similar hairstyles.
  • Both use Attack-type beyblades.
    • He is also similar to Aguma from Metal Fury, given that both of their beys are based off of the Grim Reaper
• He shares the same last name kanji with Medaka Kurokami from Medaka Box. Coincindetally, Daigo's seiyu, Ayahi Takagaki, and Medaka's seiyu, Aki Toyosaki, are two members of Sphere, a Japanese pop idol group.
  • He also shares the kanji, "黒" with Christina Kuroda.
• Daigo is the only character in the Burst series to have more than one voice actor in a certain language.
• Daigo is currently the only character in the Burst series to cheat during a beybattle.