Hikaru Asahi (朝日ヒカル, Asahi Hikaru) is one of two main protagonists along with his younger brother, Hyuga, of the anime/manga series, Beyblade Burst Surge. He fights with his Beyblade King Helios Zone 1B, until it was destroyed by Lean Walhalla. He later evolves his destroyed Bey into Helios Volcano Ou Zone' Z.
Appearance
Hikaru is an average-height boy with slightly tanned skin, lime-green eyes, smooth blue hair styled in a 9-piece mohawk with light-blue tips, and an orange half-sun tattooed on his right cheek. His attire consists of a turquoise-blue dress shirt, a yellow tie, a short-sleeved navy-blue Letterman's jacket with light-blue sections on the sleeves and pockets, an "H" on the left flap, a yellow sun on the back, orange baggy pants, and black sneakers with turquoise-blue cuffs and three-sectioned stripped tips, and yellow laces, and a fingerless green-cuffed teal glove on his right hand.
When Hikaru resonates with his Beyblade, his hair briefly lights up like blue fire.
Personality
Hikaru can be described as the brains to his younger brother's brawn. He is generally calm, patient and level-headed; preferring to analyze his opponents and come up with strategies to defeat them, unlike his brother, who is quite reckless and charges into battles head-on.
He's also shown to act heroic when he selflessly grabbed Hyuga's arm when the vine he was hanging from snapped, even referring to himself as a "hero", which implies that he has a moderate level of confidence but not as nearly as enough to border on arrogance.
Biography
Background
Hikaru, aged 10, watching Aiger's title match.
Hikaru and his brother have been enjoying Beyblade for at least two years leading up to Beyblade Burst Surge, as shown by how Hikaru was inspired by Aiger Akabane during the latter's title match that took place two years ago. After Hikaru and Hyuga moved to the Asahi Family Restaurant, they went into the Bombers Gym for the first time to practice. There, they were greeted by Chuck, Gun, and Raika, who initially thought the brothers were breaking in. The three explained to Hikaru and his brother that the former coach quit, causing all the bladers on the team to quit as well. Determined to help, Hikaru and Hyuga asked to join the club, vowing to "bring the team back on its feet," Hikaru's exact words.
After joining the Bombers, Hikaru and Hyuga got more serious about blading. They were shown to battle in district tournaments, attend exhibition matches featuring legendary bladers, and watch title matches.
Hikaru and Hyuga in battle before acquiring Helios and Hyperion.
Similar to the earlier parts of Beyblade Burst Surge, the brothers were known to argue due to their different styles of blading. Hikaru was very strategic and good at defending, while Hyuga formed no strategy and was good at attacking. Most of their tag battles at district matches ended in what Chuck recalled as a disaster, with both brothers losing.
Beyblade Burst Surge
Beyblades
- King Helios Zone 1B: Hikaru's primary Beyblade in Beyblade Burst Surge until it was destroyed by Lean Walhalla.
- Helios Volcano Ou Zone' Z: Hikaru's evolved Beyblade in Surge.
Special Moves
- Sparking Shoot: When a Blader has achieved complete synchronization with his/her Sparking Beyblade, the Launcher will illuminate and sparkle, granting the bey a temporary increase in speed and power. To activate this special state, a Blader must Launch their Bey at optimum efficiency, which powers the mechanism to release the Sparks.
- Zone Counter: Helios' Zone driver gains a steady speed boost while drifting around the bey stadium, like Counter Break.
- Twin Strike: Both Helios and Hyperion clash together to create a big spark and come crashing down the opponents for a heavy blow.
- King Strike: Helios, while in its 10-bladed mode, swoops in to deal heavy damage, much like Suoh Genji’s Swirling Inferno.
Beybattles
| Beyblade Burst Surge | ||
|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Episode | Result |
| Gun | 01 | Win (2-0) |
| Valt Aoi | 01 | Lose (0-2) |
| Rantaro Kiyama and Silas Karlisle | 01 | Lose (0-333) |
| Chuck | 02 | Win (2-0) |
| Rantaro Kiyama | 02 | Lose |
| Ranjiro Kiyama | 02 | Draw |
| Rantaro & Ranjiro Kiyama (With Hyuga Asahi) | 02 | Win (3-0) |
| Rantaro Kiyama | 03 | Lose |
| Rantaro Kiyama | 03 | Win (2-0) |
| Valt Aoi | 04 | Lose (0-2) |
| Hyuga Asahi | 04 | Draw |
| Hyuga Asahi | 04 | Win |
| Free De La Hoya | 04 | Lose (0-2) |
| Free De La Hoya | 05 | Lose (1-2) |
| Valt Aoi | 06 | Unknown |
| Hyuga Asahi & Free De La Hoya (with Valt Aoi) | 06 | Win (3-0) |
| Lui Shirosagi (with Hyuga Asahi) | 06 | Lose (0-4) |
| Lui Shirosagi | 07 | Lose (0-2) |
| Ranjiro Kiyama | 09 | Win |
| Dante Koryu, Lui Shirosagi, Silas Karlisle, & Lean Walhalla (Battle Royale) | 11 | Lose (0-4) |
| Aiger Akabane | 11 | Lose (0-1) |
| Hyuga Asahi & Lean Walhalla (with Aiger Akabane) | 12 | Win (2-0) |
| Dante Koryu & Lui Shirosagi (with Rantaro Kiyama) | 13 | Lose (0-4) |
| Aiger Akabane | 14 | Unknown |
| Lean Walhalla (with Hyuga Asahi) | 15 | Lose (0-4) |
Anime Appearances
Beyblade Burst Surge
- Episode 01 - Beyblade Revolution!/Beys of The Sun! Hyperion and Helios!
- Episode 02 - Aiming for The Sparking Shoot!/Knock Out Ragnaruk!
- Episode 03 - Do It! King Strike!/Curse Satan's Challenge!
- Episode 04 - Hear the Voice in Your Bey!/Meet the Monster: Free De La Hoya!
- Episode 05 - Phantom Dragon! Mirage Fafnir!/Attack Not Good!? Attack Not Good!!
- Episode 06 - Dream Tag Battle!/Shirasagijo x The Mythological Island of Demons!
- Episode 07 - Conquer the Demon Dungeon!/Fierce Storm! Rage Longinus!
- Episode 08 - The Jet Black Sun! Variant Lucifer!/Barrier! Variant Wall!
- Episode 09 - Heaven!? Hell!!/GT is Here!
- Episode 10 - Storm! Tempest Dragon!/Flare of Tyranny: Lean!
- Episode 11 - The Great Revolution! Legend Festival!/Super Z! Infinite Achilles!
- Episode 12 - Hyuga & Lean vs. Hikaru & Aiga!/A God Battle of Friendship!
- Episode 13 - A Tag Battle Among Men!/GT vs. Super Z!
- Episode 14 - Win and Go Forth, Zoom Zoom Zoom!/Strongest and Unbeatable vs. The New Generation!
Relationships
Hyuga Asahi
Hyuga is Hikaru's younger brother. While the two love each other and generally get along well, Hikaru often gets annoyed by Hyuga's reckless behavior and laziness. Hikaru nonetheless deeply cares about his brother and often praises him whenever he wins a battle. Hikaru has also on occasion attempted to get Hyuga to try and come up with a plan for defeating his opponents instead of simply attacking head-on. This was shown in his success on defeating Rantaro after watching lots of video analyses of him and Rantaro's battles.
Helios
Raika
Chuck
Gun
Valt Aoi
Both Hikaru and Hyuga hold deep admiration for Valt. Upon witnessing the latter's battle with Rantaro and Silas, the brothers were inspired to create their own Beys, and start their journey of one day defeating all of the Legendary Bladers. Valt, in turn, was impressed by the brothers' strong drive and readily accepted a battle with them once the two had gotten their Beys. When Hikaru became discouraged about not being able to speak to his partner and was worried Hyuga was getting ahead of him, Valt assures him.
Rantaro Kiyama
Silas Karlisle
Ranjiro Kiyama
Aiger Akabane
Hikaru is a huge fan of Aiger. He deeply admires Aiger and Achilles. At age 10, Hikaru watched the legendary battle between Aiger and Valt. At the Legend Festival, they were both happy to have each other as teammates.
Lean Walhalla
Quotes
- "The hero is always fashionably late!"
- "Helios, it's nice to meet you." - to his bey.
- "A revolution is when you break through any and all limits and make something incredible happen."
- "Just like we promised, we're back, and we made Sparking Beys."
- "Heroes make comebacks!"
- "Don't get ahead of yourself! We're just starting! There's a long way to go!" -to Hyuga when Hyuga was being interviewed by reporters.
- "I think I got a little tense in the first round, but heroes will always win in the end." -to reporters when he was interviewed.
- "They're not legends because they're strong. It was because they put in a lot of hard work and effort, and created their legend along the way and I'll do the same."
- "Aiger is the number one strongest blader in my eyes."
- "I got to see your world title match against Valt, and that's when I realized I wanted to become a strong and unbeatable blader like you." -to Aiger Akabane.
- "Alright. I got this. GO SHOOT!"
- "My turn. King Strike!"
- "Helios. Are we still missing something?" -After losing to Lui the second time.
- "Aiger has Achilles, and I have my Superking bey that shines just like the sun. I WILL become strong, just like the sun in the sky!"
- "Thanks. I know you came because you were worried about me."
Gallery
For a full gallery of Hikaru, see Hikaru Asahi/Gallery.
Trivia
- Hikaru's zodiac is a Cancer.
- In the Superking manga, it was revealed that Hikaru's B-tier blader rank was number 98 until he ranked up to A-tier in episode 9.
- Hikaru is the first Beyblade protagonist to be left-handed.
- Hikaru is the second Beyblade protagonist to own a Balance type Beyblade, with the first being Aiger Akabane.
- Hikaru is the second Burst protagonist to not be 11 years old at the time of his debut along with Dante Koryu.
- Hikaru is the first Burst protagonist and the second Beyblade protagonist overall to own a Left-spin Beyblade, with the other being Tyson Granger from the original series.
- Hikaru the first Burst protagonist to have the same first name as a previous Beyblade character.
- His full name in Japanese means "glowing morning sun", befitting his Beyblade's sun motif.
- Despite Hikaru and Hyuga being brothers, they can be considered as foils to each other: Hikaru is the calmer and more tactical of the two, while Hyuga is more reckless and hot-headed, Hikaru is left-handed while Hyuga is right-handed, and they use beys that spin the opposite of each other.
- He is the oldest main protagonist of a season being 12 during his debut.
- He is also the oldest Burst Protagonist.
- Even though Hikaru is older, his Bey is based on the son of Hyperion, which is Hyuga's bey spirit.
- Furthermore, their Beys have relations to one another, as a nod to Hikaru and Hyuga being related to each other as well.
- He is similar to Suoh Genji; both are left-handed and have Left-spin Balance-type beys with five & ten-bladed Attack & Defense modes and wears a tie.
- Hikaru and his brother are the first pair of Burst main protagonists to be siblings, as well as the first pair of Burst main protagonists to share the same first letter in their names.
- Along with his brother, Hikaru is one of the only Burst main protagonists to not speak to their Bey in their debut.
- Hikaru's is the only character whose Sparking Shoot generates blue lightning instead of sparks.
- Hikaru is the third character not to change attires during different timelines, the first being Chiharu and the second being Arman. He wore the same attire when he watched Valt and Aiger's title match at the age of 10.
- Hikaru and Hyuga are the first Beyblade protagonists since Valt to have the same Japanese and English first name.
- Hikaru and Dante Koryu are the first protagonists in the Burst Series to not make it into the semi-finals of a tournament, being the Legend Festival.
- It's possible that he could be afraid of hedgehogs, or at least Harry, shown by how he feared Harry so much to the point of tears in episode 8.
- Along with Hyuga, Hikaru is the fourth and fifth main Burst protagonist to have his Beyblade destroyed, following Valt, Aiger, and Dante.
References
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