Kikura Gen

Template:Infobox:Zero-G CharacterGen Kikura (Japanese: 木倉ゲン (きくら ゲン), Kikura Gen) is a recurring character who appears in the anime and manga series, Beyblade: Shogun Steel. He owns Pirate Kraken A230JSB.

He is an environmentalist, formerly located in Midsummer Beach as to prevent littering and preserve its natural environment. He would accomplish this by disguising himself as a "Sea Monster" and scaring away wrongdoers as a warning, but eventually came to enjoy it and continued his mischief. Despite this, Zyro Kurogane defeated him in a Beybattle and subsequently kicked him off the island.

Character design

Gen has dark brown cocoa skin. He wears goggles and his eyes resemble those of Tetsuya Watargani. He has white hair with parts of red and has curly hair. He also wears and black shirt with white stripes.

Personality

Like Tetsuya, he has an insane personality, and has a backstory that explains why he is doing the acts he does. He also has a sea creature related Bey, like Tetsuya. Although, he hasn't said any word over and over again like "Crab" or any other nonsense.

Biography

Beyblade: Shogun Steel

The Sea Monster attacks.

Prior to Zyro Kurogane and his friends' vacation to Midsummer Beach, Gen Kikura posed as a "Sea Monster" by trapping himself in seaweed near the beach. When litter was present at each summer's end, Gen used his disguise to scare away the litterers in hopes of them to never return. This allowed Gen to preserve and take care of the beach's beauty, but his environmentalist actions became mischief. Gen grew to enjoy the yells of the people he frightened and decided to partake in it again and again for amusement. Soon, his actions became rumours and earned him a profile.

Gen flees.

During his next opportunity for scares, Gen found Mal, Madoka Amano and Ren Kurenai enjoying their time there while he prepared for another misadventure. As Gen approached the ladies repeating "Don't litter at the beach.", Zyro and his friends, Shinobu Hiryuin, Kite Unabara and Eight Unabara were alarmed. As a burrow beneath the sand was headed towards the girls, Shinobu was quick to launch Ninja Salamander SW145SD and clash in. A Beyblade was knocked back in the air but its owner, the Sea Monster retreated it. Gen took off quickly and returned to the water in an attempt to conceal himself. However, the gang discovered foot flipper footprints on the sand floor - a clue as to the Monster's true identity.

Gen, alarmed at how people know of his nickname, "Mushroom".

When Gen decided to scare them the next day, a trap devised by the gang captured him. Upon recouping, he attempted to introduce himself through sophisticated means. When his name got through to them, Zyro called him "Mushroom" which insulted him. As Zyro and Co. interrogated his presence at the beach, Gen recounted his mission as an environmentalist. Initially in awe and supportive of his justification, he revealed how he came to enjoy scaring individuals, drastically changing the gang's opinion. Kite opted to challenge him in a Beybattle for his wrongdoings because of how "unscientific" his role was; Gen accepted with his Pirate Kraken A230JSB.

High tide enters and closes Gen's Beybattle with Kite.

Gen directed the gang to a "Rock Stadium" the beach's water flow created and their battle instantly began. Pirate Kraken A230JSB proved to be a challenge to Kite's Guardian Leviathan 160SB due to the former's Armor 230 Spin Track. As both were Defense-Types, it became impossible to decide a winner when A230 blocked every attack with strong support. While Gen was expected to announce a Special Move, he dismissed this in favour of a Stamina sleep-out. The showdown took much more time than it needed, boring the spectators who moved on. Eventually, the beach's sea tide causes a pool of water to enter the Rock Stadium, thus ending the battle with no win or loss.

Gen witnesses his Pirate Kraken A230JSB sink.

When Eight announced his intention of challenging Gen, Zyro stated how he would go instead. Back to a water-less Rock Stadium, Pirate Kraken A230JSB faced off with Samurai Ifrit W145CF, an Attack-Type. Zyro's method was to continually barrage A230 to defeat Gen's Bey, but Gen laughed at it. Gen also revealed how he came to learn and utilize a technique where virtually Pirate Kraken A230JSB could not be out-spun by any means; the only path to victory was an attack from above. Glad that Gen revealed his Beyblade's weakness, Zyro commanded Samurai Ifrit W145CF to take the skies and clash back down on Pirate Kraken, which fell into a river and awarded Zyro a win. Alarmed, Gen dove into the water to retrieve it - never to return to Midsummer Beach.

The Unabara Brothers spectate a careless Gen fighting hot-blooded Takanosuke.

Upon his departure from the beach, Gen sought out Metal Bey City as his new home after scaring two others who attempted to litter. Intending to apply the same actions in the city as the beach, he spoke aloud his "life story" which caught Takanosuke Shishiya's attention. Soon enough, they battled as Kraken was facing Archer Gryph C145S. Similarly, A230 came to protect his Beyblade when Archer Gryph's attacks did nothing. Takanosuke soon learned to attack from atop rather than beside it - shocking Gen at how Takanosuke learned by himself. Gryph flew above and assaulted from the sky, once again throwing Killerken into the sea of which Gen chased after.

Gen trains under Benkei's guidance.

Gen later entered Neo Battle Bladers but was easily defeated and thus, did not make the "Best Eight". Post the tournament's end when Zyro became No. 1 Blader in Japan and WBBA head, Tsubasa Otori announced a second Beyblade world championship, Gen took interest. Along with Akuya Onizaki and many other Bladers, Gen registered in Benkei Hanawa's fierce training due to his success with Zyro.

Beyblades

• Pirate Kraken A230JSB - Gen Kikura's only known Beyblade; its Spirit never appeared.

Beybattles

Anime

Beyblade: Shogun Steel
Opponent	Episode	Outcome
Shinobu Hiryuin	ZG013	Undecided
Zyro Kurogane	ZG013	Undecided
Kite Unabara	ZG014	Undecided
Zyro Kurogane	ZG014	Lose
Takanosuke Shishiya	ZG022	Lose
Shinobu Hiryūin	ZG030	Lose

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