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Naoki Minamo
Naming
Japanese	水面ナオキ
Japanese (Romaji)	Minamo Naoki
Profile
Hair color	Light Blue
Eye color	Hazelnut brown
Gender	Male
Debut Age	unknown
Occupation	Blader Scientist
Beyblade(s)	Nepstrius Armed Zephyr Nova Nepstrius Vertical Trans
Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Shou Nogami
English	Riley Murdock
Anime/Manga
First Appearance (anime)	All In! Going Solo!

Naoki Minamo (水面ナオキ/水面直樹 Minamo Naoki) is a character appearing in the Beyblade Burst series. His Beyblade is Nova Nepstrius Vertical Trans.

Appearance

Naoki has light blue spiked up hair with a braid, and wears white, square-like glasses. He wears a lab coat and always carries a light blue beylogger with him. He dons a turquoise, long-sleeved work shirt and a dark blue button-up vest underneath his lab-coat. He also wears dark grey trousers and black shoes.

Personality

Naoki is often seen as proud and intelligent, being able to analyze his opponent's abilities and come with strategies to defeat them. However, his love and enjoyment of experiments sometimes seem to outweigh the feelings and well-being of other people, as seen when he sabotages Shu Kurenai's match with Jin Aizawa, and nearly gets Valt Aoi disqualified from the National Tournament all for the sake of an experiment.

Naoki also seems to be a loner, as he is almost never seen with anyone else, and all his assistants in his research are computers or robots. But, it is later revealed after he loses to Valt that he actually loves beyblading, and is slightly lonely due to the fact that he cannot relate to most of his peers. His interest in the science behind beyblade makes him feel even more alone, because most people are just focused on the game itself.

However, he seems to have had a change of heart after Valt said he was cool, revealing a more relatable side of him, and his more vulnerable side is shown even more when we learn that he finds his data valuable, even though he was willing to destroy it until Valt stopped him. But unfortunately, he accidentally trips and deletes it all.

Beyblades

• Nepstrius Armed Zephyr: Naoki's Beyblade in Beyblade Burst (manga).
• Nova Nepstrius Vertical Trans: Naoki's primary Beyblade in Beyblade Burst.

Special Moves

• Wave Launch

Battles

Beyblade Burst (anime)
Opponent	Episode	Result
Valt Aoi	40	Win (1-0)
Valt Aoi	41	Lose (1-3)
Valt Aoi	42	Lose (0-2)

Beyblade Burst (Manga)
Opponent	Chapter	Result
Valt Aoi	10	Lose (1-2)

Relationships

Valt Aoi

Naoki first approached Valt with the intent of gathering information on him in order to defeat him in their upcoming battle. He often made backhanded remarks about Valt's intelligence, and then later tricked Valt with a fake phone call from his mother claiming she was giving away her bread oven, which nearly caused Valt to be disqualified for being late.

Naoki later manipulated Valt into believing that Shu's next opponent, Jin Aizawa was going to use underhanded tactics in their battle. When the truth was later revealed, Valt was upset at being used and challenged Naoki to a battle, which Valt won with a Burst finish. By the of the episode, however, Valt tells Naoki that he should hold onto all the data he'd collected about beys, stating that as long as he's upfront about what he's doing and not treating others like lab rats, everyone's happy. However, after Valt left, Naoki accidentally erased all his data on his Beylogger when he tripped.

Gallery

For a full gallery of images of Naoki, see Naoki Minamo/Gallery.

Trivia

• His last name "Minamo" means "water surface".
• His birthday is June 30.
• In the manga, Naoki is seen watching Yo-kai Watch when Valt and Rantaro go to his home.
• Naoki is the first Burst character to break the fourth wall, namely in his debut episode when he says that Valt's intelligence is low while looking towards the audience.