Ryuu Akatsuki

"I've already won, can't you see that that is perfect proof that I'm stronger? Why waste time battling when you already know the result?" - Beyblade Burst God, episode 23

Ryuu Akatsuki is a character appearing in the anime/manga series, Beyblade Burst. She fights with her beyblade Hex Rychinora. In God, it it shown that she does not have a proper bond with Rychinora and does not believe beyblades are alive. This causes her bey to be destroyed.

Ryuu returns in Beyblade Burst Cho-Z with her bey Eonia Rychinora, which she upgraded from Halo Rychinora. With the influence of Valt and other BC Sol members, she starts to believe that the bond between blader and bey is what makes bladers truly powerful and starts to work toward not only getting stronger, but to form a bond between her and Rychinora. Though she tries her best, she is still not used to listening to her bey. With her bond getting stronger and stronger, she soars through the ranks and becomes the champion of many tournaments. She becomes slightly corrupted, but quickly realizes it and stops it. After she lost he champion spot to Aiga, she disappeared from the blading world.

In Beyblade Burst Sparking, Ryuu reappeared in the blading world and has formed an unbreakable bond with her newly evolved bey, Psychic Rychinora. She has left BC Sol and travels around the world looking for powerful opponents to battle against.

Appearance

Ryuu is slightly short for her age, but grows between the seasons. She has long, dark purple hair that almost looks black. Her hair covers her right eye. She has fair skin and red eyes.

In God, Ryuu wears a dark short sleeved shirt that come down to her midriff. The shirt is slanted on the top, showing her right shoulder. She has light blue denim shorts and has a purple jacket tied around her waist. Ryuu has a light scarf around her neck that goes down her back all the way to her ankles. She has black and purple tall boots that have V marks on them.

In Cho-Z, Ryuu has gotten a little taller and now wears her hair up in a ponytail. She wears a long white coat with a jagged bottom. She rolled up her right sleeve but didn't on the left one, which causes the sleeve to cover her hand. She keeps her signature gloves and scarf. She wears a simple dark purple crop top shirt with a black shirt underneath that is tucked into two belts that cross over each other to make an X shape. Two straps attached to her belt fall down to about her knees the curve back up and to the back of the belt. Ryuu wears dark denim jeans, and a different tall boot that has X mark designs on it.

In Sparking, Ryuu has grown very tall and let down her hair again. She still wears a long white coat like Cho-Z, but the coat doesn't have long sleeves. One sleeve is slanted and falls down her left shoulder, like the shirt in God. She wears a crop top shirt with both sides cut out in a triangle shape so it looks like there is an upside down V attached to the shirt. She kept her belt and straps from Cho-Z. Her boots are her original long boots from God and her scarf now has two parts that come down.

Personality

Ryuu was a very cheerful and bright girl before she ran away from home. Now, she isn't very social, and she is cold to people who aren't close to her. Most people stay away from her because of her personality, but Ryuu is very protective and cares for those who are her friends, though she tries not to show it.

She is a hard worker and does anything she can to achieve her goals. She is also very strategic, and can foretell other's moves. When she was corrupted, she acted without thinking and regretted it later after she turned sane.

Ryuu is very serious, and is hardly ever shown smiling or enjoying battle. The only reason she battles is to win, and nothing else. This is shown when Valt tries to explain the fun in blading, and she ignores him and tells him he's battling wrong. She believes there is no point in battling if you don't win, and when she loses, she believes it is because she is too weak and trains two times harder. Sometimes, if the blader she lost to is her rival, she might seem depressed and doesn't battle for days, maybe weeks until she thinks she can beat them. This later changes in Cho-Z when she is shown to enjoy Beyblade for the first time.

Around her close friends, she seems less cold. She could be sarcastic at times, and she seems carefree.

Biography

Background

Beyblade Burst God

Ryuu Akatsuki is introduced getting scouted by Kristina Kuroda for BC Sol. At first she refused, but later finally agreed. She has a flashback of her past on the plane to Spain.

Her parents were very rich, and Ryuu was always treated like a princess like home. She was homeschooled, and her parents never let her outside because they thought it was too dangerous for her. After her father died because an accident, she was left with her mother and her younger twin sister, Rya. Rya was always better at everything than her, and she became more and more stressed out. One day, she finally decided she had enough and ran away into the forest. She didn't mean to run away forever, just for the day. But she got lost and she spent two days in the wild. She finally found a way out of the forest and stumbled upon a city. She lived in a grocery store storage room, raiding the store at night for food. She found Hex Rychinora in a box in the storage room, and even though she didn't know what it was because she never heard of beyblade before, she kept it.

After the plane ride she becomes an official member of BC Sol. She trains alone at night, because she believes she is too weak. She becomes stronger and stronger, but thinks beyblades aren't alive, and don't get the fun of beyblade. Valt, who was the first person she met in BC Sol, tries to convince her that Beyblade is supposed to be fun.

Later, she challenges Lui Shirosagi, and has her bey broken by him. She considers him an enemy and rival since then. She upgraded Hex Rychinora to Halo Rychinora. She trains with her new bey. She challenged Lui again, and still lost. He realized what was wrong and told her that she'll never get strong unless she forms a bond with her bey. Ryuu, having been convinced beyblades are alive, tries to form a bond with Rychinora. It was difficult to her and she eventually gave up.

Beyblade Burst Cho-Z

When she was training one day, she decided to try to talk to her newly evolved bey, Eonia Rychinora. She succeeded this time, and from then on, she tried everything she could to hear her bey's voice again, but she never did.

While trying to hear Rychinora's voice, she stumbled upon the Snake Pit Organization. Ashtem, the founder of the organization, invited her to join. Ryuu, having heard about this place from Shu Kurenai while she was in America, quickly declined. She tried to forget what he said, but Ashtem's words kept on echoing in her mind, and she became corrupted. She challenged many strong opponents, and during a battle with Phi, Rychinora breaks mid battle because of all of the pressure Ryuu was giving it.

She realizes that she has been corrupted, and breaks free. She repairs and upgrades Eonia Rychinora into Cho-Z Rychinora and realizes what true bond is.

Beyblade Burst Sparking

Ryuu has formed an unbreakable bond with her new bey, Psychic Rychinora. She keeps on working harder to create a stronger resonance. She has become warmer to everyone, and has a new goal of spreading the fun of beyblade. She has reunited with her sister, Rya who has also become a blader. Ryuu now travels around the world challenging strong bladers.

Beyblades

Hex Rychinora: Left spinning, Balance type, Ryuu's first bey, until it got destroyed by Lui Shirosagi

Halo Rychinora: Left spinning, Balance type, Ryuu's second bey in God, replacement for Hex Rychinora

Eonia Rychinora: Can switch to left mode or right mode, Balance type, Ryuu's bey in Cho-Z destroyed while corrupted

Cho-Z Rychinora: Can switch to left mode or right mode, Balance type, Ryuu's second bey in Cho-Z, replacement for Eonia Rychinora

Psychic Rychinora: Can switch to left mode or right mode, Balance type, Ryuu's final and current bey

Special Moves

Hex Slash: Uses four outer blades to strike opponent

Sorcery Boost: Boosts launch

Affinity Barrage: Circles around stadium and occasionally dives in to strike opponent

Hex Whip: Heavily strikes opponent with blades

Halo Strike: Rolls on its side and swings back and forth between the stadium, similar to Balkesh's Dread Vertical and Wyvron's Shield Crash

Halo Whip: Slashes the opponent, dealing massive damage

Zenith Barrage: Stronger version of Affinity Barrage

Eonia Realm: takes the center and knocks back any beys that get close

Soul Defence: Defends with a diamond shield

Ultra Zenith Barrage: Upgraded version of Zenith Barrage

Psychic Reboot: Zooms around the stadium with alarming speed

Psychic Launch: Barrages the opponent with a series of powerful attacks

Psychic Glide: Trajectory changes and bey glides across stadium
Eclipse power: Speeds up and smashes into opponent many times

Relationships

Amia Sakurada

Ryuu's childhood friend. Because Ryuu was never allowed out of the house, Amia came over most of the time. Their parents were close friends so the technically grew up together. Later, after many years, Ryuu met Amia again, and after finding out that she became a blader too, challenged her. The battle kept on ending in draws, and Ryuu saw no point in doing it and longer.

Amia is Ryuu's closest friend. Ryuu seems less cold around her, and is very protective of her. She treats her like a sister but sometimes jokingly teases Amia, sometimes about Fubuki. Though she teases her sometimes, she doesn't let anyone else tease her. Ryuu often calls her Mei-Chan, though when in battle she calls her by name.

Valt Aoi

The first person she met in BC Sol. Ryuu and Valt are opposites in personality, and so they argue often. Valt was also the first person she battled in BC Sol. She lost, and as usual, trained two times harder to get stronger. Valt, in their rematch, asked her why she wasn't enjoying battle. From then on, he kept on trying to convince her that battling is fun, and Ryuu ignored him most of the time. Ryuu is also shown to be annoyed of Valt, as shown when she told him to stop annoying her and mind his own business.

Shu Kurenai

Ryuu and Shu aren't ever seen together, but when Ryuu stumbles upon the Snake Pit, she declines Ashtem's invitation because she remembers what Shu told her when she was in America to train. Later, Shu is shown watching her as she battles Phi when she was corrupted.

Lui Shirosagi

She challenged him before she had a bond with Rychinora, and Lui was the one who broke Hex Rychinora. She considered him an enemy and rival. Ryuu challenged him again after she created Halo Rychinora, but still lost with a burst finish. Lui told her that she'll never beat anyone until she has a proper bond with Rychinora.

In Cho-Z, Ryuu and Lui were shown to be friends, though it doesn't show how it happened.

Sisco Karlisle

It is shown Ryuu has met him in a flashback, before she found out what Rychinora was. Sisco, seeing the bey in her hand, challenged her. Ryuu didn't know what he was talking about but accepted anyways. She had a launcher, but she didn't know what she was supposed to do. She simply copied wat Sisco did, and was amazed of how the bey spun.

She was surprised to see him at BC Sol, but they rarely ever talked.

Free De La Hoya

Ryuu met him in the forest, and challenged him. She lost, and Free noticed what was wrong but didn't say anything. As she was walking away, she noticed Free's deer. Because of her love of animals, she followed it and ended up in the lake where Free meditates. From then, she came to that spot often to calm her mind, though only when Free wasn't around.

Shasa Guten

Ryuu's first friend in BC Sol. Shasa was unsure about how to think about Ryuu at first. Ryuu seemed kind of rude at first, for she ignored most people. Shasa didn't really like her personality. She challenged Ryuu, and Ryuu won. Ryuu helped her fix her launch, and from then on they often trained together.

Fubuki Sumie

Introduced to him by Amia when she was still in the Bey club. One of the few bladers she respects as an rival and opponent.

Fuuka Sumie

Introduced after Fubuki by Amia. She is one of the few close friends she has.

Aiga Akaba

After Ryuu took the Champion spot from Valt Aoi, Aiga Akaba challenged her and took the spot. After that, Ryuu disappeared from the blading world to train alone. This was also when she left BC Sol.

Phi

When Ryuu was corrupted, she challenged all of the strong bladers she could find. When she was battling Phi, Rychinora broke mid battle, not because of the damage Phoenix gave it, but because Ryuu overworked it. This was the final battle she had while she was corrupted.

Delta Zakuro

Ryuu was mentioned sometimes by Delta in GT. Delta and Ryuu have battled before, with Ryuu being victorious. Ryuu has never been seen with Delta in person, but they keep in touch.

Rya Akatsuki

Ryuu's younger twin sister. She has always been better as everything than Ryuu, which was the reason she ran away in the first place. It is shown that Rya didn't mean to brag or show Ryuu that she was better. Later, Rya became a blader and she challenges Ryuu. Ryuu wins, and they each go their own way to become stronger. They keep in touch, and often visit each other to battle.

Rychinora

Ryuu's bey. Rychinora had a rough start with Ryuu. It was found in a storage room in the grocery store by Ryuu, but no one knows how it got there or who its previous owner was. After Ryuu becomes corrupted, it gets overworked by her and breaks. Later, it becomes a loyal friend to Ryuu that always stays by her side.

Quotes

"I've had enough! It's not my fault she's always better than me!"
"So this is what they call a beyblade....."
"No. I've already answered and that's final." -Refusing Kris's invitation
"Stop it! You mind your own business! If I'm blading wrong, it's me that's blading wrong that you have nothing whatsoever to do with it!" - Snapping at Valt after he tries to convince her that beyblade is supposed to be fun
"I don't battle people I've already won against."
"I've already won, can't you see that that is perfect proof that I'm stronger? Why waste time battling when you already know the result?"
"Ugh! How many times do I have to tell you! I'm not the one blading wrong, you are!"
"You... talk to your bey? You talk to a piece of metal?! How stupid. I should've known not to talk to people who have nothing better to do in their boring lives than talk to a piece of metal." - Regarding Valt talking to his bey
"Mei-chan, don't tell me you too.... ugh, forget it, no point in asking." - Regarding Amia saying beys are alive
"Get out of my way!!!! ZENITH BARRAGE!"
"No way, Rychinora...?" - Hearing Rychinora's voice for the first time.
"No matter how much you try, you can't beat me, and you know that."
"What's that supposed to be? …You've gotta be kidding me, you call that Valtryek? It looks more like a dead rat to me." - Regarding Valt's picture of Valtryek
"Oh you say? Then how come your bey just stopped spinning?"
"Hi..... deer. Huh? What is a deer doing here?" - Seeing Free's deer for the first time
"So I guess you really are alive...."
"It's not over, till I say it's over! So get up."
"I've formed a true bond with Rychinora. It was rough in the beginning, but we managed to do it. I've realized the true meaning of beyblade and battling. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING can stop us now!" - Explaining what she has finally realized

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Trivia

Ryuu means Dragon and Imperial, and her surname, Akatsuki, means red moon for 丹 (Aka) means Red and 月 (Tsuki) means Moon
- Her name may be a reference to Rychinora, who is a dragon

She isn't very good with directions
- This is shown when she gets lost in the forest after she runs away

She has a slight obsession with animals
- This is shown when she gets sidetracked on the way out of the forest near BC Sol because of Free's deer
- She states she had 6 dogs, 4 cats, 20 rabbits, a whole aquarium of fish, 13 hamsters, 2 Guinea pigs, 8 snakes, and a spider back at home

She doesn't know how to cook, for others have always cooked for her
- She keeps on trying though, and mostly ends up burning everything

She does not have a phone
- When Amia asked her why she didn't contact her family, she states she didn't have a phone
- In Cho-Z, it seems that she has gotten one
  - Even after she gets one, she is terrible with how to use it and doesn't know what social media is, but she does know how to call

She is a bit of a perfectionist, and she can't stand when things aren't perfect
- This may be why she always believes she isn't good enough
- She cannot stand when something isn't clean, and always cleans it up
  - This may be because she was taught this way back at home
    - She was taught not to be friends with untidy people, though she always wondered why

Her backstory of how she was always worse than her younger twin sister was inspired by BanG Dream! where Sayo, the older twin, was always worse at everything than Hina, the younger twin
- She hates more than anything to lose in a bey battle to her sister, after they reunite

Her voice actor in Japanese version is Sakura Ayane, English version is Celeste Roberts, and Korean version is Gaeun Kim
- Sakura Ayane voiced Ran Mitake, and Celeste Roberts voiced Tomoe Udagawa

Ryuu is half South Korean, and can speak Korean fluently
- Her father is Japanese, and her mother is South Korean
- Her sister, Rya cannot speak Korean fluently
  - This is something Ryuu is better than Rya, but Ryuu doesn't notice

She never calls anybody by honorifics when battling
She is left handed
Her zodiac is Virgo
She mentions that she is everyone's enemy
- She mentioned that she is even enemies with herself, which her friends had no idea what it meant
- She can also be friends with nearly anyone, if they treat her kindly
  - Thought most people start out kind, people who do not know Ryuu takes time to get used to people, or aren't patient enough to deal with her end up being her enemy

She practices Tae-Kwon-Do
- She states that is how she survived in the forest with all the animals, but it isn't confirmed

Her creator doesn't know how to use a base, so she starts from scratch which causes her drawings to be ugly :P

She often goes to the forest to calm her mind
She rarely accepts unofficial battle requests unless she is the one that challenged the person