Kai Hiwatari

Kai Hiwatari (火渡カイ, Hiwatari Kai?) is a fictional character from the Beyblade manga and anime series.

Kai is the captain of the BBA Revolution (Bladebreakers in the dub) throughout most of the Beyblade anime series and the keeper of the phoenix bit-beast Dranzer, or in the original Japanese version, Suzaku, the phoenix god of the South in Chinese/Japanese legend.

Although rather introverted, Kai is far more expressive when he beyblades, depicting the great importance that blading holds over his life. As the series progresses, he matures and becomes more open with his team-mates and grows more comfortable around them. In the end, despite his differences with many of his peers in the Beyblade community, Kai sacrifices a great deal to free the world of the influence of Boris Balkov and his BEGA company. Following this introduction is a semi-detailed history of Kai’s role in the Beyblade anime.

Kai is voiced by David Reale in the English dub and Urara Takano in the original.

Trivia:

Out of all of the Bladebreakers, Kai says the least. Kai has been on more Beyblade teams than any other character; BladeSharks, Demolition Boys, Bladebreakers, BEGA League. Although a tough guy, he is shown giving a cat milk, bringing food for a family of cats and in the first ending for the third season, feeding a dog. He is one of only three characters designed for the original Japanese Beyblade game when Beyblades were first made to transfer over to other stories in Beyblade. The others were Jin of the Gale (Hiro) and Tyson. In this game, Kai didn’t have his trademark face paint until the final closing picture of him and Jin. Brooklyn and Kai share a distinct rivalry near the end of G-rev. Brooklyn acts a lot like Kai used to in the beginning of season one and their rivalry could be compared to Tyson and Kai as it was in the beginning of season one with Kai being the ‘Tyson’ of the relationship. Maybe it’s a plot device to show that Kai’s greatest enemy is someone who is himself or is himself. Kai is the only main character in Beyblade not to have his name changed from the Japanese version The name “Kai” can mean “shellfish” which is part of the name of his gang in he original manga,the Shell Shark Killers.The members were Suzuka,Tokubo,Fuji,Hiruta,and Billie.