History
He owns the mystical L-Drago, referred to as the "Forbidden Bey", and is Gingka's ultimate rival. Coincidentally, he keeps his Beyblade on his arm with something shaped like a dragon from the Asian legends. He was a part of the Dark Nebula organization, where he was seriously by most of the followers like Yu. He turned monstrous in the final battle with Gingka in Blader's Spirit.
Ryuga is the reason Gingka's father, Ryo Hagane, was trapped in a cave, But later, Ryo was saved by Hokuto, a Beyblader dog. With Dark Nebula, he attacked the town Gingka lived in. After defeating Ryo in a battle with his L-Drago, rocks fell from the volcano on top of Gingka's father. This is why Gingka used to hate Ryuga. Gingka's father Ryo then turned into his alter-ego, Phoenix, with his Bey, Burn Fireblaze 135MS
Manga
Ryuga first appeared in Chapter 3 of the Manga. He is seen stepping on Busujima. Then he battles Ginga and won, crushing his Pegasus 105F.
in Battle Bladers, he defeated the B Block Bladers quite easily. Then he battles Benkei Hanawa, ultimately wins and crushes Dark Bull H145SD into pieces.
In the semi finals, he did not appear to battle much, but later he battles Sora and won. In the next match, he defeated Kyoya and severely damages Rock Leone.
Then he battles Gingka, and gain an upper hand on Gingka's Storm Pegasus 105RF, nearly destroying it, but finally Pegasus evolves to Galaxy Pegasis W105R²F and defeated Ryuga, badly damaged Lightning L Drago.
In Big Bang Bladers he helps Team Gan Gan Galaxy defeat Team Garcias, who cheated and nearly killing Gingka using a bomb. Later he battles Faust and won.
Personality
Ryuga's personality varied greatly between seasons. This is most likely due to him getting rid of the dark power, that effected his personality.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion
In Metal Fusion, Ryuga was portrayed to be evil and merciless to his few allies and enemies. He loved to attack the Beys of his enemies until the Bey was defeated. He also enjoyed terrorizing other Beybladers and had a power-hungry personality; he despised losing a battle as well. He was cocky, thinking that he had the power to beat anyone else before him. In the finale, Blader's Spirit, it was revealed that Ryuga's actions was caused by Lightning L-Drago's possession over him.
Also, after being freed from the dark power, Ryuga obtained powerful knowledge about becoming one with a Beyblade and understanding it, in contrast to his power-hungry personality from before
Beyblade: Metal Master
Ryuga he is more of an anti-hero now, instead of a villain. He was also a mentor for Tsubasa during the season, to help him as he struggled with his dark power.
Ryuga did not seem to be very fond of Julian Konzern and his Beyblade, and Gravity Destroyer AD145WD because Ryuga believed that there should be only one reverse-rotating Bey, which is his L-Drago.
Ryuga did help Team Gan Gan Galaxy because had subbed in for Tsubasa and Yu while they were in the hospital.
Beyblade: Metal Fury
However, he still retained a lust for power in Metal Fury, as shown by his repeated attempts to control or absorb Nemesis's power, although he was not as hungry for power as before.
In Kenta's Determination, however, he was shown to be caring. He took care of his Bey, waited for Kenta under a tree when he fainted, used L-Drago to light a fire for him, and even fed him. He was also shown to have a "sixth sense" which makes him alert to Beys being prepared for launching, to which he quickly launches his bey to either stop the Blader or ignite a battle.
While battling Rago in the Beggining of the battle Ryuga Use his special move Dragon emporer Decends Which didn't really have effect on Diablo Nemesis. Ryuga new he had no chance of defeating Rago he ended up being flown back almost dead but helping Kenta during the battle with Rago.
Character Information
Gender:Male
Also known as:The Dragon Emperor
Beyblade (s):L-Drago 105F(manga only)
Lightning L-Drago 100HF
Meteo L-Drago LW105LF
L-Drago Destructor F:S
Relative (s):Ryuto
Friends:Kenta Yumiya
Gingka Hagane
Kyoya Tategami
Enemies:Nemesis
Rago
Doji
Pluto
Jack
Kyoya Tategami (formerly)
Gingka Hagane (formerly)
Occupation: Beyblader,Adventurer
First anime appearance:Chase the Wolf!
First manga appearance:Volume 1,Chapter 3
Voiced by: Carman Melville (English)
Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese)
Ryuga, also known as the famous Dragon Emperor,was the deuteragonist during the Metal Saga.Ryuga was a former member of Dark Nebula and the ultimate rival of Gingka Hagane.He was the one who had owned the Forbidden Bey.He was a Legendary Blader as well, specifically part of the Bladers of the Four Seasons,where the power of Gaia was separated into the four seasons of Earth and thus four bladers, Gingka Hagane, Kyoya Tategami, Chris and Ryuga; with Ryuga representing the season of summer.He later gave his star fragment to his close friend, Kenta Yumiya .Ryuga was also known for owning various L-Drago's.With him having owned Lightning L-Drago 100 HF, Meteo L-Drago LW105LF, and finally, L-Drago Destructor F:S.
Introduced as a villain character in Metal Fusion, Ryuga was affiliated with Dark Nebula organization, who aided him in the theft of the Lightning L-Drago 100 HF from Koma Village.This incident served as the character motivation for Gingka when Ryuga abandoned Gingka's Father in rubble after the first encounter.
The power of the Forbidden Bey would influence Ryuga and consume him, draining his energy and turning Ryuga into a monster. But after being defeated by Gingka, Ryuga would begin a journey of redemption and eventually tame the Lightning L-Drago, becoming the Meteo L-Drago LW105LF in the process. He mentored Tsubasa Otori during Metal Masters who was struggling with his dark power and even acted as a temporary reserve member during the Beyblade World Championships for Team Gan Gan Galaxy for their match against Jack of Team Star Breaker.
During Metal Fury, Ryuga was revealed as a Legendary Blader, specifically one of the Bladers of the Four Seasons representing summer. He finds a traveling companion in Kenta Yumiya, who would become Ryuga's closest (if not only) friend. This bond would ultimately convince Ryuga to cooperate with Gingka and the group in locating the remaining Legendary Bladers. Ryuga and Kenta traveled much, battling in tournaments and such as well as being present when Nemesis was revived.
The battle became a living hell where the confrontation with Nemesis would become a struggle as it went on. Yet Ryuga did not despair, and with the remaining power of the Fragment of the Star he contained, he gave it to Kenta to inherit. Kenta became the Legendary Blader to represent Summer for Ryuga. This caused Ryuga to semminly die in an act of self sacrifice to give hope to destroy Nemesis.
His death came to a shock to many Bladers, especially Kenta and Gingka. Ryuga was Kenta's close friend and Ryuga had taught a lot to Gingka. In the end, after Gingka and Pegasus destroyed Nemesis forever, he gave thanks to a very special ally, mentor, and overall, a friend for helping him in their journey. And that friend, is Ryuga. His death was never confirmed
