White Tigers (Beyblade)
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The White Tigers are a fictional team of Beybladers in the anime
series Beyblade
. The team consists of Lee Wong
, Mariah Wong
, Gary Tan, Kevin Cheng, and in the third season Beyblade G-Revolution only, Ray Kon
and Master Tao. In G-Revolution, The White Tigers are renamed White Tiger X, and Ray and Lee are tagteam partners. All members of the White Tigers have cat-like expressions and features, Mariah more so than her other teammates as her Japanese name Mao means cat in Chinese. Takao also referred to her as a cat-girl when they first met.
after being inspired by Mr. Dickenson, the chairman of the Beyblade Battle Association (BBA). The rest of the team form China's competing team in the world championships, and there is a lot of tension when the Bladebreakers and the White Tigers face off in the first real tournament, and even before it. Kevin even attempts to attack Ray for leaving their team. After the tournament is over, however, Lee realizes that Ray had good intentions when he left, and will return some day to the White Tigers with what he learnt on his travels.
The White Tigers do not make an appearance in the second season.
, due to their opponent's dirty tricks. During their next fight against the F-Dynasty
(this time as a 2x2 fight again), Lee is taken over by his emotions and becomes insane, which obligates Ray to stop Lee, sacrificing their victory. After these two defeats, they fight together as a double for the third time against the PPB All Starz. Lee is the only one to be remaining after the final attacks, making his team the winner, but the fight also served as a lesson to Rick, who finally learned how to do some team work. In their last match, against the Blitzkrieg Boys, Lee is easily defeated by Tala, and Ray loses his fight against Kai, after a difficult and aggressive fight. After the end of the championship, the White Tiger X flies back to China and reappears when the BEGA
takes over the BBA. Ray re-joins the Blade Breakers (now G-Revolutions) and Lee and Mariah are constantly seen supporting them.
Mariah (Mao)
Kevin (Kiki)
Gary (Gao)
Master Tao
John McGrath in the English dub.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series Beyblade
Beyblade
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki. Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from 2000 to 2002, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon by Shogakukan...
. The team consists of Lee Wong
Lee Wong
Lee Chan, known in the Japanese version as Rai Chou , is a fictional character from the anime and manga series of Beyblade....
, Mariah Wong
Mariah Wong
Mariah Wong, is a fictional character from the anime and manga series of Beyblade. Mariah is the first girl-blader to appear in the series. She has cat-like features and a fierce bitbeast. She is completely loyal to the White Tiger team and always tries to keep the peace within it...
, Gary Tan, Kevin Cheng, and in the third season Beyblade G-Revolution only, Ray Kon
Ray Kon
Raymond Kon, more commonly known as Ray Kon, known in the Japanese version as Rei Kon , is a fictional character from the anime and manga series of Beyblade. In the anime, he is voiced by Daniel DeSanto in the US/UK version, whilst voiced by Aya Hisakawa in the Japanese version...
and Master Tao. In G-Revolution, The White Tigers are renamed White Tiger X, and Ray and Lee are tagteam partners. All members of the White Tigers have cat-like expressions and features, Mariah more so than her other teammates as her Japanese name Mao means cat in Chinese. Takao also referred to her as a cat-girl when they first met.
2000
In the first season, Ray had left the White Tigers to learn more about Beyblading from other bladers. After the regional qualifiers of the world beyblading championships, he decided to join up with the BladebreakersBladebreakers
The Bladebreakers are a fictional team of Beybladers in the anime series Beyblade. The team includes Takao Kinomiya, Kai Hiwatari, Max Tate, Ray Kon and Kenny, though Kenny does not blade for the team until G-Revolution, where the team undergoes two new names, the BBA Revolution, and later...
after being inspired by Mr. Dickenson, the chairman of the Beyblade Battle Association (BBA). The rest of the team form China's competing team in the world championships, and there is a lot of tension when the Bladebreakers and the White Tigers face off in the first real tournament, and even before it. Kevin even attempts to attack Ray for leaving their team. After the tournament is over, however, Lee realizes that Ray had good intentions when he left, and will return some day to the White Tigers with what he learnt on his travels.
The White Tigers do not make an appearance in the second season.
G-Revolution
In the third season, Ray returns to the White Tigers, and they enter the next championship, having Ray and Lee as the main beybladers. They begin fighting against Tyson and Daichi, and after a 2x2 fight, they win. In the next fight, they lose to the Barthez BattalionBarthez Battalion
The Barthez Battalion is a group of fictional characters in the popular Beyblade anime and manga series. The team consists of Miguel, Mathilda, Aaron, Claude and their coach Barthez. The team only appears during the third season, Beyblade G-Revolution....
, due to their opponent's dirty tricks. During their next fight against the F-Dynasty
F-Dynasty
F Dynasty is a group of fictional characters from the popular Beyblade anime and manga series. Raul and Julia Fernandez are the twin Beybladers representing Spain. They were born and raised into a circus, and specialise in tag team Beyblade matches...
(this time as a 2x2 fight again), Lee is taken over by his emotions and becomes insane, which obligates Ray to stop Lee, sacrificing their victory. After these two defeats, they fight together as a double for the third time against the PPB All Starz. Lee is the only one to be remaining after the final attacks, making his team the winner, but the fight also served as a lesson to Rick, who finally learned how to do some team work. In their last match, against the Blitzkrieg Boys, Lee is easily defeated by Tala, and Ray loses his fight against Kai, after a difficult and aggressive fight. After the end of the championship, the White Tiger X flies back to China and reappears when the BEGA
BEGA League
The BEGA League/Justice 5 are a fictional group of characters for the popular Beyblade anime and manga series. BEGA stands for Beyblade Entertainment Global Association. BEGA League only appear during the third season, and are seen by fans as enemies for aiding Boris. The team consists of Garland,...
takes over the BBA. Ray re-joins the Blade Breakers (now G-Revolutions) and Lee and Mariah are constantly seen supporting them.
Members
Lee (Rai)Mariah (Mao)
Kevin (Kiki)
- Kevin, known in the Original Japanese version as Kiki (キョウジュ Kiki Cheng), has a wild and unpredictable style. His bit-beast is Galman, a monkey that seems to produce more copies of itself to confuse his opponent. Kevin Tan loses to Tyson twice, and is never able to get revenge in the finals of the Asian tournament. His special attacks are the Crazy Monkey attack and Monkey Claw attack. When Ray left, this made Kevin angry. He's slightly selfish, and is a bit of a prankster. He has a somewhat brotherly relationship with Gary, and he is good friends with Mariah. He may be small, but Kevin is one nimble character. His taunting tactics not only annoy, but also provoke his rivals. And when facing off against another team, it's Kevin who provides both physical and verbal distractions from the battle at hand.
- He is voiced by Junko ShimakataJunko Shimakatais a Japanese voice actress who works for Aoni Production.-Anime:*Kumomaru and Kirimaru in Anpanman*Kiki in Beyblade*Ichiro in Crayon Shin-chan*Roboka and Chinchao in Doraemon*Kaka in Dragon Quest*Trigger in Kurogane Communication...
in the original version, and by Lyon Smith in the EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
dub. He shares the same English voice actor with Michael, DJ Jazzman (V-Force only), and Romero. - His beyblades are Galman with the Crazy Monkey attack and Galman 2 with the Illusion Confusion attack.
Gary (Gao)
- Gary, known in the JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese version as Gaou (金李, JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
: Tan Gaou, ChineseChinese languageThe Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
PinyinPinyinPinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: Jīn Lǐ) has a special bond with his bit-beast Galzzly, which allows Galzzly to imitate Gary's emotion and use it for power. In the Asian tournament finals Gary ended up thrashing Max's blade and destroying the arena with it, proving Gary is one of the strongest bladers around. However, his mind tends to turn to thoughts of food, rather than the actual beybattles on more than a few occasions. Despite all of this, Gary is more of a gentle giant than he is a competitor who seeks to destroy his opponents. His attacks are Bear Axe Attack and Bear Stomp Attack. He has a somewhat brotherly relationship with Kevin. He was shown in the BEGA arc. along with all with his team mates, helping Tyson and his gang control the HMS blades and actually try being on the team. - Gary is voiced by Kazuyuki Ishikawa in the original version, and by Craig LauzonCraig LauzonCraig Lauzon is a Canadian actor, writer, comedian, and member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. His main caricatures on the Farce include George Stroumboulopoulos, John Baird, and Stephen Harper...
in the English dub. Gary shares the same English voice actor with Bryan, Joseph, Goki, Dr. Zagart, Gordo, and Claude. - His beyblades are Galzzy with the Bear Axe attack and Galzzy 2 with the Bear Stomp attack.
Master Tao
- Master Tao is the coach - or "sensei" - of White Tiger X. He makes his first and only appearance in G-Revolution, though according to Rei and his teammates he was their teacher long beforehand. Tao is something of an oddity; while he clearly knows a great deal more than he lets on, his strange "words of wisdom" leave much to be desired, and his odd and somewhat perverted nature often conceals how wise he truly is. Tao is voiced by
John McGrath in the English dub.
Trivia
- All members of the White Tiger's Blade starts in "Gal" and the endings are parts of animal names like leo in Galeon meaning lion and lux in Galux as in an Egyptian mountain cat. Also, monkey in Galman and grizzly in Galzzly.
- In the original Japanese series, Gary's bit-beast was named Galzzly. But was changed in the dubbed version to Galzzy.