Kai Hiwatari

Kai Hiwatari is one of the main characters from the Beyblade series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kai appears in the series as a "bad boy." Takao and Kai hate each other at the very beginning when they meet; Kai hates Takao because he loses the battle in front of him and because he thinks Takao is very picky, annoying and immature. Takao doesn't hate Kai, as he only wants to be one of Kai's friends, but that proves difficult, because of Kai's attitude to beyblading and life in general. With time, Kai became a BladeBreaker accepting Rei, Max, Takao and Kyouju as his partners.
Being a natural leader, he is the leader of the Blade Sharks (which he leaves), BladeBreakers, Demolition Boys (Neo-borg). Betraying his friends countless times, it seems that the only thing that Kai wants is power, though, later, his reasons morph into wanting to beat Takao and only him. Having a hard childhood and no social contact have made him completely cold and indifferent to other people, though he begins to open up little by little.
But mostly, he's the kind of guy that always stays cool and quiet. That proves to be hard with Takao around whom he later sees as one of his closest friends. He develops certain friendships with his other team members, but all in all his best friend would have to be Takao.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Beyblade
* Beyblade G Revolution
* Beyblade the Movie: Decisive Battle! Takao VS Daichi
* Beyblade V-Force
=== Manga ===
* Beyblade
* Beyblade: Rising
=== Video Games ===
* Beyblade
* Beyblade G-Revolution
== Trivia ==
* Kai has been on more teams than any other character in the Original Series.
* Kai is the character that had received the most changes between each season, both in personality and design.
* Kai has lost Dranzer once every season; once to Spencer in 2000, once to Zeo Zagart in V-Force and once in G-Revolution when Dranzer MS shattered into pieces after beating Brooklyn. Dranzer later reappears completely fixed to battle Tyson strangely enough, and Kai even lent Dranzer's strength to Tyson when he battled Brooklyn in the Justice Five finals.
** The concept of Dranzer being repaired after the battle with Zeus could reference the idea of the Phoenix regenerating from death in Greek Mythology ("A phoenix rising from the ashes").
* Several references to Kai have been made in other parts of Beyblade:
* "Ōtori Asuka"; made an appearance in the two-part manga Beyblade Battle: Holy Dragon Legend and was the female counterpart to Kai who controlled Dranzer.
* According to Takao Aoki, Kai celebrates his birthday on August 1. Its mentioned in Bakuten Shoot Beyblade: Rising.
** Kai's Zodiac is therefore a Leo.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kai Hiwatari at Beyblade Wiki
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