Dante Koryu

Burst Rise

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### First Apperance

Ace Dragon on the Rise!

**Dante Koryu**, known as **Drum Koryu** (虹龍ドラム, *Kōryū Doramu*) in Japan, is the main protagonist of the anime/manga series, *Beyblade Burst Rise*. He initially fought with his Beyblades Ace/Glyph/Rock Dragon Sting Charge Zan. After his Bey was destroyed by Arthur Peregrine, Dante upgraded his Beyblade: Command Dragon Ignition'. He later borrows the Master Layer Base from Delta Zakuro to create Master Dragon Ignition'.

In *Beyblade Burst Surge*, Dante returned with his new Lightning Bey, Triumph Dragon Charge Metal 1A, as a competitor of the Legend Festival and Ultimate Tag Series tournaments.

## Appearance

Dante is a young boy of average height. He has green eyes, blonde
hair with a blue, horn-shaped highlight on each side of his temple, and bronze colored, short eyebrows. Dante also has a red and yellow marking
on both cheeks under his eyes.

For his attire, Dante sports a white collared shirt with a red tie, a red fingerless glove for his left hand, teal baggy pants with
light-blue suspenders hanging on the sides, white dress shoes, and a blue jacket with three lime stripes on each side, yellow sections on the sleeves and wrist collar, and a red "D" on the left jacket flap.

When Dante resonates with his Beyblade, the blue highlights emit blue flames.

## Personality

Dante is an optimistic, passionate, easy-going and earnest Blader. When Dante first saw Sword Valtryek defeat him with its golden aura, he was surprised and excited and it inspired him to make his own GaTinko bey.

As shown several times throughout the season, Dante has a habit of making scary faces when nervous. He also has a bad habit of accidentally revealing his strategies to his opponents.

He can also be quite over-confident if excited after winning a battle.

Dante is very resilient and will keep on battling the same opponent until he takes them down.

And just like Valt, Aiger, Lui, Phi, and Delta, Dante has a habit of talking to his bey, and has shown to have some form of resonance with his bey.

## Biography

### *Beyblade Burst Rise*

Once a member of the Spanish team BC Sol, the same team as Valt Aoi, he becomes inspired by the strength of Valt's new bey, Sword Valtryek, and decides to get a Gama bey of his own. Dante moves to Japan and joins the Victories, a team managed by his uncle.

On his jog he runs into the team Spark Wings. he faces the captain Fumiya Kindo. Dante loses, but gets inspired to evolve his bey into Grand Dragon. He then tests it out against Ichika Kindo.

## Beyblades

* **Ace Dragon**: Dante's primary Beyblade in Attack Mode in *Beyblade Burst Rise* until the Dragon Gatinko Chip, the Zan Layer Weight, and the base itself were destroyed by Arthur Peregrine in Episode 15.
* **Rock Dragon**: Dante’s primary Beyblade in Defense Mode in *Rise* until the Dragon Gatinko Chip and the Zan Layer Weight were destroyed by Arthur Peregrine.

### Special Moves

* Hyper-Flux
* Dragon Launch: Ace Dragon starts building up power by using the stadium slope, and then rushes at the opponent, similar to Valt Aoi's Rush Launch and Aiger Akabane's Z Launch.
* Spring Cannon: Ace Dragon hits the wall, and uses its Sting Disc to bounce off and gain even more speed.
* Glyph Strike: Like his Dragon Launch, Glyph Dragon attacks all over the place and sends the opponent up in the air.
* Rock Crash: With the energy of the Layer Base, Rock Dragon quickly collides with

the opponent's bey causing very drastic damage, similar to Lui's Dragon Scream.

* Ignition Boost: The Ignition Driver tip starts spinning and it makes Imperial Dragon accelerate increasing speed as it spins.
* Bound Wing: Imperial Dragon hits the wall, causing its "wings" to retract, and then charges into the opposing Beyblade.

## Anime Appearances

### Beyblade Burst Rise

* *Episode 01 - Ace Dragon! On The Rise!*
* *Episode 02 - Abracadabra! Wizard Fafnir!*
* *Episode 03 - Dragon vs. Fafnir!*
* *Episode 04 - Inspiration! Challenging Valt!*
* *Episode 05 - All-In! Judgement Joker!*
* *Episode 06 - The Final Hand!*
* *Episode 07 - Bey Carnival! Epic Final!*
* *Episode 08 - Dante vs. Delta!*
* *Episode 09 - Flying High! Harmony Pegasus!*

## Relationships

### Valt Aoi

Dante is Valt's student at BC Sol along with Delta Zakuro. After seeing Valt's Sword Valtryek activate Hyper-Flux in Episode 01 of *Rise*, it inspired Dante to achieve Hyper-Flux also.

### Dragon

The spirit inside Dragon encourages Dante to battles and become the strongest blader.

### Arman Kasaba

Dante and Arman are good friends. They often train together, though sometimes they argue.

### Delta Zakuro

Since the series, Dante has always shown to idolize and have a high
of opinion of Delta. He has never said a negative thing about Delta and oddly never noticed his's apathy for him, which shows just how much Dante idolizes him as a Blader. He was also torn as he saw his bey getting destroyed by Arthur and tries to avenge Delta's loss.

### Pheng Hope

When Dante meets Pheng, he pulled a prank on him. After challenging Pheng and defeating him, Pheng became fast friends after being inspired by Dante's Hyper-Flux.

### Blindt DeVoy

Blindt became interested in Dante during the Battle Island Tournament, then he meets Blindt again after Command Dragon was created.

### Aiger Akabane

When they first met during the Battle Island Tournament, he developed a friendship with Aiger. During the events, he and Aiger remained friends with he and Valt, alongside the Victories.

### Arthur Peregrine

Dante treats Arthur with hostility after he destroyed Ace Dragon and Erase Devolos.

### Gwyn Reynolds

When he and Gwyn meet for the first time, after Dragon's destruction, he was inspired by Gwyn's knowledge to evolve Dragon into Command Dragon. Dante battled Gwyn countless times, stating that he will never give up on his friendship with Gwyn, even during the final battle. In addition, Dante's Rainbow Flux finally reached Gwyn's mind and soul. He and Gwyn are friends at last.

### Hikaru Hizashi

He became fast friends with him and Hyuga after battling him. He and Hikaru are friends alongside Hyuga.

### Hyuga Hizashi

After battling Hyuga, he respects Hyuga as his new friend, along with Hikaru.

### Ranjiro Kiyama

After battling Ranjiro, he have a fast and friendly rivalry with him. After the events of Legend Festival he and Ranjiro are friends and rivals, it shows in episode 24 that they're cheering for the Hizashi brothers who are battling Silas Karlisle and Free De La Hoya.

### Lui Shirosagi

At first, Lui didn't like Dante due to him not being a worthy opponent. However, after they defeated Hikaru Hizashi and Rantaro Kiyama in the Legend Festival, Lui began to respect Dante as a Blader and a tag-team partner. They have a brother-like relationship, treating each other with respect & love.

## Quotes

* "That's unforgivable, seriously unforgivable! I'm gonna win, I won't stand by and let you destroy our club!" - to Fumiya Kindo after saying he was only battling him to crush the Victories in Beyblade Burst Rise - Episode 03.
	+ Yo! Y'know, I really don't like how you're talking to him!" - to Ken when he and another Blader mocked and belittled Taka in Beyblade Burst Rise Episode 01.
	+ "That's unforgivable, seriously unforgivable! I'm gonna win, I won't stand by and let you destroy our club!" - to Fumiya Kindo after saying he was only battling him to crush the Victories in Beyblade Burst Rise - Episode 03.
	+ "You guys hear that? I'm a hero! They actually called me a hero!" - to the Victories after watching a news broadcast about him for the tenth time in Beyblade Burst Rise - Episode 19].
	+ "I'm gonna show his highness who he's messin' with!" - to Arman when he was being taken away from Arthur in Beyblade Burst Rise - Episode 18].

## Trivia

* Dante is the second Beyblade protagonist after Tyson Granger to use a Beyblade with a dragon motif.
* Dante is the third main Beyblade protagonist whose name was changed in the English episodes, the first being Tyson Granger from the first Beyblade generation and the second being Aiger Akabane from Beyblade Burst Turbo.
* Dante is the sixth blader in Burst to use a ripcord launcher

instead of a string launcher, the first five being Hoji and Koji Konda,
Haruto Aota, Hae-jin Oh, and Phi. If one counts the Sword Launcher and
Digital Sword Launcher as ripcord launchers, that would make Dante the
seventh blader to use a ripcord launcher; the sixth Blader being Xander.

* + He is also the first Burst protagonist to use a ripcord launcher.
* Dante shares the same appearance with his mother since they both have blonde and blue hair and green eyes.
* Dante is the first main protagonist to not be the age of 11.
* He also the first main protagonist that is an otaku, as

revealed on Hiro Morita's Twitter account, thus makes him the youngest
otaku character in anime, at just 10 years old.

* Dante's last name, Koryu, is a reference to Kohryu, a dragon

in Chinese lore who represents the element of Earth, one of the five
elements of the Wu Xing.

* + Kohryu also means "Rainbow Dragon", which is enforced by Dante's colorful attire reminiscent of a rainbow.
* He has the same hair color as his mother.
* Dante is the first Beyblade Burst main protagonist to not be raised in Japan, as according to the manga, he grew up in France.
* Dante is the first main *Burst* protagonist to be an only child.
* Dante is the third main *Burst* protagonist to have his Beyblade destroyed, following Valt and Aiger.
* Dante is the first main character and the protagonist in *Rise* to own a dash driver.
* Dante is the first character to defeat Arthur Peregrine in a battle.
* Dante is the second Character to use Hyper Flux.