Beat (JSRF)

**Beat** (ビート, *Biito*) is one of the Rudies and a member of the GG's, and a playable character in Jet Set Radio Future. He appears early on in the game at Dogenzaka Hill, where he will challenge the player to a race. Beat can be considered the game's mascot, as he is featured prominently on the boxart and in a lot of the marketing, despite his role downgrade in Future.

As they are meant to be his duplicates, Zero Beat shares the same voice actor as him.

## Appearance

Beat looks similar to his Jet Set Radio counterpart in Jet Set Radio Future, donning a yellow shirt and black pants. However, in this game his shirt is more of a yellowish-green and has black shoulders, he wears solid dark blue goggles, and there are long spikes or antennae that point outwards from the ears of his gray headphones. His skates are black and gray with light blue katakana spelling his name (ビート) down the front, as well as yellow wheels. In addition, he wears full black gloves as opposed to the fingerless variant his counterpart wore. His hair is burgundy and cut short. His name is also written in blue katakana on the front of his shirt, and there's a stylized record on the back.

## History

In Jet Set Radio, Beat was the leader of the GG's, but in JSRF this role is replaced by Corn. Beat is a lone Rudie first encountered at Dogenzaka Hill. He is suspected of stealing the Goddess of Dogenzaka Hill, causing the blackout at 99th Street and is referred to as a "low-life" and a "rumor-spreading scumbag". He challenges whichever GG encounters him to a race around Dogenzaka Hill. After you have beaten him, the police will appear, and Beat will join the GG's and hide out in the Garage. From this point onwards, Beat becomes a playable character.

He seems to have an interest in taking over as the leader of the GG's, a reference to his leader status in Jet Set Radio. When confronted in Dogenzaka Hill, he will challenge Corn to gain the leadership of the GG's, as opposed to just the ownership of the turf when spoken to by Gum or Yoyo. If the player talks to him in the garage after he joins but before fighting the police, he will ask about Pots and then taunt the current GG talking to him by asking: "You sure that's not the leader in disguse? Heh heh." and ending the dialogue with: "It's only a matter of time before I become the leader of GG's anyway."

Near the end of the game, the GG's are confronted with Zero Beat, robotic copies of the original created by Gouji Rokkaku that stand in their way.

## Relationship with Other Characters + Dialogue

### NA/Cross regional Release

Dialogue

* *You talkin to me?*
* *Hmph.*
* *So, you're the leaders of the GG's? Heh… how's this sound? If I beat you in a race around Dogenzaka Hill, you and your buddies have to answer to me from now on. If you beat me… well, we'll just see when it happens* **[When playing Corn]**
* *Hey, I've heard of you. You're one of the GG's huh? Tell you what… I'll race you. If I can beat you in a race around Dogenzaka Hill, then this place belongs to me. Got it?* **[When playing Yoyo/Gum]**
* *Hope you won't regret that* **[Choose Yes]**
* *Huuuh? You're so booooring…* [**Choose No]**
* **[victorious]** *Okay, okay. You win. You guys are tougher than I thought. I think I'll chill with y'all for a bit.* **"Beat" has joined you!**

**After unlocking Beat, but goes back to the Garage and not fight the Police**
* *Anyway, I'm ready to rock. But what's up with that pooch, eh? Where did ya pick him up? You sure that's not the leader in disguise? Heh heh. It's only a matter of time before I become the leader of the GG's anyway.*

**After first police shakedown**
 **Chapter 2** | *Rapid 99 of 99th Street. They don't show their faces in public very often. Some say Rapid 99 and Poison Jam are sworn enemies because something big went down a while back. I don't know the details, though. A friend of mine told me that the girls in Rapid 99 are real lookers. I just think he was too scared of 'em to say otherwise. In any case, it ain't gonna be easy to find 'e*m.

**When Rapid 99 Appears**
 **Chapter 4** | *Noise Tanks? Never heard of 'em. But we gotta find Yoyo. I'll go through the sewers and check out Kibogaoka Hill.*

**When The Immortals appear**
 **Chapter 6** | *Crazy stuff is going down all over town! Looks like it's time for a little clean up... GG's style!*

**After defeating all the Noise Tanks**
 **Chapter 7** | *There's Golden Rhinos' all over the place. We gotta put a stop to this!*

**Clutch appears**
* *This kid's kinda funny.*

**Called to the Fortified Residential Zone**
* *This time we should be able to tell if it's the real one or the fake Yoyo just by talkin' to him, right?*

Note: No other GG dialogue appears in chapter 5 besides Jazz's

Noted Interactions
* When challenged by Yoyo or Gum, the condition is simply for Beat to have Dogenzaka Hill as his turf. It seems Beat heard enough about Corn and the GG's to know he's their leader, and is using this chance to take over. Beat and Corn also seem to have somewhat of a rivalry, ignited by Beat with his goal of becoming the leader, also further shown in the Beat vs. Corn comic.
* Rhyth - In Chapter 3, if you talk to Rhyth as as him, she will say: "You kinda.....smell weird.".
* Clutch - Beat is rather amused by Clutch, and often mocks him, if you talk to Beat right after Clutch steals your Graffiti Souls, he will say: "This kid's kinda funny.". If you talk to him again as Clutch after unlocking him, he will say: "You just wanted some attention from us, right? Aww...".
* Pots - If you talk to him after he joins the GG's but before fighting the Rokkaku police, he will ask: "What's up with that pooch, eh? Where did you pick him up? You sure that's not the leader in disguise? Heh heh." taunting the current GG talking to him, and possibly more of a jab at Corn's leadership specifically rather than curiosity about Pots, continuing from their previous banter. He still seems surprised about the gang having a dog and seems somewhat curious about where he came from, though. In the Japanese-exclusive dialogue, when talked to as Pots, he will say in awe: "This day has finally come...". This could also be a reference to Beat's joke about Pots being the true leader.
* Roboy - In the Japanese-exclusive dialogue, Beat will quip: "Don't forget your engine oil." after Roboy talks to him.
* NT-3000 - In the Japanese-exclusive dialogue, Beat will say "It's so obviously fake." after NT-3000 talks to him.
* Zero Beat - In the Japanese-exclusive dialogue, Beat will say "You are just my shadow, nothing more..." after Zero Beat talks to him.
* Gouji Rokkaku - Gouji Rokkaku and Beat seem to have some untold history, as the plot progresses, Gouji reveals 3 Zero Beats and calling them his "sons". It is unknown why Gouji saw Beat significant enough to make dark duplicates of him. It is possible Beat might've had a run-in with him or Rokkaku seeing him during an escape from the police and impressing him enough to make a duplicate to copy his skills. In the Japanese-exclusive dialogue, Beat will simply say "Hmph." after Gouji Rokkaku or AKU.MU talks to him. This could either be a simple dismissive 'hmph' or a more personal way of ignoring him.

## Personality

In the English JSRF manual, DJ Professor K describes him as "the mysterious kid that appeared in the streets of Tokyo." The Japanese JSRF manual calls him "enigmatic" and states he's an overconfident kind of guy who doesn't care for trivialities.

## Stats

Beat from the JSRF perfect guidebook

To know more about stats, look here!

**Character Type:** Standard

 G-Stamina
 Maximum Spray Cans
 Graffiti
 Acceleration
 Cornering

## Tricks

### **Latching Stances**

Side Latch
 Unity

Side Latch (Backward)
 Farside Alley-oop Mizsou

### **Air Tricks**

 Stale Mute Corkscrew
 Liu Kang Backflip
 Method Backflip

 Shifty 180
 Liu Kang Backflip 180
 Method Backflip 180

## Appearances in other media

Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing:
Beat is a playable character in Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing. He uses his design from Jet Set Radio Future and you have to unlock him, much like you do in Jet Set Radio Future. Beat drives a car called the De La Custom GGs. The car uses the colors scheme of his original Jet Set Radio design with mini stereos in the, neon lights, and a turntable in the back, the front hood having the Graffiti Soul logo, the headlights has his logo from Jet Set Radio, and the front window says Jet Set Radio Future. Beat's All Star Move have him jump out of his car and skate at high speeds to spray the other racers in graffit and cover their screen. The graffiti that covers the opponents are tags features in Jet Set Radio Future. The theme that plays is the victory theme from Jet Set Radio Future.

## Gallery

Beat's logoBeat's face texturesBeat's body texturesBeat's multiplayer icon from 2001 JSRF beta buildBeat's render from Sonic and SEGA Allstars Racing
## Trivia

* In the December 4, 2001 build of JSRF, Rokkaku's in-game voicelines have placeholders in their place with unique takes by Beat / Zero Beat's voice actor. Sounding closer to the latter, these could be early Zero Beat voicelines used as placeholders.
* Beat appears in the JSRF Street Challenge comic where he and Corn settle out a rivalry; here, he dons green goggles instead of his usual white.
* He and Corn share the same stats.

## References

* Special credit to Crabbi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxpEYkIrhy4&t=395s
* https://pastebin.com/hiLKNJgH by Crabbi
* Special Credit to jamie\_s for translation of the jsrf guidebook on JSR ARCHIVES
* https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/475263-jsrf-jet-set-radio-future/44372770
* Special thanks to @RisingSonic17 on twitter for organizing dialogue, and providing info on character media appearances
* Big thank you to raditact for providing the current jsrf model references

1. ↑ https://jsrfcomrestoration.github.io/JSRFdotcom/cha.htm