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Kite Unabara is one of the main protagonists in Beyblade: Shogun Steel, serving as the older brother of Eight Unabara. He is introduced as a self-proclaimed Beyblade researcher who uses his intellect to analyze opponents and their beys. Physically, Kite is tall and slightly muscular with olive skin, spiky brown hair, thin eyebrows, and deep blue eyes behind glasses. His typical attire consists of a green-collared shirt with a red necktie beneath a large white lab coat featuring blue lines and a large collar, worn with the sleeves rolled up. He completes this look with tight navy-blue pants with yellow lines and matching dress shoes.
Kite possesses a fierce, cocky, and highly intelligent personality. He conducts extensive research on the Beyblades owned by his opponents, creating strategies designed to exploit the weaknesses of opposing beys. This analytical approach often leads him to believe victory is assured without doubt, though his predictions are not always correct. When his carefully laid plans fail, Kite undergoes a sudden mental breakdown, losing control of himself and handling battles with increased aggression and seriousness. In this state, he shifts his defensive-oriented Bey into an offensive position, delivering constant, rapid blows. After the battle concludes, he reverts to his normal calm self. Despite these intense tendencies, Kite is capable of enjoying leisure time, such as swimming at the beach with his friends, and he shows a particular enthusiasm for food, once stealing a lobster that Zyro had intended to eat.
Kite's primary motivation stems from his pride as a blader and his role as the older brother of Eight. He takes his battles seriously and seeks to prove that his Bey, Guardian Revizer, possesses superior defensive capabilities. His relationship with Eight is one of brotherly love and compassion. Unlike many siblings who may clash, Kite cares deeply for Eight and does not react well when others harm or defeat his younger brother in battle. When Eight is injured or defeated, Kite typically arrives to demand a rematch to avenge him. However, Kite can become so absorbed in his research that he unintentionally ignores or even lashes out at Eight, such as when he smacked food out of his brother's hands while focused on finding data about left-spinning beys. Despite these moments, Kite always apologizes and maintains a strong bond with Eight.
Kite's role in the story begins as a rival to the main protagonist Zyro Kurogane. He first appears after his brother Eight loses to Zyro, becoming interested in challenging him. Their initial battle showcases Kite's defensive strategy and analytical nature, as his Guardian Revizer blocks every attack from Zyro's Samurai Ifraid while Kite precisely calculates the decreasing spin speed. When Zyro manages to break through his defensive position, Kite experiences his characteristic breakdown, throwing off his glasses and launching into reckless attacks. Despite losing that match, Kite reveals the power of Synchrom by combining Guardian Revizer with Eight's Orojya chrome wheel to create Orojya Revizer, winning a rematch. After a tag-team battle where Zyro and Shinobu defeat the Unabara brothers using Synchrom, Kite and Eight join Zyro's group in training and become part of the main team.
Throughout the series, Kite faces significant development through his defeats. After losing to the blader Sakyo, he becomes obsessed with researching left-spinning beys, unable to find adequate data on Dark Knight Dragooon. When a powerful defense-type blader named Yoshio Iwayama begins destroying opponents beys and specifically seeks out Kite to prove his Bandid Goriem is superior, Eight impersonates Kite and is badly defeated. Kite challenges Yoshio to avenge his brother, studying Goriems data from its previous battle. However, he realizes that Yoshio had been battling with minimal power against Eight, rendering Kites collected data useless. During the rematch, Kite loses control again, pushing Goriem toward the stadium pit until his Revizers crystal wheel cracks under damage, leading to his defeat. Following this loss, Kite intensifies his training, using Revizer to hit barrels, and ultimately concludes that the best way to defeat Yoshio is through Synchrom with Eight. This represents a key development in his character, learning to rely on his brother rather than his individual pride and data alone.
Notable abilities include his extensive research capabilities and analytical skills, allowing him to calculate opponents spin speeds and identify weaknesses. His primary Bey is Guardian Revizer 160SB, a defense-type, water-elemental Bey. Kite is also the one who introduces and demonstrates the power of Synchrom, the combination of two beys to create a more powerful one. His signature special move is Spiral Crush, which creates a whirlpool of water with Oroja Revizer in the center, drawing opponents in before delivering a decisive blow that launches them from the stadium.
Kite possesses a fierce, cocky, and highly intelligent personality. He conducts extensive research on the Beyblades owned by his opponents, creating strategies designed to exploit the weaknesses of opposing beys. This analytical approach often leads him to believe victory is assured without doubt, though his predictions are not always correct. When his carefully laid plans fail, Kite undergoes a sudden mental breakdown, losing control of himself and handling battles with increased aggression and seriousness. In this state, he shifts his defensive-oriented Bey into an offensive position, delivering constant, rapid blows. After the battle concludes, he reverts to his normal calm self. Despite these intense tendencies, Kite is capable of enjoying leisure time, such as swimming at the beach with his friends, and he shows a particular enthusiasm for food, once stealing a lobster that Zyro had intended to eat.
Kite's primary motivation stems from his pride as a blader and his role as the older brother of Eight. He takes his battles seriously and seeks to prove that his Bey, Guardian Revizer, possesses superior defensive capabilities. His relationship with Eight is one of brotherly love and compassion. Unlike many siblings who may clash, Kite cares deeply for Eight and does not react well when others harm or defeat his younger brother in battle. When Eight is injured or defeated, Kite typically arrives to demand a rematch to avenge him. However, Kite can become so absorbed in his research that he unintentionally ignores or even lashes out at Eight, such as when he smacked food out of his brother's hands while focused on finding data about left-spinning beys. Despite these moments, Kite always apologizes and maintains a strong bond with Eight.
Kite's role in the story begins as a rival to the main protagonist Zyro Kurogane. He first appears after his brother Eight loses to Zyro, becoming interested in challenging him. Their initial battle showcases Kite's defensive strategy and analytical nature, as his Guardian Revizer blocks every attack from Zyro's Samurai Ifraid while Kite precisely calculates the decreasing spin speed. When Zyro manages to break through his defensive position, Kite experiences his characteristic breakdown, throwing off his glasses and launching into reckless attacks. Despite losing that match, Kite reveals the power of Synchrom by combining Guardian Revizer with Eight's Orojya chrome wheel to create Orojya Revizer, winning a rematch. After a tag-team battle where Zyro and Shinobu defeat the Unabara brothers using Synchrom, Kite and Eight join Zyro's group in training and become part of the main team.
Throughout the series, Kite faces significant development through his defeats. After losing to the blader Sakyo, he becomes obsessed with researching left-spinning beys, unable to find adequate data on Dark Knight Dragooon. When a powerful defense-type blader named Yoshio Iwayama begins destroying opponents beys and specifically seeks out Kite to prove his Bandid Goriem is superior, Eight impersonates Kite and is badly defeated. Kite challenges Yoshio to avenge his brother, studying Goriems data from its previous battle. However, he realizes that Yoshio had been battling with minimal power against Eight, rendering Kites collected data useless. During the rematch, Kite loses control again, pushing Goriem toward the stadium pit until his Revizers crystal wheel cracks under damage, leading to his defeat. Following this loss, Kite intensifies his training, using Revizer to hit barrels, and ultimately concludes that the best way to defeat Yoshio is through Synchrom with Eight. This represents a key development in his character, learning to rely on his brother rather than his individual pride and data alone.
Notable abilities include his extensive research capabilities and analytical skills, allowing him to calculate opponents spin speeds and identify weaknesses. His primary Bey is Guardian Revizer 160SB, a defense-type, water-elemental Bey. Kite is also the one who introduces and demonstrates the power of Synchrom, the combination of two beys to create a more powerful one. His signature special move is Spiral Crush, which creates a whirlpool of water with Oroja Revizer in the center, drawing opponents in before delivering a decisive blow that launches them from the stadium.