Ryusei Hagane

Ryūsei (Ryo in the English Dub) Hagane is a character from the Metal Fight Beyblade manga series and the father of Gingka Hagane.

Appearance
Ryūsei is a tall, muscular, red-haired man who wears a white scarf and a blue headband with Pegasus symbol on it. Unlike Gingka the Pegasus symbol has two wings while Gingka has one. He looks like an older and muscular version of Gingka, which is where the family resembelance comes in strongest. He also has a bit of facial hair on his chin.

Personality
Ryūsei has a cheerful and laid back attitude. He often acts casually purposefully- an example being when he tells his assistant Hikaru to call him "immortal phoenix".he loves imitating heroes and like his son he also has an unusual love for bey blade.

Though he is an adult, Ryūsei often acts like a teen-aged boy. At times, he comes across as even more childish than his son. It seems as thought his love and passion for beyblade is more important to him than most domestic or "adult" matters.

History
Ryusei, the father of Gingka, is the first holder of Storm Pegasus.

Beyblades
Pegasus 105F: is Ryūsei's first Beyblade. He gave it to his son, Gingka Hagane. (Manga)

Storm Pegasus 105 RF: In the anime during when Gingka tells Kenta the story of his father, Ryūsei has Storm Pegasus instead of Pegasus 105F. 

Burn Fireblaze 135 MS: Ryūsei disguises as the legendary blader "Phoenix", so as not to shock Gingka.

Beast/Finishing Moves

 * is the beast inside the Pegasus 105F, Storm Pegasus beyblade. It appears as a blue-ish white horse with wings, and has a horse whinny accompany its appearance.

Quotes

 * "Please, call me The Immortal Phoenix instead."
 * "Remember Gingka, the thing that decides a Bey Battle in the end is the Blader Spirit...THE BLADER SPIRIT!" (Ryo's "last" words to Gingka before huge boulders fall on him from the impact of L-Drago's power.)
 * It's the Blader's Spirit that is strong!

Trivia

 * Ryūsei means 'Meteor' in Japanese which complements Gingka's name, meaning 'Galaxy'.
 * It is believed that he is dead due to his fight with Ryuga because of rocks that fell upon him but was saved by a beyblade called Burn Phoenix and pulled out of the volcano by Hokuto.
 * Ryo's bandanna symbol is the head of Pegasus with two wings, while Gingka's is the head of Pegasus with one wing. But Gingka later gets a bandanna with four wings in Metal Fury.
 * Ryo is the first person to own two different Beys: Storm Pegasus and Burn Fireblaze. The second is Benkei.
 * Ryo is seen to be powerful as he defeats Doji in Bonds of Steel and also defeats Team Wang Hu Zhong, Kenta, Masamune and Gingka even with their special moves activated in a single strike (although it can be considered that he joined the battle late and also came by surprise).
 * He never battles in Metal Fury.
 * In Metal Masters, he wants Hikaru to call him: "The Immortal Phoenix" and is much more comical in that show.
 * In Metal Masters he tries to become a sub member for the Japanese team after they lose Tsubasa and Yu but couldn't after learning that adults nor people involved with the Tournament cannot become a sub.
 * In the Metal Fury episode "The Silver Pegasus", Hokuto refers to him as "a legendary blader". This may be or not be incorrect according to calculations because the Legendary Bladers are Bladers whose Beys got hit with a piece from The Star Fragment. However, Storm Pegasus was a Bey that had a piece of the Star Fragment, and Storm Pegasus was once owned by Ryo.
 * He is the first Phoenix-themed blader in Metal Saga, the second being Ren Kurenai.
 * In the manga, Ryo gives Samurai Ifrit W145CF to Zero Kurogane. But in the anime, it's his son, Gingka Hagane who gave this Bey to Zyro.
 * This is very similar to when Hiro Granger disguised himself as Jin of The Gale in order to test Tyson.
 * Much like Hiro, his Bey, Burn Fireblaze, has metal in it (Fusion Wheel - Burn) while Metal Driger also has metal in it (Spin Gear - Heavy Metal Core).
 * Ryo's winrate is pretty high, considering he's an adult.