Teru Saotome



Teru Saotome is a beyblader who used to be a skilled ballet dancer. He appears at the Metal Fight Beyblade series.

History
This boy used to be a very good and famous ballet dancer. Teru even has articles that were written about him on the net. He was very passionate in his peformances, and it showed. One day, however, one of the stage lights broke and fell on him, breaking his right foot. This unfortunately rendered him unable to dance anymore. While he was in hospital, all he could do with his healing leg was watch television. He mostly enjoyed watching Beyblade battles, notably Ginga Hagane's. He eventually got really attracted to beyblades, and one of the girls in his dancing troup saw that. She had always admired him, and she was really shocked when she witnessed the accident that happened on stage. To try to make him happy, she soon brought him a very special beyblade: Earth Virgo GB145BS. This bey,he quickly learned, had very good abilities at keeping its balance and it also spun around with grace, just like a dancer. He realized that was the perfect gift for him.

Personality
In general, Teru is very calm and disciplined. He plays with interest, but also with clear goals in mind, such as getting his name known at least in the Beyblade world. He does not really talk a lot, but when he does, his words drip with content.

Beyblade: Metal Fusion
He first appeared in episode 34, being watched on the big screen by Gingka. He was shown in a battle with Hikaru and won by dodging her special move. He later faced Gingka in the Semi-finals of the tournament and used many defensive moves to try and wear out Pegasus's stamina. However, they were no match for Storm Bringer's vacuum.

In episode 40, He battled Ryutaro and lost.

Beyblade: Metal Masters
In episode 1, he battled Yu in the semifinals of a challenge match and lost.