Zero Kurogane

Zero Kurogane is the main protagonist in Metal Fight Beyblade: Zero-G. He ues the Beyblade Samurai Ifraid.

Appearance
Zero appears to be about the same age as Gingka. He has black and orange hair and blue eyes. He wears a grey shirt with a blue and yellow jacket, brown fingerless gloves, red pants, and blue and orange shoes. He looks somewhat similar to Masamune.

Personality
Zero witnessed the battle between Gingka and Nemesis seven years ago, and has come to admire Gingka very much. Similar to Masamune, he seeks out the strongest blader in the area and never backs down from a challenge. He aims to be the number one blader in the world.

Metal Fight Beyblade: Zero-G
Zero was first seen running to a tournament because he was late. He barely made it just in time for his 97th consectutive win, followed by three more for 100 consectutive victories. It was revealed the Gingka gave him Samurai Ifraid many years ago when he was a young child, with hopes of him becoming stronger. Following that goal, he headed to the Beypark and asked several people who the strongest blader was and where he might be found. They told him that Shinobu Hiryuin was the strongest, and he was at an arena that sported a Zero-G Attack Type Stadium. Zero headed there and was amazed at the stadium; He wanted to try it out immediately. This irrittated several bladers who had waited ther turn to battle, so Zero offered to take them all on at once. He soon mastered the new stadium and won easily. In the aftermath of the battle, Shinobu approached and accepted his challenge.

Zero and Shinobu had their battle soon afterward, and despite Ifraid's attack power, Shinobu was more experienced. When Ifraid used a Shooting Star Crash, Shinobu's Saramanda simply moved out of the way and won easily. During their battle, Zero mentioned Gingka during the battle, and was later told by Shinobu he was not worthy to use the name of the legendary blader, and to leave the Beypark immediately. Not long after, he became hungry and stopped to eat in a burger shop run by Benkei. There, he befriended Benkei and a girl named Maru and they made plans to start training the next day.

Zero's training began as he had to do push-ups, sit-ups, and run up a hill tied to several tires. One day, he was mocked by Eight Unabara, a young boy who could ride a skateboard uphill. After Eight took off by jumping over Maru, Zero decided that he had enough training to defeat Shinobu. He returned to Beypark but instead of Shinobu, found Eight defeating opponents and drawing on their faces. Zero challeged Eight to a battle, to which he accepted.

Eight's Beyblade was Pirates Orojya, and it seemed to have the upper hand over Ifraid by dodging its attacks and waiting it out in the center of the Stadium. However, Zero turned the battle around by causing the stadium to sway, knocking Orojya off balance and then defeating it with a flaming attack. Zero later congratulated Eight on a good battle, but Maru drew on Eight's face with a marker, and Eight ran away, saying he would return stronger then before.

Manga
His story in the Manga is quite similar to that in the anime, except he had never met Gingka and aspired to be like him. He used to live in a mountain village where he was the strongest blader, but only knew about normal stadiums, which is why he was so surprised at the Zero-G Stadium.

Beyblades

 * Samurai Ifraid W145CF: Zero's first Beyblade. It was given to him by Gingka many years ago.

Trivia

 * His surname, Kurogane, means "black steel". This may be a reference to Gingka's surname, Hagane, which means "steel".
 * The village he lived in in the Manga may have been Koma Village.