Yu Tendo

is one of Dark Nebula's henchman from the Metal Fight Beyblade anime, and manga series. He then later seperated from Dark Nebula after finding out how cruel they really were and became friends with Ginga.He is a member of the Gan Gan Galaxy in Big Bang Bladers currently.

Appearance
Yū has orange hair, green eyes, pale skin and wears a white robe with a blue collar. He also wears a yellow undershirt beneath it. He is just slightly taller than Kenta. He also wears white shorts and blue/white shoes.He is supposed to be dressed like he's in a beach-for his Flame Libra's main special move is falling sand caused by super sonic vibrations.

Personality
Yū has a very happy personality as he manages to smile and laugh no matter what he's doing or where he is. Most likely due to his age, Yu is also fairly innocent as shown when he decided to join the Dark Nebula because he thought Ryuga was cool. He also loves food as he is frequently seen eating ice cream, pizza and various other items throughout the show. He was the #2 beyblader, behind Ryuga. He is the second player to defeat Ginga Hagane. However, Ginga managed to defeat him in Battle Bladers Tournament (1 vs 1) in the end. He also enjoys giving nicknames to most people. He calls Kyoya TateKyo (Yo-yo in the dub), Benkei as Benben, Kenta as Kenchi, Ginga as Gingi, and Hikaru as Hippity-hop. At the end of season 1, he waould have been ranked 5 or 6, along with Tsubasa.

History:
There is not much known about Yu's past except that the first opponent he ever lost to was Ryuga.

Anime
Beyblade: Metal Fusion

Yu was shown in a heated battle against Ryuga in episode 20. The Dark Nebula were recruiting stronger bladers for their goals and somehow stumbled across Yu and his bey, Flame Libra. In the end, Yu lost against Ryuga and that's how Ryuga became Yu's idol as Ryuga was the first person to defeat Yu.

His first appearance was in the Survival Battle (Episode 21) where he met the main characters for the first time. He met Kenta and Benkei and helped them out to a first-aid center because Kenta had an injured arm. The two young boys instantly became good friends until they had to battle each other along with Benkei and Hikaru. Even though Yu was against three other people in the Battle Royal, he won by taking them all down with his special move Sonic Wave. With that, only Ginga, Kyoya and Yu were left in the Survival Battle. After Yu won against Kyoya and Ginga, he surprisingly announced to everybody that the Dark Nebula was holding a tournament called 'Battle Bladers'. This is when Ginga and his friends found out that Yu was part of the organization as well, leaving them all confused because he looked so nice and friendly; especially Kenta.

After the Survival Battle, Yu was normally seen watching in the sidelines in the Dark Nebula Organization. When Tsubasa joined in, he already didn't like him and had doubts about their new member. (Plus the fact that he lost to him once before.)

In episode 27, Yu crossed paths with Hyoma after he won the finals. Yu challenged Hyoma to a battle along with Tsubasa against Kenta in a seperate challenge match. Even in a stadium surrounded by water, Yuu was still able to win against Hyoma because of Flame Libra's power.

In episode 31, he was matched up against a "boring" light wheel blader and won easily.

In episode 32, He participated in the battle royale against Tsubasa, Gingka, Kyoya, Hyoma, and Kenta. He and Tsubasa started arguing over who should get to defeat Gingka. Soon, Eagle and Libra started attacking each other, and Pegasus rushed headlong into the explosion. Kyoya ended up winning the battle because he protected Leone with a tornado.

In episode 35, He observed Ryuga's battles with Benkei, Tobio, and Ryutaro. after that, he used Libra to knock Tsubasa's eagle out of the sky after he and Doji found out Tsubasa was a spy.

In episode 36, He watched Tsubasa's match against Ryuga. However, Tsubasa was rescued by Phoenix right before he lost, and Yu complained he didn't get to see the end of Ryuga's special move.

In episode 40, He battled Gingka and put up a good fight, but was ultimately defeated. After the battle was over, Gingka offered to be friends with Yu, and he accepted.

In episode 42, He battles Mizuchi and Poison Serpent. Doji made a deal with him: If he won, he would leave the Dark Nebula for Gingka and his friends. However, if Mizuchi won, his power would be sacrificed to Ryuga. At first, he thought he was winning, but it turned out that Serpent's tearing pieces off of Libra disrputed its sonic attacks. In a last-ditch attempt, Libra created a blinding light with Inferno Blast, and Yu escaped.

In episode 43, He walked into the Battle Bladers arena and collapsed. In the beginning of the next episode, he tells Gingka and co. what happened, and gave Kenta Libra to help him win. However, he still lost.

In episode 46-48, He was captured by the Dark Nebula and had to be rescued by Kenta and Hyoma.

In episodes 50-52, he watched Gingka's battle with Ryuga and cheered him on.

Metal Fight Beyblade Explosion
In episode 1, He was entered in a challenge match against Teru. He won and moved on to the final round against Tsubasa. During a heated battle, Masamune appeared and challenged them both to a battle. Tsubasa said he wouldn't battle someone with no manners, so Yu battled him one on one. Ray Unicorno drove Libra into the ground and Masamune announced he was looking for Gingka, who wasn't there. Masamune ran away and Yu was frustrated that he didn't get to finish the battle.

Beyblade(s)
Flame Libra T125 ES: Yu's first beyblade. It is a Stamina type. although it was destroyed by Poison Serpent, its Performance Tip remained intact and he let Kenta borrow it. Libra was repaired sometime in between episode 46 of season 1 and episode 1 of season 2.

Special Finishing Move(s):
 * Sonic Wave: Yū's first finishing move. He first used this attack on Episode 21 (anime)
 * Sonic Buster: Yū's second finishing move. He first used this attack on Episode 22 (anime)
 * Last Judgement Inferno: Yū's third finishing move. He first used this attack on Episode 22 (anime).
 * Sonic Shield: Yū's fourth finishing move. He first used this attack on Episode 40 (anime).

Quotes

 * "Nice job Kenchi but defeating me is hopeless, hopeless!"
 * "It's no use you're gonna lose."
 * "Kenchi, Benben, and what's your name?"
 * "Its not my bedtime yet!"
 * "Libra! Sonic Buster!"
 * "Lalalalalalalala you almost lost!"
 * "I'm gonna win, you're gonna lose it's time for your pegasus to sing the blues!"

Trivia

 * Yu's hair-style is similar to Hikaru's hair-style.
 * Despite not having a nickname for him, in the season 2 Yu appears to be especially friendly with Tsubasa, showing great concern for him when his Eagle activates and (in Tag Battles) always asking to be his partner and never asking the same thing of anyone else, to which, Tsubasa always agreed.


 * In season 2 Yu decided to make Madoka the leader of the Gan Gan Galaxy after seeing how scary Madoka is if she's angry.