Benkei Hanawa

is a member of the Face Hunters (a group who bully and steal points from weak and young bladers). Later he and Kyoya joined Gingka Hagane.His alter-ego is the masked blader in beyblade metal masters.

Appearance
He has a big body built, short purple hair that is normally covered by his white beanie that has a Red Bull's skull on it and red eyes. He wears a black and red jacket that is usually zipped, with the bull symbol on the back, white bands around his wrist, gray shorts and black shoes. He has a brown belt covered by his jacket in where he keeps his bey gear.

Personality
He seems tough on the outside and looks like a typical bully, but he is actually very kind and has a good heart. Though when that part of him shows, he tries to cover it up because he doesn't want other people to think of him as soft. He is about 13 years of age.His constant companion is Kenta Yumiya. He also admires Kyoya very much, which causes him to tear up, or cry when Kyoya has his moments; going as far as to hug him in Episode 11 when he sees that Kyoya was awake. He affectionately calls him as Kyouya Buddy. But Kyoya sometimes gets fed up of him. He is a very determined blader, and doesn't give up easily in hard situations.

History
Benkei was a former member of the Face Hunters gang. He was then excluded when they found out that he had helped and trained Kenta Yumiya.

Anime
In episode 1, He challenged Kenta to a 5 on 1 battle, and would have defeated him, if not for Ginga showing up. Ginga helped Kenta defeat all 5 of the Face Hunters, causing them to retreat. He later took part in a 100-bey battle against Gingka, in which Gingka won.

In episode 2, He kidnapped Kenta's beyblade, Sagittario, and told Kenta that if he wanted it back, Gingka would have to defeat Kyoya, the leader of the Face Hunters. After Gingka's win, Benkei returned Sagittario.

In episode 3, He observed Kyoya's battle with Daidoji and later was sent home via helicopter.

In episode 4, He was given Dark Bull by Daidoji, and told to defeat Gingka with it. Even with Bull's power and a lot of training, he still lost.

In episode 5, he was training when he came across Tetsuya and told him to defeat Gingka. In order to get GIngka to battle Tetsuya, he had Tetsuya capture Madoka until he he rescued her and Gingka won the battle.

In episode 6, He saw Kenta take Gingka's place in the battle against Hikaru, and could relate to him, as he had once challenged Kyoya repeatedly until he had 0 Beypoints left.

In episode 7, he gave Kenta special training to help him defeat Hikaru. This, combined with Madoka's metal face and Kenta creating a special move, allowed him to win. However, on the way to the battle site, they were held up by Tetsuya. Benkei held him off and defeated him while Kenta went ahed to battle Hikaru. Tetsuya later snitched on him to the other face hunters, who kicked him out of the gang for helping Kenta.

In episode 9, He sees Kyoya had returned, so he went to battle him. However, even after Kenta teamed up with him, Kyoya defeated them with a new special move and beat him up.

In episode 10, He watched Gingka's battle and victory over Kyoya.

in episode 11 and 12, He, Gingka, Kyoya, and Kenta invaded the Dark Nebula's castle, but he and Kenta were held up by several bladers in the control room.

Beyblades
Heat Letus: is Benkei's first Beyblade in the anime.

Bull 125SF: is Benkei's first beyblade in the manga.

Dark Bull H145SD: is Benkei's second beyblade,was given to him by Doji so he can defeat Ginga.He uses Dark Bull in both the anime and manga.

Beast/Finishing Moves

 * is the beast inside Benkei's beyblade.

Lustful Rock:Benkei's finishing move in Metal Fight Beyblade DS is ﻿thumb|300px|right|Benkei vs Kyoya

Bull Uppercut:Benkei's first finishing move is Benkei first used this attack on Episode 4(anime)

Bull Red Horn Uppercut:Benkei's second finishing move is, first used in Episode 16(anime)

Tornado Bull Uppercut:Benkei's third finishing move is, first used in episode 19(anime)

Maximum Stampede:Benkei's fourth finishing move is Maximum Stampede, first used in episode 43(anime)

Quotes
BUBUBUBUUUUUUUUL!!!!!!Benkei says this frequently throughout the english dub of the anime.

'Kyoya ! '

Trivia

 * Benkei is a name of a japanese folk hero who took the swords from passing swordmen.