An organization led by Doji that serves as the main antagonist of the first season. Their goal is to use the power of the Forbidden Bey L-Drago to unleash on the world.
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Doji
Doji
Voiced By: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Juan Chioran (Episode 1-32), Andrew Jackson (actor) (Episode 33-onwards) (English)
Now then, let's turn your beys into food for Ryuga as well, shall we?
The head of the Dark Nebula. His goal is to use Ryuga in order to take over the world.
- Animal Motifs: His beyblade has a wolf motif.
- Asshole Victim: The fates he suffers at the hands of Ryuga are very brutal, but considering the fact that he always did the same to others (as well as his gleeful reaction when punishing others to the same fate), there's a good chance you won't feel sorry for him at all.
- Badass Bookworm: An intelligent mastermind, and executive for Dark Nebula, prone to making power analogies, and is a powerful blader in his own right, able to overwhelm Kyoya, and even Phoenix.
- The Bad Guy Wins: For all his thwarted plans, he did manage one true victory. Getting revenge against Ryuga, having the last laugh in setting the stage for Ryuga’s downfall.
- Big Bad: Of Fusion and Shogun Steel.
- Big Bad Duumvirate: With Ryuga, until he betrays Doji.
- Big Bad Wannabe: In Fusion he was defeated and supposedly killed by Ryuga when he no longer needed him.
- Casting a Shadow: His bey is "Dark Wolf", and it has a finisher called Darkness Howling Blazer where he summons a shadow wolf and slams it into the enemy.
- Death by Adaptation: Is killed by Ryuga in the anime, but lived through it in the manga. This caused problems when the manga had him come back as a Big Bad later on, requiring the anime to create Dr. Ziggurat to replace him. Subverted when Doji returns on more than one occasion
- The Determinator: A villainous example. No matter what setbacks he faces, or punishment he brings on him, whether being crushed by his chandelier, semi-crippled, or even killed, he’ll almost always return and swear revenge. Lampshaded by BenkeiBenkei: This guy never gives up, does he?!
- The Dreaded: The most feared and dreaded man in the series. Anytime he appears, everyone knows something bad’s about to happen
- Faux Affably Evil: Especially prominent in the first season. He maintains a calm, polite demeanor despite having no qualms about using Bladers as food for L-Drago.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Wears a pair of glasses and is one of the villains Gingka must face. When he takes them off however, it’s clear something bad’s about to happen.
- Hated by All: He gets this many times:
- Near the end of Metal Fusion, everyone has turned against him, including his own organization as a result of his oppressiveness and manipulation. It got so bad, that even Ryuga turned against him, eventually killed him by sucking out his life energy.
- In Metal Masters, Dr. Ziggurat was also not very fond of him either, only seeing him as a pawn and pointed out that Doji lost sight of the true goal.
- In Metal Fury, both Rago and Pluto seemed annoyed by his presence once and neither of them shed a tear over his apparent death.
- Hates Everyone Equally: He’s usually condescending and annoyed with almost everyone he comes across, sometimes including the ones on his side.
- Karmic Death: Continuously sacrificing people to Ryuga and L-Drago to increase their power. In the end, Ryuga executes him by sucking out all of his.
- Manipulative Bastard: He comes off as very charismatic in an attempt to lure bladers onto his side, but isn't afraid to double-cross them when they fail him.
- Noodle Incident: Whatever was that caused his hatred of cacti is never explained properly. Yu doesn't seem to want to know either.
- Not Quite Dead: After Ryuga left him for dead, Doji was thought to have stayed dead, but like everyone else, he was revived when Gingka defeated L-Drago. He went into hiding during the events of Masters. He returns in Fury as a servant of Rago and is seemingly killed again when Ryuga's Ultimate Move blasts him into a pit. THEN he comes back in Shogun Steel, his mind having been uploaded into Merci's system as his body was too damaged for him to live any longer.
- Put on a Bus: He's completely absent from Metal Masters due to his fate at the end of Fusion. He returns in Fury with a completely different look.
- Sanity Slippage: Very much so after Phoenix defeats him and the giant chandelier collapses on him, nearly killing him. He gets even worse as he realizes that Ryuga is about to kill him.Doji: Just you wait Ryo! No I'm not done yet! NOT YET! UUUURHAHAHAHAAA!
- Savage Wolf: His bey is "Dark Wolf" after all.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: Sometimes his glasses turn a shiny white to show his villainy...
- Slasher Smile: Gives Ryuga a run for his money in this regard.
- The Sociopath: Takes immense pleasure in being Faux Affably Evil and sadistic.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Orange Juice. He's almost never seen without it inside one of his glasses.
- True Final Boss: Doji is the final antagonist in the entire series. It turns out in Shogun Steel that while his body died, his mind was saved by Merci and he turns out to be the one behind DNA. The DNA letters standing for “Dark Nebula Again.”
- Villain Has a Point: Doji may take unsettling pleasure in belittling Ryuga in Fury, but he’s absolutely correct that Ryuga screwed up everyone’s, including his own guarantee to defeat Nemesis for good. His taunting of Ryuga being way in over his head was also proven correct, as Ryuga couldn’t defeat Rago.
- Villainous Friendship: Appears to have an odd one with Yu. He's noticeably nicer to him compared to the other Dark Nebula members giving him toys, food and even caving in when he acts a bit bratty. He's even tried opening up a little to him by explaining his dislike of Cacti but naturally Yu doesn't care. It's only when Yu starts showing he's been influenced by Gingka in their rematch does he start to act hostile towards him.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: He subjects the Dark Nebula bladers who lose at Battle Bladers to this treatment, feeding their beys and essentially their souls to Ryuga and L-Drago. Fitting, Ryuga “killed” him because, in his view, he didn't need his help to get more power anymore.
Ryuga
Ryuga
The Dark Nebula's most powerful member. Ryuga wastes no time in toying with his opponents before crushing them easily while taunting them for thinking they ever had a chance. His goal is to make L-Drago the strongest bey there is.
For more information check his section in Beyblade Metal Fusion Main Characters
Yu Tendo
Yu Tendo
Voiced By: Kaori Nazuka (Japanese), Denise Oliver (English)
One of the more younger members of the Dark Nebula. He joins out of admiration of Ryuga but is generally more of thee friendlier Dark Nebula members.
For more information check his section in Beyblade Metal Fusion Main Characters
Reiji Mizuchi
Reiji Mizuchi
Voiced By: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Brian Froud (English)
One of the most powerful members of the Dark Nebula as well as one of the only bladers to have a Dark Move other than Ryuga.
- The Ace: Not counting Ryuga, Reiji is the strongest blader of Dark Nebula as stated by Doji.
- Ax-Crazy: The only person during Fusion that can rival Ryuga in this regard! Reiji takes great pleasure in emotionally breaking down his opponents saying their fear brings him excitement.
- Death by a Thousand Cuts: His specialty. Poison Serpent deals so little damage per hit that his enemies don't notice until they realize that it has literally chipped away at their Bey to the point of which Serpent can easily finish it.
- Dub Name Change: Downplayed. In the English dub he is still simply known as "Reiji", but his name was pronounced in a way that it sounds like the English name "Reggie" instead.
- Hated by All: By the time he fights Gingka in Battle Bladers, nobody cheers for him. When announced by the DJ, the crowd literally goes silent until he announces Gingka after him.
- Hell-Bent for Leather: He wears leather pants, and has two leather belts tied around his waist.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He loves instilling fear in his opponents and breaking their beys, which is visually represented by his opponents turning to stone. Gingka expresses no fear of him, which causes him to become consumed by fear himself to the point of turning to stone.
- Hypocrite: One trait that really defines his whole character is that he enjoys tormenting bladers and breaking his opponents' beys, even laughing maniacally when doing so. However, if the same were to be done to his own bey then he will not be happy.
- I Am Not Left-Handed: His two Curbstomp Battles against Kenta and Hyoma? That was him going easy! He shows off his true power when he battles Gingka and he does not disappoint.
- Limp and Livid: He has a sloppy posture and walk and never straightens his back, fitting his snake motif and adding to his unsettling presence.
- Meaningful Appearance: His eyes are normally covered by his bangs, and only become visible when he starts openly expressing his bloodlust.
- Medusa: His bey has this motif as it appears that he can turn his opponents to stone.
- Poisonous Person: Not in the literal sense, but his bey, Poison Serpent, has 15 blades that act like buzzsaws that slowly chip away at his opponent. It is often described as being "venom" that slowly weakens the bey.
- Sadist: Even more so than Ryuga as Reiji not only likes to crush his opponent's beys but does so slowly while, at the same time, trying to emotionally break them.
- Slasher Smile: Very prone to sporting these especially when he starts to get serious.
- Taken for Granite: Apparently part of his power, though whether it's purely a visual metaphor of his opponents' fear is unknown. He also turns to stone when he loses to Gingka .
- Villainous Breakdown:
- During his fight with Kenta, Kenta manages to turn the tide on him. Reiji goes berserk and even keeps attacking Kenta's bey after it's already stopped spinning in a mad rage.
- When Gingka delivers a Shut Up, Hannibal! to him in their match and proves he isn't afraid of him, Reiji finds the tables turned and loses it completely, but in a different way than his previous breakdown. Instead of going berserk, he is ultimately becoming overwhelmed by his own fear to the point his Taken for Granite power is turned on him.
Tetsuya Watarigani
Tetsuya Watarigani
Voiced By: Kenichi Fujiwara (Japanese), Scott McCord (English)
A blader who is obsessed with crabs.
- Adaptational Badass: In the Masters DS game. When faced with what is basically a Dino version of ''Ryuga'', his response to being faced with said character is "I have the power to break you.". Even Gingka is impressed afterward.
- Animal Motifs: Crabs of course. He even has a habit of "scuttling" around instead of walking like a normal person.
- Badass Cape: He wouldn't exactly qualify as badass material, but that cape with a Crab cut in the back is undeniably awesome.
- Bowdlerise: The original version of his beyblade is mad cancer
- The Beastmaster: Genuinely seems to be a outright master of crabs, no tricks or anything. Hell, it's even implied he uses them to outright KILL his former friend and the person who caused his descent into madness.
- Butt-Monkey: Never really catches a break and is always treated as a nuisance by both the good and bad guys.
- Combat Pragmatist: Is downright infamous in the series for being this. Almost all of his only wins in the series are the result of him cheating his way to victory.
- Demoted to Extra: In Masters.
- Dirty Coward: Big time.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Why did he join Dark Nebula? A friend of his threw him under the bus. He then exacts revenge on him.
- Face–Heel Turn: Joined the Dark Nebula. Although, it ended badly for him.
- Freudian Excuse: Being betrayed by a friend.
- Harmless Villain: Especially compared to the majority of the antagonists in the series, Tetsuya is a threat to no one but himself. Even if it seemed like he took a level in badass after acquiring Dark Gasher, Tetsuya is still treated as a joke.
- Mid-Season Upgrade: When he joined the Dark Nebula, Doji used a bey remodel system to upgrade it to Dark Gasher.
- Laughably Evil: A big time cheater that loves nothing more than to cause trouble for others, but is by far the funniest character in the entire series!
- Plucky Comic Relief: Even after joining Dark Nebula and getting his Gasher enhanced, Tetsuya himself is always played for laughs. In fact, he is often used whenever something serious is about to happen in the series.
- Verbal Tic: - Crab! ...And several other crab puns.
Tobio Oike
Tobio Oike
Voiced By: Akira Ishida (Japanese), Matthew Hawkins (English)
- Cold Sniper: A crack shot in a gun and aiming with a Beyblade and has a cold demeanor.
- Demoted to Extra: In Masters
- The Bus Came Back: He returned in Fury for the Sphere 360 and made cameos during the final battle.
- Face–Heel Turn: He turns good again though.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: A crack shot in a gun and aiming with a Beyblade.
- Pet the Dog: Helping a kid against a pair of bullies.
- The Worf Effect: Lost to Kyoya, then Gingka, then Benkei.
Ryutaro Fukami
Ryutaro Fukami
Voiced By: Hiro Yuki (Japanese) Shawn Meunier (English)
- Blow You Away: His powers allow him to manipulate the air currents. This can cause Pisces to do a number of astonishing things such as phase through enemies, levitate, and even throw enemies around.
- Mind Rape: The air currents can affect the person's senses such as making them experience a rise or decrease in temperature. The sound of Pisces manipulating the air also causes physical pain.
- Demoted to Extra: In Masters.
- The Bus Came Back: Returned in the finale as a few cameos.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: His long hair seems to have caused people to think he's a girl.
- Face–Heel Turn: Turns good again at the end.
- Facial Markings
- Foreshadowing: He predicted that the world would end by the power of a dark beyblade (his vision had Ryuga"s L-Drago), but after Gingka defeats him, he realizes that Pegasus and Gingka would spread a new light. Even though he meant Ryuga's dark power, it also foreshadows Gingka defeating Nemesis.
- Graceful Loser: His final battle with Gingka as he accepts his fate.
- Large Ham: Overly dramatic in battle and speech.
- Playing with Fire: His Blazing Inferno makes the opponent feel as if they're on fire.
Dan and Reiki
Dan and Reiki
- An Ice Person: Offensive.
- Mid-Season Upgrade: Doji upgraded their Light Wheel Gemios beys into Evil Gemios.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Color-reversed. Dan, the older twin in red, is usually calm and levelheaded. Reiki, the younger twin in blue, is more hasty and impatient.
- Playing with Fire: They use fire as a defensive measure.
- Tag Team Twins: Usually appear together in battle.
- The Worf Effect: They have never won a single battle.
- Those Two Guys: They seem to be joined at the hip in terms of comedy.
Kuma Brothers
Kuma Brothers
Voiced By: Wataru Takagi (All of them, Japanese)
- Bears Are Bad News: Their names are taken from the Japanese word for "bear", their beyblades are based on a bear and they're members of Dark Nebula.
- The Brute: Serve as the big muscle of the team.
- Evil Counterpart: Just like Yu serves as one for Kenta, this trio serves as one for Benkei. Kumasuke even passes as a lookalike for Benkei
◊. The DS game has Benkei lampshading this. - Terrible Trio: They're working for Dark Nebula as one of their troops.
- The Worf Effect: They haven't won a single battle.
