Ryo Hagane

Ryo is the former director of the WBBA. His alter ego is Phoenix. His bey is Burn Fireblaze. Ryo Hagane is the father of the Legendary Blader Gingka Hagane. Ryo is the one who gave Storm Pegasus to Gingka and was the one who showed and taught Gingka about Beyblade. Ryo and Gingka's appearance are identical. He is friends with Team GanGan Galaxy's members (Gingka Hagane, Masamune Kadoya, Yu Tendo, Tsubasa Otori, and Madoka Amano),Hikaru, Kenta, and Hyoma. His enemies are Doji, Dr. Ziggurat, and Ryuga (formerly). He is known for being the WBBA director (Metal Masters-Metal Fury) and a strong Blader.

Appearance
Ryo's appearance is similar to Gingka's (his son's). Like Gingka, he has spiky hair, orange-red hair, and yellow-brown (gold) eyes. He also wears a white scarf and blue band with a picture of Pegasus on it. His clothes are similar to Gingka's as well, wearing blue and white all over. He seems to be slightly tanner than Gingka and more muscular because he;'s an adult. Ryo also has something on his chin (several vertical black lines) indicating a beard or mustache or etc.

His WBBA director outfit, consists of a blue tie with the yellow WBBA logo on it, and a red-ish coat/jacket.

His alter ego Phoenix is considered another character in the anime.