This page is a digital version of the directory pages from the English version of the Battle B-daman manga, sans art. These pages are official translations of profiles written by Inuki Eiji.
Fun fact, the first place I ever posted to this was the B-daman Livejournal community!
1 - Yamato Delgado
- Height: 40 cm
- Weight: 38.6 kg
- Birthday: 6th July (Date he was picked up)
- Blood Type: O
- Age: 11
He’s the B-Daman enthusiast whose face looks like a steamed bun. That’s our main boy! His body usually acts before his brain does, and he has the attention lifespan of a monkey… I personally hate people who are all-talk and no-action, so I admire characters like Yamato very much. I wish I could live like he does! Though I’m sure I would probably be a big nuisance to those around me, if I do…
Additional info: Tommy (Male - 9 months old)
2 - Gray Michael Vincent
- Height: 156 cm
- Weight: 40 kg
- Birthday: 30th April
- Blood Type: AB
- Age: 12
The mysterious youth Gray! Is he friend or foe?! Although I’m the artist, there are certain things about him that I don’t even know! But as of now, he’s sort of narrating the story from ‘the other side’. He’s cool as a cucumber, has the sense of humour of a hungry wolf and a pain to get along with. But underneath that iron exterior, there is a heart of gold… He probably just finds it hard to show people that he is a caring guy!
3 - Bull Borgnine
- Height: 149 cm
- Weight: 48 kg
- Birthday: 29th January
- Blood Type: B
- Age: 12
A scary boy with a split personality. That’s how he is! I wonder how he turned out like that?
4 - Mie Delgado
- Height: 164 cm
- Weight: 43 kg
- Birthday: 8th August
- Blood Type: O
- Age: 23
Yamato’s foster mother. A daring and hearty young mother, with an optimistic outlook on life. Hates wishy-washy people. Yamato takes after her character - afer all, he was raised by her! She’s a bit of an air-head sometimes, so that got passed on to Yamato as well. Although… why is it that she speaks standard Japanese, while Yamato has a Kansai accent? Nobody knows.
5 - Terry McScotty
- Height: 130 cm
- Weight: 29.3 kg
- Birthday: 6th June
- Blood Type: O
- Age: 10
A boy even younger and smaller thank Yamato. Speaks with a slight lisp. He is a ninja who takes life too seriously. It’s always interesting to try to get a rise out of over-serious characters like him… though to tell you the truth, I’m always being bullied, too. It’s easy to predict what kind of reaction he exhibits to certain things, so Terry’s frightfully simple to draw. In short, he’s a simpleton through and through.
6 - Wen Yong Fa
- Height: 143 cm
- Weight: 39 kg
- Birthday: 7th May
- Blood Type: O
- Age: 12
7 - Li Yong Fa
- Height: 132 cm
- Weight: 30.2 kg
- Birthday: 3rd December
- Blood Type: A
- Age: 9
The only B-Dabattler siblings in this comic (for now). Since their B-damans look like dragons, I’ll have to say they are somewhat Chinese. The older brother is a dolt, while the younger one is a composed guy. Hm? I seem to have seen this sibling-setting somewhere before… Oh yeah! My family is like that. My younger brother is always better in whatever we do…
8 - Enjyu
- Height: 167 cm
- Weight: 45 kg
- Birthday: Unknown
- Blood Type: RH- A
- Age: 13 (Estimated)
A cold-blooded leader who behaves like the personification of evil. He’s quite a rebellious boy, but I think there must be a reason why he became the way he is. When I started drawing him, I could sort of see my own negative side manifesting inside him. Sometimes I think, ‘Well, I’m actually quite a crappy guy, huh?’ By the way, the name Enjyu is a real-life name, although the kanji (Chinese character) is written differently.
9 - Liena
- Height: 150 cm
- Weight: 38 kg
- Birthday: 30th April
- Blood Type: AB
- Age: 12
Gray’s younger sister. They’re twins, but somehow it doesn’t seem to have that feel… Anyway, she loves her older brother and is very obliging and obedient. That’s why Gray transforms into a mother hen in anything involving his sister… ‘Liena’ is actually the name of one of my friend’s daughters. It was pretty tough to give this character a name, so I did it rather hastily, but the higher-ups gave me the approval via the phone a short while after I submitted it!
10 - Berkhart
- Height: 146 cm
- Weight: 35 kg
- Birthday: 29th January
- Blood Type: A
- Age: 12
I drew this guy because of a request I saw on some website. I was supposed to draw a ‘serious looking older brother and his frivolous younger brothers’, so… Brothers: Skulmeta, Nelson, Petraza, Nebus When I drew this, I never expected the manga to be adapted into an anime, so their names were all given rather randomly. I shall reflect upon myself…
11 - Cain McDonnell
- Height: 162 cm
- Weight: 45 kg
- Birthday: 26th February
- Blood Type: AB
- Age: 13
The mysterious youth, Cain. He is a goody-two-shoes when with other people, but underneath that facade is actually… Well, we’ll find out just what kind of person he is as the story progresses. But when I started drawing him, I felt like I could see a bit of myself in him as well. Not that we look alike, but the fact that we both act like goody-two-shoes in front of others! Or maybe everybody is more or less like that too? Wahahaha!!
Joe Tetsunosuke
- Height: 183 cm
- Weight: 82 kg
- Birthday: 9th August
- Blood Type: O
- Age: 18
Joe Tetsunosuke is a fellow disciple of Terry. I drew him according to the image of Nobunaga Oda (of course, I have never met Nobunaga Oda in the flesh before - I only based Joe on what I imagined Oda would be!). I’m the oldest son of the family, so I’ve always wanted to have an older brother to rely on when I was a child. By the way, I used the name of one of my old friends for this character. (Note: Nobunaga Oda (1534 - 1582) - the first individual to attempt to unify Japan at the end of the Warring States period. He was a powerful but ruthless ruler.)
Assado
- Height: 127 cm
- Weight: 27 kg
- Birthday: 5th December
- Blood Type: A
- Age: 8
Assado uses the Accel Leon. I modelled him after the main lead of a certain musical show… Characters with personalities like his are a breeze to draw, so I had an easy time illustrating him. It must be nice to lead a life as simple as his… By the way, he’s wearing a mascot costume, not animal fur…
Sly
- Height: 175 cm
- Weight: 95 kg
- Birthday: 6th July
- Blood Type: AB
- Age: 18 (he looks older than he is)
The lonely warrior, Sly. I came up with his name from the nickname of my favourite actor, Sylvester Stallone. I guess you’d probably have noticed it by now if you’re familiar with him… Sly’s character is based on the movie ‘Rambo’. That’s not his ID tag around his neck, but a Buddhist amulet. I would never want to experience what Sly has gone through before, but I wish I could be as strong as him!
Joshua
- Height: 178 cm
- Weight: 64 kg
- Birthday: 1st December
- Blood Type: A
- Age: 16
Cain’s butler and close friend. He’s probably the nicest guy in this whole series - A man who always puts the interest of others ahead of his own. Joshua seems like a model-student type, but I’m sure he has his clumsy moments too.
Biarce
- Height: 148 cm
- Weight: 34 kg
- Birthday: 6th June, at 6 AM
- Blood Type: AB
- Age: 11
If you’re a fan of movies, you should be able to recognize that Biarce was modelled after Damien from the movie ‘The Omen’. When he was still on the drawing board, we kept calling him ‘Damien’, too!
Haja
- Height: 172 cm
- Weight: 60 kg
- Birthday: 1st March
- Blood Type: B
- Age: 15
User of Gill Scorpion. He is the founding member of Team Junk, so I made him as evil as I could. But somehow, the more I drew him, the cuter he became…
Gannos
- Height: 132 cm
- Weight: 37 kg
- Birthday: 24th December
- Blood Type: AB
- Age: 9
The youngest member of Team Junk. His name was derived from the headquarters of the second line-up for a certain football club. If I had either him or Assado as my younger brother, the house would become really noisy.
Aquras
- Height: 187 cm
- Weight: 78 kg
- Birthday: 3rd November
- Blood Type: A
- Age: 17
The strongest B-DaBattler in Team Junk. I derived his name off a small arms weapon. Initially, I designed him to have hair that is like the wings of a bird, but it would be hard to animate hair like that, so… I changed it to his current hairstyle.
Kiba
- Height: 153 cm
- Weight: 43 kg
- Birthday: 11th April
- Blood Type: AB
- Age: 12
Wen’s good friend. The concept of his machine was quite straightforward, so he was comparatively easy to design. When I first drew him, he was wearing things like protectors and stuff. It got annoying after a while, so he became what he looks like now.
Jinbei
- Height: 180 cm
- Weight: 97 kg
- Birthday: 23rd October
- Blood Type O Age 16
A B-DaBattler who uses a shark-type machine. I did a lot of thinking on how to design a shark-like character. I thought of drawing someone who looked like Kevin Costner in the move ‘Waterworld’, but in the end, I settled for his current look. Thanks to him, though, I have a mountain of discarded designs on hand with me now.
Armada
- Height: 204 cm
- Weight: 230 kg
- Birthday: 31th December
- Age: 97
Yamato’s master. How in the world does he create B-Daman machines with those paws, anyway?! That would be the greatest unsolved mystery of this manga. By the way, he is named after the American title of a certain robot anime… The voice actor for Armada, Tadashi Miyazawa, is a very interesting person.
Rai
- Height: 152 cm
- Weight: 37 kg
- Birthday: 4th February
- Age: 35 (real age)
I was wondering how I was going to round up this whole Legend Stone thing. Thank goodness I somehow managed to give it a proper ending. Sort of.
Mei
- Height: 142 cm
- Weight: 32 kg
- Birthday: 16th September
- Age: 34 (real age)
Girls seldom get to have a piece of the action in this manga, mostly because I suck at drawing them… But this girl HAS to be in the final arc, so I really had a hard time…
Ababa
- Height: 103 cm
- Weight: 17 kg
- Birthday: 3rd January
- Age: 65
The ex-boss of the Shadow Alliance. He’s currently living with Enjyu, taking care of him. Sorta like the good mother Enjyu never had… By the way, I adopted a kitten from Kazuko Sugiyama, the voice actress of Ababa in the anime, and the little fella is doing well at my house…