i was outside with nothing better to do, so i started researching some of the character's birthday dates to see if i can find what inspired the writers to give them those Specific birthday dates. came across a lot of interesting / silly references and here's what i have so far:
valt - 3/21, self-explanatory on a surface level, mr beyblade was born on world beyblade day. 3/21 is also the start of spring equinox. this is gonna become important after you get to our next guy
shu - 9/23, the date of the autumnal equinox. throwback to shu's full name meaning "crimson autumn" (紅秋). spring/autumn bfs is an immaculate concept thank you hiro 🫶
wakiya - 9/8, mulberry day. fits right in with how purple he is
daina - 1/17, konodai tsujikiri festival in which evil spirits and plagues are warded off
ken - 6/20, peppermint day. self-explanatory for he is Green
aiga - 8/11, first ascent of the mountain peak "eiger" (probably what led to his name being localized as aiger) + mountain day in japan. he comes from the mountainous island of hokkaido so here's another win for research
fubuki - 12/22, birthday of the youngest emperor of japan (antoku). coming up right after shu's autumn equinox, december 22nd is the beginning of winter solstice
suoh - 9/9, chrysanthemun festival. the chrysantehemun is the symbol of the imperial family and japan itself. mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the most traditionally japanese of them all? /j
free - 11/11, there's…..too many holidays present to properly match one w him. 11/11 is just That popular of a date for events and holidays. i guess that was the whole point of choosing that as free's birthday as he's also Incredibly popular
rantaro - 4/30, library day? i guess? he's shown to be incredibly skilled w his kanjis (cooked up advanced calligraphy that his friends couldn't read) and has books/manga on his outfits all the time
drum - 6/10, melon day. melon boy 🥹🥹
delta - 7/27, watermelon day. matching with his boyfriend. makes sense since he's red/green-ish
amane - 4/29, showa day. dedicated to giving blessings to nature. seeing as his surname is related to plants (kusaba (草葉) - blades of grass) this fits right in 🌱
pot - 7/6, the birthday of the 14th (and current) dalai lama. I CALLED IT, I KNEW IT-
blindt - 10/25, the birthday of pablo picasso. welcome back picasso i guess 😭
fumiya - 8/8, matching with free there's Way too many anniversaries on this day to pinpoint the perfect one for him. let's say pachinko / gachanko day as he's as obnoxious and flashy as them /j
hikaru - 6/22, the start of summer solstice. we finally have all four major solar terms!!
hyuga - 3/20, his birthday fits right at the start of the spring equinox alongside valt's + international day of happiness
bell - 7/1, celebrated as a "phantom day" all thanks to the watershield (junsei) plant. lemme know if you want the details im too lazy to type all that out LMAO
OKAY SO APPARENTLY THERE'S A 30 TAG LIMIT SO UH- moving everything i said in the tags onto the post itself.... i love doing the most random bullshit ever i Swear. me researching this: RANDOM BULLSHIT GO 💥💥💥 (jkjk ofc i do my best to look into things as much as possible) there's probably a lot of Niche references flying over my head at this time but i've accepted that i'll be figuring them out some other time
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