{"id":57757,"date":"2026-06-03T19:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=57757"},"modified":"2026-06-03T19:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:32:01","slug":"beyblade-craze-grips-hong-kong-as-fans-battle-it-out-in-malls-expos-and-on-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=57757","title":{"rendered":"Beyblade craze grips Hong Kong as fans battle it out in malls, expos and on the streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It is 1pm on a sweltering Saturday inside a packed event space on the ground floor of Dragon Centre in Hong Kong\u2019s Sham Shui Po neighbourhood, but nobody is here for the mid-year sales.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Instead, dozens of children, teenagers and a surprising number of adults are pressed shoulder to shoulder around clusters of small plastic stadiums, watching pairs of clashing Beyblades, the high-performance spinning tops popularised by the eponymous anime in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Across Hong Kong, Beyblades are spinning back into the mainstream with a force that has caught even seasoned toy retailers by surprise.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Fuelled by the global success of the high-speed Beyblade X series and a potent mix of nostalgia and grass-roots organisation, the city is now home to a dizzying calendar of tournaments. These include casual weekend meet-ups in housing estates and official qualifiers for the Asian and world championships held inside shopping centres, toy expos, on the streets and at <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">the recent Comic Con<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-12vv9w2 e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Most competitors in Hong Kong have cases filled with varying modifications and editions of Beyblades to optimise their chances. Photo: Chloe Loung\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/06\/03\/acd3a85f-379b-476e-9fc1-0d95ef94f857_52e0d632.jpg\" title=\"Most competitors in Hong Kong have cases filled with varying modifications and editions of Beyblades to optimise their chances. Photo: Chloe Loung\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Most competitors in Hong Kong have cases filled with varying modifications and editions of Beyblades to optimise their chances. Photo: Chloe Loung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The competitive structure has been supercharged by official support from Takara Tomy, the Japanese manufacturer and creator of the Beyblade franchise. The brand regularly hosts official Beyblade X events and tournaments across Hong Kong, and competitors can battle in domestic qualifiers for the chance to enter the international Beyblade X Asia Championship and the World Championship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/article\/3355828\/beyblade-craze-grips-hong-kong-fans-battle-it-out-malls-expos-and-streets?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is 1pm on a sweltering Saturday inside a packed event space on the ground floor of Dragon Centre in Hong Kong\u2019s Sham Shui Po&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3028,24082,12724,24084,1251,24083,3569,5231,12685,541],"class_list":["post-57757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-battle","tag-beyblade","tag-craze","tag-expos","tag-fans","tag-grips","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-malls","tag-streets","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}