Japanese Beyblade X (Takara Tomy) vs Hasbro: are they compatible?

Who makes which

Beyblade X is Takara Tomy's line. Its May 2023 announcement set the Japanese launch for July 15, 2023, with 12 products in the first wave, including the BX-01 Starter Dran Sword 3-60F at a suggested ¥1,980 including tax. The tops are built from three parts, and the gear on the tip meets a rail in the stadium to produce the burst of speed the line is named for, which Takara Tomy calls the Xtreme Dash.

Hasbro sells Beyblade outside Japan under a long-running partnership with Takara Tomy. Its October 2023 announcement said Beyblade X tops would be identical in weight, feel and performance across Hasbro and Takara Tomy, that Hasbro would add tops of its own to the same standard, and that the global toy launch would expand in fall 2024.

Do the parts work together?

On Hasbro's instruction pages, sets such as the Xtreme Battle Set and the X-treme Battlers Pack describe their tops as Takara Tomy-designed with die-cast metal parts, and say the gear feature is only compatible with the Beyblade X system. Hasbro's Deluxe String Launcher page says its grip fits Beyblade X string and winder launchers and tells you to mix the blade, ratchet and bit with other Beyblade X tops.

Taken together, Hasbro presents its tops and Takara Tomy's as one system rather than two. What neither company states on the pages we checked is a rule for mixing them in competition. If you plan to enter a Takara Tomy or Hasbro event, read that event's own rules for which products it accepts.

Beyblade X is also a separate generation from Beyblade Burst. Hasbro's product text limits the gear feature to Beyblade X, so older tops and stadiums are not part of this comparison.

What's different about the Japanese releases

The products are packaged differently. Takara Tomy numbers its sets with codes such as BX-01 and UX-20, and names each top by blade, ratchet and bit, as in Dran Sword 3-60F. Hasbro uses its own item numbers, such as G3028 for the X-treme Battlers Pack, and puts its own combinations in each box; its Xtreme Battle Set comes with Dagger Dran 4-60R and Tusk Mammoth 3-60T. A Japanese code won't match a Hasbro box, so compare by the blade, ratchet and bit named on the listing.

Timing is the other difference. Japan had Beyblade X for over a year before Hasbro's global launch, and new Japanese sets still reach shops in Japan under Takara Tomy's codes. Ordering from Japan is how U.S. buyers get those sets as Takara Tomy released them.

A top from Japan is still an import. The landed cost of a toy follows the same steps as for cards: item price, shipping, and U.S. duty, which the landed cost guide explains as of November 2, 2026. We have not checked the tariff classification of Beyblade products, so don't assume cards' rate applies to them.

Where to see them in stock

Our Japan-only page lists the Takara Tomy Beyblade X sets, amiibo and Japanese figures that Discovery Japan Mall has in stock, with dollar estimates from its yen prices. For the watch side of that page, see what JF and JR mean on a G-Shock.