Taro Tate (水原 太郎, Mizuhara Tarou) is Max's father, yet him and Judy (his son's mother) are separated. Taro lives in Japan and owns a Beyhobby shop with a Beyblade dish on the floor below it. He is generally jovial and generous, as he helps Tyson, Max and the other Bladebreakers with their beyblades.