Beat

Beat is the 17-year-old member of the GG's in Jet Set Radio and is also the first recruitable character in Jet Set Radio Future.

Appearance
Beat is a short young man with short reddish burgandy hair, a large pair of green lensed sunglasses with a sound wave design on the front of them, oversized headphones and large rollerblades upon his feet.

His clothing varies from game to game, but he tends to wear black gloves, sometimes fingerless ones, dark coloured jeans with a belt and a t-shirt.

History
Beat is a street punk 'Rudie' runaway who enjoys rollerblading and spraying grafitti tags all over town. He is a major member of the GG's and one of the founding three alongside Gum and Corn.

Beat, Gum and Corn proceed to get involved in a tag war with their rival gangs; the Love Shockers, The Noise Tanks and Poison Jam all of whom want to take over the GG's territory and make it their own. Along the way Beat must also avoid being caught and apprehended by the police and their leader, Captain Onishima.

CAMEOS
As the poster boy for Jet Set Radio, Beat has made many cameo appearances outside his home franchise.

He appears in Sega Superstars Tennis as a playable character. He is a speed character with his All Star move spraying the opponents side of the court with graffiti, causing them to trip when moving around the court.

In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Beat Drives a Tokyo-styled Street Racing car and his specific levels inside Sonic & All-Stars Racing are Shibuya Downtown, Rokkaku Hill, and Highway Zero. Beat's All-Star Move is called "Tag Jamming". He gets out the car and back on his skates as he goes around Spray Painting the oppenents on the track momentarily leaving graffiti on their screen.

Beat also appears in the sequel Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. In this game his All-Star move has him blast out music beats that hit anybody nearby.

Beat appears as a Red Beyondering Hero in Sega Heroes.

Beat's clothing also cameo'd as a costume for the playable Avatar in Sonic Forces.

Trivia

 * Beat is considered the leader of the GG's in Jet Set Radio, but Jet Set Radio Future has Corn as the leader and Gum as the founder. Beat mentions it's only a matter of time before he is the leader which might be a reference to his original status.
 * Beat is the poster boy for Jet Set Radio appearing on both covers of the games and being the character with the most cameos from the series.
 * The Kanji on his shirt reads ビ-ト which translates to his name in Japanese ビ-(Bii) ト(To)