Japanese: ホイッスル!
English: Whistle!
Type: Manga
Volumes: 24
Chapters: 216
Status: Completed
Published: Feb 24, 1998 to Oct 8, 2002
Genres: Drama, Shounen, Sports
Mangaka: Higuchi Daisuke (Story & Art)
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Synopsis: Everybody has a dream, and for Shou Kazamatsuri, that dream is simple: he wants to be the best soccer player he can possibly be. He's the spirited leader of the Josui Junior High team and everyone looks up to him. In turn, he tries to keep the team together at any cost!
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Licensed in English
Viz (24 vols, complete)
Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates
Side notes: Yup, again one of the mangas that I stumbled on after seeing the anime first.
Main characters
Sho Kazamatsuri
Birthday: March 10, 1984
Sign: Taurus
Height: 146cm
Weight: 40kg
Blood Type: A
Favorite Food: curry rice, dry fried chicken, kit kat
Dislikes: sea cucumbers
Hobbies/Special Skills: soccer, ability to sleep anywhere
Family: Kazamatsuri Kou (brother, technically cousin), Shiomi Kensuke (biological Father)
Shoes: Asics
Uniform Number: 9 (19 on the Senbatsu after Tenjo leaves)
School: Sakura Jyousui, 2-A
The main character of Whistle! Shou starts out by transferring from the well-known school Musashi no Mori to Sakura Jyousui to pursue his soccer dreams. His soccer skills were bad because while he was a Musashi no Mori, he was automatically put on the 3rd team for his height, and only did errands. The only thing that he did well in soccer was lifting.
Shou has no ego and is always humble about his abilities. Whenever he sees a superb player, he will create a goal to beat them too. He is never satisfied with his skill, and continues to train himself to become stronger and stronger.
Shigeki Sato (佐藤 茂樹)
Birthday: July 8, 1983
Sign: Cancer
Height: 171cm
Weight: 58kg
Blood Type: B
Favorite Food: monja yaki pancake, coke
Dislikes: doctors
Hobby/Special Skills: handicrafts, helping people in need
Shoes: Lotto
Uniform Number: 11
School: Sakura Jyousui, 2-A
He joined the soccer team a long time ago at Sakura Jyousui, but quit immediately because the 3rd years never tried and Tatsuya too serious. Shigeki only rejoined the team because he saw that Shou had made the team seem more interesting.
Shigeki is relaxed and always shows his tough side. He likes to be called Shige rather than Shigeki. He has a Kansai-ben or Kansai dialect, and likes to give nicknames, such as the favorite Tatsu-bon for Tatsuya and Pochi (puppy) for Shou.
Daichi Fuwa
Birthday - 12.31.1984
Sign - Capricorn
Height - 174cm
Weight - 60kg
Blood Type - AB
Favorite Food - doesn't know
Dislikes - anything that can't be explained scientifically
Hobbies/Special Skills - activity of destruction
Uniform Number - 1
School - Sakura Jyousui, 2-C
Fuwa joined the soccer team of Sakura Jyousui because of Shou. The first time he played soccer, he played PKs or penalty kicks. He was the goalie while Shou was shooting. Fuwa saw how much fun Shou had playing with him, even though he lost. He didn't understand why, so he started soccer to find the reason why Shou smiles because of soccer.
Fuwa is the infamous "Crusher" because he was known for analyzing people's skills and beat them and their pride. Everyone, except Shou, feared him and greatly disliked him. Eventually, people began to trust him little by little as Shou does.
Tatsuya Mizuno (水野 竜也)
Nickname: Tatsu-bon (Shige)
Birthday: November 30, 1984
Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 167cm
Weight: 56kg
Blood Type: AB
Favorite Food: spaghetti with spicy fish roe, layered cheesecake
Dislikes: natto (a fermented sticky soy bean)
Hobby/Special Skills: Playing with dogs, making people upset
Family: Mizuno Mariko (mother), Kirihara Souichiro (father), Holmes (dog), Aunt Takako, Aunt Yuriko
Shoes: Tatsuya
Uniform Number: 10
School: Sakura Jyousui, 2nd year
Tatsuya is a second year student and is also the best player at Josui and possibly the best Junior High player in the entire series. Not only is he a talented player, but also an honor student. Tatsuya tutors the novice Shō after being impressed with his determination and hard work. Shigeki calls him Tatsu-bon, which always annoys him. Though many consider him to be a cool-headed person with an indifferent look on his face, Tatsuya actually gets very hot-headed when it comes to things involving his father. He lives with his mom, Mariko Mizuno, who would often be mistaken for his sister due to her young looks, and his aunts, Takako and Yuki, in the Mizuno mansion, as he was under the custody of his mother after his parents were divorced. Tatsuya's father is the coach of the Musashinomori soccer team. Also, it is later revealed that, during his first year, Tatsuya passed Musashinomori's qualifying tests to enter into their soccer club, but he rejected the offer due to not wanting to be his father's puppet. Due to his handsome looks, he has the most fan girls in his school, even gaining the admiration of the opposing schools' girls, though he does prefer to ignore them. His jersey number is 10.
Source: MAL
- MAL Manga/ Anime info has also a Loo-ng list of supporting characters and for this big series it's a bit too long one to add here. But if you like to visit the page: Clickie me and you'll be there.^-^b
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