Japanese: 銀河へキックオフ!!
Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 17
Status: Completed
Published: Apr 4, 2012 to Aug 4, 2013
Genres: Shounen, Sports
Authors: Kawabata Hiroto (Story), Wakamatsu Hiroshi (Art)
Serialization: Saikyou Jump
Synopsis: The story follows a boy who was in a soccer team, but it was disbanded due to not enough players. However, after the boy meets a female professional soccer player, he aims to bring his soccer team back.
Related Manga
Adaptation: Ginga e Kickoff!!
Source: MAL Manga Info, Baka updates
Side notes: This manga doesn't have any English translations at the moment although the manga version scores pretty well on MAL. I suppose most of the people know the anime and while it aired same time as the manga was published it took the main attraction an no-one felt like a need to go for the manga or something.
Still I'd like to add it onto my list of readings 'cause first of all it's a quite new soccer manga with decent plot and art. And there is one character that is same as in Captain Tsubasa, a professional soccer player that is at first presented as a random ruffian/ drunkard. here his name is Masaru Hanashima while in Captain Tsubasa it's Roberto Hongo. I do wonder is that some stereotype for older players after their time in the limelights has passed.
Main characters:
Shou Oota (太田 翔)
Shou is a sixth grader, and in the beginning, he is the last remaining member of the Momoyama Predators and because of that the Manager disbands the team. Shou loves soccer, even though he is pretty bad at it. Despite all that, he goes off to try to find members to revive the team. First he meets Erika and her dog practicing soccer in the park and immediately asks her to join. After "recruiting" Erika, they have a falling-out when she realizes that there is no team for her to really join. The two come across Shimizu Misaki in the park where they were playing and challenge her to a 2 v 1 match. The two are crushed but in the end Shou manages to steal the ball and score. Shou is very strong-willed and loud, and though his soccer skills aren't so good in the beginning he gets better over time. His greatest asset is his ability to never take his eye off the ball and to see the patterns in the way players move. Misaki says that he will grow to become an amazing soccer player some day. Shou typically plays left defender.
Erika Takato (高遠 エリカ)
She is a sixth-grader originally from Osaka and is the former ace of the Namba Dandelions. Back then, she was known as the Speed Star due to her speed with the ball. It appears as though her team was also disbanded and she transferred to Shou's school. She has a bit of a complex about boys, saying that they are better than her because she is a girl and in several instances is deeply hurt and angered by it. After meeting Shimizu Misaki and Shou, she learns that women can be great players as well and that there is room for her to get "level up" if she doesn't give up. Erika is cheerful, full of energy, and very frank. She typically plays left forward.
Akira Kageura (景浦 晶)
Kageura has a very cold and reserved personality. He says that he remembers everything he has once seen but forgets anything that he deems to be uninteresting.
Position - Forward
Number - 10
Team - New Tokyo Fc Amarillo
Aoto Gonzales Takuma (青砥ゴンザレス 琢馬)
A member of the Heavens FC, he has a rivalry with Kota of the Triplet Demons because he managed to score three goals against them which has Kota up in arms about it. Aoto is actually quite small for his age but has amazing ball control and shooting ability
Kota Furuya (降矢 虎太)
Kota is the first brother of the "Triplet Demons", and possesses great reflexes and athleticism which allow him to be naturally good at any sport, such as tennis, which is what the three brothers were practicing at the beginning of the anime. His heart longs to play soccer and though he doesn't speak much, when it comes to soccer he gets fired up and annoyed easily. He and his brothers want to be the best and he feels that in order for that to happen that they need an amazing coach. It is hinted that he is the one that initiated the breakaway from Momoyama Predators because the original coach was terrible. Kota has a vicious kick and typically plays center forward. His favorite color is yellow. He seems to be developing a soft spot for Reika as she struggles to develop her soccer skills.
Ryuuji Furuya (降矢 竜持)
Ryuuji is the second brother of the "Triplet Demons", and possesses great reflexes and athleticism which allow him to be naturally good at any sport, such as tennis which is what the three brothers were practicing at the beginning of the anime. His heart longs to play soccer and when he gets the chance to he gets all fired up. Ryuuji, with his two brothers, left the Momoyama Predators due to the original coach being terrible and as a result many of the other players left leaving only Shou. Ryuuji is mild mannered in comparison to Kota and Ouzou and seems to be the most intelligent out of the three of them. Ryuuji has incredible ball control and typically plays center mid-field. His favorite color is green.
Ouzou Furuya (降矢 凰壮)
Ouzou is the third brother of the "Triplet Demons", and possesses great reflexes and athleticism which allow him to be naturally good at any sport, such as tennis which is what the three brothers were practicing at the beginning of the anime. His heart longs to play soccer and when he gets the chance to he gets all fired up. Ouzou, with his two brothers, left the Momoyama Predators due to the original coach being terrible and as a result many of the other players left leaving only Shou. Ouzou is the most boisterous of the brothers and comes off more like a delinquent. Ouzou excels in defense and typically plays right defender. His favorite color is red.
Masaru Hanashima (花島勝)
Introduced as a random drunkard on a park bench, Masaru was actually a professional soccer player that went by the name Lightning Light ace of the Chiba Thunderbolts. He possesses a lightning fast right kick. After watching him drunkenly dribble and head the ball, Shou gets Masaru (after numerous requests) to teach him how to head the ball. Shortly after he tries to get him to coach their soccer team. He initially refuses due to his past as a coach, but after a few games with the children and their (mainly Shou's) constant nagging he finally accepts. Masaru is easily provoked, as seen multiple times where the Furuya brothers get under his skin eventually forcing him to show off his professional soccer skills. He hates being called "Old man" because he believes that he isn't really THAT old.
Reika Saionji (西園寺玲華)
Reika is a large girl that is friends with Erika and is in the same class as Erika and Shou. She has a kind and quiet personality. Despite being large, she has an affinity for soccer. When the team needs one more player to qualify for the preliminaries, Reika steps up. Originally she states that she wants to play soccer for dieting, which really angered the Furuyas (especially Kota). She finds that she loves soccer and pushes hard to prove herself to the team, particularly Kota. It is shown that she is in a well-to-do family and that she is secretly skipping her piano lessons to practice soccer under her mother's nose. She is a hard worker and is seen early in the morning practicing hard so that she won't be a burden for the team.
Supporting
Misaki Shimizu (志水 ミサキ)
Shimizu Misaki is a player of New Tokyo FC Rose in the Ginga e Kickoff!! anime. Misaki was a founder of the Namba Dandelions. She got injured though and was unable to play in the Japan's national team.She recovered from her injury and had chance to play soccer as pro.
Source: MAL, Wikipedia, wikia
More supporting characters on MAL.
Anime DVD release commercial
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