History Characters / CaptainTsubasa

Be warned: since football/soccer is played 11-a-side, expect LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. And that's without going outside the touchlines.

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!Japanese National Team
[[folder: Tsubasa Ozora]]
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-->''European and Latin-American DubNameChange: Oliver Atton''

->Voiced by: Creator/YokoOgai (in ''Captain Tsubasa'' and the first half of ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/NozomuSasaki (second half of ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/KikukoInoue (as a child in ''Road to 2002'', first half), Creator/TomokazuSeki (''Road to 2002'', second half); [[Creator/ElsaCovian Elsa Covián]] and Jorge Roig Jr. (''Captain Tsubasa''), Gustavo Melgarejo (''Captain Tsubasa J''), [[Creator/BenjaminRivera Benjamín Rivera]] (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Teresa Acaso (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/JorgeSaudinos (''Captain Tsubasa J'' and ''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

The protagonist of the story, his dream is to one day win the World Cup for Japan. As a ChildProdigy, he was captain of his school Nankatsu's varsity team, and became the youngest captain of Japan's U-17 in the Youth World Cup. After graduation, he turned professional and played for both Sao Paulo in Brazil and Barcelona in Spain's La Liga. He is now the captain of Japan's Senior Men's Football Team.

* TheAce: He constantly walks the thin line between The Ace and BoringInvincibleHero (and TheMinnesotaFats, within the story). His Ace qualities are slightly downplayed in ''World Youth Cup'' and ''Road to 2002'', but not ''that'' much.
* AnimalMotif: He's usually represented by a peregrin falcon, specially in the anime. Or [[ThePhoenix phoenix]], in much rarer occassions.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Shingo.
* BoisterousBruiser: Milder case when compared to others. Is a more innocent, slightly less energetic but still idealistic and determined version.
* CatchPhrase: Tsubasa Oozora's motto is "The ball is my friend".
* ChasteHero: He's so MarriedToTheJob that his ObliviousToLove nature becomes the source of many a RunningGag, [[spoiler: until Sanae finally gets to date ''and'' marry him]].
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Sanae. They have known each other since their Elementary days, which eventually grown into love when they are teenagers. [[spoiler: They are currently married, and she's pregnant with their first child.]]
* CluelessChickMagnet: Oblivious to his popularity with girls and even puzzled as to why girls like him that much.
* {{Determinator}}: Boy, is this guy ever. An example: in the final of the third National championship he plays despite ''numerous'' injuries.
* DisappearedDad: His father is a ship captain, so he's usually absent.
* {{Expy}}: His personality has some shades of the legendary Japanese Team Captain, Hidetoshi Nakata.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Sanae.]]
* HeroicBSOD: The semi-canon ''Endless Dream'' one-shot shows that he spent the days that follwed Nankatsu's first cup in a brief but intense depressive state, after [[spoiler: Roberto goes back to Brazil alone]] and both Wakabayashi and Misaki move away from Shizuoka.
* TheHero: He is the main character of the manga and anime. A prodigious football player, Tsubasa dreams of one day winning the FIFA World Cup for Japan. His position is midfielder and sometimes plays as forward, usually wearing jersey #10.
* InvincibleHero: He simply never loses. You wonder why people in the anime even think he can. At the very worst, it will be a draw.
* KindheartedSimpleton: When off work.
* TheLeader: Type IV (Charismatic). Of both the Nankatsu and the Japanese national team.
* LovableJock: Yes, he's handsome and popular. Yes, he's a ChildProdigy in regards to soccer. But he works ''very'' hard for his success, truly loves the sport, and cares very much for his teammates and his friends. He embodies this trope so much he's possibly the TropeCodifier in anime and manga.
* ObliviousToLove: He fails to see Sanae's interest in him for quite a while.
* ProtagonistTitle
* RedBaron: ''Soccer no houshigo'' (Heaven Sent Child of Soccer), Soccer Genius, Field Samurai.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Wakabayashi and Hyuuga's Manly Man.
* WideEyedIdealist:
** His dream is to win the World Cup, in a time when Japan hadn't ever even classified for participating in the tournament.
** His celebration speech [[spoiler: after having won the World Youth tournament]] also reflects this. In it, he reminds about the civil war in the World Youth tournament's initial host country, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi the Burundi]]; he wishes war would never exist and that fights should be settled with a fair-and-square soccer match, and calls for "world peace through soccer".
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[[folder:Kojirou Hyuuga]]
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-->''European DubNameChange: Mark Lenders''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Steve Hyuuga''

->Voiced by: Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/RicaMatsumoto (as a child in ''Road to 2002'', first half), Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (''Road to 2002'', second half); Jorge Roig Jr. (''Captain Tsubasa''), Armando Coria (''Road to 2002''), Creator/RicardoMendoza (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Cholo Moratalla (''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Road to 2002''), Creator/JoseMariaCarrero (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [European Spanish dub]

Started as TheRival, became TheLancer with time. Having lost his dad at an early age, he became hateful and rude towards the world as a whole, but very loving and hardworking to his mother and siblings. HotBlooded to the max and one of the best scorers in the Japanese Team, but with serious problems towards authority that hav brought him trouble more than once. After working on some of such issues and graduating from school, he now plays for Juventus in Italy's Serie A.

* TheAce: In ''Road to 2002''.
* AlwaysSecondBest: To Tsubasa, specially at first.
* AnimalMotifs: "The Tiger"
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Noticeably more tanned than others. Kind of a JustifiedTrope when one realises that some of his part-time jobs as a kid included heavy physical work that took place out in the sun, therefore it'd be stranger if he was ''not'' super tanned.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: More of the aggressive kind than the boastful one, but he knows his (high) place and even after his CharacterDevelopment, he doesn't let anyone to dispute it.
* CantCatchUp: In a strange way. Hyuga felt this was about himself for losing to Tsubasa 3 years in a row during the National Tournament. His old Coach Kira is the one who made him realise that. Thus he went to Okinawa to train leaving his Team. [[spoiler: And then he was punished by his current coach because he did it ''without permission'', thus he caused problems to the team as a whole.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: At least ''twice''.
* TheComicallySerious: Starting from the World Youth saga, and scenes of this pop up from time to time with increased frequency as the series goes on.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}: It's obvious from his backstory and his attitude in general. He never gives up.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: During the elementary school and middle school arcs, Hyuga gets as least as much focus as Tsubasa does, and it actually makes both characters sympathetic enough that you could route for either of them. In the elementary school's national championship, Tsubasa's goal of winning the tournament is to go with his mentor Roberto Hongo to Brazil and become a better soccer player, while Hyuga wants to win the tournament to get scouted by Touou and earning financial support for his family. While Tsubasa wins, Roberto flies back to Brazil without him, and Hyuga is scouted thanks to Tsubasa's decline. In the middle school's national championship, both of them want to win it for competetive reasons: Tsubasa wants to win the championship a third time in a row while he has to endure all the injuries he has to take that year, Hyuga wants to finally win the championship and defeat his rival for once. Both of their teams eventually win the championship as their final match ends in a draw.
* DisappearedDad: Who either died of illness (anime series) or in an accident (manga). To be fair the accident deal wasn't revealed until WYC, [[AdaptationExpansion so the anime series had to make up something out of scratch.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: ''Kaigai Gekito Hen in Calcio - Hi Izuru Kuni no Giocatore'' is this for both him and Aoi, as they get ready for a match between their teams and it also offers an insight in Hyuuga's daily life in Italy.
* HotBlooded: Very impulsive but also very passionate, and one of the most determined characters in the series.
* JerkJock: How he begins, though little by little he defrosts.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though he starts off as a {{Jerkass}} before his CharacterDevelopment.
* KickTheDog:
** His treatment of Morisaki, in the beginning.
** Slapping Matsuyama across the face and to the floor, [[DisproportionateRetribution just for physically standing in his way.]]
* MoralityPet: His family, and later Takeshi and Maki.
* MrFanservice: TallDarkAndHandsome, also [[TallDarkAndSnarky snarky]] and [[TroubledButCute somewhat of a bad boy]] ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but kind underneath]]), has several {{Shirtless Scene}}s...
* PoseOfSupplication: Does this to his SternTeacher when begging him to let him re-enter the team for the finale of the third Junior High National Championship.
* PromotionToParent: Partially. His mom does ''not'' want him to work outside of school, but he insists on doing so.
* RedBaron: ''Mouko'' ([[AnimalMotifs Fierce Tiger]])
* TheRival: Tsubasa's original and arguably most iconic rival in Japan.
* SelfMadeMan: He comes from a very impoverished family and then trains and works his way up.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Takeshi's Sensitive Guy.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Pulls off a ''weak'' one each time his friends tease him regarding his relationship with his sweetheart Maki Akamine.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Tries to tell that to Tsubasa during their first match. [[InsultBackfire It does NOT work]] ([[ShutUpHannibal "Soccer is my DREAM!"]]).
* SleevesAreForWimps: He ''always'' rolls up his shirt's sleeves.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: A fairly tall guy with suntanned skin and a dry wit.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Or drink. He ''loves'' Coca-Cola. And this gets him remarks from other athletes such as Maki and Gozza, about sodas being not good for sportsmen. This doesn't faze him a single bit. That's because Hyuga was VERY poor as a kid so he couldn't afford to drink Coca-Cola regularly. (And one of his part-time jobs was carrying around empty bottles); now that he has a regular income and a good part of his goals are secured, he feels that he can allow himself that little pleasure. You can say it's a bit of ComfortFood effect.
* TroubledButCute: ''Very'' popular among fangirls, both in-story and in the fandom.
* {{Tsundere}}: Arguably, in regards to Maki Akamine.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Although he's never a bad guy, he was ''much'' more of a CheerfulChild before his father's death.
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[[folder:Genzo Wakabayashi]]
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-->''European and Latin-American DubNameChange: Benjamin/Thomas(Fr) Price, aka "Benji"''

->Voiced by: Creator/KoichiHashimoto (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/ShinichiroMiki (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/KenichiSuzumura (''Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002''); Eduardo Tejedo (''Captain Tsubasa''), [[Creator/BenjaminRivera Benjamín Rivera]] and Roberto Mendiola (''Captain Tsubasa J''), and José Arenas (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Creator/PepeCarabias (all the series) [European Spanish dub]

Goalkeeper for Shutetsu and Tsubasa's [[TheRival main rival]] before he transferred to Nankatsu. Also played for Japan's U-17. After turning professional, he played for the German Bundesliga's Hamburger SV, and was constantly on the talks to transfer to Bayern Munich, to his refusal.

* TheAce: As a goalkeeper he's one of the best, if not '''the''' best... to the point that the author had to put him on a bus to keep matches interesting. There are not a lot of players able to score to Wakabayashi (like Schneider) and those who can are pretty much ''heroes'' to the crowd.
* BrokenAce: Had some shades of this as a kid, due to his massive arrogance and entitlement. It's not fully gone as he grows up.
* BigBrotherMentor: For Morisaki.
* EyeObscuringHat: Sometimes his hat cover the eyes.
* FatalFlaw: His massive {{pride}}.
* GameBreakingInjury: [[spoiler: AT LEAST two]].
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: First is given one by Mikami, then gives another to Tsubasa.
* HonorBeforeReason: In ''Road to 2002'', Hamburg is going to tie 1-1 against Bayern Muenchen, and Hamburg's coach all but instruct every Hamburg player to go for a draw, which should be still good enough for Hamburg considering Bayern is a top-class team while Hamburg is middle-to-high-class team, not to mention they play in Bayern's Home. So what does Wakabayashi do when Hamburg get corner kick ''at the last minutes''? He left his own goalpost to assist Hamburg's last-minutes-attack.... which ends in failure. This allows Schneider to launch a quick counter-attack and easily score a goal at Wakabayashi's abandoned goalpost, thus Bayern won for 2-1 ''at those last minutes''. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job breaking it, Wakabayashi!]] What's even more stupid is that it's just a league match and not a very crucial one other than being "Wakabayashi v. Schneider match that Wakabayashi really needs to win to prove a point at Schneider", so it's generally unreasonable for goalkeeper to do something like that. It's understandable for Hamburg's coach to put him on the bench in the next matches. In the beginning of ''Golden 23'', it's mentioned that Wakabayashi and Hamburg's coach had falling out because apparently Wakabayashi never become starting goalkeeper anymore in any match. Can also be considered as BreakTheHaughty/[[BreakTheBadass Badass]].
* HotBlooded: To the MAX.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Heavy on the jerk at first, then gearing more to the heart of gold.
* LonelyRichKid: Strongly implied to be one in the first anime. He lives in a BigFancyHouse but seems to be alone there aside of [[BigBrotherMentor Mikami]], and it's later revealed [[ParentalAbandonment that his parents work and live in London.]]
* NiceHat: He more often than not wears a red cap, and sometimes a white one, but when he plays for the National Team he switches to a black one that matches the official uniform.
* PetTheDog: He's got a cute puppy named John, ''and'' he's very protective of Morisaki.
* RealityEnsues: In most recent manga chapters, he screws up ''badly'' in a match and ends up benched as punishment.
* RedBaron: "Super Great Goal Keeper"
* TheRival: To Tsubasa, initially. Later, to Schneider.
* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Even though the series is only Tsubasa-centric, in many European adaptations the anime is known with a NameAndName title that makes it look like that Tsubasa and Wakabayashi are both equally important protagonists (evidenced also by the theme songs). While still a major character, Wakabayashi is often kept OutOfFocus (or even PutOnABus) due to injuries or other reasons.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Tsubasa's Sensitive Guy.
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[[folder:Taro Misaki]]
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-->''European DubNameChange: Tom/Ben(Fr) Baker''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Tom Misaki''

->Voiced by: Eiko Yamada (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/MegumiOgata (in ''Captain Tsubasa J'' as a child), Creator/AkiraIshida (in ''Captain Tsubasa J'' as an adult), Creator/SatsukiYukino (as a child in ''Road to 2002'', first half), Creator/KosukeToriumi (''Road to 2002'', second half); Sylvia Garcel and Javier Rivero (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/RicardoTejedo (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/JesusBarrero (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Sara Vivas (''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Road to 2002''), Creator/MartaSainz (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [European Spanish dub]

Played in several teams due to his father traveeling through Japan all the time. Settled in Nankatsu for a semester and became Tsubasa's closest companion, but right after the championship was over, he moved away again. Later he went to France, where he joined the Japanese Team in the Youth Cup, and returned to Nankatsu to finish his education. Currently in France, where he developed a friendly rivalry with El Sire Pierre.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Most of the time, he's very peaceful and nice. But ''don't'' push him too far, as he's quite capable of standing on his own when needed. Notably when he ''destroys a table'' to prove his GameBreakingInjury is no more.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Misaki [[spoiler: scores the second goal in the Japan-Brazil WYC finals by performing a Raiju shoot alongside Tsubasa and Hyuuga. Let's keep in mind the fact that Hyuuga learned the Raiju shoot through TrainingFromHell and Tsubasa took months to learn it after seeing Roberto do it. Misaki learned it ''on the spot'' and kicks it ''harder'' than Tsubasa with his ''injured leg'', which proves to be a crucial move as it changes the path of the ball so that the keeper can't catch it. True, his leg gives out immediately afterward, but ''damn''.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards his [[spoiler: younger half sister Yoshiko]]. Most notable when he [[spoiler: saves her from being hit by a bus at the cost of his opportunity to play in the World Youth Tournament.]]
* BreakTheCutie: His familiar problems make him suffer more than once, but he's not completely broken. [[spoiler: By WYC, he retakes contact with his MissingMom ''and'' gets along real well with his kind stepfather and cute half-sister]].
* {{Determinator}}: During the WYC, everyone believes that Misaki [[spoiler: won't be able to play due to his leg injury from being hit by a truck. He manages to come back for the last match against Brazil right when [[DarkestHour things look hopeless for Japan]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome and his arrival marks the turning point for Japan's comeback as the team now has a second game maker aside from Tsubasa]].]]
* GameBreakingInjury: In the first arc, due to Sawada accidentally kicking his leg while aiming for the ball. Later, in the WYC [[spoiler: by pulling a DivingSave to save his sister from being hit by a bus]].
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: In the Holland Youth movie, his self-esteem takes a ''massive'' nosedive when [[spoiler: he becomes the temporary captain of the Japanese team but doesn't perform well, since he's too used to be a follower in the fields]]. Misugi has to talk him out of it.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He is referred to in universe as Tsubasa's greatest partner when on the field and one of his best friends overall. Their combined play is so in sync with each other that they're called the "Golden Pair" and can understand each others intentions with a single glance.
* JackOfAllStats: Aside teaming with Tsubasa, he's mostly a balanced player with no specialization like most of the rest.
* TheLancer: To Tsubasa. Misaki is the only one who completely understands Tsubasa's motives and can continue following him even when the other players are too tired to keep going.
* MissingMom: Parents are divorced, [[ParentWithNewParamour mother remarried]]. [[spoiler: They make amends later]].
* NiceGuy: One of the nicest you'll find in the series.
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[[folder:Jun Misugi]]
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-->''European DubNameChange: Julian Ross''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Andy Johnson''

->Voiced by: Aya Mizoguchi (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/YukoKobayashi (''Captain Tsubasa J'', child), Shinichirou Ohta (''Captain Tsubasa J'', adult), Creator/AiOrikasa (''Road to 2002'', child), Issei Miyazaki (''Road to 2002'', adult); Creator/RicardoTejedo (''Captain Tsubasa''), Roberto Mendiola (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/IrwinDaayan (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Celia Ballester (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/BlancaRada (''Captain Tsubasa J'' and ''Road to 2002''), [European Spanish dub]

Captain of the Musashi school team, an excellent player... with a fatal flaw: his very weak heart. Not even an operation and treatment are fully able to let him overcome it: whie his skill is intact, his stamina is severely limited. His analytical mind, however, gives him a sort-of solution: becoming TheSmartGuy and TheStrategist, alongside a reserve player who comes out in crucial moments.

* BrokenAce: He is implied to be Tsubasa's technical superior on the field and a leader probably just as good, but his heart condition limits deeply his performance.
* ChickMagnet: Girls loooooove him.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[ShipTease All but stated]] to have this going on with Yayoi.
* {{Determinator}}: When young, because his illness gave him a near ''suicidal'' obsession with leading his team to victory before he has to go through treatment. As he grows up, one can still see some traces of this every now and then, like when he manages to come back to action after his illness, through the standard "operation" and ''very'' hard work.
* DontYouDarePityMe: ''Very'' extreme version, as he'd rather put his life in risk than lose a match. He loosens up later, though.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: His heart illness.
* HandicappedBadass: As seen below.
* IllBoy: Due to his weak heart, making him prone to {{Hollywood Heart Attack}}s.
* RedBaron: ''Garasu no Ace'' ([[IllBoy Glass Ace]])
* TheStrategist: His role, both in and outside the fields.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: He's calm and not really prone to any emotional outbursts, but he's also very wise and kind to those close to him.
* WeakButSkilled: He's crazily talented and skilled, to the point that his introduction has him outperforming Tsubasa of all people, but his stamina remains very low, so he can barely play half a match.
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[[folder:Shingo Aoi]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Terry (His family name is never mentioned, for some reason) / Rob Denton (Fr)''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Aoi Shingo (the same, but with the order fully inverted)''

->Voiced by: Creator/MasamiKikuchi (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo (in ''Road to 2002''); Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Enrique Mederos (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Emilio García (''Captain Tsubasa J''), David Robles (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

A Japanese boy who admires Tsubasa so very much. He tired to make his own way in Italy but things were EXTREMELY hard for him there, since he was subjected to a huge BreakTheCutie process. Shingo managed to work through it, however, and becomes a good addition to the Japanese team.

* BoisterousBruiser
* CheerfulChild
* {{Determinator}}
* FragileSpeedster: Very fast, agile and technical, but his small size becomes a trouble when he faces the mighty Dutch defenders.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: ''Kaigai Gekito Hen in Calcio - Hi Izuru Kuni no Giocatore'' is this for both Hyuuga and him, as they get ready for a match between their teams.
* ThePollyAnna: Nothing brings him down for too long. At most [[TenderTears he cries a little easily sometimes]], but then he wipes his tears away and bounces back.
* KidAppealCharacter
* OddFriendship: With Hyuuga, in WYC
* RedBaron: ''Principe del Sole'' (Prince of the Sun)
* ShorterMeansSmarter: He is petite, but quite fast-thinking and a survivor on his own right.
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[[folder:Ryo Ishizaki]]
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-->''European and Latin-American DubNameChange: Bruce Harper''

->Voiced by: Hiroko Maruyama (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/UraraTakano (in ''Road to 2002''); Creator/RicardoTejedo (''Captain Tsubasa''), Roberto Mendiola (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Arturo Mercado Jr. (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Ana Sánchez (''Captain Tsubasa''), Álex Saudinós (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Javier Balas (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

One of Tsubasa's closest friends, and the first Nankatsu captain. He lacks Tsubasa and others's natural skills, but replaces it with his will of iron and his cheerful disposition. His family owns a popular bath house in Shizuoka.

* BaldOfAwesome: To a degree, since he keeps his hair ''very'' short.
* BoisterousBruiser: With his cheerful attitude and his determination, he is probably the straightest example in the series.
* ButtMonkey: If anything funny or humiliating is about to happen in Nankatsu, he's the most likely candidate.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: BookDumb, childish, stubborn - but capable of marvelous things for his friends and team when he puts his heart to it.
* DeadpanSnarker: When not being himself that butt of the other's jokes, he has his snarky moments.
* {{Determinator}}: Has no world level skill, but definitely has world level willpower.
* TheDutifulSon: Shows some traces in WYC, since he knows he'll sooner or later have to take over the FamilyBusiness. Not helped by him being very aware that he CantCatchUp. [[spoiler: In his LoveConfession to Yukari, he asks her if she'd be up for staying with him even if he leaves soccer to take over the ''sento'', and after a brief {{Tsundere}} moment she says that she will.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: At least twice, each time by blocking a critical opponent shoot with his face, leaving him KO for the count and sent in the stadium's infirmary. Counts as this as he's fully aware of the risks and has been warned about them repeteadly, yet he still pulls such moves.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: While Misaki is the closest to Tsubasa in regards to soccer, Ishizaki is very close to him in more personal matters.
* HotBlooded: Seen pretty well not just in the fields, but when he steps to defend Sanae from a certain HopelessSuitor and ends up beaten for his trouble.
* PluckyComicRelief: He's not completely useless, but most of the time he's used as a comical characater and a ButtMonkey more than anything else.
* RedBaron: "[[PluckyComicRelief Funky]] [[DeTerminator Gutsman]]"
* ShipTease: With Kumi in the first anime's rendition of the junior high arc, with Youko in the videogames, and with Yukari in the WYC manga. [[spoiler: He and Yukari eventually have a RelationshipUpgrade.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Urabe.
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[[folder:Yuuzo Morisaki]]
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-->''European and Latin-American DubNameChange: Alan "Al" Crocker''

A sweet and shy young boy who has a big responsability on his shoulders: cover up for Genzo when he's injured in the Nankatsu team. For a NaiveNewcomer like Morisaki, this is NOT easy, and he has to struggle very hard to get his work done.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Associated with his Body Block skill, and he once catches Soda's Razor Shoot.
* {{Determinator}}: He is! He keeps getting better, and puts himself in front of powerful shoots if he can stop them. See RedBaron.
* HeroWorshipper: To Morisaki, Wakabayashi is his "goal".
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Genzo, Ken and most of the aces' shoots are ''far'' beyond his abilities, and even lesser keepers like Nakanishi or Ichijo are tougher keepers than him if their flaws aren't exploited. It comes as almost as an InformedAbility that he's supposed to be the third best goalie of Japan.
* RedBaron: "Super Brave Goal Keeper" (given by Wakabayashi, to supports him). This is due to him clearly knowing he can't out-perform the Waka goalkeepers but still pressing on.
* ShrinkingViolet: At the beginning. More or less understandable, considering how he has to live up to super goalkeepers like Ken and Genzo.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He can be ''paralyzed'' if there's a chance of him being hit in the face. [[KickTheDog Thank you, Hyuga]]. It takes him a long time to get over it.
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[[folder:Ken Wakashimazu]]
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-->''European DubNameChange: Edward "Ed" Warner''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Richard Tex-Tex''

->Voiced by: Creator/NobuoTobita (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/DaikiNakamura (in ''Captain Tsubasa J'' as a child), Creator/TomokazuSeki (in ''Captain Tsubasa J'' as an adult), Creator/KentaroIto (in ''Road to 2002''); Creator/RicardoTejedo (''Captain Tsubasa''), Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa J'') and Creator/LuisDanielRamirez (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Iván Jara (''Captain Tsubasa''), Roberto Cuenca, Jr. (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

A close friend of Hyuuga, and the goalie for their team. A TallDarkAndHandsome UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} HeirToTheDojo who is caught between what his heart desires and his duty as heir, and later with severe self-esteem problems.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He feels that he'll never have a chance to be the titular if Wakabayashi's around. [[spoiler: Which causes everyone trouble when this belief becomes strong enough of a motivation to ''leave'' the team in WYC.]]
* BigDamnHeroes
* ChickMagnet: ''Very'' popular with the girls. [[{{Adorkable}} It's quite cute.]]
* DivingSave: To rescue a puppy. The injuries he sustained [[GameBreakingInjury would cause trouble later]].
* TheDutifulSon: Torn between his love for soccer and his duty to his karate dojo.
* EnigmaticMinion: Before his introduction as the Meiwa keeper, he was often seen watching the matches with his cap over his eyes and smirking.
* EvilCounterpart: Lampshaded by himself towards Wakabayashi.
* {{Foil}}: To Wakabayashi. Their roles and even their names are similar, but while Genzo is quite hotheaded and uses a stationary goalkeeping style, Ken is much more collected and specializes in flips and acrobatic catches.
* HeirToTheDojo: Subverted - he loves the family dojo but does ''not'' want to inherit it.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: So very pretty-looking, and keeps his hair longer than any of the Japanese players.
* MartialArtsAndCrafts: His gimmick: he uses karate strikes and blocks to stop shoots.
* MasterOfAll: It is implied that he would have been just as good as a field player as he is as a goalkeeper. According to Hyuga, Ken has the best shot on the entire team only second to himself, which puts him over Sawada and probably people from other teams around Sawada's level, and that despite Ken being trained mostly to keep.
* MoralityPet: Downplayed. He and Sawada are the closest players to Hyuga, but despite being apparent that Hyuga knew Wakashimazu much before their time in the team, it is Sawada the one who becomes his main emotional support, while Ken remains in the sidelines.
* RedBaron: "Karate Keeper".
* TheRedMage: Usually loses the keeper contest with Wakabayashi, but Wakashimazu has been showed to be a strong field player aside from a keeper (with Hyuga even considering him better than Sawada!), which is something that Genzo can't boast of.
* TheRival: To Wakabayashi, like Hyuuga to Tsubasa.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: As mentioned.
* TenMinuteRetirement: In WYC, after [[spoiler: believing that he'd never have a chance to be the titular GK]].
* YouHave48Hours: Or better said, "You Have A Year To Prove Yourself As a Better GK Than Karate Practitioner".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hikaru Matsuyama]]
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-->''European DubNameChange: Philip Callahan''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Armand Callahan''

->Voiced by: Mie Suzuki (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/TsutomuKashiwakura (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/AkiraIshida (in ''Road to 2002''); Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/ReneGarcia (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Álex Saudinós (''Captain Tsubasa''), Amelia Jara (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Jesús Pinillos (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

The captain of the Furano team, which is from Hokkaido. Serious, dependable and responsible, as well as with a bittersweet emotional baggage in his highschool years.

* AnimalMotif: The eagle.
* AFatherToHisMen
* {{Determinator}}: Wind or snow over him, he never stops working hard.
* HeroAntagonist: His attributes which mirror Tsubasa's ones and expands them, namely being the soul of the team and a motivated player, to the point he could be the protagonist of his own soccer manga.
* MartialArtsHeadband: Proud owner of a hand-sewn one, courtesy of Yoshiko; also qualifies as IconicOutfit and IconicItem.
* NumberTwo: In ''WYC'', he becomes the vice-captain of the Japanese team.
* RedBaron: ''Hokkai no Arawashi'' (The Wild Eagle of the Northern See)
* TheSmartGuy: ''Very good'' at {{indy ploy}}ing and capable of keeping his cool in harsh crisis.
* TeamDad: Not only to Furano, but also when [[spoiler: several players get kicked out of the National Team (Hyuuga included) after they fail Gamo's Real Japan 7 test]].
* TwiceShy: With his assistant Yoshiko.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Sometimes, with Hyuga.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hiroshi Jito]]
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-->''European DubNameChange: Clifford Yuma''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Victor''

->Voiced by: Creator/RyoHorikawa (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Masaya Takatsuka (in ''Road to 2002''); Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza and Creator/RicardoMendoza (''Captain Tsubasa''), Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa J'') and Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Eduardo Bosch (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

An eager player from Nagasaki who appears in the second half of the original series. He turns out to be less of a DumbMuscle than everyone thinks he is, and specially when he and his partner Mitsuru Sano work together.

* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. In ''Road to 2002'', he is still shown as a powerful player and a nasty threat, but his more technical feats (like his surprising Backspin Pass) are cut out, leaving him as a stylistically flatter character.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Not as much as Hyuga, but still there. Justified since he's from a port city AND used to be in the rugby club before switching to soccer.
* TheBigGuy: The largest player in the Japanese Team.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The big guy to Sano.
* BoisterousBruiser: Very stubborn and spirited in the fields.
* CasanovaWannabe: ''Hilariously'' used in his first anime appearance.
* GeniusBruiser: He rarely shows it, but is a shockingly clever player, and he also knows a bit about dynamic shoots.
* HotBlooded
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sano.
* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Subverted. He practises amateur sumo, but he uses it relatively little compared to Wakashimazu when playing soccer.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: His main character trait and strength during the National Junior Interhigh arc. Hadn't Tsubasa responded with a LetsGetDangerous of his own, his team would have won against Nankatsu.
* RedBaron: "Power Defense"
* VolleyingInsults: With his cousin Yukari.
* UnskilledButStrong: He prefers ramming people out of his way rather than dribbling. However, as said above, he is far from being unskilled in other areas.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: ''Almost''. [[spoiler: He commits a HUGE mistake in the WYC match vs. Uruguay, which puts the team in serious risk. He decides to make up for it by pulling a very risky move with Hyuuga's help, and it works.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mitsuru Sano]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Sandy Winters''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Ringo''

->Voiced by: Hisao Ohyama (in ''Captain Tsubasa''); Ricardo Hill and Creator/RicardoTejedo (''Captain Tsubasa''), Rubén León and Creator/RicardoMendoza (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

Jito's best friend and the one who got him into soccer in the first place.

* BigGuyLittleGuy: The little guy to Jito.
* BlindingBangs: His eyes are sometimes covered by his hair.
* FragileSpeedster: He is extremely short and petite and can ''fly'' through the field, but his field of skill is mainly assisting Jitto in his strategies.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jito.
* LetsGetDangerous: The sign when he gets serious is when his eye(s) are shown through his bangs.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: A mini-version, but his hair can rival Wakashimazu's in length.
* PeekABangs: His eyes are seldom seen through his bangs.
* RedBaron: ''Hengejizai no Karuwazashi'' (Phantasmagoric Actrobat)
* ShorterMeansSmarter
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Makoto Soda]]
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-->''European DubNameChange: Ralph Peterson''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Guillermo Peterson''

->Voiced by: Creator/HochuOtsuka (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/HideoIshikawa (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''); Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

A very, very aggressive and arrogant player from Osaka, whose temper will bring him trouble more than once.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He can take players out and he knows it.
* BloodKnight: Which cause trouble once he clashes with another (unfortunately for Soda, smarter) BloodKnight like Napoleon.
* TheBerserker: His style is direct and forward, and he goes for the leg if he feels the need.
* BreakTheHaughty: His team and Nankatsu's match manages to knock him off his pedestal, and save for one or three moments he's noticeably more agreeable.
* CombatPragmatist: Does ''NOT'' hesitate to go for the kill and hurt his rivals if he can get away with it. In fact, [[spoiler: what was supposed to be a simply ankle sprain for Tsubasa becomes a ''massive'' injury after Soda targets him.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Might look like his aggression is his only trump card on the field, but none of it - he is skilled enough to cause trouble to more technical players, and his Razor Shoot can easily score against the third best goalie to that point, Nakanishi.
* HotBlooded: His FatalFlaw, [[spoiler:''specially'' in the ''Shin'' match against France, when Napoleon exploits this and gets him kicked out.]]
* TheIdiotFromOsaka: While '''not''' stupid, he plays up another Osaka stereotype: being HotBlooded and arrogant.
* RedBaron: ''Kamisori Fighter'' ("Razor Fighter")
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler: When expelled in the match against France]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Is the only dirty player in a national team otherwise composed by regular ones.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shun Nitta]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Patrick Everett''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: David Everett''

->Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruNakahara (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Hiroyuki Satou (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''); Luis Alfonso Mendoza (''Captain Tsubasa''), Rolando de la Fuente (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Mercedes Espinosa (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [European Spanish dub]

Younger than Tsubasa and Co. for two years, Nitta succeeded them after they left Nanaktsu Elementary. Then he goes to another school (Otomo) and gets the chance to be their rival..

* AnimalMotif: The falcon.
* BigBadWannabe: During his career in the Otomo, he tries to shape itself as the next big rival, complete with a team with [[EvilWearsBlack black uniforms]], overwhelming 4-on-1 tactics and another superb goalie. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't live up his expectatives.
* BrattyHalfPint: Literal, as he is quite petite.
* CripplingOverspecialization: His Falcon Shoot is the fastest shoot of the series, but it actually lacks the aim necessary to become a gamebreaking skill like the main ones.
* CuteLittleFangs: To show his pettiness.
* FragileSpeedster: He is crazily fast, possibly even more than canonical speedster Sano, and overall a better rounded player. However, his skill in other fields of the game is still small in comparison to lead players like Tsubasa, Misugi or even Matsuyama.
* HeelFaceTurn: Loses most of his arrogance after the Otomo is bested.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With giant goalkeeper Isamu Ichijo. They became the hope of the Nankatsu after Tsubasa and Wakabayashi left the team and kept their status in the Otomo. After that, Nitta went to the Japanese National Team and Ichijo disappeared.
* KidAppealCharacter: Young, small, rebellious and cocky.
* RedBaron: ''Hayabusa shooter'' (Peregrine Falcon Shooter)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Takeshi Sawada]]
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-->''European DubNameChange: Daniel "Danny" Melow''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Ralph Mellows (original series and J), Ralph Sawada (Road to 2002)''

->Voiced by: Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (as a child in ''Road to 2002'', first half), Creator/KoheiKiyasu (''Road to 2002'', second half); Anabel Mendez and Ricardo Mendoza (''Captain Tsubasa''), Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/EnzoFortuny (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

Hyuuga's best friend and surrogate little brother, one of the few people in the Meiwa team who can keep him in line.

* EvilCounterpart: Subverted in that he does not address the trope like Wakashimazu does, but in a sense, he is to Hyuuga what Misaki is to Tsubasa.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Had VERY short hair while in Meiwa Elementary, has let it grow a little longer by the time he goes to Toho.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Misaki, he has no discernible field of specialization, being just a good player who syncs well with Hyuga.
* KidAppealCharacter: Unusually polite and emotional for the rest of Kid Appeal Characters in the series.
* TheLancer: To Hyuga.
* MoralityPet: Almost the only one in Meiwa, aside of Kira and perhaps Ken, that Hyuga regularly listens to.
* TheReliableOne
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Hyuuga's Manly Man.
* UndyingLoyalty: Towards Hyuga. In the original series, he goes as far as [[spoiler: asking Sanae if she can tell Tsubasa about Hyuga's problems with his coach so he will intervene.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mamoru Izawa]]
-->''European and Latin American DubNameChange: Paul Diamond''

->Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruNakahara (in ''Captain Tsubasa''); Anabel Méndez and Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa''), Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Moisés Iván Mora (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Conchita Núñez (''Captain Tsubasa''), Mercedes Espinosa (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/BlancaRada (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

An ex-Shutetsu player who joined the Nankatsu team, as well as an old friend of Wakabayashi.

* ChickMagnet: Seems to be pretty well-liked by girls.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* PowerTrio: With Taki and Kisugi.
* TallDarkAndHandsome
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hajime Taki]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Ted Carter''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Eddie Carter''

->Voiced by: Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (in ''Road to 2002''); Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa''), Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Carlos Enrique Bonilla (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Álex Saudinós (''Captain Tsubasa'') [European Spanish dub]

Another of the four ex-Shutetsus that got into Nankatsu. He and his friend Kisugi are dubbed the "Silver Duo".

* DeadpanSnarker
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kisugi.
* PowerTrio: With Izawa and Kisugi.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Teppei Kisugi]]
-->''European and Latin-American DubNameChange: Johnny Mason''

->Voiced by: Yoshiko Kamei (''Captain Tsubasa''); Anabel Méndez and Ulises Maynardo Zavala (''Captain Tsubasa''), Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Gabriel Ortiz (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

Third of the four ex-Shutetsus that got into Nankatsu. Taki's best friend and partner.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Despite having the shortest hair of the trio. Probably it's because of his long, almost girlish eyelashes.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Taki.
* PowerTrio: With Izawa and Taki.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shingo Takasugi]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Bob Denver''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Ulises Denver''

->Voiced by: Yuko Masuda (original series); Creator/AraceliDeLeon and Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa''), Paco Mauri (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Celia Ballester (''Captain Tsubasa'') [European Spanish dub]

The fourth and last of the four ex-Shutetsus that got into Nankatsu. Quiet, but very dependable when push comes to shove.

* TheBigGuy: The largest of the four Shutetsu players. Noticeable in that he wasn't ''that'' big as a kid, but apparently hit a huge growth spurt as a teenager
* LightningBruiser: As proved by his goal against [[spoiler:Souda]]'s team, where Takasugi ''literally'' [[DynamicEntry appeared out of nowhere]] on the rival side of the field... and right in the moment when Tsubasa needed help to get the decisive goal. Then Tsubasa makes a pass instead of shooting, Takasugi pulls a header, and the rest is done.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tomeya Akai]]
A young boy who has developed his soccer career in Italy. Also the friendly rival of Aoi in the WYC manga.

* AnimeHair
* {{Determinator}}: As seen in the match against Sweden.
* HeroicSacrifice: Sorta. [[spoiler: He takes ''several'' point-blank soccer shots from Levin until he can't move. His companions and specially Tsubasa refer to this as a the trope.]]
* RedBaron: "The Red Stopper".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kazuo and Masao Tachibana]]
[[quoteright:320:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_gemelli.jpg]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Jason and James Derrick''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Kazuo and Masao Korioto''

->Voiced by: Reiko Suzuki (Kazuo), Miki Narahashi (Masao). (Original series); Armando Coria (Masao) and Sergio Gutiérrez Coto (Kazuo) (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/RicardoTejedo (Kazuo) and Armando Coria (Masao) (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Sara Vivas (Kazuo) and Álex Saudinós (Masao) (''Captain Tsubasa''), Amelia Jara (Kazuo) and Creator/BlancaRada (Masao) (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [European Spanish dub]

Twin brothers from the same team, whose combination is very hard to beat.

* {{Butt Monkey}}s: ''Not'' PlayedForLaughs, since the poor dudes [[TheWorfEffect almost always get injured]] in one way or another [[PutOnABus and almost never can finish a game.]]
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}s: Very much so, and their favorite "victim" is Ishizaki. Though that might be because he and Tsubasa are among the few able to counter their attacks.
* FastballSpecial: Their signature ''Sky Hurricane''.
* GlassCannon: They can perform complex and surprising team moves to bypass the rival team's defenses, but the inherent complexity of their teamwork means they are constantly risking their bodies, so they are royally screwed whenever they botch it (see Unwitting Instigator of Doom) or after its abuse (see RealityEnsues).
* RealityEnsues: ''Skylab Hurricane'' is a fearsome technique: one guy kicks the other guy to jump way above enemy defenders. Later on, however, the ''Olympic'' series revealed that as the Tachibanas grow older, and therefore heavier, they can only pull this technique once in a match. Afterward, their legs will get injured and they will have to be substituted.
* SingleMindedTwins: ''Weaponized'', even. If they weren't twins and didn't know each other as well as they do, their partnership wouldn't be as succesful as it is.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In the junior high arc, [[spoiler: Tsubasa gets his ''very'' serious shoulder injury when the Tachibanas fail to pull their Skylab Hurricane and he protects Masao, who got the worst part, with his own body. To be fair, had he not done that Masao would've probably gotten ''even more'' injured, and Masao is sincerely apologetic afterwards.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gakuto Igawa]]
The newest addition to the National Olympic Team, he's from the newest manga series ''Rising Sun''. His older brother, Hayato, is the captain of the adult Japanese Team. He's also led an ''extremely'' harsh life abroads.

* BreaktheCutie: Not only his career failed to lift off the ground in Argentina, but [[spoiler: his girlfriend fell victim to DeathByChildbirth and he's had to raise their child alone.]]
* GoodParents: He has a really cute daughter, Risa. He clearly adores her and [[DaddysGirl she loves him back.]]
* JackOfAllStats: He's been described as such since he's got good power, speed, defense and even some potential for goalkeeping. If not for his insecurity, he'd be a borderline perfect player.
* StageFright: His FatalFlaw: not only he's a quiet and shy person, but he tends to lose his confidence ''very'' easily.
[[/folder]]

!Real Japan 7 Team
[[folder:As a Whole]]
* ThePsychoRangers: Much less villainous than usual, since this is a sports manga without real evil characters. At ''most'' they're temporary {{Punch Clock Villain}}s.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hanji Urabe]]
-->''European and Latin-American DubNameChange: Jack Morris''

-->Voiced by: Creator/HiroshiKamiya (''Captain Tsubasa J''); Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Yamil Atala (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Rosa Sánchez (''Captain Tsubasa''), Mercedes Espinosa (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [European Spanish dub]

* AntiHero
* CombatPragmatist: During the Meiwa/Nankatsu final, he show his fare share of cheating and bumping opponents to get the ball.
* DeadpanSnarker
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Very harsh around the edges, but his heart's usually in the right place.
* XMarkstheHero: Subverted: not only he's not TheHero, but his x-shaped scar is located on his forehead.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Ishizaki
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Others]]
!'''Youji Sakaki'''
* TheBigGuy

!'''Kouji Yoshikawa'''
* NotGoodWithPeople

!'''Nobuaki Yumikura'''
* WellDonesonGuy: Seems to admire Tsubasa quite a bit.

%% '''Toshiya Okano'''

%% * FragileSpeedster

!'''Mitsuteru Yamada'''

* BaldOfAwesome
* TheStoic
* TheVoiceless: Doesn't say a ''single'' word in the whole [=RJ7=] arc

!'''Ryoma Hino'''
'''See "foreign rivals"'''
[[/folder]]

!Other Japanese Players
[[folder:Taichi Nakanishi]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Theo Sellers/Sellecks''

-->Voiced by: Shigeru Nakahara

A enormously obese but surprisingly agile goalkeeper for the Naniwa.

* {{Acrofatic}}: He is gigantic, yet capable of big jumps to reach the ball.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Smirks at the Nanakatsu team and boasts of being the best keeper around. However, he is proved wrong.
* BigEater: Eats more than several guys of his team put together.
* BigFun: After his HeelFaceTurn.
* StoutStrength: Breaks the ground around him with a double punch in rage of being scored.
* UnskilledButStrong: Zig-Zagged. It looks at first that his size is his only asset, but it is revealed he has some conventional skill in his task to back it up. However, it ends up not being enough to keep up once his weaknesses are exposed.
* TheWorfEffect: Courtesy of Soda.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Isamu Ichijo]]
-->Voiced by: Satoshi Shimada

The surprisingly tall keeper of the Otomo.

* BigBadWannabe: Very much like Nakanishi, he aspires to be a star goalkeeper like Wabayashi or Wakashimazu. Actually, he is rather around Nakanishi's level, that is, being better than the average unnamed keeper but not in the league of those two.
* TheBrute: To Nitta, also being appropriately huge.
* EyesAlwaysShut: His eyes are never seen.
* LightningBruiser: Very fast for a giant like him.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Is a pretty unknown character, but the viewers will recognize him as the desperate looking keeper who catches Tsubasa's first shoot in ''Captain Tsubasa'''s first opening.
[[/folder]]

!Foreign Rivals
!!!Argentina
[[folder:Juan Diaz]]

-->Voiced by: Creator/TakeshiKusao (''Shin Captain Tsubasa''); Claudio Velásquez and Rafael Pacheco (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Ricardo Escobar (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

* BashBrothers - HeterosexualLifePartners: With his childhood friend Alan Pascal. To the point that when he got the chance to join a big team, the only condition he put on the table was having Pascal as his teammate.
* {{Expy}}: Of Diego Maradona, obviously.
* HesBack: In ''Rising Sun'', [[http://mangafox.me/manga/captain_tsubasa_rising_sun/v04/c026/11.html it turns out that]] Díaz [[spoiler: suffered an ''extremely'' serious injury [[GroinAttack to his groin]] (which included ''hip damage'') that required surgery and having him out of activity for half a year - which is why he wasn't present in WYC, story-wise.]] As soon as he came back, he [[spoiler: helped Boca Juniors to win the Copa Libertadores ''and'' sealed a deal with the Napoli from Italy]], so now he wants to reaffirm his return by beating Tsubasa.
* StreetUrchin --> SelfMadeMan: He and Pascal are from a humble Buenos Aires suburbia, probably inspired by the famous [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Buenos_Aires/La_Boca La Boca.]]
* TheBusCameBack: As of 2016, the Argentina team has returned to the action in ''Rising Sun''. Díaz, logically, is their leader.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alan Pascal]]
-->''Voiced by'': Creator/MasamiKikuchi (''Shin Captain Tsubasa''); Diana Pérez and Alan Fernando Velásquez (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* TheBusCameBack: In ''Rising Sun'', alongside the whole Argentinian team.
* TheLancer: To Díaz, for pretty much all his life.
* JackOfAllStats
* PeekaBangs
* SelfMadeMan: Just like Díaz, he comes from a humble neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gabriel Galvan]]
* AlliterativeName
* LightningBruiser
* TheBusCameBack: In ''Rising Sun'', alongside the whole Argentinian team.
[[/folder]]

!!!France
[[folder:Pierre "Elle Sid" Leblanc]]
[[quoteright:320:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatar_978.jpg]]
->Voiced by: Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (original series and ''Shin''); Ricardo Mendoza (''Captain Tsubasa''), Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], David Robles (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

* TheAce: Handsome, charismatic, proud but kind-hearted, and an amazing player.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the original TV series he has dark hair, whereas in the manga and ''Road to 2002'' he is a blond.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Applied to [[spoiler: Napoleon]] in the manga, but only when he ''seriously'' crossed the line.
* {{Bishonen}}: Cracked UpToEleven and to ''narm'' extents in ''Road to 2002''.
* ChickMagnet: Very aware and pleased, he interacts directly with his fangirls.
* CoolHorse: In ''Road to 2002'', has a scene where he rides to the stadium on one.
* LonelyRichKid: Was one as a child, [[http://mangafox.me/manga/captain_tsubasa/v32/c099/103.html and started playing soccer to solve it.]] According to Pierre himself, people either bullied him or sucked up to him for his wealth and prestige, but in soccer there are no distinctions and the rules are for everyone.
* LovableJock: Huge soccer star, super popular with girls, and rather nice to his fans and rivals. As well as not afraid to call out those who step outta line in the French team.
* MrFanservice: With a ShowerScene and InstantFanclub, to boot!
* PhenotypeStereotype: In ''Road to 2002''.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Deals a HUGE one to [[spoiler: Napoleon]] in the manga, after slapping him.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His nickname "Elle Sid" probably comes from the Cid Campeador, but that doesn't stop people of translate it as "Elle Sire" or something with a similarly sound.
* WorthyOpponent: To Misaki.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Louis Napoleon]]
->Voiced by: Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (''Shin Captain Tsubasa''); Eduardo Curiel (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Is infamous in-story for being an extremely talented, but arrogant player prone to explosive bouts of anger and violence that brought him many red cards. In the France vs. England match, in which the coach put him on the side for much of the game so he can get to know better the team and adapt himself to it, Napoleon instead never ceases to belittle his teammates and to boast that he alone would be enough to secure France's victory.
* BloodKnight: No qualms about violence on the fields.
* BoisterousBruiser
* BreakTheHaughty: Gets massively bitchslapped by karma thrice. First he [[spoiler: gets slapped across the face for bragging about how he provoked Souda into fouling him and doomed him to get kicked out the fieds]], then he [[spoiler: violently fouls Izawa which invalidates a really nice goal from his team ''and'' allows [[TheSmartGuy Misugi]] to play]], and later... see below.
* EvilCounterpart: To Soda.
* FrenchJerk: The straightest example in the team.
* IWorkAlone: He thinks he's the best, and that working together with his teammates is beneath him. However, he's actually excellent at playing in combinations with other players when he wants to, as shown with his near-symbiotic teamworks with Misaki and Pierre.
* ManlyTears: In the manga, after not only [[spoiler: Wakashimazu blocks his shot and France is eliminated ''because'' of that]], but [[spoiler: Pierre and his companions ''don't'' blame him for the loss, even telling him he did his best.]]
[[/folder]]

!!!Germany
[[folder:Karl Heinz "The Kaiser" Schneider]]
[[quoteright:315:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/schneider.jpg]]
->Voiced by: Creator/KeiichiNanba (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/RyoHorikawa (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/HiroshiShimozaki (''Road to 2002''); Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa'' TV series), Ricardo Mendoza (''Captain Tsubasa'' movies), Carlos Iñigo (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub); Pablo Sevilla (''Captain Tsubasa'') [European Spanish dub]

* TheAce: Maybe the greatest player in the series not counting Tsubasa.
* {{Bishonen}}: Specially in ''Road to 2002'', where his prettiness is emphatised.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Adores his [[{{Moe}} cute little sister]] Marie.
* ChildhoodFriends: He refers to Wakabayashi as such in ''Road to 2002'', and some flashbacks in the Bayern Munchen vs. Hamburg game show that Genzo and Kaltz remember their shared past fondly. [[spoiler: Ironically, that match ends up with them almost getting into a fight, which concludes with Kaltz getting kicked out of the game.]]
* DemotedToExtra: In WYC.
* {{Expy}}: Schneider evokes the image of Miroslav Klose in his youth.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Almost literally; he can shoot with both his legs, and he switches from one to another before the shoot to confuse the goalie.
* IdenticalStranger: Karl is quite taller than Tsubasa, as well as a blue-eyed blond rather than dark-haired/eyed, but otherwise, they're ''very'' physically similar.
* ParentsAsPeople: His parents are very kind people, but their relationship hasn't the best for a while already. In Shin CT, Karl angsts a LOT at the possibility of the Schneiders getting a divorce. [[spoiler: They don't, thankfully]].
* PhenotypeStereotype: Light blond hair, blue eyes, like a stereotypical German.
* StageDad: Subverted. While his father Rudi is also his coach and boss as well as an ex-player, they're very close and love each other very much.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: As said above, he's a kind-hearted guy who's also very proud and seemingly cold.
* WeakButSkilled: Subverted - he is skilled and ''also'' strong, as seen in his Fire Shot.
* WorthyOpponent: To Wakabayashi. [[FoeYay And HOW!]]
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Schneider's design is very, VERY different in the original anime series's flashbacks and the early movies. Probably ''because'' he normally looks like a blond Tsubasa.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hermann Kaltz]]
-->Voiced by: Rubén León (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* BoisterousBruiser
* EyesAlwaysShut
* HotBlooded: Which backfires BADLY in the Road to 2002 series, [[spoiler: when he starts shouting at Schneider in the Bayern vs. Hamburg match and almost beats him... so [[GetOut he gets a red card]].]]
* OralFixation: Always has a toothpick between his teeth.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: He's the shortest player in the German team, but damn he's very effective.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dieter Mueller]]
->Voiced by: Nobuyuki Furuta (''Shin''), Creator/YasuyukiKase (in ''Road to 2002''); Gabriel Gama (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* AdaptationDyeJob: The original manga and the games make him a blue-eyed blond. The new anime series gives him light brown hair and PurpleEyes instead, just like the character of Otto Heffner who was created to replace him in the first anime (thus, interestingly, making his anime self an aesthetically CompositeCharacter).
* AchillesHeel: Literally. His only weak spots are his feet, so the best chance to score against him is aiming low shots.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: To the extent of throwing the ball back to their opponents in order to challenge them further.
* TheBrute: Big, mean (at least in the fields, he isn't particularly jerkish otherwise) and absurdely good in his job.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: His feats as a keeper are unparalelled in the series. He stopped the entire Japanese team's individual techniques, managed to frustrate a combined shoot by Tsubasa and Kojiro of all people, and generally made both Wakabayashi and Wakashimazu look like total novices.
* DubNameChange: Known as "Reinhardt Bauer" in Italy and "Dieter Miller" in Spain.
* {{Expy}}: He has shades of one of Germany's best goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn.
* HeroKiller: In a sport perspective. While he wasn't the first keeper who frustrated the efforts of Tsubasa, Kojiro and company, he was the first and only who did it to all of them together and in a humiliating variety of ways.
* TheJuggernaut: An interestingly reversed example: he can stop everything.
* LightningBruiser: The Japanese thought he was a MightyGlacier. They were ''completely wrong''. Cue the OhCrap.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: ''Dieter'' is the German spelling. A recurrent spelling is "Deuter". Same with "Müller" and "Mueller", though ''both'' spellings are actually correct (The "ue" combination is the closest to a "ü", so it can be used effectively as a replacement.)
* TrainingFromHell: Was mentioned to be going through this in the mountains before joining the team.
* TheWorfEffect: By cortesy of Levin and the Brazilian national team.
* XMarksTheHero: In the ''Road to 2002'' series he has a odd X-shaped scar in his cheek. Subverted in that he is an antagonist.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Otto Heffner]]
->Voiced by: Creator/KazukiYao

* AnimeHair: Has a cartoonishly prominent toupee which sticks up one feet long over his forehead.
* CanonImmigrant: His character was created for the first anime and the movies, replacing Dieter Mueller.
* DiabolusExNihilo: Unlike Schneider, who got introduced some episodes before his debut in the field, Heffner came out from nowhere and did not even receive a name until his encounter with the main cast. His only pre-match scene was a training in which he appeared deflecting balls at will.
* DubNameChange: Known as "Gustav Heffner" in Germany and "Hugo Heffner" in Italy.
* PowerCopying: He uses some of Wakashimazu's moves, like the famous Sankakugeri Defense.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Dieter Mueller in ''Captain Tsubasa'', having the same aura and role in the history. Ironically enough, he was much easier to defeat than Muller, despite featuring a more flexible playing style that lacked Dieter's AchillesHeel.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Also spelled as "Hefner" or "Effner". The Spanish dub spelled it in a really odd way, sometimes sounding as "Henger" or at least "Henffer" (maybe another case of DubNameChange).
* TheWorfEffect: Despite having outperformed both Wakabayashi and Wakashimazu, Heffner is easily beaten by Diaz and Victorino in the fourth film to show their skill.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Franz Schester]]
->Voiced by: Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (''Shin''); Creator/VictorUgarte (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* ChickMagnet
* GreenEyes
* TheSmartGuy: Nicknamed "The Computer" due to his smarts and his talent for {{Indy Ploy}}ing.
[[/folder]]

!!!Italy
[[folder:Gino Fernandez]]
-->''Voiced by'': Creator/MasamiKikuchi (''Captain Tsubasa J''); Roberto Mendiola (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Roberto Molina (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* TheAce
* BigBrotherMentor: To Shingo.
* DivingSave: He first appears when he pulls one to save a little girl from being hit by a car. [[spoiler: That girl is Marie, Schneider's younger sister.]]
* NiceGuy
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Salvatore Gentile]]

* BreakTheHaughty
* JerkAss: Later becoming a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* KickTheDog: Being [[http://www.mangareader.net/295-21004-11/captain-tsubasa-world-youth/chapter-49.html extremely rude and racist to Shingo]] during the WYC opening gala, calling him "a monkey".
[[/folder]]

!!!China
[[folder:Shou Shuunko/Xiao Jung Guang]]

* TheAce
* AnimalMotifs: The dragon
* BoisterousBruiser
* DramaPreservingHandicap: His legs can only withstand limited pressure coming from his playing style
* {{Keet}}: Always cheerful, friendly and energetic.
* LightningBruiser
* VSign
* WorthyOpponent
[[/folder]]

!!!Thailand
[[folder:Faran, Chana and Sakun Konsawatto]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/YasunoriMasutani (Sakun, ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/TsutomuKashiwakura (Faran, ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Yusuke Numata (Chana, ''Captain Tsubasa J'')

* RedBaron: The ''Sepak Takraw'' Brothers
* PowerTrio
* YouHave48Hours: Similarly to Wakashimazu, they'd rather play soccer than continue the familiar tradition. Their dad and coach promises he'll let them free if they win the WYC. [[spoiler: They're eliminated mid-way, but Mr. Konsawatto still lets them go.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bunnark]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/WataruTakagi (''Captain Tsubasa J'')

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Or better said, Arrogant Muay Thai guy.
* TheBigGuy: He's just 18 and is already 7 feet tall?!
* CombatPragmatist
* CryCute: [[spoiler:Blames himself so much for the loss of the Thai team that he breaks down crying in the airport. In a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, Tsubasa cheerfully tells him to not give up.]]
* EmotionalBruiser
[[/folder]]

!!!Saudi Arabia
[[folder:Prince Mark Owairan]]

* TheAce
* NiceHat: Better said, nice white headscarf.
* RedBaron: "Desert Prince"
* ShelteredAristocrat: Was like this until he started playing soccer. In fact, this happened the ''first'' time he managed to leave his family's palace as a child: he saw a bunch of kids playing soccer in the streets, was fascinated by the sport and started to practice, [[NonIdleRich winning his place as the Saudi Arabia captain through his own effort]]
* TallDarkandHandsome
* WorthyOpponent
[[/folder]]

!!!South Korea
[[folder:Cha Inchon]]

* TheAce
* BashBrothers: With Lee
* GameBreakingInjury: [[spoiler: He has a serious injury that keeps him from playing at full strength.]]
* HotBlooded
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Lee's Blue
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lee Young-Woon]]

* TheAce
* BashBrothers: with Cha
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Cha's Red
[[/folder]]

!!!Mexico
[[folder:Ricardo Espadas]]

* BreakTheHaughty: And holy crap, HOW!
* {{Expy}}: Of Jorge Campos, down to the extravagant shirts.
* {{Fingore}}: At the receiving end, [[spoiler: when he fails to catch Hyuuga's shot that seals the Japanese victory.]]
* HeelRealization: Has one in at the end of the match against Japan.
* JerkAss: Loud, arrogant, racist, bitter, etc., the whole nine yards. Until he faces Tsubasa and remembers how he used to be far less of a jerk in his past.
* StreetUrchin: His and his teammates's collective FreudianExcuse. It still does ''not'' justify Espadas's prejudices and racism.
* PutOnABus: After the Japan/Mexico match. [[spoiler: He [[ThebusCameBack reappears]] in the ''Rising Sun'' manga, and is noticeably nicer and more mature.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: As an urchin from the Mexico DS.'s slums, he used to sincerely love soccer and enjoy being with his friends nevermind how harsh their lives were. But with time, the hardships he faced left him totally embittered.
[[/folder]]

!!!Uruguay
[[folder:Ryoma Hino]]

-->Voiced by: Creator/MasayaOnosaka (''Captain Tsubasa J''); Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Dyes his hair blond in the World Youth Cup
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Very harsh and arrogant when playing, but a more or less decent guy otherwise. i.e, he gets a rather literal PetTheDog moment when he's jogging and meets up with a little boy and his adorable puppy.
* MixedAncestry: Half Japanese, half Uruguayan. He first plays in the Real Japan 7, then refuses an offer to stay in the Japanese team to both honor his Uruguayan side and to keep his budding rivalry with Hyuga.
* WorthyOpponent: To Hyuga
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ramón Victorino]]

* TheAce: As TheCaptain to the Uruguayan team.
* RedBaron: "The Black Panther of Latinamerican Soccer"
[[/folder]]

!!!Sweden
[[folder:Stefan Levin]]

* BrokenAce: A brilliant and well-respected player, but one that went through horrible heartbreak and is '''shattered''' on the inside by the time he appears.
* BrokenBird: A RareMaleExample, lampshaded by a scene where [[spoiler: he's thinking of Karen's death]] and refers to himself as "[a bird with] only one wing". Complete with a panel that shows him as a winged humanoid with a single wing.
* DefrostingIceKing: Lampshaded by the Swedish Team's doctor:
-->'''Dr. Mikhael''': "His data never changes. The brainwaves don't look like they belong to a sports player... It's like they come from someone who has been deeply wounded in his heart. Like someone who has completely lost the feeling of joy".
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler: A year before the WYC, Levin told his teammates that he had planned to propose to Karen, marry her and take her to live with him in Germany where he was about to land himself a great contract. Right after that, in the ''same day'' when he became the Swedish champion? ''Karen was hit by a truck and killed''.]] '''''[[{{Irony}} O U C H!]]'''''
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler: The guilt he feels upon Karen's horrible death (she was hit by a truck ''while on her way to his last match in Sweden'') has totally corrupted Levin's mind and soul. And it's the "fuel" behind his best shot, the "Levin Shot" that he uses to harm his rivals -- including people like Wakabayashi, Müller, and Akai.]]
* KickTheDog: [[GameBreakingInjury His treatment of]] [[spoiler: Mueller]], while off-screen, is quite bad. He was ''this'' close to treat [[spoiler: Tomeya Akai]] that way as well, if not ''worse'', but [[spoiler: [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he realized that]] [[WhatHaveIBecome and stopped himself]], kicking the ball out so Akai could get medical treatment.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: He promised [[spoiler: his girlfriend Karin]] to be the best player ever [[spoiler: as she lay ''dying'']]. Little did she know what he would do to fulfill his word...
* PeekABangs
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler: The fate his beloved girlfriend Karen suffered in his {{Backstory}}, by being hit by a truck.]])
* SuperStrength: A very dark example. He has developed his "Levin Shoot" ''specifically'' to priorize impact over speed, has toughened himself up via TrainingFromHell to inhuman levels to get the strength he needs to do so, and [[http://www.mangareader.net/295-21011-24/captain-tsubasa-world-youth/chapter-56.html proves it via]] [[spoiler: ''destroying the statue of the Maiden Goddess'' that Karen was praying to... few minutes before her death.]]
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: A locket with a picture of Karen.]]
[[/folder]]

!!!Brazil
[[folder:Carlos Santana]]

-->Voiced by: Creator/KazuhikoInoue (old movies), Creator/TomokazuSeki (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Jin Nishimura (Road to 2002); Yamil Atala (old movies), Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/LuisDanielRamirez (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Rafael Alonso Naranjo, Jr. (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

Brazil's Captain for the World Youth Cup and Tsubasa's rival. Turned Professional and played for Flamengo before a transfer to Spain's CF Valencia.

* BreakTheCutie: As a child.
* BreakTheHaughty: As an adult.
* BrokenAce: He plays magnificently, is handsome and popular... but he cannot not enjoy soccer anymore thanks to his DarkAndTroubledPast.
* BrokenBird
* CryCute: And ''how''
* DarkSkinnedBlond: In the original movies.
* DefrostingIceKing: After his BreakTheHaughty incident, he learns his lesson and becomes a proud yet much kinder person. Which makes him ''an even better player'' since recovering his love of soccer lets him interact better with his companions, improving his playing style and the level of the Brazilian team as a whole.
* DoorstopBaby: Was abandoned by a teenaged mother in a soccer field.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: In the WYC manga, after losing to Tsubasa again [[GracefulLoser but taking it much better]], he finds his long lost mother.]]
* {{Expy}}: If Rivaul is the {{Expy}} of Rivaldo, then Santana is one to Ze Roberto.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Has short hair in the beginning, later lets it grow and keeps it in little braids.
* MoralityPet: Luciano Leo plays this role for him.
* ParentalAbandonment: Was abandoned by his mother as a baby. His kind adoptive parents died when he was around 10 years old. [[spoiler: Reversed in WYC, where he meets his MissingMom... [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and takes her in immediately, crying happy tears]].]]. In the original movie, however, he ''did'' have his parents... but was raised in a ''favela''.
* PowerCopying: He copies Tsubasa's Dynamic Shoot right after seeing it.
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* TykeBomb
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Luciano Leo]]

--> ''Voiced by'': Alfredo Leal and Creator/EduardoGarza (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* AlliterativeName
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Santana
* MoralityPet: Santana's. He's pretty much the only person he ''actually'' listens to.
* NiceGuy
* OnlyFriend: Because out of the friends Santana once had as a kid [[spoiler: before being broken]], Leo is the only one who has stayed with him through the years.
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* UndyingLoyalty: To Santana.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pepe]]

-->'''Voiced by''': Carlos Hugo Hidalgo (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* BashBrothers: With Tsubasa
* GreenEyedMonster: At first, to Tsubasa. After they both pass the tests to get into their team, they become fast friends.
* NiceGuy
* SelfMadeMan: Comes from a poor village and aims to become this. Looks like it's working.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Naturezza]]

A player for Brazil at the World Youth Cup, he becomes Tsubasa's rival at the Road to 2002 Arc. Currently playing for Real Madrid.

* ChildProdigy: Naturezza was 11-12 years old ''tops'' when he was discovered teaching himself how to play soccer.
* CountryMouse: He and his brother come from from a small village in the Amazonas. In fact, when [[spoiler: Roberto]] went to recruit him, Naturezza objected to this proposal since he wasn't super thrilled with the idea of living in the polluted, noisy cities. [[spoiler: He changes his mind at the end of WYC, since his love of the sport itself is stronger.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Coimbra from the Creator/{{Tecmo}} games. In a meta-sense, he is similar to Luis Nasario de Lima Ronaldo.
* FatalFlaw:
** He's a very skilled player, but ''terrible'' in regards to team work. Hence why his coach [[spoiler: Roberto Hongo]] [[YouAreGrounded got him benched]] until the end of the WYC.
** [[spoiler:His teamwork [[CharacterDevelopment was certainly improved]] for the time of the Road to 2002 manga, where his individual playing, plus his teamwork along with the Real Madrid FC, caused a lot of problems to Tsubasa and the other players in Barcelona FC in the Spanish Derby.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* SkilledButNaive: One of the most talented players in the story, but up until few ago he had no formal training. He actually taught himself how to play with broken balls, and was discovered training like this near a river.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: With his older brother, a [[NoNameGiven currently unnamed]] ManInWhite who dresses like a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santeria Santeria]] believer.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Julio Salinas]]

* TheAce: Handsome, popular, and maybe the best goalie in the whole series.
* {{Expy}}: of Cláudio Tafarrel, Brazilian legendary goalkeeper
* HairColorDissonance: Is he a blond, a light brunet...?
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
[[/folder]]

!!!Netherlands
[[folder:Bryan Cruyfford]]

* TheAce: He's hyped as the best player in the team and Wakabayashi has him in high regards.
* ChekhovsGunman:
* Expy: Johann Cruyff, who else?
* TheUnfought: In the movie, apparently due to an injury. [[spoiler: However, the ''Rising Sun'' miniseries [[TheBusCameBack puts him]] [[AscendedExtra into the spotlight]].]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Luther Kleinstmeif]]
* TheBigGuy
* DemotedToExtra
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Caesar Guilt]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: He's notoriously darker than his teammates. Then again he's inspired by dark-skinned Dutch players like Franklin "Frank" Rijkaard or Ruud [[ShoutOut Gullit]], both of Surinamese origins.
* HotBlooded
* PintSizedPowerhouse
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Caesar, Cesar, hm...?
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters
[[folder:Roberto Hongo]]
[[quoteright:320:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/birbirine_benzeyen_nller_42162.jpg]]
-->''European and Latin-American DubNameChange: Roberto Sedinho''

->Voiced by: Creator/HideyukiTanaka (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/HideyukiHori (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto (in ''Road to 2002''), Yuko Mita (as a child in ''Road to 2002''); Creator/RicardoTejedo (''Captain Tsubasa''), Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Gerardo Vásquez (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Daniel Sánchez (''Captain Tsubasa''), Eduardo del Hoyo (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

* BeardOfSorrow: He was neatly shaved as an active player, and only started growing a beard when he went through his HeroicBSOD.
* BreakTheCutie: His backstory, specially [[spoiler: his childhood, as told by the J and Road to 2002 series]], and [[HeroicRROD his eyesight problems]], which forced him into retirement.
* BrokenAce: In the backstory, he was this through and through. The reader meets him when he has already gotten a hold of himself, however.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Tsubasa, and how.
* CareerEndingInjury: The reason why he retired was how his eyesight started failing after he got hit to the head in a match and the brain/eyesight damage never healed. That's the exact same injured that plagued [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tostao Brazil's 1970 World Cup Champion Tostão]].
* DrowningMySorrows: Until he met Tsubasa, he was heavily drinking in order to drown his sorrow of losing his career.
* InterruptedSuicide: In the manga and original series, Roberto threw himself into the sea during an HeroicBSOD caused by the loss of his career, but Tsubasa's father Koudai saved him and helped him get back to his feet. [[{{Bowdlerize}} It should be noticed]] that the ''Road to 2002'' TV series ''removes'' his suicidal episode.
* IOweYouMyLife: To Koudai for saving him when he tried to kill himself, and to Tsubasa for giving him a new reason to live.
* MissingMom: The J and Road series dwell a little on this. Both series change the circumstances in which he lost his mom [[note]](in ''J'' she abandoned him in a convent to work in the capital and died of illness before she could return to him; in ''2002'' she was a humble factory worker and single mom who died in a terrible work accident)[[/note]], but both are {{Tear Jerker}}s.
* MixedAncestry: He's born and raised in Brazil, but has Japanese heritage. TruthInTelevision, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilians as seen here]].
* PermaStubble: After recovering from his ordeals, he kept the beard.
* PlatonicLifePartners: He and Natsuko
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Used this in his first apparition. The Nankatsu kids had to pick up their jaws off the floor upon seeing him play.
* SelfMadeMan: From the ''favelas'' to soccer stardom.
* StreetUrchin: As a child.
* TeamDad: For the original Nankatsu team, and later to [[spoiler: the Brazilian National Team.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sanae "Anego" Nakazawa]]
[[quoteright:255:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images9.jpg]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Patricia "Patty" Smith''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Haydée Patricia "Patty" Amor''

->Voiced by: Creator/ChikaSakamoto (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/FujikoTakimoto (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/AtsukoEnomoto (in ''Road to 2002''); [[Creator/ElsaCovian Elsa Covián]] (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/LilianaBarba (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Carmen Cervantes (''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/MartaSainz (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [European Spanish dub]

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Tsubasa.
* ClingyJealousGirl: As a little girl, the Sanae of the first anime series and the manga got ''very'' jealous of not only Yayoi [[TerritorialSmurfette but of almost any other girl who may like Tsubasa.]] (In fact, the WholeEpisodeFlashback shows that [[spoiler: seeing Rika on the TV totally sets off her jealousy, and Natsuko had to take her and Manabu with her to France]]) She mostly grows out of it as a teenager, however, and as much she gets passive-aggressive.
* CoolBigSis: To Kumi.
* CuteSportsClubManager: Of Nankatsu, during the Junior High arc. She's the {{manga}} UrExample of this trope and most likely the TropeCodifier.
* DemotedToExtra: In the ''Road to 2002'' anime, as it skips through all romantic developments between her and Tsubasa, Sanae's teenage and adult years were drastically changed; as a result, while her personality remains more or less the same as in the original sources, a good part of her CharacterDevelopment is handwaved and later she isn't following her boyfriend, and later husband, as it never happened in this continuity.
* {{Expy}}: Of Aki Yamazaki, the CSCM from the CT pilot story.
* FamilyBusiness: The Nakazawa family owns an ice cream parlor. In the ''Road to 2002'' anime, the parlor itself is on the first floor of their house while the second one hosts the Nakazawas's living quarters.
* {{Fangirl}}: Not only of Tsubasa, but of the whole team.
* GirlinessUpgrade: Sanae ditches a good part of her tomboyish attitude as she grows up, in order to become more feminine and more mature. This process is seen in the ''Endless Dream'' one-shot manga, where the Nankatsu boys are ''shocked'' to see her in girlier clothes.
* GirlNextDoor
* GoThroughMe: In the first anime, against [[spoiler: Hyuuga]].
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Tsubasa.]]
* HelloNurse: Her beauty was praised more or less frequently in the anime series and the manga.
* LeaningOntheFourthWall: In the first episode of the original TV series's junior high arcs, Sanae is introduced by talking to a bunch of girls that are off-screen, with her back towards the 'camera'. She then turns and directly addresses the viewers, identifying herself as Sanae [[SheIsAllGrownUp to show the fans how much she's changed through the time skip.]]
* LongDistanceRelationship: In the World Youth Cup manga and in the 2002 anime series.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Actually subverted. Sanae was reluctant to accept Tsubasa at first, until she got to witness his skills first-hand; even moreso in the first anime, where she was downright hostile to him since he accidentally hit Manabu with his soccer ball.
* OneOfTheBoys: Especially as a little girl and frequently lampshaded.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In the original, ''everyone'' refers to her as "Anego" ("Big Sis") and the fans only learn her actual name midway through the elementary school arc. Hyuuga and Wakabayashi still call her as such sometimes when they're young adults, [[EmbarrassingNickname but she doesn't like it.]]
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: To Tsubasa, at first. [[spoiler: Then she falls for him for real, and he comes to like her back.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Sanae and Manabu are long-time best friends and pretty much a perfect example of a SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl duo... but they're not romantically involved ''at all''.
* PluckyGirl: Girl never ever gives up when she needs or wants something.
* SecretKeeper: In the original TV series, she becomes an asymmetric one after [[spoiler: she accidentally overhears Misugi and Yayoi talking about the first's illness.]]
* {{Shorttank}}: As a little girl and, to a lesser degree, as a teenager.
* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler: When Kanda almost kidnaps her and says Tsubasa won't come to face him for her sake, Sanae immediately tells him it's not true. Right then, Tsubasa shows up.]]
* TheMedic: Pretty efficient nurse. One of the most shippy Tsubasa/Sanae scenes in the original TV series has her and Manabu recalling how some time ago she bandaged Tsubasa's foot [[CherryBlossoms under a blooming cherry tree]]... while, in the present, she is doing exactly the same.
* TeamMom: As the Nankatsu assistant.
* TerritorialSmurfette:
** Downplayed. She showed jealousy when Kumi arrived, but this was mostly because she openly said she joined due to Tsubasa and soon they become friends. Also, she's the one who brought Yukari to the team.
** Played very straight and [[PlayedForLaughs for the lulz]] in the elementary school arc, when Yayoi showed up. It's not helped by [[InnocentlyInsensitive Yayoi obliviously]] [[DiggingYourselfDeeper revealing her past with Tsubasa]] and, well, by both of the being little girls back then. (They're hinted to be good friends as teenagers.)
* YamatoNadeshiko: She grew into this in the manga. The three anime series make her a Type B {{Tsundere}} instead.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Louis van Saal]]

Dutch Manager of FC Barcelona. He is the one who saw Tsubasa's potential and invited him to play for the Catalan giants.

* {{Expy}}: of Louis van Gaal, Barcelona manager for 2002.
* TheChessmaster: As a football manger, this is a prerequisite. He decided to move Tsubasa to the reserve squad because he cannot use two playmakers in the pitch with Rivaul.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Manabu Okazaki]]
-->''European and Latin-American DubNameChange: Arthur Foster''.[[note]](Though the Latin-American Spanish dub for Road to 2002 simply calls him by his Japanese name)[[/note]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Miki Narahashi (''Captain Tsubasa''); [[Creator/ElsaCovian Elsa Covián]] and Jorge Roig Jr. (''Captain Tsubasa''), [[Creator/BenjaminRivera Benjamín Rivera]] (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Anna Lobo (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Beatriz Acaso (''Captain Tsubasa''), Amelia Jara (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Margarita Ponce (''Road to 2002'')

* ButtMonkey: As the best friend of a {{Tsundere}}, well...
* PlatonicLifePartners: Him and Sanae.
* TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Specially as a child, since he's not THAT short as a teenager.
* TheStrategist: Later in the series.
* WillNotTellALie: Subverted in the original series, where he's shown to be an ''excellent'' liar.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kumi Sugimoto]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Susy''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Eva Toscano''
->Voiced by: Creator/WakaKanda (''Captain Tsubasa''); Ruth Toscano (''Captain Tsubasa'') and [[Creator/IsabelMartinon Isabel Martiñón]] (movies) [Latin American Spanish dub]

* ADayInTheLimelight: She has quite the important role towards the end of the ''Shin'' manga, [[spoiler: when her LoveConfession helps trigger Sanae and Tsubasa's RelationshipUpgrade.]]
* AscendedFanboy: Invoked; she was a Tsubasa fan who enrolled as an assistant specifically to be closer to him.
* CharacterDevelopment: Joined the team only because she was a Tsubasa fangirl, ended up loving the sport for real and caring for the team boys as her older "siblings". Lampshaded in canon more than once.
* CuteSportsClubManager: She's one of Sanae's two [[TheLancer assistants]].
* DemotedToExtra: Despite appearing all through the original series, two of the {{non serial movie}}s ''and'' the Holland Youth special, she has non-speaking cameos in the ''Shin'' OAV, and disappears altogether from ''J'' and ''Road to 2002''. This includes [[spoiler: her ADayInTheLimelight episode being written out as well, though the anime series strongly implies that she ''does'' realise Sanae is Tsubasa's chosen girl and quietly concedes.]]
* GenkiGirl: Very plucky, energetic and cheerful.
* GirlishPigtails: [[ImportantHaircut Until the World Youth Cup]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: She immediately concedes when it's obvious that Tsubasa has chosen Sanae.]]
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: To Tsubasa.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Often wore pink shirts, and her assistant uniform is pink rather than dark red like Sanae's and Yukari's.
* PluckyGirl: She has ups and downs, but never stays depressed.
* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: Being a ''very'' GracefulLoser, she starts shipping Tsubasa/Sanae soon after he rejects her.]]
* TryingNotToCry: [[spoiler: After Tsubasa rejects her affections in the kindest, sweetest possible way.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yukari Nishimoto]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Evelyn''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Anabel''
-->''Voiced by'': Anabel Méndez (''Captain Tsubasa'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* AdaptationDyeJob: Yukari has brown hair, but in ''Holland Youth'' it's shown to be black-blue instead.
* AdaptedOut - DemotedToExtra: Despite appearing all through the original series ''and'' the ''Holland Youth'' special, she has non-speaking cameos in the ''Shin'' OAV and disappears altogether from ''J'' and ''Road to 2002''. As a bonus, she doesn't appear in the pre-''Holland Youth'' movies while Kumi ''did''' show up in two of them.
* CoolBigSis: To Sanae and Kumi, as the more mature and levelheaded of the three girls.
* CooldownHug: In the anime, when Kumi is depressed and a bit tearful over [[spoiler: Sanae and Tsubasa having a quite long HeldGaze moment in public]], she tells Kumi to lean on her shoulder and then gives her a hug.
* CuteSportsClubManager: The second of Sanae's assistants, and the more experienced and [[TheLancer closest to Sanae]] of the two.
* GirlishPigtails: Variation. She has them in the anime series, but has a single TomboyishPonytail in the manga. Oddly, she [[LettingHerHairDown wears her hair loose]] in one panel of the series's second OP.
* HeldGaze: One of the first ([[ShipTease and very subtle]]... [[ShipsthatPassinTheNight maybe a bit too much]]) implications that she and [[spoiler: Ishizaki]] had mutual feelings was them looking into each others's eyes and blushing heavily in WYC.
* HospitalHottie: What she wants to become, according to the manga. [[spoiler: In WYC, she has already been accepted in a nursing school.]]
* PluckyGirl: She is pretty sweet, but has no patience for fools and doesn't stray from her tasks.
* ShipperOnDeck: Specially in the anime, where she's given a whole scene in which she tells Sanae to go for Tsubasa before graduation.
* ShippingTorpedo: Downplayed. She doesn't exactly encourage Kumi's crush for obvious reasons, but tends to keep her thoughts to herself aside of snarking a little at her.
* TeamMom: Even more so than Sanae.
* {{Tsundere}}: Shows slight signs to [[spoiler: Ishizaki]], right before [[spoiler: their RelationshipUpgrade.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yayoi Aoba]]
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Mary Tanada''

-->Voiced by: Tomiko Suzuki (Captain Tsubasa), Creator/JunkoIwao (Captain Tsubasa J); Anabel Méndez (''Captain Tsubasa''), Alma Wilhelme (both ''Captain Tsubasa J'' and ''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* AdaptationDyeJob: She's a redhead in the original series, but has dark brown hair in the ''Road to 2002'' series.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Unlucky to Tsubasa, but may be Victorious to Misugi.
* CuteSportsClubManager: Not as much as the other girls, as she hangs around quite a bit with the Musashi Elementary team but apparently stops that in Junior High. Unless the fans count the ''Road to 2002'' series, which removed her friendship with Tsubasa but put much more emphasis on her manager role due to having the Musashi JHS out cut outta the story after their Nankatsu match.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She's completely oblivious to Sanae's ClingyJealousGirl antics, and later in a well-intentioned but very misguided move [[spoiler: she tells Tsubasa that Misugi's ill and begs him to let the Musashi team win, not realising the consequences it'd bring to ''both'' of them.]]
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: She's initially this to Tsubasa, until she moves on and (probably) ends up with Misugi.
* ShipTease: She and Misugi, so very much.
* TeamMom: Tries to be this, doesn't work very well with Misugi but it does like a charm when [[spoiler: she helps take care of Hyuuga's siblings when their mom's hospitalized and Hyuuga cannot take a leave.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yoshiko Fujisawa]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Jenny''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Cristina (one original series episode), María Fernanda (other series)''

-->Voiced by: Creator/MakikoOhmoto (''Road to 2002''); Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/RocioPrado and Creator/MarianaOrtiz (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* CuteSportsClubManager: Of the Furano Junior High team.
* IllGirl: [[spoiler: In WYC, she gets hit by a car and Matsuyama stays by her bedside. [[SpannerInTheWorks Which is vital in the Sweden/Japan match]], as he's got pent-up energy whereas the others are exhausted.]]
* LongDistanceRelationship: She and Matsuyama, in the end. [[spoiler: Surprisingly, subverted in the manga: she manages to return to Japan after a semester away in the USA.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Slightly. She's more modest and quiet that super fragile.
* SnowMeansLove: One of her and Matsuyama's most shippy scenes happens when they're working on cleaning off the snow in the Furano fields. Matsuyama notices that Yoshiko's hands are injured due to hard work [[YouMustBeCold and attempts to warm them up with his own]], then they both realize the implications and jerk away while heavily blushing.
* StepfordSmiler: She hides her inner turmoil very well from Matsuyama and the team, only letting her mother and Machiko see how she's unhappy and depressed at the prospect of leaving Japan.
* TeamMom: And pretty good at it.
* TwiceShy: She and Matsuyama.
* TryingNotToCry: When she's about to leave to the USA.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Very much so. She was very humble, sweet, hard-working (sometimes [[GreaterNeedThanMine to her own detriment]], which is ''not'' shown as a good thing due to her StepfordSmiler traits) and well-loved by everyone.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Machiko Machida]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Grace''
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Gisela''

-->'''Voiced by''': Gisela Casillas (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/MarianaOrtiz (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* AlliterativeName: In the original, both parts of her name start with "Ma"
* CuteSportsClubManager: She's Yoshiko's [[TheLancer assistant]].
* {{Meganekko}}: A very cute girl, whose specs make her even cuter.
* PluckyGirl: She keeps her poise and her support of her friends no matter what.
* ShipperOnDeck: The most open Matsu/Yoshi shipper.
* TeamMom: As the second manager
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Yoshiko, she's the Tomboy.
* TomboyishPonytail: Contrasting with Yoshiko's short bob.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type B one, as she's sweet and kind until something/someone sets her off.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maki Akamine]]

-->Voiced by: Creator/WakanaYamazaki (''J'' series); Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* AdaptedOut: The mini-arc where she helps Hyuuga develop his new shot is taken out of ''Road to 2002''.
* BoyishShortHair: The most openly tomboyish girl of the series, and has a very boyish hairstyle.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial She denies more vehemently]] than Hyûga does when teased about this, but EveryoneCanSeeIt.
* IndirectKiss: By sharing with Hyûga a Coca-cola can (his favourite drink) in the World Youth Saga, after he has completed his TrainingFromHell in Okinawa and is about to go get back his place in the national team.
* PassionateSportsGirl: Wants to have her own career in softball and is very serious about it. [[spoiler: And now she's ''very'' much in her way to get it.]]
* PluckyGirl: She has her ups and downs like any teenage girl, but does her best whenever she can.
* {{Shorttank}}
* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. She's cute and cheerful and happy, but don't press her buttons.
* ThePowerOfLove: She ''is'' an excellent softball player in her own right, but her PowerLevel in matches go UpToEleven each time Hyûga cheers her. Conversely, the one time Hyûga didn't come to her match to support her, she lost.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Munemasa Katagiri]]

-->'''Voiced by''': Adrián Fogarty (''Captain Tsubasa''), Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Jorge Ornelas (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Iván Jara (''Captain Tsubasa'') [European Spanish dub]

* BigBrotherMentor: To the team as a whole. In the ''Road to 2002'' series he specially shows it by [[spoiler: counseling Wakashimazu during his AchillesInHisTent phase and telling him about Shingo's story so he will realize that he shouldn't give up.]]
* TheConsigliere: Is the one handling things behind the scenes so he can help the Japanese Team coaches.
* RetiredBadass
* TheSmartGuy
* SunglassesAtNight: [[spoiler: Which cover a large scar on his left eye]]
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* ThreeAmigos: Was this with Gamo and Mikami.
* UnexplainedAccent: In the original series's Latin-American Spanish dub, he had a rather ridiculous faux-German accent. Thankfully, it was dropped in the dub for ''Road to 2002''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tatsuo Mikami]]
-->''European and Latin-American DubNameChange: Freddy Marshall''

-->'''Voiced by''': Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa''), Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Salvador Delgado and Luis Alfonso Padilla (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* BerserkButton: No one should ''ever'' abandon his or her teammates in front of Mikami. When Genzo [[RageQuit tried it]], he got so angry on the team's behalf that he ''slapped'' him to the ground.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Genzo, and later he's implied to be his ParentalSubstitute when he goes to Germany.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: To Genzo, too.
* SternTeacher: He does ''not'' take indiscipline lightly.
* SunglassesAtNight: Is he ''ever'' seen without his sunglasses?
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Though he softens up a little as time passes.
* TeamDad
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gamo Minato]]

--> Voiced by: Yukimasa Kishino (''Captain Tsubasa J''); Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* DemotedToExtra: Not only he was introduced last compared to Katagiri and Mikami, but he appears the less compared to them
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He does care for the team and wants them to do his best, but his methods are seriously lacking.
* PermaStubble
* PrideBeforeAFall
* SternTeacher
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* TeamDad
* TrainingFromHell: This quote from one of the [=RJ7=] players perfectly sums up his coaching style: "Coach Gamo is again opening to us the gates of his Hell".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kira Kouzou]]
-->''European DubNameChange: Jeff Turner/Fleming''

-->'''Voiced by''': Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Carlos Iñigo (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], [European Spanish dub]

* TheAlcoholic: Played in a cartoonish way, rather a dramatical one like Roberto. However, [[TragicDream his reasons to drink]] are not less dramatic.
* AlliterativeName: '''K'''ira '''K'''ouzou.
* BreakTheCutie: The loss of the Japanese team (in which he played) before the British one.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He might look like the town drunk, but he knows a lot about training people to be the best, and he himself was in the past a badass on his own right.
* EvilCounterpart: To Roberto, being both world class players turned into alcoholics who train a manin character each.
* DrowningMySorrows: His hard drinking is implied to be due to his personal demons.
* FallenHero: He was a Japanese national player, until a defeat to the hands (well, feet) of a violent playing team kicked him out of the stardom and instigated a strong cynism and love for hard playing on him.
* {{Foil}}: One to Roberto. Kira's style of training and playing is harsh and violent, as opposed to the good-natured and technical Roberto, and he himself is much more open about his personal bitterness than the Brazilian. Also, while Roberto is broken in a physical sense (due to his injury), Kozo is broken in the spiritual one (due to his defeat to the violent British team).
* HiddenDepths: He is initially introduced as a pathetic drunkard who happens to mentor Hyuga and his team, but it's later revealed his past as a former star and the reason of his fall from grace.
* PermaStubble: Revealed to be a BeardOfSorrow.
* RetiredBadass: A former national player for Japan.
* TeamDad: For the Meiwa. [[spoiler: And in ''Rising Sun'', to the whole JPN Team.]]
* TrainingFromHell: He often applies CorporalPunishment to keep Hyuga fom collapsing.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: His system of belief. He himself was at the receiving end when his fair game was trumpled by the British team's brutal tactics, which made him become convinced that strength and violence are the base of a strong player. [[spoiler: By the time he's the National Team coach, however, he has pretty much abandoned this belief.]]
* UnwittinginstigatorOfDoom: His well-intentioned but very ill-timed WhatTheHellHero on Hyuga is what leads him to [[spoiler: escape from Toho to train under him so he can recover his fighting spirit, which caused Hyuga and the Toho team ''serious'' trouble.]] He aknowledges his role in the first anime, to the point of [[spoiler: writing a letter to Coach Kitazume in which he explains everything and lays the blame on himself rather than Hyuuga, then showing up and going in the PoseOfSupplication in front of him and the Toho soccer team staff as an apology.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kouji Kanda]]

* AlliterativeName
* AdaptedOut: Doesn't show up in any of the animated series
* BoisterousBruiser
* BookDumb
* CrazyJealousGuy and HopelessSuitor: To Sanae, though he doesn't reach {{Yandere}} extremes.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Once Tsubasa shows him what he's made of, he immediately concedes.]]
* JerkAss: [[spoiler: Later evolves into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and Tsubasa's success inspires him to keep up his boxing game.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Yukari.
* RatedMForManly
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Natsuko and Koudai Oozora]]
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange:'' Maggie and Michael Atton

-->'''Voiced by''' Creator/ShihoNiiyama (Natsuko) (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [original Japanese]; Anabel Méndez (Natsuko) and César Soto (Koudai) (''Captain Tsubasa''); Ruth Toscano (Natsuko) and Paco Mauri (Koudai) (''Captain Tsubasa J''); Elena Ramírez (Natsuko) and Jorge Santos (Koudai) (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* AdultFear: They experience this when they lose sight of a 2-year-old Tsubasa and he ends up wandering on the streets... and only [[PocketProtector his soccer ball]] saves him from being hit by a truck. Natsuko is in tears when this happens, and she cannot be blamed.
* NiceGuy: Koudai.
* ParentsAsPeople: Koudai works abroad as a ship captain, but does what he can to keep contact.
* PottyEmergency: Inverted: In the ''Shin'' manga, Koudai was once in the bathroom when Tsubasa scored a goal.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Tsubasa has Natsuko's features and Koudai's hair/eye/skin color scheme.
* TeamMom: Natsuko.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Natsuko, with emphasis on maturity.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Daichi]]

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Isn't he a cutie?!
* CheerfulChild
* MeaningfulName: "Daichi" means "Earth"
* StrongFamilyResemblance: To his ''much'' older brother [[spoiler: Tsubasa]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Haruko Maruyama]]
-->''Latin-American DubNameChange:'' Ruth (after her VA)

-->'''Voiced by''': Ruth Toscano (''Captain Tsubasa'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* CanonForeigner: She was created solely for the original anime.
* CoolTeacher: Haruko was the homeroom teacher of Tsubasa and Co., plus a CoolBigSis to them.
* SempaiKouhai: A talk between her and the first Nankatsu coach, Takashi Soriyama, implies that she's new to her job and Soriyama is her sort-of "senior".
* {{Tomboy}}: A grown-up version, judging by her relaxed clothing style and her boyish haircut.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ishizaki's mother]]

* AlmightyMom: Ishizaki is ''terrified'' of his loud, boisterous mother.
* {{Expy}}: She gets one in the kindly yet HotBlooded shopkeeper of Road to 2002
* LargeHam
* PluckyGirl: A grown up version
* {{Tsundere}}: Non-romantic example
* UnnamedParent: Her name is not revealed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kaori Matsumoto]]

-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Daisy Matsumoto''

-->Voiced by: Creator/AtsukoTanaka (''Road to 2002''); Ruth Toscano (''Captain Tsubasa''), Gisela Casillas (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: When she's not dressed in white, she favor purple tones.
* TheOjou: Of the IceQueen type.
* PluckyGirl: Another adult version
* TheSmartGirl: Specially as [[spoiler: Hyuga's personal manager]]
* WomanInWhite: In the primary school arc. Combined with a NiceHat.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Azumi Hayakawa]]

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: She's featured next to Sanae in the ''Shin'' anime credits. [[AdaptedOut She never appears in the OAV's themselves.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Sanae. Since she was both OlderAndWiser and more feminine, Azumi was created to bring back a tomboy for the Shin CT part. (See ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', where Misao was created in similar circumstances)
* HotBlooded
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Misaki, as their relationship mirrored that of Tsubasa and Sanae but ''without'' real romantic undertones.
* {{Tomboy}}: Even more than Sanae.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ichiro Misaki]]

* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler: In the past. Fortunately didn't become an abusive father, but it still wasn't easy for Taro and his mom.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: He loves Taro dearly, but their life hasn't been the easiest and he feels pretty guilty.
* PermaStubble
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shirley Marks]]

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler: For Levin, since she was Karen's best friend and respects how Levin's still in love with her.]]
* GirlishPigtails: Subverted, she has them despite being in her late teens.
* HospitalHottie: A medical student, and she and her older brother work for the Swedish team.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: [[spoiler: Slightly. She ''does'' love Levin and knows he can't love her back, which is a pretty sucky situation, but she doesn't w{{angst}} about it.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Karen]]

* FriendToAllLivingThings: At some point, she stops Levin from accidentally stepping on an ant's nest. [[spoiler: He recalls it while "shooting" Akai, and [[WhatHaveIBecome realizes how gone he's been]].]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: Sorta. When the players explain her death to Dr. Mikhael, there's an image of Karen's legs and lower body as she's hit by the truck that killed her as well as her blood being spilled, but nothing else.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Had long blond hair and was the sweetest girl ever.
* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]
* LookBothWays: [[spoiler: Karen failed to do this since she was in a hurry to go to Levin's match, and got hit by a truck for her trouble.]]
* RapunzelHair: Takahashi [[AuthorAppeal likes his girls with short hair]], but he made an exception with Karen's [[LongHairIsFeminine hip-length]] golden hair.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler: Was hit by a truck in her way to one of Levin's matches, which causes Levin's fall into despair and ruthlessness.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: And how.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rika Oosawa]]

-->Voiced by: Creator/NaokoMatsui (Captain Tsubasa, TV series and movies); Anabel Méndez (''Captain Tsubasa'', TV series) and [[Creator/IsabelMartinon Isabel Martiñón]] (movies) [Latin American Spanish dub]

* CanonForeigner: Created only for the original anime series and the movies.
* {{Expy}}: She's a somewhat less HotBlooded Azumi
* MixedAncestry: Half-French, half-Japanese. It shows in her reddish hair.
* NiceGirl
* {{Shorttank}}
* SheCleansUpNicely: Inverted. She shows up in a cute dress at the beginning, but the rest of the time she wears rather tomboyish clothes.
* {{Tsundere}}: A small Type B to Pierre, since she playfully snarks at him when he flirts with her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yoshiko Yamaoka, aka Yoshiko-chan]]

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Almost. The poor little girl took her half-brother's accident ''hard'', and even more so since he [[DivingSave got hurt to save her]], but Misaki managed to calm her down.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Remember the ''I'm Misaki Tarou'' mini-story? And the little girl who appeared at the end? Yup, that's her. And she's the one who, by her own initiative, contacted Tarou and begged him to meet up with their mother.]]
* TheCutie
[[/folder]]

* DeadpanSnarker

* {{Expy}}: Of Coimbra from the {{Tecmo}} games. In a meta-sense, he is similar to Luis Nasario de Lima Ronaldo.

* MrFanservice: TallDarkAndHandsome, also [[TallDarkAndSnarky snarky]] and [[TroubledButCute somewhat of a bad boy]] ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but kind underneath]]), has several {{Shirtless Scene}}s...

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: His feats as a keeper are unparalelled in the series. He stopped the entire Japanese team's individual techniques, managed to frustrate a combined shoot by Tsubasa and Kojiro of all people, and in general made both Wakabayashi and Wakashimazu look like total novices.
* DubNameChange: Known as "Reinhardt Bauer" in Italy.

* HeroKiller: In a sport perspective.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's ''Dieter'', people! That's the German spelling. A recurrent spelling is "Deuter". Same with "Müller" and "Mueller", though ''both'' spellings are actually correct (The "ue" combination is the closest to a "ü", so it can be used effectively as a replacement.)

* XMarksTheHero: In the ''Road to 2002'' series has a odd X-shaped scar in his cheek.

* DiabolusExNihilo: Unlike Schneider, who got introduced some episodes before his debut in the field, Heffner came out from nowhere and did not even receive a name until their encounter with the main cast.

* PowerCopying: He uses some of Wakashimazu's moves, like the famous Sankakugeri Defense, but his style otherwise does not look like his.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Dieter Mueller in ''Captain Tsubasa'', having the same aura and role in history. Ironically enough, he was much easier to defeat than Muller, despite featuring a more technical playing style which actually did not have Dieter's AchillesHeel.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Genzo, Ken and most of the aces' shoots are ''far'' beyond his abilities. It comes as purely shocking that he's supposed to be the third best goalie of Japan.

* FragileSpeedster: He is extremely short and petite, and can ''fly'' through the field, but he is not suited for heavy work.

* FragileSpeedster: Crazy fast, even more than Sano, but with little skill in other fields of the game.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With giant goalkeeper Isamu Ichijo. They became the hope of the Nankatsu after Tsubasa and Wakabayashi left the team, and kept their status in the Otomo. After that, Nitta went to the Japanese National Team and Ichijo disappeared.

* StoutStrength: Breaks the soil around him with a double punch in rage of being scored.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Is a pretty unknown character, but the vierwers will recognize him as the desperate looking keeper who catches Tsubasa's first shoot in ''Captain Tsubasa'''s first opening.

* TheAce: Handsome, charismatic, proud but kind-hearted...

* FrenchJerk: The straightest example in the team

* TheAce: Maybe the biggest one in the seies, aside of Tsubasa.

* AdaptationDyeJob: The original manga and the games make him a blue-eyed blond. The new anime series gives him light brown hair and PurpleEyes instead, just like the character of Otto Heffner who was created to replace him in the first anime (making his anime self an aesthetic version of a CompositeCharacter).

* BrokenAce: When young, because his illness gave him a near ''suicidal'' obsession with leading his team to victory before he has to go through treatment. As he grows up, one can still see some traces of this every now and then.

* {{Determinator}}: Manages to come back to action after his illness, through the standard "operation" and ''very'' hard work.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Mainly by Ken and Genzo, and most of the aces' shoots are far beyond his abilities, and he's supposed to be the third best goalie of Japan.

A close friend of Hyuuga, and the goalie for their team. A TallDarkAndHandsome HeirToTheDojo who is caught between what his heart desires and his duty as heir, and later with severe self-esteem problems.

* MoralityPet: Downplayed. He and Sawada are the closest players to Hyuga, but despite being that Hyuga knew Wakashimazu much before their times in the team, it is Sawada the one who becomes his main emotional support, while Ken is in the sidelines.

* TheRedMage: Usually loses the keeper contest with Wakabayashi, but Wakashimazu has been showed to be a strong field player aside from a keeper (with Hyuga even considering that he could be better than Sawada!), which is something that Genzo probably can't boast of.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: His main character trait and strength during the National Junior Interhigh arc. Hadn't Tsubasa responded with a [[LetsGetDangerous Let's Get Dangerous]] of his own, his team would have won against Nankatsu.

* GeniusBruiser: Could look like his aggression is his only trump card on the field, but none of it - he is skilled enough to cause trouble to more technical players, and his Razor Shoot can easily score against the third best goalie to that point, Nakanishi.

* BigBadWannabe: During his career in the Otomo, he tries to shape itself as the next big rival, complete with a team with [[EvilWearsBlack black uniforms]], overwhelming 4-on-1 tactics and another superb goalie. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't live it his expectatives.

->Voiced by: Creator/WakaKanda (''Captain Tsubasa''); Ruth Toscano (''Captain Tsubasa'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

-->Voiced by: Creator/NaokoMatsui (Captain Tsubasa, TV series and movies); Anabel Méndez (''Captain Tsubasa'', TV series and movies) [Latin American Spanish dub]

->Voiced by: Creator/RyoHorikawa (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Masaya Takatsuka (in ''Road to 2002''); Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza and Ricardo Mendoza (''Captain Tsubasa''), Armando Coria (''Captain Tsubasa J'') and Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Eduardo Bosch (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

->Voiced by: Hisao Ohyama (in ''Captain Tsubasa''); Ricardo Hill and Creator/RicardoTejedo (''Captain Tsubasa''), Rubén León and Ricardo Mendoza (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

->Voiced by: Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki (in ''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (in ''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/RicaMatsumoto (as a child in ''Road to 2002'', first half), Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (''Road to 2002'', second half); Jorge Roig Jr. (''Captain Tsubasa''), Armando Coria (''Road to 2002''), Ricardo Mendoza (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Cholo Moratalla (''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Road to 2002''), Creator/JoseMariaCarrero (''Captain Tsubasa J'') [European Spanish dub]

[[folder: Tsubasa Ohzora]]

[[folder: Japanese National Team]]

!'''Tsubasa Ohzora'''

!'''Kojirou Hyuuga'''

!'''Genzo Wakabayashi'''

!'''Taro Misaki'''

!'''Jun Misugi'''

!'''Shingo Aoi'''

-->''Latin-American DubNameChange: Aoi Shingo (the same, but wioth the order fully inverted)''

!'''Ryo Ishizaki'''

!'''Yuuzo Morisaki'''

!'''Ken Wakashimazu'''

!'''Hikaru Matsuyama'''

!'''Hiroshi Jito'''

!'''Mitsuru Sano'''

!'''Makoto Soda'''

!'''Shun Nitta'''

!'''Takeshi Sawada'''

!'''Mamoru Izawa'''

!'''Hajime Taki'''

!'''Teppei Kisugi'''

!'''Shingo Takasugi'''

!'''Tomeya Akai'''

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Sorta. He takes ''several'' point-blank soccer shots from Levin until he can't move. His companions and specially Tsubasa refer to this as a the trope.]]

!'''Kazuo and Masao Tachibana'''

!!Gakuto Igawa

[[folder:Real Japan 7 Team]]

!'''Hanji Urabe'''

[[folder:Other Japanese Players]]
!'''Taichi Nakanishi'''

!'''Isamu Ichijo'''

[[folder:Foreign Rivals]]

!'''Juan Diaz'''

!'''Alan Pascal'''

* StreetUrchin -> SelfMadeMan: Just like Díaz, he comes from a humble neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

!'''Gabriel Galvan'''

* AlliterativeName
* LightningBruiser
* TheBusCameBack: In ''Rising Sun'', alongside the whole Argentinian team.

!'''Pierre "Elle Sid" Leblanc'''

!'''Louis Napoleon'''

!'''Karl Heinz "The Kaiser" Schneider'''

!'''Hermann Kaltz'''

!'''Dieter Mueller'''

!'''Otto Heffner'''

!'''Franz Schester'''

!'''Gino Fernandez'''

!'''Salvatore Gentile'''

* [[spoiler: BreakTheHaughty]]
* JerkAss --> JerkWithAHeartOfGold

!'''Shou Shuunko/Xiao Jung Guang'''

!'''Faran, Chana and Sakun Konsawatto'''

!'''Bunnark'''

!'''Prince Mark Owairan'''

!'''Bakuran'''
* TheBigGuy

!'''Cha Inchon'''

!'''Lee Young-Woon'''

!'''Ricardo Espadas'''

!'''Ryoma Hino'''

!'''Ramón Victorino'''

!'''Stefan Levin'''

!'''Carlos Santana'''

!'''Luciano Leo'''

!'''Pepe'''

!'''Naturezza'''

!'''Julio Salinas'''

* TheAce: Handsome, popular, and maybe the best goalie in the whole series

!'''Bryan Cruyfford'''

!'''Luther Kleinstmeif'''

!'''Caesar Guilt'''

[[folder:Other characters]]

!'''Roberto Hongo'''

!'''Sanae "Anego" Nakazawa, later Sanae Ohzora'''

!'''Louis van Saal'''

!'''Manabu Okazaki'''

!'''Kumi Sugimoto'''

* PinkIsFeminine: Often wore pink shirts, and her assistant uniform is pink rather than dark red like Sanae's and Yukari's.

!'''Yukari Nishimoto'''

!'''Yayoi Aoba'''

!'''Yoshiko Fujisawa'''

!'''Machiko Machida'''

!'''Maki Akamine'''

!'''Munemasa Katagiri'''

!'''Tatsuo Mikami'''

!'''Gamo Minato'''

!'''Kira Kouzou'''

!'''Kouji Kanda'''

!'''Natsuko and Koudai Oozora'''

!'''Daichi [[spoiler: Ohzora]]'''

!'''Haruko Maruyama'''

!'''Ishizaki's mother'''

* NoNameGiven

!'''Kaori Matsumoto'''

!'''Azumi Hayakawa'''

!'''Ichiro Misaki'''

!'''Shirley Marks'''

!'''Karen'''

!'''Rika Oosawa'''

!'''Yoshiko Yamaoka, aka Yoshiko-chan'''

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Almost. The poor little girl took her half-brother's accident ''hard'', and even more so since he [[DivingSave got hurt to save her]], but Misaki managed to calm her down.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Remember the ''I'm Misaki Tarou'' mini-story? And the little girl who appeared at the end? Yup, that's her. And she's the one who, by her own initiative, contacted Tarou and begged him to meet up with their mother.]]
* TheCutie

* TheDutifulSon: Shows some traces in WYC, since he knows he'll sooner or later have to take over the family business. Not helped by him being very aware that he CantCatchUp. [[spoiler: In his LoveConfession to Yukari, he asks her if she'd be up for staying with him even then, and after a brief {{Tsundere}} moment she says that she will.]]

* HesBack: In ''Rising Sun'', [[http://mangafox.me/manga/captain_tsubasa_rising_sun/v04/c026/11.html it turns out that]] Díaz [[spoiler: suffered an ''extremely'' serious injury that put him out of activity for half a year - which is why he wasn't present in WYC, story-wise.]] As soon as he came back, he [[spoiler: helped Boca Juniors to win the Copa Libertadores ''and'' sealed a deal with the Napoli from Italy]], so now he wants to reaffirm his return by beating Tsubasa.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Although he's never a bad guy, he was ''much'' more cheerful before his father's death.

* AnimalMotif: He's usually represented by a peregrin falcon, specially in the anime.

* PeekABangs: His eyes are seldom seen through his bangs