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1	[[center: [-[[Characters/{{Eyeshield 21}} Main Character Index]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21DeimonDevilBats Deimon Devil Bats]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21OjoWhiteKnights Ojo White Knights]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21ShinryujiNaga Shinryuji Naga]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21SeibuWildGunmen Seibu Wild Gunmen]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21TaiyoSphinx Taiyo Sphinx]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21NASAAliens NASA Aliens]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21KyoshinPoseidons Kyoshin Poseidon]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21BandoSpiders Bando Spiders]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21HakushuDinosaurs Hakushu Dinosaurs]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21TeikokuAlexanders Teikoku Alexanders]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21ThePentagram The Pentagram]] \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21CollegeAndSemiProFootballTeams College and Semi-Pro Football Teams]] \| '''Other Football Players''' \| [[Characters/Eyeshield21OtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
4
5	!!Players introduced in the Tournament
6
7	!!!Cupids
8
9	[[folder:Kaoru Hatsujou]]
10	[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kaoru_Hatsujou_1640.jpg]]
11
12	* Position: Quarterback and Kicker
13
14	The only decent player for the bottom-of-the-barrel Cupids. Mainly known for having a hot girlfriend despite being smug and unattractive.
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16	* BookEnds: The first and last opponents Sena faces [[spoiler: in the entire series]].
17	* ButtMonkey: His only role in the story, even during the epilogue.
18	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Mocking other players for not having a girlfriend. Become his principal trait.
19	* {{Jerkass}}: Really smug about having a girlfiend and being somewhat good at making kicks.
20	* LaserGuidedKarma: His attempt at flaunting how his teams have girlfriends cheering for them always take a turn for the worst.
21	* MasterOfNone: Hatsujou is his team's ace, being probably the best player they have, or at least capable, at every single role. Considering which team he's captain of, [[DamnedByFaintPraise this isn't saying much]].
22	* MrExposition: To his girlfriend during Deimon's match with Taiyou. Explaining what a sack a kick conversion is.
23	* SmugSnake: He talks big but he really can't back it up.
24	* UglyGuyHotWife: Has a very hot girlfriend while he, even if not particularly ugly, is far from being a pretty boy.
25	[[/folder]]
26
27	!!!Zokugaku Chameleons
28
29	[[folder:Rui Habashira]]
30	[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rui_Habashira_8512.jpg]]
31	* Position: Linebacker
32
33	Captain and only dedicated player of the Zokugaku Chameleons, Rui is a delinquent who appears to be "threatening" in order to motivate his team. Grudgingly respects Hiruma and occasionally helps out the Devilbats.
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35	* AnimalMotif: Chameleon, obviously.
36	* AntiHero: Becomes this as the series goes on, especially during the World Cup arc.
37	* BadassBiker: Whatever you might think about his badassery as a football player, he's one hell of a BadassDriver on his bike.
38	* BadassLongcoat: A large white one that makes his arms even longer.
39	* ButtMonkey: He becomes this whenever Hiruma is around.
40	* CantCatchUp: He is a decent linebacker (one of the top three picked for the top 11 lineup at the end of the Tokyo tournament in fact, alongside Shin and Kakei) and [[spoiler: was good enough to qualified for Japan team during world cup]] but he is no top tier player.
41	* CoolBike: In a bonus material he pulls all sort of stunts when people comments how cool his bike is.
42	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Though originally it was more like "defeats means slavery".
43	* {{Delinquent}}s: His entire team is made of these.
44	* {{Determinator}}: He's definitely one. Too bad the rest of his team isn't. [[spoiler: He got swat away by american players but still goes even if it's humiliating and makes him look like a joke, because he does not care what people think if he can play. Also, the reason he's a first-string member of Team Japan is due to solely to hard work.]]
45	* EvilerThanThou: Even one of the ''heroes'' is eviler than him...
46	%%* HiddenHeartOfGold: He only acts that way to motivate his team and intimidate his opponents.
47	* OverlyLongTongue: As a chameleon.
48	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Why he drove Sena to the Amino game.
49	* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Or so he says...
50	* ThrowTheDogABone: He got recognized as one of Tokyo's best lineman during the Fall tournament and [[spoiler: was chosen as a Team Japan first-string player.]]
51	* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:For the World Cup]].
52	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Why he still trains the first years [[spoiler: after his Christmas Bowl's dream is over]] he actually wants to make them more than two-bit thugs and shape them as a team.
53	[[/folder]]
54
55	[[folder:Megu Tsuyumine]]
56	[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Megu_Tsuyunime_1982.jpg]]
57
58	The manager of the Chameleons and one of Rui's closest friends.
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60	* CornerOfWoe: Played seriously after the Chameleons' loss to the Poisedons. She's shown standing around a corner looking deeply depressed while Rui breaks down after the game.
61	* CuteSportsClubManager: She looks the part...than she opens her mouth.
62	* DrillSergeantNasty: She helps Rui force the other players to train harder.
63	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Does not seem to approve of just how violent Rui can get.
64	* GroinAttack: Why she is so strong in battle and why she has a wooden katana.
65	* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: With Rui, despite referring to him by his first name and everything.
66	* IronLady
67	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: [[spoiler:Appears to be attracted to Rui, not because he's a thug or a biker, but because he works ''very'' hard to improve his football skills, and because he tries to get others in the Chameleons motivated to do the same.]]
68	* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: Never seen without one.
69	[[/folder]]
70
71	!!!Amino Cyborg
72
73	[[folder:In General]]
74	Every year, the Amino Highschool decided to try and takeover a new sport in order to demonstrate the superiority of their training methods. In the previous two years, it was soccer and basketball; now they were aiming to form the ultimate football team and conquer the Tokyo Tournament. Emphasizing drug use and study over practices, the Cyborgs [[spoiler: were eliminated by the Devil Bats in the first round]].
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76	* {{Academic Athlete}}s: Every one of them was supposed to be this.
77	* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: On the receiving end when they fought the Devil Bats. The main purpose of the Cyborgs' existence appeared to be to show how much the Devil Bats had improved after the [[TrainingFromHell Death March]]]].
78	* {{Cyborg}}s: Their primary {{Motif}}s.
79	* {{Foil}}: Twice over:
80	** To the Devil Bats: both teams are new (the Devil Bats being a year old, the Cyborgs being brand new), most if not all of their players are new to the sports, and they recently got much stronger, but the Cyborgs got their physical power through "science" and want to show off their superiority while the Devil Bats went through TrainingFromHell and genuinely love the sport. Appropriately, the Devil Bats are the ones to kick them out of the Fall Tournament.
81	** To the ''Pentagram'': both teams are relatively new (the Pentagram having been gathered specifically for the World Youth Tournament and Amino High being at its first football tournament), are hyped as invincible, and make a great deal of their physical superiority, but where the Pentagram lived up to their hype the Cyborgs failed miserably, horribly losing to the Devil Bats in both skills and physicality.
82	* {{Gonk}}s: They somehow managed to assemble a full team of these.
83	* {{Joke Character}}s: Their status after losing to the Devil Bats.
84	* MusclesAreMeaningless[=/=]ScienceIsUseless: Played with. The Cyborgs built their muscles only through drugs and other forms of artificial stimulation, while the Devil Bats got theirs naturally through a '''very''' rough training regimen. The difference between these two could be compared to that between a body builder and a weight lifter: the body builder is more likely to grow bigger and more toned, but the weight lifter will end up having greater strength and stamina.
85	* OpposingSportsTeam: Their method of training goes against ''every'' aesop in the series, though only Aoyanagi is a real jackass about it.
86	* PlanetOfHats: A highschool full of robot-like {{Gonk}}s who gained muscles through advanced medical science methods.
87	* SkilledButNaive: Being able to bulk up and come up with football tactics in one summer was an impressive feat. However, it was stupid to think ''that'' would be enough to defeat people who had practice and theory on their side. And that a running back wouldn't fix his obvious flaw.
88	* [[SmugSnake Smug Snakes]]: Munakata and Aoyanagi were both vocal about their supposed superiority, [[spoiler: which made it funnier when the Devil Bats steamrollered them]].
89	[[/folder]]
90
91	[[folder:Atsushi Munakata]]
92	[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Atsushi_Munakata_9431.jpg]]
93
94	A buff, intellectual man who takes the idea of "brains over brawn" a little too far. Is almost always smiling and has a freakishly shiny face.
95
96	* Position: Linebacker
97	* Jersey: 29
98	* 40 yard dash: 5.3 seconds
99	* Bench Press: 115 kg
100	* 3rd Year Student (Grade 12)
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102	* AcademicAthlete: He's proud of it.
103	* AffablyEvil: Off the field he's rather gentlemanly, and even on it he has a friendly charm that seems to be absolutely genuine.
104	* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Did not hesitate to brag about his superior intelligence and training to Devil Bats.
105	* BoisterousBruiser: Most of the time.
106	* CurbStompBattle: He didn't even come close to touching Sena.
107	* FanDisservice: Even his muscles are shiny.
108	* FridgeHorror: Invoked InUniverse. Just [[SiblingIncest why do his parents look so alike]]!?
109	* GeniusBruiser: Him and everyone at Amino. According to him, those who graduate from Amino go on to either Amino Medical School or ''Tokyo University''.
110	* GRatedDrug: His ridiculously buff physique is thanks to "science". ''Right...''
111	* {{Gonk}}: He kind of looks like a Ken doll on steroids.
112	* HypocriticalHumor: Gets angry when Americans underestimate Team Japan, then proceeds to bet on the American team as well.
113	* TheLeader: The charismatic leader for the Amino Cyborgs.
114	* MusclesAreMeaningless: He's a buff guy... and Sena got past him effortlessly.
115	--> '''Ikari''': "Are those muscles just for show?"
116	* StepfordSmiler: If he's not smiling it means he's in serious trouble.
117	* VillainousBSOD: When he loses to the Devil Bats.
118	* YoungerThanTheyLook: {{Lampshaded}} constantly. When the Devil Bats first met him, they assumed he was a doctor.
119	[[/folder]]
120
121	[[folder:Suguru Aoyanagi]]
122	[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Suguru_Aoyanagi_8444.jpg]]
123
124	A geeky otaku who went from bony to bodybuilder in a year and a half thanks to, ''ahem'', "vitamin supplements".
125
126	* Position: Lineman
127	* Jersey: 64
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129	* AcademicAthlete: The athletic part is a bit lacking though.
130	* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Like Munakata, but without the jovial charm.
131	* CelebrityResemblance: He used to looked exactly like Weird Al, complete with curls and geek glasses. After starting his training regimen, he looked like Weird Al ''on steroids''. Like Yankovic, he's also incredibly geeky, but what stops him from being another weird Eyeshield football expy is that he's a jerk and a mild masochist.
132	* EvilLaugh: Fufufu.
133	* {{Gonk}}: Both before and after his unnatural training regimen.
134	* {{Jerkass}}: He seems to have a lot of issues left from his GeekPhysique days.
135	* JerkJock: He's buff, and loves to taunt his opponent.
136	* MusclesAreMeaningless: His muscles are just for show, he doesn't have the stamina to use it properly.
137	* StraightMan: To Munakata's cheerful disposition.
138	* TooKinkyToTorture: Their manager can be quite cruel to the team and Aoyanagi ''loves'' it.
139	[[/folder]]
140
141	!!!Dokubari's Scorpion
142
143	[[folder:Sasuke Kanagushi]]
144	* Position: Quaterback
145
146	Captain of the Dokubari's Scorpion, he uses his ability to pick up football player habits to read the opponent plays. His technique allowed him to defeat 10 admittedly weak team. Admittedly weak turned out to be the operative word.
147
148	* AdaptationalVillainy: He is smug in the manga but in the anime he is trying to get the other team disqualified or injured before the match.
149	* AwesomeByAnalysis: Parodied, he can see small habits such as quaterback licking their finger to indicate a pass but it doesn't do him any good against Hiruma who can read his opponent better than him and love confusing the other team. An Omake even has his father smacking him after he analyzed that he will smack him.
150	* ButtMonkey: Worse than Amino, the match was pretty much Hiruma toying with him.
151	* SmugSnake: His reading of body language is really basic and Hiruma pointed out how it only work on teams that are garbage.
152	[[/folder]]
153
154	!!!Hashiratani Deers
155
156	[[folder:Yamamoto Onihei]]
157	[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Yamamoto_Onihei_3323.jpg]]
158	* Position: Line
159
160	An experienced, technical linemen who lost early on in the Tokyo tournament. Most well-known for being a talkative combat commentator whose predictions are ''never'' right.
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162	* ButtMonkey: Torakichi's butt monkey anyways.
163	* CombatCommentator: {{Parodied}}. Whenever he says something, the exact opposite instantly happens.
164	* {{Flanderization}}: Introduced as a cool, thoughtful player with incredible technical skills, who's looked up to as a hero by linemen from across the league. After losing to the Poseidons, he gets put in the role of commentator when the Devil Bats go up against them, and is repeatedly shocked when he remarks on how he tried a certain strategy or move and it failed, only to see the Devil Bats pull it off anyway. From that point on, his only character trait is being wrong about everything he says, to the point where it's lampshaded and parodied.
165	* GeniusBruiser: What he likes to think he is...
166	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Torakichi.
167	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: As far as Torakichi's concerned.
168	* OddCouple: He and Torakichi act as {{Combat Commentator}}s.
169	* OvershadowedByAwesome: After he got smacked by TheWorfEffect, Onihei was reduced to a ButtMonkey so thoroughly that it's easy to forget that he ''is'' an exceptionally skilled player who gets singled out as an offensive lineman for the Tokyo top 11. This is emblematic of his team's problem in general actually; they focus on being really, really good at football's basics, but unfortunately for him [[WrongGenreSavvy this is a shounen series]].
170	* TheWorfEffect: He was considered the most experienced lineman in the high school league, to the point that people were lining up for his autograph, in his first appearance. He gets defeated during his first onscreen game, and later doesn't even become a World Cup regular. (He does play as a second-stringer during the match against Russia)
171	* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's only 18, but he looks like someone's dad.
172	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: {{Subverted}}. He acts wise and experienced, but everything he says is ''always'' wrong.
173	* WrongGenreSavvy: His knowledge is useless since all the players think outside the box.
174	[[/folder]]
175
176	!!!Misaki Wolves
177
178	[[folder:Taiga Kamiya]]
179	[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Taiga_Kamiya_298.jpg]]
180
181	* Jersey: 26
182	* Position: Running Back
183	* 40-yard dash: 4.6 seconds
184
185	The captain and ace of the Misaki Wolves, Kamiya is a long-legged, fast-moving player with a high opinion of himself. In the manga, his team was easily defeated by the Seibu Wild Gunmen; in the anime, he is a far more serious threat, and is only barely defeated, after giving Seibu's ace, Riku, a serious run for his money.
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187	* AdaptationalBadass: A joke in the manga, the anime turned him into a high-speed powerhouse, capable of matching Riku in terms of speed, and leading a team whom the Gunmen were only barely able to overcome.
188	* AnimalMotifs: Wolf
189	* ArrogantKungFuGuy: On the subject of speed. To be more specific, he's pretty smug about his speed due to his long legs.
190	* CuteLittleFangs
191	* IAmNotLeftHanded: In the anime, he says his recorded 40-yard dash time of 4.6 seconds is not his actual speed and says he is actually faster whenever he plays.
192	[[/folder]]
193
194	!!Players introduced in the World Youth Cup
195
196	[[folder:Akira "Chuubou" Nakabou]]
197
198	* Jersey: 54
199	* Position: Line
200
201	A middle school student from the Kansai area. He's a big fan of Sena and planned to enroll at Deimon High School after he graduates. Despite being a fan of Sena's runs and his small stature, he's a lineman because of his desire to protect Sena. His signature skill is called '''Delta Dynamite'''. [[spoiler:He does become a member of the Devil Bats in the epilogue.]]
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203	* AscendedFanboy: He's a big fan of Sena and planned to join the Devil Bats after graduating from middle school. He gets to play with him sooner than he expected, [[spoiler: and then ends up joining them after the World Cup]].
204	* BadassAdorable: He's not only the youngest player in Team Japan, he's the only first-string member from Kansai who ''is not'' a Teikoku Alexander. He passed the Kansai tryouts by ''momentarily stopping'' '''and''' ''throwing'' [[LightningBruiser Yamato]] ''off-balance''.
205	* CripplingOverspecialization: He has nothing else other than his Delta Dynamite. On the other hand, [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer that's all he needs]].
206	* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to Rodchenko in the World Youth Cup.
207	* DavidVersusGoliath: His World Youth Cup debut was against the towering Russian Rodchenko. He repeatedly knocks him down despite being only half as short and not as buff.
208	* EpicFail: His attempt at imitating the Devil Fourth Dimension.
209	* InSeriesNickname: Chuubou
210	* SignatureMove: The '''Delta Dynamite'''. A blocking technique using the head, shoulder, and backfist, in a triangle position. This allows him to deliver an explosive amount of force.
211	* WeakButSkilled: He's short, slow and weak, but his technique of using the Delta Dynamite allows him to overcome the toughest players.
212	[[/folder]]
213
214	[[folder:Heinrich Schultz]]
215	* Jersey: 45
216	* 40-yard dash: 4.2 seconds
217
218	The captain of the German football team.
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220	* TheAce: He's the best player of Team Germany. He's also the best player for the German team in Europe's Professional American Football league. And he's just 18 years old, and possibly younger.
221	* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He memorized the stats of every player participating in the World Youth Cup, and used these stats to formulate strategies.
222	* BadassBookworm: His idea of killing time is memorizing player stats.
223	* CurbStompCushion: Mostly due to having the core of the Japan/German match offscreen. We see him stopping Sena once and the score is close but there was no doubt about the outcome of the game and was more of a warm up for Sena.
224	* TheLeader: Of the German Youth World Cup team
225	* PhotographicMemory: His greatest asset.
226	* TheQuietOne
227	* TheStoic
228	* WhatIsThisFeeling: To him, American Football was just a game. It was only after he faced Sena that he realized how enjoyable it could be. He also did this to Sena because he was the first actual challenge he faced in the World Cup.
229	* WorthyOpponent: To Sena, a fact that both of them acknowledge. On a less personal note, his team serves as the first real challenge that the Japanese team encounters, a fact that Gaou and Sena both state aloud.
230	[[/folder]]
231
232	[[folder:Rodchenko]]
233	* Jersey: 67
234	* Position: Defensive Tackle
235
236	The Russian world record holder for the bench press and also an Olympic gold medalist for weightlifting. He started playing American Football and joined the World Youth Cup because of the 3 million dollar prize money.
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238
239	* CurbStompBattle: He becomes the recipient of this courtesy of Chuubou.
240	* TheDreaded: Team Japan's linemen were shocked at why he's even playing American Football, and with good reason too. However, he fails to live up to the hype.
241	* JerkJock: Easily dismisses Chuubou and calls him weak. He then gets on Chuubou's nerves by insulting Sena. [[CurbStompBattle Not a very good idea.]]
242	* MusclesAreMeaningless: He is an Olympic gold medalist weightlifter but too slow and inexperienced for national level football. While he ends up breaking Onihei and Juumonji's tactic with sheer muscle power Chuubou can toss him on his ass like he is nothing with a well timed strike and Gaou's KillingIntent combined with his strength can bitchslap him.
243	* OlderThanHeLooks: Some players even question whether or not he's within the age limit of 18.
244	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The reason why he's participating in the World Youth Cup.
245	* UnskilledButStrong: In pure upper body strength he should be the strongest in the series but he probably never played football or dealt with tackles until the World Cup. This gets him curb-stomped by [[WeakButSkilled Chuubou]].
246	[[/folder]]
247
248	[[folder: Team Militaria]]
249
250	A team coming from the fictional country of Militaria. They crushed Team Finland in the 1st round of the World Youth Cup and seemed poised to do the same to Team Japan, having thought of them as a weak team. They get flattened during their match.
251
252	Gomery
253
254	* Jersey: 26
255	* Position: Running Back
256	* 40-yard dash: 4.6 seconds
257	* Bench Press: 120 Kgs
258
259	The leader of Team Militaria
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261
262	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: His stats are actually pretty good so naturally, he thinks he's hot stuff. It gets funny when some members of Team Japan hears his stats and the best reaction they have is "meh". His bench press and dash record seems purposefully sub par to Shin just to show how harmless he is.
263	* BaldOfEvil: He is a jerk and shaves everyone he can get his hand on's head as part of his military attitude.
264	* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to Team Finland. Unfortunately for him, he gets flattened by both [[TokenEvilTeammate Agon]] and [[BloodKnight Gaou]] during their match.
265	* NoIndoorVoice: He's always shouting.
266	* SignatureMove: The "Missile Run". Unfortunately for him, he's up against [[LightningBruiser Agon]], who easily swats him like the trash that he is.
267	* SmugSnake: Talked a big game against Japan and personally insulted Agon and Gaou. [[CurbStompBattle He can't back it up]].
268	* TooDumbToLive: He thought it was a good idea to shave Agon's dreads.
269
270	Burns
271	* Jersey: 06
272	* Position: Quarterback
273
274	Gomery's sidekick and quarterback for Team Militaria
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276
277	* CurbStompBattle: Suffers this along with the rest of the team.
278	* SmugSnake: Snickers at Japan's short point difference against Russia, if he bothered doing his research like Schultz he would have noticed that those aren't the starting players.
279	* UnderestimatingBadassery: After watching the Japan vs Russia match, he concluded that Team Japan was nothing to write home about. He fails to consider that the team that he saw playing was the second-string players with the exception of Chuubou.

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