Forwards:
- Hyuuga Kojirou
- Nitta Shun
- Sorimachi Kazuki
- Oozora Tsubasa
- Misaki Tarou
- Aoi Shingo
- Matsuyama Hikaru
- Misugi Jun
- Akai Tomeya
- Makoto Souda
- Jitou Hiroshi
- Ishizaki Ryo
- Wakabayashi Genzou
- Wakashimazu Ken
Some of his more frequently used shoots include Tiger Shoot, Neo Tiger Shoot, Raijuu Shoot, Kourin Raijuu Shoot and Jumping Raijuu Shoot, though, with his epic Raijuu Shoot being copied, I suggest he better go ahead and struggle and try and find a way to upgrade his shoot, and invent a more powerful one. Oh, and I must admit, the Senkou Raijuu Shoot combo with Tsubasa and Misaki was epic and pwnage. XD
Nitta Shun: He is the second striker in the Japan team, and whereas Hyuuga relies on strength in his shoots, Nitta relies on speed. He is able to run a hundred metres in eleven seconds, and his Hayabusa Shoot is also an extremely fast shoot. His soccer techniques may not be as improved as his other team members, but he has a lot of talent, as shown when he managed to master the No Trap Running Volley Hayabusa Shoot within a short amount of time.
In my opinions, he isn't being featured enough, with Hyuuga and Tsubasa taking up most of the spotlight for scoring goals. He ought to be featured a bit more, relying more on his speed to score, and especially since Hyuuga and Tsubasa, two of the Japan team's aces, would often get marked. In other words, just like in the Uruguayan team, when Victorino score goals after Hino gets marked.
Sorimachi Kazuki: A third striker, he's often warming the bench, and only comes on the field when the Japan team needs to score more goals. Nothing much to talk about him, to be honest. I only include him because there are too little strikers in the team, despite the team being an offensive one, hehe. Well, he is good at tricking the enemies that he is going to trap the ball then shoot, when he actually intends to let the ball pass by him and reach Hyuuga or some other guy. Yup, that's mainly all. Work hard!
Oozora Tsubasa: Imbal guy who can copy every single shit he sees. =.= I don't mind if he copies techniques from opponents, but when he even copies the signature technique of his own team's ace striker... Grr...! That pisses me off, seriously. -.- This guy is the Captain of the team (thus the name of the manga, Captain Tsubasa), and is also the very center of the Japanese team tactic, the Japanese zone press. The tactic starts and ends with him, and he receives every pass, and from there, either passes, dribbles and scores. Very versatile, eh? Too bad, can't do no shit without him receiving the ball.
He is excellent in dribbling, passing and shooting, and he neither needs to tackle nor mark (since the defenders behind him do a great job, except for Ishizaki), but he does damn well in them too, all the more making him bloody imbal. Some of his techniques include Drive Shoot, Flying Drive Shoot, Sky Dive Shoot and Sky Wing Shoot. I must admit, his range of shoots make him very versatile, and he could apply them to different situations for different effects. For example, the Flying Drive Shoot flies up and dodges the defenders, then stabs down into the opponent's goal post, while the Sky Wing Shoot is a much stronger shoot that attempts to penetrate the opponent's defense. Sky Dive Shoot? A bloody hilarious attempt to score where he picks up the bloody ball and runs into the opponent's goalpost. Even more hilarious when the entire team picked him up along with the ball, threw him into the bloody goalpost and then all followed him and jumped into that bloody goalpost.
Misaki Tarou: Poor guy, being unable to play in the World Youth cup just because he got his leg ran over by a freaking truck. Oh well, at least he did it to protect his younger sister, plus four respect points for him. For some reason, he is able to read the mind of Tsubasa and does an extremely good job with him in their Golden Combination. If the ball gets taken from under their control, that is the very prompt for readers to go all, "OMFGWTFHSTFUGTFO!" -.-
Generally, he's mainly seen as Tsubasa's Golden Combination, and thus we don't get to see much of his own personal skills and techniques. His dribbling (which is important to midfields, I'd say) is said to be rather artistic, but meh, I forgot his dribbling techniques since he hasn't dribble on his own for so long. XD His Boomerang Shoot is nice, yeah, but hey, hard not to see it as just a ripoff and an improved version of Souda's Kamisori Shoot. I expect we would see much much more of Misaki in Road to 2002.
Aoi Shingo: Ah, Aoi. Must admit, he's got one of the two most pwnage nicknames in the whole series of Captain Tsubasa so far (the other being Akai), the Principe del Sole. He's basically a midfield bugger who runs freaking everywhere. He dribbles like mad through the enemy defenses, he shoots and score goals (though he needs to have his own shoot, heh), he even runs back and helps in the defense. He's basically everywhere, dattebayo.
All of his skills and techniques are above average, although his dribbling, compared to his other skills, are at a higher notch. Watch out when he bloody spams his Chokkaku Feint. He can get through a whole team with that alone and score. Scary. Yeah, all he needs is a specialized shoot on his own. Yeah.
Matsuyama Hikaru: This guy, being a sweeper (a defensive midfield), is basically slapped inbetween the offensive midfields and the defensive defenders, and thus act as a link inbetween them. He helps to defend and intercept the ball when it is under the opponents' control, and helps to attack by passing it forward to the midfields when under their control. He also has decent offensive capabilities, as he used to be an offensive player. His shoot, the Eagle Shoot, is a long shot that tends to stick to the ground.
Misugi Jun: This guy is basically the captain of the defenders - he takes charge and leads Japan's efficient defense. One of his most utilized tactic include the Offside Trap, where everyone runs forward and causes the opponent to get offside. Of course, it doesn't always work often, because Ishizaki will come and screw shit up. XD
Unfortunately, for a defender, he doesn't have any strong individual defensive skills and techniques, as he used to be, like Matsuyama, an offensive player. Also, since he used to be an offensive player, he knows the Drive Shoot, one of the shoots that Tsubasa used to rely so much on, but now has stopped using it after he learned much better shots, such as the Flying Drive Shoot and the Sky Wing Shoot. To be honest, he needs to brush up on his individual defensive techniques. Maybe have Souda or Hyuuga teach him how to tackle or something, those two seem to be the best tacklers in the team. XD Oh, and also, have Tsubasa teach him the Flying Drive Shoot as well. I mean, Drive Shoot? Tch. Well, why not? Japan is an offensive team where even defenders overlap frequently and even have individual, unique shoots of their own. XD
Akai Tomeya: Ah, two things I want to first say about this player. One, he's my favorite Japanese defender after only playing one round in the World Youth cup against Sweden (heck, he's my second favorite character after Hyuuga XD). Two, he has the most epic nickname in the whole series, Kyoufu no Red Stopper. XD
Personally, I feel that he has the best defensive capabilities in the whole entire Japanese team, being able to mark and tackle (two essential skills for a defender) almost perfectly. Who cares if he doesn't have much teamwork with the rest of the defenders because he's new? Kick Ishizaki out already! Japan needs a defender that doesn't overlap every now and then and try to score and claim some glory, but stay and defend Japan's goal with the goalkeeper with all his might!
Makoto Souda: For some reason, early in the story, when he just appeared, he was portrayed as an extremely formidable opponent. He can easily mark Tsubasa and disable most of his play; he has great defensive abilities with his Kamisori Tackle; he can pass to his teammates without opponents intercepting the ball with him Kamisori Pass; and he can even aid in the offense with him Kamisori Shoot and Kamisori Centering.
But now? Bleh. They don't even show him much. All he would do nowadays is to run up, overlap, receive the ball from a midfield, and then pass it to a forward. Yup, that's it. No more of the strength and power he showed in ages past. The author seriously needs to stop neglecting him... ^_^" Oh, and he learnt Kamisori Shoot because he couldn't master the Drive Shoot, right? Please, either have Tsubasa or Misugi teach him the Drive Shoot, or Misaki teach him the Boomerang Shoot. He needs a better shoot than the one he started out with if he wants to be a better offensive player.
Jitou Hiroshi: A gigantic defender who knocks everyone out of his way with his shoulder charge. He likes to overlap and shoot a lot, despite not having any individual, unique shoot of his own. Can't deny his amazing shooting strength though. He used to be very slow, so he used to suck at overlapping, but now he's much better in his speed, haha.
In my opinions, he has a lot to do to improve, since he doesn't seem to have much of any individual techniques of his own. Maybe have Hyuuga teach him shooting to hone his shooting strength so he can be a more efficient at offense, and also have Akai teach him some defensive skills? Oh, and he can do a Skylab Hurricane combination with the Tachibana twins, which is useful, but no point since the Tachibanas don't come out often anyway. XD
Ishizaki Ryo: Useless defender in my opinions. He rarely does anything right, and when he does, someone else can do better. Sure, I must admit, he improves awfully fast, but hey, just give up your seat as a regular player to someone who deserves it more already. He's basically just a defender who only knows how to use his face to block the ball. No skills, no techniques, no nothing. Just his face. I'm hoping to see Akai take his place as a regular player in Road to 2002. \:D/
Wakabayashi Genzou: An imbal goalkeeper, the author basically portrayed him in such a way that he can never ever take in a goal. Which is rather useful, I must admit, but problem is, for some sick reason, he keeps getting his hands injured. I mean, oi, look at Wakashimazu! Does he ever get injured? No! I guess the author needs to keep making him injured so he doesn't get too imbal that the opponents complain. He's basically a fucking wall of steel in front of Japan's goal post.
Wakashimazu Ken: Compared to Wakabayashi, who is a total defensive goalkeeper, he is a rather offensive goalkeeper who learnt a trick or two from Espada of Mexico, that imbal goalkeeper who blocks every single shoot and yet has the time to take the ball, dribble it and rush out for offense. Too bad for him, though, since Japan is an offensive team (with bloody defenders overlapping every now and then), they need a steel wall to guard Japan's goal post so their defenses don't suck too much, so they would always choose to send Wakabayashi instead. Fortunately for him though, Wakabayashi does get injured frequently. Rofl wtf? XD
That's it for my blabberings. :3
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