Captain Tsubasa
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Captain Tsubasa
| image =
| caption = 369 × 394
| ja_name = キャプテン翼
| ja_name_trans = Kyaputen Tsubasa
| genre = [[Sport]]s [[Association football|(Soccer)]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Manga
| title =
| author = [[Yōichi Takahashi]]
| publisher = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shueisha]]
| publisher_other = {{flagicon|France}} [[Glénat (publisher)|Glénat]]</br> {{flagicon|Spain}} Glénat <br /> {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Tora Aman]]
| demographic = [[Shōnen]]
| magazine = [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]
| first = 1981
| last = 1988
| volumes = 37
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Anime
| title =
| director = Isamu Imakake
| studio = [[Group TAC]], [[Toei Animation]]
| network = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Animax]], [[TV Tokyo]]
| network_other = {{flagicon|Singapore}} {{flagicon|India}} {{flagicon|Malaysia}} {{flagicon|Philippines}} {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Animax]]<br> {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rede Manchete]], [[Cartoon Network]], [[RedeTV!|Rede TV!]]<br> {{flagicon|France}} [[TF1]], [[La Cinq]], [[Mangas (TV network)|Mangas]] <br> {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[RTM2|TV2]] <br> {{flagicon|Germany}} [[RTL II]], [[Tele 5]]<br> {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Animax Hungary|A+]]<br> {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Caracol TV]]<br> {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Red Televisiva Megavisión|Megavisión]], [[Chilevisión]], [[Etc...TV]] <br> {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Telefe]]<br> {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italia 1]]<br> {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[XHGC-TV]], [[Cartoon Network]]<br> {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Trans 7|TV7]], [[RCTI]]<br> {{flagicon|Spain}} [[TVE2]], [[Antena 3 (Spain)|Antena 3]] <br> {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[RTP1]], [[RTP2|2:]], [[Sociedade Independente de Comunicação|SIC]], [[Canal Panda]]<br> {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Polonia 1]]/[[NTW]]<br> {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi|ERT]]<br> {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Kanal D]]
| first = [[October 10]] [[1983]]
| last = [[March 27]] [[1986]]
| episodes = 128
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Movie
| title = Europe Daikessen
| director = [[Isamu Imakake]]
| studio = [[Group TAC]]
| released = [[July 13]] [[1985]]
| runtime = 41 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Movie
| title = Ayaushi! Zen Nippon Jr.
| director = [[Isamu Imakake]]
| studio = [[Group TAC]]
| released = [[December 21]] [[1985]]
| runtime = 60 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Movie
| title = Asu ni Mukatte Hashire!
| director = [[Isamu Imakake]]
| studio = [[Group TAC]]
| released = 35 minutes
| runtime = [[March 15]] [[1986]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Movie
| title = Sekai Daikessen!~ Jr. World Cup
| director = [[Isamu Imakake]]
| studio = [[Group TAC]]
| released = [[July 12]] [[1986]]
| runtime = 57 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Manga
| title = World Youth Saga
| author = [[Yōichi Takahashi]]
| publisher = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shueisha]]
| demographic = [[Shōnen]]
| magazine = [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]
| first = 1994
| last = 1997
| volumes = 18
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Anime
| title = Captain Tsubasa J
| director =
| studio = [[Nippon Animation]], [[Gallop (studio)|Studio Gallop]]
| network = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Animax]], [[TV Tokyo]]
| network_other = {{flagicon|Singapore}} {{flagicon|India}} {{flagicon|Philippines}} {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Animax]]<br> {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rede Manchete]]<br> {{flagicon|Germany}} [[RTL II]]<br> {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italia 1]], [[Italia Teen Television]]<br> {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[TV Azteca]]<br> {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Canal Panda]]<br> {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Chilevisión]]
| first = [[October 21]] [[1994]]
| last = [[December 22]] [[1995]]
| episodes = 47
}}
{{Infobox animanga/OVA
| title = Holland Youth
| director = [[Isamu Imakake]]
| studio = [[Group TAC]]
| episodes = 1 (46 minutes)
| released = 1994
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Manga
| title = Road to 2002
| author = [[Yōichi Takahashi|Yoichi Takahashi]]
| publisher = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shueisha]]
| demographic = [[Seinen]]
| magazine = [[Weekly Young Jump]]
| first = 2001
| last = 2004
| volumes = 15
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Anime
| title = Road to Dream (a.k.a Road to 2002)
| director = [[Gisaburō Sugii]]
| studio = [[Group TAC]], [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse Studios]]
| network = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Animax]], [[TV Tokyo]]
| network_other = {{flagicon|Singapore}} {{flagicon|India}} {{flagicon|Philippines}} {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Animax]]<br> {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[RedeTV!]]<br> {{flagicon|Germany}} [[RTL II]]<br> {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Caracol TV]]<br> {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Chilevisión]]<br> {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italia 1]], [[Italia Teen Television]]<br> {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Televisa Canal 5]]<br> {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Sociedade Independente de Comunicação|SIC]], [[Canal Panda]]]<br> {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Kanal D]]
| first = [[October 7]] [[2001]]
| last = [[October 6]] [[2002]]
| episodes = 52
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Manga
| title = Golden 23
| author = [[Yōichi Takahashi|Yoichi Takahashi]]
| publisher = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shueisha]]
| demographic = [[Seinen]]
| magazine = [[Weekly Young Jump]]
| first = 2005
| last = May 2008
| volumes = 10+
}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Captain Tsubasa'''''|キャプテン翼|Kyaputen Tsubasa}} is a popular long running [[Japan]]ese [[manga]], [[anime]], and [[video game]] series, originally created by [[Yōichi Takahashi|Yoichi Takahashi]] in 1981. The series mainly revolves around the sport of [[Association football|Football (soccer)]].
The story focuses on the adventures of a Japanese youth football team and its football captain {{Nihongo|Tsubasa Ozora|大空 翼|Ōzora Tsubasa}}, whose name literally translates to "Big Sky Wings". The series is characterized by dynamic football moves, often stylish and implausible. The plot focuses on Tsubasa's relationship with his friends, rivalry with his opponents, training, competition, and the action and outcome of each football match.
The ''Captain Tsubasa'' manga series was originally serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' manga magazine between 1981 and 1988, spanning a total of 37-''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes. It was continued onto a sequel, ''Captain Tsubasa: "World Youth" Saga'', which was serialized between 1994 and 1997 in ''Shōnen Jump'', spanning 18 volumes, and another sequel, entitled ''Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002'', which was serialized between 2001 and 2004 in ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'', which spanned 15 volumes. The manga is still running, with the latest sequel entitled ''Captain Tsubasa: Golden 23'', serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump'' from 2005 to currently.
The original ''Captain Tsubasa'' manga series was adapted soon into an anime series, produced by [[Group TAC]] and [[Toei Animation]], whose first season premiered in Japan on the [[TV Tokyo]] network between [[10 October]] [[1983]] and [[27 March]] [[1986]]. This first serie tells only the synopsis of the first 25 volumes. Four anime movies followed soon, between 1985 and 1986, continuing the storyline. In 1989 a new anime series, entitled ''Shin Captain Tsubasa'', was produced by [[Shueisha]] and CBS Sony Group inc. and spanned 13 OAV.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6198 ''Shin Captain Tsubasa''], Anime news network</ref> Shin captain Tsubasa tells the manga synopsis from volume 25 to volume 36. The anime series was followed soon after into a second sequel, entitled ''Captain Tsubasa J'', produced by [[Nippon Animation]], [[Gallop (studio)|Studio Gallop]], which aired between [[October 21]] [[1994]] and [[December 22]] [[1995]] in Japan on the [[Fuji Television]] network and spanned 47 episodes, as well an [[Original video animation|OVA]] series, ''Captain Tsubasa: Holland Youth'', which was published in 1994. The anime series was continued on further into a third sequel, ''Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream'', also known as ''Captain Tsubasa ~ Road to 2002'', the latest anime adaptation of the series, produced by [[Group TAC]] and [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse Studios]], which aired in Japan between [[October 7]] [[2001]] and [[October 6]] [[2002]].
All of the versions of the ''Captain Tsubasa'' anime series has been broadcast by the anime satellite television network, [[Animax]], across its original network in [[Japan]] and later across its respective networks worldwide, including [[East Asia]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[South Asia]], and other regions. It has also been broadcast across several other regions over the world, including [[South America]], [[Europe]] and the [[Middle East]]. The success of the series also spurred several Nintendo [[Super Famicom]] [[video game]] adaptations. [[Enoki Films]] holds the [[United States]] license to ''Captain Tsubasa'', under the title ''Flash Kicker''.
==Storyline==
===Captain Tsubasa===
Tsubasa Ozora is a young Japanese Elementary school student who is deeply in love with football and dreams of one day winning the [[FIFA World Cup]] for [[Japan national football team|Japan]]. He lives together with his mother in Japan, while his father is a seafaring captain who travels around the world.
Tsubasa Ozora is known as the Soccer no Moshigo which translates as "heaven-sent child of soccer". When he was only barely a year old, he was almost run over by a rushing bus while playing with a football (soccer ball). However, Tsubasa had held the ball in front of him which served as a cushion for most of the impact. The force of the bump blew him away, but he was able to right himself over again with the ball. Hence, Tsubasa Ozora's motto of "The ball is my friend". Ever since he was little, he always went out with a football. His mother now having concluded that he was indeed born only to play football. At a very young age, Tsubasa Ozora already has amazing speed, stamina, dribbling skills and shotpower, astounding anyone who sees him play.
At the beginning of the story, both of them move to the city of Nankatsu, a town well-known for their talented high school football teams, and where Tsubasa meets Ryou Ishizaki, a football-loving young student who often sneaks out from his mother's public bathrooms and chores in order to play football, Sanae (also known as Anego), a young enthusiastic girl who also loves football and helps cheer the Nankatsu High team on, and Genzo Wakabayashi, a highly talented young goalkeeper whom he soon challenges to a game in Nankatsu's annual Sports Festival. He also meets Roberto Hongo, one of the best [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian]] football players, who is a friend of Tsubasa's father, and who arrives in Japan and starts living with Tsubasa and his mother. Roberto becomes a mentor to Tsubasa and helps him to harness his football skills, convincing him to join Nankatsu Elementary and its fledgling high school football team, which Roberto coaches later as he passes his techniques onto Tsubasa.
Tsubasa also meets Taro Misaki, who has travelled around Japan due to his father's job and soon joins Nankatsu, and the two become the best of friends in both the pitch and real life, forming a partnership soon to be renowned as the "Golden Duo" or "dynamic duo" of Nankatsu. Soon Tsubasa and his Nankatsu team start taking on the best of high school football, meeting such talented players as Kojiro Hyuga, Ken Wakashimazu, Jun Misugi, Hikaru Matsuyama, and many others. His Nankatsu squad wins numerous youth national championships, and wins the [[FIFA U-17 World Cup|U-16 World Championships]] for Japan, before leaving the country to play in [[Brazil]].
===Captain Tsubasa World Youth===
Tsubasa leaves Japan for Brazil, and starts playing, with his mentor Roberto as the manager, for [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo]]<ref>[http://www.starcomics.com/manga_popup.php?id=2614 ''Captain Tsubasa ~ World youth'' volume 2], Star Comics official website</ref> (F.C. Brancos in the anime<ref>[http://www.enokifilmsusa.com/library/capt_tsubasa.htm ''Captain Tsubasa ~ Road to Dream'' anime synopsis], Enoki Films official website</ref>) , in Brazil's premier professional league, [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]], winning the final against [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]] (F.C. Domingos in the anime), 4-3. While in Brazil, Tsubasa gets to meet several talented Brazilian players, such as his teammate and roommate Pepe, who comes from humble backgrounds to become one of the primary playmakers in the squad along with Tsubasa, and Flamengo playmaker Carlos Santana, a prodigious talent.
Enthusiastic football-loving youngster Shingo Aoi, whom Tsubasa once played against while in the high school national championships, leaves Japan to play football in [[Italy]], where he hopes to play for a major Italian professional team. After arriving in Italy, however, Shingo gets tricked by a man who gives him fraudulent promises of getting him selected for an Italian team, but after Shingo is taken to a badly-furnished field, the man runs away, stealing all his money in the process. Shingo realizes that he is swindled, and tries hard to get his money back, doing such jobs as shoeshining, and his enthusiastic attitude catches the eye of one of the coaches of one of the local teams, Inter Milan, who sign him to play for their squad as an attacking midfielder.
The [[Japan national football team|Japan]]'s youth side plays the first phase of [[AFC Youth Championship]] without Taro Misaki, Makoto Soda, Jito, Nitta, the Tachibana brothers and Kojiro Hyuga. After Tsubasa, Wakabayashi and Shingo join the team, it defeats [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] 5-4 after being 4-1 down at one stage. In the second phase Japan beats [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]] 8-1, [[China PR national football team|China]] 6-3 and [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] 4-1. In the semifinals Japan beats [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] 3-0. The Japanese win the Asia Youth title beating [[Korea Republic national football team|South Korea]] 2-0 and qualifying for the [[FIFA U-20 World Cup|FIFA World Youth Championship]].
In the first phase Japan defeats [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] 2-1, [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] 6-5 and [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 4-0. In the quarterfinals, they beat [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] 1-0 and [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] 1-0 in the semifinal. The Japanese win in the "Great Final" the World Youth Championship, defeating [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] 3-2 after extra time with Tsubasa scoring a [[hat-trick]] and the golden goal despite the fact that Brazil used a new player at the extra time called Natureza, who became the second person to score a goal on Wakabayashi from outside the goal area.
Tsubasa moves from São Paulo to FC Barcelona<ref>[http://www.fcbarcelona.com/eng/noticias/noticias/n05052409.shtml Captain Tsubasa, Barca hero in Japan], FC Barcelona official website</ref>(FC Catalunya in the anime) , in the [[Spain|Spanish]] [[La Liga]], after the end of the FIFA World Youth Championship final, taking his childhood friend and now wife, Sanae. He asked her out before moving to Brazil, and the couple maintained a long-distance relationship before he proposed to her after the World Youth Championship.
===Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002===
While Tsubasa moves from São Paulo (Brancos in the anime) to [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="barcelona">[http://www.fcbarcelona.com/eng/noticias/noticias/n05052409.shtml Captain Tsubasa, Barca hero in Japan], FC Barcelona official website</ref>(FC Catalunya in the anime) , Kojiro Hyuga is bought by [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] (F.C. Piemonte in the anime). Tsubasa plays very well in training, displaying all his skills, but the Dutch coach Van Saal (Edward in the anime) demotes him to FC Barcelona B,<ref name="barcelona" /> the [[reserve team]] that plays in the second division, because Tsubasa and Rivaul (inspired by [[Rivaldo]]) cannot play together.<ref>[http://www.enokifilmsusa.com/library/capt_tsubasa.htm ''Captain Tsubasa ~ Road to Dream'' anime synopsis], Enoki Films official website</ref>
Meanwhile, Kojiro Hyuga plays for his first game for F.C. Juventus (F.C. Piemonte in the anime) against Parma in the Italian [[Serie A]], but does not score because of his physical imbalance. Juventus coach Carlo Monetti replaces him with [[David Trezeguet]] (David Tresaga in the anime), who scores the winning goal as Juventus beat Parma 1-0.
In [[Germany]], Genzo Wakabayashi and his [[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] team, [[Hamburger SV]] (Grunwald / Gurenbald in the anime version), play against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (Routburg in the anime version), led by Karl Heinz Schneider. Wakabayashi makes several saves but he makes two mistakes, allowing Bayern to win 2-1.
In Spain the liga championship begins and the match between Barcelona (led by Rivaul) and Valencia (San Jose in the anime) (who have just bought Tsubasa's old rival Carlos Santana) ends 2-2. Tsubasa watches the match from the tribune (in the anime version Tsubasa plays as a substitute the match and scores a goal).
In the 2nd stage of the Japanese [[J. League]], [[Júbilo Iwata]], led by Misaki, Gon Nakayama (inspired to real player [[Masashi Nakayama]]), Ishizaki and Urabe, defeats the [[Urawa Red Diamonds]] led by Igawa and Sawada 2-1. In others J.League matches, [[F.C. Tokyo]] led by Misugi draws 1-1 with [[Consadole Sapporo]] led by Matsuyama. <ref>[http://www.ncdnicolito.com/indexfr.php3?choix=32&Ing=fr&mangaid=7&page=1&acte=4&special= Franch resume of Chapter 62]</ref> In Italy Hyuga and Aoi are bought respectively by Reggiana and Albese.
In [[Spain]], Tsubasa plays three matches with FC Barcelona B and he records 12 goals and 11 [[Assist (football)|assist]]s in three matches. Tsubasa is inserted in the Barcelona lineup because of an injury to his rival Rivaul and the disastrous results of the [[FC Barcelona|Barça]] (one point in four matches), and plays the ''[[El Clásico|Súper Clásico]]'' against [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], who have just bought his old rival Natureza. Tsubasa ends the match with three goals and three assists and Barcelona wins 6-5.
====Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002 - Go For 2006====
This is the [[epilogue]] of Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002. It is composed by 5 chapters. This manga follows Kojiro Hyuga and Shingo Aoi in [[Italy]]. In this manga Kojiro Hyuga plays in [[A.C. Reggiana 1919|AC Reggiana]] while Shingo Aoi plays in Albese. Kojiro Hyuga makes a hard training and he makes his debut scoring a [[hat-trick]]. <ref>[http://www.ncdnicolito.com/indexfr.php3?choix=32&Ing=fr&mangaid=15&page=5&acte=6&special= Franch resume of Chapter 5]</ref>
===Captain Tsubasa Golden 23===
While Tsubasa plays for Barcelona against [[Real Valladolid]], recording a goal and an assist in a 2-0 win, the 23 players of Japan's U-22 national team ("The Golden 23") are convoked to play two [[Exhibition game|friendly match]]es against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] and [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]].
Two [[futsal]] players, Kazami and Furukawa, join the national team and display great skills, scoring two goals in a training match. Meanwhile, the Japan U-20 side led by Takeshi Sawada win the [[AFC Youth Championship]], defeating [[Korea Republic national football team|South Korea]] 6-5 on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]] in the final. In [[Brazil]], Minato Gamo, the former coach of the U-20 national team, tries unsuccessfully to convince Soga, a Japanese player who plays in [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]], to join the national team.
Tsubasa's wife Sanae informs him that she is pregnant. In Japan the match with Denmark begins. At the end of the match Japan-Denmark Japan defeats Denmark 4-2 (scorers: Misaki (J), Haas (D), Nitta (J), Nitta (J), Matsuyama (J), Haas (D)).
In [[Germany]] [[Hamburger SV]] plays a [[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] match and Genzo Wakabayashi isn't in the line up because of the bad relationship with the coach ''Zeeman''. In January probably Hamburg will sell him to another team. A lot of teams want buy Wakabayashi such us [[ACF Fiorentina]], [[A.S. Roma]], [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] and [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]. Minato Gamo meanwhile wants to convince Igawa, a player who can play in all the roles ([[Goalkeeper]], [[Defender (football)|Defender]], [[Midfielder]], [[Striker|Forward]]), to join the national team. In [[Spain]] [[FC Barcelona]] plays a [[La Liga|liga]] match against [[Real Betis]] and Tsubasa scores two goals and makes an assist for ''Rikaar''. In [[Japan]] Genzo Wakabayashi joins the national team.
The match [[Japan]]-[[Nigeria]] begins and Nigeria plays very well. It has two champions Ochado (that plays in [[Paris Saint-Germain FC|Paris SG]]) and Bobang (that plays with Shingo Aoi in Albese). After some minutes from the beginning of the match Nigeria has the first great opportunity to score the first goal in the match with a [[penalty kick]] but the Japanese [[goalkeeper]] Genzo Wakabayashi saves in [[corner kick]]. Wakabayashi saves another shot and makes an [[Assist (football)|assist]] for Ken Wakashimazu who scores a goal with a [[Bicycle kick|overhead kick]]. However Nigeria scores two goals with Bobang and Ochado. Nigeria at the end of the first half is winning 2-1. Meanwhile Minato Gamo convinces Gakuto Igawa to join the national team. The second half begins, the Japan attacks and during the injury time Misaki scores the equalizing goal. The match ends 2-2.
In Spain Barcelona wins 3-2 the match against Valencia led by Carlos Santana
In Japan,the match [[Japan]]-[[Paraguay]] begins, at the end Japan defeats Paraguay 3-0(scorers: Gakuto with his Bullet Shoot, Wakashimazu with a Jumping Head, Nitta with a Running Volley Shoot).
In Spain, Barcelona plays against Athletico Madrid, this team is very good and Fersio Torres quickly scores a goal.But Barcelona replies quickly and Tsubasa scores a goal with his famous Overhead Kick and an another goal with a Twin Shoot Tsubasa-Rivaul.
The Asiatic qualifications begins and Japan beats Malaysia (6-0 for the first match and 5-0 for the return match), Thailand (2-0 for the first match, 3-0 for the return match), and Bahrain (score unknown for the first match and 5-0 for the return match) and qualifies to the third round. In the third round Japan beats Vietnam 5-0, draws against Saudi Arabia 1-1 and loses against Australia 3-1. Standings after Day 3 (of 6): Australia 9; Japan and Saudi Arabia 4; Vietnam 0. Only the first classified is admitted to Olympic Games.
In the Day 4, Japan defeats Saudi Arabia 2-0. Unfortunately, Australia defeats Vietnam 5-0. In Day 5, Japan defeats Vietnam 4-0 and Australia draws against Saudi Arabia 1-1. Standings after Day 5 (of 6): Australia 13; Japan 10; Saudi Arabia 5; Vietnam 0. In the last day Japan plays against Australia. If Japan defeat Australia 3-0, 4-1, 5-2, 6-3 etc. qualifies to Olympic Games. If Japan wins 3-1, 4-2, 5-3 etc. plays a playoff against Australia. The match against Australia begins and Japan scores the first goal of the match with Tachibana brothers's skylub hurricane; unfortunately Tachibana brothers gets injured and are substituted by Wakashimazu and Nitta.
Nitta scores another goal. Japan tries to score the third goal but unfortunately all their shots hit the bar or are saved by the goal keeper. In the second half Australia scores the goal of 2-1 but Japan reacts and scores two goals (scorers: Igawa and Misaki). Japan wins 4-1 and qualifies to Olympic Games. The manga continues running up to date.
==Characters==
{{main|List of Captain Tsubasa characters}}
===Japanese Players (Pictures from Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream / Road to 2002)===
'''{{nihongo|[[Tsubasa Ozora]]|大空 翼|Ōzora Tsubasa}}'''
*'''Date of birth:''' 28th July
*'''National team jersey number:''' #10
*'''Position:''' Mid-fielder
*'''Nickname:''' Soccer Genius, Field Samurai
*Tsubasa, the title character, is a boy whose was destined to become a born football player. His name translates to “Big Sky Wings”. His love and dedication towards the game is truly great. With his cheerful and positive personality, he overcomes many hardships in his quest to become a world-class star player. He made many friends every where he goes; even some ill-tempered players are fascinated by his friendliness. All his shots were powerful and his techniques are unique and were difficult to follow.
*'''Main Techniques:''' ''Drive Shooter, Flying Drive Shooter, Skywing Shoot''
**'''Other Techniques (some of them he learnt while playing with others:''' ''Barcelona Roulette (In Barça team), Heel Lift, Golden Combi (with Taro Misaki), Golden Trio (with Taro and Shingo Aoi), SkyDive Shot, Overhead Kick (from Roberto), Drive Pass, Flying Drive Pass, Twin Shoot (with Taro), Drive Tiger Twin Shot (with Hyuga), Chokkaku Feint (from Shingo), Green Cut Pass(From Misaki),Back Spin Pass, Counter Arrow Shoot, Foul Inducing Dribble, Gamnen Block (from Ishisaki),Back Flip and acrobatics (from Dias), Sorachû Soccer Tachibana kyô (from Tachibana Bros.), Jumping Pass,Rolling Overhead Kick (from Santana), Santana Turn (from Santana), Skylab Defense (from Tachibana Bros.), Rivaul Turn (from Rivaul)
'''{{nihongo|Genzo Wakabayashi|若林 源三|Wakabayashi Genzō}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 7th December
* '''National team jersey number:''' #1
* '''Position:''' Goalkeeper
* '''Nickname:''' SGGK (Super Great Goalkeeper)
*Genzo Wakabayashi is an extroardinary goalkeeper who can catch almost anything thrown at him. Not many shots can come past Genzo. A charismatic guy, Genzo is also loyal to his friends and he is firm with his decisions. Genzo always keeps his feelings to himself and people close to him as seen in Shin Captain Tsubasa, when he's willingly criticize his teammates' performance in order to make them realize that football in Europe is different than what they play in Japan. His actions caused a lot of Japanese players to dislike him and Genzo only told Tsubasa his true intentions. From early childhood, he has aimed to be the best goalkeeper in the world. He tended to be selfish, and brag about his skills before he met and played a couple of games against Tsubasa. After his match against Tsubasa, he has learned to enjoy the game with his other teammates.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Straight Defense and Upper Defense''
'''{{nihongo|Kojiro Hyuga|日向 小次郎|Hyūga Kojirō}}'''
*'''Date of birth:''' 17th August
*'''National team jersey number:''' #9
*'''Position:''' Forward
*'''Nickname:''' Tiger Striker
*To help his family, Kojiro Hyuga wants to be a professional player, an ace striker. His devotion to football and his persistence to shoot the goal is outstanding. He was both Tsubasa’s and Genzo’s top rival. A great guy, Hyuga is not only strong, he is also tough but at the same time caring. Can be a bit impulsive at times, though. He was once famous because of his roughness and many players were scared of him. But, Hyuga is actually a kind boy who cares about his family and friends. In the World Youth series, Hyuga was one of the 7 players to be excluded from the Japanese National team after they lost 3 group matches with Real Japan 7 (R.J.7). Determined to get back into the team, Hyuga developed a new shot, the Raijuu shot, a shot which is a bit similar to Tsubasa's Drive Shooter, except that Hyuga's Raijuu Shot is a ground shot that will curve upward, unlike Tsubasa's Drive Shooter which will go up then curve downward.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Chokusenteki (Straight line) Dribble, Tiger Shot, Neo-Tiger Shot, Raiju Shoot, Overhead Kick and Toho Golden Combi''
'''{{nihongo|Taro Misaki|岬 太郎|Misaki Tarō}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 5th May
* '''National team jersey number:''' #11
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder
* '''Nickname:''' Field Artist
*He came to Nankatsu a few days after Tsubasa, whom he becomes his best friend. Taro moves from one place to another, following his father who works as a traveling artist. Before he met Tsubasa at Nankatsu, he played with Hyuga, Takeshi and Ken at Meiwa and with Matsuyama at Furano. Taro is sweet, kind and loyal to his friends. He is also sensitive to everybody’s feelings. Taro is a tender-hearted boy who is always smiling. But don’t underestimate him because he is as skilful as Tsubasa. Taro is also one of the 7 members to be excluded from the Japanese National Team after they lost to R.J.7 in 3 group matches in the Captain Tsubasa J series. The Boomerang Shot and the Boomerang Pass was something Taro developed after he was excluded from the Japanese Team.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Boomerang Shoot, Green Cut Pass and Golden Combi''
'''{{nihongo|Jun Misugi|三杉 淳|Misugi Jun}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 23rd June
* '''National team jersey number:''' #14
* '''Position:''' Defender / Part-time coach
* '''Nickname:''' Field no Kikoshi (Field Prince), Ace of Glass
*Jun Misugi is easily one of Japan’s best players. Unfortunately his failing heart condition forces him to play for only a short time almost every game. During Japan's match against Argentina, Japan's coach silently thought to himself that Jun would have been Japan's top player(even better than Tsubasa) if it wasn't for his current heart injury; indeed, Jun scored Japan's final goal in that match. He completely recovered in the World Youth Series though. Jun is strong-willed and dedicated besides being kind and clever. Jun can read the opposing team’s formation and tactics even when he is not playing on the field; not to mention his ability on how to control his opponent’s movements.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Drive shoot, Overhead Kick and Off-side strategy''
'''{{nihongo|Hikaru Matsuyama|松山 光|Matsuyama Hikaru}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 21st June
* '''National team jersey number:''' #12
* '''Position:''' Sweeper (defending midfielder)
* '''Nickname:''' Wild Eagle
*Hikaru Matsuyama is one of the best defenders in the world. He can intercept many passes and shots from the opposing team. Matsuyama is selfless and he is a smart leader. But he can be very reserved sometimes. Matsuyama is well-known for his great ball control and accuracy. It was stated in an episode of Captain Tsubasa that he is considered to have the best footwork among the Japanese players. Any team would be very lucky to have him as a defender. His trademark shot called Eagle Shot or Arawashishot(Wild Eagle Shot), a powerful ground shot. In the Captain Tsubasa original series, it is said that Matsuyama's Arawashi Shot was inspired when he watched a group of girls playing volleyball with the Furano team manager and later his girlfriend, Yoshiko Fujisawa. However, in the Road to 2002 / Road to Dream series, the Arawashi Shot was something Matsuyama thought up himself to defeat Tsubasa and Nankatsu FC.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Eagle shoot, Avalanche strategy''
'''{{nihongo|Shingo Aoi|葵 新伍|Aoi Shingo}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 12th March
* '''National team jersey number:''' #20
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder
* '''Nickname:''' Prince of the Sun, Green light,Midfield's Dynamo
*Excellent player who debuted in the series in the World Youth saga, previous number 12 of Nakahara FC and later went to train to Italy but previous to that he received three coins from Tsubasa that Aoi keeps as luck charms. He played in FC Inter Milan and became friends with Gino Hernandez, and he developed a grude against Gentile. After two years of training in that team, he was called to go back to the Japanese Youth Team to play against Thailand. He left Inter to go to play for a [[Serie C1]] team, Albese. He's very fast and has excellent techniques, even becoming friends with Tsubasa and Misaki to made a "Golden Trio".
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Overhead Kick, Chokkaku Feint, Chokkaku Tornedo Feint, Golden Trio(With Tsubasa and Misaki), Chokomaka Defense(One-Shot All Stars), Hinotama Press(One-Shot All Stars), Shinkansen Shoot, Twin Shoot, Heikaku Feint, Fake Chokkaku Feint, Chokkaku Dribble, Matanuki Shoot, Matanuki Rovesciata, Various Angle Feint''.
'''{{nihongo|Makoto Soda|早田 誠|Sōda Makoto}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 10th July
* '''National team jersey number:''' #7
* '''Position:''' Defender
* '''Nickname:''' Ace Killer, Kamisori Fighter
*Makoto Soda is a fearsome defender who knows how to injure people with tackles without the referee's knowledge. He is quite fast and he tends to put effects on his balls when he passes or shoots. A bit like Hyuga and Napoleon, he is an impulsive person and can get into a fight with someone. His various techniques include kamisori Shoot, kamisori pass and kamisori tackle.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Kamisori Shoot, Kamisori Centering and Kamisori Tackle''
'''{{nihongo|Shun Nitta|新田 瞬|Nitta Shun}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 22nd March
* '''National team jersey number:''' #18
* '''Position:''' Forward
* '''Nickname:''' Speed Star, Falcon Fighter
*Shun Nitta is one of the youngest player in Japan. But he is the fastest runner there. Being a forward in Japan national team, Nitta has an incredible speed. It is said that he can run 100 metres in 11 seconds or less. Nitta is very kind and he respected all the players on the team. Although he is a bit arrogant and impulsive at first, Nitta can be considered as one of the most talented forward in Japan.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Falcon Shoot, Jumping Falcon Volley Shoot, Running Falcon Shoot and Left Falcon Shoot''
'''{{nihongo|Ken Wakashimazu|若島津 健|Wakashimazu Ken}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 29th December
* '''National team jersey number:''' #17
* '''Position:''' Goalkeeper, Forward
* '''Nickname: '''SGKK (Super Great Karate Keeper)
*Ken Wakashimazu is one of Japan’s top goalkeepers. He used to be a karate fighter before becoming a goalkeeper. Known as the“ Karate Keeper ”, Ken uses his karate skills and speed to his advantage as a goalkeeper. A cool guy, Ken is faithful to his best friends, which are Hyuga and Takeshi. He is a bit conceited at first, though. Ken is calm and can read one team’s tactics very quickly. However, he always gets competitive with Genzo in seeing who is a better goalkeeper. In the new Golden-23 series he becomes a forward and scores a goal in a friendly match against Nigeria.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Shuto Defense & Sankaku geri defense'' ''Overhead Kick''
'''{{nihongo|Ishizaki Ryo|石崎 了|Ryo Ishizaki}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 1st April
* '''National team jersey number:''' 4
* '''Position:''' Defender
* '''Nickname:''' Monkey
*Ishizaki Ryo is Tsubasa's best friend since the story's very beginning. Though Ishizaki's soccer techniques are far from Tsubasa's level, his strong will and relentless personality has won himself a position in the national team. A demonstration of this is shown during World Youth Cup Finals when Ishizaki was knocked out-cold by blocking an extremely powerful shot at close distance with his face.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Face Block Defense''
'''{{nihongo|Sawada Takeshi|沢田タケシ|Takeshi Sawada}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 2nd January
* '''National team jersey number:''' 15
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder
* '''Nickname:''' Star of Next Generation, Extension of Golden Age
'''{{nihongo|Tachibana Masao|立花 政夫|Tachibana Masao}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 6th October
* '''National team jersey number:''' 2
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder, Defender
* '''Nickname:''' TBD
'''{{nihongo|Tachibana Kazuo|立花 和夫|Tachibana Kazuo}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 6th October
* '''National team jersey number:''' 3
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder, Defender
* '''Nickname:''' TBD
'''{{nihongo|Jitou Hiroshi|次藤 洋|Hiroshi Jitou}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 29th April
* '''National team jersey number:''' 5
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder, Defender
* '''Nickname:''' Giant
'''{{nihongo|Mitsuru Sano|佐野 滿|Sano Mitsuru}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 2nd August
* '''National team jersey number:''' 16
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder
* '''Nickname:''' Field Acrobat
'''{{nihongo|Tomeya Akai|赤井 止也|Akai Tomeya}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 10th May
* '''National team jersey number:''' 23
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder, Defender
* '''Nickname:''' Red Stopper
'''{{nihongo|Igawa|井川 岳人|Igawa}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' TBD
* '''National team jersey number:''' 32
* '''Position:''' Any Position (Including Goalkeeper)
* '''Nickname:''' TBD
'''{{nihongo|Furukawa|古川 洸太郎|Furukawa}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' TBD
* '''National team jersey number:''' 26
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder
* '''Nickname:''' TBD
'''{{nihongo|Kazami|風見 信之介|Kazami}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' TBD
* '''National team jersey number:''' 25
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder
* '''Nickname:''' TBD
'''{{nihongo|Soga|曾我 佑二|Soga}}'''
* '''Date of birth:''' TBD
* '''National team jersey number:''' 32
* '''Position:''' Forward
* '''Nickname:''' TBD
{{nihongo|'''Mamoru Izawa|井沢 守|Izawa Mamoru}}
* '''Date of birth:''' 20th December
* '''National team jersey number:''' #8
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder
* '''Nickname:''' Field Soldier
*Mamoru Izawa is a substitute of Japan. He is a specialist at headers and usually wins most of his heading duels. He also has a good team play especially with Kisugi and Taki. The three of them form the Shutetsu Trio which is a combination of fast passes to each other. Izawa is the most skillful in the Shutetsu Trio. Although Izawa is only a substitute of Japan, he has proved himself several times that he was a good defender. In the new Golden-23 series, in a match vs Denmark, he replaces Jito and showed that he was capable of defending.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Shutetsu Trio''
{{nihongo|'''Hajime Taki|滝 一|Taki Hajime}}
* '''Date of birth:''' 8th August
* '''National team jersey number:''' #13
* '''Position:''' Forward
* '''Nickname:''' Excellent Wing
*Hajime Taki is a substitute of Japan. His best friend is Kisugi and they have always been together since primary school. Together with Kisugi and Izawa, The three of them form the Shutetsu Trio which is a combination of fast passes to each other. He is reasonably fast and his favourite technique is to run straight along the right side line of the field.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Shutetsu Trio and Nankatsu Silver Combi''
{{nihongo|'''Teppei Kisugi|来生 哲兵|Kisugi Teppei}}
* '''Date of birth:''' 15th May
* '''National team jersey number:''' #19
* '''Position:''' Forward
* '''Nickname:''' Maintainer of Score of Shutetsu
*Kisugi Teppei is a substitute of Japan. His best friend is Taki and they have always been together since primary school. Together with Taki and Izawa, the three of them form the Shutetsu Trio which is a combination of fast passes to each other.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Shutetsu Trio & Nankatsu Silver Combi''
*'''Ryo Ishizaki'''-He plays as defender in the team.He is the first person to ask Tsubasa to join the team.He starts dating Yukari after world youth
===Foreign Players===
'''Karl Heinz Schneider (Germany)'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 4th July
* '''National team jersey number:''' #11
* '''Position:''' Forward
* '''Team:''' Bayern Munich (Germany)
* '''Nickname:''' The Kaiser, King of German football
*He is the captain and ace striker of the German team. He is also the guy whom Genzo admired the most when he was in Germany since many shots from Schneider were untouchable. He can be called the European version of Tsubasa since they're surprisingly similar in looks (their only real differences are the eye and hair colors; Tsubasa has black hair and black eyes, while Schneider has blond hair and blue eyes). Schneider is very sweet and kind in real life (he loves his family dearly, specially after his parent's close divorce), but he is very dangerous on the field and is a very noble and dignified rival to Genzo.
*'''Special Techniques:''' ''Fire Shot, Neo Fire Shot, Chokusenteki Dribble''
'''Carlos Santana (Brazil)'''
* '''Date of birth:''' 1st May
* '''National team jersey number:''' #11
* '''Position:''' Forward
* '''Team:''' Valencia CF (Spain)
* '''Nickname:''' Son of the Soccer God, Soccer Cyborg
*He is one of the best strikers currently playing in Brazil. He is nicknamed Son of the Soccer God because he was left abandoned on a football field. He is similar to Tsubasa in that he considers the ball to be his friend and like Tsubasa he has been playing football since he was a young child. Despite his nickname Santana is an atheist, when his adoptive parents were sick Santana prayed to God and begged him to make them live. Despite this his parents still died, and he was then abused by his new foster father. Santana prefers the Nickname Soccer Cyborg since he claims to ''have never felt anything since he was a child''. However, after playing against Tsubasa, he somewhat regained his faith, and later on even thanked God for giving him the chance to play against Tsubasa again.
* '''Special Techniques:''' ''Brazil Golden Combi(With Léo), Brazil Golden Trio(With Natureza and Rivaul), Chokusenteki Dribble, Flying Drive Shoot(From Tsubasa,)Golden Eagle Shoot(From Tsubasa), Heel Lift, Jumping Volley Arrow Shoot(Inspired by Tsubasa),Overhead Kick, Rolling Arrow Jumping Overhead(Inspired by Tsubasa), Rolling Overhead, Rising Arrow Shoot(Inspired by Tsubasa), Santana Turn, Skywing Shoot(From Roberto), Tornado Arrow Skywing Shoot(Inspired by Roberto,Tsubasa and Hino), Twin Shoot(With Natureza)''
'''Elle Sid Pierre (France)'''
* '''Date of Birth:''' 16th August
* '''National team Jersey Number:''' #10
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder
* '''Team:''' Paris Saint Germain (France)
* '''Nickname:''' Field Artist, Beautiful Beast
*He is the Captain, and Play maker of the France team. El Sid (Alcide) Pierre is the son of a multi-millionaire, he was disgusted with how he was treated because of this whether it was with favoritism or discrimination. His only outlet was football, he practiced football because ''in football there are no relations, poor or rich, the rules are the same for everyone, and everyone's objective is the ball.'' Pierre is very patriotic and places enormous pressure upon himself to perform well for France. He has developed a rivalry with Misaki of Japan.
* '''Special Techniques:''' ''Slide Shoot'', ''Off-side Strategy, Eiffel Attack(with Napoleon)''
'''Juan Diaz (Argentina)'''
* '''Date of Birth:''' 25th January
* '''National team Jersey Number:''' #10
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder
* '''Team:''' Argentinos Juniors (Argentina)
* '''Nickname:''' Heaven-sent Child of Soccer, Soccer Genius
*He is the Captain and top scorer of the Argentina team. At first Diaz is arrogant and conceited, but he is somewhat humbled after his match with Japan and duel with Tsubasa. Diaz has been playing football since he was 7 months old, and is considered to be a Soccer Genius. Throughout Argentina no one of his age group could compete with him, at 12 years old he was recruited by his hometown's club along with his best friend Alan Pascal. Diaz is very talented and has been deemed to be the next generation superstar of Argentina Soccer, even being compared to [[Diego Maradona]]. Because of their talents and similarities he has developed a rivalry with Tsubasa of Japan.
* '''Special Techniques:''' ''Drive Shooter, Argentina Golden Combi(with Pascal), Drive Shoot, Acrobatics''
'''Gino Hernandez (Italy)'''
* '''Date of Birth:''' 4th February
* '''National team Jersey Number:''' #1
* '''Position:''' Goalkeeper
* '''Team:''' Internazionale FC (Italy)
* '''Nickname:''' Perfect Keeper
* Hernandez is the Italy Team's Regular Goal Keeper. He is widely considered to be the best goal Keeper for Italy in the Youth division and was even considered to be the best keeper in Europe amongst the Jr Youth Division(even above Wakabayashi Genzo). Gino is a strong patriot which is evident as he made his best efforts to prevent Italy from losing to un-developed Soccer nations during the International Jr Youth Tournament so that Italy's Soccer tradition and legend would not be tarnished. Gino plays in the Inter Milan club along with Aoi Shingo, the two developed a friendship after Gino recognized Aoi's potential and determination. Gino's skills as a keeper is superb as he is able to stop many great shots from many great players. Gino also has the ability to remain calm in dire situations and create strategies as he displayed in Italy's match against Japan.
'''Natureza (Brazil)'''
* '''Date of birth:''' Unknown
* '''National team jersey number:''' #10
* '''Position:''' Mid-fielder
* '''Team:''' Real Madrid CF (Spain)
* '''Nickname:''' King of Soccer, The Galactic Army (Along with the other stars of Real Madrid)
*He is an extremely talented young player born in the Amazonas in Brazil, by been born in there he never play in any club of soccer and only train in his village with his friends. He is nicknamed the King of Soccer because of his great ability with the ball, he has all the attributes to be the greatest soccer player in the world, only compared to Tsubasa. He is founded by Roberto Hongo in one of his trips and saw in the young boy a great spirit just like he saw in Tsubasa years ago. The first time he appeared in the story is in the final of the U-20 World Youth between Brazil and Japan, he scores a superb goal by passing through Tsubasa with the Aurora Feint and finally doing an Overhead shoot named Nidan Flying Drive Shoot, scoring to Wakabayashi out of the penalty area, something that only two players had done. Later the Brazil team loses the match by a golden goal of Tsubasa been this the reason for him to decide to play for a club to continue playing against Tsubasa. He later is contracted by the Real Madrid and they confronted again in the ''Super Clasico: Real Madrid vs. Barcelona'' where he is defeated again in a great match that ends 6-5 for Barcelona. He is still playing for the Real Madrid and we can see that a second confrontation with Tsubasa is about to happened in a chapter of the Golden 23 but the result is remain unknown.
* '''Special Techniques:''' ''Aurora Feint, Back Heel Pass, Kakudo 0 no Shoot (angle 0 shoot), Nidan Flying Drive Shoot, Rabona Feint, Flying Drive Shoot, Heel Lift, Jumping Volley, Overhead Kick, Pass Mawashi, Handoshusoku Jinho (Reverse Shoot), Twin Shoot(With Roberto Carolus and Santana), Basketball Ball Keep, Brazil Golden Trio (with Santana and Rivaul)''
===Non-players===
* {{nihongo|'''Sanae Nakazawa'''|中沢 早苗|Nakazawa Sanae}} (known as Anego -"older sister"- in the anime series): Oozora Tsubasa's cheerleader, team manager, girlfriend and later wife. In the new golden-23 series she is pregnant.
* '''Yayoi Aoba''': Tsubasa's first friend and Jun Misugi's close friend.
* '''Yoshiko Fujisawa''': Hikaru's assistant and later girlfriend. She moved to the United States, to return some months later.
* '''Kumi Sugimoto''': Sanae's close friend, who joins the Nankatsu club because of her crush on Tsubasa. When she declares her love for him but he tells her that he loves Sanae, she accepts it and encourages him to tell her.
* '''Yukari Nishimoto''': Originally from Nagasaki, she's the cousin of Jito Hiroshi and the best friend of Sanae. In the WYC manga, she falls for Ryo Ishizaki and they later start dating.
* '''Kaori Matsumoto''': First the castout for the Toho team, later Hyuga Kojiro's manager.
* {{Nihongo|'''Roberto Hongo'''|ロベルト本郷|Roberuto Hongō}}: A former [[Brazil]]ian player who was forced to retire after an eye injury. Trained Tsubasa and Nankatsu's Team, and later, became the coach for Brazil.
==History==
===Manga===
*''Captain Tsubasa'' (1981-1988 in [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]; 37 volumes)
*Captain Tsubasa Boku wa Misaki Taro (lit. I am Taro Misaki) (one-shot)
*Captain Tsubasa:Saikyo no teki:Holland Youth (one-shot)
*''Captain Tsubasa: "World Youth" Saga'' (1994-1997 in Weekly Shōnen Jump; 18 volumes)
*''Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002'' (2001-2004 in [[Weekly Young Jump]]; 15 volumes; 144 chapters)
*Captain Tsubasa Millennium Dream (one-shot)
*Captain Tsubasa Final Countdown (one-shot)
*''Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 - Go for 2006'' (5 chapters included in the 15th volume of Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002)
*Captain Tsubasa FCRB (one-shot)
*Captain Tsubasa Golden dream (one-shot)
*''Captain Tsubasa: All Star Game'' (one-shot; 5 chapters)
*''Captain Tsubasa: Golden 23'' (2005-present in Weekly Young Jump)
*Captain Tsubasa Japan Dream 2006 ([[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]])
===Anime===
* 1983 ~ 1986: ''Captain Tsubasa'' (TV Series)
* 1985/07/13: ''Captain Tsubasa: Europe Daikessen'' (Movie)
* 1985/12/21: ''Captain Tsubasa: Ayaushi! Zen Nihon Jr.'' (Movie)
* 1986/03/15: ''Captain Tsubasa: Asu ni Mukatte Hashire'' (Movie)
* 1986/07/12: ''Captain Tsubasa: Sekai Daikessen! Jr. World Cup!'' (Movie)
* 1989 ~ 1990: ''Shin Captain Tsubasa'' (OVA Series)
* 1994: ''Captain Tsubasa Saikyou no Teki! Holland Youth'' (OVA)
* 1994 ~ 1995: ''Captain Tsubasa J'' (TV Series)
* 2001 ~ 2002: ''Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002'' (TV Series: officially known as simply ''Captain Tsubasa'' and "Road to Dream")
===Episodes===
{{see also|List of Captain Tsubasa episodes}}
===Match Results===
'''MATCH RESULTS FOR CAPTAIN TSUBASA'''
*Nankatsu 5 - Nishigaoka 2
*Nankatsu 2 - Shutetsu 2
*Nankatsu SC 7 - Fuji FC 0
*Nankatsu SC 10 - Igawa SC 0
*Nankatsu SC 11 - Kakegawa FC 0
*Nankatsu SC 8 - Hatsukura SC 0
*Nankatsu SC 9 - Nakano FC 0
*Nankatsu SC 7 - Hamana FC 0
*Nankatsu SC 3 - Shimada SC 2
*Nankatsu SC 3 - Shimizu FC 0
*Meiwa FC 4 - ????? 3
*Furano 1 - Sapporo FC 0
*Nankatsu SC 6 - Meiwa FC 7
*Nankatsu SC 9 - Oozu SS 0
*Nankatsu SC 3 - Hanawa 2
*Nankatsu SC 5 - Naniwa SC 1
*Nankatsu SC 7 - Shinshiro 0
*Musashi FC 6 - Hitachi 2
*Meiwa FC 5 - Katsunishi 1
*Furano 3 - Yonago 1
*Nankastu SC 5 - Musashi FC 4
*Meiwa FC 3 - Furano 2
*Nankatsu SC 4 - Meiwa FC 2
*Nankatsu 6 - Ito 0
*Nankatsu 3 - Kawane 0
*Nankatsu 7 - Hamanaka 1
*Nankatsu 4 - Otaichi 0
*Nankatsu 5 - Okabe 1
*Nanktasu 3 - Ohtomo 1
*Tohou 3 - Musashi 2
*Nankatsu 2 - Azumaichi 1
*Nankatsu 6 - Nishikigaoka 0
*Nankatsu 3 - Hanawa 2
*Nankatsu 4 - Hirado 3
*Meiwa 2 - Kanemura 0
*Tohou 3 - Chuubo 0
*Furano 2 - Minamiuwa 1
*Nankatsu 3 - Furano 2
*Tohou 2 - Meiwa 1
*Nankatsu 4 - Tohou 4
'''MATCH RESULTS FOR SHIN CAPTAIN TSUBASA'''
*[[Japan national football team|Japan]] 3 - Mihara FC (more than 21 years old team) 1
*Japan 2 - Mikadowa FC (more than 21 years old team) 0
*Japan 2 - Toho FC (more than 21 years old team) 1
*Japan 1 - [[Hamburger SV]] 5
*Japan 2 - [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] 3
*Italy 1 - Werder Bremen 0
*Japan 3 - [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] 0
*Japan 3 - [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] 1
*[[Germany national football team|Germany]] 4 - [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] 0
*Germany 4 - [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] 1
*Portugal 1 - Canada 0
*[[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] 3 - Belgium 1
*Uruguay 1 - [[Spain national football team|Spain]] 0
*Spain 2 - Belgium 2
*[[France national football team|France]] 3 - [[England national football team|England]] 1
*England 2 - [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] 0
*France 3 - Malaysia 0
*Japan 2 - [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 1
*[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] 5 - Italy 0
*Japan 5 - Argentina 4
*Germany 6 - Uruguay 1
*France 4 - Japan 4 (4-5 after penalty kicks)
*Japan 3 - Germany 2
*Japan (more than 21 years old team) 3 - [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] 3
*Bayern Munich 1 - Hamburger SV 2
*Nankatsu SC 0 - Ohtomo FC 1
*Nankatsu SC 1 - Toho FC 2
'''MATCH RESULTS FOR CAPTAIN TSUBASA WORLD YOUTH'''
*[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]] 2 - [[A.C. Milan]] 1
*Inter Milan 2 - [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] 3
*Inter Milan 1 - [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] 0
*[[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo FC]] 4 - [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|CR Flamengo]] 3
*Japan1 2 - R.J.7 3
*Japan2 0 - R.J.7 5
*Japan3 0 - R.J.7 6
*Japan 2 - [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]] 1
*[[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] 12 - [[Guam national football team|Guam]] 0
*Japan 4 - Guam 0
*Thailand 11 - China Tai Pei 0
*Guam 1 - China Tai Pei 1
*Japan 5 - Thailand 4
*Japan (excluded players) 10 - R.J.7 2
*Japan 8 - [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]] 1
*Japan 4 - [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] 1
*Japan 6 - [[China PR national football team|People's Republic of China]] 3
*Japan 3 - [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] 0
*Japan 2 - [[Korea Republic national football team|South Korea]] 0
*Japan 2 - [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] 1
*Japan 6 - Uruguay 5
*Japan 4 - Italy 0
*Japan 1 - [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] 0 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
*Japan 1 - [[Netherlands national football team|Holland]] 0
*Japan 3 - [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] 2
'''MATCH RESULTS FOR CAPTAIN TSUBASA ROAD TO 2002'''
*São Paulo-[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] 5-1
*Hamburger SV-Werder Bremen 1-0
*Hamburger SV-[[1. FC Köln|Koln]] 2-0
*Hamburger SV-[[SC Freiburg|Freiburg]] 1-0
*Juventus-[[Parma F.C.|Parma]] 1-0
*[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona B]]-[[Albacete Balompié|Albacete]] 10-0
*Barcelona-[[Valencia CF|Valencia]] 2-2
*Bayern Munich-Hamburger SV 2-1
*[[Málaga CF|Málaga B]]-Barcelona B 1-7
*[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]-[[Shimizu S-Pulse]] 2-1
*[[Cerezo Osaka]]-[[Tokyo Verdy|Tokyo Verdy 1969]] 2-0
*Gamba Osaka-Yokohama F. Marinos 1-0
*Avispa Fukuoka-Ichihara Jef United 2-1
*Kashima Antlers-Vissel Kobe 4-2
*Nagoya-Kashiwa 1-0
*Consadole Sapporo-FC Tokyo 1-1
*Jubilo Iwata-Urawa Red Diamond 2-1
*Barcelona B-Racing de Santander 7-1
*Barcelona-Rayo Vallecano 2-3
*Celta Vigo-Barcelona 3-0
*Barcelona-Real Madrid 6-5
'''MATCH RESULTS FOR CAPTAIN TSUBASA GOLDEN-23'''
*Japan-Germany 2-2
*Real Valladolid-Barcelona 0-2
*Real Madrid-Oviedo 2-2
*Japan U-20-Korea U-20 1-1 6-5 pk
*Japan U-22-Denmark U-22 4-2
*Barcelona-Sevilla 3-1
*Japan U-22-Nigeria U-22 2-2
*Valencia-Barcelona 2-3
*Japan U-22-Paraguay U-22 3-0
*Barcelona-Atlético Madrid 2-1
*Japan-Malaysia: 6-0
*Japan-Malaysia(return match): 5-0
*Japan-Thailand:2-0
*Japan-Thailand(return match): 3-0
*Japan-Bahrain: ???-???(Japan wins)
*Japan-Bahrain(return match): 5-0
*Japan-Vietnam : 5-0
*Japan-Saudi Arabia : 1-1
*Japan-Australia : 1-3
*Japan-Saudi Arabia (return match): 2-0
*Australia-Vietnam (return match): 5-0
*Japan-Vietnam (return match): 4-0
*Australia-Saudi Arabia (return match): 1-1
*Japan-Australia (return match) : 4-1
==Music==
'''Captain Tsubasa'''
*Opening
# '''''Moete Hero''''' by Hiroyuki Okita
*Ending
# '''''Fuyu no Lion''''' (『冬のライオン』)by Hiroyuki Okita
'''Shin Captain Tsubasa'''
*Opening
# '''''So Long Dear Friend''''' by JETZT
*Ending
# '''''Saigo no FIRST KISS''''' by Maimoku Sakura
'''Captain Tsubasa J'''
*Opening
# '''''Fighting''''' by Face Free
*Ending
# '''''Otokodaro''''' (『男だろっ』) by Yamazaki Ayako
'''Captain Tsubasa Road To 2002 / Road To Dream'''
*Opening
# '''''Dragon Screamer''''' by [[Da Pump]] (EP 1 - 35)
# '''''Our Relation''''' by [[Eriko Imai|Imai Eriko]] (EP 36 - 52)
*Ending
# '''''Feel So Right''''' by [[MAX (band)|MAX]] (EP 1 - 13)
# '''''Katsu ''''' Arranged by Toul Soul Brothers, Music by D.A.I(EP 14 - 26)
# '''''Keep On Going''''' by [[Atsuko Enomoto|Enomoto Atsuko]] (EP 27 - 39)
# '''''Break Off!''''' by DASEIN - (EP 40 - 52)
==Video games==
''Captain Tsubasa'' was adapted into several Nintendo Super Famicom (the Japanese equivalent of Super NES) video game adaptations. It can be considered either a "Sports [[Role-playing game|RPG]]" or "Soccer [[simulation]]". Characters run down the field in real time, but when a player comes into contact with an opposing player, a turn based battle is initiated. The player can select moves such as "[[Sliding tackle|slide tackle]]" or "head butt" depending on the situation, and success is based on individual teammate stats, which improves with each win. Animations are impressive for the original Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System), demonstrating smooth and dynamic moves, large and fast moving sprites, and physics-defying moves.
Upon release, the soccer-based RPGs topped the sales charts in both Japan and South America, even an official Spanish languaged version was published.
''Captain Tsubasa'' for [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] was distributed in North America as [[Tecmo Cup Soccer Game]], as part of the [[Tecmo]] sports franchise. It was heavily [[Americanization|Americanize]]d, featuring a different main character, a different introduction, different music, and more American looking characters (no spiky black hair, for example).
[[Tecmo Cup Football Game]], on the other hand, is a Captain Tsubasa rip-off designed for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]/Genesis and targeted for the European market. It features an overall looking much more reminiscent to the Japanese series, only avoiding the original Captain Tsubasa characters' and instead replacing them with similar redesigned ones, following characteristics from the German ethnicity (mostly spiky blonde/brown hair and large blue eyes) along with using western names.
''Tecmo World Cup'', ''Tecmo World Cup '92'', and ''Tecmo World Cup '93'' for the [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] are unrelated to the ''Captain Tsubasa'' series.
Each subsequent release in the series improved on graphics and gameplay. ''Captain Tsubasa J'', the final ''Captain Tsubasa'' game for the Super Famicom (Super NES), abandons the RPG formula and plays as a traditional soccer action title. Another game based on ''Captain Tsubasa J'' was later released on the Sony [[PlayStation]], "Captain Tsubasa J: Get In The Tomorrow" by Bandai.
In the [[Nintendo DS]] crossover fighting game ''[[Jump Ultimate Stars]]'', Tsubasa, Wakabayashi and Hyuga appear as support characters, while Roberto and Sanae appear as helper characters.
====List of games====
*'''[[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]]'''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa (Famicom)|Captain Tsubasa]]''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa Vol. II: Super Striker]]''
*'''[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]'''
**''[[Tecmo Cup Soccer Game]]''
*'''[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]'''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa 3: Koutei no Chousen]] (Challenge of Kaiser)''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa 4: Pro no Rival Tachi]] (Pro's Rivals)''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa 5: Hasha no Shougou Canpione]] (Boy's Soccer Team)''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa J: The Way to World Youth]]''
*'''[[Game Boy]]'''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa Vs.]]''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa J]]''
*'''[[Sega Mega Drive|Mega Drive]]'''
**''[[Tecmo Cup Football Game]]''
*'''[[Sega Mega-CD|Mega-CD]]'''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa (Mega-CD)|Captain Tsubasa]]''
*'''[[PlayStation]]'''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa J: Get In The Tomorrow]]''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa: Aratenaru Densetsu Joshou]]''
*'''[[PlayStation 2]]'''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa (2006 game)|Captain Tsubasa]]''
*'''[[Game Boy Advance]]'''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa: Eikou no Kiseki]]''
*'''[[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]]'''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa: Ougon Sedai no Chousen]]''
*'''[[Personal computer|PC]]'''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa Jikkyou Typing]]''
*'''Mobile Phone'''
**''[[Captain Tsubasa: Nankatsu vs. Toho]]''
==Impact==
*Because of its potential to help promote the sport, [[Japan Football Association]] assisted with the development of the ''Captain Tsubasa'' series.
*''Captain Tsubasa'' has inspired the likes of prominent [[Association football|footballer]]s such as [[Hidetoshi Nakata]],<ref>''[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-1965125,00.html ‘I don’t understand why people are football fans. I don’t like to watch any kind of sport’]'' - by Jonathan Northcroft, ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', [[January 1]], [[2006]].</ref> [[Seigo Narazaki]], [[Zinedine Zidane]], [[Francesco Totti]], [[Fernando Torres]], [[Matias Fernandez]], [[Alexis Sanchez]] and [[Alessandro Del Piero]] <ref>''[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_10-5-2002_pg2_12 Comic strip hero who inspired Nakata and Del Piero]'' - by ''[[Agence France-Presse]]'', May 10, 2002</ref> to play football and choose it as a career.
* Some characters in the Captain Tsubasa series are based on real life football players. For example Juan Diaz, Brain Cruyfford and Mark Owairan are based on [[Diego Maradona]], [[Johan Cruijff]] and [[Saeed Al-Owairan]] respectively.
* Real life players such as [[Yasuhiko Okudera]] and [[Ruud Gullit]] have been actively featured in the manga.
*A part of a scene from the famous Nankatsu-Toho Final appeared in another football anime called ''Pegasus''.
*There is a small parody of captain Tsubasa in the first episode of "Eyeshield 21" which is an American football anime.
*[[Shaolin Soccer]] was inspired by Captain Tsubasa.<ref>[http://www.premiere.com/features/1073/q-a-stephen-chow-page2.html Q&A: Stephen Chow]</ref> The final shot in the movie, in which the ball mimics the form of a tiger, is based on Hyuga's trademark tiger shot.
*In the Arabic dub of the show, Tsubasa is called Majed after the Saudi football star [[Majed Abdullah]].
*Recently a Japanese-aid truck in Iraq was decorated with images of Captain Tsubasa, to dissipate people's fear of it, due to the popularity of the program.
*In volume 52 of JoJo's Bizarre adventure, inside of Coco Jumbo's stand-created room, there's a Tv showing the face of the protagonist Tsubasa Oozora.
*Captain Tsubasa has been very successful in Mexico and other Latin American countries that have a great love for football. In Mexico there were several name changes, as the series being called Super Campeones. Tsubasa Ozora was named Oliver Atom, Kojiro Hyuga was named Steve Hyuga, Genzo Wakabayashi was named Benji Price, Taro Misaki was named Tom Misaki and Ken Wakashimazu was named Richard Tex-Tex, among others. Of the most popular characters, Aoi Shingo actually kept his name intact, although he was known as Terry in Spain dubbing.
*In Brazil, even though all Japanese family names were retained (except for Roberto, who had his Hongo surname replaced with the nickname ''Maravilha'', which means "wonder"), three of the characters had their given names changed: Ozora was renamed Oliver Tsubasa, Genzo was rebaptized Benji Wakabayashi and Taro was rechristened Carlos Misaki.
*Captain Tsubasa was also highly popular in Italy and Spain. Entitled "Holly & Benji" in Italy and "Campeones: Oliver y Benji" in Spain, most of the characters' Japanese names were changed to English names, such as Oliver "Holly" Hutton (pronounced "Atton", also spelled Atton in the spanish version) for Captain Tsubasa and Benji Price for Genzo Wakabayashi. Other notable names included Mark Landers, as Tsubasa Ozora's arch-rival Kojiro Hyuga. The team names were also changed to more English sounding names such as the "New Team" for Nankatsu (probably due to the "N" on their jerseys),"Saint Francis" for Shutetsu, "Mambo" for Musashi FC, and "Muppet" for Meiwa FC. Also, in Mexican version, the name for Nankatsu team was changed to Niupi, Meiwa FC was translated to "Franco Canadiense", Toho to "Colegio Superior", Musashi FC to "Colegio Aleman".
*As of may 2006 Captain Tsubasa has sold the 7th most copies of any manga serialized in Shōnen Jump, out selling series such as Rurouni Kenshin and Yu Yu Hakusho.
==See also==
*[[Football in Japan]]
==Notes and references==
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==External links==
;Official sites
*[http://annex.s-manga.net/tsubasa/ ''Captain Tsubasa'' manga official website] {{ja icon}}
*[http://mangahelpers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=367 ''Captain Tsubasa'' English Scanlations] {{en icon}}
*[http://s1.zetaboards.com/TsubasaBlabble/index/ ''Captain Tsubasa'' Forum] {{en icon}}
*[http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/cap_tsuba/ TV Tokyo official ''Captain Tsubasa'' anime website] {{ja icon}}
*[http://www.animax.co.jp/program/program.php3?naiyo=m_captain_tsubasa Animax's ''Captain Tsubasa'' website] {{ja icon}}
*[http://www.animax-asia.com/synopsis/default.asp?pid=94 Animax East Asia website for ''Captain Tsubasa''] {{en icon}}
*[http://www.enokifilmsusa.com/library/tsubasa_origenal.htm Enoki Films USA ''Flash Kicker'' also known as ''Captain Tsubasa'' website] {{en icon}}
*[http://www.adidas.com/jp/sports/football/tsubasa/index.asp?strCountry_adidascom=jp&strBrand_adidascom=performance Adidas x ''Captain Tsubasa'' website] {{ja icon}}
; TV anime (in order of appearance)
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*{{ann anime|id=1782|title=Captain Tsubasa J}}
*{{ann anime|id=1145|title=Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002}}
*{{ann manga|id=4053|title=Captain Tsubasa}}
;Video Games
*[http://www.anime-games.co.uk/captsuindex.php Reviews] at ''Anime Video Games''
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