Kodoani.com – Kodansha announced on Wednesday that the soccer manga Blue Lock . Takenaka plays the main character Yoichi Isagi.
Other cast members include Nobunaga Satō as Meguru Bachira, Shōta Matsuda as Rensuke Kunigami and Ryō Saeki as Hyoma Chigiri.
Naohiro Ise will direct and write the script.
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, the Japanese team had trouble getting back together. But what is missing? An Ace Striker – the absolute striker who can guide them to victory. The Japan Football Federation desperately wanted to create a striker who was hungry for goals and hungry for victory, and who could be decisive in turning a losing streak… and to do so, they gathered 300 of Japan’s best players. and the brightest young players. Who will emerge to lead the team… and will they be able to overcome the muscle and ego of all who stand in their way?
Kaneshiro and Nomura launched the series on-going in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in August 2018. The series won the Best Shōnen Manga Award at the 45th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards last year. .
The manga is transitioning to a television anime that premiered on October 8 and is ongoing.