Captain Tsubasa

キャプテン翼

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Synopsis

11-year-old Tsubasa Ohzora transfers to his new school where he quickly becomes the star of the school's soccer team. His Brazilian coach, Roberto Hongo, notices the potential of the young athlete and soon offers him a chance to come with him to Brazil. Young Tsubasa trains more and more and is with each passing game more confident in his abilities. Old enemies become his friends and the World Cup seems closer and closer for him.

Publication notes

Captain Tsubasa has been published in Arabic by Kinokuniya since January 2017, and was published digitally in English through MANGA Plus on April 6, 2025.

Published

Mar 31, 1981 to Apr 26, 1988

Authors

Takahashi, Yoichi

External links

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MAL rank: #2681
Members (MAL): 8,391
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Sequel

Captain Tsubasa: World Youth-hen

Adaptation

Side Story

Captain Tsubasa Memories

Spin-Off

Boku wa Misaki Tarou

Alternative Version

Other

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Main characters

Tsubasa Oozora531 fan favorites
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Date of Birth: July 28 National team jersey number: #10 Position: Mid-fielder Nickname: Soccer Genius, Field Samurai, Oliver Hutton Tsubasa, the title character, is a boy whose was destined to become a born soccer 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 impossible to follow. (Source: Wikipedia)
Genzou Wakabayashi288 fan favorites
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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. (Source: Wikipedia)
Kojirou Hyuuga271 fan favorites
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Date of birth: 17th August National team jersey number: #9 Position: Forward Nickname: Tiger Striker To help his family, Kojirou Hyuuga 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, Hyuuga 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, Hyuuga is actually a gentle boy who cares about his family and friends. Special Techniques: Chokusenteki drible, Tiger Shot and Raiju Shoot and Toho Golden Combi
Tarou Misaki116 fan favorites
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Birthday: May 5 National team jersey number: #11 Position: Mid-fielder Nickname: Field Artist He came to Nankatsu a few days after Tsubasa and 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 just as skillful as Tsubasa.
Ryou Ishizaki22 fan favorites
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Ishizaki Ryou is Tsubasa Ozora's best friend since the story's very beginning. He lives in the city of Nankatsu, Shizuoka and is introduced as the captain of the until then very unsucessful Nankatsu elementary soccer team. 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 point blank range with his speciality, the face block defense.
Sanae Nakazawa8 fan favorites
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Sanae Nakazawa lives in Nankatsu, Shizuoka. She was formerly the chief of the Nankatsu Cheerleaders in Elemmentary School and then manager in Middle School. Thus she loves to support people who give their best to achieve their goals and dreams. As soon as meeting Tsubasa Ozora for the first time she became his biggest fan and developed a crush on him.