Inazuma Eleven/Inazuma Eleven Go Characters

These tropes apply to (almost) all the characters and will not have to be listed:
 * Anime Hair
 * Calling Your Attacks
 * Dub Name Change
 * I Can Still Fight
 * Meaningful Name

Please note that all Japanese characters are in Last Name First Name order.

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Matsukaze Tenma
"Voiced By: Yuka Terasaki"



"A naive boy who loves soccer. He possesses a zephyr-like breeziness."

""It'll work out somehow!""
 * Adorkable
 * Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Part of his hair is shaped like wings (or whirlwinds depending on who you ask), fitting his element.
 * Blow You Away
 * Catch Phrase
 * Catch Phrase
 * Catch Phrase

""So, Aki-nee, get any calls from America lately?""
 * Cheerful Child
 * Companion Cube: Treats soccer like a person, to the humor/annoyance of some.
 * Crippling Overspecialization: Dribbling, he admits, is about the only thing he's good at during the start of the series.
 * Determinator
 * First-Name Basis
 * Fragile Speedster
 * The Glomp: His favourite way to celebrate.
 * For Great Justice: Along with Endou, he wants to bring back real soccer.
 * Gray Eyes: Fits the (now rare) innocence archetype.
 * Heroes Love Dogs: Tenma loves Sasuke.
 * Heroic BSOD:
 * Keet
 * Naive Newcomer
 * Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: In Chrono Stone, he's somehow unaffected by the change when Protocol Omega erase soccer from reality, until they target him specifically.
 * Shipper on Deck


 * Wide-Eyed Idealist

Tsurugi Kyousuke
"Voiced By: Takeshi Oohara"



"A dark side striker who overwhelms everyone around him with his outstanding talent."


 * Ambiguously Evil
 * Even Evil Has Standards: in Episode 12.
 * Badass Cape: The way he wears his jacket creates this effect.
 * Brutal Honesty
 * Characterization Marches On: He becomes less irritable and more cool-headed instead after the early episodes.
 * Eyes of Gold: Orange, actually.
 * Lightning Bruiser: His hissatsu are fast and heavy-hitting. He himself is one of the stronger and faster players.
 * Nonuniform Uniform
 * Rebel Relaxation
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: He is cold and arrogant but he will go to great lengths for those he cares about.
 * Theme Naming: His Avatar is named after Lancelot, a figure in Arthurian mythology, just like that of his brother's in an alternate timeline.
 * Yin-Yang Bomb
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Rebel Relaxation
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: He is cold and arrogant but he will go to great lengths for those he cares about.
 * Theme Naming: His Avatar is named after Lancelot, a figure in Arthurian mythology, just like that of his brother's in an alternate timeline.
 * Yin-Yang Bomb
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Yin-Yang Bomb
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Shindou Takuto
"Voiced By: Mitsuki Saiga"



"The captain of the Raimon Soccer Club. A genius game maker known as the Baton of God."


 * Big Fancy House
 * Bishonen
 * Brown Eyes
 * The Captain / Red Armband of Leadership
 * The Chains of Commanding
 * Cultured Footballer: Is an accomplished pianist in addition to being a talented game maker.
 * Musical Assassin: His hissatsu are named after music terms, and he's often compared to a conductor.
 * The Power of Friendship:
 * Sparkling Stream of Tears
 * The Stoic: Introduced like this, but turns out to be...
 * Not So Stoic: Actually, he's quite emotional under pressure.
 * Tender Tears
 * Those Two Guys: With Kirino.
 * The Wise Prince
 * Trailers Always Spoil:

Nishizono Shinsuke
"Voiced By: Haruka Tomatsu"



"He has a ton of energy in his small body! A boy who always cheerfully faces forward."


 * Big Eater: As seen in the ending in GO.
 * Blush Sticker
 * Cheerful Child
 * Expy: of Endou. He can be considered a mini version of Endou as a goalkeeper.
 * Fan Nickname: Pikachu. Crossover fanarts started to appear.
 * First-Name Basis
 * Keet
 * Naive Newcomer
 * Older Than He Looks
 * Spring Jump: Not a gameplay element, but rather, a hissatsu. And his specialty is jump height.

Sorano Aoi
"Voiced By: Sayaka Kitahara"




 * Childhood Friends: With Tenma.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Cute Sports Club Manager
 * First-Name Basis
 * Girl Next Door
 * Nice Girl: She didn't laugh at Tenma when he wasn't good at playing football in the flashback to their childhood.
 * Tareme
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Yamana Akane



 * Camera Fiend
 * Chekhov's Gun: Her camera became useful in the match at Pinball Stadium.
 * Cute Sports Club Manager
 * Fan Girl: For "Shin-sama"
 * First-Name Basis
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Hidden Depths: Is the only one in Raimon who grasps the time travel and Parallel Worlds business immediately.
 * Purple Eyes
 * The Quiet One
 * Tareme
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The latter with Midori.
 * You Gotta Have Gray Hair

Seto Midori



 * Cute Sports Club Manager: Though technically she calls herself Tenma's personal cheerleader.
 * Hair Decorations: Sports a blue ribbon.
 * Expy: Although she's supposed to be the Natsumi of the managers, she is more similar to Touko Zaizen.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * First-Name Basis
 * Genki Girl
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: To the seniors in Raimon in the beginning when they were too negative about going against Fifth Sector.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Rose-Haired Girl: Definitely not the meek kind, though.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The former with Akane.

Sangoku Taichi


"Raimon's previous captain. His kindness is his team's mainstay."


 * The Captain: Formerly.
 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Momma's Boy: Non-negative example; his mom is something of a Doting Parent, but Sangoku is not at all timid and very responsible.
 * Playing with Fire
 * Precocious Crush: On Aki, in the video games.
 * Supreme Chef
 * Team Dad / Team Mom: Depends on what the team needs at the time.
 * The Worf Effect: Poor Sangoku. Even Kirino's seiyuu apologized for her line about him not being able to protect the goal.

Kirino Ranmaru
"Voiced By: Yuu Kobayashi"



"Raimon's beautiful ace defender. He understands Shindou very well."


 * Awesomeness By Analysis:
 * Bishonen
 * Blue Eyes
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady: Apparently deliberate. Kirino was designed with "beauty" in mind.
 * Expy: Pretty much Kazemaru 2.0 by far.
 * Nice Guy
 * Those Two Guys: With Shindou.
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair

Amagi Daichi


"The team's foremost giant, who hates warped fights."


 * The Big Guy
 * Stone Wall
 * Goggles Do Nothing
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Odd Friendship: With Hikaru.
 * Not So Different:
 * Stone Wall
 * : A milder example.
 * Verbal Tic: Adds "-do" to the end of his sentences.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair

Minamisawa Atsushi
"Voiced By: Yuuki Kaji"


 * Only In It For A Good Student Report
 * Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Trailer
 * Technicolor Eyes: Has central heterochromia. Red outer, gold inner.
 * Those Two Guys: Eventually becomes this with Hyoudou after his.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Trailer
 * Technicolor Eyes: Has central heterochromia. Red outer, gold inner.
 * Those Two Guys: Eventually becomes this with Hyoudou after his.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair

Kurumada Gouichi


"A guy with a fiery heart. He dribbles like a roaring locomotive."

"Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima"


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Can't Catch Up:
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Nice Guy: He encourages  when they assume goalkeeper position. He's also friendly in general.
 * Pointless Band-Aid

Hayami Tsurumasa
"Voiced By: Hiroyuki Yoshino"



"A talented midfielder. He quickly falls into a slump with negative thoughts."


 * The Cynic
 * Accentuate the Negative
 * Dismotivation: This left him particularly distressed when best friend Hamano starts getting enthusiastic about going against Fifth Sector.
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady: Blame the pigtails; he's otherwise obviously a boy.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Hamano.
 * Nerd Glasses: But they're thick round frames instead of being opaque.
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Skintone Sclerae
 * Talking to Himself: He shares the same seiyuu as Kidou, though this is mostly averted.
 * Talking to Himself: He shares the same seiyuu as Kidou, though this is mostly averted.

Kurama Norihito
"Voiced By: Ayahi Takagaki"




 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Animal Motifs: Snakes
 * The Cynic: He is not as negative as Hayami but still usually voices doubt about feasibility of the team's plan.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: Appeared to be this at first because he found Tenma annoying.
 * The Napoleon
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * The Worf Effect: His shoot hissatsu, Sidewinder, has the unfortunate fate of being often used to showcase how strong the opponent's goalkeeper is.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Hamano Kaiji


"The team's cheerful mood maker. His hobby is fishing."


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Brown Eyes
 * Expy: Take one good look at him and tell me he doesn't remind you of Tsunami.
 * Goggles Do Nothing
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Hayami.
 * Making a Splash
 * Nice Guy
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps: Rolls up the sleeves on his Raimon uniform.

Ichino Nanasuke
"A calm boy with a strong sense of responsiblity who supports the team as a strategist."

"Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa"


 * Blue Eyes
 * The Captain: Of Raimon's second team before being Curb Stomped by Tsurugi.
 * Multicolored Hair
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Still, he felt the worst about leaving among the members who quit.
 * Those Two Guys: With Aoyama.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Aoyama Shunsuke
"A logical soccer player. He never fails to analyze himself after games."


 * Satellite Character: To both Ichino and Shindou.
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here
 * Those Two Guys: With Ichino.
 * Those Two Guys: With Ichino.

Kariya Masaki


"A Raimon transfer student. He appears very nice on the surface, but is actually twofaced."


 * Bishonen
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: At first. He became more genuinely nice later.
 * Determinator
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Giver of Lame Names: His friends aren't impressed by the names he gives to the hissatsu tactics at all.
 * Good Eyes, Evil Eyes
 * Jerkass: He enjoys messing with people. It's probably why the fandom adores him.
 * : Easily blamable on his twofaced-ness.
 * Tsundere
 * Tsurime / Tareme
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Kageyama Hikaru


"An earnestly cheerful boy, with a budding soccer sense."


 * Adorkable
 * The Drag Along: Taken literally with Amagi.
 * Everything's Better with Spinning: Extend Zone. The spin he puts on the ball is so intense it leaves a crater when he warps to a dimension where he takes the shot.
 * Expy: Of Tachimukai, or arguably of Tobitaka and Toramaru.
 * Idiot Hair
 * Instant Expert: Shows shades of this due to his Mega Manning abilities.
 * Mega Manning: With just a simple explanation or a passing glance.
 * Name's the Same: With Kageyama Reiji, no less. Lampshaded that even Hikaru was thinking twice about stating his surname.
 * Justified in that Kageyama was his Uncle.
 * Odd Friendship: With Amagi.
 * Not So Different:
 * Verbal Tic: Shouts "UGIIII!" whenever he kicks a soccer ball or just screaming.
 * Yes-Man: He still has shades of this.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Nishiki Ryouma


"The super player returning from Italy. He has a kind, chivalrous spirit."


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Big Ol' Eyebrows
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass:
 * Everything's Better with Samurai:
 * Glass Cannon: His shoot hissatsus are very strong, but his stamina and TP are pretty low.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Large Ham
 * Nice Guy
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Onigiri, specifically the kind that Someoka makes. It is also his Comfort Food.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Onigiri, specifically the kind that Someoka makes. It is also his Comfort Food.

Yukimura Hyouga


"With his talent discovered by Fubuki, he is a super striker, one of the best in the northern region."


 * An Ice Person
 * Animal Motifs: Panthers.
 * Bratty Half-Pint: His attitude towards Fubuki in his first appearance.
 * Expy: Most see him as one of  or Fubuki.
 * Icy Blue Eyes
 * Lightning Bruiser: Just like his mentor Fubuki.
 * Monochromatic Eyes
 * Sempai-Kohai: The Kohai to Fubuki's Sempai, Yukimura took great value in this relationship.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Sempai-Kohai: The Kohai to Fubuki's Sempai, Yukimura took great value in this relationship.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Kishibe Taiga



 * Animal Motifs: Lion in the game.
 * The Captain: Of Kidokawa Seishuu.
 * The Chains of Commanding: The rift within his team weighs heavily on him.
 * Friendly Enemy: Despite competing fiercely with each other, he and Shindou hold each other in high regards.
 * Nice Guy
 * Not So Different: To Shindou with regards to being the captain of a team torn between following Fifth Sector and rebelling.
 * Worthy Opponent: Shindou seems to consider him one.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair.

Mahoro Tadashi



 * Break His Heart to Save Him: Why he cut ties with Amagi in the past.
 * Cannot Spit It Out: Didn't want to tell Amagi the true reason he avoided the guy in the past: he was bullied in place of Amagi because he stood up for his friend.
 * The Captain: Of Genei Gakuen.
 * Childhood Friends: To Amagi.
 * Master of Illusion
 * Unusual Ears: Has pointed ears for no apparent reason.
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid
 * You Can't Fight Fate: He believes Amagi's (and Raimon's) ideal is impossible because they can't go against the strong.

Amemiya Taiyou
"Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi"



"Often said to have the kind of talent that only appears once a decade, he is truly a genius soccer player."


 * Adorkable
 * Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: His hair is orange and shaped like the sun's halo.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Determinator: He refused to give up during
 * Expy: Of Hiroto for the most part, though Ishido and Toramaru point out his similarity to
 * First-Name Basis: An exception among the opponent players of Raimon's.
 * Glass Cannon: Plot-wise, at least. The title for an episode about him was even titled "Glasswork Genius".
 * Keet: Moreso in the show than in the game.
 * Ill Boy
 * The Power of the Sun
 * Nice Guy
 * The Power of the Sun
 * Nice Guy
 * Nice Guy

Yuuichi
"Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno"




 * The Ace: In the altered reality of Chrono Stone, he is an ace striker.
 * Beauty Mark
 * Brown Eyes
 * Dark Is Not Evil: In Chrono Stone.
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: Has the same hairstyle as his brother in Chrono Stone, which probably signifies that the timeline has been messed with.
 * First-Name Basis
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Fusion Dance: He can fuse with his brother in Chrono Stone.
 * Ill Boy
 * Morality Pet: It's complicated.
 * And of course this is all without Yuuichi's knowledge.
 * Living Emotional Crutch
 * Nice Guy
 * Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: In Chrono Stone, his memory's unaffected by change in the temporal plane thanks to a special bracelet.
 * Set Right What Once Went Wrong: His motive in Chrono Stone
 * Super Ringer: Shows up to help in the match against Protocol Omega in Chrono Stone. Awesomeness ensues.
 * Theme Naming: The Avatar of his alternate self is Pendragon, matching his younger brother's Lancelot.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Super Ringer: Shows up to help in the match against Protocol Omega in Chrono Stone. Awesomeness ensues.
 * Theme Naming: The Avatar of his alternate self is Pendragon, matching his younger brother's Lancelot.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Kyouzou Kinzan

 * Obviously Evil
 * Right-Hand-Cat: Owns one.

Kuroki Zenzou

 * The Dragon
 * Evil Redhead
 * The Handler: Of Tsurugi.
 * Sharp-Dressed Man

Ishido Shuuji /
"Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima"


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Big Bad
 * Multicolored Hair: Has green dye strands.
 * Orcus on His Throne
 * Slouch of Villainy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Slouch of Villainy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Senguuji Daigo

 * Affably Evil:
 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Dark Skinned Pink Hair
 * Overlord, Jr.: His son Yamato is this.
 * Strong Family Resemblance:
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair
 * Overlord, Jr.: His son Yamato is this.
 * Strong Family Resemblance:
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair

Hakuryuu
"Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama"


 * Animal Motifs: Dragons.
 * Evil Albino
 * Large Ham
 * Light Is Not Good
 * Multicolored Hair: He is blond but his pony tail is blue-ish.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning

Shuu
"Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro"


 * Ambiguously Brown: Justified, in that he lives on an island.
 * Broken Bird
 * Dark Is Evil:
 * Hair Decorations: Has two blue beads on his forelocks.
 * Multicolored Hair: He has two strands that are black, white and red.
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Hair Decorations: Has two blue beads on his forelocks.
 * Multicolored Hair: He has two strands that are black, white and red.
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Multicolored Hair: He has two strands that are black, white and red.
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Troubled but Cute

Fey Rune


"Voiced By: Akiko Kimura"


 * Animal Motifs: The rabbit. His hair, he jumps like a rabbit, and his hissatsu is even named Bouncer Rabbit.
 * And dinosaur.
 * Big Damn Hero: Cut off Alpha's shot at Tenma in his first appearance.
 * Cheerful Child
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: When he gets merged with a tyrannosaurus.
 * Monochromatic Eyes
 * Mr. Exposition: Necessary because Tenma didn't get what was going on.
 * Power Up Full Colour Change: His hair and eyes turn pink when he's merged with that dinosaur.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Alpha


"Voiced By: Kissho Taniyama"


 * The Captain: Of Protocol Omega.
 * The Dragon: To El Dorado.
 * Gray Eyes: Of the cold and aloof archtype.
 * Gratuitous English: Answers questions with "Yes" or "No". It quickly becomes memetic.
 * Monochromatic Eyes
 * Purple Is Powerful
 * The Stoic: No emotions so far
 * Theme Naming
 * Time Police
 * Time Police

Clark Wonderbat
"Voiced By: Hiroyuki Yoshino"


 * Beary Funny
 * Everything Talks
 * Large Ham
 * Mr. Exposition: Shares this role with Fey regarding the Time Travel business.
 * Powerup Full-Color Change: Turns pink when excited
 * Small Name, Big Ego: Calls himself "The great coach Wonderbat-sama" and is quietly ignored by Raimon team.

Beta
"Voiced By: Mariya Ise"




 * Action Girl: In addition to being a captain, one of the rare genuine examples in this franchise. Probably doubles as Affirmative Action Girl and Dark Action Girl.
 * Ax Crazy: When she flips into her violent mode.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: She just doesn't seem the type in the beginning......
 * The Captain:
 * Cute and Psycho
 * Flip Personality: Complete with pitch and eye color change.
 * Mind Control via Mass Hypnosis: But she can only inflict it on those who have given into despair and don't have Avatars. Plus it can only change their emotions of something instead of removing it completely.
 * More Deadly Than the Male
 * Theme Naming
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: She is both in one.

Professor Crossword Aruno

 * The Engineer: He creates the time machine.
 * Mr. Exposition