score again and win for Japan, giving Natureza the desire to beat his new found rival in Spain. In Road to 2002, Natureza has become a member of Real Madrid, wearing no. 0. In Rising Sun, Natureza joins the Brazilian U23 national football team, along with Rivaul and Santana in a quest to win the first Olympic Gold in men's football for Brazil. Natureza is considered to be an adaption of the Tecmo character Coimbra, who gets the same role in Captain Tsubasa 2. Rivaul Rivaul is a Brazilian player, known as the best player at FC Barcelona. He is introduced in Road to 2002 guiding the rookie Tsubasa. During a match, Rivaul is injured, allowing Tsubasa to take his place for the El Clásico against Real Madrid. As Madrid enjoys the upper hand in the match, Rivaul joins the match as a substitute to assist Tsubasa and the team to win the match. In the Rising Sun series, Rivaul is named as captain and one of the 3 over-age players in the Brazilian U23 national football team for the Olympics tournament. Both Naturezza and Santana are also members of the team as Brazil tries to win the nation's first Olympics gold in men's football. In the series he is introduced as a Ballon D'Or winner, FIFA World Cup winner, FIFA World Youth Cup winner as well as a Copa America winner but his only missing honour is the Olympics Gold medal. Singprasert Bunnaak Bunnaak is the captain and a defender for the Thailand national team. Originally a Muay Thai fighter, he became a soccer player because the stadium is larger than the ring. Although Thailand proves to be a powerful team due to the combined effort of Bunnark and the Konsawatt Brothers, Japan beats them by 5–4. He later joins Atlético de Madrid and serves as captain for the U-22 Thailand team, but fails to get past the third round of the Asian preliminaries for the Madrid Olympics. Mark Owairan Owairan is the captain and a defender for the Saudi Arabia national team. He descends from the royal family, but he feels uncomfortable with his life, resorting to play soccer. His team is considered to have the best defense in Asia due to the Antlion Larva Pit Defense tactic. In the Asian 2nd round preliminaries, Saudi Arabia defeats Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates and China, but loses to Japan and