school tournament against Nankatsu, Hyuga, along with Sawada and Wakashimazu, joins Toho Academy, but fails to win the middle school tournament two times, only managing to get a win, sharing it with Nankatsu. He's recruited for the U-16 Japanese team and plays in all the matches, scoring the most goals. Later in high school, he wins three consecutive tournaments for Toho. He's taken off from the U-20 Japan team because he lacked post play. Aside from developing post play, he creates the Raiju Shoot, a shoot more powerful than his Tiger Shoot and develops a relationship with Maki Akamine, a softball player. He returns to the team and plays in the subsequent matches of the Asian preliminaries and the World Youth. He then signs a contract with Juventus F.C. but is taken off the team because of his poor balance and is loaned to Reggiana from Serie C. Taro Misaki Taro Misaki (岬 太郎, kana: みさき たろう) is the secondary protagonist, a midfielder for the Japanese national team, who forms the Golden Combi with Tsubasa. He's the son of a landscape painter who travels around the world. Because his father is always travelling, he's unable to make long-term friends. Before meeting Tsubasa and the rest of the Nankatsu players, he played with Meiwa and Furano. During the national championship, he and Tsubasa became close friends aside from forming the Golden Combi. After winning the national championship, he left with his father to France, not wanting to live with his mother, who had married another man and gave birth to a daughter. He reunites with Tsubasa in the International Junior Youth Tournament in France and also finds a rival in Pierre. He returns to Japan and plays for the Nankatsu team in high school for three years, only to lose three times for Toho Academy. In the World Youth arc, he's taken off from the team by Coach Gamo, but returns to the team after travelling around the world. Unfortunately before the World Youth, Misaki gets his left leg broken in a car accident while saving his half-sister. Despite his leg not being fully healed, he plays in the finals against Brazil, assisting in Tsubasa's hat-trick. He currently plays for Jubilo Iwata in the J-League and in the Golden-23 and Rising Sun arc, he plays for the U-22 and Olympic Japan teams. Hikaru Matsuyama Hikaru Matsuyama (松山光, kana: まつやま ひかる) is