with Argentina although they later play against France. Years later, when Japan loses to Real Japan 7, Coach Minato Gamo takes them off the team under the assumption that the twins cannot play without depending on one another. Much like with the other players that lost their position in the team, they regain them. They play for JEF Ichihara and sacrifice themselves in the final match against Australia in the Golden-23 arc., Series in which they last appeared in Captain tsubasa Makoto Soda Makoto Soda (早田 誠, kana: そうだ まこと) is a defender for the Japanese national team known for his Kamisori Shoot and his violent style of playing, that he injured Tsubasa in the match between his team Azumaichi and Nankatsu. He's chosen to represent Japan in the World Cup in Paris, playing in the matches against Italy and Argentina, but gets expelled in the match against France. He suffers another expulsion when he's taken off from Japan U-20 by Minato Gamo because he only has the Kamisori Shoot. He returns to the team though, having developed the Kamisori Pass. He plays for Gamba Osaka and is now representing Olympic Japan. Hiroshi Jito Hiroshi Jito (次藤 洋, kana: じとう ひろし) is a player who plays as a defender for the Japanese national team due to his large size and build. He originally fought hand-to-hand combat but grew bored of it and was convinced by Mitsuru Sano to play soccer because of Tsubasa. Although he loses to Tsubasa, he's chosen to play for Japan in the Paris World Junior Cup, playing in all of the matches. Minato Gamo later expels him from the team because he's too slow to be a soccer player. In the matches against China and Saudi Arabia, he marks Fei Xiang and Vulcan, the tallest players of the respective teams. His club team is Avispa Fukuoka and he currently is a member of Olympic Japan. Mitsuru Sano Mitsuru Sano (佐野 滿, kana: さの みつる) is a midfielder for Japan and one of the smallest players in the team alongside Nitta and the Tachibana twins. During his years at Hirado, he formed the Hirado Combi with Jito, and while this combi proved to be excellent, Nankatsu beat Hirado in the quarter-finals of the national middle school tournament. He has played for the U-16, U-20 and U-22 Japanese teams and is currently playing for Olympic Japan in the