Japan U-20 Team Roster Officially Revealed in 'Blue Lock 2nd Season' Along with New Voice Cast

JAPAN U-20 TEAM ROSTER OFFICIALLY REVEALED IN “BLUE LOCK 2ND SEASON” ALONG WITH A NEW VOICE CAST

Watch the Action-Packed BLUE LOCK vs. Japan U-20 Match on November 9 Only on Crunchyroll

Culver City, CA (November 2, 2024) – Today, Kodansha officially revealed the roster for the Japan U-20 Team in BLUE LOCK 2nd Season. Covering the acclaimed “BLUE LOCK vs. Japan's U-20” arc, BLUE LOCK's adversaries will make their debut today in Episode 29, airing 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET, while the official match airs next Saturday, November 9 at 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET.

Going heel-to-toe against BLUE LOCK XI is the newly revealed Japan U-20 National Team, which includes Oliver Aiku, Ryusei Shidou and Sae Itoshi, who is the brother of Blue Lock XI's Rin Itoshi.

The full Japan U-20 National Team roster, along with the Japanese cast voicing these characters, includes:

• Ranse Kurosa voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi
  
• Kento Cho voiced by Jun Kasama
  
• Teru Kitsunezato voiced by Gakuto Kajiwara
  
• Sae Itoshi voiced by Takahiro Sakurai
  
• Itsuki Wakatsuki voiced by Taito Ban
  
• Haru Hayate voiced by Kenshō Ono
  
• Miroku Darai voiced by Yusuke Shirai
  
• Kazuma Nio voiced by Takuya Satō
  
• Teppei Neru voiced by Shunichi Toki
  
• Gen Fukaku voiced by Chikahiro Kobayashi
  
• Ryusei Shidou voiced by Yūichi Nakamura
  
• Oliver Aiku voiced by Satoshi Hino
  
• Shuto Sendo voiced by Akihisa Wakayama

BLUE LOCK 2nd Season is currently streaming on Crunchyroll with episodes simulcast every Saturday at 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET. The first season of the series and BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- are also now available to stream.

About BLUE LOCK

Japan's desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to find the national team's next striker. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for the position, but only one will come out on top. Who among them will be the striker to usher in a new era of Japanese soccer?


BLUE LOCK 2nd Season – Official Synopsis:

After making it this far, 35 players stand, but now the Blue Lock program itself faces elimination from Japan's very own U-20 National Team. Vicious rivals will have to team up to defeat the national youth team if any of them want a shot at the striker position. Can they put aside their egos long enough to win together, or will they lose divided?


BLUE LOCK is based on the on-going manga series by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, published under Kodansha, which currently consists of 30 volumes and over 40 million copies in publication. The BLUE LOCK anime series is produced by Studio 8-Bit. BLUE LOCK 2nd Season is directed by Yūji Haibara (The Slime Diaries), with character designs by Kenji Tanabe and music by Jun Murayama.

Additional BLUE LOCK characters and Japanese (JP) and English (EN) voice actors include:

• Yoichi Isagi voiced by Kazuki Ura (JP) and Ricco Fajardo (EN)
  
• Bachira Megumi voiced by Tasuku Kaito (JP) and Drew Breedlove (EN)
  
• Ego Jinpachi voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya (JP) and Derick Snow (EN)
  
• Reo Mikage voiced by Yūma Uchida (JP) and Kamen Casey (EN)
  
• Rin Itoshi voiced by Kōki Uchiyama (JP) and Matt Shipman (EN)
  
• Seishiro Nagi voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki (JP) and Bryson Baugus (EN)
  
• Tabito Karasu voiced by Makoto Furukawa (JP) and Clifford Chapin (EN)
  
• Jingo Raichi voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (JP) and Aaron Campbell (EN)
  
• Kenyu Yukimiya voiced by Takuya Eguchi (JP) and Jim Foronda (EN)
  
• Ikki Niko voiced by Natsuki Hanae (JP) and David Matranga (EN)
  
• Shoei Barou voiced by Junichi Suwabe (JP) and Matthew David Rudd (EN)
  
• Gin Gagamaru voiced by Shugo Nakamura (JP) and Lee George (EN)
  
• Gurimu Igarashi voiced by Aoi Ichikawa (JP) and Kyle Igneczi (EN)
  
• Eita Otoya voiced by Kengo Kawanishi (JP) and Davon Oliver (EN)
  
• Hyoma Chigiri voiced by Sōma Saitō (JP) and Aaron Dismuke (EN)
  
• Anri Teieri voiced by Eri Yukimura (JP) and Kasi Hollowell (EN)
  
• Zanetsu Tsurugi voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu (JP) and Matthew Elkins (EN)
  
• Junichi Wanima voiced by Ryōta Suzuki (JP) and Christopher Guerrero (EN)
  
• Jyubei Aryu voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi (JP) and Bradley Gareth (EN)
  
• Aoshi Tokimitsu voiced by Shinnosuke Tachibana (JP) and Jordan Dash Cruz (EN)
  
• Hirotoshi Buratsuta voiced by Bin Shimada (JP) and Garrett Schenck (EN)
  
• Yo Hiori voiced by Eiji Mikami (JP)
  
• Nijiro Nanase voiced by Kakeru Hatano (JP)