__Height:__ 178 cm

Kuribayashi is considered a football genius, making his professional debut at age 16 for Tokyo City Esperion FC of the J-1 League. He also plays for Japan's Under-20 National Team.

Ashito Aoi is a young, aspiring soccer player from a backwater town in Japan. His hopes of getting into a high school with a good soccer club are dashed when he causes an incident during a critical match for his team, which results in their loss and elimination from the tournament. Nevertheless, he catches the eye of someone important who happened to be visiting from Tokyo. How will things turn out for Ashito? (Source: Shogakukan Asia)

__Height:__ 173 cm

[Profile](https://www.artsvision.co.jp/talent/294/) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/UmeuMeumE_Y) | [Wiki (en)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yūichirō_Umehara) | [Wiki (jp)](https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/梅原裕一郎)

A voice actor affiliated with [Arts Vision](https://anilist.co/studio/6367).

He revealed on April 4th, 2024 that he has been married to his college classmate since 2016.

**Non-Anime Roles:**
- Alhaitham - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Leona Kingscholar - Disney Twisted-Wonderland (VG)
- Kasim Al-Fayed - The Legend of Heroes Series (VG)

[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/thegstorm/)

Garret Storms is an American stage and voice actor affiliated with FUNimation Entertainment / Crunchyroll and OkraTron 5000.

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Fernando Mendonça is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, dubbing director, singer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and illustrator. He is married to the voice actor [Lucas Gama](https://anilist.co/staff/185307/).

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Utkarsh Ambudkar and Kriss Cifuentes (Most of the productions)
- Jayce Talis (Arcane)
- Marc Spector / Steven Grant / Jake Lockley / Moon Knight and Howard the Duck (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Earl of Lemongrab, Cake and Marshall Lee (Adventure Time and Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake)
- Jar Jar Binks (2015-Present; Star Wars franchise)
- Elmer J. Fudd (2012-Present; Official voice in Looney Tunes franchise)
- Norville "Shaggy" Rogers (Scoob!, MultiVersus, Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, Any Malu Show, Star Wars Vintage: Clone Wars 2D Micro-Series [2nd dub], MAD [2nd voice] and Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire [Songs Only])
- Billy Parham [3rd voice], Rocky Robinson [3rd voice - 6th season], Jealousy and Rotten Cupcake (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Willen (1st voice - 2015-2022; O (Sur)real Mundo de Any Malu and Any Malu Show)
- Manuel (Out)
- Double Trouble (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Desire (The Sandman)
- Charlie Dompler (Smiling Friends)
- Morph (X-Men '97)
- Bular (Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia)
- Driba (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- SSSerpent and Albedo [True Form] (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Timon (The Lion Guard, The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, Once Upon a Studio and Disney On Ice)
- Buddy (The Secret Life of Pets 1 & 2)
- Embarrassment (Inside Out 2)
- Donizete / Scarlet, Profeta Sandoval Pedroso, Dona Luzinete and Jacinta Vanuza (Super Drags)
- Rex (Toy Story 4 and Forky Asks a Question)
- William "Will" John Jefferson Walter (My Life with the Walter Boys)
- Trevor (Ghosts)
- Itachi Uchiha and Kakko (Naruto X Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections)
- David "Dave" Karofsky (2nd dub - 3rd voice - 5th-6th season; Glee)
- Fuzzy Lumpkins (The Powerpuff Girls 2016)
- Bunnicula (Bunnicula)
- King Bumi (Avatar: The Last Airbender Live Action)
- Chet Alexander / The Claw (Monsters University, Monsters at Work and Party Central)
- Bullet (2nd voice - 2nd-4th season; Paradise Police)
- Griplout Jorgenson (Dragons: Race to the Edge)
- Mulch Diggums (Artemis Fowl)
- Mack (Cars 3 and Cars 3: Driven to Win)
- Father Antonio Morello (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)
- Dusty Crophopper (Planes and Planes: Fire & Rescue)
- Cousin Itt (The Addams Family 2019)
- Frankini (Henry Danger: The Movie)
- Cowboypool (Deadpool & Wolverine)
- Robert / Bob the Viking (Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers)
- Blue Eyes (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)
- Featherstone (Gnomeo & Juliet)
- Mankini (Sherlock Gnomes)
- Timebomb (Hoops)
- Ragnar (Green Lantern: The Animated Series)
- Prince Alonso (Elena of Avalor)
- Lunga Vezi (Blood & Water)
- Drew Snyders (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
- Shawn Patrick Hunter (2nd voice - 2nd-3rd season; Girl Meets World)
- Duncan Albert (Pretty Little Liars)
- Roque (Serpientes y Escaleras)
- James "Jimmy" Olsen (Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut and Justice League: Doom)
- Rafi Quintana (Bloodline)
- Anthony Tremel (The Mentalist)
- Cosmo the Spacedog (Guardians of the Galaxy Animated Series and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Onion (Steven Universe)
- Fred (Over the Garden Wall)
- Reed (Entergalactic)
- Charlie (Wonder Woman 2017)
- Toad (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
- Vasco Armendáriz Amezcua (Querida Enemiga)
- Maximiliano Solaz Lucumí (Azúcar)
- The Fox (Le Petit Prince et ses amis)
- Condor (Spirit Rangers)
- Josh (Blue's Clues & You! and Blue's Big City Adventure)
- Jiao (Miraculous World: Shanghai, La Légende de Ladydragon)
- Drury Walker / Killer Moth (LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham)
- Dirk (Sunset Overdrive)
- Rooste (The Tiger's Apprentice)
- Albert (Digby Dragon)
- Daedalus Bosch (Beware the Batman)
- Imp (1st dub; Strange Magic)
- Bootsy Calico (The Boss Baby: Back in Business)
- Mr. Hyde (3rd dub; The Nightmare Before Christmas)
!~.

Ashito Aoi, a third year middle school student from Ehime, meets Fukuda Tatsuya, a J Youth League coach. Even though he's still rough around the edges, Ashito has such amazing potential that he gets invited by coach Fukuda to participate in his team's try-outs in Tokyo. The story of a boy who will revolutionize Japanese football begins to unfold. 
Notes: 
- Nominated for the 2017 Manga Taishou Award. 
- Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for "Best General Manga" category in 2019.

The main character here is Taira Nakamura, a senior member on the same J Youth team as Ashito Aoi, the protagonist of Ao Ashi. 
Taira is popular with his teammates, but he retired in the middle of his second year of high school, saying he wanted to become a police officer like his father. In this long-awaited side story, we focus on a side of him that was not depicted in the main storyline.
 
(Source: PR Times, translated)

Haruhisa Kuribayashi