The mother of [Ashito](https://anilist.co/character/133818/Ashito--Aoi) and [Shun](https://anilist.co/character/239920/Shun-Aoi), and the owner of the family's store. She currently resides in Ehime with Shun while Ashito is away in Tokyo. 

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)

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Sonozaki went under a hiragana writing of her name as a stage name before she became a regular in TV series and drama outside of anime, whereupon she switched to using her real name.


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An American voice actress, ADR director, and script writer affiliated with Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks.

Monica's father is from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, and when she was young, her family would often visit there. She would translate for her younger brother some of the European Spanish-dubbed cartoons which included anime like Doraemon and Dragon Ball Z, often imitating the various characters. Monica studied ballet, tap, and jazz, but transitioned to musical theater when was 12. She studied acting through high school as well as college at the University of Houston. She's cited voice actor inspirations from The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Beavis and Butt-head. She was working on a theater show with Jason Douglas, who suggested she audition for ADV Films. Her first voice-over role was a walla in the 1999 dub of Martian Successor Nadesico.

(Source: Wikipedia, edited)

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 protagonist is Shun who lives in Ehime and is a year older than Ashito.
Shun was once devoted to football like his brother, but he's now distanced himself from the sport after a setback in the past.
That setback was his asthma.
Moreover, the first onset of his asthma was when he participated as a trainee for Ehime's J-club Football academy.
Through an unexpected reason, Shun will take up football once more?!
 
It is never too late to try again.
This is a comeback story that can give courage to anyone.

Noriko Aoi