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:** 170 cm
__Dialect:__ Osaka dialect / Iyo dialect
__Hobby:__ Walk, write poetry
__Special skill:__ Speed ​​reading
__Qualification:__ Kanji test semi-level 2 / English test semi-level 2
__Career:__ Graduated from Professional Fit Voice Actor Training Center
Received “New Actor Award” at the 12th Seiyu Award in 2018.

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**Non anime roles:**
- Aether - Genshin Impact (Video Game)

__Residence:__ Lewisville, TX

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João Victor Granja do Nascimento is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, singer, dubbing director and youtuber.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Gumball Watterson (2nd voice - 3rd season onwards; The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Dustin Henderson (Stranger Things)
- Nicholas "Nick" Nelson (Heartstopper)
- Steven Quartz Universe (Songs; Steven Universe franchise)
- Jaeden Martell and Buddy Handleson (Most of the productions)
- Russell Collins / Firefirst (Deadpool 2)
- Neil Downe (ParaNorman)
- Edgar "E" Gore (Frankenweenie)
- Jamie Bennett (Rise of the Guardians)
- Farkle Minkus (Girl Meets World)
- Mylo (Arcane)
- Phillippe Florian Von Triesenberg (Elite)
- Gossamer (The Looney Tunes Show)
- Max Kanté / Pegasus (Miraculous: Les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir)
- Young Donald Duck (DuckTales 2017)
- Percy Dahmer (Clarence)
- Cooper Barton (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
!~

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Rodrigo Souza Ribeiro, better known simply as Rodrigo Ribeiro, is a Brazilian actor and voice actor.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
- Anthony LaRusso (Cobra Kai)
- Amon Tomaz (Black Adam)
- Ronald "Rowley" Jefferson (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2021)
- Somsack Sinthasomphone (Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
- George Karim (Lockwood & Co.)
- Da Song (2nd dub; Parasite)
- Pietro Maggi (DI4RI)
- Reynard "Reynie" Muldoon (The Mysterious Benedict Society)
!~

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)

Kanpei Kuroda