Blue Lock
is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since August 2018, with its chapters collected in 22 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of December 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Eight Bit premiered in October 2022. As of August 2022, the manga had over 10 million copies in circulation. In 2021, ''Blue Lock'' won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the '' shōnen'' category. Plot In 2018, the Japanese national team finished 16th in the FIFA World Cup. As a result, the Japanese Football Union hires the football enigma Ego Jinpachi. His master plan to lead Japan to stardom is Blue Lock, a training regimen designed to create the world's greatest egotist striker. Those who fail Blue Lock will never again be permitted to represent any Japanese team. Yoichi Isagi, an unknown high school football player who is conflicted about his playing style, decides to join ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology manga magazines (such as '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or '' Weekly Shōnen Jump''). These anthologies often have hundreds of pages and dozens of individual series by multiple authors. They are printed on cheap newsprint and are considered disposable. Since the 1930s, though, comic strips had been compiled int ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Identifying Reliable Sources
Identification or identify may refer to: *Identity document, any document used to verify a person's identity Arts, entertainment and media * ''Identify'' (album) by Got7, 2014 * "Identify" (song), by Natalie Imbruglia, 1999 *Identification (album), by Benjamin Ingrosso, 2018 * Station identification, or ident, radio or TV stations identifying themselves on-air *'' Kill Command'', also known as ''Identify'', a 2016 film Science and technology * Identification (information), for data storage * Identifiability, in statistics * Identification (biology), assigning a taxon to an individual organism * Identification scheme, in metadata, used to identify unique records in a set Social sciences * Identification (psychology), a concept in psychoanalysis * Identification in rhetoric, a rhetorical theory of persuasion * Identification (literature), the audience identifying with a character, or a narrative device See also * * * Human identification (other) * Identif ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shōya Chiba
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. Biography He started as a child actor at Sanno Production. In April 2014, he joined Sigma Seven E and he remained for six years until he was transferred to its main division on July 1, 2020. He was announced as a part of Kiramune's unit SparQlew on November 19, 2017. On August 18, 2021, it was announced Chiba tested positive for COVID-19. Filmography Anime ;2004 * ''Curry No Kuni No Koba-ru'', Koba-ru ;2011 * ''Shōwa Monogatari'', Kōhei Yamazaki ;2015 * '' Haikyu!! Second Season'', Kazuma Bobata, Tarō Onagawa * ''Seraph of the End'', Yūji ;2016 * ''Alderamin on the Sky'', Azan * '' All Out!!'', Kenji Gion * '' B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious'', Akane Fudo ;2017 * ''Classroom of the Elite'', Kiyotaka Ayanokōji * '' The Idolm@ster SideM'', Hayato Akiyama * '' Tsuki ga Kirei'', Kotarō Azumi ;2018 * ''Banana Fish'', Sing Soo-Ling * ''Cells at Work!'', B Cell * '' Iroduku: The World in Colors'', Yuito Aoi * '' Xuan Yuan Sword Lu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
is a Japanese voice actor from Hokkaido affiliated with the talent agency I'm Enterprise. Honored at the 6th Seiyu Awards for Best New Actor in 2012 and the 10th Seiyu Awards for Best Lead Actor in 2016, he is best known for being the voice of Kirito from '' Sword Art Online'', Bell Cranel from '' Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'', Sorata Kanda from '' The Pet Girl of Sakurasou'', Sora from '' No Game No Life'', Arata Kasuga/Astral Trinity from '' Trinity Seven'', Sōma Yukihira from '' Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma'', Fūtarō Uesugi in '' The Quintessential Quintuplets'', Masamune Izumi from '' Eromanga Sensei'', Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti from '' Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', and Inosuke Hashibira from '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba''. As of June 17, 2019, he is the current official '' Guinness World Record'' holder for the most unique sound bites provided by a voice actor, exceeding 10,000 words in '' Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Masatomo Nakazawa
is a Japanese actor and voice actor, represented by Haikyō. He is best known for his role of Clear in the ''Dramatical Murder'' franchise. On October 5, 2020, it was announced Nakazawa had tested positive for COVID-19, but was asymptomatic. Filmography Anime ;2003 *''Ai Yori Aoshi'' as Young Boy *''Dear Boys'' as Student ;2009 *'' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' as Soldier ;2013 *''Silver Spoon'' as Naoki Toyoda ;2014 *''Jinsei'' as Kaname Ashitagawa *''Dramatical Murder'' as Clear *''Haikyu!!'' as Kenji Futakuchi ;2015 *'' Haikyu!! 2nd Season'' as Kenji Futakuchi *'' Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace'' as Keiji A. Yajiuma *'' Hetalia: The World Twinkle'' as Hutt River ;2017 *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans'' as Arianerod Fleet Soldier *'' Fuuka'' as Kankyaku *''Kirakira PreCure a la Mode'' as Ryuta Yokogawa *''Sakura Quest'' as Nakayama *''ID-0'' as Operator C *''Princess Principal'' as Eric ;2019 *''Given'' as Haruki Nakayama ;2020 *''The Titan's Bride'' as B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aaron Dismuke
Aaron Mitchell Dismuke (born October 13, 1992) is an American voice actor, ADR director and script writer for Funimation. He is known for his role as Alphonse Elric in the English dub of the first ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' television series, whom he voiced when he was 12 years old. He is also known for his directorial work for the English dubs of ''Nanbaka'', ''Shomin Sample'', ''Tsugumomo'', ''Cheer Boys'', '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'', ''Black Clover'', ''Dr. Stone'' and ''Luck and Logic''. He has since voiced many characters for anime, mostly dubbed by Funimation. Biography Dismuke made his start as a young child. His cousin, voice actor and director Justin Cook, helped to gain him his first role. He started voice acting at nine years old, where he voiced Hiro Sohma and the young Akito Sohma in ''Fruits Basket'' (2001). When he was twelve years old, he was given his first lead role as Alphonse Elric in ''Fullmetal Alchemist''. In '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'', his r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soma Saito
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actor and singer affiliated with 81 Produce and Sacra Music. Biography Early life Saito was born on April 22, 1991, in Shōwa, Yamanashi, Shōwa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. He is the eldest of three siblings, with two younger sisters. He started wanting to become a voice actor in high school, inspired by Akira Ishida's role as List of Bokurano characters, Koyemshi in ''Bokurano''. Prior to that, he wanted to become a musician or a novel writer. Voice acting career Saito joined the second 81 Produce’s Audition in 2008. In that audition, a total of 1,035 people participated with only 33 going to the final audition to decide who would win and stay training under the talent agency. He won the audition for the male category and started taking voice acting classes at ''81 ACTOR'S STUDIO'' afterwards, while still attending high school. In 2009, Saito won the "Judges' Special Prize" in the recitation competition at the 33rd . Veteran voic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yūki Ono
is a Japanese voice actor and singer who dubs in anime shows and video games. He was represented by Atomic Monkey and is now a freelancer. His major roles are: Josuke Higashikata in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'', Taiga Kagami in '' Kuroko's Basketball'', Zenkichi Hitoyoshi in '' Medaka Box'', Kaname Tsukahara in '' Kimi to Boku'', Masayuki Hori in '' Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun'', Jun Isashiki in '' Ace of Diamond'' and Ultraman Belial in the recurring '' Ultraman Series''. Biography During his high school years, Ono aimed to become a professional soccer player and at one point was scouted by the Shimizu S-Pulse. Unfortunately, he stopped playing in the third year as a result of bone fracture. During his years in university, Ono becomes a fan of Kishō Taniyama. In addition to meeting the voice actor in person at an anime event, this inspired him to pursue the same career. In August 2011, Ono forms the voice acting unit alongside voice actor Takuya ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ricco Fajardo
Ricco Fajardo is an American voice actor who has provided voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and video games. Some of his roles include Taiju Oki in '' Dr. Stone'', Itona Horibe in ''Assassination Classroom'', Mirio Togata in ''My Hero Academia'', Kotaro Tatsumi in ''Zombie Land Saga'', Daryun in ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan'', Tor Kokonoe in ''Absolute Duo is a Japanese light novel series by Takumi Hiiragiboshi with illustrations by Yū Asaba. Media Factory has published eleven volumes since 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. It has received two manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime telev ...'', Leon Luis in '' Garo: The Animation'', Kyousuke Munakata in '' Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy'' and Haruhiro in '' Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash''. Filmography Anime Animation Film Video games References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fajardo, Ricco Living people American male voice actors Place of birth missing (living peop ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the 1930 FIFA World Cup, inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The reigning champions are Argentina national football team, Argentina, who won their third title at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022 tournament. The format involves a FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month. The host nation(s) automatically qualify to the group stage of the tournament. As of the 2022 F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the eleventh time the championships had been held in Europe, and the first time they were held in Eastern Europe. At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it was the most expensive World Cup ever held until it was surpassed by the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The tournament phase involved 32 teams, of which 31 came through qualifying competitions, while as the host nation Russia qualified automatically. Of the 32, 20 had also appeared in the 2014 event, while Iceland and Panama each made their first appearance at the World Cup. 64 matches were played in 12 venues across 11 cities. Germany, the defending champions, were eliminated in the group stage for the first time since 1938. Host nation Russia was eliminated in th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |