Karakter & Staf

Whistle!

Karakter

Shou Kazamatsuri

Utama

Male · Gol. darah A

Height: 146 cm Family: Kazamatsuri Kou (brother, technically cousin), Shiomi Kensuke (biological Father) Shoes: Asics Uniform Number: 9 School: Sakura Jyousui, 2-A The main character of Whistle! Shou starts out by transferring from the well-known school Musashi no Mori to Sakura Jyousui to pursue his soccer dreams. His soccer skills were bad because while he was a Musashi no Mori, he was automatically put on the 3rd team for his height, and only did errands. The only thing that he did well in soccer was lifting. Shou has no ego and is always humble about his abilities. Whenever he sees a superb player, he will create a goal to beat them too. He is never satisfied with his skill, and continues to train himself to become stronger and stronger. His favorite food is curry rice, dry fried chicken, and kitkat. He dislikes sea cucumbers. His hobbies include soccer, and he has the ability to sleep anywhere.

Minako Komukai

Tatsuya Mizuno

Utama

Male · Gol. darah AB

Height: 167cm Family: Mizuno Mariko (mother), Kirihara Souichiro (father), Holmes (dog), Aunt Takako, Aunt Yuriko Shoes: Tatsuya Uniform Number: 10 School: Sakura Jyousui, 2nd year Tatsuya is a second year student and is also the best player at Josui and possibly the best Junior High player in the entire series. Not only is he a talented player, but also an honor student. Tatsuya tutors the novice Shou after being impressed with his determination and hard work. Shigeki calls him Tatsu-bon, which always annoys him. Though many consider him to be a cool-headed person with an indifferent look on his face, Tatsuya actually gets very hot-headed when it comes to things involving his father. He lives with his mom, Mariko Mizuno, who would often be mistaken for his sister due to her young looks, and his aunts, Takako and Yuki, in the Mizuno mansion, as he was under the custody of his mother after his parents were divorced. Tatsuya's father is the coach of the Musashinomori soccer team. Due to his handsome looks, he has the most fan girls in his school, even gaining the admiration of the opposing schools' girls, though he does prefer to ignore them. His favorite food is spaghetti with spicy fish roe and layered cheesecake. He dislikes natto. His hobbies include playing with dogs and making people upset.

Takeshi Maeda

Shigeki Satou

Utama

Male · Gol. darah B

Height: 171 cm Uniform Number: 11 School: Sakura Jyousui, 2-A He joined the soccer team a long time ago at Sakura Jyousui, but quit immediately because the 3rd years never tried and Tatsuya too serious. Shigeki only rejoined the team because he saw that Shou had made the team seem more interesting. Shigeki is relaxed and always shows his tough side. He likes to be called Shige rather than Shigeki. He has a Kansai-ben or Kansai dialect, and likes to give nicknames, such as the favorite Tatsu-bon for Tatsuya and Pochi (puppy) for Shou.

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Daichi Fuwa

Utama

Male · Gol. darah AB

Height: 174 cm Uniform Number: 1 School: Sakura Jyousui, 2-C Fuwa joined the soccer team of Sakura Jyousui because of Shou. The first time he played soccer, he played PKs or penalty kicks. He was the goalie while Shou was shooting. Fuwa saw how much fun Shou had playing with him, even though he lost. He didn't understand why, so he started soccer to find the reason why Shou smiles because of soccer. Fuwa is the infamous "Crusher" because he was known for analyzing people's skills and beat them and their pride. Everyone, except Shou, feared him and greatly disliked him. Eventually, people began to trust him little by little as Shou does. He dislikes anything that can't be explained scientifically. His hobbies include activities of destruction.

Kouhei Kiyasu

Tsubasa Shiina

Utama

Male · Gol. darah B

Height: 4' 11" Uniform number: 4 Transfer student from Asashiro Junior High, who passed the entrance exams with high scores and is considered to have a high IQ. Due to his appearance, many people mistake him for a girl. Though, his looks could fool people in believing that he is a sweet and cute kid, in actuality, Tsubasa is very arrogant, blunt, sarcastic, and often fierce. He considers himself a genius and often says that soccer just comes naturally to him, that's why no-one can beat him. Though he is only slightly taller than Shō, he doesn't let that get in his way and is actually a great fighter and a superb leader. His looks and attitude, unfortunately, also made him some enemies (and some really big fans). Among them were 3rd year, Naoki Inoue and Gosuke Hata, and two of their friends. During the Senbatsu Training Camp, he becomes even closer friends with Shō and comes to truly understand him. He becomes a regular defender on the Junior Senbatsu Team. His favorite food is italian gelato. He dislikes sanctimonious jerks. His hobbies include movie marathons, watching talk shows, and self-defense.

Chieko Higuchi

Naoki Inoue

Pendukung

Male · Gol. darah O

Height: 5' 5" Attends Hiba Junior High. His favorite food is beef tongue and milky candy. He dislikes cockroaches. His hobbies include making his own octopus balls.

Katashi Ishizuka

Masaki Kurogawa

Pendukung

Gol. darah A

Height: 5' 8" Attends Hiba Junior High.

Daisuke Ishikawa

Miyuki Sakurai

Pendukung

Female · Gol. darah O

Height: 4' 11" She likes strawberry tarts, and hates green peppers and garlic. Her hobby and special skills are baking.

Shizuka Hasegawa

Kazuma Sanada

Pendukung

Gol. darah A

A forward who is a member of the elite Under-14 trio along with midfielders Eishi and Yuuto. He seems arrogant, but actually loses confidence in his ability pretty easily. This weak-mindedness directly affects his performance on the field and sometimes tends to bring down his team of U-14; when things don't go his way, he will throw a fit. He always blames others (including Shou and his team in the soccer retreat). Eventually as time goes by, he will start to overcome his selfish attitude and when he sees Shou playing during the Korean Tournament, will start to befriend Shou and his team. (Sources: Daisuke Note, Whistle! vol. 12)

Makoto Tomita

Teppei Koiwa

Pendukung

Male · Gol. darah O

Birthday: October 1, 1984 Height: 5'24" Weight: 108 lbs. Favorite Food: Melon bread Dislikes: Beef Hobby and Special Skills: Collecting trading cards, Speaking fast Teppei is a second year forward and the only candidate from Edogawai Junior High School. His friends worked together to help pay his travel ticket. He was chosen to qualify for the Junior Senbatsu camp because of his incredible speed. At first he was considering quitting the camp because he saw himself as inferior compared to the rest, but was convinced to stay by the gardener of the camp. He becomes a substitute player for the Junior Senbatsu team. (Source: Daisuke Note, Whistle! vol. 13)

Yoshinobu Kaneko

Akira Saionji

Pendukung

Female · Gol. darah AB

Height: 5'6" Akira Saionji is a former professional woman's soccer player, and junior high soccer coach. Prior to her coaching the Hiba Junior High soccer team, Saionji was a Japanese female representative. One of her games was viewed by Yuki, a future student at Josui Junior High. After retiring from professional soccer, Saionji went on to coach the successful Hiba team. She was later offered a job as the assistant coach for the Tokyo Select team, an offer she accepted. She likes Tofu and hates mice. Her hobby and special skills are collecting teddy bears and Kendo.

Mie Sonozaki

Seiji Fujishiro

Pendukung

Male · Gol. darah AB

Height: 175 cm Musashi no Mori's famous striker. Bearer of the number 9 jersey, Fujishiro is an all-round forward with incredible technique who is able to dribble past player after player with ease. He has a very optimistic attitude and is never seen despondent. Whenever he sees Sakura Josui's soccer team playing, he would immediately want to be part of the action as well. Fujishiro was invited to participate in the Tokyo Junior Senbatsu trials and becomes a regular starter for the Tokyo Junior Senbatsu team.

Takayuki Kondou

Yuki Kojima

Pendukung

Female

Second year Yuki Kojima is the founder of the girls team after being club manager for the boy's team and being tired of sitting on the sidelines. Many of the club members think Kojima is scary because of her bluntness and often unlady-like attitude. However, she often uses her good looks and girly charm to get the boys to do things for her. She is a very skilled player, and encourages Shō and Masato to never give up on soccer. She is also very serious about soccer, even to the point of cutting her hair short in order to play in a game with the boys. When the girls team isn't going well, Shō turns that same positive encouragement around. Yuki was originally part of a soccer team at her last school, until she moved away with her family. When she arrived at Josui however, she could not continue playing soccer because she was a girl. Therefore, she became a person who sat in the sidelines and 'beat up' people who she did not think were worthy enough of playing soccer. She became infamous for this and everyone wondered who the mysterious soccer player was. She reveals her identity when she berates Masato for trying to quit the team, and plays a match against him to prove his worthiness. After the match, Shō convinces her to become a player rather than simply managing the boy's team, and thus she creates a girl's soccer team. Near the end of the manga, Yuki decided on playing soccer for a living. However, knowing that a female soccer player would not rise easily to fame in her country, she goes abroad to the US to fulfill her dream of becoming a great player.She is an amazing player on the team. Source: Wikipedia

Masami Suzuki

Katsurou Shibusawa

Pendukung

Male

Musashinomori's famous Goalkeeper, known as the Guardian Deity of Musashinomori. He is a year older than most of the other Junior high characters except for Shige. He makes incredible saves, and, as some game viewers say, is inhuman at detecting shots and reading moves. He towers over many of the other characters at 183 centimeters tall. He's one of the few players in Mushashinomori who does not look down on Shō and/or Josui in general, and he once said that Musashinomori's game with Josui is one of the toughest games they had to play. As Musashi's captain, he is very respected and has excellent leadership skills. His jersey number is 1. He becomes a regular on the Junior Senbatsu Team and is also chosen to become the captain by his teammates. However, he is hurt shortly before the Senbatsu team goes to Korea and gets replaced by another goalie. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ryou Naitou

Shigeru Mamiya

Pendukung

This defense player is notorious for his skill at marking and restricting the movement of players. They often call him 'viper' because once he makes his mark, or his 'bite', he won't ever leave that player's side, sometimes even resorting to illegal moves to take the player down. Once, in Josui's game with Mushashinomori, he kicked Tatsuya purposefully when the latter was about to score a goal. He becomes a regular on the Junior Senbatsu Team.

Yoshirou Matsumoto

Ryouichi Tenjou

Pendukung

Tenjo is a forward from Kokubu Junior High School. His style of soccer playing was very independent and cold hearted. His father was a major businessman who told him to take power with his own hands cause he wasn't going to help his own son. Therefore, Tenjo believed that he could be the best through his own actions and didn't like teamwork. Even though he has great power, due to his lack of teamwork he failed the qualifying tests into entering Musashinomori's soccer club (the same time as when Tatsuya passed the tests, but declined), which made him angry and bitter. Fortunately, things seemed to be brighter for him when Shō confronts him after Josui defeated Kokubu in a difficult game. The only person who he ever cared for was his nanny, Kazue. Unfortunately, after her death, he was contemplating on quitting soccer because he believed that he played only to see her smile and now that she's gone, there's no point in playing any more. Things for him seemed to heat up even more when Hiba's leader, Tsubasa Shiina, trash talks him to leave after beating his school in a game (a game in which Tenjo was not able to play in with full power since he was mentally damaged due to Kazue's death just before the game). After playing mini-soccer with Shō and his friends, against Tsubasa and his friends, Tenjo realized that he loves soccer and that Kazue would want him to keep playing what he loves. He becomes a regular on the Junior Senbatsu Team. Although, after realizing that his mom didn't abandon him, he called her and she went to visit him in Japan. He found out that he is half German, though he already figured that he wasn't all Japanese, and that he also has a little sister. His mom wanted him to live with them in Germany, so with the help of Shō, Tenjo soon came to grips with the fact that he wanted to go. He quit the Junior Senbatsu Team and went to Germany, though he did say that he wasn't going to give up on soccer, but will be playing in Germany.

Masaaki Ishikawa

Taki Sugihara

Pendukung

Gol. darah B

Height: 5' 4" Taki is a midfielder from Takinawa Junior High chosen to qualify for the Junior Senbatsu Camp. He doesn't have much stamina, but he has excellent ball control. His pinpoint passes are made to draw-out the potential of the receiver. Taki becomes good friends with Shō since they were in the same team during camp. Though Kaku doesn't acknowledge him as his rival, Taki looks to Kaku as his rival, having been on a team with him years ago. He likes Yakiniku and hates green onion. His hobby and special skills are martial arts and impersonations.

Noriko Namiki

Eishi Kaku

Pendukung

Male · Gol. darah AB

Height: 5' 6" Although he was born and raised in Japan, Kaku’s mother is Korean. His Korean name is Kwak Yeoung-sa. The rival he looks to for recognition is his cousin, Lee Yun-gyong, a midfielder and number 10 on the Seoul Senbatsu team. He is part of the Under Fourteen (U-14) trio of elites along with Yūto and Kazuma. He attends Zoushigaya Junior High. He likes Kimchee and vegetable salad, and hates frog's eggs. His hobby and special skills are fishing, game of go, and weather forecasting using his unique intuition.

Hirano Takahiro

Yuuto Wakana

Pendukung

Male · Gol. darah O

Favorite Food: Chichiyasu yogurt Dislikes: Tomato Hobby and Special Skills: Cycling, Video games (RPG), Hair weaving Part of the U-14 trio along with Eishi and Kazuma. At first, he is very conceited because of his place among the three elite, but is humbled as he realizes the others who are chosen to attend Tokyo Senbatsu have their own unique talents. He attends Setodaisen Junior High.

Makoto Ueki

Takashi Narumi

Pendukung

Gol. darah O

Height: 5'11" A very tall and talented soccer player from Meisei Junior High who plays aggressively, and later gets one of the forward spots. He has a big mouth and seems to be quite a womanizer. He claims to hate midgets, especially those like Shō, due to a previous incident where the girl he liked preferred a short guy instead. He eventually warms up to Shō when Shō proves his self-worth by playing a crucial role in helping the Junior Senbatsu team make a comeback. He likes shrimp in chili sauce and hates milk. His hobby and special skills are fortune telling and pick-up lines.

Teruaki Ogawa

Kou Kazamatsuri

Pendukung

Male

Kou is Shou's older, but less mature cousin who occasionally offers advice to Shou. Some questions do arise about their differences in appearances. He was thought to be Shou's older brother until it was revealed Shou is adopted and Kō is the son of Shō's aunt and uncle, who adopted him after his parents died. Even though the two are not biological brothers, they still help each other whenever a situation arises. He may seem like a slob at home, but he dresses quite professionally when he goes out, often wearing suits when he goes to work. He works as the vice-president of a modeling agency, which earns him a significant amount of money. Since he dropped out of high school, his father is sometimes bitter about him making more money than his own father.

Hiroki Takahashi

Soujuu Matsushita

Pendukung

A frequent at Oya-san's Oden stand, and former professional soccer player, Matsushita is intrigued by Sakura Josui after watching their match against Musashinomori. He quit soccer altogether after a chilling experience with his teammate Amamiya, but Sakura Josui's advisor, Katori, works hard to try and convince him to be the team's new coach. In the end, his old friend Amamia tells him to forget about the past and move on, stating that he still loves soccer even after that incident. Inspired by his friend, Matsushita becomes Sakura Josui's new coach. As their coach, he is very knowledgable, due to his prior soccer experiences. He's able to figure out the opposing teams strategies and come up with his own, often confusing the other team. Though he teaches his team on the field, he prefers to let them come up with their own life solutions off the field, but sometimes gives them advice when he sees that they are stuck.

Taiten Kusunoki

Masato Takai

Pendukung

Male · Gol. darah B

Height: 158 cm A member of the Sakura Josui soccer team. He likes dry fried chicken and hates eggplants. His hobby and special skills are Japanese chess and impersonation.