Eyeshield 21(part 2)

Eyeshield 21

Riku Kaitani (甲斐谷陸)
* 40-yard dash record: 4.5 seconds
* Bench Press: 60 kg
* Position: Running Back/Safety
* Jersey Number: 29
* 1st Year Student (Grade 10)
* 40-yard-dash: 4.5.

An extremely fast grey-haired boy and happens to be the one who taught Sena how to run. When Riku was in elementary school, he saw Sena being bullied and he used his speed to save him. After that Riku taught Sena that if he could run fast, he would never be bullied again. Sadly, Sena used his speed to be a gopher, (though it's ironic that being a gopher is what helped build up his speed). Riku soon left Sena's school because his family needed to move, but he and Sena meet again later in the series. Like Shin, he was able to quickly deduce Sena's identity as Eyeshield 21.

Voice Actors Masuda, Yuuki


Kazuki Juumonji (十文字 一輝)
* Position: Lineman / Offensive Tackle
* Jersey: 51
* Bench press: 85 kg
* Birthday: October 1
* 40 yard dash: 5.5 second


Juumonji is the apparent leader of the “Ha-Ha Brothers”. A few times, including the NASA Aliens game and the Death March, we see him as a leader who urges the other two to follow. He sports an X-shaped scar on his right cheek and is also the only one of the three to figure out that Sena was actually Eyeshield 21. He seems to be the most thoughtful (in a sort of positive way). He always seems to keep the three-some (includes him) together and is considered the "eldest brother" of the three. He gets fired up a lot. He is also the first of the three to score a touchdown. This in itself is a near-miracle, since his position almost NEVER handles the ball and he managed to get across the goal line. He is also the first to really become serious about football, occasionally sympathizing with Sena and vowing to become a better lineman in order to assist him. Juumonji also has an uneasy relationship with his father, since his father is always telling him not to associate himself with his friends, who he puts down as "trash" (like Agon does).

It is revealed that Juumonji is one of the smartest on the team- in an omake where the intelligences of the Devil Bats were compared, he ranked above everyone, but still below Hiruma, Mamori, and Yukimitsu. (Musashi was not included).

Musashi has commented that Juumonji is 'the same kind of guy as him', in terms of attitude (stoic and samurai-esque). Juumonji and Musashi tend to react the same way to outrageous incidents.

In the anime only, he suffers from acrophobia, a problem which Doburoku admits that not even finishing the Death March can fix.

His last name means "cross" most likely a reference to the scar on his cheek. It is possible the scar itself is hereditary as his father has the same scar on his forehead.


Voice Actors=Thornton, Kirk(english)



Koutaro Sasaki (佐々木　コータロー)
* 40-Yard Dash: 5.5 seconds
* Bench Press: 65 kg
* Position: Kicker
* Jersey Number: 99
* Blood Type: B
* Birthday: November 30
* 2nd Year Student (Grade 11)

The kicker for the Bando Spiders. He is a direct rival of Musashi, and as noted by Hiruma, he has never missed a try-for-point kick. He even once kicked a soft drink can right into a rubbish bin made specifically for cans - off of a bridge railing (even more impressively -and unfortunately for Kotaro- it wasn't empty at the time). His skills as a kicker is seen when he could easily get a field goal from 50 yards. It is because of him that the Bando Spiders adopted the philosophy of a kicking team, a team that relies on kicks to win the game. However, his accuracy can also be used against him since it's easy to predict where his kicks will land and they can then be returned. Furthermore, in the match against Deimon, Kōtarō stresses out and actually misses a field goal attempt, which could have won the game.

Koutarou's most famous quote is, "That's smart" (Smart daze) (Otherwise "That's not smart", etc.), and is seen combing his hair whenever he has time, even during a match. He seems to dislike Akaba Hayato because he keeps talking about music. Koutarou used up a time-out just to explain the history of the Spiders to Deimon. His last name is the same as a famous samurai, Sasaki Koujiro, a rival of Miyamoto Musashi. He asked Bando's manager, Sawai Juri, who is also his childhood friend to go out with him 3 times, but was refused with "Whatever, stop saying stupid things, moron!", but she never actually said "No".

In an interesting note of trivia, a poll conducted in Japan had Koutarou as the only non-Deimon player to win in a showdown, with him winning in the "coolest character" battle against Taki.


Taiga Kamiya
* 40-Yard Dash: 4.6 seconds
* Bench Press: 50 kg
* Jersey Number: 26
* Position: Running Back
* Team: Misaki Wolves
* Blood Type: B
* Birthday: February 14
* Height: 167cm (5'3")
* Weight: 58kg (128 lbs)

Kamiya is the Misaki Wolves' captain. He often boasts about his long legs, which help him to run faster. He has short, light-colored hair, much like Riku's, a horizontal scar across his nose, and fangs poking out of his mouth at all times. From the interview with Kumabukuro's daughter, he appears confident to the point of arrogance, saying "You can see my strong point right here, can't you? It's these long legs,". When asked what players he would watch out for, he says, "Myself! --is probably not the right thing to say ... Agon? Though I'm stronger than he is." Speed appears to be his only tactic. Before the game with Seibu, he also says "The level of my lead makes it feel like 'Kamiya Wolves' already ... Being called the quick shooter gunman, is it some joke? With these long legs, I'll give you instant death." This joke, of course, is overturned on them, as Seibu wins by a large margin. However, in anime, Kamiya is portrayed as a player with outstanding skill, giving Riku as well as the whole Seibu team a run for their money.


Kengo Mizumachi (水町　健吾)
The third tallest player on the team and a natural athlete. Was on the swimming team but quit due to the lack of challenge. Plays on the line and uses his height and speed from a "swimmer's start" to great advantage. He has a bad habit of saying inappropriate and insensitive remarks. He is also known to strip down to his boxers in front of people, and seems to hate football equipment, saying that "It's too heavy, I can't move properly". Apparently, modesty is not an issue. Initially, he looks down (no pun intended) on Komusubi of the Deimon team due to how short he is, but learns there is a lot of strength in Komusubi's small frame and was defeated by him at the end of the game. Also, Mizumachi seems to understand Powerful-go, the "true language of truly strong men," as he responded positively to Komusubi's post-game grunt of "HOT!". He also likes swimming and spying on the females' half of the bathhouse when the Kyoshin team relaxes, stating that "The only thing to do when you go to a public bathhouse is to swim or peek, right?".

* Jersey Number: 71
* Position: Tackle/ Defensive End


Reiji Maruko (円子令司)
* Position: Quarterback / Safety
* Jersey Number: 4
* 40-Yard Dash: 5.2 seconds
* Bench Press: 60 kg
* Height: 177 cm (5' 9")
* Weight: 66 kg (145 lbs)
* Blood Type: AB
* Birthday: May 1
* 1st Year Student (Grade 10)

Marco is the quarterback for the Dinosaurs. He prefers to be called Marco instead of Maruko, because Maruko is a female name (in Japan 'ko' is primarily a feminine name ending, not to mention the irony that their manager is a "Maruko"), and "Marco" sounds like a male Italian name.
Originally, he was merely a nice guy who played football and had the love of eventual manager Maruko. However, after witnessing a Christmas Bowl where Kansai finalist Teikoku ran all over the competition, he became obsessed with strength being the only way to win and stop the strongest of teams. Using this motivation, he recruited players such as Gaou with his ultimate goal of getting through Kanto and having a force to stop Teikoku, but this obsession with strength made him on bitter terms with Maruko as a result.

Marco said during an interview that he likes girls with love. According to Deimon's Musashi, Marco seems to be a little bit like a yakuza member. He has a habit of ending his sentence with "I'd say". He also dislikes if he has to face a strong opponent.


Ikkyu Hosakawa (細川一休)
* 40-yard-dash: 4.9 seconds (Backwards)
* Bench-press: 65 kg
* Position: Split End / Cornerback
* Jersey Number: 33
* 2nd Year Student (Grade 11)

Ikkyu is the only person who has an attitude like Monta. By the look of him, no one should be intimidated, but his true skill lies in his running technique. He has the record of 4.9 seconds in the 40-yard-dash while running backwards, making him the best cornerback in the Kanto Zone. He is the only player on the Nagas that Agon has any respect for, since he is considered a genius. He has great respect for Agon and is probably the only one on the team who doesn't fear him and actually looks forward to playing with him. Ikkyu is proud of his jumping and catching ability. He tells Unsui that no one can beat him on air. However, Kanto's best cornerback is nothing compared to Japan's best linebacker- Shin proves this to him in his first match against him.

Ikkyu peppers his speech with the inflection oni, which is used as an emphatic phrase. It is usually translated as "completely".

He is always bullied by his teammates because he gets more remarks than they do. Ikkyu is one of the nicer, more friendly players on the team, but that doesn't make him any less serious when game time comes. He's considered a genius with high-jump catches.


Hayato Akaba (赤羽隼人)
Akaba is the tight end for the Spiders and the team's captain. He is obsessed with music and often plays his electric guitar and uses musical metaphors to state his opinions. While playing Akaba wears a blue eyeshield and he introduces himself to Sena as "the real Eyeshield 21".

He was offered a place on the Teikoku team, and accepted because of the team's strength and his father transferring to Kansai. After a confrontation with teammate Kotaro, Akaba changed his mind and decided to return to Bando. Because of the school's policy, Akaba was forced to sit out for six months from the beginning of the school year so he could not play with the team until the match against the Devil Bats. Instead, Akaba served as an adviser and instructor to his teammates, teaching them the blocking techniques he created through painstaking research.

After the game against Deimon, Akaba gives his blue eyeshield to Sena (in the anime he returns Sena's original green eyeshield to him) and states that Sena deserves to be called 'Eyeshield 21'