Captain Tsubasa/Characters/Others

Real Japan 7 Team

• The Psycho Rangers: Much less villainous than usual, since this is a sports manga without real evil characters.

Hanji Urabe

• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Hot-Blooded and slightly crass, but with a kind heart.
• X Marks the Hero: Subverted: not only he's not The Hero, but his x-shaped scar is located on his forehead.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Ishizaki

Youji Sakaki

• The Big Guy

Kouji Yoshikawa

• Kansai Regional Accent: Subverted, he has to hide his Osaka accent. Once the RJ7 rouse is uncovered, he starts using it again.
• Not Good with People

Nobuaki Yumikura

• "Well Done, Son" Guy: Seems to admire Tsubasa quite a bit.

Toshiya Okano

• Badass Long Hair: And spiced up with a green bandanna
• Fragile Speedster

Mitsuteru Yamada

• Bald of Awesome
• The Stoic
• The Voiceless: Doesn't say a single word in the whole RJ7 arc

Ryoma Hino

See "foreign rivals"

Other characters

Roberto Hongo

• Adaptation Dye Job: He's always had Brown Eyes, but as seen in the picture his 2018 series incarnation has Blue Eyes instead.
• Break the Cutie: His backstory, especially his childhood, as told by the J and Road to 2002 series, and his eyesight problems, which forced him into retirement. He could be seen as a male Broken Bird, to a degree.
• Broken Ace: His sad backstory and the loss of his career made him go into drunken and sucidal depression. But with the Ozora's help, he picked himself up.
• Big Brother Mentor: To Tsubasa.
• Driven to Suicide: In the manga and original series, Roberto was about to throw himself into the sea during an Heroic BSOD caused by the loss of his career, but Tsubasa's father Koudai saved him and helped him get back to his feet. It should be noticed that the Road to 2002 TV series removes his suicidal episode.
• Drowning My Sorrows: Until he met Tsubasa, he was heavily drinking in order to drown his sorrow of losing his career.
• I Owe You My Life: To Koudai for saving him when he tried to kill himself, and to Tsubasa for giving him a new reason to live.
• Missing Mom: The J and Road series dwell a little on this, but offer different backgrounds: in J she left him in a convent and died before she could return to him, while in Road to 2002 she was a factory worker and died in a work accident.
• Mitsuru Miyamoto: In Road to 2002.
• Perma Stubble
• Obfuscating Stupidity: Used this in his first apparition. The Nankatsu kids had to pick up their jaws off the floor upon seeing him play.
• Self-Made Man: From an orphaned Street Urchin, to a world-class player, to a well-respected coach.
• Street Urchin: As a child.
• Team Dad

Louis van Saal

Dutch Manager of FC Barcelona. He is the one who saw Tsubasa's potential and invited him to play for the Catalan giants.

• Expy: of Louis van Gaal, Barcelona manager for 2002.
• The Chessmaster: As a football manger, this is a prerequisite. He decided to move Tsubasa to the reserve squad because he cannot use two playmakers in the pitch with Rivaul.

Manabu Ookawa

One of the original members of the Nankatsu team, who plays only through the elementary arc. In Junior High he becomes either a cheerleader or an assistant, depending on the media.

• Butt Monkey: Near always at the end of Sanae's temper flashes.
• Platonic Life Partners: Him and Sanae
• The Short Guy with Glasses
• The Strategist: Later in the series.
• Will Not Tell a Lie: Subverted in the original series, where he's shown to be an excellent liar.

Sanae "Anego" Nakazawa

Tsubasa's Love Interest, a young girl whom he met as soon as he arrived to Nankatsu. First the head cheerleader of the team, then its Cute Sports Club Manager.

• Adaptation Dye Job: She's normally a brunette, but has burgundy-red in the 2018 anime.
• Childhood Friend Romance: She and Tsubasa, oh yes.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: Especially when she's a pre-teen. She tones it down as a teenager, though it flares up in the presence of Rika in the movies.
• Cool Big Sis: To Kumi.
• Cute Sports Club Manager: Of Nankatsu, during the Junior High arc. She's the Manga Ur Example of this trope.
• Demoted to Extra: In the Road to 2002 anime, as it skips through all romantic developments between her and Tsubasa, Sanae's teenage and adult years were drastically changed as a result: she's the same character-wise and she and Tsubasa still have a Long-Distance Relationship, but this doesn't evolve on her following her boyfriend and later husband to Spain, as it never happened in this continuity.
• Expy: Of Aki Yamazaki, the CSCM from the CT pilot story.
• Fan Girl: Not only of Tsubasa, but of the whole team. Given a cute lampshade by Tsubasa in the 2002 anime.
• Family Business: The Nakazawas own an ice-cream parlor. In the Road to 2002 TV series they own the whole building the parlor is and have their living quarters in the second floor.
• Girliness Upgrade: From a huge tomboy to an more quiet cutie. Some manga stories and the 2018 series hang huge lampshades on this, and it's also subverted in that she didn't change her personality overnight - the manga has her screaming at Ishizaki when he sees her wearing a short dress and says she's doing it to make Tsubasa look at her.
• Girl Next Door: A bit more aggressive than many, but still.
• The Heart: Her encouragement and fangirling of Tsubasa and his teams can be very uplifting at times.
• Hello, Nurse!: Her beauty was praised more or less frequently in the anime series and the manga.
• Hot Mom: She's currently pregnant in the manga, and about to give birth in Rising Sun. A short Alternate Universe story makes her the mother of twin boys who look a LOT like their dad; the manga later takes this idea and make it more or less canon, as she turns out to be pregnant with twins too.
• Love At First Sight: Actually subverted in the first TV series. Sanae was reluctant to accept Tsubasa at first, until she got to witness his skills first-hand; she was even downright hostile to him since he accidentally hit her best friend Manabu with his soccer ball.
• The Medic: Pretty efficient nurse.
• My Girl Back Home: For Tsubasa, during his days in Brazil.
• Named by the Adaptation: Sorta, in the first anime. Since Sanae's actual name was only given late in the first arc, the credits initially referred to her as "Miyuki Namiki" and switched accordingly when said name was mentioned onscreen.
• Platonic Life Partners: With Manabu, and to a smaller degree Ishizaki.
• Plucky Girl: This young lady has her ups and downs, but doesn't stay down for long.
• Secret Keeper: In the original series, J and the 2018 one, she becomes an asymmetric one after she accidentally overhears Misugi and Yayoi talking about the first's illness.. No one ever learns that she knows, and it doesn't matter later... usually, since in J she's soon caught by Yayoi
• Shorttank: As a little girl and a teenager.
• Shut UP, Hannibal: When Kanda almost kidnaps her and says Tsubasa won't come to face him for her sake, Sanae immediately tells him it's not true. Right then, Tsubasa shows up.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Her mother and grandmother appear in the manga (and the first is also seen in the 2023 series), and Sanae is basically a younger version of both.
• Team Mom: As the Nankatsu assistant.
• Textile Work Is Feminine: Subverted, she made the huge flag that she uses to cheer for Nankatsu - when she was at her most tomboyish stage.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: She grew into this in the manga. The animes tend to make her a mild Type B Tsundere instead.

Kumi Sugimoto

One of Sanae's closest friends, and her fellow Nankatsu assistant. She joined the team at first just to be closer to her crush Tsubasa...

• Adapted Out: From the Road to 2002 anime and the Rise of New Champions game.
• Character Development: She initially joined the team only because she was a Tsubasa fangirl and wanted to approach him, but ended up loving the sport for real and caring for the team boys as her older "siblings". Lampshaded in canon more than once.
• Cute Sports Club Manager: She's one of Sanae's two assistants.
• Demoted to Extra: In the Shin OAV and the movies. She doesn't appear in the Road to 2002 anime either, but does return to the 2018 one.
• Fortune Teller: She's implied to come from a family of these in WYC, since her grandmother is one and she seems to be her apprentice.
• Genki Girl: Very much so. The 2018 series amps up her genkiness Up to Eleven, even, giving her some rather hilarious moments.
• Girlish Pigtails: Until the World Youth Cup.
• Hidden Depths: At times, Kumi shows unexpected maturity regarding her feelings for Tsubasa. I.e., she actually does tell Sanae that she intends to confess to him because she sincerely thinks it's the fair and right thing to do and later she immediately concedes when it's obvious that Tsubasa has chosen Sanae, without even a second thought or any misgivings.
• Naive Newcomer: She doesn't really know a lot about soccer at first, so at times the others gotta explain stuff to her.
• Plucky Girl: Nothing keeps her down for too long.
• Shipper on Deck: After Tsubasa rejects her very gently, she decides to support his love for Sanae. It's implied that deep down she always knew that Tsubasa was more likely to love Sanae than her.
• Smitten Teenage Girl: To Tsubasa, in the earlier series. The 2018 one has her a bit more boy-crazy, gushing over Misugi and Misaki briefly.
• Trying Not to Cry: After Tsubasa rejects her.
• Unlucky Childhood Friend: Has all the signs of being this to Tsubasa.

Yukari Nishimoto

Sanae's other best friend, a calm young woman who's the most mature of the trio. She eventualy becomes Ishizaki's girlfriend.

• Adapted Out: Like Kumi, she's not seen in the Road to 2002 anime and the Rise of New Champions game.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: Implied with Ishizaki, in both the animated Holland Youth special and in WYC. And leading to an adorable Love Confession.. It's more clear in the 2018 series.
• Beta Couple: She and Ishizaki, to Tsubasa and Sanae. Ishizaki even proposes to her in Next Dream!
• Cool Big Sis: To Sanae and Kumi, being the more mature and levelheaded of the three girls.
• Cute Sports Club Manager: The second of Sanae's assistants, and the more experienced and closest to Sanae of the two.
• Demoted to Extra: Even more than Kumi, as she only appeared in one of the movies while Kumi had parts in at least two. But she also returned for the 2018 series after not showing up on Road to 2002 either (though an early scene included a tiny cameo by a girl who looks exactly like her)
• Girlish Pigtails: Variation. She has them in the first anime series, but has a single Tomboyish Ponytail in the manga and the 2018 series.
• Hollywood Homely: In a way. She's designed to have more modest looks than the very Moe Kumi and Sanae, and it shows very clearly in the 2018 series.
• Hospital Hottie: She wants to be a nurse. She fails the college school tests, but starts working as a Cool Teacher in a kindergarten school instead.
• Not So Above It All: She pokes Kumi about her flighty behavior in the 2018 series, but swoons over Misugi when she meets him.
• Plucky Girl
• Shipper on Deck: Moreso in the old anime than other media. In the 2023 series, when Kumi all but asks her what will she do about it, she explicitly says she won't step in.
• Team Mom: Even more so than Sanae.
• Tsundere: A Type B, to Ishizaki. Perfectly seen in one of her earlier 2018 scenes, where they scream at one another comically.

Yayoi Aoba

Once Tsubasa's borderline Only Friend, later Misugi's faithful companion and girlfriend.

• Adaptation Dye Job: She's a redhead in the manga and original series, but has dark brown hair in the Road to 2002 series. Both J and the 2018 series give her light brown hair.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: In both the manga and J, she became the Musashi manager to thank Misugi for helping her out against bullies.
• Childhood Friend Romance: Tsubasa was her First Love, Misugi is her second one, and she met the two before she turned 12.
• Cute Sports Club Manager: Not as much as the other girls, as she hangs around quite a bit with the Musashi Elementary team but apparently stops that in Junior High. Unless one counts the Road to 2002 series, which removed her friendship with Tsubasa but put much more emphasis on her manager role due to having the Musashi JHS out cut outta the story after their Nankatsu match.
• Fatal Flaw: She can be very Innocently Insensitive. At times it's Played for Laughs (like when she's introduced as completely oblivious to Sanae's Territorial Smurfette deals in the first anime), but it's eventually played completely straight when she tells Tsubasa that Misugi has a weak heartand then begs him to let Misugi win the match, which makes Tsubasa hold back in their duel and infuriates Misugi when he finds out.
• Heroic BSOD: In Rising Sun, poor Yayoi short-circuits badly (complete with Fainting) when Misugi collapses and almost dies in the match against Germany.. Fortunately, she recovers few after Misugi pretty much returns to life.
• Official Couple: She and Misugi can be seen as a bit of a Beta Couple to Sanae and Tsubasa.
• Only Friend: According to some manga side-stories, Yayoi and her older brother Hideto were the first friends Tsubasa ever made.
• Stock Shoujo Bullying Tactics: A scene from J series states that, when Yayoi was the New Transfer Student in Musashi Elementary School, her classmates bullied her. When she had a near breakdown in public over someone messing up with her school things, Misugi stood up for her.
  • In a manga side story, when Yayoi transferred to Misugi's class she was set to have the seat right by his own. That made a bunch of girls very angry and they planned to bully her and force her switch seats with another, but the Genre Savvy Misugi soon told her to join the team half because they need an assistant, half so he can protect her from the bullies.
• Team Mom
• Yamato Nadeshiko: More or less.

Yoshiko Fujisawa

One of the assistants for Furano Junior High, and Matsuyama's Love Interest.

• Beta Couple: Matsuyama and Yoshiko's deals clearly run parallel to Tsubasa ands Sanae's own.
• Character Development: Subtle, but still there. In the Road to 2002 manga, she's seen breaking through her Shrinking Violet shell and becoming more confident and even a bit more cheerful. And Dream Team shows that she has decided to become a flight attendant - and it's the only thing she'll put above her love for Matsuyama.
• Chekhov's Ill Girl: In WYC, she gets hit by a car and Matsuyama stays by her bedside. Which is vital in the Sweden/Japan match, as he's got pent-up energy whereas the others are exhausted.
• Cute Sports Club Manager: Of the Furano Junior High team.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: Her hair is somewhat longer in WYC and Rising Sun.
• Long-Distance Relationship: She and Matsuyama, in the end. Twice, actually - first in the original story (her family must move abroads), then in Dream Team (she wants to be a flight assistant so, despite loving Matsuyama, she turns down his marriage proposal so they settle in this.
• Makiko Ohmoto: In Road to 2002.
• Shrinking Violet: Downplayed, she's more quiet than actually timid.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: To a small degree, with Matsuyama.
• Stepford Smiler: She hides her inner turmoil very well from Matsuyama and the team, only letting her mother and Machiko see how she's unhappy and depressed at the prospect of leaving Japan.
• Team Mom
• Trying Not to Cry: Towards the end, when she has to leave Japan and Matsuyama behind.
• Yamato Nadeshiko

Machiko Machida

The other Furano assistant and Yoshiko's closest friend.

• Adapted Out: In the Rise of New Champions game.
• Alliterative Name
• Cute Sports Club Manager: She's Yoshiko's assistant.
• Meganekko
• Plucky Girl
• Shipper on Deck: The most open Matsu/Yoshi shipper
• Team Mom
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: With Yoshiko.
• Tsundere: Type B one, as she's sweet and kind until something/someone sets her off.

Maki Akamine

Hyuuga's Love Interest, a young lady from Okinawa who plays soft-ball and aspires to have her own career.

• Adapted Out: Surprisingly, Maki does NOT show up in the Road to 2002 anime. Instead, Hyuuga develops the Raiju Shot on his own with a bit of advice from Coach Kira.
• Indirect Kiss: By sharing with Hyûga a Coca-cola can (his favourite drink) in the World Youth Saga, after he has completed his Training From Hell in Okinawa and is about to go get back his place in the national team.
• He Is Not My Boyfriend: She denies more vehemently than Hyûga does when teased about this, but Everyone Can See It.
• Passionate Sports Girl: Wants to have her own softball career and is very serious about it. And now she's very much in her way to get it - she's vital ion the USA vs Japan last match, and thanks to her the JPN team earns their gold medals!
• Plucky Girl: She has her ups and downs like any girl, but does her best whenever she can.
• Shorttank: Described as a massive and fiery tomboy, but she does wear dresses once in a while.
• Tsundere: Type B. She's cute and cheerful and happy, but it's best not to press her buttons.
• The Power of Love: She is an excellent softball player in her own right, but her Power Level in matches go Up to Eleven each time Hyûga cheers her. Conversely, the one time Hyûga didn't come to her match to support her, she lost.
• Wakana Yamazaki: In the J series.

Munemasa Katagiri

An old friend of Mikami and Gamo, who's a top executive of the Japan Football Association.

• Big Brother Mentor
• Calling the Old Man Out: In World Youth Cup. Katagiri hasn't spoken with his father for years, but he goes to him to ask his dad support for Japan's bid to host the WYC after the original host retires due to a civil war. Katagiri Sr. says he'll accept on one single condition: that if the bid fails, Katagiri will retire from anything soccer-like and work in the Family Business from then on... But Katagiri refuses because he's sure that Japan will win, and says he'll find other supporters. That softens up Katagiri Sr. enough to offer talking to other potential sponsors, and in exchange he only asks his son to visit his mother who really misses him.
• The Consigliere - Guile Hero: Is the one handling things behind the scenes to help the Japanese Team coaches. And damn, he's good at it
• Princely Young Man: Actually subverted. He is the son of an extremely rich family, but according to WYC he walked out on them because he chose soccer over working with his Fantasy-Forbidding Father.
• Retired Badass: Due to losing his eye. After THAT happened, he couldn't play any longer but kept working behind the scenes.
• The Smart Guy
• Sunglasses At Night: To cover his scarred left eye.
• Tall, Dark and Handsome
• Three Amigos: Was this with Gamo and Mikami.

Tatsuo Mikami

Genzo's personal coach and an ex pro player, who also is a bit of a fatherly figure to him.

• Big Brother Mentor: To Genzo.
• Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: To Genzo, too.
• Parental Substitute: Hinted to be this when he and Genzo go to Germany.
• Stern Teacher
• Sunglasses At Night: Especially in older media.
• Tall, Dark and Snarky: Though he softens up a little as time passes.
• Team Dad: Bonus for being a parental figure to Genzo.
• Younger Than They Look: He's supposed to be just in his 30's, but looks like in his 40's already.

Minato Gamo

A good friend of Katagiri and Mikami, he appears first as the coach of the Real Japan 7. When Mikami falls sick in WYC he takes the other man's place as coach.

• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He genuinely means well, but damn he's harsh.
• Perma Stubble
• Stern Teacher
• Tall, Dark and Snarky
• Team Dad
• Training From Hell: This quote from one of the RJ7 players perfectly sums up his coaching style: "Coach Gamo is again opening to us the gates of his Hell".

Koushi Kanda

A friend of Yukari and the star member of the boxing club of Nankatsu Junior High. He has a huge crush on Sanae.

• Adapted Out: Not unlike Carlos, Azumi and others, Kanda was taken out of the Shin OAV's and the 2002 series.
• Adaptational Attractiveness: He had rather generic looks in the manga and a sort-of pompadour hairstyle that made him near identical to Ricardo Espadas, but he's drawn as more handsome and with a more flattering hair in the 2023 series.
• Adaptation Dye Job: In the 2023 anime he's slightly tanned and has both slightly straighter hair and dark blue eyes.
• Adaptation Expansion: Sorta. In the 2023 series Kanda's first appearance is moved several episodes later than it's supposed to be, but on the other hand it's completely changed and expanded. In the manga, he and Sanae have a Crash Into Hello first meeting and then Yukari steps in to introduce them to each other; in the anime Kanda is cornered by Japanese Delinquents and fights his way out, then Sanae calls him out for getting into fights when he should not and then bandages his injured hand.
• Alliterative Name
• Boisterous Bruiser
• Book Dumb
• The Bus Came Back: He's seen in Rising Sun, and is noticeably more sympathetic and mature. He even manages to win a gold medal at the Olympics!
• Crazy Jealous Guy and Hopeless Suitor: To Sanae, though he doesn't reach Yandere extremes.
• Jerkass -> Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Platonic Life Partners: With Yukari, in the manga.
• Rated "M" for Manly: He's very hot-blooded, aggressive and quite the manly man.
• Worthy Opponent: He at first dismisses Tsubasa, but once he defeats him in a fight with a single kick, he declares him as such and leaves him and Sanae alone.

Natsuko and Koudai Oozora

Tsubasa's kind-hearted parents. Kodai is a ship captain and Natsuko is a housewife (who used to be a reporter for a magazine). In his travels Koudai met and befriended Roberto, and asked him to become Tsubasa's coach. They later have a second child, a second son named Daichi.

• A Day in the Limelight: The Memories Spin-Off has a part dedicated to the Ozora family, and the first chapter is all about how Koudai and Natsuko met and fell in love. (And it also introduces Tsubasa's maternal grandparents, Hachigorou and Hana)
• Expository Hairstyle Change: When Koudai was young, he did not have his moustache. It seems he only grew it when he married Natsuko.
• Family Business: The Ozora grandparents owned a fishing boat one, and Koudai was supposed to inherit it but he wanted to see the world. He reached an agreement with them and got his wish; the business was inherited by the grandpa's Number Two.
• Hot Mom: Natsuko looks her age, but she's still quite pretty.
• Nice Guy: Koudai.
• Parents as People: Koudai works abroad as a ship captain, but does what he can to keep contact and is a genuinely good dad when around.
• Potty Emergency: Inverted: In the Shin manga, Koudai was once in the bathroom when Tsubasa scored a goal.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Tsubasa has Natsuko's features and Koudai's black hair and grey eyes. As he grows up, tho, he resembles Koudai more - it's especially blatant when one sees the flashbacks with the younger Koudai, who's basically a shorter-haired and more muscled Tsubasa.
• Team Mom: Natsuko.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: Natsuko, with emphasis on maturity.

Ishizaki's mother

The mother of Ryo Ishizaki, the owner and manager of a public bath house in Shizuoka.

• Adaptational Attractiveness: She's more slender and even a bit younger-looking in the 2018 series.
• Almighty Mom: Ishizaki is terrified of his loud and fearless mother.
• Apron Matron
• Expy: She gets one in the kindly yet Hot-Blooded shopkeeper of Road to 2002
• Family Business: She owns a sento, aka a public bath.
• Good Parents: For all of her loudness, she really loves Ryo and has raised him very well.
• Large Ham
• No Name Given
• Plucky Girl: A grown up version
• Strong Family Resemblance: While she's rather portly, her features are pretty similar to Ryo's.
• Tsundere: Non-romantic example

Kaori Matsumoto

A beautiful woman who works for the prestigious Toho Elevator School of Tokyo. She wants either Tsubasa or Hyuuga to join the team; after Tsubasa refuses her offers to stay in Nankatsu, she takes Hyuuga to Tokyo. When he goes fully pro, she becomes his manager.

• Adaptation Dye Job: Has Green Eyes in the 2018 series.
• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl
• Atsuko Tanaka: In Road to 2002.
• The Ojou
• Plucky Girl: Another adult version
• The Smart Business Woman: Especially as Hyuga's personal manager
• Woman in White: In the primary school arc, combined with a Nice Hat. If she isn't wearing her iconic white dress, she's often seen in purple clothes.

Kouzou Kira

A once promising player who later lost his career very tragically, and grew rather bitter. He appears as the Meiwa coach and a sort-of mentor for Hyuuga.

• The Alcoholic: of the Drunken Master type.
• Perma Stubble
• Retired Badass: Once was a promising player, but after a terrible experience he left soccer and was terrible dis-illusioned.
• Team Dad: To Hyuuga mostly, and he takes it Up to Eleven when he becomes the National Team coach.
• Took a Level In Jerkass: Inverted: as time passes, he becomes nicer.
• Training From Hell
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His well-intentioned but harsh and ill-timed reprieve to Hyuuga motivated Hyuuga to run away from the Toho team to train with him. Which had SERIOUS consequences for Hyuga and for the whole team. He's deeply troubled when he finds out, to the point that he goes into the Pose of Supplication in front of Kitazume to prove how sorry he is.

Azumi Hayakawa

A French-Japanese young girl who appears in the Shin part of Captain Tsubasa. She's good friends with Taro Misaki.

• Advertised Extra: She shows up in the OP of the Shin OAV... and yet she doesn't really appear in the series itself.
• Adapted Out: From the Road to 2002 anime as well. She returns only in the Dream Team games and 2023 series.
• Expy: Of Sanae. Since she was both Older and Wiser and more feminine, Azumi was created to bring back a tomboy for the Shin CT part. Misaki even refers to her as "the French Sanae"
• Hot-Blooded
• Platonic Life Partners: With Misaki. Though the Dream Team games imply they may start getting romantically closer...
• Tomboy: Even more than Sanae.

Ichiro Misaki

Misaki's beloved father, a talented painter who's always in search of the perfect landscapes.

• The Alcoholic: In the past. Fortunately didn't become an abusive father, but it still wasn't easy for Taro and his mom.
• Parents as People: He loves Taro deeply, but is aware that he hasn't been able to be the the best father to him.
• Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?: Keeps moving away due to his job as a painter.

Shirley Marks

A Swedish nurse who shows up in WYC

• Girlish Pigtails: Subverted, she has them despite being in her late teens.
• Hospital Hottie: A medical student
• Unrequited Love: For Levin, since she was Karen's best friend and respects how Levin's still in love with her.

Karen

A beautiful Swedish woman who also appears only in WYC. She is Stefan Levin's girlfriend who died few before WYC took place.

• Friend to All Living Things: At some point, she stops Levin from accidentally stepping on an ant's nest. He recalls it while "shooting" Akai, and realizes how gone he's been.
• Rapunzel Hair: Takahashi likes his girls with short hair, but he made an exception with Karen's hip-length Hair of Gold.
• Stuffed Into the Fridge: Was hit by a truck in her way to one of Levin's matches, which causes Levin's fall into despair and ruthlessness.

Rika Oosawa

A cute French-Japanese girl who shows up in the anime series and movies.

• But Not Too Foreign: Half-French, half-Japanese
• Canon Foreigner: Created only for the original anime series.
• Expy: She's a somewhat less Hot-Blooded Azumi
• Nice Girl
• Shorttank
• She Cleans Up Nicely: Inverted. She shows up in a cute dress at the beginning, but the rest of the time she wears rather tomboyish clothes,
• Tsundere: A small Type B to Pierre

Carlos

A Brazilian-Japanese man who lives in Japan and teaches Tsubasa Portuguese before he leaves to play in Brazil.

• Ambiguously Brown: Averted, him having dark skin in the 2018 series is pretty understandable since he's Brazilian-Japanese.
• Demoted to Extra: He wasn't the most important character in the manga, but none of the anime series included him. Until the 2018 one, that is.
• Funny Afro: He has a bit of an afro and is a very sweet, funny young man.
• Nice Guy: He's a rather cheerful fella and gets along with the Ozora family very well.