Isagi Yoichi ۶ৎ

Yoichi Isagi (潔いさぎ世よ一いち, Isagi Yoichi?) is the main protagonist of the Blue Lock series.

Isagi is a second-year high school student from Saitama who initially played as a forward in high school. Unlike his fellow competitors, who were scouted by Anri Teieri, Isagi was chosen personally by Jinpachi Ego himself after seeing him play. Isagi's main goal is to become the world's best striker.

After surviving the many trials and tribulations of Blue Lock, Isagi is ranked #1 in the program alongside Rin Itoshi and is seen as one of the most exciting talents in football with an offer from Bastard München the end of the Neo Egoist League.

Isagi is a player who is wholeheartedly focused on being the best player on the field in every game. He doesn't care if he has to do things himself, urge his teammates to help him, take advantage of the ever-shifting feelings and emotions on the field, or completely set aside his pride and emotions to be a logical and efficient football machine that exists solely to win, ideally by scoring goals.

male

17

175 cm

dark blue

blue

Isagi family Iyo Isagi (mother) Issei Isagi (father)

Student

Blue Lock

Ichinan High School

Bastard München Japan U-20

Forward Offensive Midfielder

Spatial Awareness Adaptability Direct Shot Off-the-Ball Movements Reflex Metavision Flow State Two Gun Volley

Isagi is a teenager of slightly above average height and slim build, developing a stronger, more defined-looking physique. He has short, dark blue hair that leaves a V-shaped fringe between his deep blue eyes, along with a plant shaped ahoge at the top of his head.

While attending Ichinan High School, he wore an unbuttoned blazer over a white undershirt and striped tie. Both the Ichinan High jersey and gym uniform are light-colored with black stripes.

At Blue Lock, Isagi wears the standard-issued body suit (black with blue stripes) and tracksuit. During the First Selection, he wore Team Z's blue #11 jersey and Team Z's gray-capped cleats. During Second Selection, he wore Team White's #15 jersey and later switched to red. He then later switched to Team A's black #15 jersey during the Blue Lock Eleven tryouts.

Isagi dons an official blue-colored Blue Lock player uniform with the #11, that looks very similar to the ones seen in the first cover spread minus the Japan flag during the Japan U-20 match.

As a regular for Team Germany, Isagi wears the red and black with gold stripes Bastard München uniform as #11.

Isagi is easygoing and has a generally friendly, cheery personality, but his simple and innocent habits often get on the nerves of the people around him. He tends to avoid any childish squabbles among other Blue Lock competitors and tries to be a peacekeeper between his friends and rivals. At the beginning of Blue Lock, Isagi is massively unsure of himself and his skill due to being the second-lowest-ranked player in Blue Lock initially and his conflicting ideas of football. As time goes on, Isagi develops a more assertive presence on and off the field, becoming the foundation for Team Z and garnering the respect of some of the best players in Blue Lock, who mostly have heavily assertive or dominant personalities. As of Third Selection, Isagi has the confidence, charisma, and reputation to talk openly with Rin Itoshi, one of the most talented yet difficult people in the Blue Lock Project.Ever since meeting and losing to Rin, Isagi has been chasing him, attempting to surpass him at every turn. He goes out of his way to get closer to Rin, attempting to copy his cooldown routines and adapting his mindset in an attempt to get closer to his level. Isagi believes that when he is able to truly surpass Rin, he will be closer than ever to his goal of becoming the best striker in the world. Isagi is still prone to being nervous before big matches, such as the end of the First Selection, the beginning of the Third Selection, or the Japan U-20 match, and was slightly nervous while being interviewed after his decisive goal. However, in each case, Isagi was able to fully realize his ego and confidently stake his place among the best in Blue Lock, declaring that he would lead the Japan U-20 to victory in the World Cup. Isagi now doesn't like it when someone believes that his successes are just out of luck and not because of his skills as a striker.

Isagi first met Bachira when Kunigami told him to watch where he's going. Isagi looks down and sees a player sleeping on the floor. A sleeping Bachira surprises Isagi. [1] Isagi was at first unsettled by him and his eccentric demeanor but they quickly bonded after their first match against Team X.They train together pretty often and Bachira has stated that he believes in Isagi multiple times which is why he always passes to him. Bachira implies that he constantly sees a "monster" inside and around Isagi, like himself. Before the match against Team V, he reaches out to Isagi to tell him that he'd be lonely without him if they lost the match and never got to see each other again, to which Isagi agrees. Isagi might be the first real friend Bachira has had in years since he began being bullied but even without him around he is still able to connect with other strong players like Itoshi Rin. They initially became teammates in the Second Selection of Blue Lock along with Nagi but Bachira was stolen away by Rin when their team lost. Isagi made a promise to reclaim Bachira and beat Rin the next time but he failed to do that, albeit barely. Even then Isagi was picked next by Rin and thus their friendship was not damaged or hindered and they kept playing football together against the World Best. When in Third Selection, they did not play anymore official games together in Blue Lock, though they both made the Blue Lock Eleven starting lineup and faced the Japan U-20 together. They are seen celebrating together on the field when Blue Lock scores or when the first half ended indirectly causing their parents to meet. By the time of the Neo Egoist League, Bachira has become a dear friend to Isagi who gives him sound advice and supports his friend as the aim for best striker in the world.

When Isagi first met Ego, he wondered what was going in his head. Unlike most of the invited players, Isagi didn't outright disagree with Ego's ideologies. After hearing Ego's statement about egoistic strikers and the dream of the World cup, Isagi was persuaded and he was the first person to run toward the entry to Blue Lock. [2]

After the game of tag, Ego commends Bachira and Isagi for choosing to aim for stronger players. He states that those are perfect examples of tenacious people who pursue their own egos. Ego remarks that it is exactly the egoism he is looking for in Blue Lock. [3] Ego goes on to view Isagi's growth as an egotist and a football player and even publicly commends him on his ability to shadow and motivate Rin Itoshi.

He chose him as an offensive midfielder for the Japan National Representative match and when Blue Lock was losing due to Ryusei Shido's presence, Isagi ran to him asking for help. Instead of listening to Ego talk about a strong and secure future for Japanese football and the players of Blue Lock even if they do lose the game ,he clearly and adamantly states he doesn't care about any of that; the team and him only care about winning so he tells his coach to give him the answer and Ego obliges him, impressed by his passion and ego.

It is implied that Isagi and Ego share a similar perspective when it comes to football as noted by Noel Noa and Isagi was personally chosen by Ego to participate in Blue Lock unlike the others who were handpicked by Anri.

Isagi’s first impression of Rin came from the beginning of the Second Selection when Rin showed his talent by kicking two soccer balls that collided with one another in the air.

Their first official interaction is in the Second Selection, in the 3v3 matching area. After gaining the knowledge the winners can steal a player from the losing team, Isagi’s ego leads him to challenge Rin’s team. In the match Rin scores a goal at kickoff, which is the start of their rivalry. During the match, Isagi calls Rin lukewarm (the latter’s catchphrase) for underestimating him. At the end, Rin sees through Isagi’s plan and ends up winning, deciding to steal Bachira.

They meet once again in the fourth stage, and Isagi loses once again, 4-5. The game came down to a matter of luck, which Rin admits saying he was unable to read the last play. Because of this, Rin feels defeated so he decides to choose Isagi as the one joining the team. Rin says Isagi cannot sink here because he must watch in the front row as he becomes the best.

Noel is Isagi's role model, whom he idolizes and deeply admires. In the Neo Egoist League, Isagi is greatly surprised and excited to see his favorite player in Blue Lock as a coach, and without a doubt chooses to play in Bastard München because it's the team Noel would be guiding, not letting escape the opportunity to learn from the best striker in the world.

During the final match against Paris X Gen, after learning that Noel has been using Isagi from the very beginning into helping his rival Michael Kaiser discover his hidden ego, he seemingly lost form of respect and reverence towards his now former idol, instead he has become terrifyingly rageful and focused into defeating him, Kaiser, and all who saw him as a stepping stone for their own ambitions. As a result, Isagi discovered a new ego, which relies on him "selling his soul for the sake of winning", he no longer cared about being the star or even being able to surpass "geniuses" in soccer, all that mattered to him was winning at any cost. Earning him his former idol Noel's respect, who accepted Isagi's grand public challenge to best him in the upcoming world cup.

They first met during the Neo Egoist League. From the very first time they saw each other they've had a complicated relationship. Isagi can't stand Kaiser's arrogant behavior and being looked down by him, Isagi also sees Kaiser a rival and his biggest obstacle in Bastard München and in the entire the Neo Egoist League. Despite the animosity between, Isagi respects Kaiser as a football player and tries to learn from him in order to surpass him. Isagi views Kaiser as an obstacle to dismantle, and Kaiser views Isagi as an opponent to devour during play. After being bested and humiliated by him twice, during their match against Manshine City and then with Ubers, Isagi became Kaiser's main target. He no longer cared about the new offer, of joining Re Al, his only desire became to best him. Ultimately, after finally discovering his ego, in the final match against Paris X Gen, he lets go of his fixation in beating Isagi and instead focused only on scoring goals for himself. This led into him to becoming Isagi’s partner to best PXG’s genius players and finally win the Neo Egoist League. After the match, Isagi thanked Kaiser for being most useful pawn, throughout the league.

Neo Egoist League (ネオエゴイストリーグ, Neo Egoisuto Rīgu?) is the final selection of the Blue Lock Project in preparation for the U-20 World Cup.

The Blue Lock Project (青い監獄ブルーロックプロジェクト, Burū Rokku Purojekuto?), or Player Improvement Project, is a special soccer project created by Jinpachi Ego and funded by the Japan Football Union with the intention of developing not only the best striker in the world, but a solitary hero for Japan that would lead the nation into finally winning the World Cup using Ego's extreme training regimens and coaching. Additionally, anyone who loses at Blue Lock would forever lose the right to play for Japan.

Bastard München (バスタード・ミュンヘン, Basutādo Myunhen?) is a professional football team in the German leagues in the Blue Lock (Manga).

It is known as one of the best teams in Europe and is home to the best striker in the world. Bastard München is a team that's absolute priority is scoring goals and they accomplish this by embodying logic and rationality. Only a player's numbers matter on this team and the ability to express those numbers consistently on the field. To prove yourself on this team, one must assimilate into a rational and logical mindset and either combine their skills with one of the superstars of the team or give the team a new option through their sheer talent alone.

The Japan U-20 (or Japan National Under-20 Football Team) is a national association team of Japan of players who are under the age of 20 and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.