— 𝓘𝓽𝓸𝓼𝓱𝓲 𝓢𝓪𝓮 🌸 ⁰⁰³

• Full name: Sae Itoshi
• Age: 18 years old at his first appearance
• Date of birth: October 10
• Height: 180 cm
• Blood type: A
• Place of origin: Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
• Nicknames: The prodigy, Japan's greatest treasure
• Position: Attacking midfielder and central midfielder (previously played as a striker)
• Dominant foot: Left
• Jersey number: 10
• Teams: Real Madrid Youth Team (Spain), Japan Under-20 National Team; he is also part of the group called New Generation World XI, the best young players on the planet

Physical appearance

He is a young man of medium-tall height with an athletic build, well-suited for soccer. He has short, reddish-brown or maroon hair, with some strands falling over his forehead. His eyes are blue-green and characterized by long eyelashes; his gaze is usually cold and serious. In matches, he typically wears the number 10 jersey of the Japanese Under-20 national team and black gloves. Off the field, he prefers simple, modern clothing. He differs from his brother Rin in his calmer and less aggressive demeanor.

Personality

Sae is a very intelligent, calculating, and direct person. From a young age, he had a professional mindset, focused solely on the quality and results of football. He is demanding of others and also of himself; he doesn't usually show emotions in public and is rarely surprised by the talent of other players.
At first, he believed Japanese football had no future and that there weren't any strikers good enough to receive his passes. That's why he changed his goal: from wanting to be the best striker in the world, he shifted to aiming to be the best midfielder in the world. He's not cruel by nature, but he speaks the truth bluntly, which hurt his brother Rin deeply.

Over time, he begins to recognize the value of some Blue Lock players and question his own ideas, although he maintains his serious and reserved style. He values ​​precision and what he calls "beautiful football," based on technique and logic.

History and trajectory

As a child, he dreamed of being the best striker in the world alongside his younger brother, Rin: they planned for Sae to score the goals and Rin to provide the assists. At age 12, he traveled to Spain to train with a top-level youth team. There, he discovered that the level of Japanese strikers was far below what he had expected, and it changed his perspective on football.
When he returned to Japan after several years, he told Rin that their childhood dream was no longer possible, which broke their relationship and motivated Rin to join the Blue Lock project. Later, Sae is appointed captain of Japan's Under-20 national team and faces the Blue Lock players in an important match. In that match, he directly confronts his brother and begins to understand that the Blue Lock players possess a potential he hadn't anticipated.

Skills on the court

He is considered one of the strongest young players in the world. His strengths are:

• Perfect kicking technique: for both accurate passes and shots on goal.
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• Quick dribbling and changes of direction, with excellent balance.
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• Metavision: ability to read the playing field and anticipate the movements of rivals and teammates.
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• Very fast reflexes and great physical resistance.
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• Flow state: when you concentrate fully, your performance increases significantly.
  His playing style is that of a playmaker: he seeks to control the rhythm of the game and make passes that generate goal-scoring opportunities.

Key relationships

Rin Itoshi (younger brother)

It's the most important and complicated bond. As children, they were very close and shared the same dream. After Sae returned from Spain, they drifted apart: Rin feels rejection and frustration because of Sae's words.

His older brother, while Sae believes Rin didn't understand his point of view. Gradually, during the match between Blue Lock and the Under-20s, they both begin to recover some of their old connection, although they remain rivals.

Other players

At first, he doesn't pay much attention to the Blue Lock participants, but later he recognizes the talent of Isagi and other key players. He doesn't have any close friends within the project, but he respects them when they demonstrate their skill.

— Tastes and interesting facts

• Favorite food: tuna omelet
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• He likes to watch simple cartoon programs
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• His favorite animal is the seagull.
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• He always wears a watch on his left wrist.
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• His biggest fear is ceasing to progress in football
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• His most famous quote is: “There are no strikers worth playing for in Japan”

— Origin of the Project

Following Japan's elimination from the 2018 World Cup, the Japanese Football Federation hires an eccentric analyst named Jinpachi Ego, with a radical mission: to create the most selfish striker in the world, because according to him, Japan loses due to an excess of "teamwork" and a lack of a true egocentric goalscorer.

Project Blue Lock is a closed facility ("the blue prison") where 300 teenage forwards from all over Japan are incarcerated. The brutal rule:

Only ONE will become the best striker in the world

• Whoever is eliminated loses forever the right to play for the Japanese National Team

Main Story

Stage 1 — Initial Selection

The 300 are divided into teams. We follow Yoichi Isagi, who joined Blue Lock after hesitating to shoot in a school final and passing the ball to a teammate who missed. That regret drives him to become the best.

Team Z (the weakest group) must survive by defeating the others. Here, Isagi discovers his greatest skill: reading the field and predicting the game, combining it with his growing goal-scoring instinct.

Stage 2 — Second Selection

The survivors move on to a more brutal system: teams of 3 who steal players from each other. Here they split up and face off against each other. Only the best advance.

Stage 3 — World Selection & Match against Under-20

The best survivors face off against Japan's official Under-20 National Team, led by Sae Itoshi (Rin's older brother), with the fate of the entire project at stake: if they lose, Blue Lock will close and everyone will be ineligible.

Stage 4 — Neo-Egoist League

The survivors are divided into 5 teams inspired by the best leagues in Europe (Germany, England, Spain, Italy, France) and compete against each other, with world-class players like Noel Noa participating as coaches.

Central Philosophy

"Football is not a team sport. It's 11 selfish players using each other to score their own goal. The most selfish player wins." — Jinpachi Ego

Blue Lock is not looking for camaraderie: it seeks for each player to develop his own "ego" and unique style, so that this collective egoism ends up creating the best striker in the world who will lead Japan to win the World Cup.

Main Characters

• Yoichi Isagi — Protagonist, evolves from passive to instinctive strategist
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• Meguru Bachira — Dribbling genius, impulsive and free
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• Rin Itoshi — Pure talent, obsessed with surpassing his brother Sae
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• Seishiro Nagi — Lazy but with overwhelming talent
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• Reo Mikage — Rich and determined, creator of Nagi's ambition
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• Jinpachi Ego — The mastermind behind it all, obsessed with creating the world's #1

After defeating Japan's Under-20 National Team, the Blue Lock project doesn't end. Jinpachi Ego is given full control and decides to take the players to the next level: to pit them directly against European football, because according to him: "Only by playing against the best in the world can you become the best in the world."

The Neo Egoist League (NEL) is more than just training: it's broadcast worldwide on Blue Lock TV (BLTV), and players are evaluated by real clubs. Their market value becomes the new scoring system.

Key Rules

• Round robin — each team plays once against the other 4
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• There is no direct elimination — what matters is your individual market value after each match
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• Scouting clubs bid for the players; whoever has the highest value at the end advances to the Japanese National Team

Main Plot

Home — The election

Each player chooses their own destiny. Isagi chooses Bastard München to learn from Noel Noa, but discovers there's already a "king": Michael Kaiser, an arrogant genius who sees him as a nuisance.

Development — Growth and rivals

• Isagi develops Meta-Vision: he reads the entire field in 360° and predicts plays before they happen
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• Kaiser dominates with his "Kaiser Impact" — a lethal play coordinated with his partner Ness
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• Bachira shines at FC Barcha with his free-flowing football
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• Nagi and Reo face their limits in Manshine City
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• Barou turns Ubers into a relentless defensive machine

Climax — The decisive duels

• Bastard München vs Manshine City: Isagi defeats Nagi in a clash of styles
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• Bastard München vs Ubers: Isagi scores with his left foot (new weapon) and stops Barou's perfect machine
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• Bastard München vs FC Barcha: Isagi vs Rin — the most intense rivalry
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• Final: Bastard München vs PXG — Isagi faces Shidou and all the French talent