| “ | People often liken strikers to robbers and defenders to cops. So, on my watch, I'm not letting any Robbers steal any goals. | ” |
Oliver Aiku (オリヴァ・
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What position does Oliver Aiku play in the Neo Egoist League?
In the Neo Egoist League, Oliver Aiku holds the position of center-back for the Ubers team, following his tenure as captain and center-back of the Japan U-20 team.
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What is the significance of Oliver Aiku's green-tipped hair in the anime?
The green-tipped hair of Oliver Aiku, a prominent figure in the anime, complements his unique Heterochromia Iridum condition, which manifests as a green left eye. These distinctive features contribute to his unique visual identity in the series.
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How does Oliver Aiku's role as a center-back reflect his personality?
Oliver Aiku's center-back role mirrors his personality. He once aspired to be a top striker, but the philosophy of 'playing for others' tainted this dream. Consequently, he chose to be the world's best defender, defying those who wanted him to play for others. Yet, he vowed to support any 'true striker' who emerged, showing his commitment to helping others reach their personal goals.
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What is the backstory of Oliver Aiku's transition from the Japan U-20 team to Italy's Ubers?
Oliver Aiku, previously a forward and captain of the Japan U-20 team, seamlessly transitioned to a defender role, demonstrating his professional technique and versatility. His skills were acknowledged by an Italian club team, leading to his current position as a center-back for Italy's Ubers in the Neo Egoist League. Aiku's move was motivated by his personal growth and his commitment to support other emerging strikers in Japan.
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How does Oliver Aiku's physical appearance contribute to his character in the anime?
In the anime, Oliver Aiku is characterized by his tall, muscular build and shaggy brown hair with green ends. His substantial physical presence, from his youth to his bulkier adult form, enables him to excel as a centerback/defender. Aiku's unique Heterochromia Iridum, with one green and one purple eye, further distinguishes his appearance.
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Appearance[]
Aiku is a very tall and muscular young man with shaggy, dark purple hair with lime green tips and short facial hair. As a child, his facial structure stayed the same, just becoming sharper and more refined as he grew facial hair. Aiku is heterochromatic, and his eyes are different colors, with his left eye being green and his right eye being purple. However, in the anime, his right eye's color was changed to blue.
During the Japan National Representative match, Aiku dons the official white with red trim U-20 jersey and shorts and wears the captain's band on his left sleeve. Under that, he wears a black shirt and gloves. Aiku also wears black cleats with red edges.
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Japan U-20 uniform
Blue Lock player icon
Young Aiku
Personality[]
When Aiku was a child, he wanted to become the best striker in the world, but his coach and other adults tainted his dream with the philosophy of "playing for others." He lost the will to become the best striker in the world in time but decided wholeheartedly to become the best defender in the world to spite all the adults and coaches that told him to play for others and refused to help him pursue his own goals. He promised himself, though, that if a "true striker" ever appears, struggling to bloom in Japan, he will do whatever it takes for them to shine and prevent them from being tainted like he was.
Aiku has been shown to be a womanizer when he invited two girls to karaoke on a date when they did not know about each other. They slapped him and left because of his rudeness, assuming they would want to share him, but he seems to not be too worried about women.
Aiku lives up to his title as captain as he is the defender and peacekeeper of the Japan U-20 team and its players, as seen when he stops Ryusei Shido from harming their Ace and also keeps their Ace and other members in check with his charisma. Despite his seemingly jovial and friendly manner, Aiku changes dramatically when on the field, becoming a dangerous and highly skilled threat. Aiku can be a bit reckless, for he unnecessarily bet the fate of him and his team for a chance to beat the Blue Lock Eleven properly and prove something to himself. When the first half of the Japan National Representative is over, Aiku apologizes to his team for his recklessness and decides to play their trump card to prevent them from losing. Aiku can also be quite blunt; at halftime during the Japan National Representative match, he states that he wanted to see how strong the team was and tells the team that they're "weak" compared to the talented players at Blue Lock.
Aiku is not above showing his respect for those who have impressed him, as he constantly commented on Blue Lock's ability during the U-20 match and when he congratulated and shook Yoichi Isagi's hand at the end of the match for beating him and scoring an incredible goal. After the game, he seems to have no hard feelings but keeps his competitive nature.
Abilities[]
Archetype[]
- Libero: The libero (Italian for "free") or sweeper is a more versatile type of defender that sweeps up the ball if the opponent manages to break the defensive line. Their position is rather more fluid than that of other defenders who mark their designated opponents. Sweepers are usually faster than the other players on the team and are built slightly smaller than the others. The sweeper's ability to read the game is even more vital than for a center-back; they are also usually confident on the ball and possess good passing and vision, as they are often responsible for starting plays from the backline.
Aiku is considered one of Japan's brightest talents, being the captain of the U-20 as well as already having an offer to play for an unspecified Italian professional club in Serie A. A testament to his professional technique is the fact that he went from being a respected center-forward to a talented defender almost seamlessly. The entire U-20 team is built with him at its center, being referred to as the "Diamond Generation." Aside from the new additions (Sae and Shido) to the U-20 team, he is considered to be its best player.
Skills[]
- Dominant Physicality: Aiku also has an incredible physique, which enables him to perform high-level plays without issue. His strength was first demonstrated when he physically subdued Shido, a notoriously powerful player, without any issue. His strength is also demonstrated in his jumping ability, being able to reach great heights to intercept the pass from Bachira to Isagi. In addition to this, Aiku moves across the pitch with incredible speed, being able to sweep up any loose balls and cover defensive holes left by his team, as well as retreat to the center when needed.
- Spatial Awareness: Aiku has an incredibly large field of view, being able to take into account the conditions of every player in front of him. Isagi noted that Aiku was not marking him specifically, yet he was able to intercept a pass to him because he was able to judge Isagi's speed as well as the source of the pass and the positions of every player. This wide field of view enables him to detect any threats to the U-20 goal and react instantly, predicting any movements or surprise plays.
- Reflex: On top of his high spatial awareness, Aiku also has the reflex to immediately determine where the greatest threat to the goal is and the physical ability to go there without hesitation. The combination of this reflex and spatial awareness makes Aiku such an effective defender, as he not only sees all positions of every player at once, but he also moves immediately (often ahead of the strikers) to intercept the ball. This reflex allows him to move quicker than even the most technical players and even some genius-level players such as Nagi.
- Total Defense: By combining all three of these weapons, Aiku is able to predict, react to, and intercept any ball played into the defensive third, acting as a critical safeguard in the U-20's defensive line-up.
- Flow State: Flow, as Ego describes it, is the state of "total immersion" or "being in the zone." It is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.
Aiku managed to enter the Flow state during the match against Blue Lock in response to Baro and Yukimiya's attack. Whereas normally, he reacts to plays as he sees them happening, in Flow, he can see and even feel the critical points in his team's defense, enabling him to move ahead of the game and cover those weak areas. This state also improves Aiku's one-on-one defending, being able to completely shut down a player's offense by reading their every possibility and shutting down all their options like he did to Rin. However, when faced with skills that are beyond his understanding, his defense falls flat without help and gets completely shut down.
- Metavision (
超越視界 Meta Bijon?, Transcendence Sight): A term used to describe a player's evolved vision that gives them an omnipotent perspective of the field.
Using his eyes to constantly take in information from his central and peripheral vision, Aiku constantly collects data on every player, every play they make, and their positions on the field. After entering Flow, Aiku unknowingly unlocked Metavision, being able to use his analysis on the mostly likely play and shutting down them using this on Yukimiya, Rin, and even tried on Bachira but failed. Even so, after being able to instantly understand Isagi's physical specs and the limits of his new abilities after seeing only one play at various points of the Ubers game, Aiku was even able to outread Isagi and Kaiser and beat them to various loose balls.
Manga Appearances[]
| 109. Battle Group | |
| 110. Newcomer | Debut |
| 111. FLOW | Appears |
| 112. Grand Stage | Appears |
| 113. Cops and Robbers | Appears |
| 114. Quartet | Appears |
| 115. Sae Itoshi | |
| 116. Revenger | Appears & Cover |
| 117. Nice to Meet You | Appears |
| 118. Warped | Appears |
| 119. Third Arrow | Appears |
| 120. Blue Genes | Appears |
| 121. 1st HALF | Appears |
| 122. Headliner | |
| 123. World's Best | |
| 124. Night Snow | |
| 125. Ruin | |
| 126. 2nd HALF | |
| 127. Dragon Drive | |
| 128. Dramatic Exchange | Appears |
| 129. Cool Head and Chameleon | Appears |
| 130. The World Doesn't Know Me Yet | Appears |
| 131. What You Taught Us | Appears |
| 132. Dictator | |
| 133. Extreme Focus | Appears |
| 134. Flowers | Appears |
| 135. Shachihoko | Appears |
| 136. Culmination | Appears |
| 137. Last Step | Appears |
| 138. One Mind in Two Bodies | Appears |
| 139. Synchronize | Appears |
| 140. Essence | |
| 141. Monster Trance | Appears |
| 142. World Standard | Appears |
| 143. Not Alone | Appears |
| 144. Disposition | Appears |
| 145. Born Slippy | Appears |
| 146. Final Match-up | |
| 147. Last Attack | |
| 148. Declaration | Appears |
| 149. Complete | |
| 150. Holiday | |
| 151. Changing World | |
Anime Appearances[]
| 25. Tryouts | Debut |
| 26. The Assassin and the Ninja | Absent |
| 27. The World of Feeling | Absent |
| 28. Chameleon | Absent |
| 29. Flow | Appears |
| 30. Grand Stage | Appears |
| 31. Sae Itoshi | Appears |
| 32. Blue Genes | Appears |
| 33. Night Snow | Appears |
| 34. Dramatic Exchange | Appears |
| 35. What You Taught Us | Appears |
| 36. Flowers | Appears |
| 37. You're Not Alone | Appears |
| 38. Last Attack | Appears |
Etymology[]
- His given name, Oliver (オリヴァ?), means "an ancestor's descendant."
- His surname, Aiku (
愛 空 ?), means "a sky love" or "an empty love."
- His name can thus be interpreted as "an ancestor's descendant's sky love" or "an ancestor's descendant's empty love."
- Phonetically, his name can be interpreted as "an ancestor's descendant's laughter."
Quotes[]
- (To Isagi) "Did you know, number 11? You can think of Strikers as Robbers and Defenders as Cops, and as long as I can see you, you aren't stealing any goals from me, Cat Burglar."
Trivia[]
- The majority of this information is from the official Egoist Bible.
- His favorite player is Virgil van Dijk.
- His favorite season is summer because he gets to see swimsuits.
- His favorite animal is a chick (seeing lots of chicks is healing for him).
- His favorite manga is Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ("I'm currently hooked on it").
- His hometown is Stockholm, Sweden.
- His ideal type is someone who doesn't look like they'd be a hassle when breaking up.
- His favorite food is instant ramen, most specifically the Mouko Tanmen Nakamoto ramen from Cup Noodles ("I love anything spicy"). His least favorite food is corn ("It gets stuck in my teeth").
- His father is half Swedish and half German. His mother is Japanese.
- The majority of this information is from the official Egoist Bible 2.
- He started playing football at the age of three years old.
- On the question "Who is the best gentleman?" Aiku ranks third in the "Three Best" list, after Karasu and Yukimiya.
- On the question "Who is most likely to succeed as a coach?" Aiku ranks first in the "Three Best" list.
- On the question "Who is physically the strongest?" Aiku ranks first in the "Three Best" list.
- His motto is "Live within your means."
- His strength is that he is calm, rational, and realistic. His weakness is that he likes gambling and sinking out unpredictable relationships ("I like gambling and tend to seek relationships that can't be predicted").
- He thinks the best thing to go with the rice is salted squid entrails ("Would be great with alcohol. Oh, I'm still 19...").
- His hobbies are mahjong, horse racing, and pachinko ("I'm not saying gamble").
- His favorite TV show is Live Cam of City Nightscapes ("I watch it alone and zone out").
- His favorite music is "CALL ME" by Yoshii Lovinson.
- His favorite movie is Jurassic Park ("The first one is amazing").
- He frequently reads Da Vinci ("I just casually flip through it, but it's interesting").
- His favorite celebrity is New York, which is a Japanese comedy duo ("The comedian I'm into right now, New York").
- What makes him happy is anything that feels good (self-censorship). What makes him upset are painful things (self-censorship).
- When he was asked what made him cry recently: "I haven't cried for a while."
- His favorite subject is PE. His least favorite subject is Mathematics ("I don't get it at all").
- He received 13 Valentine's chocolates in the previous year ("I'm not that fond of chocolate").
- He experienced first love at the age of seven years old ("I liked every girl in my class").
- When he was asked for the first time he got confessed to someone: "Generally, even if someone confesses to me, I don’t date them. I prefer being the one to confess. I like the challenge of making them fall for me."
- He has a waist fetish, a butt fetish, a lips fetish, and an eye fetish ("Anything erotic works").
- He has an average sleeping time of seven hours.
- He spends his holidays by looking for someone to hang out with, either guys or girls, and just having fun.
- He washes his hair roots first ("Because they're smelly from sweat").
- He usually buys Shin Ramyeon or Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto cup noodles.
- If he received ¥100,000,000, he would live it up and party until he runs out of money.
- He stopped receiving presents from Santa probably around 10 years old. The last thing he asked for Santa was new soccer cleats.
- If he hadn't encountered soccer, he would be a teacher ("My class would be fun. It'd be super laidback!").
- He would take alcohol (liquor and wine, not a rubbing alcohol) to a deserted island ("I'll drink it when I turn 20! I'll drink when I turn 20, okay?").
- If he had a time machine, he would go to the future ("I want to see how Japanese soccer has evolved!").
- Aiku's English voice actress for when he was a child, Lisette Monique Diaz, also voices Rin Itoshi when he was a child and Tenka Naruhaya.
References[]
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| Ubers | |
|---|---|
| Master Striker | Marc Snuffy |
| U-20 Regulars | Don Lorenzo |
| Blue Lock | Gen Fukaku · Ikki Niko · Jyubei Aryu · Kyohei Shiguma · Oliver Aiku · Shingen Tanaka · Shoei Baro · Shuto Sendo · Yukio Ishikari |
| Japan U-20 | |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Hirotoshi Buratsuta · Yasumori Hoichi |
| Main | Gen Fukaku · Haru Hayate · Itsuki Wakatsuki· Kazuma Nio · Kento Cho · Miroku Darai · Ryusei Shido · Sae Itoshi · Shuto Sendo · Oliver Aiku · Teppei Neru · Teru Kitsunezato |