Gin Gagamaru

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“	My greatest weapon is my close-quarter plays.	”
	— Gagamaru to Team Z

Gin Gagamaru
Japanese	我牙丸 吟
Rōmaji	Gagamaru Gin
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Age	17(Chapter 1-Chapter 50) 18 (Chapter 50-present)
Birthday	January 2, 2001
Height	191 cm (6'3")
Blood Type	O
Hair Color	Black and Silver
Eye Color	Black
Professional Information
Occupation	Student
Affiliation	Blue Lock
Blue Lock rank	18 13 10 88 269 267 296
Team	Bastard München (Starter)
Former team(s)	Blue Lock Eleven (Starter) Team C (2nd Game) Team Blue Lock (6th Clear Team) Team Red Team Z Yasei Highschool Soccer Team
Jersey Number(s)	6 (First Selection) 88 (Second & Third Selection) 1 (Blue Lock Eleven) 99 (Bastard München)
Position	Goalkeeper Forward
Weapon	Springlike Body Explosive Reaction Flexibility Flow State
Debut
Manga	Chapter 1
Anime	Episode 1
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Shugo Nakamura
English Voice	Lee George

Gin Gagamaru (我 (が) 牙 (が) 丸 (まる) 吟 (ぎん) , Gagamaru Gin^?) is a contender of Blue Lock, who currently plays as goalkeeper for Germany's Bastard München during the Neo Egoist League.

Gagamaru was a forward who aspired to be the best in the world, along with the others of Blue Lock. When first arriving at Blue Lock, he was a member of Team Z during First Selection. After Third Selection, it was noted that Gagamaru has the body, natural reflexes and skills to be an ideal goalkeeper and has since played as one.

Quick Answers

What position does Gin Gagamaru play in Blue Lock?

In Blue Lock, Gin Gagamaru began his journey as a forward. His skills and reliability led to his selection as the ideal goalkeeper for the Japan Representative Match. Presently, he serves as a goalkeeper for Bastard München, a team in Germany's Neo Egoist League.

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What team was Gin Gagamaru a part of during the First Selection in Blue Lock?

During the First Selection in Blue Lock, Gin Gagamaru was a member of Team Z. Initially a forward, his natural reflexes and skills led to him being identified as the ideal goalkeeper by the end of the Third Selection.

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What is Gin Gagamaru's aspiration in the world of football?

Gin Gagamaru, a character from the Blue Lock series, aspires to be a successful striker in football. He views strikers as real-life superheroes, deriving excitement and courage from their victories. Gagamaru is known for his agility and control, using advanced techniques like the Scorpion Kick to score goals.

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How did Gin Gagamaru's position change during his time in Blue Lock?

Gin Gagamaru started in Blue Lock as a forward, demonstrating notable skill. His position changed by the end of the Third Selection when he was identified as the ideal goalkeeper for the Japan Representative Match. He now plays as a goalkeeper for Germany's Bastard München in the Neo Egoist League.

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What unique physical attribute does Gin Gagamaru possess in Blue Lock?

In Blue Lock, Gin Gagamaru stands out due to his tall and lengthy build, coupled with long black hair styled in a bun. Initially a forward player, his innate reflexes and skills led to his transition into a goalkeeper role. His physical attributes, such as a spring-like body and explosive reaction, enhance his performance in this position.

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Appearance

Gagamaru is a very tall and long young man with long black hair kept in a bun that was dyed silver at some point and he also has 3 scars on his ear from a bear. At Blue Lock, Gagamaru wears the standard-issued body suit (black with gray stripes) and tracksuit. During the First Selection, he wore Team Z's blue #6 jersey and Team Z's gray-capped cleats. During Second Selection, he wore Team Red's #88 jersey and that later switched to Team C's white and blue #88 jersey during the Third Selection.

During the match against the Japan U-20, Gagamaru wears the official Blue Lock player uniform with the #1 that looks very similar to the ones seen in the first cover spread, minus the Japan flag. In the Neo-Egoist League, Gagamaru dons the #99 white with red trim Bastard München uniform.

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Blue Lock joggers

Team Z uniform

Blue Lock player icon

Team C Uniform

Blue Lock Eleven Uniform

Personality

Gagamaru is a very nonchalant yet confident person who likes to help his teammates whenever he can, and he is shown to be a reliable player. Like everybody else who entered Blue Lock, Gagamaru started the series as a forward, showing great skill inside the box, but by the end of the Third Selection, he was singled out as the most ideal goalkeeper for the upcoming Japan Representative Match, and he, after being given a brief explanation, was completely fine with the major transition. He is once again fine with it during the Neo-Egoist League when he is chosen as Bastard München's goalkeeper. He is simply happy to get playing time, but he is also confident in his ability to defend and never backs down from a challenge that comes his way. Gagamaru is largely known as a reliable person who you can trust to do his job.

Abilities

Archetypes

• Forwards: also known as strikers, have the main objective of scoring goals. They are often the players who get the most attention since their role is designed to be in a scoring position. They also take part in penalty kicks and corner kicks when the opposing team kicks the ball out of bounds. They are normally the players in charge of starting off the game at the start and halftime.

• Goal Poacher: Goal poachers are forwards who wait in the six-yard box or the penalty area for a cross, pass, or loose ball and pounce to try to score a goal. "Poaching" refers to the fact that they will often score a goal out of the slightest of opportunities, i.e., steal a goal. Goal poachers usually play as center forwards or second strikers.
  
  Gagamaru's insane reflexes allow him to catch those shots that were off course at the last second. His flexibility also allows him to fire shots from uncomfortable and unlikely positions, which is what makes him dangerous as a forward player.

• Goalkeeper: Goalkeepers are responsible for blocking the ball during penalty kicks and getting the ball out of the area of the goal and to a player on their team further down the field. They often use a dropkick to get the ball as far away from their own goal as possible. The goalie is the only player that is allowed to touch the ball with their hands while on the field and during the game.
  
  Gagamaru's natural height and flexibility allow him to reach those far sides of the goal, allowing him to save those shots that would usually score. Combined with his reflexes, which let him act almost instantaneously, it makes it difficult to score on him so long as he's in a comfortable stance.

Skills

• Springlike Body: Gagamaru's naturally long limbs and his excellent body control allow him to adapt to nearly any pass or any play. He can propel his body forward, which he uses for all types of shots, tackles, and goal saves. Like Kuon's jumping power, Gagamaru's spring-like body can push him upward; however, his specialty allows his body to propel him forward or in any horizontal direction.

• Explosive Reaction: With his natural physical disposition, Gagamaru can react to the ball quickly and without wasted movement to perform last-second headers and goal saves. One of his greatest feats with his reaction spread is being able to stop an awakened Shoei Baro during the match against Ubers.
  • Super Reflex: Allows Gagamaru to sense the ball's travel course and immediately move to intercept it.
  • Ultra Reflex: Under the pressure of a close-range, high-powered shot, Gagamaru focuses and uses his explosive reaction speed to jump to the other side of the goal net and intercept the ball.

• Flexibility: With complete control over his body and limbs, Gagamaru can expertly move and twist his limbs so that he can more easily react to the ball and perform last-second plays.
  • Scorpion Kick: It is both an unusual and relatively advanced technique used in soccer. To perform one successfully, a player must throw themselves to the floor and thrust their body forward. They should then place two hands on the ground and sharply flick both heels up behind their heads to make contact with the ball, but Gagamaru is able to do this in midair by just propelling his body upward with his feet and retaining control of his center of gravity. When Gagamaru used this shot, it was very nearly going to score, if not for Zantetsu reading its landing spot.

• 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.

Manga Appearances

Introduction Arc
1. Dream	Debut & Cover
2. Moving In	Appears
3. Monster	Appears
4. Right Now	Appears

First Selection Arc
5. The "Zero" of Soccer	Appears
6. Individual.	Appears
7. We'll Meet in Front of the Goal	Appears
8. Message	Appears
9. Superhero	Appears
10. Operation: Me, Next 9	Appears
11. Premonition & Intuition	Appears
12. Signal	Appears
13. The One to be Reborn	Appears
14. Resolve	Appears
15. Spiral	Appears
16. One Shot	Appears
17. Sorry	Appears
18. Thanks for the Help	Appears
19. Overwhelming Disadvantage	Appears
20. Boiling	Appears
21. Break Through!	Appears
22. Until This Fire Burns Out	Appears
23. Until They Met	Appears
24. Goal Formula	Appears
25. Trick	Appears
26. LAST GAME	Appears
27. Only One	Appears
28. Super Special	Appears
29. Flash of Evolution	Appears
30. Extreme Frenzy	Appears
31. Awakening	Appears
32. Impetus	Appears
33. Attack Waves	Appears
34. At This Rate	Appears
35. Last Chance	Appears
36. Right Here	Appears
37. The Last Piece	Appears
38. More	Appears

World's Best Arc
87. Luck
88. World All-Stars
89. Demon
90. Third Selection
91. Divine Speed
92. The Closest

Third Selection Arc
93. Gathering	Appears
94. Time has Come	Appears
95. Tryouts	Appears
96. Chosen Path	Appears
97. Last Ticket	Appears
98. Villain
99. The Assassin and the Ninja
100. Optimal X Supreme - Worst
101. New Relation
102. The World of Feeling
103. Total Sensory Experience
104. Trance	Appears
105. 5 X 6
106. Chameleon	Appears
107. All Matches Over	Appears
108. Top 11

U-20 Arc
109. Battle Group
110. Newcomer
111. FLOW	Appears
112. Grand Stage	Appears
113. Cops and Robbers
114. Quartet
115. Sae Itoshi	Appears
116. Revenger	Appears
117. Nice to Meet You
118. Warped	Appears
119. Third Arrow
120. Blue Genes
121. 1st HALF	Appears
122. Headliner
123. World's Best
124. Night Snow
125. Ruin
126. 2nd HALF
127. Dragon Drive
128. Dramatic Exchange
129. Cool Head and Chameleon
130. The World Doesn't Know Me Yet
131. What You Taught Us
132. Dictator
133. Extreme Focus
134. Flowers
135. Shachihoko
136. Culmination
137. Last Step
138. One Mind in Two Bodies
139. Synchronize
140. Essence
141. Monster Trance
142. World Standard
143. Not Alone
144. Disposition
145. Born Slippy
146. Final Match-up
147. Last Attack
148. Declaration
149. Complete
150. Holiday
151. Changing World

Anime Appearances

Season 1
1. Dream	Debut
2. Monster	Appears
3. Soccer's "Zero"	Appears
4. Premonition and Intuition	Appears
5. To Be Reborn	Appears
6. I'm Sorry	Appears
7. Rush	Appears
8. The Formula for Goals	Appears
9. Awakening	Appears
10. Just the Way It Is	Appears
11. The Final Piece	Appears
12. The Second Selection	Absent
13. TOP3	Absent
14. The Geniuses and the Average Joes	Absent
15. Devour	Absent
16. Tri-Fusion	Absent
17. Donkey	Appears
18. The Stage for the Lead	Absent
19. Dancing Boy	Absent
20. Super Link-Up Play	Absent
21. I'm Not There	Absent
22. Voice	Absent
23. Luck	Absent
24. The Time Has Come	Appears

Season 2
25. Tryouts	Appears
26. The Assassin and the Ninja	Appears
27. The World of Feeling	Absent
28. Chameleon	Appears
29. Flow	Appears
30. Grand Stage	Appears
31. Sae Itoshi	Appears
32. Blue Genes	Appears

Etymology

• His given name, Gin (吟 (ぎん) , Gin^?), means "versify," "singing," or "recital."
  • Phonetically, it can also refer to 銀, meaning "silver," referring to his appearance.

• His surname, Gagamaru (我 (が) 牙 (が) 丸 (まる) , Gagamaru^?), means "my round fangs."

Quotes

• (To Reo) "You're just a copy after all. Sheltered little chameleon."

Trivia

• The majority of this information is from the official Egoist Bible.
  • His hometown is Wakayama Prefecture.
  • He started playing soccer at the age of 12 (during middle school activities).
  • His favorite soccer player is Gareth Bale.
  • His motto is "All natural," since he believes in taking things as they are and living as your heart desires.
  • He thinks his strengths are his physical strengths, good eyesight, and hearing. He thinks his weaknesses are being bad at using technology and being bad at understanding people.
  • His favorite type of music is Southern All Stars.
  • His favorite animal is a bear (ironically enough, he got the scars on his ears from a bear).
  • His favorite food is meat (especially raw). His least favorite food is convenience store bento because it tastes too much artificial preservatives and chemicals.
  • In his opinion, boar meat is the best side dish for rice.
  • His favorite seasons are all of them since mountains and forests have all kinds of different looks during them.
  • His hobby is reading manga (he learned about people's emotions and antics by reading them).
    • He has a lot of favorite mangas, for example, Higanjima, Naruto, Bastard!!!, Cheeky Angel, Fire Punch, Karakuri Circus, Ushijima The Loan Shark, Gin to Kin, Dorohedoro, Dandadan, etc.
  • His favorite subject is PE, while his least favorite subjects are everything that is not PE.
  • He often reads Shonen Jump, Young Magazine, Young Jump, Bigcomic Spirits, and Shonen Magazine.
  • His fetish is physical beauty (be it for animals or humans).
  • His favorite celebrity is Cameron Diaz.
  • Animal cruelty makes him sad (he said he would fight perpetrators).
  • His sleep time is 8 hours since he is trying to embody the "Sleep brings up a child well" proverb.
  • The first thing he washes while showering are his hair roots (or else the animal smell sticks).
  • He would impulsively buy at a combini store like Shonen Jump and Young Magazine.
  • He can't answer the popular question "Bamboo shoots or mushrooms" since he only knows the real ones and not their snack version from Meiji.
  • Gagamaru eats with his hands, though the team is trying to teach him how to use utensils.
  • If it were his last day on Earth, he would chill on a mountain.
  • If he were given one million yen, he would give it back.
  • He made his hair tie out of ivy.
  • He believes that the best way to spend a holiday would be to meditate in a bamboo grove and speak to mountain animals.
  • He does not know what his dominant foot is.

• Gagamaru ranked 24^th in the first popularity poll with 35 votes.