Jinpachi Ego

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“	Football is, at its core, a sport about scoring goals even at the expense of your teammates. The best player is the one that scores the most.	”
	— Jinpachi Ego's philosophy

Jinpachi Ego
Japanese	絵心 甚八
Rōmaji	Ego Jinpachi
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Age	30 31 (Current)
Birthday	March 31, 1988
Height	189 cm (6'2")
Blood Type	AB
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Black
Professional Information
Occupation	Coach Trainer General Director/Manager of Blue Lock
Affiliation	Japan Football Union
Debut
Manga	Chapter 1
Anime	Episode 1
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Hiroshi Kamiya
English Voice	Derick Snow

Jinpachi Ego (絵 (え) 心 (ご)  甚 (じん) 八 (ぱち) , Ego Jinpachi^?) is the general director/manager of the Blue Lock Project, handpicked by Anri Teieri.

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What is Jinpachi Ego's role in the Blue Lock Project?

Jinpachi Ego leads the Blue Lock Project, an innovative training program designed to produce the world's greatest striker and secure a World Cup win for Japan. Following Blue Lock's triumph in the Japan U-20 match, Ego assumed full control of the Japan National Team, transforming the training into a large-scale entertainment venture.

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Who is Anri Teieri and why did he handpick Jinpachi Ego?

Anri Teieri, part of the Japan Football Union and Blue Lock Eleven Faculty, introduced Jinpachi Ego to the Japan Football Association. He proposed Ego as the leader of the Blue Lock Project, showing faith in Ego's leadership abilities and agreeing to adhere to his demands.

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What are some famous quotes from Jinpachi Ego in Blue Lock?

Jinpachi Ego, the coach in Blue Lock, has memorable quotes emphasizing his unique soccer training philosophy. He asserts, 'To be the world's best, Japan needs a revolutionary striker', and declares his intention to 'destroy Japanese loser football'. His strategy involves rigorous training of young forwards in a facility called Blue Lock, with the goal of creating 'the world's greatest egotist'.

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Appearance

Ego is a tall, skinny, pale man with an unusually long neck. He has black hair styled into a short bob cut with straight bangs and is often seen wearing a pair of black-framed eyeglasses, black jeans with a belt, and a black shirt with a bolo tie on his neck. He also wears a silver watch on his left wrist and crocs instead of socks and shoes. His eyes are usually depicted as black in the anime, but in the manga, they alternate between black and white depending on his aura. Dark circles under his eyes further emphasize his obsessive dedication to his work, giving him a perpetually exhausted yet intense look. During the U-20 match, he was seen wearing a suit (in the anime it's blue), a rare departure from his usual casual attire. By the time of the Neo Egoist League, Ego's hair had gotten noticeably longer. Furthermore, he's often seen in a crouched position when standing or sitting, giving the impression of a bad posture.

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Common Attire (Manga)

U20-Match Suit (Manga)

Ego's Aura (Manga)

Common Attire (Anime/Season 1)

U20-Match Suit (Anime/Season 2)

Common Attire (Anime/Season 2)

Casual Attire (Character Song Singles)

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Personality

From the beginning, Ego is introduced as a man who radiates ambition and confidence. His egotistical nature is undeniable, especially given his belief that only his methods can lead to Japan's victory in the World Cup. Ego's grandiosity and self-assuredness drive him to push forward with the Blue Lock project, an idea that seems extreme and ruthless to others. He dismisses conventional football strategies, favoring his approach to fostering egoism in strikers, which he views as the key to greatness. One of Ego's most distinctive personality traits is his disdain for altruism in football. He consistently preaches that a striker should never put the team above themselves, as self-sacrifice and playing for the sake of the team undermine the development of a true egoist striker. He calls altruistic positioning and sacrificing for teamwork "second-rate" behaviors, which in his eyes are incompatible with greatness. Ego believes that only by prioritizing their success and glory can players truly become world-class strikers. Similarly, Ego holds a strong contempt for those whose motivations are purely driven by money. He views financial greed as a shallow goal that diverts attention from the more important mission—creating the best striker and elevating Japan's status in the football world. Him not shrinking back from spending a lot of money highlights this fact and enables him to lead the project just like he envisions it. Furthermore, he is brutally honest, often to the point of being harsh and confrontational. He has little patience for mediocrity or those who fail to live up to his standards. His feedback to the players is often blunt, with no room for comfort or encouragement unless it's earned.

Ego is a man deeply fascinated with football as a psychological and philosophical battleground. Throughout the Blue Lock project, Ego consistently uses any opportunity to lecture the strikers on various concepts that he believes are crucial for success in football. His speeches, for example, revolve around topics like "Luck," "Flow," "the hunger of a striker," and "the influence of the environment." He believes that such concepts shape the way football should be played, and he uses them as teaching moments to mold the players' mentality. Ego's passion for discussing these intricate football theories shows that he not only has a deep understanding of the sport but also the psychological factors that influence it. His conversations with Anri Teieri also reflect this, as he answers her questions and shares his visionary perspective of what he thinks of their strikers' development with her.

Despite his seemingly cold and detached demeanor, there are glimpses of his deeper emotional investment in the project and its participants. One of the most striking examples is during the U20 match, where Ego puts his entire career on the line. He risks being banned from the world of football forever, yet he does so willingly for the chance to prove to the world that Blue Lock's methods work and ensure a prospering future for the Blue Lock strikers ("I'll disappear and all of you will change Japanese soccer.") This demonstrates an unwavering commitment to his vision, even if it means sacrificing something he deeply values—his place in football. As revealed in the Egoist Bible, football is something deeply important to Ego, and losing it would bring him immense sadness. His willingness to take such a significant risk shows that his vision for the future of Japanese football goes beyond his ego—it's about proving to the world that his methods are necessary for Japan to win the World Cup.

Although Ego initially comes across as detached and purely focused on results, his actions throughout the series show that he cares about the well-being and progress of the players more than he lets on. This is especially evident in the Neo-Egoist League arc, where Ego calls Kenyu Yukimiya for a private meeting and offers him critical advice to address his eye disease. Despite knowing about Yukimya's condition since his arrival at Blue Lock, Ego chose to respect his privacy, only bringing it up when the time was right and keeping the conversation confidential. He states that his character isn't so vulgar as to make a show out of people's issues.

Ego is a genius with both a high intellectual quotient (IQ) and emotional quotient (EQ). His intellectual brilliance is showcased through his intricate design of the Blue Lock program, creating detailed training methods and psychological challenges to mold strikers into the best version of themselves. His ability to assess players' progress and identify their strengths and weaknesses, combined with his strategic manipulation of the system and understanding of what is needed to push them further, demonstrates an extraordinary understanding of human behavior. Ego's emotional intelligence shines through his ability to read people's body language, behavior, and emotions. He uses this skill to manipulate situations to his advantage, as seen when he convinced the Japan Football Union (JFU) to approve the U20 match, knowing exactly how to exploit their fears and desires or when he lied about the 300 players being ranked in teams from B to Z. According to Noel Noa, Ego is a "zombie" obsessed with creating the world's number one striker and calling him an "incredibly twisted football fanatic."

Ego unapologetically prioritizes his comfort and preferences, often disregarding social norms or expectations. His unconventional behavior is demonstrated by him sitting in strange positions during meetings or working unorthodoxly. His disregard for others' opinions extends to his personal life as well. Ego cares little for how others perceive him or his methods, as long as they bring him closer to achieving his goal. This trait also manifests in his refusal to engage in tasks outside his immediate responsibilities. For example, Ego refuses to do anything that isn't related to football, stating that if it's not in his contract, it's not his concern, saying that he doesn't do anything that doesn't benefit him. He neglects cleaning his workspace, preparing meals for himself, or even doing his laundry, showing stubbornness and self-centeredness that highlights his singular focus on football and nothing else.

Ego's stubbornness is a defining part of his personality. One particular instance of his pettiness is revealed through his choice to eat instant noodles almost exclusively. This habit is his way of rebelling against the strict dietary restrictions he faced during his playing days, showing that even small acts of defiance hold significance for him. It underscores his unwillingness to bend to rules or limitations, even in trivial matters. He's also seen scratching his neck when he is annoyed or not satisfied with a situation and holding his hands in a thankful gesture when he's finished with a meal.

Abilities

Coaching Skills

• Coaching Style: Relationalism: It's focused on each player's individual skills and the relationships between them. It views a team as a complex, adaptive system where understanding each player's unique role, movement, and interaction with others on the field is central to success. Relational coaches aim to build cohesive teams where players instinctively understand each other's movements and intentions, ultimately leading to a fluid, dynamic style of play that can adapt seamlessly to the changing demands of the game. A famous coach focused on relational style is Fernando Diniz. In contrast to relationalism, stands positionism.
• Physiognomy/Face Reading: The practice of assessing a person's character or personality from their outer appearance, especially the face.
• Psychological Manipulation
• Analytical Assessments
• Result-oriented/Disdain Towards Capitalism
• Taught Psychological Concepts and Factors:
  • Luck: Ego views luck as a byproduct of preparation and relentless effort. To him, luck favors those who actively create opportunities for themselves, rather than passively waiting for fortune. In football, this means positioning yourself where you can capitalize on chaos or mistakes, seizing the moment when it arises. "Luck isn't something that exists everywhere. It only comes to whoever's standing where it's going to land."
  • Flow: Flow represents a mental state where a player is entirely immersed in the game, performing at their peak without conscious thought. Ego emphasizes achieving flow as a key aspect of being a striker, as it allows players to make instinctive, game-changing decisions without hesitation.
  • Awakening: An awakening appears when a striker accumulated consideration and experience. It’s the process of learning. While consistently piling up mistakes through trial and error as well as pushing past their limits in order to win, the scrambled parts of success fit into their proper places. Thus, an awakening is the moment in which one learns who they really are.
  • Hunger:
  • Environment: Ego stresses that the environment shapes a player's growth. With Blue Lock, he creates a hyper-competitive setting to force players to confront their limits. A harsh and challenging environment pushes players to adapt, improve, and discover their true selves.
  • Egoism:
  • Talent:
  • Evolution:
  • Chemical Reaction: A chemical reaction refers to the synergy created when players with distinct skills and personalities interact, enhancing each other’s performance. Ego believes this can lead to explosive, game-changing plays, but it should never undermine individuality.
  • Individuality: Every striker must possess a unique weapon—a personal skill or attribute that defines their game and sets them apart from others. He emphasizes that these weapons are not just supplementary traits; they are the cornerstone of a player's ability to score goals and assert their dominance on the field.
  • Reproducibility: In Ego’s philosophy, scoring a goal is not enough if the striker cannot replicate the process. A truly great striker is one who understands the mechanics of their success and can create similar scoring opportunities repeatedly by following a so-called goal-formula. The value of a striker lies in their ability to score consistently, not just through chance or luck, but by relying on a clear and repeatable method. To Ego, a goal that cannot be reproduced is meaningless because it does not demonstrate skill, understanding, or mastery—it is merely a fluke.
  • Originality:
  • Co-existence:
  • Stress: Stress reveals a player’s true capabilities by pushing them beyond their comfort zone. While players may perform perfectly in the controlled environment of training, where there is minimal pressure, the chaotic and high-stakes nature of a real match causes mistakes to happen. He says that improvisation is the key to overcome this state of stress.

Playing Skills

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Manga Appearances

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

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

Third Selection Arc
93. Gathering
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	Appears
104. Trance
105. 5 X 6
106. Chameleon
107. All Matches Over	Appears
108. Top 11	Appears

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

Neo Egoist League Arc
152. Restart
153. Environment	Appears
154. Master	Appears
155. Neo Egotist League	Appears
156. BASTARD	Appears
157. Kaiser
158. All Time
159. Martial Law
160. Ginga X Monster
161. Bee Shot
162. Kaiser Impact
163. Embodiment
164. Butterfly
165. God-Given
166. Vessel
167. Cross Flow
168. Full Scope	Appears
169. Super Entertainment	Appears
170. Body Revolution	Appears
171. After the Game
172. Double Suicide
173. vs.ENGLAND
174. Opening Shot
175. Ideal and Reality
176. 44
177. Orbital Resonance
178. Face the Heck Forward
179. Under Development
180. Chick
181. Big Bang Piece
182. Meta Vision
183. Scenery
184. Best Goal Piece
185. Rebirth
186. Karma
187. Crossroads
188. Vortex
189. Yes, Boss
190. Revolutionary
191. Here I Come
192. Upheaval
193. Fangs
194. World's #2
195. Divine Trial
196. Stories	Appears
197. Protagonist Feeling
198. Zero Points
199. What Can You See?
200. I Don't Need A Next Time	Appears
201. Without Being Found By Anyone
202. Sword Heart
203. Overheat
204. War Buddies	Appears
205. Man of the Match	Appears
206. Expectations
207. Two Pair
208. 100%
209. VS. Ubers
210. Ace Eater	Appears
211. Zombie
212. UNKNOWN
213. Egotist Four
214. Work
215. Successor
216. Stealth Kill
217. Predator Eye
218. Game Changer
219. Dynamism
220. Seesaw Game
221. Take Me With You
222. Design
223. Are You Ready to Die?
224. Simple Job
225. Raid Battle
226. Letter of Resignation
227. Weighing the Future
228. Brat
229. UNDERDOG
230. Buddy
231. Dive to Blue
232. Explosive Evolution
233. Key
234. Director
235. The Reason I Was Born	Appears
236. Goodbye
237. The Center of the World
238. Dreamers
239. Produce
240. Triple Increase
241. Pickled Radish and Fermented Soybeans
242. Wizard and Blue Rose (Pt. 1)
243. Wizard and Blue Rose (Pt. 2)
244. PXG
245. Go Die and Come Back
246. Irregular and Perverse
247. Originality	Appears
248. Final Fight	Appears
249. The Beginning
250. Battling the Unknown
251. Box Seat
252. Peak Performance
253. Den of Demons
254. Self-Style, World-Style
255. Still Burning
256. Contradict the Contrary
257. Two-Gun
258. Combine, Invent, New Weapon
259. Impossible Challenge
260. Piece of Trash
261. Malice
262. Zero
263. Borderline
264. Dead Dead Dead or Alive
265. Beyond Restriction
266. Super Star
267. Golden Ticket
268. Pressure
269. Not Only
270. Break
271. Life is Beautiful
272. Rock, Paper, Scissors
273. Monster of Destruction
274. Failure of a Rival
275. Crashoot!
276. The Last
277. Genius and Prodigy	Appears
278. ○△◻
279. Soccer Junkies
280. The Wall of the Talented	Appears
281. The Formula of Evolution	Appears
282. Need You
283. Desperate Defense

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	Absent
8. The Formula for Goals	Appears
9. Awakening	Appears
10. Just the Way It Is	Absent
11. The Final Piece	Appears
12. The Second Selection	Appears
13. TOP3	Absent
14. The Geniuses and the Average Joes	Absent
15. Devour	Absent
16. Tri-Fusion	Absent
17. Donkey	Absent
18. The Stage for the Lead	Appears
19. Dancing Boy	Absent
20. Super Link-Up Play	Absent
21. I'm Not There	Appears
22. Voice	Absent
23. Luck	Appears
24. The Time Has Come	Appears

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

Etymology

• His given name, Jinpachi (甚 (じん) 八 (ぱち) , Jinpachi^?), means "great eight."
  • Jin (甚, shén^?) means "great" or "extreme."
  • Pachi (八, bā^?) means "eight" (the number eight is associated with prosperity and good fortune).
    • Phonetically, Jinpachi can be more freely translated to "great fortune/prosperity."

• His surname, Ego (絵 (え) 心 (ご) , Ego^?), means "desire to paint," "sense of art," or "artistic mind."
  • E (絵, E^?) means "painting" or "picture."
  • Go (心, Kokoro^?) means "heart," "mind," or "soul."
    • When written together, they are read as Egokoro.
    • Phonetically, it can be the abbreviation for "egoism" or "egoist," referring to his aim with the Blue Lock project.

• His complete name can thus be interpreted as "an artistic mind with great fortune" or "Extreme prosperity with a desire to paint."

Quotes

Blue Lock Manga

• (To the 300 gathered players) "Congratulations, you unpolished gems. All of you Under-18 strikers have been chosen solely based on my criteria and biases to be here. All 300 of you. I am Jinpachi Ego. My job is to make Japan a team capable of winning the World Cup."

• (To the 300 gathered players) "Japan only requires one thing to become the strongest powerhouse in football, and that is the creation of a revolutionary striker. From the 300 players gathered here today, I will forge the best striker in the world through a certain project."

• (To the 300 gathered players) "If you're not the world's top egoist, you can never become the world's best striker."

• (To the 300 gathered players) "Think of everyone besides yourself on the field as supporting actors. Discard your common sense. On the field... you're the leading actor."

• (To Kira) "The one who is 'it' in a tag can become the loser by retaining possession of the ball... but they also have the power to make themselves the winner by hitting anyone else. A striker shoulders that burden and fights until the very last second."

• (To Isagi and Bachira) "That obsession with your victory... to which others' common sense can't sway... that's what I'm searching for. The egotism of a striker."

• (To Team Z) "Nonsense? It is nonsensical indeed. But then, so is the world. Either you win or you lose. While you were getting excited over your mediocre successes, true strikers tread a path of winning or losing everything — every single day to keep on surviving."

• (To Team Z) "How was it? Since you were born...wasn't this the first time you felt true danger? Were you scared? Shocked? You understand that much, right? The football you've played all your lives is for weaklings! Didn't you get those shivers? 'Nice. I survived.' That is the feeling of victory! So shove it in those brains of yours!"

• (To Team Z) "What Japan needs most of all to win the World Cup... isn't the teamwork of eleven people. It's just for one person... to be a hero."

• (To Team Z) "Scoring points in soccer... means destroying your opponents' organization. Basically, a striker is a destroyer!"

• (To Anri) "It's my reaction to the time I used to play soccer. All the things I couldn't eat then... are the only things I eat now."

• (To Team Z) "Stand out. Talent is just a lump of ore... and if you don't smelt and polish it, it's nothing but trash."

• (To Anri) "It's learning. Piling up mistakes through trial and error... or pushing to one's limits in the pursuit of victory... the scattered pieces of success mesh with each other... and the ego blossoms... In other words, an awakening is the moment you learn who you truly are."

• (To Isagi, Rin, Bachira, and co.) "Luck isn't something that exists everywhere. It only comes to whoever's standing where it's going to land."

• (To Team Blue Lock) "You grew up in tepid Japan, where you can still survive even if you fail at football. Since you guys will never reach the same point as them... I created Blue Lock... to give you that level of 'goal hunger.' That hunger will become an ego that will change the world."

• (To Anri) "Humans are creatures that only see what they want to see but by acquiring critical consciousness, their perceptions and patterns of thought do an about-face. Right now, Yoichi Isagi is calling forth his own evolution."

• (To Blue Lock 11) "Your only order for the second half is... overwhelm them. There is no need for more than one protagonist."

• (To Isagi) "Are you guys stupid? Blue Lock has already won. The landslide first half... Ryusei Shido's debut... everything so far has gone exactly as I planned. True, if we lose this game it'll mean the end of Blue Lock. And I expect I will be exiled from the world of Japanese soccer forever but... none of you will disappear. (...) In the future that lies ahead, the fact that you were in Blue Lock will become a powerful advantage. I'll disappear... and all of you will change Japanese football forever. Stand proud. Blue Lock has already won."

• (To Anri) "Seishiro Nagi's talent is off the charts, but even for him, that went a little too well. Attaining success above your talent level can have dangerous aftereffects. The depths of his ego are about to be tested."

• (To Yukimiya) "My character isn't so vulgar... that I would make a show out of someone's private issues."

Episode-Nagi Manga

• (To Nagi) "I'm not interested in self-conscious, overgrown bastards who want to live without getting hurt. Go live in comfort and rot away."

Trivia

• He used to play football in his earlier career with Noel Noa being his rival and former teammate.

• Ego and Isagi have the same hair antennas (Ahoge) with two strands of hair sticking up near the top of their heads.

• In the manga, Ego uses the term "F*ck off" to tell people to leave. In the anime, it was changed to "Lock off" through censorship.

• Ego's Voice Actor (Hiroshi Kamiya) and Anri's Voice Actor (Eri Yukimura) sang two songs together:
  • 独全絵図, CV: Hiroshi Kamiya & Eri Yukimura
  • Blue Luck Ver.05, CV: Hiroshi Kamiya & Eri Yukimura

• Information from the Blue Lock Spin-Off Novel: Isagi Yoichi:
  • Ego only personally handpicked Yoichi Isagi, unlike the others to whom Anri Teieri handpicked them.
  • Ego decided to invite Isagi to the project even though he didn't fit into his biases of an egotistical play (much to Anri's disregard), acknowledging his potential.
  • Ego about Isagi: "...Isn't that good... The best of the worst... He has an overwhelming field of vision and spatial awareness. He has an eye for accurately assessing his position in relation to the players around him, and he has a high soccer IQ. A gem who has killed his potential as a striker by using all of his talent for the team... Japanese soccer killed him... and he will disappear without anyone finding him. It is the ego of humans like this that makes Blue Lock a treasure."

• Information from the official Egoist Bible:
  • His dominant foot is his right foot (foot size: 28.5 cm).
  • His favorite color is white.
  • His favorite season is any season besides summer ("Because you can't play soccer if it´s hot").
  • His favorite music is the sound of babbling rivers and insects at night.
  • His favorite movie is Whiplash ("This is what a chemical reaction is").
  • His favorite comic is Magical Taruruto ("A work that was burned into my mind when I was a child").
  • His favorite celebrity is Hiromitsu Ochiai ("Because I think that he's the ideal type of genius").
  • His favorite animals are Bell crickets/suzumushi ("Their chirping sound is pretty. Their appearance is a bit gross").
  • His favorite brand is the "Blue Lock" product sales department.
  • His favorite subjects are Sports (PE) and Psychology. His least favorite subject is art ("I don't feel like producing a piece of art").
  • He often reads Chichi magazine.
  • He has a fetish for physiognomy or the practice of assessing a person's character or personality from their outer appearance, especially the face ("I find the face of a person who looks like they're not good too amusing.")
  • His strength and weakness is the fact that he has no interest in anything besides soccer.
  • His favorite foods are instant yakisoba noodles and instant ramen noodles ("Because they were prohibited back while I was playing soccer. They make you fat—those monster junk foods").
  • His least favorite food is protein ("Tasty protein doesn't exist").
  • His best companion with rice is instant yakisoba noodles being grounded up like furikake.
  • His hobby is watching soccer, especially in the European league.
  • What makes him happy is the Japanese national team winning the World Cup. What makes him sad is soccer being taken away from him.
  • His type is someone who does everything.
  • He gave no Valentine's chocolates last year ("Bleak").
  • He has a segmental sleep style of four, four, and two hours of sleep, respectively, for a total of 10 hours.
  • He washes his hair whorl first ("I pour hot water on the middle of my hair whorl").
  • He unintentionally buys instant yakisoba and ramen noodles at a convenience store.
  • The last time he cried: "It´s been a while since I've cried."
  • If he had ¥100,000,000, he would enhance the Blue Lock facility/equipment.
  • During his free time, he thinks about how Japanese soccer can become number one in the world.

• Additional information from the Official Egoist Bible Vol. 2:
  • His favorite historical figure is Ryūnosuke Akutagawa ("You can taste mankind's karma from his works").
  • He would bring a knife to a deserted island ("I'd choose to live or die by my own hand").
  • If he has the choice between a time jump to the past or the future, he would choose the future ("To see how I'd end. Must be a sh*tty end, though").
  • He would choose to be a novelist or movie director as a profession if he hadn't taken up soccer ("I'm interested in creation").

• Ego ranked 10^th in the first popularity poll with 437 votes.
  • Likewise, his glasses were included and ranked 23^rd in the first popularity poll with 46 votes.
  • His cup yakisoba was also included and ranked 31^st in the first popularity poll with one vote.