Ryusei Shido

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“	If you can't break others, how can you possibly react with an explosion?	”
	— Shido

Ryusei Shido
Japanese	士道 龍聖
Rōmaji	Shidō Ryūsei
Alias(es)	"Demon"
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Age	18
Birthday	July 7
Height	185 cm (6'1")
Blood Type	AB
Hair Color	Blonde with Pink Tips
Eye Color	Pink
Professional Information
Occupation	Student
Affiliation	Blue Lock
Blue Lock rank	4 15 16 4 3 2 111
Team	Paris X Gen (Starter)
Former team(s)	Japan U-20 (Sub) Team A (Top 6) Team Blue Lock (7th Clear Team) Team White
Jersey Number(s)	111 (Second & Third Selection) 13 (Japan U-20) 99 (Paris X Gen)
Position	Forward
Weapon	Physique Spatial Awareness Acceleration Reflex Drive Shot Off-the-Ball Movements Flow State
Debut
Manga	Chapter 88
Anime	Episode 24
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Yuichi Nakamura
English Voice	Van Barr Jr.

Ryusei Shido (士 (し) 道 (どう) 龍 (りゅう) 聖 (せい) , Shidō Ryūsei^?) is a contender of the Blue Lock, who currently plays as a center forward for France's Paris X Gen.

Shido, unlike most forwards, has no concrete dream of becoming the world's best striker. He instead seeks to enjoy life to the fullest by playing football.

Out of the original 300 forwards chosen to be a part of the Blue Lock Project, Shido is an ideal candidate for the type of striker Ego strives to create. After the match against the Japan U-20 team, Shido ranked as one of the top players in Blue Lock.

Quick Answers

What position does Ryusei Shido play for Paris X Gen?

Ryusei Shido, a Blue Lock contender, holds the position of a center forward for Paris X Gen, a French football team. Shido's approach to football is unique as he doesn't aspire to be the world's best striker, but rather focuses on enjoying life.

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What is Ryusei Shido's motivation for playing football?

Ryusei Shido plays football due to a deep-seated instinct, viewing it as a biological phenomenon that completes him. His primary goal is to score, which he equates to leaving his genetic mark on the world. He thrives in high-level football, seeking challenges from equally skilled players. Shido's football style is instinctive and self-reliant, using his exceptional spatial awareness to his advantage.

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How does Ryusei Shido fit into the Blue Lock Project's ideal striker profile?

Ryusei Shido embodies the Blue Lock Project's ideal striker profile through his physical dominance, instinctive scoring ability, and unique football philosophy. He ranks among Blue Lock's top players, with his physical strength being a key attribute. His scoring prowess is attributed to his instinctive play and versatile drive shot ability. Although Shido lacks a specific ambition to be the world's best striker, his enjoyment of football and independent scoring approach align with the project's objectives.

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What is unique about Ryusei Shido's approach to being a forward?

Ryusei Shido's forward approach is characterized by his physical prowess, sharp reflexes, and unique skills. He leverages his superior physical strength to outmaneuver opponents, even using their momentum against them. Shido's 'No-Look Goal' skill, where he shoots without looking at the goal, is a testament to his unpredictable style. His self-sufficient play style involves strategic positioning and scoring from challenging positions, including midair shots.

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What is the significance of Shidou's bicycle kick in the context of his gameplay?

The bicycle kick is a critical aspect of Shidou's gameplay, demonstrating his superior physique and reflexes. It enables him to execute a drive shot from diverse positions, regardless of their favorability. Shidou uses this move for both defensive and offensive purposes, clearing the ball from the goalmouth or striking at the opponent's goal. He first executed this move against Kunigami and Reo, scoring an effortless goal and dismantling the defense.

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Appearance

Shido is a tall, tanned young man with spiky blond hair with fading pink at the tips, having two strands falling on both sides of his face. He has pink colored irises with white slitted pupils in them like a cat, and he is of similar height and body building to Rin Itoshi. He is very expressive and is often seen with a joker-like grin or smirk.

During the second half of the Japan U-20 match, Shido dons the #13 U-20 jersey with a black shirt under it and shorts.

Volume Cover 12

Team White uniform

Team A uniform

Japan U-20 uniform (Manga)

Blue Lock player icon

Japan U-20 uniform (Anime)

Personality

Shido is an eccentric player in Blue Lock who has a strong penchant for violence or, more specifically, physical altercations. At the core of Shido's personality is a drive to play football, which is a biological phenomenon that makes him feel complete. Shido scores goals to pass on his genes and leave his mark on the world; it is his sole focus. He gets excited from playing high-level football with other high-level players and is bored if people cannot make him "explode" or don't "explode" themselves.

He can be considered the polar opposite of Rin Itoshi, being completely self-sufficient and instinctive in his football. A noticeable trait of Shido's has been his propensity for violence to get what he wants, often being unwilling to work with most people (if anybody at all). He seems completely aware and content with the toxicity of his behavior and only feels slight remorse once he is electrocuted and locked up for being overly aggressive and threatening serious bodily injury to others.

He seems to get over such feelings when Sae Itoshi releases him from his behavioral captivity, who asks him to join him in playing high-level football and is cleared to act however he wants as long as it's for Sae's sake. When released from Blue Lock under Sae's supervision, he seems to be even more openly violent and causes frequent quarrels with the Japan U-20 team's ace player Shuto Sendo, who initially doesn't respect Sae.

Shido can be openly friendly and even affectionate towards others, such as Sae Itoshi, who gave him the opportunity to play with him and evolved his level of play in the process, showing him a type of football he has never experienced before. Shido can also be overtly and unnecessarily sexual at times, and though he is prone to violence, he also learns how to control his violent rampages in exchange for playing high-level football longer. Shido is able and willing to acknowledge other people's skills, praising Isagi for making the "best play" of the first game of the Third Selection (when Rin wouldn't) despite Isagi stealing a goal from him. By the time of the Neo Egoist League, Shido is able to control his anger and violence enough to share the field with his most hated rival, Rin Itoshi.

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.
  
  Shido, with his sharp reflex and monster instinct, has an uncanny ability to position himself at a critical point in the penalty box and score goals that most players wouldn't even think to attempt. His self-sufficient play style revolves around him positioning himself perfectly towards the goal as he waits for the ball and scores goals. Shido also has tendencies to take shots in midair and can even do so without looking, a testament to his skill as a poacher. He is an expert at producing monstrous goals from inadequate positions.

Skills

• Superior Football Technique: Shido is one of two players in Blue Lock who have top-tier stats, along with Rin Itoshi. During the Third Selection, he scored an average of 2 goals a game, the highest of any player besides Rin. A handful of players only rival his physical dominance, ball control, power, and kick accuracy. Though Rin can be described similarly, what separates the two is Shido's confidence in scoring goals alone, even if his experience of the game is hampered in any way, while Rin combines with his environment to score. Shido's skill and ego are so advanced that he was recognized by Sae, a genius of the professional world, and asked to join him on the Japan U-20 team. With Sae's guidance, Shido is able to evolve his level of play to new heights, scoring outrageous goals and forming a deadly duo that the Blue Lock Eleven struggled to deal with.

• Dominant Physicality: Shido is physically one of the strongest and most dominant players in Blue Lock. His physical strength alone was enough to make Gurimu Igarashi feel like his skull was getting crushed. For a more objective demonstration, Shido was able to kick back Rensuke Kunigami, himself a physically imposing player. Shido is able to leverage his superior physical ability over opponents (such as the more technique-focused Reo Mikage) and break past them in an off-the-ball fight. He does this in a variety of ways, using his body and his opponent's to create momentum to break past them, or even jumping over them altogether.
  • Aggressive Dribble: Shido uses his physical strength to move across the field erratically, either with the ball at his feet or without it. These movements can confuse even his teammates, along with his opponents.

• High Acceleration: As Reo states in their match in the Second Selection, he appearing immediately in front of him surprises him and acknowledges his speed.

• Extreme Spatial Awareness: Shido's main ability is his extreme spatial perception. As opposed to other types of spatial awareness that take into account the players' positions and weapons, Shido's spatial awareness is geared towards the goal at all times. This is the key to his perfect scoring ability within the penalty area, since Shido is able to "see" the goal whenever he is in the penalty area, even without physically facing it. In addition to this, when he is in Flow, Shido is able to perceive the location of the goal even outside the range of the penalty area.

• Reflexivity: Shido is able to reflexively take into account his position and his opponents to leverage his weapons for an ideal shot. His reflexes and speed grant him the ability to get to any point on the field faster than others could, and his natural ability to use all of his body parts optimally allows him to perform incredible physical feats that are uncommon even to those at Blue Lock. He has shown this multiple times, most notably when he scored a goal in the Japan U-20 match, instantly reacting to Sae's high-speed pass. It is Shido's unrivaled instincts that make him such a potent scorer in and around the penalty area, establishing him as one of the most dangerous strikers in Blue Lock.

• Drive Shot: An accurate and powerful shot that is usually used from range, serving as Shido's main method of scoring. Shido is able to perform a drive shot from a multitude of positions, whether it is unfavorable or not. Shido is also able to avoid having to reset his positioning by using his superior physique and immense reflexes to make the Drive Shot happen.
  • Bicycle Kick: An acrobatic strike where a player kicks an airborne ball rearward in midair. Bicycle kicks can be used defensively to clear away the ball from the goalmouth or offensively to strike at the opponent's goal in an attempt to score. Shido first performs this move in his debut match against Kunigami and Reo and scores an effortless goal on Kunigami, breaking down his defense completely.
  • No-Look Goal: A skill that few strikers in the world can pull off; Shido jumps for the ball while turned away from goal and instinctively takes a shot without looking. This shot is incredibly fast and unpredictable, making it hard to react to.
  • Reverse Spinning Drive Shot: When receiving the ball with his back to goal, Shido backs into an opponent and uses his physical strength to hold them in place, using their body weight to rotate on the spot and rising into an incredibly quick shooting motion.
  • Dragon Drive: A shot made possible when combining his extreme reflexes with Sae's. While running at top speed, Shido leaps around an opposing defender and executes a jumping volley while using his signature kick, the Drive Shot. This shot was powerful and fast enough to score from outside the penalty area with little reaction from the other players on the field.

• Dragon Drive Heading: A combination of his reflexivity and dominant physicality. Shido runs to a preferred location and attempts to headbutt the ball. Given that he is moving at top speed and angled correctly, he acts almost like a bullet as he transfers all of his energy to the ball, allowing it to fly at an incredibly fast speed. Shido is able to apply so much power to this headbutt that not even Gin Gagamaru was able to stop it.

• 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.
  The Blue Lock Eleven defense put pressure on Shido, inspiring him to enter Flow during the Japan U-20 match as he received passes from Sae. This led to him pushing his physical and perceptive abilities to their extremes, allowing him to score a super goal.
  • Big Bang Drive: When he enters Flow, Shido is able to push his spatial awareness past its limit, "feeling" the location of the goal and performing a long-range bicycle kick, which lands directly in the goal. He used this to score directly from a clearance without having to reset his positioning in the U-20 match.

Manga Appearances

World's Best Arc
87. Luck
88. World All-Stars	Debut
89. Demon	Appears
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	Appears
99. The Assassin and the Ninja	Appears
100. Optimal X Supreme - Worst	Appears
101. New Relation	Appears
102. The World of Feeling
103. Total Sensory Experience	Appears
104. Trance	Appears
105. 5 X 6	Appears
106. Chameleon	Appears
107. All Matches Over	Appears & Cover
108. Top 11	Mentioned

U-20 Arc
109. Battle Group	Appears
110. Newcomer	Appears
111. FLOW
112. Grand Stage
113. Cops and Robbers
114. Quartet
115. Sae Itoshi
116. Revenger
117. Nice to Meet You
118. Warped
119. Third Arrow
120. Blue Genes
121. 1st HALF
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	Absent
2. Monster	Absent
3. Soccer's "Zero"	Absent
4. Premonition and Intuition	Absent
5. To Be Reborn	Absent
6. I'm Sorry	Absent
7. Rush	Absent
8. The Formula for Goals	Absent
9. Awakening	Absent
10. Just the Way It Is	Absent
11. The Final Piece	Absent
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	Absent
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	Debut

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

Etymology

• His given name, Ryusei (龍 (りゅう) 聖 (せい) , Ryusei^?) means "holy dragon."
  • Ryu (龍 (りゅう) , Ryu^?) means "dragon," which can be where the name of his skill, Dragon Drive, comes from.
  • Sei (聖 (せい) , Sei^?) means "sacred, holy, divine," contrasting how people often refer to Shido as a "demon."
  • Phonetically, it can also refer to 流星, meaning "shooting star."

• His surname, Shido (士 (し) 道 (どう) , Shido^?), means "samurai code."
  • Phonetically, it can also refer to 指導, meaning "guidance, leadership, direction."

• His name can thus be interpreted as the "samurai code of the holy dragon."

Quotes

• (To Igarashi) "Anyone who can't keep up with my explosions can just die."

• (To Kunigami) "What's the word for that again? 'Sportsmanship?' Whatever you call that outdated kumbaya-loving bullsh*t? You see, to me, football's not just fun and games. It's the very act of living... an explosion of life, you could say. Let's have at it, hero. You won't find anyone as fair or as in love with football as me, you know?"

• (To himself) "All humans exist to leave behind a record of their existence. The very act of leaving behind one's genes is the basic programming given to all living things [...] And for me, that act just happens to be 'soccer.' Keep sharpening...to me, a goal is fertilization!! A shot is the 'seed' and the goal is the 'egg'!! And the birth of that joy I call an 'explosion!!' There it is! [...] My genes are going to knock you up!"

Trivia

• The majority of this information is from the official Egoist Bible.
  • His birthplace is Tokyo, Japan.
  • His favorite manga is Chainsaw Man.
  • His favorite soccer player is Zlatan Ibrahimović.
  • His favorite music artist is Hide, and his favorite song is Hide - Pink Spider.
  • If he impulsively bought something from a convenience store, it would be a Baby Star ramen.
  • His favorite food is yukhoe. His least favorite food is beansprouts.
  • He is the best fighter in the Blue Lock facility.
  • If he received 100 million yen, he would divide them into 100 domino pieces (like into blocks) and play them like dominoes.
  • His favorite movie is A Clockwork Orange.
  • His favorite animal is the velociraptor (he finds the way they eat people cute).
  • His favorite subjects are Physical Education and Arts.
  • He is apparently ambidextrous.
  • On the question "Who is the best gentleman?" Shido ranks third in the list of the "Three Worst," after Sendo and Otoya.
  • His morning routine consists of going onto the balcony naked and soaking up the sunlight, dancing however he likes, and yelling whatever comes to his mind ("stuff like capillaries and flesh rupture!!").
  • When asked how old he was when he stopped getting presents from Santa, he said: "It's much more fun obtaining presents by yourself instead of receiving them from that red-white-middle-aged-fattie." When asked what was the last thing he asked Santa for, he said: "A world where Santa disappears."
  • If it were his last day on Earth, he would watch it end.
  • When Shido asked what he does for luck before a showdown, he said, "Take a sh*t."
  • When asked when was the last time he cried, he said he last cried at the end of the day when he became nothing.