☆ Starts playing football: At age 1. “Before I knew it, I was playing soccer.”
☆ Team before returning to Japan: RE・ALE (レ・アール) Youth FC.
☆ Favorite food/drink: Salted kelp tea (shio-kombucha). “Because I can go back to 0.” (meaning he feels refreshed after drinking it)
☆ Disliked food: French fries. “It’s deadly delicious but it’s deadly to my health.”
☆ Favorite animal: Seagulls. “I like migratory birds that doesn’t stay in one place.”
☆ Favorite season: At the end of summer. "It seems that the world is starting to get lonesome."
☆ Favorite football player: Álvaro Recoba. “The left footer that casts a rainbow (perfect curve) on the pitch.”
(Sae was referring to Alvaro quotes: “If today's game is on a rainy pitch, I'll draw a rainbow with my left foot.”. Álvaro is known for his curling-free-kick.)
☆ Favorite music: ‘Mercury’ by tofubeats ft. Seira Kariya. “I listen to this to cool down.”
☆ Favorite manga: Gegege no Kitaro.
☆ Favorite movie: Taxi Driver. “This De Niro is the coolest.”
☆ Favorite TV show: Chibi Maruko-chan. “It reminds me of home.”
☆ Favorite brand: “All of my sponsors. They know they're not crazy for betting on me, they have good eyes.”
☆ Hobby: Analysing data of football players and teams. “It’s easier to see the numbers in visualized data.”
☆ Mushroom shoots vs Bamboo shoots: “Depends on the mood.”
☆ What goes best with rice : Salted kelp (shio-kombu). “They don’t have it in Brazil, so I asked my parents back home to send some here.”
☆ What makes him happy: “A play beyond my imagination.”
☆ What makes him upset: Being forced to carry Japanese soccer on his back. “I’m talking about you guys.”
☆ What he thinks his strength is: He has flat ways looking at things. (meaning he look at things objectively) "People often calls me dry**, but who cares?"
☆ What he thinks his weakness is: The fact that he doesn’t know anything else other than soccer. “You guys shouldn’t live this way.”
☆ Favorite/Best subject: “I don’t know since I’ve only focus on soccer and didn’t pay attention in classes.”
☆ What made him cry recently: “Like I'd tell you, idiot.”
☆ Place he washes first when taking a bath: His bangs’ hairline.
☆ Fixation: Buttocks. “You’ll know an athlete's ability by the shape of their buttocks.”
☆ Number of chocolates received from previous Valentine: Around 2000. “That’s what my manager told me.”
☆ The first time he got confessed to: “I don’t remember which one was the first, octopus.” (here, octopus is just an insult like 'idiot' or 'fool', etc.)
☆ What will he do if received 100 million yen: “I’m not interested in such small amount of money.” “I don't care. It's just pocket change.”
☆ At what age he stops receiving presents from Santa: At age 10.
☆ What was his last wish from Santa: “My own talent that I have yet to discover.”
☆ How he spent his holiday: Gazing at the sea.
☆ What will he do during his last day on Earth: Give the world's best striker the world's best pass.
☆ Favorite historical figure: "Nicolaus Copernicus. A person who overturned the world's common sense."
☆ If he hadn't encountered soccer, what will he be doing: "Probably living a normal, happy life. My personality might not have been like this."
☆ If he could only take one thing to a deserted island, what would it be: "Nothing. I’ll live freely without rules."
☆ If he had a time machine, would he go to the past or the future: "I’m not interested in either. I won’t have any unnecessary expectations or disappointments about my past or future. Live in the now. You guys are annoying."
Last updated: 31/10/2024
*Not sure about the exact pronounciation but the most of the translation says 'Les Halles'. Updated! (25/7/2024)
Spelling of Sae's team, レ・アール : Left image: RE・ALE. This was from months ago (twt).
Right image: RE・EARL. The left image is from the recent twt :
** In Japan, there are terms called ‘dry person’ & ‘wet person’. ‘Dry person’ is someone who can think rationally without being overwhelmed by emotions and because of their calm demeanor, they are thought to be cold and unapproachable. ‘Wet person’ is the opposite of ‘dry person’.
note: i want to apologize in advance for any mistake made in the translation!
I made a poll to decide whether or not to change tags for Agott & Richeh. The reason is because in TBNA anime official website, Agott & Richeh’s names are written as Agat & Riche. There are 3 options in the poll, please spare a minute of your time to answer it :)
"You'll receive a delicious attack, you average guys."
☆ Character's colour: Dark blue.
☆ Weapons:
Keep (keep the ball from opponent), feint technique, and handwork (using hand or arm to block the opponent / to keep the distance from the opponent / to secure the play area). (EB1)
Analytical skills and handwork. (EB2)
☆ Disliked food: Salmon roe. “The texture and fishy smell are unusual. It’s like eating a monster cells.”
☆ Favorite animal: Hawks. “I heard it has good sense in hunting." “Those sharp eyes and claws are marvelous.”
☆ Favorite season: Autumn. "I like the feeling of solitude."
☆ Favorite football player: Ruud van Nistelrooy.
☆ Favorite song: “FLY” by GRAPEVINE.
☆ Favorite manga: GANTZ “The Osaka version. It’s just too awesome.”
☆ Favorite movie: “It’s a foreign movie, ‘Westworld’.”
☆ Favorite TV show: Documental (a comedy documentary program)
☆ Ideal type: Smart and strong woman.
☆ Hobby: Observing, analyzing, and assessing people.
☆ Fixation: Voice/way of speaking. "I feel unusually aroused whenever I sense intelligence from the way a person speaks."
☆ Mushroom shoots vs Bamboo shoots: “Bamboo shoots. It’s pretty common but honestly, bamboo shoots.”
☆ What goes best with rice : Kimchi. “It’s good no matter how many times you eat it.”
☆ What makes him happy: To be left alone. “I want to live as I please, die as I please.”
☆ What makes him upset: Surprise presents. “It’s impossible to be happy in a forced atmosphere. I kind of feel bad.”
☆ What he thinks his strength is: Rational, calm, and determined.
☆ What he thinks his weakness is: He can't be kind to ordinary people. “I need to fix that.”
☆ Favorite/Best subject: Modern literature, Chemistry, and World History.
☆ Dislike/weak subject: Swimming. “I’m scared of water.”
☆ What made him cry recently: “Not gonna tell ya, idiot.”
☆ Usual sleeping time: 6.5 hours.
☆ Place he washes first when taking a bath: Hair. “My hair's too stiff from all the hair wax.”
☆ Number of chocolates received from previous Valentine: 6. “They’re definitely messing with me. I keep receiving bonbon whiskey.”
(bonbon whiskey: chocolate confectionary that contains whiskey.)
☆ At what age he experiences first love: At age 8. “Marisa was the cutest girl in class. And then there’s ordinary me...”
☆ The first time he got confessed to: “Marisa confessed to me on elementary school graduation day ceremony. But since I’ll be playing soccer at a faraway middle school, I turned her down. Something like that. Nothing out of ordinary."
☆ What will he do if received 100 million yen: Invest in index funds.
☆ At what age he stops receiving presents from Santa: "Around 10 years old. I stopped because I want to be considerate of my parents."
☆ What was his last wish from Santa: PS4 & Winning Eleven.
☆ What will he do during his last day on Earth: “To be with someone important to me. If such a day comes, it’s being ordinary good enough for me.”
☆ Favorite historical figure: "Zhuge Liang. The strongest strategist in history. I really like him."
☆ If he hadn't encountered soccer, what will he be doing: "I’d want to be a management consultant. I want to help ordinary people become extraordinary."
☆ If he could only take one thing to a deserted island, what would it be: "I wouldn’t need anything. Surviving there would be great. The greatest ability of humans is "adaptation" to their environment."
☆ If he had a time machine, would he go to the past or the future: The past. "I want to know the truths of the struggles and glories of those who came before me and use that as my nourishment."
Last updated: 1/11/2024
* The crossed words are the changes made from twitter’s answer to the answer from Egoist Bible.
note: i want to apologize in advance for any mistake made in the translation!
