Mark Evans aka Mamoru Endou
Often seen wearing his trademark headband, Mamoru Endou is as a soccer loving, cheerful goalkeeper and captain of the Raimon Junior High Soccer club, the "Raimon Eleven". He never gives up and always thinks of others before himself. Since he was young, he's held great admiration toward his grandfather, Daisuke Endou, and studies the technique-filled notebooks that his grandfather wrote years ago. Because of his positive personality, he manages to bring out the best in other Soccer players, whether they're an ally or foe. His teammates benefit from his mental strength and encouragement and respect him despite his carefree attitude. Endou constantly trains himself in order to face new opponents and increases his stamina by catching a gigantic car tire tied to a tree. Many girls like Aki and Natsumi show some romantic interest with him but he is too naive to understand their feelings. He helps Little Gigant, as Garshield returns with a new team. His special techniques include God Hand, Nekketsu Punch (Fireball Knuckle ), Bakuretsu Punch (Blazing Knuckle), Inazuma Ichi-Go Otoshi (Lightning No.1 Drop), Inazuma Break, Tri-Pegasus, The Phoenix, Majin the Hand, Seigi no Tekken (Fist of Justice), Megaton Head G3, Death Zone 2, The Earth with Goenji and Fubuki, Ikari no Tetsui V2 (Hammer of Wrath V2), ljigen the Hand (Outer Dimension The Hand which evolves into ljigen the Hand Kai (Remastered) which later evolves into True ljigen The Hand) and also God Catch. He is voiced by Junko Takeuchi.
Axel Blaze aka Gouenji Shuuya
Gouenji is the quiet, collected ace striker of the team with spikey hair and a cool disposition. At his previous Junior High, Gouenji was the top Soccer player of his club and took place in the Football Frontier. His little sister, Yūka, was unfortunately in a car accident while on the way to his big match and was hospitalized soon after. Feeling responsible, he keeps an amulet made by his sister and makes a promise to stop playing soccer until she wakes up. However, when he realizes that his passion for the game still beats in his heart, he changes that promise to becoming the champion of the Soccer Frontier and joins the Raimon Eleven thanks to some persistence by Endou. He becomes close friends with Endou and the team as the story progresses. His special techniques are the Fire Tornado, Bakunetsu Storm (Fireball Storm), and then Bakunetsu Screw (Exploding Heat Screw). He also forms a combo technique with Kabeyama called Inazuma Otoshi (lightning Drop), one with Endou called Inazuma Ichigo (Lightning NO.1) and a combination of the two called the Inazuma Ichigo Otoshi(Lightning NO.1 Drop). Additionally, he performs a combination technique with Toramaru called Tiger Storm, another technique with Fubuki Shirou called Cross Fire, and and has a 3-man technique with Toramaru and Hiroto calledGrand Fire G2.He also does a combination technique with Someoka called Dragon Tornado He is voiced by Hirofumi Nojima.
Jude Sharp aka Kidou Yuto
A genius Soccer strategist who wears goggles and a red cape, originally from Teikoku (Royal) Academy Junior High School. As the protege of Reiji Kageyama, he was forced to win 3 consecutive soccer championships in order to be with his sister again and until then, cuts off all contact with her for 6 years. After a match with the Raimon Eleven to see who will compete in the Footbal Frontier and seeing Kageyama's wrongdoings, he and the rest of the Teikoku Soccer Team quit. Kidou later joins Endou's team, switching to a new blue cape and becomes the team's valuable strategist. His special technique is the Illusion Ball (later evolved into True Illusion Ball). His Combination techniques are the Inazuma Bureiku (Lightning Break) with Endou and Gouenji, Koutei Penquin Nee-Go (Emperor Penguin No.2), Death Zone (with Endou and Domon, which later evolved to Death Zone 2), Killer Fields with Fudou and Koutei Penguin San-Go (Emperor Penguin No.3) with Sakuma and Fudou. He is voiced by Hiroyuki Yoshino.
Shawn Frost aka Fubuki Shirou
Fubuki Shirou is the captain of Hakuren Junior High School's Soccer club in Hokkaido. He is both an excellent defender as well as the team's ace striker. He joins the Raimon Eleven during their visit to Hokkaido in order to defeat Aliea Academy. Due to a terrible accident with an avalanche as a child, Fubuki is morbidly afraid of the sound of falling snow. His parents and little brother Atsuya (Aidan) were unfortunately killed in the avalanche, but saved Fubuki at the last moment by pushing him out of the car. Since the accident, Fubuki developed a split personality of his brother whenever he plays offense during Soccer matches. He wanted to become a perfect Soccer player and believed that he could only do so if he "became" his brother (his father's comments right before the avalanche accident led him to believe this). With Gouenji and the others' help, he realized that what his father meant was that he could be perfect only if he played alongside his teammates. Soon, he broke free from both his trauma and his twin brother's personality, merging himself and his brother's spirit as one thus growing stronger as well. His special techniques include the Eternal Blizzard, Wolf Legend, Ice Ground, and Snow Angel. He can also do combination techniques such as Crossfire with Gouenji, Thunder Beast with Hijikata, Wyvern Blizzard with Someoka and The Hurricane with Kazemaru. Later Fubuki becomes a member of Inazuma Japan for the FFI. However his leg is badly injured in a match with Korea's Fire Dragon during the Asia finals. Due to this injury, he is taken off the team. He eventually returns after his injuries are healed to replace the then injured Kurimatsu. He does a new combination technique with Hiroto called The Birth against Brazil's team the Kingdom. He is voiced by Mamoru Miyano.
Nathen Swift aka Ichirōta Kazemaru
Kazemaru is the fastest player on the Raimon Eleven soccer team and has brown eyes and blue hair held back with a ponytail, with long bangs covering side of his face. He also acts as the team's side captain outside the game. Originally a member of the track club team, Kazemaru is convinced by Endou to play on the soccer team for their match against Teikoku. Kazemaru is finally convinced by the promise of fighting a lot of stronger players, as well as Endou's fighting spirit when he bares witness to the goalkeeper's intense training. From their on, Kazemaru becomes a close friend to Endou and a key player for the Raimon soccer team. Later on, during the constant battles against Aliea Academy, Kazemaru begins to doubt himself and gains a thirst for power to defeat Raimon's strongest opponents. For a brief while, he leaves the team but later resurfaces in "Dark Emporers", or a team that challenges Endou for becoming the top players. The Aliea Rock gives him power, but also wipes any good memories. It is broken by Endou's God Hand, and he later returns to the team in the FFI arc. His special techniques are the Shippu Dash (Hurricane Dash), Bushin Defense (Clone Defense), Dark Phoenix, Banana Shoot, Fuujin no Mai (Dance of the Wind God), Honoo no Kazamidori (Fire Anemoscope) in combination with Goenji, Tatsumaki Otoshi (Tornado drop) with Kabeyama and The Hurricane with Fubuki. He is voiced by Yuka Nishigaki.
Jack Wallside aka Heigorō Kabeyama
The large, sheepish Defender of the Raimon Eleven and one of the original members of the Soccer club. Despite his shy nature and constantly having to go to the bathroom at crucial moments, Kabeyama cares very much about the Raimon team and strives to become a powerful defender. In tough times, Endou helps Kabeyama overcome his fears, causing him to hold great respect for his captain. In the match against Nosei (Wild) Junior High he and Gouenji perform a move called the Inazuma Otoshi (Lightning Drop) and later he masters a defensive technique on his own, The Wall. Later on, during a match with Fire Dragon from Korea he creates an upgraded defensive technique called The Mountain. He is voiced by Megumi Tano.
Kevin Dragonfly aka Ryūgo Someoka
Someoka is the grumpy self-proclaimed "original" ace striker of the team Raimon Soccer club. Because of this pride he holds, Someoka has trouble getting along with the likes of Gouenji and Fubuki, who later both join the Raimon Eleven as his fellow ace strikers. Thanks to Endou's words of support, Someoka eventually learns to accept the other newcomers to the team and even develops some combination techniques with him, but hurts his leg and is removed. He resurfaces in Dark Emperors, and Fubuki helps him realize who he was, as well as Endou's God Hand. He later returns in the FFI arc. His special techniques are the Dragon Crash, Wyvern Crash and the Dragon Slayer V3, and his combination techniques are Dragon Tornado and Dragon Screw with Gouenji and Wyvern Blizzard with Fubuki, which he suffers an injury from while developing and is forced to leave the team behind for a short while. He is voiced by Yasuyuki Kase.
Bobby Shearer aka Asuka Domon
A tall, lanky Defensive player who grew up in America as a child with his friends Aki and Ichinose. He stopped playing Soccer early on due to a car accident with Ichinose, but picked up the game again after moving to Japan as a teenager. Originally, Domon works as a spy for Teikoku Academy under orders from Kageyama to keep tabs on the up and coming Raimon Eleven soccer team. After an incident with the team's first coach being revealed as a spy, Domon comes clean and is quick to leave, but Endou defends him and keeps Domon on the Raimon Eleven from there on out. Eventually, Domon takes his leave and comes home to America where he joins the national soccer team "The Unicorn" alongside Ichinose. His special techniques are the Killer Slide and Volcano Cut, while his combination techniques are Death Zone 2 with Endou and Kidou, The Phoenix with Endou and Ichinose and The Icarus with Dylan in the FFI arc. He is voiced by Jun Konno.
Erik Eagle aka Kazuya Ichinose
Ichinose a Japanese-American who grew up in the US with his childhood friends Domon and Aki. As an Elementary schooler Ichinose was already a well-known soccer player until the day of a horrible car accident that hospitalized him for several years. Aki and Domon later moved to Japan under the impression that Ichinose had died, but through rehabilitation treatment, he was healed and went to Japan to visit his old friends. On his first day there, he plays against the Raimon Eleven and is soon invited by Endou to join their team for the Football Frontier matches. Later on, after the defeat of Aliea Academy, Ichinose moves back to America and joins the national team "The Unicorn" alongside Domon. He enters the Football Frontier International and finally gets to play his desired match against Endou and his team. However, during the match, Endou, Domon, and Aki learn that Ichinose must soon receive another surgery procedure because of his injuries from the car accident years ago still affecting his body. Afterward, Ichinose is forced to fly back to America and get treatment. His special techniques include the Spinning Shoot, Spiral Shot and Flame Dance. His combination techniques are the Tri-Pegasus with Endou and Domon which later evolves into The Phoenix Pegasus Shot and later shares the move Gran Fenrir with Dylan and Mark. He is voiced by Yūki Kaji.
Tod Ironside aka Teppei Kurimatsu
Kurimatsu is another one of the original members of the Raimon soccer club, a short, buck-toothed boy with a speech quirk, often saying "deyansu" ("actually") in every sentence. Though often one with a negative attitude and a shaky disposition, Kurimatsu is a skilled soccer player and has remained with the Raimon Eleven for quite a while. His special techniques are Dash Accel and Maboroshi Dribble(Phantom Dribble). He is voiced by Miho Hino.
William "Willy" Glass aka Kakeru Megane
Megane is a bespectacled pretentious boy who attends Raimon Junior High, who offers to join the soccer club by Endou's request, but only in the event of them needing one last member, so he feels he can be the "hero" that saves the day at the last second. During the match against Teikoku Academy, he shows his true colors and runs off in the middle of the game and abandons his uniform, but allows for Gouenji to take his place and pull Raimon out of the fire. With Gouenji officially on board, Megane joins the team permanently and plays alongside Raimon for quite a while. His running joke throughout the series becomes the self-appointed name-giver of the Raimon Eleven, giving cool titles to all of the player's special techniques. Later, during the Football Frontier International, he becomes a manager alongside Aki, Haruna and Fuyuka. Funnily enough, he also has a younger, sportier twin brother named Kazuto who, while better at sports than him, is very emotional. He is voiced by Nanae Katō.
Silvia Woods aka Aki Kino
Aki is a young girl from America who moves to Japan and attends Raimon Junior High, where she becomes good friends with the soccer club captain, Mamoru Endou. Since the beginning of the soccer club, Aki acts as the team manager and keeps the boys in order. She's a big supporter of Endou's spirit and even shows a hint of interest in the captain. It's later revealed that she played soccer a little girl in the US, but gave up the game after her childhood friend Ichinose was in a horrible car accident. She also meets her other childhood friend, Domon. When Ichinose appears in Japan and joins the Raimon Eleven team, she sees remarkable similarities in both him and Endou. She also has a crush on Endou. She is voiced by Fumiko Orikasa.
Celia Hills aka Haruna Otonashi
Haruna is a cute, peppy girl with red-framed glasses and short hair who works for the Raimon Junior High newspaper. After interviewing Endou and Aki for their first big match against Teikoku Academy, Haruna becomes such a big fan that she enlists herself as a second manager alongside Aki. It's later revealed she is the sister of Teikoku soccer team's captain, Yuuto Kido, but hasn't had any contact with him for 6 years until he resurfaces as Raimon's biggest rival. After the rematch between Raimon and Teikoku, Kidou is freed from Kageyama's influence and Haruna is reunited with her brother. Later on, she also acts as a motherly figure towards Kogure, relating to his absence of parents from a very young age. She is also kidnapped after she wears a bracelet given to her by Rika.(Sue) However after her brother rescues her by playing a match and winning she escapes. She is voiced by Hinako Sasaki.
Nelly Raimon aka Natsumi Raimon
Natsumi is a beautiful red-haired upper-class girl and the school president of Raimon Junior High. She is the daughter of the School Chairman, Yuuichiro Raimon and will often "speak for him" while dealing with the principal and vice principal of Raimon Junior High. At first, she seems very much against the Raimon soccer club and is dead-set on disbanding it, often setting challenges for them to overcome with the threat of being shut down if they fail. After a few matches, Natsumi sees major potential in their team and becomes the third manager after Aki and Haruna. She also shows a hint of interest in Endou . Later on it is revealed that she becomes Little Gigant's manager, because she realizes she is no longer needed by Inazuma Japan. However, after a match between Team Garshield and Inazuma Japan, she returns as manager. She is voiced by Sanae Kobayashi.
Camelia aka Fuyuka "Fuyuppe" Kudou
A young girl who transfers to Raimon Junior High after the defeat of Aliea Academy, by way of her adoptive father, Michiya Kudou. After Natsumi travels overseas, claiming to be studying abroad, Aki and Haruna had brought Fuyuka into the fold and taught her the ropes of being a manager for the Raimon soccer team. As a little girl, Fuyuka was close friend of Endou's in Elementary school. But her parents were killed in a car accident, leaving Fuyuka as the only survivor and put into a tremendous state of shock. Eventually, the hospital put her under hypno-therapy to wipe her memories clean and place Kudou as her new father. Knowing Endou was a childhood friend of hers, Kudou becomes the new coach of the Inazuma Japan national team and hopes that Endou will bring out the secrets of Fuyuka's past. She later remembers her past and find out she's happy how she is. She is voiced by Haruka Tomatsu.
Seymour Hillman aka Seigō Hibiki
Hibiki is an old noodle-cooker who runs a ramen shop in Inazuma Town. Previously, he was the goalkeeper of the original Inazuma Eleven and a close friend of Mamoru Endou's grandfather, Daisuke Endou. After the Raimon Eleven's previous coach, Suguru Fuyukai was revealed to be a spy working for Kageyama to sabotage their rival team, Natsumi fires the fraud and the team becomes in need of a coach for the Football Frontier. Through some persistence by Endou, Hibiki eventually gives in and becomes the Raimon Eleven's go-to coach. Later on, Hibiki hands over the reigns to Hitomiko Kira and then Michiya Kudou as his replacements, partially due to his old age, but more so to present new challenges for the Raimon team and better prepare them for fiercer competitions, including the Football Frontier International. He is voiced by Kinryū Arimoto.
Lina Schiller aka Hitomiko Kira
Hitomiko is a cold, professional woman who takes over as coach for the Raimon Eleven during the attack of Aliea Academy, of which she is obsessed with stopping. Her goal is to prevent any further harm by the Aliea soccer teams wreaking havoc on Japan, so Coach Hibiki enlists her as his replacement and Hitomiko becomes the head of the Inazuma Caravan. She is incredibly strict and to the point with Endou's team, but the captain seems to understand her feelings and obeys her decisions throughout their travels across the country. It is later revealed that her goal of stopping Aliea Academy ties back to her father, who is responsible for the attacks and commander of the Aliea teams. After the defeat of Aliea Academy and the players of the teams are freed from her father's influence, Hitomiko vanishes and Hibiki is given back coaching duties for the Raimon Eleven. Later on, Hitomiko is approached by former Aliea Academy player Osamu Saginuma, to form a new team that will take over as Japan's representatives in the upcoming Football Frontier International. This newly-formed team with Hitomiko as the coach becomes "Neo Japan". She is voiced by Junko Kitanishi.
David Evans aka Daisuke Endō
Mamoru Endou's Soccer-Superstar grandfather. Years ago, he was a member of the original "Inazuma Eleven" soccer team and then acted as the coach for the Raimon Junior High soccer club. He was thought to have been killed in a car accident set up by his vengeful rival, Reiji Kageyama, but upon inspection of the incident, turns out to have escaped from his life. With his daughter's family in danger of Kageyama's attacks, Endou leaves the country under the guise of being dead, but is discovered to be residing somewhere on Soccer Island where the Football Frontier International is being held. He is voiced by Hiroyuki Yoshino.
Byron Love aka Terumi "Aphrodi" Afuro
Aphrodi a Korean-Japanese boy and the former captain of Zeus Junior High, a team that Raimon Eleven faced in the Soccer Frontier final. At first Aphrodi and his team are shown to be under the control of Kageyama, drinking a tainted water called "Aqua of the Gods" that greatly increases the physical ability of the drinker. Endou's team manages to defeat the Zeus soccer team in the final match and opens Aphrodi's eyes to the truth, breaking him away from Kageyama's control. Later, he joins the Raimon Eleven in their matches against the various teams of Aliea Academy, helping them out a great deal against their strongest opponents, until he suffers a leg injury and is hospitalized until after Aliea Academy's defeat. Afterward, he joins the Korean national team "Fire Dragon" and played against Inazuma Japan in the Finals of the Asian Preliminaries. His techniques include God Knows (later evolved to True God Knows), Heaven’s Time and God Break. He also has a combination technique with Suzuno and Nagumo called Chaos Break. He is voiced by Yūko Sanpei.
Victoria 'Tori' Vanguard aka Touko Zaizen
Touko is a peppy, pink-haired girl and the daughter of Japan's Prime Minister, Sousuke Zaizen. She's a huge fan of all things including soccer and is captain of the "Eleven In Black" secret agent team. During the threat of Aliea Academy, her team is called into investigate the cause. Touko and the Eleven In Black run into the Inazuma Caravan and suspect Endou and his crew of being with the Aliea teams. An incredible match takes place and Touko, attracted to Endou's spirit and love of the game, joins the Inazuma Caravan in their efforts to stop Aliea Academy's destructive crusade. Her special technique is The Tower and later develops a combination technique with Kogure and Tsunami called the Perfect Tower. She is voiced by Ayahi Takagaki.
Scott "Scotty" Vanian aka Yuuya Kogure
Kogure is a short, cheeky troublemaker from Manyuuji (Cloister Divinity) Junior High in Kyoto. He's a talented soccer player, but was often kicked out of the team due to his prankster habits and lack of trust towards his teammates. The Inazuma Caravan visits his school during their travels and the Aliea Academy team "Epsilon" threatens to destroy Manyuuji if they can't defeat them. After some interaction with Haruna and rethinking his attitude, Kogure wishes to join the Raimon team and help them defeat Aliea Academy. He stows away on the caravan and becomes a longtime member of the team, using his impressive agility and capoeira skills during the game. Kogure's most noted technique is Senpuujin (Whirlwind Encampment), later does a technique with Touko and Tsunami called The Perfect Tower. He is voiced by Nami Miyahara.
Suzette "Sue" Heartland aka Rika Urabe
Rika is dark-skinned, blue-haired sassy girl and the captain of an all girl's Soccer team in Osaka. She works at an Okonomiyaki restaurant with her mother and first appears when the Raimon Caravan comes to Osaka believing that Aliea Academy had a hidden base somewhere in a local amusement park. Rika, visiting the park at the time, comes across Ichinose and immediately falls head-over-heels for him, claiming him to be her "Darling" husband after he eats her "Lovey-Dovey-Dish" which was just a simple Okonomiyaki that she made. After defeating her team and reclaiming Ichinose, she joined the Inazuma Caravan to help them against their second match with the Aliea Academy team, Epsilon. After their match with Epsilon, Rika decides to stay on the team hoping to be with Ichinose. Her techniques include Rose Splash and Tsutenkaku Shoot and later does a combination technique with Touko called Butterfly Dream (Butterfly Trance). She joins Touko on cheering for the Raimon team during the FFI Asia Preliminaries and eventually comes to visit Soccer Island to see the main tournament. She is voiced by Fujiko Takimoto.
Darren Charles aka Tachimukai Yuuki
Tachimukai is a young boy from Yokato Junior High in Fukuoka. Originally a midfielder for his school's soccer team, he eventually switches to being a Goalkeeper due to his admiration and deep respect for Endou. While visiting his school, Tachimukai asks to join the Inazuma Caravan and help them defeat Aliea Academy. Like Endou, Tachimukai is a talented goalkeeper and learns many of the same special techniques as his idols, including God Hand and Majin the Hand (Devilgod the Hand). He later learns an ultimate technique from Endou's notebook called Mugen the Hand (Infinity The Hand) which evolves to level 2, 3 and then 4 all in the same match against The Genesis and later develops his own technique, Maou the Hand (Demon King The Hand). He is voiced by Shinnosuke Tachibana.
