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BLUE LOCK
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How BLUE LOCK actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
BLUE LOCK reads strongest on Character Depth, Spectacle and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
High school soccer players from across Japan gather for a controversial project designed to create the best — and most egoistic — striker in the world.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E05
To Be Reborn
Isagi relies on "the smell of the goal," his raw instincts, to make a move, and it leads to the fierce battle of "reading" each other's hand with Team Y's playmaker, Niko Ikki. Isagi and Niko's battle as they both watch over the whole field and throw their ego at each other, brings them to the last one minute of the match. Can Isagi and Team Z beat Niko's final strategy, "One Time Kill Counter"?
- Directed by Chihiro Kumano
- Written by Taku Kishimoto

S01E04
Premonition and Intuition
Team Z was crushed by Team X, who centered the offensive play around egoistical yet skilled Barou. Responding to Ego's urge to "take up a weapon," the players discuss what their weapons are in preparation for the next match. However, Isagi struggles to identify what it is. Using "the smell of the goal" he felt in the game against Team X as a hint, Isagi and the others go against Team Y in the next match.
- Directed by Takahiro Enokida
- Written by Taku Kishimoto

S01E06
I'm Sorry
After the match with Team Y, Isagi's rank moved up, and he became the center of the team. The next match is against Team W, led by the Wanima twins. Their eye contact and impeccable combinations are hard to beat. They used to play in the same team as Chigiri Hyoma, and they use his past trauma to egg him on. Chigiri says that he joined Blue Lock to find a reason to quit soccer. Team Z leads the game with Kuon's play. Everyone's elated for the good start of the match, but Isagi feels something is off.
- Directed by Tatsuya Ishiguro
- Written by Taku Kishimoto

S01E07
Rush
Because of Kuon’s betrayal, Team Z is faced with a desperate situation of playing 12-on-10, with the opponent knowing everything about their weapons and strategies. Even under such a circumstance, Team Z never gives up on the fight, and Isagi continues to believe in himself. Inspired by their passion, Chigiri runs through the field at an incredible speed, his weapon he has sealed away. His ego rocks the match when they are losing at 3-4.
- Directed by Yoshito Mikamo, Akira Toba
- Written by Taku Kishimoto

S01E12
The Second Selection
With many dropouts, the "Blue Lock" project enters the second selection. A harsh second selection where former friends become rivals and former enemies become allies at a dizzying pace. There, Isagi meets Rin, the most powerful egoist ever, the younger brother of the genius Itoshi Sae, and the new Blue Lock ranking TOP ranker. Seeking further evolution, Isagi's fight advances to a new stage.
- Directed by Yusuke Onoda
- Written by Taku Kishimoto

S01E01
Dream
Isagi Yoichi, a first-year forward, loses his chance for the Nationals because he has passed the ball to his fellow player in front of the goal. That's when he receives an invitation for Blue Lock. It's a facility to train one world's greatest striker out of 300 high-school-aged forwards so that Japan can win the World Cup.
- Directed by Masao Kawase, Kazuki Yokoyama
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S00E41
Additional Time! #37: Self-Staring Contest

S01E38
Last Attack
- Directed by Hajime Nihira, Kentaro Sugimoto
- Written by Taku Kishimoto

S01E37
Not Alone

S00E40
Additional Time! #36: Welcome Back, Baro Baro Kyun!

S01E36
Flowers

S00E39
Additional Time! #35: Bag Inspection
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Yohei Takami
Executive producer
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Junichi Kimura
Executive producer
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Junko Sano
Executive producer
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Yoichi Sekine
Executive producer
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Hideo Hirata
Executive producer
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Emiko Iijima
Executive producer
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Taku Kishimoto
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Shin FurukawaProducer
- Yohei TakamiExecutive Producer
- Yuki MoriProducer
- Junichi KimuraExecutive Producer
- Junko SanoExecutive Producer
- Yoichi SekineExecutive Producer
Writing
- Taku KishimotoWriter
Direction
- Tatsuya IshiguroDirector
- Tokihiro SasakiDirector
- Masao KawaseDirector
- Takayuki TanakaDirector
- Hajime NihiraDirector
- Shintaro InokawaDirector
Cinematography
- Yasuhiro AsagiDirector of Photography
Music
- Jun MurayamaOriginal Music Composer
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