Blue Lock: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Japan keeps loosing the World Cup, over and over. After Isagi Yoichi, a forward for a high school team, gets eliminated in the last game in the qualifier for nationals, gets invited to a program called "Blue Lock" Their coach will be Ego Jinpachi, who intends to "destroy Japanese loser football" by introducing a radical new training regimen: isolate 300 young forwards in a prison-like institution called "Blue Lock" and put them through rigorous training aimed at creating "the world's greatest egotist striker."

Series details

• Title: Blue Lock
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime, Sports
• Premiere date: 2022-10-08
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BS11
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 60383
• IMDb ID: tt15222080
• TVDB ID: 408629

Cast and credited roles

• Kazuki Ura — Yoichi Isagi
• Sōma Saitō — Hyoma Chigiri
• Tasuku Kaito — Meguru Bachira
• Yūki Ono — Rensuke Kunigami

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-10-08; final listed air date 2024-07-28; episode order: 24.
• Season 2: premiered 2024-10-05; final listed air date 2024-12-28.

Source and licence

Adapted from Blue Lock on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.