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To win is to be just. To lose is to be at fault.
 
— Hirotoshi's philosophy to Hoichi

Hirotoshi Buratsuta ( () () (つた) (ひろ) (とし) Buratsuta Hirotoshi?) is the chairman of the Japan Football Union.

Appearance[]

Hirotoshi is a fat elderly man who is bald on the top of his head. He has thin black eyes with small irises and thick eyebrows. He is usually seen wearing professional clothing, such as a suit.

Personality[]

Hirotoshi can be described as a money-oriented person with little to no high ambition. Even though Japan lost in the World Cup 2018 (Round 16), Hirotoshi is unbothered. With Japan Football Union financially stable, Hirotoshi sees nothing wrong with the current national team. In fact, he appears to believe that Japan will never be able to win the world cup, as he actively mocks Anri for thinking so. Proven to be incredibly delusional, he believes that all the association has to do is maintain the national team's brand and façade since to him, football is a business.[3] This business strategy made him ill-equipped for the talent that Blue Lock demonstrated in Japan's National Representative match against the U-20 team, as he actually believed that his stagnation plan would aid him in winning. Ultimately, resulting in his complete and utter humiliation in front of the entire world. Due to these negative traits, no one in the football world respects him as they see him as an irritable nuisance. Both Blue Lock Eleven and Japan U-20 teams were happy that his plans for shutting down Blue Lock failed and have no problem in openly and actively mocking him.

In addition, Hirotoshi tends to come off as sleazy and weird, as he tends to stare at Anri's chest while she is talking. Proving himself to be shameless, after his loss against Blue Lock, he pilfers the credit for the project's founding.

Hirotoshi can show a servile attitude. When talking with Sae Itoshi, he is very complacent and does everything he can to make him feel comfortable, to the point of giving him full authority to pick anyone he wishes for the U-20, even a striker from Blue Lock, despite only showing his disdain and wanting nothing more to shut down the project.

Relationships[]

Anri Teieri[]

Hirotoshi and Anri are polar opposites when it comes to football. While Anri wants to see Japan win the World Cup, Hirotoshi could not care less. Also, Hirotoshi sees Blue Lock as a waste of time and resources. On the other hand, Anri believes that Blue Lock can be used to produce top-notch strikers capable of winning the World Cup. Moreover, like the others in the Japan Football Association, he also sexualizes Anri and stares at her large chest.[3]

Manga Appearances[]

v  e
Introduction Arc
1. Dream Debut
2. Moving In
3. Monster
4. Right Now Appears
v  e
First Selection Arc
5. The "Zero" of Soccer
6. Individual.
7. We'll Meet in Front of the Goal
8. Message
9. Superhero
10. Operation: Me, Next 9
11. Premonition & Intuition
12. Signal
13. The One to be Reborn
14. Resolve
15. Spiral
16. One Shot
17. Sorry
18. Thanks for the Help
19. Overwhelming Disadvantage
20. Boiling
21. Break Through!
22. Until This Fire Burns Out
23. Until They Met
24. Goal Formula
25. Trick
26. LAST GAME
27. Only One
28. Super Special
29. Flash of Evolution
30. Extreme Frenzy
31. Awakening
32. Impetus
33. Attack Waves
34. At This Rate
35. Last Chance
36. Right Here
37. The Last Piece
38. More
v  e
Second Selection Arc
39. Hungry
40. Second Selection
41. BLUE LOCK MAN
42. About-Face
43. Three-Man Teams
44. Rivalry Battle
45. Battle to the Death
46. TOP 3
47. Chemical Reaction
48. The Beauty of the Parabola
49. After the Parting
50. Match Confirmed
51. Creator
52. Talent and Mediocrity
53. Blind Spot
54. Devour
55. A Dream that Won't Come True
56. Proof I've Wagered My Life Appears
57. Chance Encounter
58. The Battle Begins
59. Triple Combo
60. Field Vision
61. Leverage
62. Loser
63. Buried Ego
64. The Lead Actor's Stage
65. Trick of Fate
66. Loser's Crossroads
67. Power of Despair
68. Promise
69. Chaos
70. Dancing Boy
71. Friends
72. MATCH UP!!
73. Ultra-Coordination
74. Monster
75. Wild Dance
76. Can't Go Back
77. All-Out
78. Irregular
79. I'm Not There
80. Unlimited
81. Last Action
82. I Don't Need You
83. Voice
84. Initial Impulse
85. Eight Seconds Ago
86. Pride
v  e
World's Best Arc
87. Luck
88. World All-Stars
89. Demon
90. Third Selection
91. Divine Speed
92. The Closest Appears
v  e
Third Selection Arc
93. Gathering
94. Time has Come
95. Tryouts
96. Chosen Path
97. Last Ticket
98. Villain
99. The Assassin and the Ninja
100. Optimal X Supreme - Worst
101. New Relation
102. The World of Feeling
103. Total Sensory Experience
104. Trance
105. 5 X 6
106. Chameleon
107. All Matches Over Appears
108. Top 11
v  e
U-20 Arc
109. Battle Group Mentioned
110. Newcomer
111. FLOW
112. Grand Stage
113. Cops and Robbers
114. Quartet
115. Sae Itoshi Appears
116. Revenger
117. Nice to Meet You
118. Warped
119. Third Arrow
120. Blue Genes
121. 1st HALF
122. Headliner Appears
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[]

v  e
Season 1
1. Dream Debut
2. Monster Appears
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 Appears
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 Appears
v  e
Season 2
25. Tryouts Appears
26. The Assassin and the Ninja Absent
27. The World of Feeling Absent
28. Chameleon Appears
29. Flow Appears
30. Grand Stage Absent
31. Sae Itoshi Appears
32. Blue Genes Appears
33. Night Snow Appears

Etymology[]

  • His given name, Hirotoshi ( (ひろ) (とし) ?), means "wide genius."
  • His surname, Buratsuta ( () () (つた) ?), means "bad war ivy."
  • His name can thus be interpreted as "a wide genius holding a bad war ivy."

Quotes[]

  • (To Anri) "We're making money, so who cares? After all, football is nothing but business."[3]
  • (To Anri) "Do you really believe that Japan can win the World Cup?!"[3]
  • (To Ego) "Then it's fine. After all, football is a business."[4]

Trivia[]

  • Hirotoshi was tied with Inaba at 30th in the first popularity poll with two votes.

References[]

  1. Character profile from Egoist Bible vol.2
  2. 2.0 2.1 Character profile from Egoist Bible
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Blue Lock Manga: Chapter 1.
  4. Blue Lock Manga: Chapter 210.

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