Jingo Raichi (雷市陣吾,Raichi Jingo?) is a contender of Blue Lock, who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Bastard München during the Neo Egoist League. Like all the forwards of Blue Lock, Raichi aims to be the best striker in the world.
When first arriving in Blue Lock, Raichi was a member of Team Z during First Selection and is one of the remaining contenders after Third Selection.
What position does Jingo Raichi play in Bastard München?
Jingo Raichi, a character from Blue Lock, holds the position of Forward Attacking Midfielder in the professional football team, Bastard München.
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What is the goal of Jingo Raichi in Blue Lock?
In Blue Lock, Jingo Raichi aims to thrive and evolve alongside fellow players. He's driven to excel in his role, spurred by the program's rigorous nature and the skills of his peers. His ambition also includes asserting dominance over those he deems inferior. The overarching objective of Blue Lock, which Raichi is a part of, is to cultivate the world's top striker, with the five best players earning a spot in the U-20 Cup.
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Is Jingo Raichi one of the characters with white hair in Blue Lock?
Jingo Raichi from Blue Lock has pale blonde hair, not white. He was part of Team Z during the First Selection phase of the series.
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Appearance[]
Raichi is a tall young man with a muscular build. His hair is usually seen as flat and is pale blonde, similar to that of Seishiro Nagi. His eyes in the colored pages of the Blue Lock manga are that of an amber color, and framing them are extremely dark, thick lashes.
Sharp shark-like teeth make Raichi's appearance seem intimidating, even more so when he scowls and shouts. But in the rare moments where his irritable and erratic nature isn't graphic, Raichi is overall an attractive young player. At Blue Lock, Raichi wears the standard-issued body suit (black with gray stripes) and tracksuit. During the First Selection, he wore Team Z's blue #10 jersey and wore Team Z's gray-capped cleats. During Second Selection, he wore Team Red's #95 jersey and that later switched to Team B's white #95 jersey during the Third Selection.
During the game against the Japan U-20, Raichi is a reserve player and wears the Blue Lock long jacket with his Blue Lock Eleven uniform under it. In the Neo-Egoist League, Raichi is currently a starter for Bastard München and wears their black, red, and gold kit with the #22.
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Team Z Uniform (Anime)
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Team B Uniform
Blue Lock Eleven
Personality[]
Raichi is one of the most hotheaded players in Blue Lock, initially overly confident in his own skills. He does not like people giving orders, but after the amount of talent and the level of difficulty in Blue Lock humbled him multiple times, Raichi learns to succeed in his role the best he can so that he not only survives Blue Lock but grows along with everybody else. Raichi gets frustrated when players he initially underestimated develop faster than him and he likes to remind those who are below him of their place.
In the beginning of Blue Lock, he was highly argumentative and disagreeable. His tendency to belittle his teammates, as seen in the first few chapters, stems from an overwhelming confidence in his abilities, which can make him come across as arrogant and pompous. But as time went on, he learned to work with others and listen to what they had to say to succeed, calming down his arrogance in the process.
In the final game of First Selection, Raichi is willing to forgo the position of striker and uses his brash personality to inspire and fuel his team, implying that despite wanting to be a striker, Raichi is willing to change in order for his team and himself to win.
In the Neo-Egoist League, Raichi has mellowed out considerably and acts as the "heart" of the team, constantly being the player to aggressively bark callouts to the rest of his team, using his loud voice as a way to pump himself and his teammates up. And, despite retaining his overall disposition, Raichi has been shown to be much more lenient in listening to his teammates (namely Isagi) in order to fulfill a specific role to help the team win, and even apologizes if he doesn't manage to successfully fill that role. Of course, he still yells at his teammates angrily if they mess up on their end.
Abilities[]
Archetypes[]
Forwards: also known as strikers, have the main objective of scoring goals. They are often the players who get the most attention since their role is designed to be in a scoring position. They also take part in penalty kicks and corner kicks when the opposing team kicks the ball out of bounds. They are normally the players in charge of starting off the game at the start and halftime.
Box-to-box: Box-to-box midfielders help with almost every aspect of the game. They need immense stamina as they need to cover most areas of the pitch, as well as some degree of passing skills. They would be up one end of the pitch assisting the attack one moment, then back helping to defend around their own penalty area the next. They normally play as central midfielders, but any of the midfield players may have this attribute.
Raichi has always been shown and described to have excellent endurance, tenacity, and high-level marking abilities. These weapons define Raichi as a box-to-box player who can survive and contribute in long games. When used correctly, he can be a pivotal defense piece of a formation, as shown in both First Selection and the Neo-Egoist League.
Skills[]
Immense Stamina: Raichi's stamina seems limitless and was shown in the match against Team V. At the beginning, Reo only thought of Raichi's man-marking as a nuisance, but as the game went on, his stamina started to show and Reo's playmaking ability started to weaken. Raichi's stamina enables him to continue playing at optimal capacity, which combined with his man-marking ability makes him a constant threat in both defensive and offensive phases of play. Even during the Neo Egoist League, Raichi's stamina is still higher than all his peers, even the ones who are technically more skilled than he is.
Manmarking: Raichi is able to effectively manmark another player using his physicality and presence to prevent them from playing the way they want to. Thanks to his aggressive personality, Raichi can make himself a real nuisance to his opponents, which, combined with the pressure he puts them under, sometimes even provokes an illegal reaction from them, as demonstrated when he provoked Reo into fouling him and receiving a yellow card. His man-marking ability is so efficient that Noel Noa recognized him and asked to become the heart of Bastard München's formation.
Stalking Horse Defense: Instead of a typical man-mark, Raichi will limit himself to an area of a two-meter radius half circle in front of his opponent. This will greatly increase the chances of him intercepting a pass meant for the opposing player or outright stealing the ball from him. This strategy rides on his grit, stamina, and dueling abilities. Raichi first used this to contain Marc Snuffy and was effective enough to force him to pass the ball.
