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Kazuma Nio ( () (おう) (かず) () Niō Kazuma?) is a former member of the Japan U-20 team. He now plays for England's Manshine City.

Appearance[]

Nio is a tall and lean individual with a confident and laidback demeanor. He has medium-length black hair that is slicked back, revealing his forehead. His facial hair is distinctive, featuring a narrow goatee and a short mustache, adding to his sharp and mature look. He has dark, intense eyes with thin eyebrows that often give him a somewhat stern or serious expression.

Personality[]

Nio is an aggressive boy with a loud and competitive personality. He likes to boast his pressing abilities and engage in physical duels; however, Rin Itoshi used this aspect of his personality against him when the latter challenged Nio to use his best ability, and it turned against himself. He also shows good leadership skills and cares deeply for his teammates.

He is competitive, even outside of football.

Abilities[]

Archetype[]

  • Stopper: Stoppers are skilled defenders who rely on their strength, stamina, and manmarking abilities to stop the opposition's attacking play by making strong tackles. They are usually uncompromising in their tackling and would rather give away a foul than let an opposition player get past them. Stoppers generally play as center-backs.

Skills[]

  • Dominant Physique: Nio's main weapon is his physique, which he uses to impose himself onto attackers and prevent them from making the plays they want to. He was able to completely nullify Seishiro Nagi's ability to trap and create plays, after which the latter said he was a "power-type defender." It has been noted that the essence of his dominant physique can be boiled down to his core strength. By using his core, he can physically mark any attacker he gets close too, shutting them out of the game.
    • Physical Pressure: By using his core as a wall, Nio is able to position himself behind an attacker and prevent them from turning to goal, stifling any possibility of creative play. This pressure was potent enough to shut down Nagi's ability to breathe life into a play.
    • Doberman Charge: In a physical pressure duel with an opponent, Nio will use his shoulder to charge the opponent and block them from going forward, leveraging his full core strength against them. The effectiveness of this move has not been seen, however, as Rin countered it.

Manga Appearances[]

v  e
U-20 Arc
109. Battle Group
110. Newcomer Debut
111. FLOW
112. Grand Stage Appears
113. Cops and Robbers Appears
114. Quartet Appears
115. Sae Itoshi
116. Revenger Appears
117. Nice to Meet You Appears
118. Warped Appears
119. Third Arrow Appears
120. Blue Genes Appears
121. 1st HALF Appears
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 Appears
130. The World Doesn't Know Me Yet Appears
131. What You Taught Us
132. Dictator
133. Extreme Focus Appears
134. Flowers Appears
135. Shachihoko
136. Culmination Appears
137. Last Step Appears
138. One Mind in Two Bodies Appears
139. Synchronize
140. Essence Appears
141. Monster Trance Appears
142. World Standard Appears
143. Not Alone
144. Disposition Appears
145. Born Slippy Mentioned
146. Final Match-up
147. Last Attack
148. Declaration Appears
149. Complete
150. Holiday
151. Changing World

Anime Appearances[]

v  e
Season 2
25. Tryouts Absent
26. The Assassin and the Ninja Absent
27. The World of Feeling Absent
28. Chameleon Absent
29. Flow Debut
30. Grand Stage Appears
31. Sae Itoshi Appears
32. Blue Genes Appears
33. Night Snow Appears
34. Dramatic Exchange Appears
35. What You Taught Us Appears
36. Flowers Appears
37. You're Not Alone Appears
38. Last Attack Appears

Etymology[]

  • His given name, Kazuma ( (かず) () ?), means "a true harmony."
    • Phonetically, it can also refer to 和馬, meaning "a calm horse."
      • They also share the same first kanji (和).
  • His surname, Nio ( () (おう) ?), are two wrathful guardians of the Buddha.
  • His name can thus be interpreted as "the true harmonious wrathful Buddha guardians."
    • Phonetically, his name can be interpreted as "the wrathful Buddha guardians and a calm horse."

Quotes[]

Trivia[]

  • The majority of this information is from the official Egoist Bible 2.
    • His zodiac sign is Aries.
    • His birthplace is Kochi Prefecture.
    • He has a mother, an older brother, and a younger sister.
    • He has a height of 184 cm with a shoe size of 30 cm.
    • He has a 1.5 vision.
    • His blood type is O.
    • His high school team is Sunflame Hiroshima.
    • His dominant foot is his right.
    • He has a grip strength of 51 kg.
    • His favorite football player is Joško Gvardiol.
    • He started playing football at the age of 4 years old.
    • His motto is "Once I bite, I never let go."
    • His nickname is "Dobermann."
    • His strength is that he can never let his prey escape (soccer, friendship, women). His weakness is his persistence.
    • His favorite foods are extra garlic and extra-fat ramen. His least favorite food is tofu ("It has no flavor! I don't feel like I've eaten anything").
    • His best accompaniment with rice is minced meat.
    • His hobby is boxing.
    • His favorite season is summer.
    • His favorite music is Vaudy.
    • His favorite movie is the Rocky series.
    • His favorite manga is One Piece.
    • His character color is deep purple.
    • His favorite celebrity/type is Suzu Yamanōchi ("Cheerful! Cute! Funny! I like it!").
    • His favorite animal is a dog (Doberman).
    • His favorite subject is PE. His least favorite subjects are anything other than PE.
    • He has a smile fetish and a butt fetish ("I like them both to be firm!").
    • What makes him happy is expressing love for both men and women. What makes him sad is expressing hate (for women only, though).
    • His first love was at five years old with a kindergarten teacher.
    • He doesn't remember the first time someone confessed to him ("I always confess myself!").
    • He received one Valentine's chocolate last year ("My girlfriend at the time...I've broken up with her now").
    • He sleeps for seven hours.
    • He washes his beard first ("I spend an hour grooming it every day").
    • He ends up buying curry rice at the convenience store.
    • He prefers bamboo shoots over mushrooms.
    • He recently cried when a girl dumped him ("I loved her").
    • He stopped receiving gifts from Santa at the age of 12 years old. The last thing he asked for from Santa was boxing gloves.
    • If it were the last day on Earth, he would party with his favorite friends.
    • If he had ¥100,000,000, he would build a boxing gym.
    • He spends his days off going to a boxing gym and training.
    • If he hadn't met soccer, he would do boxing, specifically shadow boxing ("I still want to be a professional! ShuShuShu!").
    • His favorite historical figure is Naoya Inoue ("To me, he is already a historical figure").
    • If he could bring one thing to a deserted island, it would be a disinfectant ("If you get injured, it makes a huge difference if you have this or not.")
    • If he had a time machine, he would go to the future ("What kind of person would you be? I want to know if I become a good human being. If I become a weirdo... I'll go back to the present and start over!").
  • Nio shares his English voice actor with Chigiri's doctor.

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