Blue Lock (Japanese: ブルーロック, Burū Rokku) (stylized as BLUELOCK) is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2018, with its chapters collected in 24 tankōbon volumes as of May 2023.
An anime television series was announced on August 12, 2021. It was produced by Eight Bit, directed Tetsuaki Watanabe for Season 1, and directed by Yūji Haibara for Season 2. It aired the first season from October 9, 2022 to March 26, 2023, consisting of 24 episodes. A second season and an anime film adaptation have been announced. The second season titled BLUELOCK vs. U-20 Japan premiered from October 5, 2024 to December 28, 2024, consisting of 14 episodes.
By May 2023, the manga had over 26 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2021, Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.
Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming service on October 22, 2022.[1] The second season's English Dub premiered on October 19, 2024.[2]
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Cast[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season(s). | Ep(s). |
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Main Characters | |||||
Yoichi Isagi | Kazuki Ura | Ricco Fajardo | 1-2 | ||
Eri Yukimura (young) |
1 | 1 | |||
Meguru Bachira | Tasuku Kaito | Drew Breedlove | 1-2 | ||
Miho Okasaki (young) |
Monét Tatianna Lerner | 1 | 19, 22 | ||
Hyōma Chigiri | Sōma Saitō | Aaron Dismuke | 1-2 | ||
Rensuke Kunigami | Yūki Ono | Alex Hom | 1-2 | ||
Secondary Characters | |||||
Blue Lock Eleven | |||||
Seishirō Nagi | Nobunaga Shimazaki | Bryson Baugus | 1-2 | ||
Landon McDonald | 1 | 11 | |||
Rin Itoshi | Kōki Uchiyama | Matt Shipman | 1-2 | ||
Yuka Terasaki (young) |
Lisette Monique Diaz | 2 | 30, 33 | ||
Shōei Barō | Junichi Suwabe | Matthew David Rudd | 1-2 | ||
Shizuka Ishigami (young) |
Kiba Walker | 1 | 18 | ||
Reo Mikage | Yūma Uchida | Kamen Casey | 1-2 | ||
Nene Hieda (young) |
¿? | 1 | 8 | ||
Jūbei Aryū | Katsuyuki Konishi | Bradley Gareth | 1-2 | ||
Tabito Karasu | Makoto Furukawa | Clifford Chapin | 1-2 | ||
Eita Otoya | Kengo Kawanishi | Davon Oliver | 1-2 | ||
Kenyu Yukimiya | Takuya Eguchi | Jim Foronda | 1-2 | ||
Gin Gagamaru | Shūgo Nakamura | Lee George | 1-2 | ||
Ikki Niko | Natsuki Hanae | David Matranga | 1-2 | ||
Landon McDonald | 1 | 24 | |||
Japan U-20 | |||||
Sae Itoshi | Takahiro Sakurai | Alejandro Saab | 1-2 | ||
Yūko Sanpei (young) |
SuzAnne DeCarma | 2 | 30 | ||
Ryūsei Shidō | Yūichi Nakamura | Van Barr Jr. | 1-2 | ||
Oliver Aiku | Satoshi Hino | Jonah Scott | 2 | ||
Nene Hieda (young) |
Lisette Monique Diaz | 2 | 30 | ||
Shūto Sendō | Akihisa Wakayama | Joshua Waters | 2 | ||
Kento Cho | Jun Kasama | Oscar Seung | 2 | ||
Teru Kitsunesato | Gakuto Kajiwara | Comona Lewin | 2 | ||
Itsuki Wakatsuki | Taito Ban | Branden Loera | 2 | ||
Haru Hayate | Kenshō Ono | Gerard Caster | 2 | ||
Miroku Darai | Yūsuke Shirai | Yussef Benelbar | 2 | ||
Kazuma Nio | Takuya Satō | Sean Letourneau | 2 | ||
Teppei Neru | Shunichi Toki | Brandon Johnson | 2 | ||
Gen Fukaku | Chikahiro Kobayashi | Xan Cramer | 2 | ||
Recurring Characters | |||||
Blue Lock | |||||
Jinpachi Ego | Hiroshi Kamiya | Derick Snow | 1-2 | ||
Anri Teieri | Eri Yukimura | Kasi Hollowell | 1-2 | ||
- Reserve - | |||||
Aoshi Tokimitsu | Shinnosuke Tachibana | Jordan Dash Cruz | 1-2 | ||
Jingo Raichi | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Aaron Campbell | 1-2 | ||
Zantetsu Tsurugi | Kazuyuki Okitsu | Matthew Elkins | 1- | ||
Gurimu Igarashi | Aoi Ichikawa | Kyle Igneczi | 1-2 | ||
Junichi Wanima | Ryōta Suzuki | Christopher Guerrero | 1 | ||
Yō Hiori | Eiji Mikami | Justin Briner | 2 | ||
Nijirō Nanase | Kakeru Hatano | Travis Mullenix | 2 | ||
Kairu Saramadara | Tatsumaru Tachibana | Corey Wilder | 2 | ||
Kyōhei Shiguma | Hinata Tadokoro | William Ofoegbu | 2 | ||
Shingen Tanaka | Taichi Takeda | Nasim Benelkour | 2 | ||
Yukio Ishikari | Kō Bonkobara | Reagan Murdock | 2 | ||
- Team Z - | |||||
Wataru Kuon | Masatomo Nakazawa | Mark Allen Jr. | 1-2 | ||
Asahi Naruhaya | Daishi Kajita | Spencer Liles | 1 | ||
Yūdai Imamura | Shōya Chiba | Jesse Pinnick | 1 | ||
Okuhito Iemon | Ryūnosuke Watanuki | Anthony DiMascio | 1 | ||
- Team W - | |||||
Keisuke Wanima | Ryōta Suzuki | Christopher Guerrero | 1 | ||
Kōki Mera (Team W No. 3) |
Akito Sugibayashi | ¿? | 1 | ||
Kai Tokita (Team W No. 4) |
¿? | 1 | |||
Yūjin Koshinaka (Team W No. 5) |
Shō Fujisawa | Jamie Snowden | 1 | ||
Hiromu Munakata (Team W No. 8) |
Akihiro Shinohara | 1 | 6 | ||
Shūichi Uchida | 1 | 7 | |||
Yūsei Amazora (Team W No. 11) |
Akihiro Shinohara | ¿? | 1 | ||
Japan Football Union | |||||
Hirotoshi Burasuta | Bin Shimada | Garrett Schenck | 1-2 | ||
Giroland Dabadie | Sōta Arai | Chris Gardner | 1-2 | ||
Seiji Hōichi (Yasumori Hōichi) |
Toshihiko Seki | Jeff Johnson | 2 | ||
Atsuto Tereasa | Daisuke Sakaguchi | Nicholas Markgraf | 2 | ||
Harutaro Natsuki | Wataru Takagi | Bruce Carey | 2 | ||
Families | |||||
Issei Isagi | Kōichi Sōma | Bill Jenkins | 1-2 | ||
Iyo Isagi | Mai Nakahara | Katie Stone | 1-2 | ||
Reo's Parents | Hiroki Tōchi | ¿? | 1-2 | ||
Saori Hayami | ¿? | 1-2 |
Episodic Characters[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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Season One | ||||
Ichinan High School Coach | Rikiya Koyama | ¿? | 1 | |
Matsukaze Kurooh Players | Akito Sugibayashi | ¿? | ||
Shūichi Uchida | ¿? | |||
Teppei Uenishi | ¿? | |||
Tomoya Tada | Shō Fujisawa | Cole Feuchter | 1, 24 | |
Ryōsuke Kira | Kenichi Suzumura | Blake Shepard | 1 - 2 | |
Shūsaku Nihei | Yoshihito Sasaki | Henry Schrader | 2 | |
Namikaze Players | Shō Fujisawa | ¿? | 2, 19 | |
Shūichi Uchida | ¿? | |||
Daiya Morinaga | ¿? | 3 | ||
Haato Meiji | Shō Fujisawa | ¿? | ||
Kōsei Ōtsuka | Akito Sugibayashi | ¿? | ||
Hibiki Okawa | Yūki Shin | Monty Thompson | 4 - 5 | |
Juraki Itō | Yūki Ōtani | ¿? | ||
Iori Satō | Akito Sugibayashi | ¿? | ||
Hyūga Koshiba | Shō Fujisawa | ¿? | ||
Director | Sōta Arai | ¿? | 7 | |
Chigiri's Doctor | Yoshihito Sasaki | Sean Letourneau | ||
Kisaburō Hijikata | Shō Fujisawa | ¿? | 9 - 10 | |
Shūhei Ebina | Akito Sugibayashi | ¿? | ||
Kanji Torikai | Kyōhei Zenyōji | ¿? | ||
Mahiru Naruhaya | Yui Horie | Colleen Clinkenbeard | 15 | |
Sena Naruhaya | Sayumi Suzushiro | Dani Chambers | ||
Yuya Naruhaya | Serika Hiromatsu | Kayla Parker | ||
Yūta Naruhaya | Misa Ishii | Tristan Bonner | ||
Tenka Naruhaya | Misaki Watada | Lisette Monique Diaz | ||
Coach | Hiromichi Tezuka | ¿? | 19 | |
Yū Bachira | Yūko Kaida | Jennifer Green | 19, 22 | |
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Professor | Ryūnosuke Watanuki | ¿? | 20 |
Julian Loki | Hiro Shimono | Kevin D. Thelwell | 23 - 24 | |
Leonardo Luna | Shinichirō Kamio | Brandon Acosta | ||
Adam Blake | Daisuke Takahashi | Jason Liebrecht | ||
Pablo Cabassos | Wataru Komada | Ben Balmaceda | ||
Dada Silva | Robert Waterman | Ray Hurd | ||
Japan Football Union Members | ¿? | 24 | ||
¿? | ||||
¿? | ||||
Season Two | ||||
Michael Kaiser | Mamoru Miyano | Christopher Wehkamp | 38 | |
Interviewer | Kenjirō Abekawa | TBA |
Additional Voices[]
Season One[]
Season Two[]
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Multimedia[]
Cast Reveal[]
Official Cast[]
Individual Cast[]
Clips[]
Whole Episode[]
Note[]
- In episode 11, Landon McDonald replaced both David Matranga and Bryson Baugus as Ikki Niko and Seishirō Nagi due to both of them being in Houston, Texas at Sentai Filmworks at the time of the recording of episode 11.
Transmission via Streaming[]
Company | Date | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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October 22, 2022 - April 8, 2023 |
Anime | Digital | TV-14 | Season 1 | 24 eps. | United States | ![]() |
October 19, 2024 - February 8, 2025 |
Season 2 | 14 Eps. |