To celebrate BLUE LOCK Day on June 9 (JST) and the upcoming FIFA World Cup, new details about BLUE LOCK Season 3 were revealed, including the anime’s NEO EGOIST LEAGUE subtitle. Character profiles for Yoichi Isagi and Michael Kaiser were also released alongside a new promotional video and teaser visual for BLUE LOCK Season 3 NEO EGOIST LEAGUE.
Get the latest details below:
Yoichi Isagi VA: Kazuki Ura
Character Profile: Once an unknown high school forward, he joined the “Blue Lock” project to chase his dream of leading Japan to a World Cup victory as the world’s number one striker. Through grueling selections inside the “Blue Lock” facility and battles against formidable rivals — including the match against Japan’s U-20 national team — he has gradually unlocked his talent and his “ego.” After scoring the decisive goal against the U-20 squad, he became an overnight sensation.
“Around the same time recording began for Episode 1 of the BLUE LOCK TV anime, the Neo Egoist League arc also began serialization in Weekly Shonen Magazine,” Ura said. “Every time I turned a page, I vividly remember feeling both the excitement of wanting to someday portray this version of Isagi, and the pressure of wondering whether I would truly be able to do him justice. Those emotions clashed intensely within me, and it still feels like yesterday. Since that day, the Neo Egoist League has been both a goal and a dream for me. And now, that dream is finally becoming reality. I genuinely cannot contain my excitement. I’ll give it everything I have.”
Michael Kaiser VA: Mamoru Miyano
Character Profile: Ace forward of the U-20 squad at Bastard München — Germany’s strongest club, which also boasts the world’s current number one striker, Noel Noa — and one of the New Generation World XI (World Best Eleven). He carries absolute confidence in his talent
and ability, and possesses a fierce “ego” that mercilessly looks down on lesser opponents. He boasts outstanding sense across
the full range of play, from elite physical ability to ball control and handwork.
The BLUE LOCK -Episode Nagi-spinoff manga released in June 2022 and will finally be ending after three years, in August 2025. The BLUE LOCK –Episode Nagi- spinoff anime film opened in April 2024, and the anime’s second adaptation, BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN, premiered in October 2024. The anime adaptation of both the original series and the spinoff are streaming on Crunchyroll.
The live-action BLUELOCK film adaptation will open on August 7 in Japan. TOHO is distributing the film, and renowned Japanese singer-songwriter Ado performs the film’s theme song “Monstro,” with lyrics by ryo (supercell) and composition/arrangement by Giga and Teddyloid.
Kodansha began serializing Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura’s BLUE LOCK in August 2018. The manga is available to read on Kodansha’s website.
Lastly, here’s an overview of BLUE LOCK via Crunchyroll:
Japan’s desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to find the national team’s next striker. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for the position, but only one will come out on top. Who among them will be the striker to usher in a new era of Japanese soccer?
