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Oct 27, 2025 11:24 PM
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When I watched Blue Lock I definitely noticed the mangaka took inspiration from real players, such as Julian Loki with Kylian Mbappe.

Who are other potential inspirations for the characters you noticed?
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Oct 28, 2025 12:13 AM
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Fukoku said:
When I watched Blue Lock I definitely noticed the mangaka took inspiration from real players, such as Julian Loki with Kylian Mbappe.

Who are other potential inspirations for the characters you noticed?

Chigiri = bale
Isagi = inzaghi
Barou = ronaldo
Oct 28, 2025 12:14 AM
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well Adam Blake is definitely Harry Kane and Shidou is modelled after Zlatan
Oct 28, 2025 12:16 AM
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silversurfeer said:
Fukoku said:
When I watched Blue Lock I definitely noticed the mangaka took inspiration from real players, such as Julian Loki with Kylian Mbappe.

Who are other potential inspirations for the characters you noticed?

Chigiri = bale
Isagi = inzaghi
Barou = ronaldo

Chigiri is based on a japanese player(I forgot the name, its Ryo something) who is really fast and got an ACL too.
Oct 28, 2025 2:43 AM
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Lavinho = Neymar
Bachira = Ronaldinho
Nagi = Bergkamp
Aiko = Maldini (probably)
Barou = Balotelli
Noa = Lewandowski
Oct 28, 2025 2:50 AM
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Ronaldo is definitely Chris prince
Oct 28, 2025 3:21 AM
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@deg I heard that Chigiri was based on a Japanese player, just remembered it's Ryo lol
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Oct 28, 2025 4:56 PM
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well Mbappe is definitely obvious
the other characters have 2 or 3 player to pick from ,a few might be Japanese players
Oct 28, 2025 5:25 PM

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barou is balotelli, but can also seem like ronaldo. plus he also uses the ronaldo chop.
Oct 29, 2025 4:55 AM
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Chris Prince (CP7)= CR7
Oct 29, 2025 6:30 AM
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silversurfeer said:
Fukoku said:
When I watched Blue Lock I definitely noticed the mangaka took inspiration from real players, such as Julian Loki with Kylian Mbappe.

Who are other potential inspirations for the characters you noticed?

Chigiri = bale
Isagi = inzaghi
Barou = ronaldo

Never Noticed The Bale x Chigiri, No Wonder I Like Chigiri So Much
Nov 1, 2025 5:17 AM
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@fukoku Ryo Miyaichi?
Nov 1, 2025 1:24 PM

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@fukoku Ryo Miyaichi?
@Claudio0805

I think that's who it was, yeah.
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Nov 11, 2025 7:47 PM
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Zantetsu = Robben

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