Hidetoshi Nakata
"Captain Tsubasa" has inspired prominent footballers such as Hidetoshi Nakata, Alessandro Del Piero, Fernando Torres, Zinedine Zidane, Lionel Messi, Alexis Sánchez and Andrés Iniesta to play football and choose it as a career. It also influenced Stephen Chow's film "Shaolin Soccer" (2001) and a line of Adidas running shoes. Manga group Clamp have also produced dōjinshi works related with the "Captain Tsubasa" characters.