Gurimu Igarashi

* Manga
* Anime

**Gurimu Igarashi** (五十 (い) 嵐 (がらし)  栗 (ぐり) 夢 (む) , *Igarashi Gurimu*?) is a contender for the Blue Lock Project, who currently plays for Germany's Bastard München.

## Appearance

Igarashi has a short and slim build. He has short hair, with thick eyebrows and wide open eyes. His eyes are black in color. After he joins Blue Lock, he wears the standard-issued body suit and tracksuit. It is seen that he wears heart-printed trunks underneath his uniform while sleeping. During the First Selection, he wore Team Z's #13 jersey.

Blue Lock Tracksuit (Manga)Team Z Uniform (Manga)Team Z Uniform (Anime)Blue Lock player icon
## Personality

Igarashi is awkward, religious, determined, and pragmatic to a sometimes lamentable degree. Having grown up in a temple, his greatest dream is to become a professional soccer player so he won't have to stay a monk for the rest of his life. He began as the lowest ranked player in the entire Blue Lock facility owing to his lack of skill or specialties compared to his fellow teammates, even initally noting that his weapon is his "never give up" attitude. In the First Selection, he had only a few showings of usefullness such as diving to block a shot from Nagi in the Team V vs Team Z match. Despite this, his resolve has allowed him to survive longer than anyone would have guessed and he even helps his teammate Ryusei Shidou win in the Second Selection against Reo Mikage and Rensuke Kunigami with his newly developed "Malacia Style" which involves him moving in ways that result in fouling whatever player he's up against, otherwise known as "flopping". He has few close relationships with other Blue Lock contestants due to most viewing him as an annoyance and can be most frequently seen talking to Yoichi Isagi who started off as the second worst ranked player.

Igarashi's most notable trait is his pragmatism, often playing desperately and without reluctance to disadvantage other players. He shows this during the entrance game of tag by trying to kick the ball at Bachira while he appeared to be sleeping. Failing that, he then successfully kicked the ball at Kunigami who was in the middle of scolding Bachira for kicking him, and then proceeded to use Isagi as a human shield when he was at risk of being "it" again. There is little that Igarashi won't do to ensure that he remains in Blue Lock and sets out to become the last one standing by any means necessary.

## Abilities

### Archetype

* **Forwards**: also known as strikers, have the main objective of scoring goals. They are often the players who get the most attention since their role is designed to be in a scoring position. They also take part in penalty kicks and corner kicks when the opposing team kicks the ball out-of-bounds. They are normally the players in charge of starting off the game at the start and halftime.

### Skills

* **Diving**: This is Igarashi's ability to dive to intercept like he did to Nagi in the match against Team Z & Team V or to block the ball with his head in the same match.

* **Malica Dribbling**: Igarashi's dribbling style is to draw out fouls, making obvious to read dribbling motions but then last seconds to dive onto the opponent pressing him, causing the opponent to foul him making him get the free kick.

## Quotes

* (To Team Z, Chapter 9) *My greatest weapon is my unyielding spirit!*

## Etymology

* His given name, **Gurimu** (栗 (ぐり) 夢 (む) , *****Gurimu*****?), means "chestnut dream," referring to his dream of becoming the best striker.
* His surname, **Igarashi** (五十 (い) 嵐 (がらし) , *****Igarashi*****?), means "fifty storms."
* His nickname, **Igaguri** (毬 (いが) 栗 (ぐり) , *****Igaguri*****?), means "chestnut burr," a common way to refer to a person's shaved hair.

## Trivia

* Majority of this information is from the official Egoist Bible.
	+ He is an only child.
	+ His favorite soccer player is Antoine Griezmann.
	+ His favorite animal is a dragon.
	+ His favorite food is *kimchi* hotpot.
	+ His favorite celebrity is Tsubasa Honda.
	+ He sleeps in weird positions.
	+ If he impulsively bought something from a convenience store, it would be a Koala's March.
* Igarashi ranked 17th in the first popularity poll with 156 votes.

## References

*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 9.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Character profile from *Egoist Bible*
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 88.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 3.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 2.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 112.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 97.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 93.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 89.
10. ↑ Official Twitter