Teppei Tsuchida

**Teppei Tsuchida** (土田 鉄平, *Tsuchida Teppei*?) is the one of the main characters in AceStriker. Teppei is a wing-back defender of Hamon FC. A big brother-type, he's considered as a somewhat strongest person with a strong sense of justice. As though he being member of cycling club, Teppei loves cooking, gardening, cleaning and shopping so he can makes anyone happy. His soccer techniques relies to uses his body to blow his opponent away without receiving any fouls. Teppei's alter ego is **Black Striker** (ブラックストライカー, *Burakku Sutoraikā*?) and controls the power of Earth. His catchphrase of the series is "Healthy food is looks good!" (健康な食べ物はよく見える!, *Kenkō na tabemono wa yoku mieru!*?)

## Appearance

Teppei is a tall and strong young man with muscular-builded body and tawny complexion. He has a spiked eerie black hair and taupe eyes.

He wears a brown jacket and black shirt underneath. He also wears a black jeans, a brown belt and a matched shoes.

## Personality

One of the members of the Hamon FC Team Club and the AceStriker team. Teppei is a fearsome overprotective demeanor and is considered a strongest player of Hamon's system, but is actually a big-brother type. He is mostly a sharp-tongued and considered a somewhat stronger person with a strong sense of justice. Despite he being member of cycling club, Teppei loves cooking, gardening, cleaning and shopping so he can makes anyone happy. His soccer techniques relies to uses his body to blow his opponent away without receiving any fouls.

The reason why Miyuki Shibuki moved to Goseigahara was because she saw Shion Asamiya (Ryoma's older brother) their soccer performance as a freshman in a video. But Sir Hawk hinted that the reason Shion and Tatsuya left the club was due to their disagreement with Ryoma, which resulted in TCE (Teppei the Cocky Elephant), where Teppei attacked Ryoma, and leaving him with niggling left foot problems. However, it was revealed that Teppei fended off his seniors, especially the former coach that got fooled by the opponent, Tatsumakichi Bolero, and caused Ryoma and Teppei to collide at the takeover zone.

## Etymology

**Tsuchida** (土田, ***Tsuchida***?) - **Tsuchi** (土, ***Tsuchi***?) means "earth" or "soil", and **Da** or **Ta** (田, ***Da** or **Ta***?) means rice paddy.

**Teppei** (鉄平, ***Teppei***?) - **Te** (鉄, *tetsu, kurogane*?) means "iron", and **Pei** (平, *hyou, byou, hei, tai.ra*?) means "even, flat, peace".
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## Black Striker

**"Crushing with Land! Warrior of Courage: BlackStriker!"**
土地で粉砕！ 勇気の戦士：ブラックストライカー！
*Tochi de Funsai! Yūki no Senshi: Burakku Sutoraikā!*
**Black Striker** (ブラックストライカー, *Burakku Sutoraikā*?) is the Gladiator alter ego of Teppei, the warrior of courage. In order to transform, he needs the Strike Tracker and his Cosmo Crest.

### Weapons

* **Ebony Axe** (エボニー・アックス, ***Ebony Axe***?) is BlackStriker's main weapon, a one-handed axe that products the wall of stone and slaying the enemies into the half.

### Attacks

#### Individual Attacks

* **Ebony Terrain Wall** (エボニーテラインウォール, ***Ebony Terrain Wall***?) is Black Striker's main attack.
* **Elephant Stone Protection** (エレファントストーンプロテクション, ***Elephant Stone Protection***?) is Black Striker's secondary attack.

## References

1. ↑ https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/tsuchida/submitted
2. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/kakeru/submitted

 **Movie only** | TBA