Fuu Inukai

* Blue Lock
* Pre-teen
* High School
* Pro
* Fan-art 1
* Fan-art 2

Fuu Inukai (フウ イヌカイ) is a professional football player who mostly plays as a centre-back and defensive mildfielder for AC Milvano and the Japan National Team. He wears number 6 like his idol Franco Baresi.

He used to play forward in football. He had a dream of winning the World Cup. But then he began to desire to crush all the forwards he faced by playing defense.

He was born in the Sapporo region of Hokkaido. He had a childhood where he constantly changed schools due to his family's financial situation. However, thanks to football, he was not left alone in any school he attended.

He studied primary school at Sapporo Shiritsu Soen Elementary School in Sapporo.

In middle school, after his family decided to move, he enrolled in Shizuoka Gakuen Junior and Senior High School in Shizuoka, where he won the Japan Children's National Youth Tournament. Even though he was a defender, he scored 6 goals and 3 assists in 17 matches (including regional qualifiers). In this tournament, Shizuoka Gakuen conceded only 3 goals in 17 matches and conceded 3 goals in the semi-final and final matches. In this tournament he was given the nickname "Ace Killer of the Field".

He studied high school at Aomori Yamada School. Here he took his school team to the finals of the National Championship. However, in the final match, he faced Hajime Nishioka, nicknamed "Aomori's Messi", and while trying to stop Nishioka, he got injured and left the game. He headed Nishioka's curved shot off the line, but then broke his shoulder by hitting the post very hard. He wanted to continue playing, but his request was rejected by the coach. Although he objected at first, he accepted that this was the best option for him and left the game. He wants to take revenge on Hajime Nishioka for this incident. However, he wants to achieve this without using fair and dirty methods. He has a strong personality with strong football ethics.

## Appearance

He had brown eyes and originally brown hair. However, after he started playing defense, he dyed the front part of his hair blonde and the rest black. He is of medium height. It has a solid and strong body. He wears a tape on his left wrist during matches.

He wore number #9 as a forward in elementary school. However, he has been wearing number 6 throughout his school life, since the day he switched to defense. There are two reasons for this: Franco Baresi is his idol and it is explained as "Inverted 9". At Blue Lock, Fuu wears the standard-issued body suit (black with blue-gray stripes) and tracksuit. number #6 during the First Selection, number #33 (3+3) Second Selection, #66 again during the NEL and finally #6 in his professional career at Ac Milvano and Japan National Team.

## Personality

While he used to be a much more cheerful and restless person, after the injury incident with Nishioka, he turned into a much calmer, thoughtful and mature person. The time he spent away from football was a turning point for him.

On the field, he has a cunning and planning character that thinks about everything. No matter how hard he goes at his opponent, he never deliberately injures him. On the contrary, when necessary, if there is another way, he tries that way and tries to steal the ball that way. He knows the psychology of disability and does not want to put anyone through it. If there is no other way, he acts with the philosophy of "minimum damage x maximum efficiency".

## Abilities

### Wind Soccer

* **God's Prediction:** Fuu is a player with a very high vision of the game. He has played above standard in every position of the 11 positions except the goalkeeper, and thus can predict what his opponents will think. Moreover, if he is looking to the right, he is definitely thinking to the left. Regarding this, Nishioka said the following: *"Damn... How many eyes do you have?"*
* **Silent Wind:** Fuu has a technique that lives up to its name *("Fuu" means "wind" in Japanese)*. He makes you forget yourself for a moment on the field. This oblivion is so sharp that it feels like it has erased your existence. This is one of the biggest factors in his ability to score many goals despite being a defender.
* **Wind Claw Shot:** Fuu's signature long-range shot. The ball takes a sharp, high-speed spin in the opposite direction, just a short distance before it enters the goal. Goalkeepers feel a blow of wind cutting their chests due to this spin.
* **Ghost Wind Claw Shot:** The ball does not spin suddenly like the Wind Claw Shot. However, as it approaches the goal, it accelerates rather than slows down. Therefore, goalkeepers are delayed in making moves.
* **Miracle Wind Claw Shot:** The ball descends as it approaches the goal, and when it bounces off the ground, it enters just behind the crossbar with a sharp vertical spin. Even though he hits the net, it takes him longer than usual to stop his spin. This is a situation that shows how strong the spin is.
* **Counter-Claw Shot:** Fuu counters his opponent's shot with his own Wind Claw Shot. Even though he is inaccurate most of the time, when he holds the goal, his chances of scoring a goal are certain and he will definitely tear the net. Depending on the characteristics of the shots it receives, this shot may go with a harder or more irregular spin.
* **Catenaccio Defense:** The Italian Style, a tough and timing-based defensive style that Fuu mastered before graduating from high school. He stopped almost every Ace with this style until his injury.
* **Gammen Block:** Fuu does not hesitate to block the opponent's shots with his face if necessary. For him, the football field is a battlefield where he must fight nobly.
* **Wind God's Plan:** This is basically an offside trap. Unlike normal, the opponent is unknowingly drawn into this trap. So, in fact, Fuu manipulates the opponent's attack and decisions.

* **Wind Slash**: While running at top speed, Fuu suddenly spins the ball and her body 90°. In short, he cuts the wind.
* **Wind Cross:** He creates crosses that suddenly spin when he passes from the wing.
* **Green-Cut Pass:** It is a form of pass that bounces back due to the return speed Fuu adds to the ball when it bounces off the ground.
* **Reverse Green-Cut Pass:** Unlike the original, the ball does not bounce back, it bounces forward and accelerates.

## Stats

* Blue Lock
* Currently

## Etymology

Fuu Inukai フウイヌカイ means Wind of the Free Dog.

Fuu /フウ means "wind", Inu /イヌ means "dog", kai /カイ means "free".

## Quotes

***Fuu** to **Nishioka**: "Try all you want, **the wind** will always be blowing on you!"*

***Fuu** to **Nishioka**: "I'd rather die on this field than let you score!"*

***Fuu** to **Nishioka**: "Messi? Get out of there! The best you can get is Bojan Krkic."*

***Fuu** to **his teammates**: "Keep attacking and don't look back! I will defend this castle (goal) with my life!"*

***Fuu** to **Ego Jinpachi**: "I will shatter those unpolished stones of yours one by one and arrange stone necklaces around my neck."*

***Fuu** to **Nagi**: "Don't sleep, you sluggish fake Bergkamp!"*

***Fuu** to **Isagi**: "You can have as much ego as you want. You will be a number 10, not a striker."*

## Trivia

* He has a habit of calling people he likes by nicknames often abreviating them (Hajime Nishioka becomes Hac-chan, Bachira becomes Bac-chan, Gagamaru becomes Gaga).
* His mother is Turkish and his father is Japanese
* He can speak Italian, Turkish, English fluently