Tatsuki Hirawa

**Tatsuki Hirawa** (平和 龍樹 *Hirawa Tatsuki*) is a professional football player who currently plays as a Winger for AC Milvano and the Japan National team. He had already played in the nationals for *Inarizaki High School*, and after qualifying once again with the team, he was called to be part of the Blue Lock Project.

During his time at Blue Lock he was part of X-3 (The X team of the 3rd stratum) and he advanced to the Neo Egoist League stage, where he played for FC Barcha, until he received an offer from AC Milvano. His goal is to win the World Cup and earn a food sponsorship deal.

## Appearance

Tatsuki is an athletic young man with brown hair and red eyes with hooded eyelids. He keeps his hair fringe combed to the left side of his face. He is a slightly tall player with a well-defined physique. Tatsuki is usually seen with a neutral expression but does show excitement when in a game.

At Blue Lock, Tatsuki wears the standard-issued body suit and tracksuit. During the First Selection, he wore Team X’s white #7 jersey and wears Team X's gray-capped cleats. During Second Selection, he wore Team Red's #80 jersey as well as Team A's #80 black jersey during the Third Selection.

Only once the Japan U-20 match begins does he don an official blue Blue Lock player uniform with the jersey #18. For his professional football career he wears the #10 dark red and black AC Milvano uniform.

## Personality

Hirawa's outward demeanor is often depicted as very laid back and having a deadpan personality. Despite this, he is highly competitive and becomes heated even if it isn't obvious on the surface. However, with enough provocation, he gets angry and physical. In that state, he abandons his filter and begins spewing profanity. He is also shown to have a large passion for food. He thinks about it often in the middle of a match and would get distracted by the smell of it. He can't seem to pick a favourite food and wouldn't know what to eat as his last meal. Like his brother, he loses self-control when it comes to eating. He's shown to have a sense of humour to those close to him and likes to behave in a cheeky manner to his teammates, especially regarding his brother, whom Tatsuki teases whenever he messes up.

## Abilities

### Archetype

* **Dribbler:** Dribblers are players known for their close ball control ability that is used to go past defenders by sudden change of direction and acceleration sometimes combined with great pace. The skill is used to create opportunities for other attackers or to score themselves having broken through the opposition's defence using what is sometimes referred to as "trickery". One of the great spectator sights in football is a player going on a "mazy run" with the ball, twisting and turning to avoid opposition tackles, beating a number of players.

Hirawa's ultimate dribbling technique allows him to break through most defenses with only the highest level players being able to stop him. His dribbling is described as gracefully elegant, with frightening speed. He possesses a very powerful left foot and in addition to his dribbling and speed, he is known for his technical ability, first touch, accurate free kicks and for enjoying difficult games. Just when everyone is losing hope, he comes up with an unexpected move. Some call him the Magician, but his main nickname has been Lucky Star.

Hirawa is known to drop deep, link-up with midfielders, orchestrate attacking plays, and create goal-scoring opportunities. His AC Milvano manager said of him: *"One moment he receives a pass on the wing, you blink, and suddenly he's already dragged two defenders and left them behind. I've seen great players in my career, but I've never seen such a winger talented like Hirawa."*

* Blue Lock
* Currently

### Skills

**Superior Football Technique:** Tatsuki is one of the jewels of the new Japanese football generation. He got his fame still in high school, due to his performance for the nationals, and for that reason, from a very young age, he was quoted to participate in Japan's youth enrollment, even without playing for a professional club. From an early age he proved to be a very talented and creative player who caught the attention of professional scouts for his reflexes, decision-making and explosiveness. He is currently the main player of AC Milvano, which is built with him at the heart of the team.

**Explosive Speed:** One of Tatsuki's defining weapons is his explosive speed and acceleration, being able to take off from a neutral position and reach his top speed rapidly. This speed is so devastating that his opponents had no chance to react, despite Tatsuki being directly in front of them. In addition to this acceleration, he has the endurance to maintain this speed for an extended duration. Tatsuki combines his immense speed with his supreme dribbling to create a devastating weapon on the field.

**Reflex:** Tatsuki is a cold player, with a very quick decision making. His style of play involves not giving his opponents time to react, including moments of passing, finishing, dribbling or whatever he tries to do. That possibility of playing by instinct from a very young age was his main weapon throughout his development as a professional player.

**Belial Dribbling:** Tatsuki has his style of play oriented towards dribbling. Using his speed and reflexes, he determines the best route to take the ball, using all his creativity to perform changes of direction, spins and tricks that drive the crowd crazy. He has a vast repertoire of dribbles that range from the most orthodox to street style, making juggling with his head, shoulders, without fear of going on top of any opponent.

* **La Croqueta:** A feint that knocks the ball one way with one foot, then the other way with the other. This can be used to feint going outside before cutting, or vice versa. Tatsuki can use this technique multiple times in succession, whilst at full speed.
* **Marseille Turn:** After manipulating his opponent into thinking he will perform a regular feint, Tatsuki transitions into a roulette, to get around their defence.
* **Elastico Nutmeg:** Tatsuki knocks the ball sideways with the outside of his foot, in order to force a challenge from his opponent, before using the inside of his foot to push the ball between their legs and get past them.
* **Juggling Master:** Whenever he has room to do so, Tatsuki tries to show off his Juggling technique. He does it with his knees, shoulders, head, to make passes or even after a rabona control.
* **Rabona Control:** To show off his skill, Tatsuki elegantly makes the first touch of the ball when he receives high passes, crossing one of his legs to do that.

**Trivela Crossing:** Tatsuki is a player of many final passes made after his drags down the wings. He is known for his excellent outside passing, curling the ball as it crosses the penalty area past defenders.

**Off the Ball Movements:** Hirawa has great movement off the ball, to break free and receive passes. While his movement is concentrated on the wings, he often drops back into midfield to receive a pass in a position where he can further exploit his speed.

* **Super-Speed Interlock:** By using the movements of another player as a precursor, Hirawa moves into a position where he can meet a quick cross in an open space.

**Meta Vision:** Through his Metavision, Hirawa seeks to better understand the movement and positioning of opposing defenders and players on his team who reach the last third of the field to ensure that he improves his decision-making on executing another dribble or finding a pass for a goal. better positioned player.

**Flow State:** Flow, as described by Ego, is the state of "total immersion" or "being in the zone". It is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energised focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.

When in Flow State, Hirawa becomes an even more confident player, risking more inconsequential dribbles, fforcing opponents to foul him, so that he does not advance with the ball into the goal.

## Etymology

* His given name, **Tatsuki** (龍樹) means "wood dragon".
	+ **Tatsu** (龍) means "dragon; imperial", which contrasts Ryusei as the two are often compared to being the opposite sides of the same coin.
	+ **Ki** (樹) on the other hand means "noble; honour; esteem."
* Tatsuki's surname **Hirawa** (平和) means "timber, trees establish."

## Trivia

* His hometown is Iwanai, Hokkaido.
* Favourite colour is dark green.
* His foot size is 24.9 cm.
* His favourite player is Ronaldinho.
* Favourite food is don't ask.
* Despite having exceptional ball control, Hirawa is incredibly clumsy with his hands.