Tabito Karasu

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**Tabito Karasu** (烏 (からす) 旅 (たび)  人 (と) , *Karasu Tabito*?) is a contender of Blue Lock, who currently plays as a center midfielder for France's Paris X Gen during the Neo Egoist League.

When first introduced, he was ranked #3 during the Third Selection and he later played as a defensive midfielder for the match between Blue Lock Eleven and the Japan U-20 team.

## Appearance

Karasu is a tall and lean young man with dark blue hair with a spiky purple top and has a mole under his left eye. He also has blue eyes. His appearance is supposed to somewhat resemble a crow.

In Blue Lock, Karasu wears the standard issued body suit (black with gray stripes) and tracksuit. During Second Selection, he wore Team Red's #69 jersey and wore Team B's #69 white jersey during the Third Selection. Only once the Japan U20 match begins does he don the official blue Blue Lock player uniform with the jersey #6. During the Neo Egoist League, he wears Paris X Gen's uniform.

Colored AppearanceBlue Lock bodysuitTeam B uniformBlue Lock Eleven uniformBlue Lock player icon
## Personality

Karasu tends to look down on people he find 'mediocre'. He is wary of his surroundings and is able to control and produce chemical reactions with those around him. He is intelligent, but has a sharp tongue and never misses a chance to insult someone, whether friend or foe. He has his own rules that he forces upon others to make matches go as planned. He dislikes it when anything goes wrong even if it doesn't make a big difference so it looks to others like he is always complaining.

During the U-20 match, Karasu showed his leadership ability on defense, often communicating with the other defensive players to strategize against the quickly incoming U-20 players. He commands players like Yo Hiori and Kenyu Yukimiya in terms of attacking and defending, even if the players are aware of what to do. He also is willing to use every advantage at his disposal, shown when he asked the referee to card Ryusei Shido for happening to kick Rin Itoshi in the face.

## Abilities

### Archetype

* **Midfield General**: A central midfield player who absolutely controls the midfield area, directing team play and breaking up the opponent's attacks. They are known for having the biggest influence on their team's overall performances, driving them forward to attack, putting sustained pressure on the opposition and leading by example when the team is defending.

### Skills

* **Sharp Analytical Ability**: Karasu is renowned for his tactical shrewdness, having a reputation for targeting an enemy team's weakest link/player and focusing his plays against them (as stated by Hiori). His analytical ability was at such a level (along with his ball-keeping), that Ego made the decision to position him as the defensive midfielder of the Blue Lock 11 to act as the beating heart of the team, transitioning from defense to offense. Karasu has demonstrated an incredible grasp of tactics, being able to breakdown the U-20's defensive set up and the likely steps they will take to prevent an attack. After doing so, he was able to organize an attack with both Otoya and Chigiri to break through their defense, leading to Blue Lock's second goal. Karasu has also shown good awareness, knowing when to stall in the defense against Sae, giving his team time to organize, as well as when to join the offensive line, providing an extra option.

* **Expert Ball Control**: Karasu has the best ball-keeping sense in Blue Lock due to his spatial and tactical awareness and his unique ability to control space with his hands. By gauging the distance between himself and his opponent, Karasu uses his body (and more specifically, his arms) to block them off from the ball, controlling the space and enabling him to either steal the ball from them or dribble past.
	+ **Feints**: Karasu, in conjunction with his ability to control space with his hands, uses devastating feints to his advantage. He typically feigns carelessness with the ball to draw his opponent in before shifting the ball away, as well as shifting the opponent's center of gravity with his hands. Through his expert use of feints and spatial control, Karasu was able to dribble past at least 2 players at once (in Isagi and Shido), as well as maintain possession when pressured by 3 players at once (Isagi, Shido and Nanase).

## Etymology

* His given name, **Tabito** (旅 (たび) 人 (と) , *****Tabito*****?), means "traveler."
* His surname, **Karasu** (烏 (からす) , *****Karasu*****?), means "crow," referring to his appearance.
* His name can thus be interpreted as "crow traveler."

## Quotes

* (To Isagi) *It's too bad that you're fighting against your opponent's strong point... If you aim for their weak points, your chances of winning will greatly increase. Yoichi Isagi… you're the weak point of this team.*
* (To Isagi) *If you're surrounded with all your special buddies, you could be able to synergize. But on your own… your coordination is nothing but mediocre. I guess watching all those VTR videos had results after all. I'm gonna crush you and your team.*
* (To Isagi) *I will beat you down until you overdose, idiot.*
* (To Isagi) *See, I told you. On your own, you're just ordinary. You're dragging your entire team down with you, Isagi Yoichi.*
* (To Rin, about both Rin and Isagi) *Using the same momentum to pull me away from you and to shoot for the goal real smart, Mr. Abnormal (Rin). And what's more, since Mr. Mediocre (Isagi) there decided to awaken... You guys have become a completely different team of your own.*

## Trivia

* Majority of this information is from the official Egoist Bible.
	+ He is scared of the water.
	+ He was in the same youth team as Yo Hiori.
	+ He remembers his first crush pretty well: He says he had been eight years old, and her name was Marisa. Karasu also notes he feels like he's mediocre because she was the cutest in class.
	+ He has a voice fetish.
	+ His favorite type is a smart and strong girl.
	+ He prefers bamboo shoots over mushrooms.
	+ He was in the same team as Kenyu Yukimiya and Eita Otoya in the Second Selection.
	+ His nickname is '*Assassin*'.
	+ His hometown is in Osaka.
	+ His favorite song is Grapevine - Fly.
	+ His favorite drink is kelp tea.
	+ His favorite animal is the hawk.
	+ When taking a bath, he washes his hair first because he uses a lot of hair wax.
	+ His favorite TV show is Documental ("HITOSHI MATSUMOTO presents ドキュメンタル") (a comedy show in which ten comics try to make each other laugh).
	+ His favorite manga is GANTZ (the Osaka arc).
	+ He refuses to tell anyone about the last time he cried.
	+ His favorite subjects are Japanese Literature, Chemistry, and World History. His worst subject is Swimming.
	+ His hobby is observing, analyzing, and assessing humans.
	+ Receiving a surprise present makes him sad because he hates to be forced to feel happy.
	+ His weakness is that he can't be nice to people he thinks are mediocre, and knows he needs to fix that.
	+ His favorite player is Ruud van Nistelrooy.

## References

*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 98.
2. ↑ Character profile from *Egoist Bible*
3. ↑ Character profile from *Egoist Bible*
4. ↑ Character profile from *Egoist Bible*
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 246.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 240.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 204.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 170.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 95.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 93.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 108.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 99.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 102.
14. ↑ Blue Lock [@BLUELOCK\_WM]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/BLUELOCK\_WM