Jingo Raichi

* Manga
* Anime

**Jingo Raichi** (雷 (らい) 市 (ち)  陣 (じん) 吾 (ご) , *Raichi Jingo*?) is a contender of Blue Lock, who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Bastard München during the Neo Egoist League. Like all the forwards of Blue Lock, Raichi aims to be the best striker in the world.

When first arriving in Blue Lock, Raichi was a member of Team Z during First Selection and is one of the remaining contenders after Third Selection.

## Appearance

Raichi is a tall player with a muscular build. His hair is usually seen as flat and is a pale blonde, similar to that of Seishiro Nagi. His eyes in the colored pages of the Blue Lock manga are that of an amber color, and framing them are extremely dark, thick lashes.

Sharp shark-like teeth make Raichi's appearance seem intimidating, even more so when he scowls and shouts. But in the rare moments where his irritable and erratic nature isn't graphic, Raichi is overall an attractive young player. At Blue Lock, Raichi wears the standard-issued body suit (black with gray stripes) and tracksuit. During the First Selection, he wore Team Z's blue #10 jersey and wears Team Z's gray-capped cleats. During Second Selection, he wore Team Red's #95 jersey and that later switched to Team B's white #95 jersey during the Third Selection.

During the game against the Japan U-20, Raichi is a reserve player and wears the Blue Lock long jacket with his Blue Lock Eleven uniform under it. In the Neo Egoist League, Raichi starts for Bastard Munchen and wears their black, red, and gold kit with the #22.

Volume Cover 23Team Z Uniform (Anime)Blue Lock player icon
## Personality

Raichi is one of the most hotheaded players in Blue Lock intially, overly confident in his own skills. He does not being given orders by people but after being humbled multiple times by the amount of talent and the level of difficulty in Blue Lock, Raichi learns to succeed in his role best he can so that he not only survives Blue Lock but grows along with everybody else. Raichi gets frustrated when players he initially underestimated develop faster than him and he likes to remind those who are below him of their place.

In the beginning of Blue Lock he was highly argumentative and disagreeable. His tendency to belittle his teammates, as seen in the first few chapters, stem from an overwhelming confidence in his abilities, which can make him come across as arrogant and pompous but as time went on he learned to work with others and listen to what they have to say to succeed calming down his arrogance in the process.

In the final game of First Selection Raichi is willing to forgo the position of striker and uses his brash personality to inspire and fuel his team, implying that despite wanting to be a striker, Raichi is willing to change in order for his team and himself to win.

## Abilities

### Archetype

* **Box-to-box**: Box-to-box midfielders help with almost every aspect of the game. They need immense stamina as they need to cover most areas of the pitch, as well as some degree of passing skills. They would be up one end of the pitch assisting the attack one moment then back helping to defend around their own penalty area the next. They normally play as central midfielders but any of the midfield players may have this attribute.

Raichi as always been described and shown with having excellent endurance and mixed with his tenacity and high level marking abilities Raichi is the definition of a box to box player who can survive and contribute in long games. When used correctly he can be a pivotal defense piece of a formation as shown in both First Selection and the Neo Egoist League.

### Skills

* **Immense Stamina**: Raichi's stamina seems limitless and was shown in the match against Team V. At the beginning, Reo only thought of Raichi's man-marking as a nuisance but as the game went on, his stamina started to show and Reo's playmaking ability started to weaken. Raichi's stamina enables him to continue playing at optimal capacity, which combined with his man-marking ability makes him a constant threat in both defensive and offensive phases of play. Even during the Neo Egoist League, Raichi's stamina still is higher than all his peers even the ones who are technically more skilled than he is.

* **Man-Marking**: Raichi is able to effectively man-mark another player using his physicality and presence to prevent them from playing the way they want to. Thanks to his abrasive personality, Raichi can make himself a real nuisance to his opponents, which combined with the pressure he puts them under, sometimes even provokes an illegal reaction from them, as demonstrated when he provoked Reo into fouling him and receiving a yellow card. His man-marking ability is so efficient that he was recognized by Noel Noa and asked to become the heart of Bastard München's formation.
	+ **Protractor Mode:** Instead of a typical man-mark, Raichi will limit himself to an area of a two meter radius half circle in front of his opponent in order to increase the chances of stealing the ball from his opponents. This strategy rides on his grit, stamina, and abilities to win one vs one's. Raichi first used this to contain Marc Snuffy and was effective enough to force him to pass the ball.

## Quotes

* (To Team Z) *My best weapon is my awesome shooting technique!*
* (To Kaiser and Isagi) *I'll do my job and crush everyone in the midfield so you two spoiled princes better get your shit together.*

## Etymology

* His given name, **Jingo** (陣 (じん) 吾 (ご) , *****Jingo*****?), means "my camp".
* His surname, **Raichi** (雷 (らい) 市 (ち) , *****Raichi*****?), means "thunderbolt market".

## Trivia

* Majority of this information is from the official Egoist Bible.
	+ His hometown is Nagasaki.
	+ He has an older sister.
	+ He started playing soccer at the age of 7 years old.
	+ His favorite soccer player is Takashi Inui.
	+ His favorite color is red.
	+ His favorite animal is a chameleon.
	+ His favorite season is spring.
	+ His favorite food is shrimp *tempura*. His disliked food is herring roe which are tiny fish eggs in their enclosing skein.
	+ He is a pretty picky eater and will give his food to someone else if he doesn't like it.
	+ He prefers bamboo shoots over mushrooms.
	+ If it were his last day on Earth, he would climb the Statue of Liberty.
	+ If he received 100 million yen, he would live in New York.
	+ His motto is "There's no path that lies before me. A path behind me will be paved" (meaning he'll pave his own path).
	+ His favorite type is a woman who takes a step back and supports you.
	+ He thinks his strong point is everything.
* Raichi ranked 15th in the first popularity poll with 220 votes.

## References

*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 9.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Character profile from *Egoist Bible*
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 246.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 240.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 93.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 24.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 15.
*Blue Lock* Anime: Episode 2.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 209.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 112.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 107.