Asahi Naruhaya

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**Asahi Naruhaya** (成 (なる) 早 (はや)  朝 (あさ) 日 (ひ) , *Naruhaya Asahi*?) is a former member of Team Z.

## Appearance

Naruhaya has fluffy blonde hair with darker, round eyebrows and long eyelashes. He is quite short for a soccer player and has a small build.

Blue Lock Tracksuit (Manga)Team Z Uniform (Anime)Team Red Uniform (Manga)Blue Lock player icon
## Personality

Naruhaya is a very kind and responsable person despite his playful personality as he maintains his family and once tirelessly tried to search for Gagamaru's hairtie the time he lost it (as reported on the Egoist Bible).

He is aware of his weaknesses and ability in comparisons of others, making it clear to Isagi that he knows that he won't be picked if he was to lose in his 2v2, seeing himself and Isagi ordinary players who can't go as equals with true talented and genius soccer players such as Baro, Nagi or Bachira. This awareness pushed him to try his best for his match. His awareness reaches the point of losing and fully understanding why Isagi was a better player than himself.

He's very mischievous, stealing food and being the jokester of Team Z. He also cares for his family, his standing as 1 of the eldest siblings motivates him to play.

In his match with Baro 2v2 against Isagi and Nagi, Naruhaya shows that he's always known that he wouldn't last any longer in Blue Lock and after losing he feels powerless but also relieved due to being aware that he is not fit enough to pursue his goal to become the best striker in the world and for him, it was only a naïve and stupid dream, but also is satisfied due to being capable of reaching the Second Selection and before leaving he wishes the best of luck to Isagi and encourages him to keep winning.

## Abilities

### Archetype

* **False 9**: A false nine is a player who appears to be playing as a center-forward (traditionally in a number nine shirt) but drops deep or pulls wide disrupting the opposing team's marking. Usually, the center-forward will be marked by one of the center-backs, but the false nine will often move away into a neutral area causing a dilemma as to whether the center-back follows (isolating himself from the other center-back) or stays where he is, making himself redundant.
Asahi is extremely good at disrupting the opponent's formations with his clever off-the-ball movements.

### Skills

* **Off-the-Ball Movement**: Like Yoichi Isagi, Asahi uses off-the-ball movement. However, Asahi seems to be much more experienced and skilled with this ability. He uses this skill to break defensive formation and has keen analytical ability, using the skill in the right place at the right time. He is also good at moving in other players' blind spots and can get past even Isagi with the skill.

## Quotes

* (To Team Z, Chapter 9) *My greatest weapon is I can fly across the pitch!*

## Etymology

* His given name, **Asahi** (朝 (あさ) 日 (ひ) , *****Asahi*****?), means "morning sun".
* His surname, **Naruhaya** (成 (なる) 早 (はや) , *****Naruhaya*****?), means "become fast".
	+ Phonetically, it can also refer to **なる早**, meaning "ASAP".

## Trivia

* Majority of this information is from the official Egoist Bible.
	+ He is the youngest of team Z.
	+ He believes that the best way to spend a holiday would be doing part-time jobs.
	+ He would not buy impulsively at a convenience store.
	+ Asahi has no parents, but he has 1 older sister, 2 younger sisters and 2 younger brothers.
	+ His hobby is cooking.
	+ His hometown is Kagawa Prefecture.
	+ His favorite soccer players are Michael Owen and Sergio Agüero.
	+ His favorite band is King Gnu.
	+ His favorite subjects are Physical Education and history. His worst subject is Modern Japanese.
	+ His favorite food is grapefruit. His disliked food is the black part of *sazae*.
	+ He thinks the best thing to have with rice is *gyozas*.
	+ His favorite color is white.
	+ If it were his last day on Earth, he would eat beef stew with his family.
	+ He started playing football at the age of 5.
	+ He has a fetish for thighs.
	+ His foot size is 25 cm.
	+ His zodiac sign is Pisces.
	+ His dominant leg is his right side.
	+ The team he played for (before Blue Lock) is Kanau Highschool Football Club.
	+ His motto is "Happy of happy."
	+ His character color is Caramel.
	+ His strength is that he's honest with himself. His weakness is he doesn't really think about others because he's always thinking about his family.
	+ His favorite season is autumn.
	+ His favorite music is Fukuwarai by Yu Takahashi.
	+ His favorite movie is Friday Roadshow.
	+ His favorite manga is Kimi ni Todoke.
	+ His favorite animal is meerkat.
	+ Something that would make him happy is smiling. Something that would make him sad is getting the 'poor guy' treatment.
	+ He received a total of 6 valentine chocolates in the previous year.
	+ He gets 4 hours of sleep each night because he has a lot of part-time jobs.
	+ The first thing he washes in when in the bath is his teeth.
* Asahi ranked 18th in the first popularity poll with 128 votes.

## References

*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 50.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Character profile from *Egoist Bible*
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 51.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 24.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 15.
*Blue Lock* Anime: Episode 2.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 51.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 2.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 9.
10. ↑ Official Twitter