James Waylen

**James Waylen** (ジェームズウ・ェイレン *Jēmusu U~eiren*?) is a French prodigy football player, who is a member of Paris X Gen and the France National Team regarded as supernova in the French league. He is one of the World Generation VIl and takes the role of forward, in both Paris X Gen and the France National Team. His 1st debut was on Chapter 199.

He was introduced during the 2nd Selection and a member of the World Generation VII, he was invited to Blue Lock to help train the weak and get them to be stronger. After Julian Loki retired from playing football, he took the turn of being the coach of Paris X Gen, alongside his partner, Alander Amiul. He is the main antagonist for chapter 209 and is said to be the "Broken Prodigy", due to his past and the abuse he received from his father which causes him to break down into tears when he loses a match.

## Appearance

James is said to have an intimidating appearance. As soon as the members of Paris X Gen saw his face, they thought that he was a gorilla because of how scary he looked. He is mostly seen with a stern and serious look, his eyes are a bit slanted which makes it almost identical to a tiger's eyes. James possesses a muscular and lean build. His hair is styled unevenly and has a light blonde color on it. His eyes are sharp and fierce, paired with a dark green color and tanned skin, a fang can be seen on the side of his tooth. He is the tallest player in Paris X Gen.

During the 2nd selection, he wore the World Generation VII jersey which consists of a white jersey with the number #19 on the back and the front, he sports black shorts and black sports shoes.

## Personality

James is a person whom possess a cold and serious attitude, he is careful in everything he is doing in order to not commit any mistakes. Ever since he was a child, he had been abused by his father due to having almost similar looks to his mother, whom left his father a while ago. James childhood was rough, after leaving his father's house and finally being free from abuse, he stayed and slept on the streets while begging people for money, only making 6 dollars for 1 day. Even if he has a scary look, deep inside, James has a very kind heart and would often help old people take their meds, cross the street safely, or pay for something if they don't have the money, he is described by many of his elders as "Pure and Kind".

James barely talked to anybody during his elementary to junior high days, he is always seen all alone, playing football after class, exercising, working out, jogging, and other athletic stuff. During his first day at junior high, he already reached the height of 175.26 cm (5'9) and is relatively taller than the other guys in his class, he also appears more muscular. Due to his appearance, most people would stay away from him, they say that he is very big up close and due to his deep voice, that just makes people even more scared of him, which causes James to never have any friends and would always be alone during partner-up class projects.

Even with all the suffering from the past, James overcome them and made his mistakes as a learning way to do better in the future, he started growing cold and serious when it comes to playing Football, other members of Paris X Gen even stated that there isn't a single day where they don't see him on the football field training and exercising, he takes his football work VERY seriously and won't spare mercy to anyone not unless he gets a win. He is very compassionate when it comes to football and would often scold his members if they don't do good in their training, which sometimes causes his reputation to go low, but he doesn't mind either way, he only focuses on football, making it his top priority.

## Abilities

### Archetype

* **Counterattacker**: Counterattackers are any attacking player that uses their pace to beat defenders and cause unexpected scoring opportunities at any time. They also need some degree of shooting skill. Counterattacking opportunities occur when the opposition are themselves attacking a team with most of their players forward. A counterattack happens when the ball is won back and is quickly played into space for a counterattacking player to run onto or where a player takes the ball themselves and runs with pace into a sparsely defended opposition half.

### Skills

* **Professional Football Technique**: James is considered one of the best strikers in the world, being handpicked by Ego to play as one of the World Select. Already at the age of 17, he won many world-wide competitions and was said to be one of the newest and youngest prodigies in football history. His big body makes difficult to see the ball, and his fast legs makes it difficult to catch the ball, not only is his striking on top, his dribbling is insanely fast, even being able to dribble his way out of LAVINHO's trap during the Paris X Gen and FC Barcha, 2 teams associated with the Neo Egoist League. He demonstrated his skills at chapter 201 and is said to have almost the same skills as his mentor, Julian Loki.

* **Godlike speed**: Due to being mentored and trained by the Speed Prodigy, Julian Loki, James's training with him mostly consists of focusing in both speed and power, his big and muscular legs can be enough to cover half of the ball, which makes some players both confused and surprised. James's speed is at the same level as Loki's and is his weapon used in court, his speed is almost "Godlike" (described by LAVINHO during their match). They say that his speed is almost similar to teleporting, being able to swiftly move from one place to another in just 3 seconds. This speed is devastating and tiring that it made some football players quit due to so much trouble trying to catch up to him. James uses his speed to both; make it to the enemy's goal line, and to make them tired.
	+ **Explosive Speed**: Loki's explosive speed was passed onto James right after he retired from Football. James changed the way he uses this ability and sees it as his technique. When James is in close proximity with a player, he would swiftly do a zigzag dribbling motion while moving his legs swiftly, causing the player to both fall on the ground and to lose the ball.

## Trivia

* He only cries when he loses a match.
* His favorite food is Vegetable chips, especially when they have a carrot flavor on it.
* His favorite manga is Juujika no Rokunin, he says he likes it cause it motivates him.
* His favorite animal is the tiger.
* His favorite movie is "A Star Is Born". He said that he cried 3 times watching the movie.
* His favorite song is Osmanthus by Natori.
* He is unfriendly/blunt sometimes.
* He is very respectful towards his elders, especially his grandma and grandpa.
* He is fluent in English.
* He spends his holidays exercising or flying to another country.
* He is not good at singing.
* If it were his last day on Earth, he would score one last goal.
* He received a total of 0 valentine's chocolates.
* His morning routine consists of reading, jogging, getting some fresh air, exercising and watching movies after.
* His zodiac sign is Cancer.
* His hometown is Montpellier.
* His foot size is 30 cm.
* His blood type is AB.
* His dominant leg is both his left foot and right foot.
* His favorite player is Zinedine Zidane.
* He started playing football at the age of 5.
* His favorite color is yellow.
* His ego color is golden yellow.