Jinpachi Ego/Relationships

## Blue Lock

### Anri Teieri

Anri was the one to introduce Ego to the Japan Football Association. Anri suggested for Ego to be the head of the Blue Lock Project. With all of the 300 players invited joining Blue Lock, Anri tells Ego that he will follow all his requests and demands. Anri holds Ego in high regard, leaving the future of Japan's football in his hands.  Ego while very condescending to Anri constantly trusts her to not only do all the administrative and analytical work but to take care of the facility and in turn him so he can fully focus on training the Blue Lock players. She basically acts as his arms and legs and she is one of the few people he tells his twisted football ideology to except the Blue Lock contenders. She also trusts him doing whatever he says, though with question and he expertly explains his point every time.

### Ryosuke Kira

Like the majority of the invited players, Kira didn't fully agree with Ego's opening statement. Kira states that he can't accept Blue Lock's terms since their school football team will join in the upcoming nationals. Ego, however, could not care less. He tells Kira and the others to leave if they're not wholeheartedly interested.

Similarly, when Ego stated that team play in football is unnecessary, Kira showed his blatant disapproval. Kira even told Ego to take back his words. To prove Ego wrong, Kira mentioned the names of some Japanese football players. Ego laughs at Kira, telling him that all the players he named haven't won even one World Cup. To solidify his reasoning, Ego gave Noel Noa, Eric Cantona, and Pele as an example. All of the players mentioned by Ego have won a World Cup.

When Kira is rejected from Blue Lock in the Dormitory Test, Ego condescendingly explains the simple concept and point of the entrance exam and rudely tells Kira to leave, after having grown tired of his delusional rants; his denials of his own failings. It is never known whether Kira is aware of the results of the Blue Lock Project.

### Yoichi Isagi

When Isagi first saw Ego, he wondered what was going through his head. He was very confused and surprised by Ego's ideologies and after hearing Ego's statement about egoistic strikers, Isagi became persuaded. Isagi was the first to run toward the entry to Blue Lock and has become one of Ego's most valuable players. He constantly defies the odds, not surprising Ego but succeeding in reaching Ego's high expectations of his players. It is later revealed that unlike the rest of Blue Lock who was handpicked by Anri after watching them play, Isagi was chosen personally by Ego after seeing him play. It is implied by Noel Noa that Ego and Isagi have the same view and understanding of football which is most likely why he was chosen.  Isagi has even begun to exhibit a similar devilish smile on his face like Ego's, whenever he's pumped up.

## Others

### Noel Noa

Ego and Noa were once teammates and rivals 10 years ago from the start of Neo Egoist League. Noa thinks Ego has a twisted football fanatic but respects him nonetheless. According to Marc Snuffy, both of them used to share a twisted rivalry that seemed almost identical to Isagi and Barou's.

## References

1. ↑  Anri Teieri
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 1.
3. ↑  Ryousuke Kira
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 1.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 1.
6. ↑  Yoichi Isagi
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 1.