Nigellus Raiden

Nigellus Raiden (雷電 ナイゲルス) is a professional football player who's regarded as a generational talent. Nigel is known as one of the best players in Japan. Nigellus currently plays as a winger or/and midfielder for Royal Madrid and the Japanese National Team.

After good performances in the Tokyo National Qualifiers with Tokyo Gakuen in 2018, he was invited to participate in Project Blue Lock where he was initially part of Team V-1. Having survived the project's entrance test, Nigel secured his stay, advancing through the First, Second and Third selections, reaching the Second Phase of the Project, with the creation of the Neo Egoist League, where he played alongside Paris X Gen's U-20, until he received and accepted Royal Madrid's proposal to join their club.

His main goal is to become a football legend and win the major trophies in the sport.

## Appearance

Nigel is an average sized but lean built young man with a dark complexion, hazel eyes that are framed by an array of upper lashes. His hair is black and messy, with some natural Afro curls, seen usually in bangs. Whenever he doesn't style his hair, his hair is seen curling frantically like a swirly mop around his head. He has also been seen wearing round spectacles as an accessory.

### Clothes

**Blue Lock:** At Blue Lock, Nigel wears the standard issued body suit (black with gray stripes) and tracksuit. During the second selection, he wore Team Red's jersey, Team White's jersey and wore Team A's black jersey during the Third Selection. Only once the Japan U-20 match begins does he don an official blue Blue Lock Eleven player uniform with the jersey number #21 with some black gloves. During the Neo Egoist League, he wore P.X.G.'s blue jersey with a red X symbol with the number #7.

**Royal Madrid:** At Royal Madrid, Raiden wears jersey #11 and wears the official white kit with gold stripes and the black away kit. He also adds black fingerless gloves.

**Japan National Team:** In the Japanese national team, Nigel wears the traditional uniform of the Blue Samurai and has #21 as his main number. Although he uses #10 or #7 when he has the opportunity.

**Casual Clothes:** Casually, Nigel prefers clothes that have high quality drip. His main style involves wearing a predominantly white hoodie with black sleeves, a light gray sleeveless jacket on top, ripped faded jeans that are loose around his legs and ankles, a leather belt around his waist, diamond studs in his earrings and a pendant around his neck with a golden lightning bolt hanging from it (A reference to his last name). For shoes he wears white Nike Air Jordan 3 with black and gold accents on the sides.

## Personality

Nigel is a complex person. He is seen to be quite excited and has a laid back and relaxed personality, rarely being shown as pressured or under stress even during a match. He has no problem taunting his opponents and appears to be entertained when ever people fight with eachother. He is somewhat selfish and self-absorbed, generally acting more out of self-interest as well as taking several opportunities to stroke his own ego. Due to his charisma, he seems to be quite the charmer in the eyes of most women, which pleases him greatly. He also likes teasing people who are below him in terms of skill and talent.

He isn't afraid to say his opinion out loud, but likes to think about what he has to say before saying his opinion out loud. When he was younger, he seemed to be more carefree and innocent, usually playing football with his childhood friends. He also doesn't mind staying with others as long as he doesn't get annoyed. Nigel doesn't like to stress himself out for no reason and dislikes people who're very neurotic like Aoshi Tokimitsu and whenever he gets "hardcore stressed". He can't stand the "edgy and emo" type of people as seen when he first met Itoshi Rin. He is highly confident in his skills, to the point of arrogance and extremely condescending towards people who can't keep up with his plays.

Like some other top-tier Blue Lock players such as Meguru Bachira and Ryusei Shidou, he has an eccentric side to him. He usually has the urge to insult players during a match to rile them up or to humiliate them. Raiden gets excited by sensing the ego of other players. Nigel's been described as "overly focused on combat". He sees football as a battle and the two teams as "kingdoms" and it's his duty to "conquer" the other kingdom. Only through these means will he get the chance to transcend past his limits and destroy his opponents. It's what drives him to become the best player in the world and lift that Ballon D'Or like a majestic crown.

## Abilities

### Archetype

* **Unlocker:** Better known as the Playmaker, the Unlocker is the player responsible for the team's creative spark in the last third of the pitch. Always playing in half-spaces, between midfield and attack, they use their entire technical repertoire to unlock the field to chances for both themselves and teammates by passing, dribbling and shooting.
	+ **Dynamic Dribbler:** Offensive players known for their vast dribbling and tricks ability to overcome multiple markers with sudden changes in direction, acceleration and speed. It is the Playmakers who carry the ball most quickly and therefore tend to explore the side channels with a certain frequency, which makes the public directly associate them with Winger's position. In addition to dribbling and pace, they usually have a good sense of ​​making key passes to the center of the area.

Nigel is a prodigious player who's able to play on either wing, as an attacking midfielder or as a central midfielder. He puts an emphasis on his creativity, technical skills, and playmaking ability, using his *Metavision* and *Reflex* to do so. Nigel is always on the lookout for options that will get him assists or goals, and with a mental database of strategies on-pitch, he uses his mastery of passing and dribbling to pass by his opponents fluidly. Due to his dribbling skills, vision and penchant for passing, Nigel used to be a Winger, exploiting the freedom to make unmarked runs into more advanced wide areas to get on the end of passes and crosses and score goals instead or cut inside and look to deliver a pass or cross.

### Skills

**Professional Football Technique:** Nigel is regarded as a prodigy in the professional world of football and one of the jewels of the new Japanese football generation, proving this when stealing the starting spot from Marco Astacio. Nigel is considered one of the most promising youngsters playing in Europe in an offensive midfield role/position. Nigel is one of the leading men in terms of assists and chance creation and stands out for his technical prowess and flair. He plays for **Royal Madrid** as a starter, one of the most prestigious teams in the world and perhaps of all time. He has interest from various English, Spanish and Italian teams. A notable characteristic of him is his ability to seamlessly adapt to any system the coach utilizes.

**Game Vision:** Nigel is a player who stands out for his ability to visualize the best and most destructive plays on the pitch, not only his own plays but also his teammate's plays on the pitch. He uses this vision in tandem with his technical capabilities in order to entertain his team's crowd and crush the rival's crowd with his passes, dribbles and even shots, liking to show off and exhibit his flair to the world in the biggest stage of football.

* **Metavision:** Nigel developed his reflexes and eyesight with a focus on seeing as many possibilities as possible to destroy his opponents in every way imaginable on each playthrough, whether by giving a lethal through pass or dribbling past a player with an advanced skill move. His vision allows him to naturally have a better understanding of the pitch, location and distances of the players in the field. Nigel is a player who takes advantage of this awareness to execute his vast repertoire of dribbling and passing in the offensive sector.
* **Reflex:** Nigel is a player who is very instinctual and reflexive. Raiden is able to take all the conditions of the field into account and make decisive plays to get the ball down the field and in the hands of the forwards in the best way possible. He will determine who can make the "killer move" and play the ball to them, meaning he has no bias. This incredible reflex makes Nigel hard to read and stop, as he makes split-second judgments to constantly move the ball and change positions. His reflexes make him a player with great movement, body coordination, reaction speed and agility.
* **General's Command:** Nigel stays forward most of the time on the pitch, choosing not to track back in order to save his stamina. He has a great sense of knowing when to make the transition to full-blown offense or to transition to a subdued form of offense. This works in tandem with his amazing reflexes and he is able to use this skill to position himself in his opponents' blind spots, position himself in a place where he can be a decoy for his teammate's shots, or to position himself in a way to bamboozle the opponents' defensive line.

**Conqueror Dribble:** Nigel is a gifted player because of his technique with both legs and has developed a latent desire to humiliate his opponents, constantly taunting them. Because of this, in dribbling situations, he can forgo teamwork and objectivity, just to show off his technical versatility and hopefully get into his opponent's mind.

* **(Spin) Provocative Body Feint:** Whether standing still or in progress, Nigel sways his body in an almost comical way as if it were a dance move provoking his opponents to dodge them. In addition to the comical way in which someone dances on the ball while waiting for the opponent to come and take the ball, Nigel can use spins or half-spins, as if his guard was down, to attract opponents.
* **Rabona Fake:** Whenever there is space, Nigel makes Rabona passes and shots. Taking advantage of his opponents knowing this, he developed Fake Shots and Passes using the Rabona, before performing a quick cut to the other side.
* **Step Over Circus:** Whether standing still or progressing with the ball, Nigel performs complex Scissors by making reverse leg movements, making it even more difficult for his opponents to figure out which way he will progress.
* **Dynamic Step Over:** Nigel uses the sole of his foot to roll the ball diagonally while performing a Stepover with his opposite leg, letting the ball go the other way and confusing his opponents.
* **Sombrero Flick:** When he receives passes on the ground and notices an opponent running towards him, Raiden interrupts the play to throw the ball over the opponent, just to provoke him. Not satisfied, he often does this two or three times in a row before progressing with the move again.
* **Rainbow Flick:** Nigel uses the inside or outside of his foot to roll the ball up the back of his leg. As the ball reaches the back of the leg, he quickly flicks his leg forward, arching the ball over his head. In addition to using this in short spaces as an alternative exit, it is one of the main resources he uses when he becomes unbalanced by using complex feints or being pushed, so he has time to rebalance himself, without giving his opponents chances.
* **Heel Flick Turn:** Nigel climbs on the ball using one of his feet, and quickly uses his free foot in the air to strike the ball as if he were going to progress with it to that side, however, before landing on the ground, he stretches his supporting foot, interrupting the trajectory of the ball. and taking it to the opposite diagonal. In some situations he manages to make a third cut in sequence, coming out with a kind of customized ***"La Croqueta".***
* **Nutmeg Master:** Nutmegs are known to humiliate their opponents by throwing the ball between their legs and catching it on the other side. Due to his style of play, Nigel seeks this type of dribble in every move, sometimes using other feints just in order to apply nutmegs. An example of this is when he performed a double Sombrero causing the opponent to angrily come to kick him, where he took the opportunity to pass the ball between their legs.

**Pinpoint Pass:** Raiden has the ability to control the angle, speed, and accuracy of his passes to an extreme level at any given point in time. Not only is he able to consistently perform complex passes using his advanced footwork and technique but added with his level of skill he is able to manipulate the ball to the point his passes are easy to receive but hard to intercept or block.

* **Crossing:** Nigel is able to whip in fast and accurate crosses from the wing position or from a position in midfield. These passes have incredible speed and curvature, being able to fool other players by misdirection. He can also perform crosses with the outside of either foot, making him a dangerous player for opponents.
* **Through Pass:** While running with the ball in tow and into defenders who begin pressing him, Raiden quickly passes the ball through at least two defenders and into a teammate in order to break through the opponent's defense. He usually puts some backspin and power to avoid any interceptions and facilitate his teammante's first touch.
* **Line Drive Shot**: Nigel is able to score with a powerful drive shot, taken from the byline and aimed at the other side of the goal. This is a shot that defies the expectations of anyone in the box anticipating a pass and can catch the goalkeeper off-guard.
* **Lob Pass:** Also known as a Chip, is a shot or pass in which the ball is kicked from underneath with accuracy but with less than maximum force, to launch it high into the air in order to pass it over the heads of opponents. Raiden can perform a long-range pass, traveling nearly 60 meters, through the lob technique.
* **No-Look Backheel Pass:** Nigel sometimes uses quick touches involving both feet to perform unexpected passes, such as back-heel passes, or passes where he steps on the ball with the sole of one foot, and without looking at someone and taking his foot out of that position, hits with the inside of the other foot for a quick pass. He does this to show off his flair or to mislead his opponent.
* **First Touch Pass**: Despite not having masterful ball control, Nigel is still able to use his first touch to make a creative pass to a teammate. Nigel often comes up new ways of laying off the ball, whether it be with his back or the tip/side/heel of his foot. No matter the quality or type of the pass he is sent, he can pass it effectively into a dangerous area.
* **Trivela (Pass, Cross, and Shot):** A technique wherein which one puts spin on the ball using the outside of their foot. Raiden is able to make a pinpoint pass or shot using the outside of his right foot and in an instantaneous motion with his reflex. Nigel is able to use this pass with his left foot as well to make a pinpoint pass, an outside cross, or a well-timed shot.

**Zephyr Burst:** Nigel's main way of scoring is by his Zephyr Burst, whether by infiltrating the area around the box or making a shot after a mazy run. He proceeds to dribble past several players, fake out the goalkeeper and perform an audacious shot with accuracy. This is only possible when combining his extreme reflexes and reaction speed with his Metavision and shooting skills. Raiden can use the Zephyr Burst with both feet equally from either wing of the field.

* **Death Ray:** Nigel is able to score with a chip shot, taken from the byline or from another area, and aimed at the other side of the goal. It's a delicate shot where the player lifts the ball slightly off the ground, usually to bypass an onrushing goalkeeper. Nigel often uses this in order to guarantee his scoring chances after a long dribble.
* **Stealth Snipe:** Nigel moves in a burst of speed, gets swiftly into a kicking stance, and prepares to shoot in a crowded area, shooting a curved shot that has a "silent" trajectory, going unnoticed in the goal. Even if the goalkeeper does spot him shoot, he won't be able to react because of the shot's speed and curvature.

**Flow State (Complete):** Flow, as described by Ego, is the state of "total immersion" or "being in the zone". It is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.
When Nigellus entered the flow state, he pushed his physical and mental abilities to the extreme in order to make himself "transcend" and make "grandiose" plays. Nigel stops saving his stamina and uses his Metavision, dribbling, reflexes, and passing to completely destroy his opponents, countering every one of their moves and "conquer" them with his ultimate weapon, the Zephyr Burst. He will do absolutely everything to prove that he is one of the best players in the offensive department. Some of his teammates have commented that they are seeing a terrifying golden aura flowing from him with a lot of pressure emanating from him.

* **Conqueror's Blitz**: Nigel observes the defender’s rhythm and motions and waits for them, before dashing towards them. He rolls the ball around closely and increases the tempo of his touches, blocking the defender and using his posture to limit their response and avoid their tackle. When the defender attempts to respond, he then performs a Sombrero Flick before scorpion kicking the ball over his opponent's head. If the defender is still chasing him, he performs a Nutmeg using a Rabona Fake in order to put off the defender with ease while still following the ball and counteracting any further attempts of stopping him.

## Stats

* Blue Lock
* Currently

## Etymology

* His given name, **Nigellus** (ナイゲルス) means "winning person, champion, overcomer, conqueror."
* His middle name **Okojie** (オコジー) means "son of a king."
* His surname, **Raiden** (雷電) (らいでん), is an alternate spelling of Raijin, meaning "god of thunder and lightning".
* **Nigellus Raiden** can be interpreted as "**The champion of the god of thunder and lightning**".

## Quotes

* *Transcending your own limits is key to absolute survival and evolution.*
* *Bow down to your conqueror, fucking mutt!*
* *Time to make the crowd go absolutely wild~!*
* *Why waste time trying to catch up to me, you'll always be inferior to me in every single way possible.*
* *Most of you in Blue Lock are worthless stepping stones in my path to becoming Japan's greatest player to ever grace football.*
* *Idiotic strikers like you are the reason I hardly pass.*
* *Mhmmm, that's the stuff. Skillful plays like that make me explode from sheer excitement!*
* *So... Is this what it means to have a truly omnipotent view of the sacred ways of destruction? Very fascinating indeed!* (Flow State)
* *Behold and witness the true might of my Zephyr Burst!* (Flow State)
* *I've come here to lay waste to your silly little kingdoms.*
* *Damn, I've got absolutely no interest in second-rate cannon fodder like y'all.*

## Trivia

* Nigel likes his creative side. Because of that, he had fantastic names for his soccer skills. It gives him a sense of pride and boosts his ego.
* He started playing football at the age of 7, his father introducing him to the sport.
* His zodiac sign is Scorpio.
* His hometown is Tokyo.
* His favorite color is dark gold.
* His character color is Dark Gold.
* His mother is Japanese, and his father is Nigerian, making him an Afro-Asian or Blasian.
* His foot size is 42 cm.
* He is ambidextrous with both hands as well, but his right hand is a bit better.
* He is fluent in English, Spanish, Yoruba, Edo, and Japanese. He speaks English with a slight African accent. He understands and speaks French quite well but has a bit of difficulty understanding certain dialects and slang.
* His blood type is B+.
* His favorite genres of music are Afrobeats, Hip-hop, and R&B.
* His 'favorite body part' is the butt.
* His favorite footballers are Kevin De Bruyne, Neymar Jr., Jay-Jay Okocha, and Cristiano Ronaldo.
* His favorite food is jollof rice and Vietnamese Lumpia.
* His favorite thing to do is write down songs and produce beats.
* His favorite animal is the Peregrine Falcon, for being a creature that's free in the sky and very fast.
* His favorite season is summer because it is a season with nice weather, high temperatures, pretty women, and holiday vibes.
* His favorite school subjects are Music, History and English because the teachers were friendly and attractive and his least favorite subjects are Politics and Maths because he's not good at them.
* He spends his holidays traveling to European and American cities like London, Paris, New York, Milan, San Francisco, and Athens or producing his songs.
	+ In addition, he also pays a visit to his father's side of the family in Nigeria.
* In addition to football, he is pursuing a musical career.
* If he ever got 100 million yen (~$739,000), he would keep a part, give a part to his parents and use the other to finance his music projects.
* On his last day on Earth, he would like to eat one final dish of jollof rice and thank his parents and siblings for always supporting him.
* He is happy when he wins a prize, becomes famous, and manages to grow as a person.
* He likes to watch anime, Youtube and movies as well as listen to music when he's bored.
* His favorite musicians are Michael Jackson, XXXTentacion, Rema, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Playboi Carti, The Weeknd and Chris Brown.
	+ His favorite song is Billie Jean.
* His favorite movie is The Matrix.
* His favorite manga is Jujutsu Kaisen.
* His ideal type of a girl is someone who has a nice butt, nice looks in general and is fashionable, understands him, is supportive, and independent.
* He doesn't really feel sad, just annoyed. The last time he cried was when his grandfather died.
* He considers his strengths to be his intelligence, creativity, and confidence. While his weakness is a lack of care about other people.
* His friends and siblings usually highlight his intelligence and creativity.
* Due to his performances, the sports press has compared him to Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr. for his vision and game intelligence, passing ability, speed, flair and his dribbling. Some players from the past that he's compared to are Jay-Jay Okocha and George Best.

## Editor's Words

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