Kurosu Uno

Kurosu Uno (キューロスー・ウノー,Kyūrosū unō ) is a professional football player who currently plays as an left winger for Real Zafiro and the Japanese National team .

Starting out as a striker for Paris X Gen Youth B, he quickly joined Team A and proved himself in the league, making it in extremis into the France Youth Team, representing the country in the U15 World Cup wearing #9.

After this he joined St Maur International School where he performed in the Tokyo preliminaries and thus was invited to join the Blue Lock Project in the 3rd Stratum, joining Team V-3 as their left winger and top scorer of the stratum.

Qualifying for the Second Selection and advancing to the Third Selection, he was selected as a reserve for the Blue Lock Eleven, not being a first choice for Ego in the U20 match. During the second phase of the Blue Lock Project, more specifically the NEL, he joined Paris X Gen as a left winger substitute then regular playing as their #20.

He was then offered a left winger position playing as #9 in the professional team which he took, only to be transferred a few years later to Real Zafiro, where he conserves his position and number.

His dream is to win every major league cup in Europe and to be the first and only player to score 3 hattricks in a game.

## Appearance

Kurosu has dark hair and sky blue coloured eyes. He usually is seen with a smiling demeanor and looks very childish. He has a lean but muscular build and is rather tall. During matches, he either wears gloves or bandages wrapped around his palm and fingertips.

At Blue Lock, Kurosu wears the standard-issued body suit (black with blue-gray stripes) and tracksuit. During his career, he has wore the number 20 at Paris X Gen Youth, number 9 during the First Selection and Second Selection, #20 again during the NEL and finally #9 in his professional career at Paris X Gen and Real Zafiro

## Personality

Kurosu is a very outspoken person, he says whatever comes to mind. He is also very impulsive tending to do whatever he feels like no matter the consequence. Quite playful, he tends to tease his teammates when they make mistakes.

Although he is playful, he also knows when to be serious or not. He values teamwork but will discard the concept the second he deems it useless. During matches, he can get very heated up and can provoke teammates and opponents alike all while having a smirk on his face.

Kurosu constantly strives to up his game, to "do what has not been done" to become the best striker in the world.

## 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.
	+ **Pressing Forwards:** This sub-type indicates a rare breed of complete forwards and can be considered both a Poacher and a Dynamic Dribbler. They form the first line of defense, making a high pressure on the opponent's defensive line, in order to force errors and steal the ball in the offensive sector, maximizing the chance of score. They are usually very strong physically, but equally fast, vigorous and talented in 1v1 plays.

Kurosu is a versatile player who has the physical and technical attributes to play in any attacking position, being able to play inside or wide on the wings. He is a physically strong player, with a lot of movement, with a high repertoire of dribbling and deadly finishing, becoming the terror of opposing defenders. Instead of taking the wide part of the field and shooting in a closed angle space, he prefers to drive in the center to take shots in front of the goal.

**Professional Football Technique:** Kurosu is considered one of the most promising youngsters playing in Europe in the attacking position. He is a very strong player who stands out for his quick changes of direction when dribbling at high speed, in addition to his shot-to-goal ratio mark (0.9) last season. On account of this, he has attracted the attention of opposing teams, club owners, investors and even other players.

**Rotation Control:** Kurosu has the ability to control the most varied forms of rotation and effect on the ball. He applies this not only to his shots and passes, but also to his dribbling.

* **High Speed Razor Shot:** He fires a sharp kick, so sharp that the ball seem to flatten itself.
* **Outside Spin Direct Shot:** A volley that trick the goalkeeper, the ball deviates from it's apparent trajectory.
* **Rebound Pass:** A long pass, that gives the ball a rebound that makes it follow the acceleration of the receiver.
* **Backpedal Nutmeg:** While in a 1v1, he steps on the ball, pushing it forward while nutmegging his opponent, the ball then returns to him.
* **Drive Shot:** While doing the motion of a long pass, he delivers a shot that travels upwards while having a downwards spin. The ball while travel high in the air until plunging down in the goalposts.
* **Attraction:** Kurosu taunts his opponents by applying backspin effects to the ball or pretending to kick the ball at them until he steps on it and confuses them. A true showman.

**Chaotic Dribbling:** Kurosu expresses his impulsiveness mainly through his dribbling. He is a player who is not afraid to face the opponent's defense and goes for it, regardless of the obstacles in front of him. He has the so-called "Ginga", making it very difficult to predict which direction he would take due to his body feint. Furthermore, with his high reaction speed, he is able to make quick changes of direction, even running with the ball at high speed.

* **Hyperspeed Scissors:** Kurosu performs a scissor feint at incredible speed, making it hard to follow.
* **Stepover Launch :** Executes **Hyperspeed Scissors,** lobs the opponent to dash through, while in the motion.
* **Blind Nutmeg:** Kurosu receives the ball back towards his opponent and backheels, nutmegging the opponent.
* **Skip and Hop:** Thanks to his **Rotation Control,** Kurosu kicks the ball to left side of his opponent and breaks through the right side, while the ball bounces off the pitch for Kurosu to receive it.

**Shooting Prowess:** An amazing finisher, he uses his **Rotation Control ,** to trick the opposing goalkeeper.

* **Vortex Shot (temporary name)**: Kurosu shoots with the outside of his right foot towards the bottom right corner of the goal, only for the ball to sink in the ground and rebound to the top left bin.
* **Sombrero Volley:** He flicks the ball over the opponent and shoots it with an outside curve. this is especially effective when the goal angle is closed, the ball entered the farther goalpost.
* **Rebound Shot:** An aerial shot, he shoots the ball to the ground only for it to bounce up to the top bin.
* **Gyro Volley:** He lifts the ball up, brushes it creating a horizontal directional spin and kicks the center of the ball giving it a gyro effect.

**Reflex:** Kurosu plays by reflex, even he himself does not know what or why he did during the match. In a way, he reacts to certain bits of information, always making the best choice although it could not always be the right one. He "feels" players around and reacts to them.

**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.

* Kurosu is an "irrational" player with a chaotic playstyle, but he is constantly scolded by his teammates and coaches for this behavior. In some situations, in an attempt to fit in with the rest, he tries to repress his style, becoming quite uncomfortable with this unnatural game for him and therefore undermining himself. Eventually all this pent-up impulsiveness ends up exploding, with him entering his Flow State dubbed "Kaos Mode". Where all his impulsiveness and chaotic dribbling are put into practice in an even more instinctive and feral way, his real persona comes out to play. Some players have described this moment seeing a terrifying black and red Aura flowing through him. But he doesn't believe and doesn't understand people saying that.

## Stats

* Blue Lock
* Currently

## Etymology

Kurosu Uno. 黒 meaning black./ 須 meaning ought, by all means, necessarily. Uno 羽埜 meaning wings or soar. You could translate his name to "By all means, soar".

Another way of interpreting his name would be 黒/kuro or black and エース/esu or ace. His name, a portmanteau would therefore mean Black Ace.

## Trivia

* He has a habit of calling people he likes by nicknames often abreviating them (Julien Loki becomes Lien).
	+ For those he doesn't like however, he puts a slur in their name (Michael Kaishit for example)
* His mother is French and his father is Japanese
* He can speak German, Italian, French, English, Spanish fluently