⚽ The Art of Creating Opportunities ⚽ A Fanlisting for Itoshi Sae

Name: Sae
Surname: Itoshi
Age: 18
Height: 180 cm
Birthday: October, 10th
Blood Type: A
Jersey Number: 10
Good Points: Perfect Kick Technique, Dribbling, Passing, Reflex, Metavision
Weakness: he doesn't know anything besides football.
Occupation: Student, Soccer Player
Position: Midfielder
Nickname: The Prodigy, Tensai-chan, Underlashes Senior, Japan's Greatest Treasure
Voice Actor: Sakurai Takahiro
Family: Mother, Father, Younger Brother
Favorite Animal: Seagull
Favorite Subjects: he doesn't know what his favorite subject is because he never paid attention to the lessons.
Hometown: Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Hobby: Analyzing data on football players and teams.
He dislikes: Japanese football and all who participate in it.
Favorite Season: the end of Summer.
Favorite football player: Álvaro Recoba.
Started playing football at the age of: 1.
Favorite addition to the dish: salted seaweed.
Dominant leg: left
Strong point: he can stay neutral in any situation.
Favorite TV show: "Chibi Maruko-chan". He says it reminds him of home.
Favorite food: salty seaweed tea.
Least favorite food: French fries.
Favorite music: "Tofubeats - Suisei" (feat. Seira Kariya).
Favorite manga: "GeGeGe no Kitarou", also known as "Spooky Kitaro".
Hours of sleeps: 8 hours a day (7 hours + 1 hour nap).
Fetish: butt (he believes an athlete's skill can be determined by looking at it).
What he would do with 100 million yen: he isn't interested in such a small amount of money.
Morning routine: opening the window to let in fresh air, taking a deep breath, morning yoga, meditation, drinking salted kombucha, and starting his day.
How he spends his holidays: looking at the sea.
Favorite brands: all his sponsors.
Favorite movie: "Taxi Driver"
If it were his last day on Earth: he would make the world's best pass to the world's best striker.
What he does for luck before a showdown: think about stuff like what he wants to eat if he win, putting soccer completely out of mind for a while.

Him in my mind

He loves football and wants to be no.1 player in the world since he was little, but when he started sharing his dream with his younger brother Rin, everything changed. Sae plays in the Re-Al youth team and has impressive ball-playing ability, as well as exceptional overall vision of the field. All he cares about is football and he's not interested in anything else, but in his heart there's always Rin... and I hope that one day the two of them can go back being the loving brothers they were in their childhood, because since the time he returned from Spain, Sae has ruined everything with his brother despising everything about him.

What happened to Sae in Spain?

After playing in Re-Al, his dream of becoming the best striker changed in becoming the best midfielder, but why?

I think that the reason why he decided to become a midfielder is related to Rin. Because in their childhood it was Sae who decided that Rin's goal would have been becoming the n.2, and I strongly believe that Sae understood his mistakes while playing in Re-Al.

Also, I think that his harsh way to treat Rin is his way to free him from those chains that child Sae put on him, because Rin can fly higher than be the n.2, he can be the n.1. Rin can be the best striker and Sae the best middle fielder, so they can realize the dream to play together as equals.

At least, this is my vision of the thing.

Surely he saw geniuses in Spain, and I really hope that he will be explored and developed in more details in the future. Also, I really hope to see him smile! I wish him to be happy with Rin again, and more than everything, being satisfied with himself and happy of his life!