Yôichi Takahashi

There are countless football fans whose passion began with Captain Tsubasa. A true standard-bearer for the sport, the series continues to inspire and inspire every generation to this day.

Behind this great work is one man: Yôichi Takahashi! As a sports fan, his passion for football began with the World Cup in Argentina in 1978. As the sport was still not very popular in Japan, he decided to create a manga that would enable him to kindle the same passion in the hearts of Japanese youth.

However, the master was far from imagining the resounding success of his series, not only in Japan but worldwide, with cumulative sales of the various mangas surpassing 90 million copies. Zinedine Zidane, Andrés Iniesta and Thierry Henry are just some of the famous footballers who began their careers with a Captain Tsubasa manga!

Now a true sports icon, Captain Tsubasa has gone beyond its original medium and has become an anime, a video game and even a movie!

In addition to his manga, Yôichi Takahashi has been at the helm of Nankatsu SC since 2019, a Japanese team whose ranks include great players such as Junichi Inamoto, a former member of the Japanese national team.

These days, Yôichi Takahashi keeps releasing new stories of his characters as storyboards on the internet!