Episode 048

The Flame Striker! (炎のストライカー！, Honoo no sutoraikā!) is the 48th episode of the Inazuma Eleven anime.

Summary
Right after arriving at Okinawa, Raimon starts the search for the flame striker. While searching, they runs into Raiden Hijikata - a soccer player with a powerful defensive Hissatsu technique - whom Endō wants to join Raimon. But Hijikata declines because he has to take care of his siblings. Somewhere else, Fubuki and Domon runs into another player who claims he's the flame striker. After they take him to the rest of the team, he introduces himself as Haruya Nagumo and shows them his Hissatsu shot. It seems Nagumo will be a great asset to Raimon. But then Coach Hitomiko asks him what school he's from, to which he becomes silent. Then Hiroto appears, reveals to Raimon that Nagumo is in fact Burn - captain of Aliea Academy's Prominence. After they left, Raimon returns to practice, while they being watched by a hooded figure. The next morning, Tsunami pays them a sudden visit.