Nakata Hidetoshi

Hidetoshi Nakata (中田 英寿) is the official captain of Orpheus, even though he plays only one match with the team. He is based on the real soccer player with the same name.

Background
He is the captain of the Italian team in the Football Frontier International that is Orpheus. He left the team for some time because he noticed that the whole team was relying on him too much.

Appearance
He has brown hair, dark skin and black eyes.

Personality
He is a calm and nice person. He is mostly seen with Luca when watching Inazuma Japan or Orpheus matches.

Season 3
He first appeared when he was watching Inazuma Japan's fight on who will be the representatives of Japan. Luca states that why would Hide want to watch the match of a weak team, to which Hide states that they're a lot stronger than they look.

Then, Hidetoshi and Luca watch the match of Inazuma Japan and Fire Dragon also, to which Luca stated that Fire Dragon was toying around Japan, since Korea hasn't gotten serious yet. Then, when Endou was switched into the field, Luca states that how will the match end now if "his" favorite was in the match, in the end, Japan won.

He reappeared again at the time when Orpheus was in need of help even after mastering "Catenaccio Counter", Hide Nakata, the former captain of Orpheus joined the team to resume his rightful place as Orpheus' captain. As he joined the game, the flow of the game changed. The players began connecting passes with each other because of the confidence they have with Nakata. Nakata acknowledges Fideo because of his great leadership over the team and with the help of Mr. K, they took Orpheus into a new world of soccer, but soon the game ended up in a draw. Inazuma Japan 3 - 3 Orpheus. After that he gave Fidio back the captain's band. Then in Orpheus' next match against Little Gigant, he watched with Luca and saw how strong Little Gigant is. In the end, Orpheus lost to Little Gigant without even scoring a point. He is seen with the team in their meeting room downstairs after the match. He was encouraging Fideo but Fideo stated that he didn't deserve the captain's band but Nakata left the band to Fideo so he can keep it as the current captain of Orpheus.

Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha
To recruit Hide Nakata you need level master (60+) and 80 players in your team. Then:
 * 1) Talk to a boy near the market in Nara (where you can buy milk, onigiri ecc.)
 * 2) Go to the city in Hokkaido and talk to the guy in the bottom-right corner of the first screen.
 * 3) Go to Tokyo station, Nakata is in front of the station door. If he isn't there exit and re-enter until you find him. Then talk to him.
 * 4) Go to the market in Kyoto. On the bottom-left corner of the shop there's a guy, talk to him.Nakata_in_game.png
 * 5) Go to Osaka city, talk to the boy in front of the truck on the left. If he isn't there exit and re-enter until he appears. Talk to him.
 * 6) Come back to Tokyo station. Where you found Nakata, now there's a girl. Talk to her.
 * 7) Last step. Go to the Tokyo tower, you find Nakata near the training point. If he isn't there exit and re-enter. Talk to him, if your level is master and you have 80 players in your team, he'll challange you. Otherwise he'll leave and you will exit and re-enter from the screen. Beat his team and you can recruit him.

Warning: the challenge is hard. The hardest of the game. You have to score 3 goals more than your opponents (their level is 80). Blocking Nakata's shoots is impossible if your keeper's level is around 60.

Hissatsu

 *  [SH] Brave Shot
 *  [SH] Neo Galaxy (IE2 Game)
 *  [OF] Dual Pass (IE2 Game)
 *  [OF] Super Elastico (IE3 game)Hide.jpg
 *  [OF] Reppuu Dash (IE2 Game)
 *  [DF] Block Circus (IE3 Game)

Hissatsu Tactics

 *  [HT]  Catenaccio Counter

Quotes

 * "Japan, eh? But it seems their team has a lot of problems left." (To Himself)
 * "I've been waiting for the day when I could play against you, Endou-kun." (To Endou Mamoru)
 * "You've grown Fideo. Now let's go and defeat Inazuma Japan." (To Fideo Ardena)
 * "Orpheus was overdependent on me up until now. That's why I stepped away from the team. It was to help them mature. And the results have far exceeded my expectations. They've become players who know exactly where to pass and run. Within that Fideo, you've become a reliable leader. And Mr. K polished up this team even further. There's no doubt about it. Italy's team right now is the strongest ever!" (To Himself)
 * "It was a present he had prepared to celebrate the success of her surgery." (To Endou Mamoru and Kidou Yuuto)

Trivia

 * He is based on a real Japanese player: Hidetoshi Nakata who retired.
 * Both have nearly the same appearance.
 * He's sometimes called "Hide (read: Hee-Day)", notably from his first name "Hidetoshi".
 * He is in the Italian team because the real Hidetoshi spent most of his professional career in the Italian "Serie A", playing for AC Perugia, AS Roma, Parma AC, Bologna FC, and AC Fiorentina.
 * When Fideo Ardena once told to Endou that he reminded him of a friend who is Japanese, he is the 'Japanese friend' Fideo was talking about.
 * His friend, Luca calls him "Hide" regularly.
 * He was considered the most skilled Midfielder in the Inazuma Eleven universe.
 * In the second game, when you battle him, his TP will not get reduced when he uses a hissatsu.