User blog comment:NeYoDark666/What will happened with the Inazuma Eleven (not GO) characters in GO?/@comment-3976990-20110829183612/@comment-89.159.173.57-20110902193618

As for Gouenji... well, people change, so why wouldn't he be the Holy Emperor ? Moreover, it would have much more impact if this guy was someone Endou and the others know, and feel betrayed by. And Tenma has a connexion to Gouenji as well, so he really would be the perfect villain to me (but of course in the end he will regret and apologize and blah blah blah, like it has happened with almost each and every bad guy before) If it turns out to be a new or a minor character, that would be a huge disappointment.

You're right about the fact that there are minor characters who don't need to be returning, but I disagree on which players you may put in this category. Remember that according to some spoilers, Fudou will be back in GO. Still, you can't really say he was a very important character before... IMO, there are three categories of characters:

- the very important ones: Endou, Gouenji, Kidou, maybe even Fubuki and Someoka. I think those will have (or already have) a very important role in GO.

- the likeable but not-so-important characters. For Raimon, that would include Kabeyama, Kazemaru, Kogure, Tsunami, Tachimukai, Domon, Ichinose, Aphrodi, and coach Kira. For Inazuma Japan, Tobitaka, Fudou (whose return has already been hinted), Toramaru, Hijitaka, Midorikawa, Hiroto. Other teams: Rococo, Roniejo, Fideo, Therese, Edgar, Naguno, Suzumo.

To me, those will have a "hey, what's up"-type cameo, meaning that we'll see them again but probably not for more than one episode. And for the latter category, since they are from other countries I don't think we will see them before two or three seasons, if GO holds its own FFI tournament that is.

- all the others. Well, unless I have forgotten someone, I guess all that remains here is minor characters who nobody really cares about... and as such, I don't expect to see them ever again, I won't miss them anyway.