Ichinose Kazuya

Ichinose Kazuya (一之瀬 一哉) is one of the supporting characters in the Inazuma Eleven game, manga and anime. He was a midfielder for Raimon during the Football Frontier and Aliea Gakuen's arcs and then America's national team, Unicorn during the FFI's arc.

Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha Fire/Blizzard

 * "This comeback kid is known as the midfield magician."

Appearance
He has brown hair that is swept to the side, slightly tanned skin, and black eyes with long eyelashes.

His hair style is somewhat similar to that of Fideo and Leonardo. He wears a light green shirt underneath a cream jacket with orange strips over his shoulders for casual clothes. He wears blue trousers that are held up with a black belt and his trainers are white.

In the flashbacks he wears a white t-shirt with brown sleves and in the middle is a square cut up into four two are brown and the other two are white with white triangles above and below. He wore brown trousers and a belt with white trainers.

Personality
Aki describes Ichinose as similar to Endou. He is a really nice and a simple person. Ichinose also makes apparent mistakes in American sayings, twisting them around a bit. Aki corrects him, saying the actual sayings. During Season 3, he became more serious during the games and is a vital part of Unicorn's team.

He might have a romantic relationship with Aki in GO as stated by Tenma when he asks to Aki if she had received any call from America.

Season 1
Ichinose is a childhood friend of Domon and Aki. However, because of an accident in his childhood, he moved away for medical treatment in America, leaving Aki and Domon to think that he had died. Through rehabilitation treatment and his love for soccer, he went to Japan to visit Aki and eventually became a member of Raimon. He surprises the both of them by getting on an earlier flight to Japan. Together with Endou and Domon, he recreated the Tri-Pegasus and it eventually evolved into The Phoenix. He became surprised when he met with Nishigaki in Kidokawa Seishuu.

Season 2
Ichinose remained with Raimon during the fights against Aliea Gakuen. In the match with Gemini Storm, he used a new hisastu, Flame Dance and stole the ball from a member of Gemini Storm. In the end, Raimon won 2-1, thanks to Someoka and Fubuki.

In Episode 40 when Rika first met Ichinose, she immediately fell head-over-heels for him and told her mother that he was her boyfriend. Rika hopes that he would like her with her "Lovey-Dovey-Dish", a simple Okonomiyaki that she made, which Ichinose liked. Thanks to the Osaka Gals, Raimon was able to find out Epsilon's secret base, and trained there. After their match with Epsilon, Rika decided to stay on the team to be with Ichinose. Rika always calls him "Darling" from then on.

In Episode 59, Ichinose was one of the few members who were still in doubt about coach Hitomiko's doing and didn't want to come to Mount Fuji with her. But in the day after, they all agreed to trust her. At Mount Fuji, they had their decisive match with The Genesis, and won 4-3 at the end.

Season 3
He and Domon leave, hoping to play against Endou as members of Unicorn. During the FFI arc, Endou, Aki and Domon find out that the injuries from his accident still hadn't healed and that he required another medical surgery and he won't be able to play soccer again if he pushes too far.

Though Ichinose was able to play with Endou when Inazuma Japan played against Unicorn, even scoring two goals with Pegasus Shot and Gran Fenrir, he and Domon were on, but Ichinose was pulled out when he fell over due to his injury. His team eventually lost, but Ichinose exclaimed that it was a really fun match for him to Endou. Endou heard Ichinose talking to Aki about his injuries, and promised him he would play fair and square. But Ichinose's coach knew about his injuries, and he was taken off the team half way through the second half.

He was grateful to fight against Endou and his team even if he was taken off the second half. It is revealed that Ichinose had told Rika about his condition. He is later seen watching matches in a hospital bed, getting ready for surgery, which didn't happen on screen, but was mentioned.

In Episode 126, he returned to Japan with Domon, revealing that his surgery was successful, and had come to join the match between the original Raimon team, against the Raimon members who joined up in the later episodes (with the exception of Domon) of the Football Frontier arc and Aliea Academy arc, with Domon and himself on the second team. It is shown that he enjoyed the match, and Aki also mentioned that she was glad to see him playing soccer again.

Plot (GO)
He only appears in Gouenji's flashback in Episode 37, after Gouenji finished his conversation with Amemiya. Gouenji remembered Ichinose's goals, wishes, and situation, which he finds similar to Taiyou's.

Inazuma Eleven (game)
In the 1st game, you must have Domon in your party. You walk to the hospital, and then Ichinose will join you.

Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!!
In the 3rd game, you must choose him in the machine to recruit him. Then you can find him on the Raimon soccer field. Be aware that, in order to recruit him, Endou must be in your team.

Hissatsu

 *  [DF] Flame Dance
 *  [DF] Spinning Cut (Game)Ichinose_GO_game_cutscene.png
 *  [OF] Illusion Ball (Game)
 *  [OF] Moonsault (Game, Raimon form)
 *  [OF] Acrobat Keep (GO Game)
 *  [SH] Atomic Flare (Game, Raimon form)
 *  [SH] Gran Fenrir (Unicorn form)
 *  [SH] Koutei Penguin No. 2 (Partner)
 *  [SH] Pegasus Shot (Unicorn form)
 *  [SH] Spinning Shoot
 *  [SH] Spiral Shot (Anime)
 *  [SH] The Phoenix
 *  [SH] Tri-Pegasus (Anime)
 *  [SH] Twin Boost (Partner With Kidou)
 *  [SH] Magician's Box (GO Game)
 *  [SH] Triangle ZZ (GO Game)
 *  [SK] Save! (GO Game)

Hissatsu Tactics

 *  [HT] Rolling Thunder

Trivia

 * Ichinose has two forms in IE3: Normal (Unicorn), and Raimon form (obtainable by Super Link).
 * His seiyuu, Yuuki Kaji, also voices Fudou Akio, Atsuishi Shigeto from Chaos and Neo Japan, Komazawa Kyouma from the Genesis, and Gianluca Zanardi. From Inazuma Eleven GO, he also voices Minamisawa Atsushi.
 * He has the same hairstyle as Fideo Ardena and Leonardo Almeida.
 * He may have a romantic relationship with Aki in the GO series, since when Aki was talking with Tenma, Tenma stated if Aki had received a "call from America", and Aki is shown to be blushing.
 * He may appear in GO, since he appeared in the halfway through the episode in Episode 037 (GO) through Gouenji's flashback, and since others who have appeared in these cutscenes did appear, he may as well.
 * He has the same forename as Ejima Kazuya from Unlimited Shining.
 * His personality and background resemble to Amemiya Taiyou from Arakumo Gakuen. Only difference is that, Ichinose's condition was due to an accident, but Taiyou's condition was due to his illness.
 * In the FFI tournament, he is known as the 'Magician of The Field".
 * Although he is from America, he has a Japanese name.