Kirigakure Saiji

Kirigakure Saiji (霧隠才次) is the captain of Sengoku Igajima Junior High's soccer team. Later, he becomes a member of Neo Japan.

Inazuma Eleven

 * "Sometimes forgets football rules in favour of his ninja techniques."

Inazuma Eleven 2

 * "He occasionally eschews the rules of football in favour of using his ninja skills."

Appearance
Kirigakure has pale, dusty rose hair that is shaped like fire. He has two horizontally placed black dots on his forehead and orange-red eyes. He wears the Sengoku Igajima uniform.

Season 1
Before the game, when both teams were practicing, Kirigakure goes over to Raimon's side of the field first, stealing the ball from Gouenji and challenging the striker to a race, but was declined. Kazemaru said that they should ignore Kirigakure and keep practicing. Kazemaru then looked at Miyasaka and decides he doesn't want to disappoint him so he accepts the challenge. The challenge is stopped halfway through because of two teammates from Sengoku Igajima.

They said that they should not be wasting their time and apologized to Raimon. Kirigakure leaves Kazemaru, intentionally forgetting his name and calling him "Fujimaru". During the game he made a goal with Tsuchidaruma, breaking through Endou's Nekketsu Punch and God Hand.



Season 3
He joined Neo Japan after coach Hitomiko called him because he wanted to represent Japan and become strong.

Hissatsu

 *  [SH] Tsuchidaruma
 *  [SH] Honoo no Kazamidori
 *  [OF] Zanzou
 *  [OF] Poison Fog
 *  [DF] Bunshin Defense
 *  [DF] Doppelganger
 *  [SK] Speed Plus

Hissatsu Tactics

 *  [HT] Crane Wing Formation
 *  [HT] Full Moon Formation

Trivia

 * 'Kirigakure' means 'Village of the Mist', which is also a name of a village in the Naruto anime, which is a ninja anime series. It refers to Kirigakure's team and their ninja-like hissatsu techniques and elements.
 * He calls Kazemaru "Fujimaru".
 * In the dub, he calls Kazemaru 'Speedy-Green-Hair'.
 * His best ability is his speed.
 * In the French dub, he has two names: Sail Bluesea and Saïji Quicksilver (Anime).
 * "Kiri(霧)" from "Kirigakure" means mist while in Indonesia and Malaysia, it means left. ​