Matsuno Kuusuke

Matsuno Kuusuke (松野 空介), nicknamed Max (マックス) is a forward for Raimon. He was a candidate for Japan's national team, Inazuma Japan, but did not get selected.

Inazuma Eleven (game)

 * "Beneath his cute exterior is a multi-skilled sportsman."

Appearance
He has light skin, round eyes and an orange-brown nose. He is often seen wearing a pink and blue cat-design cap; he wears a different cap, white with colorful flowers on cat-design, when sleeping.

Personality
He is nice and kind to his teammates. He is seen to be active and outgoing as well as quick to learn things, as shown when he stated that he joined many other outgoing clubs.

Season 1
Matsuno excels at all sports and was involved in many other sport clubs. He joined and helped the Raimon soccer club mainly in stamina and endurance. He enters Raimon seeing one of Endou Mamoru's posters asking for players to join the club.

Season 2
He and most members of Raimon are later sent to the hospital due to their injuries from the attack on Raimon Junior High by Gemini Storm. Because of this, he and most of the other team members became the Dark Emperors which fought Raimon, but Endou was able to change them back to the way they originally were and make them realize what they were doing was wrong.



Season 3
He was one of the 22 selected to join Inazuma Japan; they had a match so that their coach could see their skills, however he failed to be accepted into the team. In the game, he was one of the players to be chosen as a member of Inazuma Japan, however, he lost. He is later shown at the graduation of the Raimon team. Both the old Raimon team and new Raimon had a match.

Hissatsu

 *  [DF] Quick Draw
 *  [SH] Dark Phoenix (Dark Emperors form, partner)
 *  [SH] Revolution V (with Handa Shin'ichi) (as a member of Dark Emperors)
 *  [SH] Cross Drive
 *  [SH] Back Tornado (Game)
 *  [SH] Spiral Shot (Game)
 *  [OF] Dash Storm (Game)
 *  [OF] Illusion Ball (Game)

Trivia

 * He shares the same voice actress with Midorikawa Ryuuji and Maqulia; Yuki Kodaira.Max_(Dark_Emperors)_in_TCG.jpg
 * His nickname comes from his surname "Matsuno".
 * He is a FW in Raimon, but a MF when he joined Dark Emperors.
 * The "空" in "Kuusuke" means "sky". The full form of his first name, 空介, means "sky agency",which is a pun on his element.
 * Strangely, he isn't afraid of the presence of Kageno Jin, unlike most others.
 * He is Handa's close friend.