Kurimatsu Teppei

Kurimatsu Teppei (栗松鉄平) was a defender for Raimon's soccer team and Inazuma Japan, he's currently the captain of Raimon's soccer team. He temporarily joined Dark Emperors in season two under the influence of the Aliea Meteorite, then he later joins Inazuma Japan. He was later appointed as captain after Endou and the other third year students graduated.

Inazuma Eleven

 * "The team's mood-maker's great courage makes up for his small size."

Inazuma Eleven 2 (Dark Emperors form)

 * "The Aliea crystal drained him of all his chirpy cheerfulness."

Background
He's one of the first seven members of Raimon, appearing in Episode 1 playing video games on a Nintendo DS.

Appearance
Kurimatsu and Shourinji Ayumu are two of the smallest members in Raimon. He has chipmunk-like features with round black eyes and exaggerated buck-teeth. His hair is also styled to match his facial features, colored brown and kept short with the exception of his sideburns, which grow past his ears. Kurimatsu's hair forms a spike atop his head, making it look like a chestnut.

Personality


He's very energetic and positive, always praising members (typically Kabeyama) and raising the overall mood and spirit of the team. He is kind and puts his team before himself as shown in season three, where he injures his leg in an attempt to pass the ball.

Season 1
At first, Kurimatsu's just like most of the members of Raimon, don't want to practice because of the team's lack of members. But later, he along with other Raimon members are once again motivated to practice soccer seriously after being threatened to disband. His energetic demeanor and personality helped the team greatly in winning the Football Frontier.

Season 2
Kurimatsu joined in the fight with Raimon against Aliea Academy, but was greatly disheartened by the departure of Kazemaru Ichirouta, which lead to his own leave from the team. He was later seen again as a member of Dark Emperors under the control of the Aliea Meteorite along with other former Raimon members. Endou Mamoru's love for soccer brought him back to his senses, leading to the disbandment of Dark Emperors.

Season 3
Kurimatsu, along with previously acquainted soccer players from all over Japan, tried out for a position in Inazuma Japan and succeeded in becoming a member. He was able to create a new hissatsu, Maboroshi Dribble. He also helped Tachimukai to create his own hissatsu technique.

However, during Inazuma Japan's match against The Empire, after passing the ball to the forwards, his leg was badly injured. He had to leave the team and was replaced by Fubuki, who had just recovered from injury.

In Episode 126, when it was Endou's turn to receive the certificate, it was seen that him and along with the rest of Raimon, they where all crying because they where about to go their separate ways.

After the graduation of the third-year students, Endou chose Kurimatsu to become the new captain of Raimon's soccer team, to which Kurimatsu was pressured, since the others stated that Kurimatsu must win the next Football Frontier tournament. In the graduation match, it is shown that he learned Spinning Cut, and it was very powerful, as he stopped Tsunami Jousuke's The Typhoon V3.

Then Episode 127, they had one last graduation match with each other, which ended in both groups not scoring a goal, since they where all equally matched, all of them listened to Endou's last speech, and promised that they'll keep on playing soccer from Endou's word that he said "Let's play soccer!" to which everyone happily agreed on.

Hissatsu

 *  [OF] Dash Accel (Anime)185px-Tod_11-1-.jpg
 *  [OF] Maboroshi Dribble
 *  [OF] Tama no Ri Piero 
 *  [OF] Armadillo Circus
 *  [OF] Monkey Turn
 *  [OF] Triple Dash  (Dark Emperor form)
 *  [OF] Naminori Piero (GO Game) (Dark Emperor form)
 *  [DF] Block Circus 
 *  [DF] Spinning Cut (Anime)
 *  [DF] Twin Mixer (GO Game)
 *  [SH] Jumping Thunder (Anime, Failed)
 *  [SH] Triple Boost (Anime, Partner, Dark Emperors form)
 *  [SH] Suisei Shoot
 *  [SH] Run Ball Run
 *  [SH] Dokonjou Bat (Dark Emperor form)
 *  [SH] Sidewinder (GO Game)
 *  [SH] Maboroshi Shot (GO Game)
 *  [SK] Zokuseikyouka (Dark Emperors form)

Trivia

 * Along with Kabeyama and Kogure, they are the comedy trio of the team.
 * The Osaka Gals use a pun on his name "kuri" (chestnut) during the game.
 * He has a Nintendo DS and is seen regularly playing it.
 * In Episode 001 it can be assumed that the game Kurimatsu is playing on his DS is of football, as Shishido says Kurimatsu's_DS_Game.jpg "you need to kick".
 * He adds "de yansu" at the end of all his sentences.
 * He was only Raimon player who didn't learn his own hissatsu during the first season.
 * In the second game, he leaves the team after being injured by Gran.
 * Kurimatsu is the captain of Raimon after Endou.
 * In episode 005, he created a hissatsu called Jumping Thunder with Shourin. However, it didn't work out in the end.
 * He and Hijikata are the only members of Inazuma Japan who weren't confirmed to appear in GO.