Kariya Masaki

Kariya Masaki (狩屋 マサキ) is one of the main characters in the Inazuma Eleven GO anime and game. He is a defender for Raimon.

Appearance
He has light teal hair and a standard height.He has sharp eyes with a color of brownish-gold in his irises.

When wearing his soccer uniform, he tucks in his shirt. His hairstyle is quite similar to Hyoujyou Retsuto.

Personality
He appears to mask his rude demeanor and negativity towards others with a calm, timid personality, similar to Fubuki Shirou. In other words, he's good at deceiving people. Yamana Akane describes him to be scary looking.

His negativity can be compared to be the same as Fudou Akio's actions like making violent tackles, the only difference is that Kariya does not show his violent attitude all the time and he mostly hides it. Though, when he tricks a person or teammate, just like how he tricked Kageyama Hikaru, his personality bears a similarity with Kogure Yuuya. He and Kirino Ranmaru also seem to develop a dislike or rivalry towards each other.

In a scene in the Inazuma Eleven GO shine version of the game, it can be seen that he talked with Kiyama Hiroto and Midorikawa Ryuuji and has respect for both of them.

Plot (GO)
Kariya makes his appearance in episode 21 of the Inazuma Eleven GO anime. He is a first year student at Raimon, most likely being a transfer student. He first appears at the school gate, glancing at Matsukaze Tenma and smiling at him. Endou asked whether he likes soccer and Kariya said he likes it and passed the test.He seems friendly and kind at first, but after his test he purposely violently tackles Matsukaze and steals the ball from him. However, as Tenma and the rest of his teammates are oblivious to what he does and compliments Kariya on his speed, Endou saw this act, although he passed the test. In the match against the Akizoura Challengers, he stole the ball as Kirino and another player of the opposing team was fighting over it. He intentionally kicks the ball out on the side, just as he did during his entrance exam, to which Kirino gets frustrated at. Later, during the game, he was able to block Koutei Penguin No. 2 with his block hissatsu technique, Hunter's Net.

In episode 22, he replaces Nishizono Shinsuke's position in the match and said he was a SEED, but it was simply a lie to get Kirino angry. He used Hunter's Net several times against Gassan Kunimitsu, but failed when they used their hissatsu tactic. In episode 24, he and Kirino managed to break through Tactics Cycle. Kira Hitomiko reveals that Kariya was brought to Sun Garden at the age of eleven. It was shown that he wasn't that good at naming hissatsu techniques in which, Matsukaze, Aoi, and Shinsuke laughed about it.

In Episode 25, he is shown to be making fun of Kageyama Hikaru because of his poor plays after he gives a "counsel" to him by saying that he shouldn't let his eyes off the ball when dribbling. Kageyama listened to his advice and eventually end up hitting his forehead on the goal post. Kariya is shown to be laughing about this matter and Kirino realized that it was Kariya who made Kageyama hit the goal post and later gives a better advice to Kageyama. Kariya is shocked to see how Kageyama managed to improve his dribble just by listening to Kirino. Later, while Raimon is going to the stadium, Tenma asks him for a good name to his and Tsurugi hissatsu tactic. When Kariya says "Run Run Running" part of the team starts to laugh because they thought it was lame. In Episode 26, he was the first one to realize how to run on Snowland stadium's field after watching Yukimura, then he told everyone. He, along with Hayami Tsurumasa and Matsukaze Tenma used Double Wing but failed because their combination wasn't right.

In Episode 027, he used Hunter's Net to stop Yukimura's keshin hissatsu, Icicle Road but failed, though it lessened the amount of force going to the goal, to which Tenma was able to successfully catch it.

In Episode 029 (GO), he helps Tenma and Shinsuke in creating their hissatsu; Dokkan Jump, but still fails. He makes fun of them by kicking the ball too hard at them because they were ignoring him. At the start of the match against Kidokawa, Kishibe Daika passes through easily Kariya and Shinsuke.

In Episode 030 (GO), he used his hissatsu to block Taki Sousuke two times. Unlike Tenma and Shinsuke, he doesn't seem to be that surprised upon hearing Someoka's name. It is unknown either he was just used to hearing news similar to that or just the fact that he don't know Someoka.

In Episode 031 (GO), he used Hunter's Net to block Taki Sousuke again. He also did his new combination hissatsu with Shinsuke.

In Episode 32, he only appeared in a flashback.

In Episode 34, he fights against Genei Gakuen. In Episode 035 (GO), after Amagi's Biba! Banri no Chojou was broken by Genei no Dalamanglass, Kariya tried to stop it with Hunter's Net, but he was unsuccessful to block it, still it was able to lessen the force again of the shoot when it went towards the goal, since Sangoku was able to block it with Fence of Gaia.

In Episode 38, he tried to use Hunter's Net to block Sunshine Force but wasn't fast enough and failed.

Movie
In Inazuma Eleven GO the Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon, along with Kageyama Hikaru and Nishiki Ryouma (new Raimon team members), he appeared in the trailer with the whole team except Hamano, Hayami and Kurama.

Hissatsu

 *  [DF] Hunter's Net 
 *  [DF] Kattobi Defense 
 *  [DF] Dimension Cut (3DS/Wii Game)Kariya_game_cutsene.jpg
 *  [OF] Illusion Ball (3DS Game)
 *  [OF] Claymore (3DS/Wii Game)

Keshin

 *  [KH] Yume Shinshi Dream Ankle (3DS Game)

Hissatsu Tactics

 *  [HT] Double Wing (failed)
 *  [HT] Flying Route Pass

Trivia

 * Kariya has good body balance.
 * He was left to the care of Sun Garden at the age of eleven.
 * He has a similiar hairsty1fdgh7687567-1-.jpg with Yamino Kageto.
 * Kariya (狩屋) means hunting, which is pun of his Hissatsu, Hunter's Net.
 * His personality is rather like Kogure's. Both of them find it hard to trust people, are mischevious and are defenders. Also, they both have eyes of almost the same design.
 * As observed, his eyes, hair and skin color are similar to Kazemaru's but only the color is lighter.
 * Kariya is lame at naming hissatsu techniques, usually naming them with japanese onomatopoeias, like Dokan Jump or Run Run Running.383213_295088607196723_201943923177859_772022_1736105702_n-1-.jpg
 * Before the perfection of Kattobi Defense, in which the move was used between Tenma and Shinsuke, they actually named it Dokkan Jump as heard during their practice in episode 29.
 * Because Kariya lives at Sun Garden he knows Kiyama Hiroto and Midorikawa Ryuuji as shown in the Inazuma Eleven GO game, though only in the shine version.
 * Kariya, Tenma, Shinsuke and Aoi are in the same class and are all first years in Raimon.
 * His character song is "Houkago Chemistry (After-School Chemistry)" (with Hikaru).
 * He has the same name with Masaki Teiya from Seidouzan.
 * His eyeshadow are very similar to Sanzu Wataru.
 * His body balancing skills could be considered Acrobatic Plays, similar to Kikumaru Eiji.