Kusaka Ryuuji

Kusaka Ryuuji (九坂隆二) is a midfielder for Inazuma Japan and Earth Eleven.

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 * "While he has a friendly smile and accommodating attitude, once he gets angry there’s no stopping his rampage."

Appearance
Kusaka is quite tall and has a muscular body. He has light brown hair which falls downwards. When he is calm he keeps his eyes closed, but when angered, he opens them.

When he was younger, his skin tone was a little lighter than it is currently. His hair was shorter, and was shown to become curly when it rained, as he had a small curl at the middle of his forehead. However, when young Kusaka was angered, his pupils were red and his hair was more spiky than flat. He had his eyes closed the whole time, so it is unknown if his eyes were red before he was angry, although in present time his eyes are maroon. As a child, he wore a white long-sleeved shirt with blue on the shoulders and half of the sleeves, which the other half was white.

Whilst in his Berserker Mode, Kusaka's bandanna falls off, showing his hair. Instead of his hair being fluffy and more together, it is more curly, spiky and has turned to a light grey colour. His iris is now red instead of maroon, but still has black pupils.

Personality
He's usually friendly, but has a very short temper and gets angry once he is insulted. He then attacks the person who insulted him physically.

Manabe Jinichirou commented that when Kusaka was younger, he was more kind and used to be more of a scaredy-cat than someone who was to get aggravated easily. He also said that "Normally he has the kind face of Buddha, but once he loses his temper he changes into a demon".

Background
During his childhood he was a sweet kind boy, sheltering some birds during the rain with his umbrella. Everything changed when his childhood friend, Kanda Satoko was bullied by some others boys and he tried to protect her and failed, and she left Kusaka alone. Ever since then, he gained his 'other' personality, consisting his anger. When his second personality awaken, he defeated the boys who bullied Satoko. Although, she got scared and ran away. That was when Kusaka determined that he cannot be 'weak' and must become stronger so everyone will not leave him.

As stated by Manabe Jinichirou and Minaho Kazuto in episode 8, Kusaka and his gang are currently being expelled from their school because they caused a lot of troubles back then. He joined Shinsei Inazuma Japan so he can return to school along with his gang.

Plot (Galaxy)
He first appeared on the trailer of Galaxy, along with the other new members of Inazuma Japan.

In episode 1, he was shown to be wearing a uniform from an unknown school. He was then chosen by Kuroiwa Ryuusei to be a midfielder for Japan's nationals, Inazuma Japan.

After being chosen, his team, Inazuma Japan, had an exhibition match against Teikoku. He stole the ball from one of Teikoku's players but then got the ball stolen from him by Kabata Taruhiko. Kabata then insulted Kusaka because of him thinking the tackle was a foul. This angered Kusaka which made him run up to three of Teikoku's players and push them out of his way, which made him get a foul. Teikoku ended up as the victor of the match, with a score of 10-1.

In episode 2, it was revealed that Kusaka had never played sports before. Kusaka and the rest of Shinsei Inazuma Japan done some training to get more used to playing soccer, seeing as most of them were beginners. Kusaka was shown to have very strong power in his leg, as he stepped on the ball and burst it very easily. He also hit Manabe in the face with a soccer ball by accident, but said sorry.

In episode 3, on the match between Fire Dragon, Kusaka and most of the team didn't want to pass the ball to Matatagi because Manabe suspected that he stole his wallet and ordered them to pass to the other person. Later, after hearing the encouraging words from Tenma and seeing Matatagi's determination, he said to Manabe that it doesn't matter no matter whether what kind of person Matatagi is. He also urged Manabe to pass the ball to Matatagi when he was cornered by the 3 members of Fire Dragon.

In episode 4, Kusaka didn't show up for the training like some other members of Shinsei Inazuma Japan. He was seen hanging out with his gang. The next day, Tenma went to his place to persuade him to go practice but he kindly refused.

In episode 5, Kusaka and some other members of Shinsei Inazuma Japan took the withdrawal exam, suggested by their coach Kuroiwa Ryuusei, in which they was given the chance to leave the team completely if they wanted to. Kusaka was second to take the test, which was five penalty shots. Like Tetsukado who also failed the test by scoring his last goal, Kusaka also decided to stay in the team, so he scored.

In episode 6, Kusaka and the team played against Big Waves, Australia's national team. Shindou made a link of passes using Kami no Takuto, which Kusaka was in, and made a successful header-pass to Matatagi. As a result, Tsurugi scored with Bicycle Sword. During half-time, he asked Sakura did she purposely stomp on Konoha's foot to get the ball on the first-half but Sakura protested.

In episode 8, Kusaka was seen hanging out with his gang again until another gang came and they got into a fight. The fight caused Kusaka and his gang to get caught by the police. At the police station, his friends from the same gang asked why they have to protect the team because rather than protecting, it creates troubles for them. Later, thanks to Kuroiwa, he was released and stayed in Shinsei Inazuma Japan. At night, he was at the place where his gang hanging out alone and remembering their words.

On the day of the match, Kusaka and the rest of Shinsei Inazuma Japan played against Shamshir, their third opponent in the Asia preliminaries. Just before the match started, he saw his childhood friend watching him in the crowd, Kanda Satoko. She didn't show much expression, just a blunt face. It was shown in a flashback of Kusaka's that a younger him tried to save her from a group of boys bullying her, but Kusaka got hit instead. However, young Kusaka switched personalities and turned angry, even making his pupils turn red. As soon as the match started, Matatagi lost the ball to Said Ashraf, the captain of Shamshir. Said Ashraf then easily scored with Oil Rush, making the score 1-0 in favour of Shamshir. Matatagi passed to Kusaka after the kick-off, but Kusaka slipped and lost possession of the ball, giving it to Kasim Bador. Kasim, Said and Tamir Nasr then teased Kusaka about being weak, and that he is no where near world-level at soccer. But Kusaka then got mad and injured all three of them, similar to what he did to Teikoku Gakuen's players.

In episode 9, the first-half ended and then second-half began. Everyone in Shinsei Inazuma Japan didn't pass the ball to him to prevent him from getting into rampage again. However, he then tried to get the ball and Shamshir started to attack him continuously with rough play. Later, the gang that he fought in the previous episode came to the stadium and he got angry again. He was about to attack them but Tenma came in and got punched instead. However, they still continued to talk bad about him and finally, Kusaka got into his Beserker Mode. However, he was stopped when his childhood friend, Satoko who called him out from the audience seat and told him she has never hated him and apologized. After hearing that, Kusaka cried and finally be able to control over his Berserker Mode and the gang left. The match continued, he was able to play soccer properly and passed the ball to Matatagi who made a goal with Parkour Attack and continued with Tsurugi's Bicycle Sword. He broke through Dai Sabaku Sunaarashi and scored the third goal with Kyoubou Head. The match ended with 3-2 with Shinsei Inazuma Japan winning. At the end of the match, he told Tenma that soccer is interesting. In Episode 10, he tried to approach Konoha a few times to tell her the most important thing about 'true strength' that he learned after that match between Shamshir but failed. He and everyone trained in the Black room for the passed three days. On the third day, he and other members except for Manabe, Minaho and Konoha agreed on staying in Shinsei Inazuma Japan and win FFIV2. Later, Aoi came and told them that their opponent in semi-final is Mach Tiger.

In episode 11, he, Tenma and Aoi went searching for Konoha when heard that she left with Matatagi and Tetsukado joned them. Later, they found her playing with the rabbits at the zoo. When he listened to Konoha talking to Tenma about her past, Kusaka couldn't take and tried to persuade her but failed as she left. Then, they saw her saved a cat from being hit by the truck in the blink of eye which surprised them. They persuaded her once more time and she decided to come back.

In episode 12, he tried to approach Konoha wanting to apologize to her for calling her 'irritating' earlier on when she left Shinsei Inazuma Japan but she just ran away. Then, the whole team excluding Tsurugi, Shindou and Ibuki came to him as he told them the situation. He was immediately scolded at by Sakura, Minaho and Manabe for saying that to Konoha. Manabe and Minaho helped him to approach Konoha with their plans so tha Kusaka could apologize but failed miserably. The day of the semi-final match between Mach Tiger finally arrived. During the match, he was assisting Konoha on stopping the opponents due to her fear. But, when Mach Tiger scored the first goal with Tamugan Jar's Ivory Crash, Konoha started to lose confidence in herself and then started blaming herself which led to her crying. Kusaka then suddenly turned into his Berserker Mode and confessed to Konoha that he loves her. The whole team was shocked and Konoha just blushed. Then, when Konoha still hesistated to stop Napa Radamu, he encouraged her that she can do it. Thanks to him, Konoha was able to to steal the ball with her hissatsu, Konoha Roll. He scored the first goal for Shinsei Inazuma Japan by using his hissatsu, Kyoubou Head and Shindou's Kami no Takuto FI. The first-half ended, Konoha came to him and apologized to him that she couldn't accept his feelings but he just smiled and happy that she cheered up again. He sat down on the bench as Tetsukado gave him the drink, said that Kusaka is the man and smiled.

In episode 13, he saved the pinch when Konoha failed to block Kaolan Sagot's pass because of Manabe's miscalculation. Later, he was able to pass through Mei Pakudi's sliding thanks to Minaho and passed the ball to Sakura.

In episode 14, same as the other 7 members of Shinsei Inazuma Japan, he got overwhelmed by Resistance Japan except for Tenma, Tsurugi and Shindou who were able to catch up to them. After the match ended with Resistance Japan winning 3-1, he also joined others the training in Black Room.

In episode 15, he didn't attend the practice but instead training in Black Room like the other 7 members. When Ibuki skipped the dinner and kept training on stopping the shoots, he and Tenma volunteered to go to give Ibuki the rice balls. He asked Ibuki to let him help his training but Ibuki refused because he preferred on doing by himself.

In episode 16, he and Sakura told Matatagi to pass to them which made him don't know to pass to who and ended got the ball stolen. When Tenma told Kusaka to pass the ball to him, he ignored Tenma's command and tried to do on his own. After he and the others realized the importance of trusting thanks to Ibuki and Shindou, he cooperate on dribbling and did pass the ball to Tenma.

In episode 17, he, like the others failed to block the Storm Wolf players due to their different movements. While all the other members were further discouraged, Tenma told them that he didn't want this to be the last match, which shocked them. When Matatagi stated that it was still good enough, as they have fulfilled the contract, Kusaka snapped him, stating that he felt that he was able to face forward after joining Shinsei Inazuma Japan, recalling his memories during the match with Shamshir. After hearing his speech, the others also felt the same and decided to continue without losing. After the match resumed, he received a pass from Sakura and scored a goal with Kyoubou Head. While the others thought about the two scores, Tenma encouraged them, saying that they could score two goals together. He was shocked to see Morimura unleashing some aura of Soul. He was also shocked to see Storm Wolf members revealing to be aliens and seeing the floating spaceship.

In episode 18, he was shocked like the other members after Bitway Ozrock and Gouenji explained to Shinsei Inazuma Japan the truth about FFIV2 and Grand Celesta Galaxy, and that they have to fight with aliens to protect the Earth.

In episode 19, he told Satako and his gang about Grand Celesta Galaxy. However, Satoko thought that he was just joking as his gang also agreed the same thing with her. The next day, he and the other members of Earth Eleven had a match against Raimon.

In episode 20, he and the other members of Earth Eleven went around Galaxy Nauts Gou to search for the suspicious person that Tetsukaod noticed. Later, it was revealed to be Nishizono Shinsuke who became a new member of Earth Eleven. In Sandorius, he was seen with Konoha watching an animal that looks like a cat and said it was cute. Then, they got lost from each other and he reunited with Tenma, Aoi, Shinsuke, Tetsukado and Matatagi. Then, they had a match against the aliens who tried to make them lose so they cannot participate the match. During the match, he also got tackled continously by the aliens but the match was stopped by Gazerma Woorg.

In episode 21, he along with Tenma, Shinsuke, Matatagi, Tetsukado and Aoi reunited with the other members as some of them brought back some strange stuffs. During the conversation, he and Minaho were shocked when Manabe face got burned due to the cotton candies he ate as they stared at the filet skewers they were holding in horror.

In episode 32, he nearly stepped into the forbidden territory of the Madowashisou, but was saved at the last second by Banda Koloogyu, who told them about the Madowashisou that caused illusions. Later, he tried to saved Konoha but failed. When the last Madowashisou wanted to get him, he showed some aura of his Soul, but he hesitated at the last second as he rememberd Banda saying that the Madowashisou is a life as well. He then apologized to him.

Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy (Berserker Form)
In order to recruit Kusaka, you first need to scan the QR code. Also, you'll need to have: After this, he can be scouted.
 * Kizuna Coin: 1 White (白1)
 * Topic: Early Age (幼い頃の話題, Obtained at Sazanaara Station)
 * Topic: Seeds of Trouble (悩みのタネの話題, Obtained at Sandorius town)
 * Topic: Certain Opportunity (とあるキッカケの話題, Obtained at Gurdon's track)
 * Topic: Butch (乱暴者の話題, Obtained at Gurdon's station)

Stats
All stats are at level 99 and untrained. Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy=
 * GP: 187
 * TP: 142
 * Kick: 116
 * Dribble: 149
 * Block: 96
 * Catch: 88
 * Technique: 86
 * Speed: 81
 * Stamina: 136
 * Lucky: 53


 * -|Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy - Berserker=
 * GP: 193
 * TP: 136
 * Kick: 126
 * Dribble: 154
 * Block: 85
 * Catch: 81
 * Technique: 91
 * Speed: 88
 * Stamina: 119
 * Lucky: 53

Normal Form

 *  [SK] Crusher
 *  [OF] Ora Ora Mench
 *  [SH] Kyoubou Head
 *  [DF] Iron Wall

Berserker Form

 *  [OF] Ora Ora Mench
 *  [SH] Kyoubou Head
 *  [OF] Endless Summer
 *  [SK] Power Dribble

Best Mixi Max Match (Normal Form)

 *  [MIMAX] Kanda Satoko
 *  [SH] 超 Great Max na Ore

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 *  [SOUL] Grizzly

Trivia

 * He likes spicy food as seen in Episode 9, although he can't handle it.