Hijikata Raiden

Hijikata Raiden (土方雷電) (dub: Thor Stawberg) is a defender for Inazuma Japan.

Appearance
He has a muscular, big build and has burgundy hair with an orange streak down the middle in the shape of a flame. He also has facial hair and side burns. Hijikata may sometimes be mistaken as to not be a student.

Personality
People view him as a "big brother" type, which shows when Endou and his team met him for the first time. This shows again whenever one of the players on Endou's team is having hard times. He also helps Gouenji in season 2 to hide him from the three messengers who had kidnapped his sister Yuuka and were threatening to harm her if he did not join Aliea Academy.

He takes care of five younger siblings, which was the main reason why he had to decline Endou's invitation to join the Inazuma caravan at first. Hijikata is a talented defense player and his main technique is Super Shikofumi (Super Four-Legged Stamp).

Season 2
Hijikata first appear when Endou and Kidou saw his brothers playing soccer and took the ball. He shows his hissatsu, Super Shikofumi against Kidou. It was later revealed tha he was asked by Onigawara to look for Gouenji while his sister was under Aliea Gakuen's custody. He also helped Gouenji to creates Bakunetsu Storm.

Season 3
Hijikata is then a chosen candidate for Inazuma Japan, and gets a place as a representative. In the match against The Kingdom, he makes Mac Roniejo realize that their families had sent all of them there to play the soccer they desired. After the match, he asks Roniejo to teach him how to samba, so that he could teach his siblings.

Hissatsu

 *  [DF] Super Shikofumi
 *  [DF] Blade Attack
 *  [DF] Rock Wall Dam (Game)
 *  [DF] Elephant Press (3DS Game)
 *  [OF] Scratch Raid (3DS Game)
 *  [OF] Round Spark (3DS Game)
 *  [SH] Thunder Beast (With Fubuki Shirou)
 *  [SH] Tsunami Boost (Game)

Keshin

 *  [KH] Kemono Ou Leon (3DS Game)

Trivia

 * Hijikata is classified as a midfielder in the DS game, but his large size and techniques make him more suitable to be a defender.
 * Also, he is a defender for Inazuma Japan in Inazuma Eleven Strikers.
 * In the 2nd game, he is FW.
 * He and Kurimatsu are the only members of Inazuma Japan who wasn't confirmed to appear in GO.