Sakuma Jirou

Sakuma Jirou (佐久間次郎, dub: David Samford) is the ace striker of Teikoku and Shin Teikoku.

Appearance
He has white hair, tan skin and an eye-patch covering his right eye. In Shin Teikoku, his eye-patch has a hole to show his right eye, which has no white in it.

Personality
He was first shown to be arrogant, however, during the Football Frontier finals against Raimon, he sided with Kidou and said he would not follow Kageyama anymore. However, he is still shown to be competitive and would do anything to win when he resorted to using a forbidden technique when he fought Raimon as the striker of Shin Teikoku. However, he is actually pretty nice and is shown to care a lot for Kidou. He is also quite fast at running and receiving.

Plot Overview
In the Alie Academy Arc, after Kidou leaves Teikoku and joins Raimon's team, he and Genda become part of Shin Teikoku with Fudou as the new captain. Apparently, Fudou had used the power of the Aliea Meteorite to persuade Sakuma and Genda to join him due to the two of them still being angry at Kidou for leaving Teikoku. This is shown in the match of Raimon against Shin Teikoku when Sakuma used Emperor Penguin No. 1 shot in order to defeat Raimon's team, saying that with this technique, he could finally beat Kidou and kept using the technique despite Kidou 's protests. After a heated battle which ended in a tie, Sakuma collapses from overusing Emperor Penguin No. 1 and is taken to the hospital. However, before that, he apologizes to Kidou for taking things too far and

they shake hands, promising to play soccer together again sometime.

He reappears in Episode 56 along with the other old Teikoku members to help Endou, Kidou and Domon master Death Zone but has no recovered from his leg injury and is shown holding a crutch. He helped Kido understand how to fully master Death Zone, saying that Raimon each has its own abilities, whilst Teikoku are all exactly on the same level.

He is also seen watching Raimon's match against the Dark Emperors

In the third season after getting out of the hospital, Sakuma is invited to the FFI recruitment match, he does not get chosen for the team then but joins them after the Asia preliminaries to replace Midorikawa and goes to the islands with the rest of Raimon's team to represent Japan. He, Kidou and Fudou are shocked to find Kageyama there, and proceed to investigate what their old coach is up to. Later he follows Kidou down to the Demon Gate to rescue Otonashi Haruna.

Individual

 *  [SH] Emperor Penguin No. 1 (こうていペンギン1ごう)

Combination

 *  [SH] Death Zone (デスゾーン) with Jimon and Hika
 *  [SH] Emperor Penguin No. 2 (こうていペンギン2ごう) with Kidou and Jimon
 *  [SH] Twin Boost (ツインブースト) with Kidou
 *  [SH] Emperor Penguin No. 3 (こうていペンギン3ごう) with Kidou and Fudou
 * [SH] Space Penguins (スペースペンギ) Spark/Bomber/Ogre Only