"His aggressive play can knock the stuffing out of even the fiercest players."
"This aloof and rebelious player likes to use his skills to toy with rivals on the pitch."
Background
Fudou's father was forced to quit his job due to having to take the blame for his boss' mistakes. After being pursued relentlessly by debt collectors, he left Fudou and his mother when Fudou was a mere child. When he left, Fudou's mother told her son to become stronger and to not end up like his father. Unfortunately, Fudou mistook what she meant and became power-hungry. Convinced that the only way to protect himself was to rise to the top, he joined Kageyama to create Shin Teikoku Gakuen, only to get left behind again. He is then asked by coach Hibiki to try out for Inazuma Japan due to his skills.
Appearance
Fudou has pale skin and is average in height. He has a brown mohawk-like hairstyle, with white streaks at the sides. His eyes are blue-gray, but in Ares they are dark green. In Shin Teikoku Gakuen, he had a lightning-like red tattoo on his head, but had no white streaks. In GO, he has grown taller, as well as his hair - which has grown out and is quite long with no white streaks. He wears a white shirt with black stripes, a pink coat with white stripes at the shoulders, green trousers and muddy-blue shoes. In GO Galaxy, he ties his long hair into a ponytail and wears a white/black jacket with '210' written on it, black/gray striped pants and black boots.
Personality
He tends to make sarcastic and cynical remarks which are usually negative and acts as if he doesn't care whether his teammates get injured or not, but his actions show that he does. On the field, he is shown to be at the same level as Kidou when it comes to game strategizing.
Apparently, he does not like being put on bench the whole time, just like in the Asia Prelims until coach Kudou revealed that Fudou was a 'Joker' and was only placed in the team in the finals. He's also shown to like to solve his problems himself, as seen when he lied to Kidou and Sakuma about not seeing Kageyama during the third season so that he could stop him by himself. After the match against Team K, he seems to care more for his teammates as seen during the match against Makai Gundan Z.
Plot
Season 2
Fudou is first introduced in episode 37, near the market where Raimon was buying some food, prompting the whole team to pay attention to him. Then it is revealed he sent the message to coach Hitomiko about Kageyama under coach Hibiki's name. When Hitomiko asked him why he didn't just use his name, he asks her that if he doesn't identifies himself as Hibiki, Raimon wouldn't travel until Ehime. He shows them Shin Teikoku Gakuen and that he is the captain of the team. Coach Hitomiko realizes that he has the power of the Aliea Meteorite and it is later revealed that he brainwashed Genda and Sakuma into joining the team.
Season 3
Fudou is invited to join Inazuma Japan due to his abilities and is placed in the B-Team with Kidou. He gets a place in, but even though he's in, he doesn't gain trust from anyone else in there because of his past with Kageyama.
Fudou was benched during the Asia premilinaries, much to his displeasure and only has a chance to play in the finals against Fire Dragon. Coach Kudou revealed that Fudou is a "Joker", that means he's Inazuma Japan's secret weapon. However, he wasn't able to link his play with the rest of the team but then, thanks to Kidou and Endou, Fudou was able to coordinate with the whole team and created his first hissatsu, Killer Fields, with Kidou. From there on, Fudou has finally gained some trust from his teammates.
During the party at Knights of Queen, he seems to get interested after Edgar insulted Endou and stopped Kidou from interrupting them. Only after Fudou helped in stopping Orpheus from being overthrown by Team K, he was trusted. Fudou, along with Kidou and Sakuma created Koutei Penguin 3gou in order to show Kageyama that they don't need his power.
In the match against Unicorn, Fudou was able to defeat their tactics, Rolling Thunder and helped Inazuma Japan in scoring the third point. He was also able to stop Mark Kruger's Gran Fenrir with the help of Hijikata and Kogure. Then, Fudou follows Kidou's half of the team to the Demon's Gate to rescue Otonashi from Makai Gundan Z.
In episode 119, when Natsumi became a manager of Inazuma Japan he says that she is there to pass informations to Little Gigant. Later, during Inazuma Japan's training, after he saw Toramaru and Gouenji training Jet Stream, a new hissatsu, he joins them. During the match against Little Gigant, it is shown that he, along with Gouenji and Toramaru have trained to use Jet Stream, but the technique doesn't work until Endou enters in his place. He is shown again with Teikoku in episode 127, saying that he came to see the graduation match since it's a special occasion.
He appeared in this series as a transfer student, entering the Teikoku Gakuen meeting hall, where he met Sakuma and the rest of Teikoku Gakuen members including the reinforcement member Kazemaru. During the first half match versus Inakuni Raimon, all Teikoku members movement got slower because of the shoes they're wearing, but it was Kageyama Reiji's ingenious plan. On the second half of the match, all Teikoku members' shoes go back to normal speed as per instruction of their commander. As the Inakuni Raimon members' stamina was exhausted, Sakuma, Jimon and Fudou used Koutei Penguin 2gou and scored the 1st point against Norika. Fudou and the rest of the team used the defense tactic Imperial Cycle to get past through Inakuni Raimon and scored the third point. After Kozoumaru telling them that they're using weird shoes, Fudou knew all along that it was Kageyama who ordered to use the strange shoes to win. Resuming the match, changing their playstyle, Fudou and Sakuma used Twin Boost, but failed to score a point against Norika. Letting Inakuni Raimon to pass Fudou, Sakuma and Jimon on the field and used Koutei Penguin 2gou but failed to score against Inakuni Raimon's defense hissatsu technique, Gravity Cage.
Inazuma Eleven GO the Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon
He first appears when Endou introduces him, Kazemaru, Kabeyama and Fubuki to the Raimon members. Later, he, Kazemaru and Kabeyama were shocked as Kageyama Hikaru revealed his name to them. He helped the team to get stronger; especially Amagi, Kariya, and Shinsuke. He turns into his young form just like the others and becomes a midfielder for Raimon along with Kidou. During the match, he, Kidou and Kazemaru used Koutei Penguin 2gou just in order to free Aoi. He also talked to Tsurugi during the match, to make Tsurugi remember what his duty on the field is.
In order to recruit Fudou, you need to have already defeated Shin Teikoku Gakuen during the main story (complete chapter 5). Then, you should be able to recruit him from coach Hibiki. He will be at the riverside pitch in Tokyo (near where you spawn in there). He joins you automatically.
Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
Young form
In order to recruit Fudou, the following requirements are needed:
Item: Classic Melody (なつかしのメロディ, randomly dropped from Team Bomber at Fuyukai's taisen route)
Item: Koutei Penguin 2gou Doll (皇帝ペンギンくん2号, randomly dropped from Protocol Omega 2.0 at Handa Shinichi's taisen route)
After this he can be recruited with an amount of 2600 Kizuna points. Be aware that, in order to make him appear as a scoutable option, you need to recruit at least three other members from the same community master.
Adult form
In order to recruit Fudou as Adult you need to have:
Item: Prestigious Trophy (栄えあるトロフィー, randomly dropped from Inazuma Legend Japan at Hirai's taisen route)
Player: Fudou Akio (Young, old Raimon Soccer Club's Community Master)
After this he can be recruited with an amount of 4000 Kizuna points.
Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
Young form
In order to recruit Fudou, Ixal Fleet has to be defeated first in the story mode. Also, the following requirements are needed:
Coin: 5 Gold (金5)
Item: Koutei Penguin-kun 1gou (皇帝ペンギンくん1号, randomly dropped from Muscles (マスラオズ) in Inazuma Town)
Item: Seed Bar (タネもシカケもない棒, randomly dropped from Similars at Handa Shinichi's lower taisen route)
Item: Prestigious Trophy (栄えあるトロフィー, randomly dropped from Team Endou at Fuyukai Suguru's left taisen route)
Topic: Evil Mechanism (悪だくみの話題, obtained in Inazuma Town)
After this, he can be scouted. Be aware, to make Fudou a scoutable option, atleast 10 players from the same community master have to be recruited first.
Adult form
In order to recruit Fudou, the following requirements are needed:
Coin: 6 Purple (紫6)
Item: Prestigious Trophy (栄えあるトロフィー, randomly dropped from Team Endou at Fuyukai Suguru's left taisen route)
Item: Tattered Soccer Magazine (ボロボロのサッカー雑誌, randomly dropped from Noisy Noise (ノイジーノイズ) at Kanda Satoko's left taisen route)
Topic: Rock Band (ロックバンドの話題, obtained on the second floor of Raimon's main building)
Topic: Absolutely Unmatched (絶対にゆずれないものの話題, obtained at Odaiba's Mermaid Hall)
His name, Fudou Akio, originates from Acala, whose Japanese name is Fudō Myōō (不動明王).
His dub name, Caleb, is an Hebrew masculine name that can be translated as "dog" or "similar to a dog". Broadly, it could also means "furious like a dog", due the often negative nature of dogs in the antic Jewish culture, linking to his original personality: violent and hungry for power. However, an alternate Hebrew meaning of the name can be "whole hearted" or "brave, faithful", referred particularly to the biblical Caleb, a companion of Moses being noted for his astute powers of observation and fearlessness in the face of overwhelming odds, which are Fudou's main qualities.
He doesn't have any single hissatsu technique that he performs on his own in the anime. However, ironically, in season 3, he laughed because some players wanted to create combination hissatsu.
His appearance in the Aliea Gakuen arc is probably the transformation that occurs when someone uses the Aliea Meteorite, just like what happened to the Raimon team and other Aliea Gakuen's students that uses them.
Before he is officially introduced in episode 37, he is implied to have broken Kageyama out of containment by creating an avalanche with a black, green-tiled soccer ball he kicked in the end of episode 34.
The 210 written on his jacket that he wears in GO Galaxy, has a double meaning. It can be read in japanese as either "fu-do" (Fudou; his name), or "ni-to" (aka NEET- Not in Education, Employment, or Training).
He may dislike tomatoes, as he leaves them uneaten on his plate in a cafeteria scene.
He, Gouenji and Kozoumaru are the only players who got a yellow card in the whole series.
In the 2017 Inazuma Eleven Valentines Day Contest, he was ranked the 3rd with a total of 248 votes.
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