Kurimatsu Teppei (栗松鉄平) is a supporting character. He was a defender for Raimon, and, later, Dark Emperors, and Inazuma Japan. He's currently the captain of Raimon's soccer team after Endou and the other third year members graduated.
JP:Although he is small in body, his guts are double the average person. He's the team's mood maker. EN:The team's mood-maker's great courage makes up for his small size.
Inazuma Eleven 2
JP:Although he is small in body, his guts are double the average person. He's the team's mood maker. EN:He may be small, but he's got more spirit than players twice his size.
Inazuma Eleven 3
JP:He's the team's mood maker. He won't lose when it comes to guts, de yansu! EN:No one can beat this determined little tyke when it comes to guts!
GO
Chrono Stone
Galaxy
Raimon Junior High's playful mood maker. He won't lose when it comes to guts, no matter the player.
Spin-offs
Strikers
JP:He's the team's mood maker. He won't lose when it comes to guts, de yansu! EN:No one can beat this determined little tyke when it comes to guts!
Strikers 2012 Xtreme
GO Strikers 2013
SD
Although he is small in body, his guts are double the average person. He's the team's mood maker.
JP:He used to be the team's mood maker, but lost his cheerfulness under the Aliea stone's influence. EN:The Alius crystal drained him of all his chirpy cheerfulness.
Inazuma Eleven 3
Spin-offs
Strikers
JP:He used to be the team's mood maker, but lost his cheerfulness under the Aliea stone's influence. EN:The Alius crystal drained him of all his chirpy cheerfulness.
Strikers 2012 Xtreme
GO Strikers 2013
SD
He never grows taller no matter what he does, so he’s worried that he’ll lose due to his size.
All profiles are transcribed and translated accurately to the source material.
Appearance[]
Kurimatsu is second the smallest member of Raimon team, after Shourinji Ayumu (though Kurimatsu is still noticeably taller than Shourin). He has chipmunk-like features with round black eyes and exaggerated buck-teeth. His hair is also styled to match his facial features, colored brown and kept short with the exception of his sideburns, which grow past his ears. Kurimatsu's hair forms a spike atop his head, making it look like a chestnut. He always wears a band-aid on his nose. In Ares, his head is rounder.
Personality[]
He's very energetic and positive, always praising members (typically Kabeyama) and raising the overall mood and spirit of the team. He seems to be worried about somethings or someone, like Kazemaru. He is kind and puts his team before himself as shown in season three, where he injures his leg in an attempt to pass the ball.
He is also a person who doesn't react quickly. After being replaced by Fubuki after he got injured, Someoka said that he should pack his things and go back home quickly. This makes him confused at the start, but after he realized that what Someoka meant is to quickly go back home and practice so he can go back at the team someday. Kurimatsu went back home and became more determined to get stronger and go back to the team.
At first, Kurimatsu's just like most of the members of Raimon, doesn't want to practice because of the team's lack of members. But later, he along with the other Raimon members are once again motivated to practice soccer seriously after being threatened to disband the soccer club. In Episode 5, he tried to create a hissatsu technique with Shourinji Ayumu called Jumping Thunder, but failed. During the match against Kidokawa Seishuu, he and Kabeyama helped Endou stop the Mukata brothers' Triangle Z. In the match against Zeus, he got injured and Kageno Jin replaced him. His energetic demeanor and personality greatly helped the team in winning the Football Frontier.
Season 2[]
Kurimatsu joined in the fight with Raimon against Aliea Gakuen, but was greatly disheartened by the departure of Kazemaru Ichirouta, which lead to his own leave from the team. He was later seen again as a member of Dark Emperors under the control of the Aliea Meteorite along with other former Raimon members. In the game, he left because he was injured and hospitalized by Gran. Endou Mamoru's love for soccer brought him back to his senses, leading to the disbandment of Dark Emperors.
Season 3[]
Kurimatsu, along with previously acquainted soccer players from all over Japan, tried out for a position in Inazuma Japan and succeeded in becoming a member. He was able to create a new hissatsu, Maboroshi Dribble.
During Inazuma Japan's match against The Empire, he played an integral role in countering their hissatsu tactics. He, alongside Kabeyama and Kogure, decided that the offensive players stay in positions to shoot, whilst they bring the ball up the field to them, entrusting Tachimukai to be the sole protector of the goal. The three dribbled up the field enduring Andes no Arijigoku and avoiding losing the ball. Kurimatsu eventually lost the ball to Esteban, but managed to intercept their pass and redirect it to Gouenji, who managed to score using Grand Fire. However, doing so led to Kurimatsu injuring his ankle[1].
When Fubuki recovered from his injury and returned to the team, Kudou selected Kurimatsu to leave the team in his place. Kudou did not elaborate on why he was removed, other than it being the best choice in order to keep winning. Someoka told Kurimatsu to hurry back home, which Kurimatsu took as encouragement to train hard so he can return. The whole of Inazuma Japan held a farewell party for him as they saw him off at the airport. It was there where Kidou and Fudou pointed out that his injury wasn't a light one.
In Episode 101, he sent a letter to Inazuma Japan, where he revealed that all the members of Raimon were doing well and training hard.
In episode 126, when it was Endou's turn to receive the certificate, it was seen that him and along with the rest of Raimon, they were all crying because they were about to go their separate ways. He was also seen to be part of the raimon gymnastic club for a while. He also took part in a play along with Kino Aki, Endou and Kabeyama.
After the graduation of the third-year students, Endou chose Kurimatsu to become the new captain of Raimon's soccer team, to which Kurimatsu was pressured, since the others stated that Kurimatsu must win the next Football Frontier tournament. In the graduation match, it is shown that he learned Spinning Cut, and it was very powerful, as he stopped Tsunami Jousuke's The Typhoon V3.
Then episode 127, they had one last graduation match with each other, which ended in both groups not scoring a goal, since they were all equally matched, all of them listened to Endou's last speech, and promised that they'll keep on playing soccer from Endou's word that he said "Let's play soccer!" to which everyone happily agreed on.
He only appeared at the end of episode 50 when Tenma and his team traveled to the moment when Raimon won the Football Frontier in order to have a friendly match with them.
He briefly appeared in episode 3, watching the match between Inazuma Japan and Red Bison with Kabeyama, who was eating a combination of onigiri and vinegar. He was surprised that Kabeyama found it tasty. He later appeared in the last episode, where the reformed Raimon team was ready to have a match with Inakuni in the Football Frontier Autumn Tournament. It can be seen that his position changed from defender to midfielder.
Game appearance[]
Character sprite and avatar[]
Overworld
Avatar
School uniform
Raimon's jacket
Raimon's uniform
Dark Emperors' uniform
Inazuma Japan's jacket
Inazuma Japan's uniform
Nippon Daihyou Kouho B's uniform
Strikers avatar[]
Avatar
Sprite
Save icon
Raimon
Dark Emperors
Inazuma Japan
Everyday!! avatar[]
Avatar
Raimon
SD avatar[]
Avatar
Sticker
Raimon
Aliea Seki
SD puppet[]
Puppet
Raimon's jacket
Raimon
Aliea Seki
Character view[]
Front overview
Back overview
Front close view
Back close view
Raimon's uniform
Dark Emperors' uniform
Inazuma Japan's uniform
Raimon's uniform (GO)
SD character view[]
Front overview
Back overview
Raimon
Aliea Seki
Recruitment[]
Inazuma Eleven 3
Normal form
In order to recruit Kurimatsu, Chapter 9 has to be cleared first. He will appear randomly on the Riverbank and will only challenge the player to a soccer battle if their team is at level 40 or above once talked to.
Dark Emperors form
In order to recruit Kurimatsu, the player needs to:
His resignation from the team is depicted differently across media.
In the game, he leaves after being injured by Gran after the last Epsilon match.
In the anime, he leaves after being depressed about Kazemaru leaving.
In one of Hino Akihiro's tweets[2], he revealed he was added to Inazuma Japan due to the "Inazuma-ness" he brought to the table together with Kabeyama.
He and Raiden are the only players from Inazuma Japan who did not appear as adults in the Inazuma Eleven GO franchise.
Legendary Training Note (伝説の特訓ノート, obtained from a treasure chest after defeating Dragonlink in Furukabu's lower taisen route)
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