Midorikawa Ryuuji (緑川 リュウジ, Midorikawa Ryūji), also known as Reize (レーゼ, Rēze), is an antagonist and, later, supporting character in the Inazuma Eleven series. He was a midfielder and the captain of Gemini Storm. He later became a midfielder for Inazuma Japan. He is the best friend of Kiyama Hiroto.
JP:Formerly Reize of Aliea Gakuen. He still likes proverbs. EN:The player formerly known as Janus. He's still really into quoting proverbs though.
GO
JP:Formerly Reize of Aliea Gakuen. He still likes proverbs. EN:The player formerly known as Janus. He still likes quoting proverbs though.
Chrono Stone
Galaxy
The regular appearance of Reize of Gemini Storm. He was pretending when talking as an alien.
Victory Road
JP:Despite his trademark ruthlessness at Aliea Gakuen, he in fact was just pretending as he has a friendly nature. EN:Though known for his cold nature among his peers from Alius Academy, beneath the facade actually lies an affectionate personality.
Spin-offs
Strikers
JP:Formerly Reize of Aliea Gakuen. He still likes proverbs. EN:He might not be Janus any more, but he's still fond of proverbs.
Strikers 2012 Xtreme
GO Strikers 2013
Reize form
Inazuma Eleven 2
JP:A ruthless guy, he believes losers are unqualified to live. EN:A cold-hearted youth who thinks that those who lose are worthless.
JP:A ruthless warrior who believes losers are unqualified to live. EN:A coldhearted warrior who believes that losers have no right to live.
Spin-offs
Strikers
JP:A ruthless guy, he believes losers are unqualified to live. EN:A cold-hearted youth who thinks that those who lose are worthless.
Strikers 2012 Xtreme
GO Strikers 2013
SD
A cruel man who thinks losers don't deserve to live.
Adult form
Chrono Stone
JP:Former midfielder of Inazuma Japan. Currently he is Hiroto’s secretary at the Kira Conglomerate businesses. EN:A former Inazuma National midfielder. Currently Xavier Schiller's secretary.
Galaxy
A former midfielder for Inazuma Japan. He currently serves as the secretary for the Kira Conglomerate's president.
Spin-offs
SD
Former midfielder of Inazuma Japan. Currently he is Hiroto’s secretary at the Kira Conglomerate businesses.
Asuto-hen form
SD
He has a gentle personality and intelligent aura. He is a reliable midfielder who is very considerate of his friends. He has a tendency to slide in proverbs at the end of his sentences, his specialty.
Eleven License
A strong midfielder who is companionable and dependable. He is a good friend to Tatsuya, who is pursuing his dreams, and has a habit of using proverbs in every word he says.
All profiles are transcribed and translated accurately to the source material.
Appearance[]
He has long olive green hair, tan skin tone and sharp black eyes.
In season 2, Midorikawa's hair is tied up high, and his bangs are tied up.
In season 3, his hair is tied into a ponytail, with four thick strands of hair falling over his forehead forming like a letter 'M'. His casual clothes are a red long-sleeved T-shirt topped with a purple shirt and green shorts. Midorikawa has also been seen in the training outfit from Ohisama En, an orphanage, with a collared t-shirt and brown shorts.
In Inazuma Eleven GO, he usually wears a red turtle-neck top under a light lavender-grey suit jacket with blue trousers and white shoes. His hair is tied up into a messy bun that slightly resembles his "Reize" hairstyle.
Personality[]
Midorikawa's 'alien' personality, Reize, is proud and prefers to refer to others as a lower standard, usually disregarding the others. His natural personality, on the other hand, is bright, cheerful and hardworking as shown as when he really desired to become stronger to help the team.
He later claims that it took him a while to develop a convincing 'alien' character which appears to be the complete opposite of his natural personality. Despite this, he is shown to enjoy referencing and dictating famous quotes and proverbs in both personalities such as "Some things never change" and "All's well that end's well."
As Hiroto's secretary in Inazuma Eleven GO, Midorikawa is shown to be very intelligent and capable, especially when it comes to gathering information. Hiroto credits his success as a CEO thanks to Midorikawa's help, and he is also the one who discovers the secret of Dragonlink. Despite his professional competence, Midorikawa appears to maintain his lighthearted personality and still enjoys quoting proverbs.
He was the captain of Gemini Storm and introduces himself as 'Reize' when Aliea Gakuen attacked. He first appeared when he destroyed Raimon Junior High after winning against the original Inazuma Eleven, who were fighting in place of Raimon as they were still returning from their match in the finals against Zeus. They later have a match against Raimon, where he and his team made a crushing victory over Raimon, injuring, in the process, Shishido, Handa, Matsuno, Kageno and Shourinji. In the next day, Reize and Gemini Storm attacked a park in Nara and smashed a statue of a deer and abducted the Japan's prime minister, Zaizen Sousuke.
At the end of episode 29, he made a speech explaining the Aliea Gakuen objectives. Later, when Gemini Storm was almost leaving, he is seen smiling after Endou challenged him. In episode 30 he asks to Raimon why they are here since they can't beat his team, but Endou says that they are here to have another match and challenges them. Reize then says that they can't do this because Raimon have only ten players. He later acespts a match when Touko joins Raimon. At the beginning of the second half he gives the order to his teammates to destroy Raimon. When the score was 31-0 to Gemini Storm, Reize decides to end the match and uses Astro Break to score the 32nd goal, destroying the ball in the process.
He was seen again at the end of episode 32, where, after destroying another school he announces that Gemini Storm is going to Hakuren's school. His team was powerful that they won the first two matches against Raimon without letting Raimon get a point on them and pinning down Endou to the ground by not even giving him a chance to block their shoots but they lost the third match when Fubuki joined the team. They were then "exiled" by Desarm from Epsilon and did not appear again for the entire season, though it was said after the defeat of Aliea Gakuen that both the children from Epsilon and Gemini Storm were fine. In the game, he is found in Kyoto and appears to have lost his memory after being expelled.
Season 3[]
He reappeared again as one of Japan's representatives. During his debut appearance in this season, he comes from the edge of the gym room surrounded by a black aura. Shadow comments that he has a sinister aura. No one recognizes him until he speaks in his usual proverbs. Everyone states that his appearance and attitude is really the opposite from when he was a player of Aliea Gakuen before. As Mukata Masaru confronts him about his school's destruction, Midorikawa replied that he was 'evil' because he really wants to bring out the 'evil character' appearance, suiting their theme of 'alien'. He plays in Kidou's team and makes the second goal using Astro Break after a pass from Toramaru.
He was shown to be training the hardest compared to the other members of Inazuma Japan. He is sometimes shown to be training at night when the other players are sleeping. However, he thinks that he isn't able to get any better with practice and tells a worried Hiroto that it was a mistake to put someone from the second rank team of Aliea Gakuen in the nationals. Hiroto, however, encourages him by reminding him how he developed his game with the others orphans at Ohisama En, and tells him he is stronger than he thinks and telling him the he will be fine, bringing Midorikawa's confidence back.
He was very serious and tensed in the match against Neo Japan, and was shocked that Saginuma Osamu was able to exceed his abilities. However, after Hiroto making him realize that he is stronger, he revived and exhibited a new hissatsu technique, Lightning Accel.
In episode 72, he is in the starting line-up of Inazuma Japan, although he doesn't make much of an appearance and is only seen around a couple of times.
In episode 73 when Inazuma Japan were training for the match against Desert Lion by running for increased endurance he continues running even after training is finished and everybody else has stopped. This is to protect his place as a representative. He is later in the match seen brutally charged past by a Desert Lion player, Zack Abdullah. Because of the heat during the game and his extensive training without rest, he hurt his leg, collapses due to exhaustion and is switched out.
Midorikawa was seen taking a walk with Kazemaru in episode 78 and also the fifth/sixth person to be spying on Endou and Fuyuka while Rika, Touko, Kabeyama and Kurimatsu being the first four. He is also the only one not blushing in episode 78, which shows that he is somewhat comfortable with girls. In the match against Fire Dragon, Midorikawa was injured and was switched out early in the match. Due to the extent of his injury, he was unable to return to Inazuma Japan.
When the team was in Liocott Island for the finals, he sent Hiroto a postcard in episode 101, telling them that he has been keeping well and was training to return to Inazuma Japan and have other matches along with rest of the team. In episode 122, he's seen practicing with Saginuma, being supervised by Coach Hitomiko while watching the FFI finals. Afterwards, they are reunited with Hiroto.
He appears in episode 40, where he, along with Kira Hiroto, meet again with Endou and Kidou at the Resistance's base. It was stated by Kudou that they both joined the Resistance. Hiroto also states that Midorikawa is actually his secretary of Kira Zaibatsu.
In episode 41, he and Hiroto are seen having a reunion with the other members of the Resistance, talking to them about the Fifth Sector's top secret project, named only as "Dragonlink".
In episode 42, he called Hiroto back to the Resistance's base, saying that he discovered what is the Dragonlink project. He is later seen inside of Hiroto's car, going to the Ama no Mikado Stadium in order to warn Endou. He tried to call him, but Endou's cellphone was outside the coverage area.
When Hiroto, Tatsuya and Saginuma visited their school before leaving for Russia, all members of Eisei Gakuen greeted them warmly. Midorikawa made a small speech on team's behalf, stating that for people like them, who grew up in an orphanage, winning in the preliminaries and the possibility of playing on the world stage is extremely important to them. The three of them became their representatives, the best of all possible and thanks to their hard work and commitment they got so far.
Game appearance[]
Character sprite and avatar[]
Overworld
Avatar
Casual (young)
Gemini Storm's uniform
The Genesis' uniform
Inazuma Japan's jacket
Inazuma Japan's uniform
Nippon Daihyou Kouho B's uniform
Inazuma Legend Japan's uniform
Earth Eleven's jacket
Earth Eleven's uniform
Casual (adult)
Victory Road avatar[]
Avatar
Inazuma All Stars' uniform
Aliea Masters' uniform
Strikers avatar[]
Avatar
Sprite
Save icon
Aliea Gakuen
Inazuma Japan
SD avatar[]
Avatar
Sticker
Eisei
Shuurai Junbi
Project K
SD puppet[]
Puppet
Eisei
Shuurai Junbi
Character view[]
Front overview
Back overview
Front close view
Back close view
Gemini Storm's uniform
Inazuma Japan's uniform
The Genesis' uniform (GO)
Inazuma All Stars' uniform
Aliea Masters' uniform (Reize)
SD Character view[]
Front overview
Eisei
Shuurai Junbi
Project K
Recruitment[]
Inazuma Eleven 2
In order to recruit Reize, he has to be talked to first in Kyouto and having defeated Gemini Storm in Furukabu's top right taisen route. After selecting him on Hibiki's scouting machine, he will randomly appear near Hakuren's school area and will only challenge the player to 2 soccer battles if they have Fubuki in their party once talked to.
Inazuma Eleven 3
In order to recruit Midorikawa, Knights of Queen have to be defeated first in the story mode. He will appear randomly next to Raimon's mud field and the player must type the following answers after talking with him:
よくほえる (Yoko hoeru, lit. Bark often; dub: worm);
すべてよし (Subete yoshi, lit. All good; dub: ends well);
いっけんにしかず (Ikken ni shikazu, lit. Believe it or not; dub: believing);
てんめいをまつ (Tenmei o matsu, lit. Wait for destiny; dub: merrier).
Upon entering the answers, he will offer to join the player's party.
Inazuma Eleven GO
Normal form
In order to recruit Midorikawa, the following requirements are needed:
After this, he can be scouted for an amount of 1720 Yuujou points.
Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
Young form
In order to recruit Midorikawa, the following requirements are needed:
Encounter: Midorikawa's Quiz - Part 1 (緑川のクイズ第１問, at past Inazuma Town's Café. The answer to his question is the first option);
Encounter: Midorikawa's Quiz - Part 2 (緑川のクイズ第２問, at Bakumatsu era's North Bridge. The answer to his question is the second option);
Encounter: Midorikawa's Quiz - Part 3 (緑川のクイズ第３問, at Nobunaga era's Festival Field. The answer to his question is the first option);
Encounter: Midorikawa's Quiz - Part 4 (緑川のクイズ第４問, next to Raimon's Soccer Club. The answer to his question is the third option)
After this, he can be scouted by an amount of 2210 Yuujou points.
Adult form
In order to recruit Midorikawa, the following requirements are needed:
Item: Excellent Timetable (すぐれた時刻表, randomly dropped from Team OTK (チームＯＴＫ) at Inazuma Town's Shopping District [present])
Player: Midorikawa (young)
Player: Reize
After this, he can be scouted by an amount of 2600 Yuujou points.
Reize form
In order to recruit Reize, The Lagoon has to be defeated first. Also, the following requirements are needed:
Player: Midorikawa (young)
Record: I Love Photography (写真大好き, take 50 kizunax photographs)
After this, he can be scouted by an amount of 1400 Yuujou points.
Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
Young form
In the Supernova version of the game, Midorikawa can be recruited by selecting him as one of the players that will join Earth Eleven during the Grand Celesta Galaxy. Otherwise, in order to recruit Midorikawa, Ixal Fleet has to be defeated first in the story mode and 5 players have to be scouted from the same community master to make him a scoutable option. Also, the following requirements are needed:
In one of Hino Akihiro's tweets[1], he revealed Midorikawa's alien name, Reize, originated from 始まり (read as "Hajimari"), which, in turn, means the beginning, which was then promptly turned into 00, which can be read as "Rei" (零) and "Zero" (ゼロ) respectively.
Universe's Strongest Confidence (宇宙最強の自信, can be randomly dropped from Raimon Aliea Rengou, The Genesis or Chaos in Gouenji Yuuka's lower taisen route)
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