Tsunami Jousuke (綱海条介, Tsunami Jōsuke) is a major supporting character introduced in the Inazuma Eleven series. He is a defender and the former captain for Oumihara, and, later a defender for Second Raimon.
JP:The surfer of the soccer field. He is well-liked with his easy going personality. (T.B.A. ) EN:This easy-going guy plays with the grace and balance learned on his surfboard.
Inazuma Eleven 3
JP:An energetic and deeply compassionate man of the sea. "There's no wave I can't ride, you know!". (T.B.A. ) EN:There's no wave that this surfer dude won't ride! He has a real affinity for the sea.
GO
JP:An energetic and deeply compassionate man of the sea. "There's no wave I can't ride, you know!". (T.B.A. ) EN:There's no wave this laid-back surfer dude won't ride!
Chrono Stone
JP:An energetic and deeply compassionate man of the sea. "There's no wave I can't ride, you know!". (T.B.A. ) EN:There's no wave that this surfer dude won't ride! He loves the sea.
Galaxy
A nice man of the sea who likes surfin' and riding. He boldly states "There's no wave I can't ride, you know!". (T.B.A. )
Victory Road
JP:An energetic and deeply compassionate man of the sea. "There's no wave I can't ride, you know!". (T.B.A. ) EN:A compassionate man of the sea who's always in high spirits. "Never seen a wave I couldn't ride!"
Spin-offs
Strikers
JP:An energetic and deeply compassionate man of the sea. "There's no wave I can't ride, you know!". (T.B.A. ) EN:There's no wave this groovy surf dude can't ride!
Strikers 2012 Xtreme
GO Strikers 2013
SD
The surfer of the soccer field. He is well-liked with his easy going personality. (T.B.A. )
Adult form
Chrono Stone
JP:A man of the sea who's still energetic as an adult. "There's still no wave I can't ride, you know!" (T.B.A. ) EN:Adult or not, there's no wave that this surfer dude won't ride!
Galaxy
A man of the sea who's still energetic as an adult. It seems there's still no wave he can't ride. (T.B.A. )
Spin-offs
GO Strikers 2013
A man of the sea who's still energetic as an adult. "There's still no wave I can't ride, you know!" (T.B.A. )
Eleven License
A reliable DF with high physical ability and a big brotherly spirit. His generous, cheerful, and caring nature makes him an emotional support for his teammates.
Tsunami cheerfully encouraged Tachimukai when he was troubled, and Tachimukai never gave up, and as a result of repeated training with Tsunami, he mastered a special technique called the "Ultimate Heart".
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Appearance[]
Tsunami is tall with dark skin. His hair is colored pink and sticks up a little. He wears white goggles on his head but does not use them often, unless he is surfing.
His casual clothing in the fifth ending song comprises a dark yellow shirt and a pair of vermilion shorts. He wears a black knotted bracelet and green sandals.
In the Inazuma Eleven GO series, his hairstyle is quite similar to that of his younger form. He is also a lot taller now and is shown to have started wearing glasses and a blue shirt.
Personality[]
He is very energetic, optimistic and supportive of his teammates. He loves the sea, calling himself a "man of the ocean".
He is seen as a cool character in the team. Being the oldest, he is the "big brother" figure on the team. He is also very laid-back and doesn't mind if his juniors treat him weirdly.
He tends to take things lightly, stating that soccer doesn't seem to be as complicated as surfing. When he quotes something, he usually compares it to the 'vastness of the sea' or something to do with the ocean, showing how much he respects the ocean and how devoted he is to surfing; this could be the reason why all of his moves are related to the sea. As Megane noticed, he has uncanny athletic sense, which he demonstrates by created his own shoot hissatsu on his first day of playing soccer. When he is asked to explain something, he answers without giving away the answer, usually saying something about how the sea functions. He is 15 years old in Inazuma Eleven and 25 years old in Inazuma Eleven GO.
He played for the team even though Tsunami didn't know anything about soccer at first. The story was that Raimon first met Tsunami on their way to Okinawa believing that Gouenji Shuuya would be there. They stopped at an island, but Megane Kakeru fell off their ship and into the ocean, where Tsunami saved him.
He was later seen surfing and saw Raimon playing soccer on the beach. He joined them in their game, stating that he believed soccer was easier than surfing, which Zaizen Touko took insultingly. He was quick in learning soccer and released a powerful shot in his first meeting with Endou Mamoru, called Tsunami Boost beating Endou's makeshift Seigi no Tekken. Impressing the group, they had dinner together with the swordfish he caught and he bids them goodbye as they go to Okinawa. When Tsunami was having a talk with Raimon, he reveals that his age was 15, which gave them a great shock. They tell him sorry for calling him by his name, but he says it is okay to call him by his name.
Later while Raimon searched for Gouenji in Okinawa, they meet Tsunami again. He reveals to Raimon that he has joined his school's soccer club because he had fun in the match against Raimon and that his team wants to have a game with them. His team plays incredibly good as they are able to evade Raimon's attack and manage to steal the balls. After the match, he joins Raimon. He taught Endou how to surf in order to complete the Seigi no Tekken. In the match against Epsilon Kai, he was fiercely determined to win and he joined soon after that. Though downhearted after Epsilon Kai is able to get past Endou's Seigi no Tekken, he is able to stop the second attempt by using his own body like a force field.
Season 3[]
Tsunami was called by Hibiki Seigou to be one of the Japan representatives. Before the match, he asks Endou if he knows why they are there, but the second answers that he doesn't know. When Megane Kazuto shoots, he says that it is a "spectacular shoot". After this, he is placed in Team A, which is Endou's team. When the Inazuma Japan's uniform is introduced he says that "It has the same color as the sea. I like it". During the representative choice match, he saves Team A goal's after Fudou Akio tried to cover-up Endou and Tobitaka Seiya with the ball. Later he tried to stop Kazemaru Ichirouta from advance through the field but is thrown to the side by the wind that Kazemaru created by his speed. After this, he tried to score a goal with Tsunami Boost, but the hissatsu technique is stopped by Kazemaru, Kurimatsu Teppei and Kogure Yuuya. After the match, Tsunami is chosen as one of the sixteen members to integrate Inazuma Japan.
In their match against Big Waves, he formed a rivalry against the captain of Big Waves, Niese Dolphin, when he stated that he was the greatest surfer in the world. During the match, Tsunami was able to bring out a new hissatsu, The Typhoon. When Big Waves lost, Dolphin admitted that Tsunami is the best surfer.
Before their match against Fire Dragon, he forced Kabeyama to train for a hissatsu technique, that at the Fire Dragon match, Kabeyama ended up completing with Kazemaru instead. Tsunami instead was injured on the bench and mentions how Kazemaru ended up replacing him for the co-op move with Kabeyama, but stated how he did not mind that.
On the way to Liocott Island, he admits he's terrified of flying on episode 85, stating that he was made for ocean. Before the party at England area, Tsunami remarked that Aki, Otonashi and Fuyuka looked "better then I thought" when he saw them wearing formal dresses. With that, the rest of the formally dressed teammates got angry with him and Otonashi glared, with Kidou looking very annoyed with what Tsunami stated.
In the match against Unicorn, coach Kudou told him to do the corner kick, and he was surprised at first. But then, he pulled off The Tube, which surprised Ichinose and scored the second goal. Then, he played against Little Gigant along with the rest of Inazuma Japan in the finals. When they won, he was also invited to the graduation match where he is seen in Raimon after returning to Japan. He also said that they will try and make legends although he was the only one in the graduation match who was in high school.
At the end, they had one last graduation match with one another, which ended in both groups not scoring a goal, since they were all equally matched. After the match, 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. Tsunami also talks about high school soccer and about what it was missing then he said that he finally realized that the thing it was missing was them.
So far his appearance is only shown in the game. His first appearance is when Tenma was feeling unwell after being selected as the captain of Raimon, he appears before Tenma and encourages him. His second appearance is in a cutscene where he watches Raimon's final match in Heavenly Emperor Stadium along with Tachimukai and Fubuki.
He is seen with his team, Inazuma Legend Japan, to play against Shinsei Inazuma Japan. In the match, he tried to steal the ball in mid-air from Hakuryuu but due to Hakuryuu calling out his Keshin, he failed. Later, he received the ball and used Sparkle Wave to make a chain shoot with Endou's Gigaton Head, thus scoring the first goal. Afterward, just like everyone else, he was shocked at the LBX army. Then, he helped Endou to use Great The Hand but soon disappeared with his teammates due to Fran's power.
Game appearance[]
Character sprite and avatar[]
Overworld
Avatar
Oumihara's uniform
Second Raimon's jacket
Second Raimon's uniform
Inazuma Japan's jacket
Inazuma Japan's uniform
Tuxedo
Shiro Gumi's uniform
Casual (adult)
Inazuma Legend Japan's uniform
Earth Eleven's uniform
Victory Road avatar[]
Avatar
Second Raimon's uniform
B Team's uniform
Inazuma All Stars' uniform
Strikers avatar[]
Avatar
Sprite
Save icon
Second Raimon
Inazuma Japan
Legend Japan
SD avatar[]
Avatar
Sticker
Kira Natsu
SD puppet[]
Puppet
Kira Natsu
Character view[]
Front overview
Back overview
Front close view
Back close view
Oumihara's uniform
Inazuma Japan's uniform
Raimon's uniform (GO)
B Team's uniform (GO)
Inazuma Legend Japan's uniform
Raimon's uniform (Victory Road)
Inazuma All Stars' uniform
SD Character view[]
Front overview
Kira Natsu
Recruitment[]
Inazuma Eleven GO
In order to recruit Tsunami, the following requirements are needed:
After this, he can be scouted for an amount of 3240 Yuujou points.
Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
Young form
In order to recruit Tsunami, 3 players have to be scouted first from the same community master to make him a scoutable option. Afterwards, the player needs to find and talk to him 4 times:
Encounter: Finding old connections! 1 (昔のつなみを探そう！その１, in the Kemono no Tani)
Encounter: Finding old connections! 2 (昔のつなみを探そう！その２, near God Eden's harbor)
Encounter: Finding old connections! 3 (昔のつなみを探そう！その３, near the Orléans Bridge Field in the France era)
Encounter: Finding old connections! 4 (昔のつなみを探そう！その４, near Okinawa's Beach Ground)
After this, he can be scouted for an amount of 1300 Yuujou points.
Adult form
In order to recruit Tsunami, the following requirements are needed:
After this, he can be scouted for an amount of 2600 Yuujou points.
Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
Young form
In the Big Bang version of the game, Tsunami 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 Tsunami, Ixal Fleet has to be defeated first in the story mode and 10 players have to be scouted from the same community master to make him a scoutable option. Also, the following requirements are needed:
Furthermore, in the Inazuma Eleven GO game, Tenma mentions that he and Tsunami used to play soccer when he was in Okinawa.
In the Inazuma Eleven anime, Tsunami is revealed to be 15 years old[1], which makes him the oldest on the Raimon team and the only character whose age is specified.
In Inazuma Eleven SD, game files indicate his Shuurenjou form was planned to appear as a playable figure, but, ultimately, ended up being unused.
In version 1.1.4 of Inazuma Eleven Eiyuutachi no Victory Road's beta, his model was updated to better resemble his appearance in the Inazuma Eleven anime.
Raging Waves' Bottle Ship (荒波のボトルシップ, randomly dropped from Kaiou Gakuen in Furukabu's upper taisen route)
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