Haru Hayate

Standing among the tallest bodies on the Japan U-20 roster, Hayate cuts a long, wiry figure at 186 centimeters. His spiky hair reads white in the manga and light yellow in the anime, and his eyes stay wide and alert, a look often compared to Seishiro Nagi. Brown irises finish off the resemblance.

Around the game Hayate keeps an even, unhurried temperament. He has a knack for spotting the small tics and habits in other players and tends to remark on them.

Hayate came up through the Bachi United Chiba club before Blue Lock recruited him, and inside the program his job centered on shutting down attacks. The Egoist Bible frames his true weapon as a reading ability, an instinct for singling out which striker poses the biggest threat, so when possession is lost he stalls the danger long enough for his back line to win the ball back. He claimed a starting berth on Japan U-20 and carried that into the Neo Egoist League with FC Barcha, Spain's entry, wearing number 22. Finishing the fifth round in 26th place cost him his spot in the project, though a bid worth twenty million yen from Kroningen, the club modeled on FC Groningen, chased him out the door.