Itsuki Wakatsuki

Wakatsuki is a toned young man who stands a shade above average height. His shoulder-length hair, black in the manga and army green in the anime, hangs loose even mid-match, held back only by a string headband. Big, round black eyes sit above deep bags that trail into what could be liner along their outer edges, framed by wispy brows. Three freckles cluster on each cheek in the shape of an inverted triangle. He is regularly seen in the Japan U-20 shirt under the number six.

Wakatsuki plays as a defensive midfielder, a central role tilted toward defending over attacking. It demands the power to win hard tackles, the stamina to keep working, and enough passing range to link with the midfielders ahead of him. The Egoist Bible pins his real strength on his judgment when reading defensive situations.

Wakatsuki arrives in Chapter 112, adapted in the anime's twenty-ninth episode, as part of the Japan U-20. The Neo Egoist League saw him folded into FC Barcha's Spanish setup as a reserve, but a 33rd-place finish after the fifth round left him dropped from Blue Lock. He was already tied to Jubilee Iwata before the tournament, and once it ended the club came back with a five million yen offer. His name couples a surname meaning a young moon with a given name meaning a tree.