Aoashi
Aoashi
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Aoashi

7.8
Yr 2022
Rt 24m
Status Returning Series
Animation
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Overview

Ashito Aoi is a young, aspiring soccer player from a backwater town in Japan. His hopes of getting into a high school with a good soccer club are dashed when he causes an incident during a critical match for his team, which results in their loss and elimination from the tournament. Nevertheless, he catches the eye of someone important who happened to be visiting from Tokyo. How will things turn out for Ashito?

Status

Latest

  • Aoashi Season 2 set for October premiere — reported July 6, 2026
Transmission Paths

Where to Watch

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CA • US • UK
Why fans love it

Aoashi takes the traditional sports anime template and grounds it in a technical approach to football. Rather than relying solely on exaggerated special abilities, the series focuses on the mental geometry of the pitch. Ashito Aoi spends as much time deciphering the spatial relationships of his teammates and opponents as he does physically training. The transition from provincial school tournaments to the rigid structure of a youth academy creates a friction that defines the stakes of the competition.

The ensemble cast, including Kouki Osuzu, anchors the series in the daily realities of athletes navigating the path to professional status. It balances the high-pressure tournament environment with the quieter observations of team dynamics and personal growth. By favoring tactical development over pure spectacle, the show turns internal realization into a tool for winning matches. This perspective makes the growth of each squad member feel like an earned tactical evolution rather than a generic power upgrade.

Featured Players

Cast

Credited 75
Regulars 1
Longest run 48 eps
Kouki Osuzu
Kouki Osuzu
as Ashito Aoi (voice)
48 episodes
Tatsumaru Tachibana
Tatsumaru Tachibana
as Eisaku Ohtomo (voice)
22 episodes
Seiichiro Yamashita
Seiichiro Yamashita
as Soichiro Tachibana (voice)
22 episodes
Taku Yashiro
Taku Yashiro
as Keiji Togashi (voice)
19 episodes
Shun Horie
Shun Horie
as Kanpei Kuroda (voice)
13 episodes
Wataru Katoh
Wataru Katoh
as Jun Asari-Marches (voice)
15 episodes
Junya Enoki
Junya Enoki
as Yuma Motoki (voice)
11 episodes
Chikahiro Kobayashi
Chikahiro Kobayashi
as Tatsuya Fukuda (voice)
19 episodes
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Maki Kawase as Hana Ichijo (voice) 21 episodes Reina Ueda as Anri Kaido (voice) 16 episodes Hiroki Yasumoto as Nozomi Date (voice) 20 episodes Kentaro Kumagai as Ryuichi Takeshima (voice) 12 episodes Shunsuke Takeuchi as Nagisa Akutsu (voice) 7 episodes Yuuichirou Umehara as Haruhisa Kuribayashi (voice) 5 episodes Kensho Ono as Taira Nakamura (voice) 9 episodes Mie Sonozaki as Noriko Aoi (voice) 6 episodes Yoshiki Nakajima as Shun Aoi (voice) 6 episodes Yoshitsugu Kawashima as Kogure (voice) 4 episodes Ikumi Hasegawa as Nanami Shiina (voice) 3 episodes Akari Tadano as Sawa Tamano (voice) 3 episodes Shouto Kashii as Futamihama Head Coach (voice) 2 episodes Ayaka Ohnishi as Futamihama Team Manager (voice) 1 episode Shuichiro Umeda as Futamihama Junior Member (voice) 1 episode Takuya Eguchi as Akinori Kaneda (voice) 11 episodes Koutaro Nishiyama as Junnosuke Nakano (voice) 9 episodes Tetsu Inada as Daigo Benzen (voice) 6 episodes Daisuke Sakaguchi as Aki Tsukishima (voice) 16 episodes Jun Fukushima as Toshimune Mibu (voice) 8 episodes Yuuki Sanpei as Spectator (voice) 2 episodes Ikuto Kanemasa as Mamoru Izumi (voice) 1 episode Koki Uchiyama as Yoichi Kiriki (voice) 3 episodes Makoto Furukawa as Eita Takasugi (voice) 3 episodes Akiha Matsui as Emi Kasahara (voice) 3 episodes Takayuki Nakatsukasa as Classmate (voice) 4 episodes Emiko Takeuchi as Midori Haruta (voice) 4 episodes Shoumaru Zouza as Kurume Daiichi High Player (voice) 15 episodes Yoji Ueda as Jun Kase (voice) 1 episode Shuichi Uchida as Yui Masuko (voice) 7 episodes Kurita Itsuki as Katsuyori Isshiki (voice) 4 episodes Rikuya Yasuda as Kengo Myojin (voice) 2 episodes Hayato Komiya as Wataru Kameyama (voice) 4 episodes Mitsuaki Kanuka as Hana's Father (voice) 1 episode Takaaki Torashima as Classmate (voice) 13 episodes Hana Takeda as Tatsuya's Mother (voice) 1 episode Yuri Fujiwara as Parent (voice) 1 episode Karin Nanami as Parent (voice) 1 episode Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kenta Yoshitsune (voice) 4 episodes Yoshiyuki Matsuura as Toji Kobayakawa (voice) 2 episodes Kouji Takeda as Shimomura's Head Coach (voice) 1 episode Yuki Tamai as Tokyo Myosen High School Principal (voice) 15 episodes Reona Irie as Seikyo Player (voice) 2 episodes Tetsuei Sumiya as Seikyo Player (voice) 2 episodes Ko Bonkobara as Seikyo Player (voice) 2 episodes Hiromichi Tezuka as Referee (voice) 15 episodes Yu Miyazaki as Seikyo Player (voice) 2 episodes Shinya Takahashi as Play-by-Play Commentator (voice) 3 episodes Aya Endo as Crow (voice) 1 episode Hana Sato as Parent (voice) 2 episodes Akinori Egoshi as Seikyo Player (voice) 4 episodes Daisuke Kasuya as Makoto Shimizu (voice) 4 episodes Yuu Kanda as Takumu Numazu (voice) 2 episodes Mikako Komatsu as Aoi Kaneko (voice) 10 episodes Yuuki Shin as Tama Sports U Player (voice) 2 episodes Takuya Nakashima as Tama Sports U Player (voice) 2 episodes Haruki Asada as Tama Sports U Player (voice) 2 episodes Kanata Ono as Tama Sports U Player (voice) 2 episodes Tomohiro Ono as Kento Sugawara (voice) 5 episodes Yuki Ono as Chiaki Muto (voice) 5 episodes Tomoaki Maeno as Koji Satake (voice) 5 episodes Kei Shindo as Miyako Tachibana (voice) 5 episodes Teppei Uenishi as Spectator (voice) 3 episodes Masato Niwa as Kanji Nikaido (voice) 5 episodes Souhei Horikane as Mitsuya (voice) 3 episodes Naoya Nakagome as Ishikura (voice) 2 episodes Kosei Matsumoto as Musashino Coach (voice) 2 episodes
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Keywords

competition sports slice of life school tournament football (soccer) based on manga seinen anime special ability team sports
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Details

First Aired
April 09, 2022
Status
Returning Series
Episode Runtime
24 minutes
Origin
JP
TMDB Votes
70