Fuwa

Fuwa was the coach under whose control ETU was dropped from the first division to the second division. He dislikes the ETU management and believes that the management of ETU is inadequate, blaming them for ETU's poor track record. He pities Tatsumi as Tatsumi is coaching a team with no foreign players. Fuwa has stated that he cannot imagine coaching a team with no foreign players and has himself hand picked three Brazilian players for Nagoya Grand Palace, believing that the Brazilians also elevated the playing style of the Japanese players around them with their skill and experience. However, Itagaki, the former lead striker and star of Nagoya Grand Palace is more frustrated than anything else by the presence of the Brazilians and, in addition, Tatsumi was able to find and exploit a weak spot in the team's defense when he realized that the Nagoya Grand Palace defenders were all taking their cues from Carlos (one of the Brazilian midfielders) and if he moved even a little up the field, the defense collapsed.