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Blue Lock

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Latest chapter356Rainbow Knight5 August 2026
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Players
212
Chapters
356
Episodes
41
Current arc
U-20 World Cup Arc

Current tournament

U-20 World Cup

Hosted in Japan, contested by under-20 national sides.

Records updated 9 August 2026

Qualification format

  1. 01Entrants64 teams

    Sixty-four nations enter, split into sixteen groups of four.

  2. 02Final tournament32 teams

    The top two from each group advance to a thirty-two team knockout.

  3. 03Winner1 team

    One nation is left standing.

Japan's group

Group A results

  • Japan4 : 0NigeriaCh 312 to 325
  • England1 : 2FranceCh 329
  • France4 : 2JapanCh 330 to 347
  • England5 : 1NigeriaCh 351
  • England1 : 0JapanIn progress
  • FranceTBDNigeriaNot yet shown

Named entrants

Japan: named players on record

27

Every Japan player named in the series so far. Entry rules cap a matchday squad at 26, so this list is wider than the eleven that take the field. Other nations show fewer names simply because fewer of their players have appeared.

Coaching staff

Most recent releases

Latest chapters

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By latest recorded ranking

Top ranked players

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Watch

The anime teaser

Blue Lock TV anime teaser

TVアニメ『ブルーロック』ティザーPV

The teaser that introduced the anime adaptation, published by the production company.

バンダイナムコフィルムワークス チャンネル

Serialisation spine

Story arcs

  1. 01Introduction Arc300 high school forwards are gathered in order to create Japan's greatest striker, using the unknown Blue Lock Project, coached by the mysterious Jinpachi Ego.Ch 1 to 42 episodes
  2. 02First Selection ArcTwenty-five teams are divided into five sectors to perform a round-robin match, where the top two teams of each sector will survive and the remaining three teams are expelled. However, there is still a chance for the top-scoring strikers of the remaining three teams to advance to the next selection.Ch 5 to 389 episodes
  3. 03Second Selection ArcDetermined to sharpen the egos of his players, Ego pronounces that the remaining forwards must form a group of 5 at the end of Second Selection to advance to the next stage.Ch 39 to 8613 episodes
  4. 04Third Selection ArcForming a team of five, Isagi, Bachira, Rin, Jyubei, and Tokimitsu play against five world class players. Afterward, Blue Lock's remaining 35 players have to participate in either teams "A", "B", or "C" to prove their skills and ability to coexist with the top six Blue Lock players: Rin, Shido, Karasu, Otoya, Yukimiya, and Nagi. The best eleven players will be chosen to form the Blue Lock Eleven to challenge Japan's U-20 team.Ch 87 to 1087 episodes
  5. 05U-20 ArcThe Blue Lock Eleven will face the Japan U-20 in a National Representative match for the chance to secure control of the Japan National team and show their skills to the world. But with Sae Itoshi leading the team and Ryusei Shido joining him, how will Blue Lock overcome this immense challenge?Ch 109 to 15110 episodes
  6. 06Neo Egoist League ArcThe Second Phase of Blue Lock sees the program turn into a massive entertainment project with the sole purpose of further training its players for the U-20 World Cup. U20 level teams of Germany, England, Spain, Italy and France are brought to Blue Lock and each Blue Lock player must choose a country they want to train under and then put their skills to the test in a hyper dynamic tourney. The top players during this final selection will be chosen to play in the U-20 World Cup.Ch 152 to 302Not yet adapted
  7. 07U-20 World Cup ArcOn June 18, 2019, the U-20 World Cup takes place in Japan, with a total of 64 countries attending, described as the highest number of attending countries in football history. The countries to be joining are France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil and many others, as well as The New Generation World XI will join the event. Meanwhile Hirotoshi Buratsuta is running Side-B.Ch 303 to 356Not yet adapted