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Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

20028.61 Season52 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Kyosuke Kano has lived under the shadow of his successful brother Seisuke all his life who is a professional soccer player.

Created by Yoshiyuki Suga
Written by Yoshiyuki Suga, Yoichi Takahashi
Produced by Shunichi Kosao, Katsunori Naruke
NetworksFuji TV

Top Cast

Natsuki Kato

Natsuki Kato

Miki Tsujiwaki (voice)

Masaya Takatsuka

Masaya Takatsuka

Kōji Sakai Jefferson (voice)

Kenji Nomura

Kenji Nomura

Gohzo Kamata (voice)

Yoshikazu Nagano

Yoshikazu Nagano

Toshiya Sako (voice)

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Hiroshi Ichikawa (voice)

Yoshiro Matsumoto

Yoshiro Matsumoto

Masashi Esaka (voice)

Kenichi Suzumura

Kenichi Suzumura

Yūya Kiba (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Masahiko Shinkawa (voice)

Eiji Takemoto

Eiji Takemoto

Kazuya Muroi (voice)

Takashi Matsuyama

Takashi Matsuyama

Kazuo Murakami (voice)

Themes & Keywords

competitiontalentsportsslice of lifeschoolfootball (soccer)based on mangashounenanimeboys

About Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

Hungry Heart: Wild Striker is a animation, comedy, drama series that first aired in 2002 exploring themes of competition, talent, sports, slice of life, school, football (soccer). Created by Yoshiyuki Suga, it stars Natsuki Kato, Masaya Takatsuka, Kenji Nomura. Kyosuke Kano has lived under the shadow of his successful brother Seisuke all his life who is a professional soccer player.

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