BLUE LOCK: Season 1
2022 · 38 episodes · ★ 7.2
What Season 1 of BLUE LOCK
Yoichi Isagi has just been knocked out with his high school team in the prefectural final. Just as he thinks his football journey is over, he receives a letter inviting him to a strange experiment. Blue Lock brings together 300 students, all strikers, under a plan by the Japan Football Union to develop the forward who will lead Japan to the World Cup. The participants compete against each other for the spot and for the title of top scorer. Ego leads the project and tests the tension between selfishness and teamwork. Isagi must decide how far his ambition will take him, while his rivals either support one another or betray each other depending on what suits them.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 Dream
Isagi Yoichi, a first-year forward, loses his chance for the Nationals because he has passed the ball to his fellow player in front of the goal. That's when he receives an invitation for Blue Lock. It's a facility to train one world's greatest striker out of 300 high-school-aged forwards so that Japan can win the World Cup.
Directing: Tetsuaki Watanabe, Masao Kawase · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Rikiya Koyama, Sho Fujisawa, Mai Nakahara, Kouichi Souma
1x02 Monster
Kira is eliminated from Blue Lock, and with that, the first day at the Blue Lock that promises to create the greatest center forward in the world begins in Isagi Yoichi 's life.
Directing: Shunsuke Ishikawa · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Kenichi Suzumura, Ryunosuke Watanuki, Daishi Kajita
1x03 Soccer's "Zero"
The first selection is the round-robin tournament of five teams of V, W, X, Y and Z in Building Five, with only top two teams being eligible to move forward. Isagi's Team Z, the lowest ranking team, plays against Team X. But because of the special rule that allows the top scorer of the team to proceed to the next section, the match turns into chaotic scrambling for the ball, regardless of the teams. It was Barou Shoei, Team X's formidable striker, who changes the flow of the game.
Directing: Kazuki Yokoyama · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryunosuke Watanuki, Daishi Kajita, Shugo Nakamura
1x04 Premonition and Intuition
Team Z was crushed by Team X, who centered the offensive play around egoistical yet skilled Barou. Responding to Ego's urge to "take up a weapon," the players discuss what their weapons are in preparation for the next match. However, Isagi struggles to identify what it is. Using "the smell of the goal" he felt in the game against Team X as a hint, Isagi and the others go against Team Y in the next match.
Directing: Takahiro Enokida · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Ryunosuke Watanuki, Daishi Kajita, Shugo Nakamura, Shoya Chiba
1x05 To Be Reborn
Isagi relies on "the smell of the goal," his raw instincts, to make a move, and it leads to the fierce battle of "reading" each other's hand with Team Y's playmaker, Niko Ikki. Isagi and Niko's battle as they both watch over the whole field and throw their ego at each other, brings them to the last one minute of the match. Can Isagi and Team Z beat Niko's final strategy, "One Time Kill Counter"?
Directing: Chihiro Kumano · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryunosuke Watanuki, Daishi Kajita, Shugo Nakamura
1x06 I'm Sorry
After the match with Team Y, Isagi's rank moved up, and he became the center of the team. The next match is against Team W, led by the Wanima twins. Their eye contact and impeccable combinations are hard to beat. They used to play in the same team as Chigiri Hyoma, and they use his past trauma to egg him on. Chigiri says that he joined Blue Lock to find a reason to quit soccer. Team Z leads the game with Kuon's play. Everyone's elated for the good start of the match, but Isagi feels something is off.
Directing: Tatsuya Ishiguro · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryunosuke Watanuki, Daishi Kajita, Shugo Nakamura
1x07 Rush
Because of Kuon’s betrayal, Team Z is faced with a desperate situation of playing 12-on-10, with the opponent knowing everything about their weapons and strategies. Even under such a circumstance, Team Z never gives up on the fight, and Isagi continues to believe in himself. Inspired by their passion, Chigiri runs through the field at an incredible speed, his weapon he has sealed away. His ego rocks the match when they are losing at 3-4.
Directing: Akira Toba, Yoshito Mikamo · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Ryunosuke Watanuki, Daishi Kajita, Shugo Nakamura, Shoya Chiba
1x08 The Formula for Goals
The Z team has only one game left to play, and it will decide the future of its members. While everyone seems to be nervous about the kickoff, Isagi is trying to find a way to score goals without anyone's help.
Directing: Kentaro Sugimoto · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryunosuke Watanuki, Daishi Kajita, Shugo Nakamura
1x09 Awakening
The match continues to leave Team Z scared of Nagi's abilities. However, one of the members is not scared, even though they are facing a soccer genius...?
Directing: Takayuki Tanaka · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryunosuke Watanuki, Daishi Kajita, Shugo Nakamura
1x10 Just the Way It Is
Each player unleashed their weapon and ego, and Team Z has caught up to a draw. They totally have the momentum of the game, but that has “awakened” Team V’s monster, Nagi. In the chain reaction to awakening, Isagi also learns to use his weapon and keeps fighting. The “heat” generated by the clashing of ego from both teams starts to affect Kuon as well.
Directing: Kazuki Yokoyama · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Ryunosuke Watanuki, Daishi Kajita, Shugo Nakamura, Shoya Chiba
1x11 The Final Piece
Team Z launches a final counter to try and win against Team V. Isagi is trying to find the last piece he needs to crack the formula to become a goal machine.
Directing: Norio Kajima · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryunosuke Watanuki, Daishi Kajita, Shugo Nakamura
1x12 The Second Selection
With many dropouts, the "Blue Lock" project enters the second selection. A harsh second selection where former friends become rivals and former enemies become allies at a dizzying pace. There, Isagi meets Rin, the most powerful egoist ever, the younger brother of the genius Itoshi Sae, and the new Blue Lock ranking TOP ranker. Seeking further evolution, Isagi's fight advances to a new stage.
Directing: Yusuke Onoda · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Eri Yukimura, Yuma Uchida, Koki Uchiyama
1x13 TOP3
In this new stage of the second selection, the white team formed by Isagi, Nagi and Bachira will finally go against the top three in the ranking of the previous stage, running the risk of losing one of their three players if they lose the game. Still, the willingness to test their new skills against the top three is much stronger in the white team members.Will they be able to win this match?
Directing: Yasushi Muroya · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Eri Yukimura, Koki Uchiyama, Katsuyuki Konishi
1x14 The Geniuses and the Average Joes
The loss of Bachira on his team makes Isagi very anxious about what his future with Nagi will be like. To make matters worse, the situation is now even more complex: the ideal would be to go against a weaker team, but that would mean taking a weaker player too, which would make it more difficult to advance the next stages. So what are Isagi and Nagi going to do?
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura, Fukutarou Hattori · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Daishi Kajita
1x15 Devour
Isagi realizes that the conclusion of the match is in his and Naruhaya's hands. However, how will he go about beating Naruhaya? This will be a game that will not depend on genius players, but on "mediocre" players.
Directing: Yoshito Mikamo, Shintaro Inokawa · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Daishi Kajita, Eri Yukimura, Yuma Uchida, Yui Horie
1x16 Tri-Fusion
Barou joins Isagi and Nagi's team, already causing quite a stir with his conflicts with Nagi. Isagi is trying to see a way to mediate these two, which will be very complicated.
Directing: Kohei Kuratomi · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Daishi Kajita, Eri Yukimura, Bin Shimada
1x17 Donkey
Isagi begins to realize that his former teammates made a great trio with Reo, making the best use of their own weapons. Now, he'll have to think about how he's going to get his much-desired "chemical reaction" with Nagi and Barou, if not, he won't be able to win. That said, the Barou remain not very cooperative...
Directing: Yusuke Onoda, Shintaro Inokawa · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Daishi Kajita, Yuma Uchida
1x18 The Stage for the Lead
By understanding and enhancing each other’s weapons, Isagi and Nagi are drawing countless paths to the goal. In contrast, with Chigiri, who has further evolved, at the center, Kunigami and Reo find themselves struggling to keep up, and a back-and-forth battle unfolds on the field. Meanwhile, Barou, who should have been the king of the field, was left behind in the evolutionary chain because of his overpowering ego. Having been robbed of the leading role on the field by Isagi, Barou finally falls to his knees.
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura, Fukutarou Hattori · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Eri Yukimura, Yuma Uchida, Shizuka Ishigami
1x19 Dancing Boy
Isagi and his friends barely manage to win as Barou awakens as the "villain" of the field. In order to cause a further "chemical reaction", they take away the only player who showed their ego to "eat" themselves and advance to the force stage. On the other hand, Bachira, who is looking for an opponent for the next match with TOP3, sees through the existence of a "Monster" in himself during training with Rin, and faces his own "ego".
Directing: Norio Kajima · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Kenichi Suzumura, Yuma Uchida, Koki Uchiyama
1x20 Super Link-Up Play
Finally, Isagi and Nagi are going to have a rematch with Rin's team. However, adding Bachira to Rin's team will bring some unforeseen circumstances.
Directing: Takayuki Tanaka, Tokihiro Sasaki · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Koki Uchiyama, Katsuyuki Konishi, Shinnosuke Tachibana
1x21 I'm Not There
Isagi captures everything that’s happening in the field to see its future, and Nagi controls the space. Their combination bursts, and their series of play lights up the fire in Rin. Rin’s dominating play that encompasses everything on the field, from the skills of all players, the ball, positioning and tactics gradually corners Isagi’s team once again. As chaos and ego clash, one man is covertly sharpening his fangs to devour the game dominated by Rin.
Directing: Kohei Kuratomi · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Eri Yukimura, Koki Uchiyama, Katsuyuki Konishi
1x22 Voice
The thrill of finally finding the "monsters" with overwhelming talent became short-lived, as Bachira realizes he's being left behind in the battle between Isagi and Rin. Meanwhile, the game is reaching its final stage, with a fierce back-and-forth battle led by the wild card, Barou. As Isagi takes his skills to the next level under extreme conditions, Bachira is forced to confront his own "ego" amidst the intensity of the situation. Where will their newfound powers take them, and what impact will it have on the game's outcome?
Directing: Kazuki Yokoyama · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Koki Uchiyama, Katsuyuki Konishi, Shinnosuke Tachibana, Miho Okasaki
1x23 Luck
Bachira sheds his ideal of the "monster" and finally awakens his own ego. Until now, Bachira had been seeking someone to follow, but now he charges forward towards his own goal, finding in Isagi a companion who trusts in his ego. Isagi performs a decisive cut, but the ball made its merciless way to the victor's side... The time for the ultimate showdown has arrived, making sparks fly as the eight egoists clash. Which team will emerge victorious in the second selection's "Rivalry Battle"?
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura, Fukutarou Hattori · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Eri Yukimura, Koki Uchiyama, Katsuyuki Konishi
1x24 The Time Has Come Season Finale
Rin chooses to add Isagi to his team, and together with Bachira they pass the second selection. Waiting for them on the other side is a 5-on-5 match against a team of world-class players. Thanks to Isagi, Bachira, and Rin's coordinated play, they manage to score the first goal, but they soon find themselves overwhelmed by the opposing team's superior skill and ability. Despite this, they desperately keep fighting until the last second, unleashing their own "egos." As a result, the "Blue Lock" project, aiming to produce the world's greatest striker, enters a new phase.
Directing: Tetsuaki Watanabe, Kohei Kuratomi · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Sho Fujisawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Eri Yukimura, Bin Shimada
1x25 Tryouts
35 forwards remain after the 2nd selection at Blue Lock. With a big match against Japan's U-20s in three weeks, Ego announces that the team will be centered around the top 6 players. The tryouts for the rest of the positions begin.
1x26 The Assassin and the Ninja
Isagi is chosen as Team A1 along with Nanase and Hiori to play against Team B1, which includes Karasu, Otoya, and Chigiri. While Isagi struggles to find a way into the game, Chigiri and Hiori demonstrate their worth.
Writing: Taku Kishimoto
1x27 The World You Feel
Seeing how incompatible Rin and Shidou are, Isagi hopes to take advantage of it. However, his physical abilities are not enough to get him where he needs to be. Then, Hiori suggests that Isagi does the thinking "on reflex."
1x28 Chameleon
Isagi looks back and analyzes what he did when he scored a goal on reflex. Then, when the second match begins, Reo finds his new playstyle: Chameleon.
1x29 FLOW
The tryouts are complete, and Isagi is chosen for the starting lineup. But Shidou is nowhere to be seen... It turns out Sae has picked him to join the U-20s. Meanwhile, Ego begins the final training camp, where he discusses the secret of "flow."
1x30 The Big Stage
The exhibition match between Blue Lock and Japan's U-20s has finally kicked off. The first play Bachira and Isagi set up has been swiftly shut down by the U-20s' captain, Aiku, and Isagi finds a new challenge in him.
1x31 Itoshi Sae
When Itoshi Sae scores the first goal of the match, the crowd goes wild, making it clear to Team Blue Lock that they're here to watch Sae. Rin changes the strategy and Nagi makes the memorable first goal for Team Blue Lock.
1x32 Blue Genes
Rin and Sae's sibling match goes to Sae as he takes the ball. But Niko, Karasu, Otoya, and Chigiri set up another goal chance, and Rin scores despite shooting on his non-dominant leg. At 1-2, the U-20s are finally ready to go all out.
1x33 Night Snow
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri's families are happy to see their sons on the field. Meanwhile, we get a glimpse of what transpired between Rin and Sae. Sae is about to quit the match, but he decides to stay when Shidou is thrown into the fray.
1x34 The Subs Take to the Stage
Shidou joins the match in the second half and throws everyone off with his crazy play. After he scores a free kick, Chigiri and Niko get swapped out with Reo and Hiori. With Blue Lock’s new formation, Reo proves his worth with Chameleon Defense.
1x35 What You Taught Us
Shidou enters the "flow" and unleashes his Big Bang Drive to score another goal. Isagi demands that Ego let them win, and Ego subs Barou in to cause chaos on the field. And the other players start to find their "flow"...
1x36 Flowers
As Aiku looks back on why he converted to a defender, the U-20s uses their specialty quick attack. Reo copies Nagi's skill to hold them off. Isagi yields the last step to Rin, which is stolen by Barou who has waited for the chance in the dark.
1x37 Not Alone
Seeing the players' upgrade, Sae takes the play to the next level. In response, Rin starts to align his thought process to Sae and drastically changes his play style . Then Rin realizes that Blue Lock players have been keeping up with his play.
1x38 Last Attack Season Finale
Rin enters his "flow," and Isagi's faith in Rin's trance state pays off when Isagi applies what he's learned about the mechanism of luck back when he lost to Rin. Can the Blue Lock XI beat Japan's U-20s, and what awaits them after the match?
Directing: Kentaro Sugimoto, Hajime Nihira · Writing: Taku Kishimoto · Starring: Mamoru Miyano
Season 1 Cast
Kazuki UraYoichi Isagi (voice)38 episodes
Tasuku KaitoMeguru Bachira (voice)38 episodes
Junichi SuwabeShoei Baro (voice)38 episodes
Hiroshi KamiyaJinpachi Ego (voice)16 episodes
Eri YukimuraAnri Teieri (voice)16 episodes
Daishi KajitaAsahi Naruhaya (voice)15 episodes
Sho FujisawaTeam Y No. 11 (voice)15 episodes
Akito SugibayashiTeam V No. 3 (voice)13 episodes
Ryunosuke WatanukiNamikaze High School Principal (voice)13 episodes
Aoi IchikawaGurimu Igarashi (voice)13 episodes
Shugo NakamuraGin Gagamaru (voice)11 episodes
Shoya ChibaYudai Imamura (voice)11 episodes
Shuichi UchidaTeam Y No. 6 (voice)9 episodes
Katsuyuki KonishiJyubei Aryu (voice)8 episodes
Shinnosuke TachibanaAoshi Tokimitsu (voice)8 episodes
Kazuyuki OkitsuZantetsu Tsurugi (voice)6 episodes
Akihiro ShinoharaTeam W No. 8 (voice)5 episodes
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does BLUE LOCK season 1 have?
BLUE LOCK Season 1 has 38 episodes.
When did season 1 of BLUE LOCK premiere?
Aired October 9, 2022.
Where to Watch BLUE LOCK Season 1?
Available with a subscription on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Crunchyroll, and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the audience score on TMDB, episode 1x05, «To Be Reborn», with a 8.5.