Kaori Matsumoto

Kaori Matsumoto (松本香, Matsumoto Kaori) is a recurring character of anime and manga Captain Tsubasa. She's a scout personnel of Toho Academy and later agent of Kojiro Hyuga as a pro football player.

Description[]

Ms. Matsumoto first appeared in the original manga during the group stage of the Yomiuriland tournament. She has being known to be manager, scout, and school representative for Toho Academy. During the World Youth saga, she worked for the JFA as a PR for All Japan Youth. During Road to 2002, she became agent of Kojiro Hyuga and assisted him to have a contract with Juventus FC.

Biography[]

Captain Tsubasa[]

Kids' Dream
Ms. Matsumoto appears for the first time in episode 18 of the original series. She was a representative of Toho Academy, and as such, in the 6th Yomiuri Land National Championship, she appeared as a scout in order to look for possible children talents. She saw the raw potential of Kojiro Hyuga as an ace striker, approached him and offered him a full-scholarship for Toho Academy. Initially, she made the condition that only if Hyuga was to win the tournament, she'll give him the scholarship, otherwise such benefit would be passed to the candidate Tsubasa Ozora. During the final match, after seeing both talents give their maximum effort on field, Matsumoto decided to provide the scholarship to both candidates, but Tsubasa refused the offer.

Boys' Fight
Kaori attempted to convince coach Makoto Kitazume to allow Hyuga to play in the finals, with little success. It was Hyuga himself who made Kitazume change his mind, after defeating the Top 3 players (Wakashimazu, Takeshi and Sorimachi) all at once, by scoring a goal with his Tiger Shot.

Battle of World Youth[]

In the World Youth Tournament in Japan, Ms. Kaori served as RP of All Japan Youth, and she has left Toho Academy in Tokyo.

Road to 2002[]

In Road to 2002, Kaori has started her own brand business and also became full-time agent for Kojiro Hyuga (who was by that time well-known in Japan and was already in many advertisement of the country), and made all her efforts to start a contract with Juventus FC, that is why Hyuga, when he left the team to train in Okinawa, asked her permission to leave since Kaori was Hyuga's spokewoman as well. Later on, Hyuga will accept a pass contract with AC Reggiana in Serie C and Kaori went with him.

Golden-23/Rising Sun arcs[]

To be updated as series progresses.

Etymology[]

The name Kaori means "fragrance, fragrant" (香).
Kaori's surname Matsumoto means "pine tree, fir tree" (松) (matsu) and "base, root, origin, source" (本) (moto).

Trivia[]

Kaori is known as Ruth Matsumoto in Latin America, Daisy in Spain and Daisy Gould in France.
Kaori is commonly confused with Natsuko Ozora due to their similar appearances (even in the Latin American dub, they have both shared the same voice actress more than once).