Taro Misaki/Techniques

For the Rise of New Champions section of this character, see Taro Misaki (RoNC).

This is the section about Taro Misaki's techniques in the Captain Tsubasa series.

Techniques

Abilities

According to Misugi, he's a player who's good at soccer just like Tsubasa. His speed is wonderful, although it's said that no one in Nankatsu SC can catch up to Misugi's dribbling speed despite the rain, Misaki can eventually catch up by sliding on the water. He was among the best 20 players of the 6th juveniles national tournament.

• Captainship and leadership: He can calm down his angry teammates, can give a pep talk to a teammate and give him directives and advices.
• Observation: Misaki has great observation abilities as he could experience at first hand different types of styles, talented players and great teamwork. An example of this was when he was part of the audience in the Interschool tournament before becoming an official member of Nankatsu.

Aerial shots

Misaki's High Speed Tornado Sky Alpha

Misaki's Jumping Volley twin shot

Misaki's Jumping Header

Misaki's Twin Shot

• High Speed Tornado Sky Alpha: It is the most powerful technique of Tsubasa and Misaki's Golden Combi, developed from the Madrid Olympics tournament. A new technique developed exclusively for the Madrid Olympics.
• Jumping Volley Twin Shot: A double volley in mid-air, made by two players at the same time. Misaki is able to do this shot with Hyuga.
• Jumping Header: The player heads the ball while it's high in the air. This technique requires that the player possesses sufficient skill to keep his balance in mid-air while accurately hitting the ball. Misaki is even able to jump higher than Tsubasa and Cruyfford in their personal clash.
• Diving Header
• Jumping Volley: This volley shot is used when the ball is low in the air―the player jumps up to shoot without first trapping the ball. Its use relies on the player being able to time his run-up right and having the skill to strike the center of the ball correctly.
• Jumping Twin Shot (w/ Tsubasa)
• Overhead Kick: Technique by shooting the ball in mid-air.
• Twin Overhead / Double Overhead: In this incredible technique, both players simultaneously perform an overhead kick while the ball is high in the air. As with a Twin Shot, the ball spins unpredictably, giving it a winding trajectory.
• Twin Shot: A special shot in which two players kick the ball simultaneously. It gives the ball a highly irregular spin and a winding trajectory that makes it extremely hard to save. Misaki is able to perform this shot with Tsubasa and Matsuyama.

Misaki's Flash Raiju Shot

Misaki's S.S.S

Misaki's Golden Combi

Ground shots

• Boomerang Shot: The special shot mastered by Misaki, which cuts a large boomerang-like arc, while in Africa. He positions himself to the side of the goal and shoots so that the ball rises up.
• Flash Raiju Shot: A triple Raiju Shot. In this special shot, Hyuga begins with a Raiju Pass, then Tsubasa and Misaki follow up by unleashing a Skywing Shot together simultaneously. The resulting shot is swinging and flashing like a flying light.
• S.S.S: This long shot is Misaki's most powerful and advanced technique, developed in Road to 2002 arc. With this shot, he was able to perfecly make his début in the J1 League.

Cooperative tactics

• Japanese Golden Combi: Misaki can pass and shoot with only faint eye movements, he can do this technique in perfect synchronization with his friend and teammate Tsubasa.
• Japanese Golden Trio (w/ Tsubasa and Aoi)
• Meiwa Quartet (w/ Hyuga, Takeshi & Wakashimazu)

Dribble and feints

• African-style Dribble: Misaki absorbed the African dribbling style while traveling around the world in the Battle of World Youth arc. This allows him to weave past his opponents with unparalleled ball control.

Misaki's French-style Dribble

• French-style Dribble: This dribbling technique uses a French football style, weaving in feints and turns to dodge smoothly past opponents. This style made him being called the Artist of the Field. The technique is called Magnificent/Splendid Dribble in some videogames.
• Roulette: A feint basically consisting of spinning the body around an opponent while dragging the ball along.
• Straight Line Dribble: Hyuga's trademark dribble, which Misaki uses in the Madrid Olympics, a powerful dribbling which relies only on brute strength alone to push past opponents in a single straight line.
• Misaki Turn: The user is first dragging the ball with the sole of the foot. Then, he's making it look like he's going to change directions, still with the sole of the foot.But in fact, he's stopping and sending the ball towards his other leg.Then, he's immediately sending it behind him, eventually performing a nutmeg on the opponent, then turning around his opponent.

Misaki's Green-Cut Pass

Pass

• Boomerang Pass
• Heel Pass: A pass done with the heel, usually aimed behind the user.
• Heel Lift Pass: The Heel Lift used as a pass.
• Green-Cut Pass: A special skill that puts a sharp backspin on a middle pass. It's a technical pass that bounces once before reaching a teammate, making it easy to trap.
• Through pass: A pass going through the opponent defense line, reaching a teammate, on the verge of the offside. It's also called penetrating pass or deep pass.
• Diving Header Pass: The Diving Header used as a pass.

Videos

Misaki skills: Senko Raiju Shot

Taro Misaki! Senko Raiju Shoot!

External links

• Taro Misaki/Techniques at Shinji's Captain Tsubasa site
• Taro Misaki/Techniques at Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team DB

Notes

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