Kira, Ryousuke

吉良涼介

Ryousuke Kira is a young forward playing for the Matsukaze Kokuou High School football team. He was invited to join the Blue Lock Project, along with Yoichi Isagi.
Kira has white hair and brown eyes. He is fairly tall and muscular, and is considered to be a very good-looking young man.
Kira is portrayed as a kind-hearted individual who firmly believes in team play, opposing Jinpachi Ego's beliefs in egoism to the extent that it clouds his perspective; for instance, he chose to support his teammates during the nationals rather than becoming the world's best striker. He appears quite delusional and in denial regarding the truth that Japanese football has grown weak due to a lack of egoism, even after Ego pointed out excellent, valid points by comparing Japan's international players to history's best players or noting how Japan has consistently failed to win even a single World Cup. He even went so far as to enter Blue Lock to prove Ego wrong, which cost him dearly as he was more focused on proving a point than on winning.
Despite his good nature, he seems to have a twisted side, as shown when he understandably snapped after losing in the Admission Exam and became virtually volatile, causing his soccer career to come to an early, abrupt end; he ranted about being the most skilled player despite having lost, as well as blaming fellow competitors like Isagi or Meguru Bachira for his own failings, emphasizing how truly incapable he is of acknowledging his own deficiencies and weaknesses.