Soda, Makoto

早田誠

Makoto Soda is a fearsome defender who knows how to injure people with tackles without the referee's knowledge. He is quite fast and tends to put effects on his balls when he passes or shoots. A bit like Hyuga and Napoleon, he is an impulsive person and can get into a fight with someone.
In the match between Nankatsu and Azumaichi, he gave Tsubasa a hard time and even injured Tsubasa's leg. However, Nankatsu still managed to win. He was also chosen as a member of the All Japan Jr. Youth to participate in the International Jr. Youth Tournament. In the match against France, he was sent off by receiving 2 yellow cards while marking Napoleon.
In the World Youth, he didn't join the J-league after high school to focus on the national team, because of the 2 defeats in friendly matches against Holland. However, he was cast away by Gamo, since his soccer had only one pattern. After that, he went through his training and came back with his soccer improved, therefore he was able to play the 2nd round of the Asian preliminaries. In Road to 2002, he joined the Gamba Osaka.
Special techniques
Kamisori Shoot
Kamisori Pass
Kamisori Tackle
Trivia
In his first match against Tsubasa, Soda said that he had tried the Drive Shoot before but couldn't do it at the young age. However, even when he grew up, it seemed that he had given up on the Drive Shoot, as he hadn't been practicing this shoot anymore