Masao Nakayama

Manga

Tecmo

RoNC

Masao Nakayama
中山政男

Nationality

Japanese

Birthday

May 12

Position

Defender; Forward (former)

First appearance

Captain Tsubasa (1981) chapter 9

Past career

Level

Team

U-20

Japan Youth

High school

Nankatsu Public High

Middle school

Otomo MS

Elementary school

Nankatsu SC; Elementary School

Masao Nakayama (中山政男, Nakayama Masao) is a defender from Japan.

Description[]

Nakayama first appeared in Captain Tsubasa (1981) chapter 9 "Roberto's Surprising Request". He wears the jerseys #3 and 4, depending on the team he plays for.

Biography[]

Captain Tsubasa (1981)[]

Nakayama is part of Nankatsu SC in Kids' Dream arc; later he follows Urabe to Otomo middle school during the Boys' Fight arc. During the preparations of the J Boys' Challenge arc, Tsubasa faced the Otomo Quartet in a friendly match, being able to defeat each and every one of them, proving that Tsubasa was full recovered from his previous injuries in the Tournament and has surpassed them all at once, managing to score with a succesful Drive Shoot against Ichijo.

Battle of World Youth arc[]

Nakayama attended Nankatsu Public High and the football club as well. For the finals of the National high school Tournament, there was the final match between Toho Academy and Nankatsu, where Nakayama was wearing the #3 uniform. Nonetheless, Nankatsu was not able to defeat Hyuga's squad. Later on, for the World Youth Asian Preliminaries preparations, he was also selected to be a member of Japan Youth; however, he didn't have a chance to play in any match.

Road to 2002 arc[]

It is unknown if he joined any Japan football league club at all.

Golden-23 / Rising Sun arc[]

It is revealed Nakayama is still playing soccer as he appeared briefly as one of the 33 local players invited by Kozo Kira for the first Olympic Japan training camp. He was, however, amongst the first group to be cut, alongside others such as Minoru Honma.

He would show up later, after the quarter-final match against Olympic Germany, alongside many of his old Nankatsu Public High team-mates, to help out an injury-ridden Japanese squad.

Techniques[]

Defensive techniques[]

Strong Tackle: A tackle so powerful that it sends the opponent flying. The player runs along at full speed, then slides straight at his opponent's feet from the front to take away the ball.