- For other versions of the character, see Munemasa Katagiri (Tecmo) and Munemasa Katagiri (RoNC).
Munemasa Katagiri (片桐 宗政, Katagiri Munemasa) is a supporting character of the Captain Tsubasa series.
Description[]
He first appeared in Captain Tsubasa manga. He's a retired Japanese footballer and is an employee, primarily a talent scout of the Japan Football Association (JFA). According to World Youth Cup he comes from a very rich family, but broke ties with them for years when he chose soccer over joining the family enterprise.
Biography[]
Katagiri pulls the strings in the background and supports the many talents of the Golden Age, including Tsubasa, Misaki, Hyuga, Aoi, and many others, on their way to the top of the world. In the film series and the U-13 International Tournament arc, Katagiri has also being assistant coach and in charge of helping U-13 Japan, U-14 Japan and All Japan Jr. in their matches against European teams and in the Jr. World Cup in Film 4. As JFA representative, he continues to support the Golden Generation: he agreed in Battle of World Youth to have a shadow team called Real Japan 7 to make the All Japan Youth stronger and be prepared for the 2nd Asian preliminaries. He arranged to have the U-20 International World Youth Cup in Japan in little time with the assistance of his father, Mr. Katagiri, who is an important corporate businessman in Japan. This was not without trouble, since Katagiri Sr. at first asked in exchange for him to drop all his ties to the Japan Team and return to the clan; when Katagiri Jr. said he'd look for help elsewhere rather than bow to his father's demands, said father softened up and said he'd help the team anyway, only asking his son to visit his mother.
Etymology[]
- The name Munemasa means "religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence" (宗) (mune) and "government" (政) (masa).
- Munemasa's surname Katagiri means "single, piece" (片) (kata) and "paulownia" (桐) (kiri/giri).
Trivia[]
- Munemasa has different names from different languages:
- In the Latin American dub, his name is Adriano Fogartini as a reference to his Latino VA, Adrián Fogarty.
- In the European dub his name is Kirk Pearson.
- In the first series' Latin American dub, he also had an odd German accent that was dropped later.
- In the Tecmo videogames, his counterpart has a sister named Yoko Katagiri.
- In the 1983 TV series, Katagiri, as an assistant coach, assisted the U-13 Japan in the U-13 International Tournament in France and Germany (respectively) as the only Asian representative. Here, he said that he learnt to be a trainer thanks to Tatsuo Mikami's guidance.
- In the 2018 series, Hikaru Matsuyama revealed that it was Katagiri who gave him a ride to the airport to find Yoshiko Fujisawa in the airport, meaning he is still fit enough to drive, even when he is blind in one eye.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Munemasa Katagiri/Gallery
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