Eyeshield Twenty-One
The phantom runner who shattered limits and redefined the game.
Eyeshield 21 is the pseudonym used by Sena Kobayakawa, a student who is coerced by Yoichi Hiruma, the school's American football team captain, into reluctantly becoming an American football player. The name is used to conceal Sena's identity while he plays for the Deimon Devil Bats.
Quick Facts
- Bearer
- Sena Kobayakawa
- Affiliation
- Deimon Devil Bats
Did You Know?
- The manga Eyeshield 21 was written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata.
- The series was first published as a two-part one-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump on March 5 and 12, 2002.
- Regular serialization began on July 23, 2002, and concluded on June 15, 2009, totaling 333 chapters called 'downs'.
- The manga was adapted into a 145-episode anime that aired on TV Tokyo from April 6, 2005, to March 19, 2008.
- Viz Media released the English-language version in North America under the Shonen Jump Advanced label from April 5, 2005, to October 4, 2011.
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