He learned the ins and outs of football from his illustrious elder brother, A.C. Kyōsuke, with the support of his friends at Jyoyō and invigorated with Miki's care and help and by his love and determination to excel in football, takes on the best, and discovers an immense and determined passion for the game.Ĭharacters Kyōsuke Kanō ( 叶恭介, Kanō Kyōsuke) Voiced by: Kohsuke Toriumi Called Orangehead jokingly by some of his friends, Kyōsuke is a forward. He soon joins the Jyoyō men's football team and makes several friends, such as his fellow freshmen, Sakai Jefferson, a talented goalkeeper, and Rodrigo, a passionate Brazilian transfer student. Living in his brother's shadow, Kyōsuke's love for the game slowly started to evaporate and lessen, and he eventually lost most of his passion for it.Īfter his transfer to Jyoyō and a fated meeting with Tsujiwaki Miki, an enthusiastic girl with a lot of passion for football and who soon reinvigorates his love for the game with her determination to excel, Kyōsuke's deep love and passion for football returns to its fullest. Milan, people started comparing Kyōsuke with his brother and criticizing him due to his different playing style. After Seisuke left Japan to sign with Italian powerhouse A.C. Milan football player, Kanō Seisuke, who had first taught him how to play and love the game of football and whom he has greatly admired since childhood. Kyōsuke's older brother is the illustrious and extremely famous A.C. Hungry Heart: Wild Striker tells the story of Kanō Kyōsuke, a teenage high school student who at the beginning of the series, has just transferred into Jyoyō Orange High School. The anime series was animated by Nippon Animation and broadcast on Animax from September 2002 to September 2003, spanning a total of 52 episodes.

The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from January 2002 to February 2005, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. Hungry Heart: Wild Striker ( Japanese: ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER, Hepburn: Hangurī Hāto Wild Sutoraikā) is a Japanese football manga and anime series, authored by Yōichi Takahashi.

Hungry heart: wild striker