__Height:__ 178 cm

Kuribayashi is considered a football genius, making his professional debut at age 16 for Tokyo City Esperion FC of the J-1 League. He also plays for Japan's Under-20 National Team. 

Ashito Aoi, a third year middle school student from Ehime, meets Fukuda Tatsuya, a J Youth League coach. Even though he's still rough around the edges, Ashito has such amazing potential that he gets invited by coach Fukuda to participate in his team's try-outs in Tokyo. The story of a boy who will revolutionize Japanese football begins to unfold. 
Notes: 
- Nominated for the 2017 Manga Taishou Award. 
- Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for "Best General Manga" category in 2019.

Ashito Aoi is a young, aspiring soccer player from a backwater town in Japan. His hopes of getting into a high school with a good soccer club are dashed when he causes an incident during a critical match for his team, which results in their loss and elimination from the tournament. Nevertheless, he catches the eye of someone important who happened to be visiting from Tokyo. How will things turn out for Ashito? (Source: Shogakukan Asia)

__Height:__ 173 cm
__Hobbies:__ classic music appreciation, piano, guitar, singing

[Profile](https://www.artsvision.co.jp/talent/294/) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/UmeuMeumE_Y) | [Wiki (en)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yūichirō_Umehara) | [Wiki (jp)](https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/梅原裕一郎)

A voice actor affiliated with [Arts Vision](https://anilist.co/studio/6367).

He revealed on April 4th, 2024 that he has been married to his college classmate since 2016.

**Non-Anime Roles:**
- Alhaitham - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Leona Kingscholar - Disney Twisted-Wonderland (VG)

The main character here is Taira Nakamura, a senior member on the same J Youth team as Ashito Aoi, the protagonist of Ao Ashi. 
Taira is popular with his teammates, but he retired in the middle of his second year of high school, saying he wanted to become a police officer like his father. In this long-awaited side story, we focus on a side of him that was not depicted in the main storyline.
 
(Source: PR Times, translated)

Haruhisa Kuribayashi