Blue Lock season 2 key visual, new characters, voice actors revealed

Who will be Japan’s ace?

Updated on June 24, 7:00 p.m. (GMT+8):Added season 2 exact release date.

Blue Lock main characters shown going up against each other with Team Z’s Yoichi Isago racing to the football against an awakened Seichiro Nagi from Team V

The egotistical strikers are sharpening their cleats with theBlue Lockseason 2 release date fast approaching.

Blue Lock is an anime adaptation of the popular sports manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura.

Blue Lock anime character Shouei Barou in episode 3 of season 1 image from ONE Esports' Blue Lock anime review: I hate soccer but I love the show article

The anime was adapted by 8-bit, with season 1 airing from July 28, 2025, to July 09, 2025

The story centers on Yoichi Isagi, a talented high school footballer with a burning ambition to become the world’s best striker and lead Japan to World Cup glory.

Blue Lock protagonist Yoichi Isagi and top player Rin Itoshi in a promotional image for season 1 of the anime

However, the Japanese national team lacks a ruthless, game-changing striker with the killer instinct to secure victories.

The matches resume in Blue Lock season 2

Season 1 began with the Introduction arc, where 300 of Japan’s most promising under-20 (U-20) strikers received an unexpected invitation. Mastermind Ego Jinpachi, tasked with forging a world-class striker for the Japanese national team, launched the radical Blue Lock program.

Blue Lock created an environment that transformed the talented forwards into rivals, forcing them to compete in a series of rigorous Selection arcs.

Blue Lock Team V character Zantetsu Tsurugi from season 1 of the anime featured in ONE Esports' article titled ‘These Blue Lock watches let you own the field like your favorite anime strikers’

Each arc served as an elimination round, with only the strongest players advancing. Viewers of season 1 witnessed the grueling Third Selection arc, which whittled down the competition, setting the stage for the UA-20 arc.

Season 2 promises an electrifying showdown, with all eyes on Rin Itoshi, Blue Lock’s best player. He faces off against his older brother, Sae Itoshi, the star player of the Japan U-20 team.

Blue Lock season 2 key visual featuring season 1 main characters Yoichi Isagi, Meguru Bachira, and Itoshi Rin, along with new characters Aiki Himizu, Akira Endoji, Eita Otoya, Jin Kiyora, Kenyu Yukimiya, Nijiro Nanase, Ranze Kurona, Tabito Karasu, Yo Hiori, and Ryusei Shido

Blue Lock season 2 key visual

On June 09, 2025, a new teaser visual was revealed featuring characters in Blue Lock season 2. These footballers include season 1 characters Yoichi Isagi, Meguru Bachira, Seishiro Nagi, and Rin Itoshi.

The visual also highlights the second selection characters Eita Otoya, Kenyu Yukimiya, Nijiro Nanase, Tabito Karasu, Yo Hiori, Ryusei Shido, and Sae Itoshi.

Blue Lock season 2 announcement post with a special sketch from the studio showing Yoichi Isagi featured while Seichiro Nagi and Reo Mikage stepping out of the football pitch

Two more cast members have been announced: Eiji Mikami will voice Yo Hiori, and Kakeru Hatano will play Nanase Nijiro. Mikami and Hatano are up-and-coming seiyuu in Japanese anime.

Blue Lock season 2 release date

On July 09, 2025, 8-bit announced that the season 2 release date is onOctober 5, 2024.

Interestingly, the announcement date coincided withSeishiro Nagi’s birthday, the protagonist of the prequel movieBlue Lock Episode Nagi.

Blue Lock Anime Poster

The animation team released a special sketch featuring Isagi in the spotlight, with Nagi and Reo Mikage, the main characters from the Blue Lock movie Episode Nagi, stepping out of the pitch.

Season 2 is expected to have 24 episodes, similar to the first season.

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