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“13-year-old Hikaru joins weak Columbus team in Italy, transforms them into champions through soccer tournaments and rivalries.”

Top Striker

燃えろ! トップストライカー

6.77

5,954 rank · 5,196 viewers · 17 favorites

Sports Team Sports

49 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Fall 1991 · Nippon Animation · G - All Ages

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13-year-old Hikaru joins weak Columbus team in Italy, transforms them into champions through soccer tournaments and rivalries.

Hikaru Kicker is a 13-year-old boy who loves football. He has grown up playing with a football at all times ever since his father's friend gave him one when he was still only a baby. Hikaru goes to Italy to learn the sport. He first joins a strong team at Genova, but soon quits this team to join an extremely weak team named "Columbus" with his female friend Anna. Experiencing many hardships and difficulties, their team gradually becomes stronger and stronger, and finally they defeat Margerita, one of the strongest soccer teams in Genova. Soon Hikaru hears that Genova will stage its first soccer tournament. Throughout the tournament, Hikaru and his teammates confront many rivals and develop increasing maturity. Can Hikaru score a goal and which team will win the championship? (Source: Nippon Animation)