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Teppei Kurimatsu is a student at Raimon Junior High and a key defender on its soccer team. He stands as the second-smallest player, only taller than Shourinji Ayumu. His distinctive appearance features chipmunk-like traits: round black eyes, prominent buck-teeth, and brown hair styled into a spike resembling a chestnut, consistently marked by a band-aid on his nose.
Bubbling with positivity and determination, Kurimatsu serves as the team's mood maker. His high energy uplifts teammates, like praising Kabeyama, and shows concern for others such as Kazemaru Ichirouta. Profiles repeatedly emphasize his extraordinary courage, stating his "guts are double the average person" and he "won't lose when it comes to guts" against any opponent. This resilience coexists with moments of misinterpretation, like initially mistaking Someoka's blunt advice to leave Inazuma Japan as rejection before recognizing it as encouragement to train harder.
During the initial Football Frontier, he played critical matches, assisting Endou and Kabeyama in stopping Kidokawa Seishuu's Triangle Z. An injury sustained against Zeus led to his temporary replacement by Kageno Jin. In the Aliea Academy arc, demoralized by Kazemaru's departure, Kurimatsu left Raimon. He later reappeared as a brainwashed member of Dark Emperors under the Aliea Stone's influence, suppressing his usual cheerfulness, until freed by Endou.
For the Football Frontier International, he earned his spot on Inazuma Japan and developed the dribbling technique Maboroshi Dribble. He also strategically contributed to creating Tachimukai's Maou The Hand. Against The Empire, he played a pivotal role, enduring the Andes no Arijigoku tactic and intercepting a pass to assist Gouenji's winning goal, resulting in a significant ankle injury. Coach Kudou subsequently removed him from the roster after Fubuki Shirou's return, prioritizing competitive strength and leading to his emotional departure. The injury required substantial recovery time.
After the third-year students' graduation, Endou appointed him Raimon's new captain, pressuring him to win future tournaments. Demonstrating growth, he mastered the Spinning Cut technique, effectively countering Tsunami's The Typhoon V3 in a graduation match. He later appeared fleetingly in *GO Chrono Stone* during a temporal clash against the original Raimon team and in *Orion no Kokuin* as a spectator of Inazuma Japan matches. By *Orion*'s conclusion, he returned for the Football Frontier Autumn Tournament, now repositioned as a midfielder.
The film *Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ogre Shūrai* features no direct information about his role or involvement.
Bubbling with positivity and determination, Kurimatsu serves as the team's mood maker. His high energy uplifts teammates, like praising Kabeyama, and shows concern for others such as Kazemaru Ichirouta. Profiles repeatedly emphasize his extraordinary courage, stating his "guts are double the average person" and he "won't lose when it comes to guts" against any opponent. This resilience coexists with moments of misinterpretation, like initially mistaking Someoka's blunt advice to leave Inazuma Japan as rejection before recognizing it as encouragement to train harder.
During the initial Football Frontier, he played critical matches, assisting Endou and Kabeyama in stopping Kidokawa Seishuu's Triangle Z. An injury sustained against Zeus led to his temporary replacement by Kageno Jin. In the Aliea Academy arc, demoralized by Kazemaru's departure, Kurimatsu left Raimon. He later reappeared as a brainwashed member of Dark Emperors under the Aliea Stone's influence, suppressing his usual cheerfulness, until freed by Endou.
For the Football Frontier International, he earned his spot on Inazuma Japan and developed the dribbling technique Maboroshi Dribble. He also strategically contributed to creating Tachimukai's Maou The Hand. Against The Empire, he played a pivotal role, enduring the Andes no Arijigoku tactic and intercepting a pass to assist Gouenji's winning goal, resulting in a significant ankle injury. Coach Kudou subsequently removed him from the roster after Fubuki Shirou's return, prioritizing competitive strength and leading to his emotional departure. The injury required substantial recovery time.
After the third-year students' graduation, Endou appointed him Raimon's new captain, pressuring him to win future tournaments. Demonstrating growth, he mastered the Spinning Cut technique, effectively countering Tsunami's The Typhoon V3 in a graduation match. He later appeared fleetingly in *GO Chrono Stone* during a temporal clash against the original Raimon team and in *Orion no Kokuin* as a spectator of Inazuma Japan matches. By *Orion*'s conclusion, he returned for the Football Frontier Autumn Tournament, now repositioned as a midfielder.
The film *Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ogre Shūrai* features no direct information about his role or involvement.