Captain Tsubasa by DAICHO (2001)

Around 2001, a new Captain Tsubasa anime was on air.  Series title was just "Captain Tsubasa" but most people and fans call it "Road to 2002" since that was the manga subtitle on which this anime was based around the time.

It's one of the rarest plush sets I've seen. The reason is that during this almost 8 years I've collecting UFO plushes, I've just found one character from the set and the keychain mini plushes set alone. Just one time and that's it. Maybe the reason is that the company that launched this is a not very known one (from DAICHO I've only seen some RC cars on eBay)

Here's the picture of the Forever Alone plush and his keychain companions:

I'm not a fan of plush keychains since as you can see, the character proportions are more deformed than the normal plush ones.

And the tags with important info:

Aside from DAICHO logo, Howdy International seems to be a subsidiary from AVEX Inc, which is a well-known japanese media company.

 

 

Captain Tsubasa by Banpresto (1993)

Captain Tsubasa is the quintessential soccer manga. It started in 1982 and as today, the manga is still publishing by the same author, Yoichi Takahashi

Latin American and European countries are known for their love towards soccer, so this anime/manga was and still is one of the most popular among general audience when it aired on TV years ago.

Banpresto launched this plushes set for the series of OVAs "Shin Captain Tsubasa" where Japan played in an U-16 World Cup.

It's a little odd that shorts are made of a different fabric than the rest of the plush but it's also that kind of fabric which really used in sport uniforms back then.

Tsubasa Ohzora - Our main protagonist. He's captain of Japan Jr. Team and he only thinks on soccer, all the time.

His best friend is the soccer ball. No, I mean it, he always says that!

Taro Misaki - He's Tsubasa's best friend (second after the ball, that is) and plays as MF.

Kojiro Hyuga - He's Tsubasa's rival during Elementary School tournament and Japan's best FW.

He's not angry. He's just more serious about soccer than... all other characters.

Karl Heinz Schneider - He's captain of Germany U-16 National Team and plays the final versus Japan.

I really think he's just basically a Super-Saiyan version of Tsubasa.

And now... the Soccer Ball. Well, it is Tsubasa's best friend so, why not?

Finally, the tags:

Allright, you put other characters in the tag but not into plush!

Did you really need to put a picture of the ball?