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Whistle! (ホイッスル！) is a manga by Daisuke Higuchi . The manga got an anime adaptation.

The football (soccer) associated manga was published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. Whistle! is published in English by Viz.

The manga is about a boy named Sho Kazamatsuri. He transfers from Musashinomori School to Josui Junior High School school for better hopes to make the soccer team, since he never got a game at his old school due to his small stature. Yuko Katori, his teacher, introduces him as a former star of the famed Musashinomori team, causing his classmates to be wrongly ecstatic. Right after that, one of the players revealed that he was never a regular. In other words, since he never got the chance to play, Sho is a poor player. Sho he struggles to improve his skill so he can make the team at his new school.

Characters

Names are in Western order, with the given name before the surname.

• Sho Kazamatsuri - Sho, while not that good at soccer, has a thirst to improve and never gives up.
• Shigeki Sato - Shigeki is said to be the best player in Josui Junior High School. Questions arise when he quits.
• Yuko Katori - Yuko Katori is Sho's teacher; she watches after him after she has a momentary lapse of judgement
• Ko Kazamatsuri - Ko is Sho's older but less mature brother who occasionally offers advice to Sho
• Tatsuya Mizuno - Tatsuya is the best player at Sho's school. Tatsuya tutors the novice Sho after being impressed with his determination and hard work.