Yoichi Takahashi

Yoichi Takahashi's Captain Tsubasa franchise is being kept alive across two fronts: the final saga's return on the series' own website, and a new console game. The official X account said Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun Finals resumes serialization on October 6, with new chapters running on Tuesdays. The manga went on hiatus after its 100th chapter in May. It started on the Captain Tsubasa World website in July 2024 as storyboards.

Takahashi announced his retirement from serializing the franchise in 2024, the same year the magazine that had carried the series closed. The October restart keeps Rising Sun Finals running on the franchise's own website rather than in print. That shift means new chapters now appear digitally, after more than two decades of magazine serialization.

Separately, Bandai Namco Entertainment released Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on August 27. The PC version arrives on Steam the next day. The game is a soccer action title based on the World Youth arc, with an original story supervised by Takahashi. It includes over 110 players and 150 new moves.

Coverage of the two events is distinct. The game reports focus on the roster and the World Youth story, while the manga reports focus on the serialization change. Takahashi is credited with supervision on the game, and with the decision to step back from drawing the manga. Both threads continue with him in a supervisory or originating role rather than as a weekly serialized artist.