Manga
Written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi, the first Captain Tsubasa started in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on March 31, 1981, and finished in the May 9, 1988, issue, with its chapters collected in 37 tankōbon volumes, released from January 9, 1982, to March 10, 1989. The series has spawned various one-shots and sequels. In January 2024, Takahashi announced that he would retire from serializing manga, and the series' final part, Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun – The Final, ended on April 4, 2024. In April 2024, it was announced that Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun would continue with a new story arc in the form of storyboards on the Captain Tsubasa World website under the title Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun Finals; the first 27-page chapter was previewed on April 4 of the same year during the teaser site era, and the site opened on July 23 of the same year, releasing the first four chapters at once. The series is updated every Tuesday. On May 25, 2026, it was announced that the manga would enter a hiatus following the 100th chapter.
An official translation into Arabic was written by a Syrian man named Obada Kassoumah, who studied at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies beginning in 2012, and had enjoyed the anime as a child. Kinokuniya publishes the Arabic version and had selected Obada as the translator. Sale of the volumes began in the United Arab Emirates in 2017. To deal with differences in varieties of Arabic, Obada consulted people who spoke other varieties of Arabic and tried to make the language in the comic accessible to speakers of all varieties while avoiding stilted formality in Modern Standard Arabic. Additionally, he made instances of alcoholic beverages ambiguous as explicit depictions of alcohol would not be published in various majority Muslim countries.
Captain Tsubasa (キャプテン翼, Kyaputen Tsubasa) (March 31, 1981 – May 9, 1988, in Weekly Shōnen Jump; 37 volumes)
Captain Tsubasa: World Youth (キャプテン翼 ワールドユース編, Kyaputen Tsubasa Wārudo Yūsu-hen) (April 18, 1994 – August 25, 1997, in Weekly Shōnen Jump; 18 volumes)
Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (December 21, 2000 – May 13, 2004, in Weekly Young Jump; 15 volumes)
Captain Tsubasa: Golden-23 (October 6, 2005 – April 24, 2008, in Weekly Young Jump; 12 volumes)
Captain Tsubasa: Kaigai Gekitō-hen (May 7, 2009 – April 5, 2012, in Weekly Young Jump; 8 volumes)
In Calcio (May 7 – October 22, 2009; 2 volumes)
En La Liga (February 10, 2010 – April 5, 2012; 6 volumes)
Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun (December 28, 2013 – January 5, 2023, in Grand Jump (2013–2019) and Captain Tsubasa Magazine (2020–2023); 20 volumes)
Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun – The Final (April 3, 2023 – April 4, 2024, in Captain Tsubasa Magazine; collected as the 20th volume of Rising Sun)
Boku wa Misaki Taro (ボクは岬太郎; "I am Taro Misaki") (1984 in Fresh Jump; one volume)
Captain Tsubasa: World Youth Special Edition – The Strongest Enemy! Holland Youth (キャプテン翼 ワールドユース特別編 最強の敵! オランダユース, Kyaputen Tsubasa Wārudo Yūsu Tokubetsu-hen Saikyō no Teki! Oranda Yūsu) (1993 in Weekly Shōnen Jump; one volume)
Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 – F.C.R.B. Stadium Opening Match (2004 in Weekly Young Jump Zōkan; one-shot)
Captain Tsubasa Short Stories: Dream Field (2006; 2 volumes) – A collection of previously published one-shot stories.
Captain Tsubasa: Live Together 2010 (2010 in Monthly Young Jump; one-shot)
