GRAPHIC BLOG

 Just a couple of thoughts and info thought I’d share about the whole Kidou and doping situation during the latest Inazuma Eleven Orion match. 

I previously used to design for anti-doping national sport related stuff am somewhat familiar with anti-doping rules, process etc. both locally (New Zealand) and internationally (for world sports) due to having to design and research regarding this area for work - which has why these thoughts have been stirring in my head and I wanted to write them all out before I forgot.

Obviously this is an anime and they’re just gonna do whatever suits the plot / not be realistic, but thought this might be interesting to anyone. Also generated a lot of ideas for fanfic content xD

As obvious, doping serious offence to sport, not just to post-school professional athletes (whose main career is their sport) and national athletes, but also includes casual sports, and school level sports. 

That being said Aqua of the Gods cough* 

Most likely, during the first night at the training facility or prior, the Inazuma Japan team would probably be briefed in some way about doping and drugs.

For anyone competing at a National level (e.g those participating in the FFI) would have to apply for a Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) which is required when a prohibited medication is needed for medical reasons.This can include Inhalers, certain antibiotics and Narcotics such as Morphine.

For example, if Nosaka comes back onto the team but is still on certain medications from his illness, he’d have to apply for a TUE so that if he is tested for doping that he won’t get caught out for violating anti-doping laws

Certain drugs can stay in your system for years and could get caught out. Looking at Zeus and Aphrodi who took Aqua of the Gods the year prior, if we compare AotGs with Steroids which can rid within a person system within a few weeks, it wouldn’t ruin their chances of joining Inazuma Japan (but hey they won’t bring this up lol) 

Their are 10 core rules regarding anti-doping sports internationally:

Possess prohibited substances or methods 

Traffic or attempt to traffic a prohibited substance or method

Use or attempt to use a prohibited substance 

Administer a prohibited substance or method

Refuse to provide a sample for drug testing 

Fail to file accurate where-abouts info or miss a test

Tamper with any part of the doping control process

Test positive for a prohibited substance 

Cover up an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) 

Associate with someone found guilty of an ADRV

Regardless of whether or not Kidou has done anything, he has been found breaking Rule No.1 Possess prohibited substances or methods. 

Not even getting to having consumed it, Kidou has still be found possession of having drugs and there is no proof of Ichihoshi or anyone placing the drugs in his bag / him just not having drugs at all (I doubt they’d have cameras in the changing rooms themselves). 

The only ways for him to be proved of innocence is if a third party saw Ichihoshi putting the drugs in his bag or Ichihoshi admitting himself that he placed them there. 

In World Anti-doping rules could result to him being banned from soccer for a minimum of 2 years.

As a third year junior high student, that would mean he would not be able to play or practise soccer for a school or local team till the end of his 2nd year or start of third year of High School. 

Could potentially mean he would not even be allowed any association with the sport to even stop him becoming an advisor or manager to a team as well.  

Will damage Kidou’s long term goals as a soccer player being stunted two years within his career

Kidou would not be able to play with Endou or Gouenji anymore, but only be able to watch them. That would include Sakuma, Genda, Fudou :c  

This in turn will damage his reputation. 

Even if he is found out to be innocent and not guilty, the damage has been done of Kidou already being painted in a negative light on a national level (e.g being printed on the news)

Potentially prospect high schools may reject him because of this? 

The random thought that Ichihoshi could frame another member of the team because of Rule 10: Associate with someone found guilty of an ADRV

(but hey this is Inazuma and I doubt they’d ban one of the main characters which everyone loves for two years xD) 

(If this was irl they would not deem him suspended instantly in front of everyone and a sports official would not grab a 15 year old boy as roughly as that - but hey, you know the anime dramatics inazuma pulls lol)  Testing for anti-doping

Any athlete whether a national level player or a casual / school level member can be tested at any time, anywhere. 

In international events there will be a Registered Testing Pool with chosen athletes competing to take part in the test. There’s normally a criteria and a number of athletes who match that criteria would have to take this test.

 It is often the event-holders (can’t remember the name) - in this case the people who are running the FFI would be in charge running these anti-doping tests.

Potential manipulation of Kidou’s test results could be because of FFI secret people who potentially are involved in orion

They’d work together with the Japanese anti-doping agency and world anti-doping agency within each case.

The process (obviously would have variations especially in Japan to other countries). I won’t go in depth with the process, but here are a few things:

Kidou must  stay in direct sight of the anti-doping official at all times

He’ll be asked to take either (or both) a urine or blood sample.

Yes, an official will have to watch him pee to assure that the sample is legit and not tampered with.

He is the only person allowed to have a hold of his test sample, he will be the person to seal it in the tamper proof kit and watch it be sent off to a World Anti Doping accredited lab for analysis

For further analysis, Kidou’s sample may be frozen & stored for 10 year which totally could mean someone could steal his sample and make clones of Kidou xD