New Captain Tsubasa DLC Characters Include Ricardo Espadas and Stefan Levin

December is off to a good start for Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions. Bandai Namco announced a December 2, 2020 patch that will all things like an Episode: New Hero route for everyone who owns the game. It also confirmed the first three Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions DLC characters will be Ricardo Espadas, Singprasert Bunnaak, and Stefan Levin, and they’ll arrive a day later on December 3, 2020.

The new Episode: New Hero route is called the Otomo Middle School Route. You help a team that consists of characters like Hanji Urabe, Koji Nishio, Masao Nakayama, and Takeshi Kishida as they face the Nankatsu SC.

As for the three Captain Tsubasa DLC characters, they’re the first group of nine eventual new additions. Mexico’s Ricardo could be someone you may want to use as a new goalkeeper. Sweden’s Stefan joins as a potential new midfielder. Finally, Thailand’s Singprasert is a new defender. All three are a part of the $24.99 Character Pass.

Here’s the Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions trailer that looks at the three new DLC characters and Otomo route. (The free update details come up at about the 49 second mark.)

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is available for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. The first three DLC characters will appear on December 3, 2020.