The manga Captain Tsubasa is written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi.
The series focuses on the development of a young football (soccer) player Tsubasa Oozora.
The series was serialized in Shueisha magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump between 1981 and 1988 for a total of 37 tankōbon volumes.
A direct sequel titled Captain Tsubasa: World Youth was released between 1994 and 1997 by Shueisha.
Others sequels were serialized in the same publisher Weekly Young Jump magazine since 2001: Road to 2002 (2001–2004), Golden-23 (2005–2008), and Kaigai Gekito-hen (2009–2012).