Shohoku Team🏀

Full name: Hanamichi Sakuragi (桜木花道)

Age: 15 years

Gender: Male

Height: 1.89 m (at the beginning), 1.90 m after training

Weight: 83 kg

Appearance: Very tall and athletic, with bright red hair at first (later shaved off after a personal crisis). Intense brown eyes, expressive face, and a strong jawline. His posture always denotes pride or defiance. He wears the number 10 jersey.

Personality: Temperamental, impulsive, and narcissistic, but also loyal and noble. He has an inferiority complex that he hides with arrogance. Throughout the series, he matures emotionally. Although he claims to hate basketball, he eventually falls in love with the sport and gives his all for his team. His sense of humor makes him a constant comic relief.

History: He joins the team to impress Haruko, though he initially hates basketball. He evolves from a clumsy rookie to a key part of the team.

Loves: In love with Haruko Akagi

Relatives: Parents do not appear, but it is known that he is an only child

Rivals: Rukawa (for Haruko and for prominence), players from other teams

Likes: Haruko, basketball (eventually), showing off

Dislikes: Being ignored, losing, Rukawa

Birthday: April 1st

Blood Type: B

Full name: Kaede Rukawa (流川楓)

Gender: Male

Age: 15-16 years

Date of birth: January 1

Blood type: A

Height: 1.87 m

Weight: 75 kg

Appearance: Very attractive, with spiky black hair and bangs swept back toward his face, fair skin, sleepy eyes, and an indifferent expression. His dress style is casual. He wears jersey number 11.

Personality: Cold, distant, and quiet. He has a natural talent for basketball and knows he's good at it, which makes him somewhat arrogant. He struggles to express emotion and disdains distractions (like fans or love). He's very ambitious: his goal is to play in the NBA. Although he seems self-centered, he demonstrates a great commitment to the game.

History: Team ace, known since high school. Wants to play in the NBA.

Loves: None confirmed; disdains interest in girls

Relatives: Unspecified

Rivals: Hanamichi, Sendoh, Maki

Likes: Sleeping, basketball, improving his level

Dislikes: Being bothered, talking unnecessarily

Full name: Takenori Akagi (赤木剛憲)

Gender: Male

Age: 17-18 years

Date of birth: May 10

Blood type: O

Height: 1.97 m

Weight: 93 kg

Appearance: Very tall, with a muscular build, a broad jaw, a stern face, and thick eyebrows. He resembles "Gorilla" (Sakuragi's nickname for him). He always has a serious expression and an impeccable uniform. He wears jersey number 4.

Personality: Responsible, mature, and a strong leader. He lives for and through basketball. He doesn't tolerate irresponsibility or teasing (especially from Sakuragi). He has a softer side with his sister Haruko and, deep down, cares about his teammates.

History: Captain of Shohoku. His dream is to reach the national championship.

Loves: Not shown

Relatives: Sister: Haruko Akagi

Rivals: Uozumi, other centers

Likes: Basketball, discipline

Dislikes: Laziness, immaturity

Full name: Kogure Kiminobu (木暮公延)

Age: 17 years

Date of birth: May 5

Blood type: A

Height: 1.78 m

Weight: 62 kg

Gender: Male

Role: Shohoku Vice-Captain

Position: Shooting Guard / Small Forward

Hair: Brown, short

Lenses: Yes

Personality: Kind, mature, calm, peacemaker

History: Joined since first year, supports Akagi, is a substitute but key in important moments

Skills: Medium/long-range shots, good concentration

Loves: No acquaintances

Relatives: Not mentioned

Rivals: Not direct

Likes: Teamwork, order

Dislikes: Conflicts and disorganization

Full name: Haruko Akagi (赤木晴子)

Gender: Female

Age: 15 years

Date of birth: Not specified

Blood type: O

Height/Weight: Unknown

Appearance: Long brown hair, big eyes, sweet expression. Her style is simple, usually wearing a school uniform or casual clothes.

Personality: Kind, innocent, and very optimistic. She is easily moved by the talents of others (like Rukawa). Although she seems naive, she is observant and compassionate. She has a keen eye for basketball, which unwittingly helps Sakuragi improve.

History: Akagi's younger sister. Introduces Sakuragi to basketball.

Loves: Admires Rukawa

Relatives: Brother: Takenori Akagi

Rivals: None

Likes: Rukawa, basketball

Dislikes: Violence

Full name: Hisashi Mitsui (三井 寿)

Gender: Male

Age: 17 years

Date of birth: May 22

Blood type: AB

Height: 1.84 m

Weight: 70 kg

Appearance: Slim, short black hair (previously long and messy), hard gaze. His body shows signs of a life of street fighting. He wears the number 14 jersey.

Personality: Complicated and emotionally fragile. He was a prodigy, but frustration drove him to rebellion. Upon returning to basketball, he struggles with guilt and redeems himself by displaying incredible willpower. He has touching moments that show how much he loves the sport and respects his teammates.

History: MVP in high school, he quit basketball due to injury. He joined a gang, then returned to the team.

Loves: Unspecified

Relatives: Parents (mentioned briefly)

Rivals: His own past, and defenses that mark him firmly

Likes: The three-point shot, being useful to the team again

Dislikes: Regret, his past weakness

Full name: Ayako (no known last name)

Gender: Female

Age: 17 years

Date of birth: Not specified

Blood type: Unknown

Height/Weight: Unknown

Appearance: Tall for her age, light purple hair tied back in a ponytail. She always wears her manager's uniform and carries a towel over her shoulder. She sometimes wears casual clothes in scenes outside of training.

Personality: Firm, energetic, and determined. She doesn't hesitate to scold or hit the kids if they stray. She's an emotional and strategic pillar for the team. She has a close relationship with Miyagi, although she treats him like a brother.

Story: Team manager, supports Miyagi and helps everyone focus

Loves: Not shown, but she is admired by Miyagi

Relatives: Not mentioned

Rivals: None

Likes: Effort, discipline

Dislikes: Indiscipline, fights

KAINAN

Full name: Shinichi Maki (牧紳一)

Gender: Male

Age: 18 years

Date of birth: August 22

Blood type: A

Height: 1.84 m

Weight: 79 kg

Position: Point Guard (PG)

Appearance: Athletic, intense gaze, square jaw, serene but firm face. Her posture denotes authority.

Personality: Self-confident, a natural leader, mature, and fair. He is respectful of his rivals and demanding of his team.

History: Kainan's captain and star. He's the prefecture's best point guard and the team's driving force. He was included in the national youth team.

Loves: Not shown

Relatives: Not listed

Rivals: Ryota Miyagi, Kaede Rukawa

Likes: Organized play, teamwork

Dislikes: Selfishness, immature players

Full name: Takasago Tsuyoshi (高砂一馬)

Gender: Male

Age: 18 years

Date of birth: December 11

Blood type: A

Height: 1.91 m

Weight: 83 kg

Position: Center (C)

Appearance: Tall, solid body, serious and reserved face.

Personality: Disciplined, quiet, and calculating. He fulfills his role without standing out, but with efficiency.

History: Kainan's starting center. He has a less aggressive style than Akagi, but he's effective and reliable.

Loves: Not shown

Relatives: Not mentioned

Rivals: Takenori Akagi

Likes: Solid defense, fair play

Dislikes: Being underestimated, disorganization

Full name: Nobunaga Kiyota (清田信長)

Gender: Male

Age: 16 years

Date of birth: November 10

Blood type: B

Height: 1.78 m

Weight: 66 kg

Position: Forward (SF)

Appearance: Short, spiky hair, bold expression, always smiling confidently.

Personality: Extroverted, impulsive, competitive. Sometimes immature, but with enormous energy. He resembles Sakuragi in personality.

Story: Kainan's star rookie. He has great potential, though he lacks discipline. He becomes obsessed with defeating Rukawa.

Loves: Not shown

Relatives: Not mentioned

Rivals: Rukawa, Sakuragi

Likes: Competing, shining, joking

Dislikes: Being ignored, being beaten by someone younger

Full name: Takasago Tsuyoshi (高砂一馬)

Gender: Male

Age: 18 years

Date of birth: December 11

Blood type: A

Height: 1.91 m

Weight: 83 kg

Position: Center (C)

Appearance: Tall, solid body, serious and reserved face.

Personality: Disciplined, quiet, and calculating. He fulfills his role without standing out, but with efficiency.

History: Kainan's starting center. He has a less aggressive style than Akagi, but he's effective and reliable.

Loves: Not shown

Relatives: Not mentioned

Rivals: Takenori Akagi

Likes: Solid defense, fair play

Dislikes: Being underestimated, disorganization

Coach Riki Takato (高頭力)

Gender: Male

Age: Approx. 40-50 years

Date of birth: Not specified

Blood type: Unknown

Height/Weight: Not specified

Appearance: Bald, round face, always smiling.

Personality: Intelligent, strategic, calm. He has experience and knows how to get the best out of his players.

History: He's been leading Kainan to championships for years. He leads with ease and confidence.

Loves: Not shown

Relatives: Not listed

Rivals: Rival technicians, especially Anzai

Likes: Winning with order, developing intelligent players

Dislikes: Impulsive players without control

SHOYO

Kenji Fujima (藤真健司)

Gender: Male

Age: 17 years

Date of birth: June 5

Blood type: A

Height: 1.78 m

Weight: 66 kg

Position: Point Guard / Player-Coach

Appearance: Straight hair, serene eyes, elegant and refined. Wears glasses when not playing.

Personality: Intelligent, calm, analytical, and responsible. He possesses great maturity and leadership.

History: Shoyo's captain and strategist. He only comes on when his team is in trouble.

Loves: Not shown

Relatives: Not mentioned

Rivals: Miyagi, Mitsui

Likes: Tactical play, pace control

Dislikes: Impulsiveness, losing without strategy

Toru Hanagata (花形透)

Gender: Male

Age: 17 years

Date of birth: March 15

Blood type: AB

Height: 1.97 m

Weight: 83 kg

Position: Center

Appearance: Very tall, with sports glasses. Serious face and fine features.

Personality: Calm, technical, courteous. Always cool, even under pressure.

History: Shoyo's second-in-command. He's a threat on both ends of the court.

Loves: Not shown

Relatives: Not listed

Rivals: Akagi, Uozumi

Likes: Clean defense, mid-range shooting

Dislikes: Messy players

Hoshino, Hasegawa, Naito (other players)

Lack of individual development. They support the game with shooting or defense. They are known for being tall and disciplined.

RYONAN

Akira Sendoh (仙道彰)

Gender: Male

Age: 17 years

Date of birth: February 14

Blood type: AB

Height: 1.90 m

Weight: 79 kg

Position: Shooting Guard / Point Guard

Appearance: Dark spiky hair, always smiling, relaxed expression.

Personality: Laid-back, intelligent, confident. He's a natural basketball genius.

History: Ryonan's main star. Silent leader and direct rival of Rukawa.

Loves: Not shown

Relatives: Unspecified

Rivals: Rukawa, Maki

Likes: Playing relaxed, passing the ball, the challenge

Dislikes: Stress, forced tactics

Jun Uozumi (魚住純)

Gender: Male

Age: 18 years

Date of birth: January 25

Blood type: O

Height: 2.02 m

Weight: 90 kg

Position: Center / Captain

Appearance: Giant, thick eyebrows, square jaw, serious look.

Personality: Proud, tough, but kind-hearted. He demands a lot from himself.

History: Captain of Ryonan, but cedes actual leadership to Sendoh. Rival of Akagi.

Loves: Not mentioned

Relatives: Not shown

Rivals: Akagi

Likes: Improving, training

Dislikes: Not being up to par

Koshino Hiroshi (越野宏)

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Date of birth: October 28

Blood type: A

Height: 1.78 m

Weight: 65 kg

Position: Shooting Guard

Appearance: Slim, short hair, serious look

Personality: Intelligent, focused, reliable.

History: He is the tactical voice of the team when Sendoh is not speaking.

Rivals: Mitsui

Likes: Strategy, precision

Dislikes: Lack of communication

Kicchou Fukuda (福田吉兆)

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Date of birth: April 3

Blood type: B

Height: 1.83 m

Weight: 70 kg

Position: Forward

Appearance: Long face, light hair, confident expression

Personality: Ambitious, self-centered, impulsive.

History: A player with a lot of offensive potential, but who sometimes detracts from the team due to his selfishness.

Rivals: Sakuragi, Mitsui

Likes: Attacking, scoring

Dislikes: Passing the ball, being ignored

Taoka Sensei (田岡茂一)

Ryonan Coach

Appearance: Large, bald on top, angry

Personality: Strict, emotional, somewhat authoritarian

History: Classic coach, has conflicts with his players for not listening to his ideas

Likes: Discipline

Dislikes: Rebellion (like Fukuda)

MEIHOU TECH

Hiroshi Morishige (森重寛)

Gender: Male

Age: 17 years

Date of birth: Not specified

Blood type: Unknown

Height: 2.03 m

Weight: 110 kg

Position: Center

Appearance: Huge, round face, friendly face

Personality: Quiet, shy, kind off the court, but a beast in the game

Story: Star player of Meihou Tech. Faces Shohoku in the National Tournament

Rivals: Akagi, Sakuragi

Likes: Basketball, tranquility

Dislikes: Aggressive people

TOYOTAMA

Minami Daijiro (南大樹)

Gender: Male

Age: 17 years

Height: 1.87 m

Weight: 76 kg

Position: Shooting Guard (SG)

Appearance: Long hair combed back, mocking face

Personality: Cocky, arrogant, provocative. Enjoys driving his opponent crazy.

History: Captain of Toyotama, famous for his trickery. He provokes Mitsui in the match against Shohoku.

Loves: Not shown

Relatives: Not mentioned

Rivals: Mitsui

Likes: Making fun of rivals, winning with style

Dislikes: Being humiliated

Tsuyoshi Ohara (大原津芳)

Position: Center

Appearance: Tall, strong, very aggressive

Personality: Violent and rude, he has no scruples.

Rivals: Akagi, Sakuragi

History: He is one of the players who committed the most fouls in the match against Shohoku.

SANNOH KOUKOU

Eiji Sawakita (沢北栄治)

Gender: Male

Age: 17 years

Height: 1.89 m

Weight: 75 kg

Position: Shooting Guard (SG)

Date of birth: Not specified

Blood type: A

Appearance: Straight hair, refined features, determined gaze

Personality: Cold, perfectionist, extremely competitive. Arrogant, but with a sense of purpose.

Story: Japan's best high school player. Plays in the US after the tournament. His duel with Rukawa is legendary.

Loves: Not shown

Family: His father appears briefly (he lives in the US)

Rivals: Rukawa

Likes: Competing, challenging limits

Dislikes: Mediocre players

Masashi Kawata (河田雅史)

Gender: Male

Age: 18 years

Height: 2.10 m

Weight: 115 kg

Position: Center (C)

Appearance: Huge, thick eyebrows, strong jaw

Personality: Calculating, dominant, with a strange sense of humor

Story: Japan's best center. He massacres Akagi until Sakuragi challenges him.

Rivals: Akagi, Sakuragi

Likes: Perfect defense, provocations

Dislikes: Emotional people

Mikio Kawata (河田美紀男)

Gender: Male

Age: 15 years

Height: 2.02 m

Weight: 100 kg

Position: Substitute center

Personality: Childish, clumsy, quiet

History: Masashi's younger brother. Despite his physique, he is inexperienced.

Likes: Older brother

Dislikes: Conflicts

Ichinokura and Nobe

Positions: Small forward and power forward respectively

Role: Key support in defense, both are physical and disciplined

Rivals: Mitsui and Rukawa

Style: Defensive, sticky, exhausting

Tetsuo: Sakuragi's friend, part of his gang. Always supports him.

Yasuda, Sasaoka, Kakuta, Noma: Substitute players for Shohoku, they appear in specific scenes.

Kicchou Fukuda (Ryonan): Young scorer with an aggressive style. Rivals Shohoku.

Koshino (Ryonan): Sendoh's friend, serious player.

Hanagata (Shoyo): Shoyo's strong pivot.

Taoka (Ryonan's coach): Authoritarian and harsh with Uozumi.

Anzai Sensei (Shohoku): Legendary former coach. Calm, wise, and the team's emotional guide.

Mitsui's ex-girlfriend: Only mentioned as having inspired him.

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Age: 15 years

Birthday: January 4th

School: Kainan Institute

School year: First year of secondary school

Height: 160 cm

Weight: 49 kg

Blood type: O

Appearance: He wears the classic Kainan uniform, with his hair neatly tied in a bun. Sometimes he wears a club jacket over the uniform.

Personality: Curious, passionate about basketball, determined, sensitive but strong-willed. Although kind, she can become impulsive if she feels ignored or belittled.

Outstanding skill: Excellent visual memory (easily observes training sessions and tactics). Good sense of rhythm and game timing.

Background: She joined Kainan with the intention of becoming a manager, but also became interested in playing. She met Hanamichi Sakuragi at an interscholastic event and they started dating, though their relationship became complicated when he began ignoring her during training camp before the nationals. Driven by her feelings, she decides to go to Shohoku in search of answers... only to be met with Rukawa's inquisitive gaze and Captain Akagi's stern judgment.

Relationship with Hanamichi Sakuragi: Initially romantic, though unbalanced. She admires his growth and energy.

Relationship with Kaede Rukawa: Tense. He intrigues her with his cold demeanor. They sometimes argue, but she respects him.

Relationship with Kiyota Nobunaga: Enthusiastic companion. He is jealous of her connection to Shohoku.

Relationship with Shinichi Maki: Deep respect. Maki acts as a supportive and guiding figure.

Likes: Basketball, watching games, studying plays, sincerity, strawberry ice cream, listening to music with headphones.

Dislikes: Being ignored, having her passion for the sport underestimated, losing control of her emotions.

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