| 1 | [[index]] |
| 2 | * [[Characters/KurokosBasketballGenerationOfMiracles Generation of Miracles]] [[note]]Kuroko Tetsuya, Kise Ryouta, Midorima Shintarou, Aomine Daiki, Momoi Satsuki, Murasakibara Atsushi, Akashi Seijuurou[[/note]] |
| 3 | [[/index]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder: Seirin High School]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[WMG: Tetsuya Kuroko]] |
| 10 | ->See Characters/KurokosBasketballGenerationOfMiracles |
| 11 | |
| 12 | [[WMG: Taiga Kagami]] |
| 13 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kagami_1_4460.png]] |
| 14 | [[caption-width-right:225:'''Position:''' Power Forward\ |
| 15 | '''Height/Weight:''' 190cm/82kg\ |
| 16 | '''Birthday:''' August 2nd (Leo)\ |
| 17 | '''Blood Type:''' A]] |
| 18 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiOno (Japanese), Creator/ZenoRobinson (English) |
| 19 | |
| 20 | An extraordinary basketball player, he lived in the United States until partway through middle school. Upon returning, he finds himself disappointed at the level of basketball in Japan. After learning about the Generation of Miracles, he makes it his goal to take them down with the help of Kuroko. |
| 21 | ----- |
| 22 | * TheAce: He's the best Seirin player when it comes to scoring and one-on-one matches. |
| 23 | * AffectionateNickname: [[PunnyName Bakagami]]. |
| 24 | * AnimalMotifs: "Taiga" = Japanese rōmaji for "Tiger". |
| 25 | * BigEater: He can eat at least thirty hamburgers in one go. Multiple times. Finished X number of 4kg super prime steaks in thirty minutes, wherein X = the number of Seirin basketball players that couldn't finish their own; Kagami's body is pretty much an airplane powered by beef cattle. |
| 26 | * BloodKnight: Or the sport equivalent, anyway. His primary motivation and one of the reasons he loves to play so much is so that he can fight strong players, whether he wins or loses. |
| 27 | * BookDumb: Unbelievably so. Even his English grades are terrible, despite being a fluent speaker. (This is somehow {{Justified|Trope}}, as most kids in school don't even pay attention that much to learning proper grammar). |
| 28 | * BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Kagami injures his legs when he over-exerts himself guarding Midorima during their match with Shuutoku. While Seirin ultimately wins, his injuries continues to plague him going into the Inter-High tournament.]] |
| 29 | * BrutalHonesty: This often makes him come across as quite rude, especially at the beginning. |
| 30 | * ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: The [[BigDamnMovie Anime adaptation of EXTRA GAME]] ends with Kagami leaving Seirin and returning to America.]] |
| 31 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: He has reddish hair and eyes. |
| 32 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 33 | ** Of [[Manga/SlamDunk Hanamichi Sakuragi]]. Just look at the tropes after {{Foil}}. Even his jersey number and special ability are similar. |
| 34 | ** Though Kuroko gets all the fancy passes from Manu Ginobili, Taiga gets Manu's penchant for throwing passes between opposing players' legs. |
| 35 | * FauxFluency: Kagami is presumed to be fluent in English due to his time in the US. The anime makes it clear that his VA is not, as he speaks English with a rather thick Japanese accent. His English grammar is still pretty understandable on the other hand. |
| 36 | * FieryRedhead: He's a HotBlooded LightningBruiser with red hair. |
| 37 | * {{Foil}}: To [[TheStoic Kuroko]]. |
| 38 | * HairTriggerTemper: He gets somewhat better as the plot goes on, but it's still a continuing issue for him. |
| 39 | * TheHero: In regards to his place on the Seirin team. In terms of plot significance, he's more of a {{Deuteragonist}}. |
| 40 | * HotBlooded: Especially at the beginning, when he tends to throw himself at problems instead of listening to his more reasonable teammates. |
| 41 | * {{Hunk}}: He's powerfully built and is one of the few important characters drawn without a beautiful face. |
| 42 | * IdiotHero: Very notable when his teammates discover his grades. |
| 43 | * InASingleBound: His biggest selling point is that he has some crazy jumps. By the time the game with Rakuzan rolls around, Zone!Kagami almost has his feet at the same height as the basket when he Meteor Jams! |
| 44 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's brash and arrogant, but does truly care about his teammates. This is established in the first episode when, after spending an entire game insulting Kuroko, he gives Kuroko a hamburger and acknowledges his skill. |
| 45 | * LightningBruiser: He's both the fastest and the physically strongest of his team. Especially when he enters the Zone, where he gets Aomine-like speed ''on top of'' the strength to block Murasakibara's dunks and the jumping power to easily dunk from the free-throw line. |
| 46 | * MeaningfulName: His name's [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem kanji]] are literally "Fire God, Big Ego" |
| 47 | * MinorLivingAlone: The reason he can cook so well. |
| 48 | * MirrorCharacter: To Aomine. They're both talented, power-focused players who want worthy opponents to play against. However, while Kagami's a hardworking decent person with a [[HairTriggerTemper hot temper]], Aomine is a lazy JerkJock who gave up on basketball a while ago. |
| 49 | * MrFanservice: There are a lot of scenes where he's shirtless or naked. |
| 50 | * NaiveNewcomer: Well not to the sport of basketball, but he is one to the Japanese high school basketball circuit. He doesn't know many of the players from the other teams that Kuroko and the rest know from playing basketball in middle school. More often than not, he's the one asking who's who, prompting someone else on the team to reply him and the audience. |
| 51 | * TheNoseKnows: Claims that he can typically discern his opponents' strength based on their smell. Kuroko strikes him as odd, therefore, because he has no scent at all. |
| 52 | -->'''Kagami (to [[TheNondescript Kuroko]]):''' I can guess the strength of an opponent to some extent. It's like strong guys have a peculiar smell about them. ...But you're weird. Even though you should reek of weakness... you don't smell like anything at all. Your strength is odorless. |
| 53 | * OddFriendship: With Kuroko. |
| 54 | * PhraseCatcher: Often gets called "dumbass" by Hyuuga whenever he does or says something remotely hotheaded. |
| 55 | * RealMenCook: [[AllThereInTheManual The character bible]] says one of his hobbies is cooking and he taught Riko how to cook some simple dishes before their training camp. |
| 56 | * RealMenWearPink: The character bible mentions how he likes to shop as well. He fits this trope so well that in the 2015 "Top 20 Characters Otaku Want to Marry" poll, he tied for 16th in the "Ideal ''Wife''" category. |
| 57 | * RedBaron: "The Miracle who did not become one of the Miracles". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN22MpnWvdg A Crowning Moment of Awesome when each of the Generation of Miracles felt a door, which was thought to be unopenable, open.]] |
| 58 | * RedIsHeroic: He's TheHero of his team, and a FieryRedhead. |
| 59 | * RedOniBlueOni: He's the HotBlooded, passionate Red to Kuroko's and Himuro's calm and cool Blue. It's ColourCodedForYourConvenience with Kuroko and in the case of Himuro in the names (Kagami means "Fire God" while "Hi" in Himuro means "Ice Chamber") |
| 60 | * TigerVersusDragon: "Taiga" means "Tiger" while "Tatsu" means "Dragon". |
| 61 | * TrueCompanions: The requirements to enter the Zone is love of the game. [[spoiler: The second level of the Zone is opened by ThePowerOfFriendship, and represented by Kuroko being the guard of the second door.]] |
| 62 | * UnusualEyebrows: Of the fiery and forked kind. |
| 63 | * VerbalTic: Has a tendency to forget to speak politely, then correct himself once he notices. |
| 64 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: |
| 65 | ** Doesn't turn out well for him when Kuroko decides to adopt a dog as a TeamPet, since he is terrified by dogs. |
| 66 | ** In the light novel, it's revealed that he's also afraid of ghosts and he's scared out of his wits by the classic 'flashlight-from-below' trick by Kuroko. |
| 67 | |
| 68 | |
| 69 | [[WMG: Kouki Furihata]] |
| 70 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Naoki Mizutani (Japanese), Creator/DavidErrigoJr (English) |
| 71 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Point Guard\ |
| 72 | '''Height/Weight:''' 170cm/60kg\ |
| 73 | '''Birthday:''' November 8 (Scorpio)\ |
| 74 | '''Blood Type:''' O]] |
| 75 | |
| 76 | A first year student and Seirin's secondary point guard. Initially spending most of his time on the bench, he eventually sees some play by the Seirin's last two matches in the Winter Cup. |
| 77 | ---- |
| 78 | * AscendedExtra: Gets a bit more prominent early on in Season 3, first sent in at the first quarter of the match against [[spoiler: Kaijou]] then later again for a brief time against [[spoiler: Rakuzan]]. |
| 79 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: He has his moments. Particularly [[spoiler: in the Rakuzan match when he's the first to realize something's strange about Mayuzumi and, more importantly, Kuroko's Misdirection starting to fade.]] |
| 80 | * CharacterDevelopment: Earlier on in the series Furihata's shown to be something of a defeatist, believing from the start that the first years would lose against the second years in their practice match. Though still ''far'' from NervesOfSteel, he does show a bit more confidence and love for basketball later on in the series. [[spoiler: He convinces Kawahara not to quit the team even if they're on the bench until the very end. Furihata also snaps back at him the night before the Winter Cup finals against Rakuzan when he says Seirin might not even put up a decent fight, let alone win.]] |
| 81 | --> '''Furihata:''' Idiot! How are you letting this get to you now? |
| 82 | * MeaningfulName: "Furihata" (降旗) translates to "fallen/surrendered flag," a reference to his cowardly nature. |
| 83 | * NervousWreck: ''Very'' much so. He's borderline catatonic when he first [[spoiler: subs in for Izuki during the Kaijou rematch and is so intimidated by Akashi that he gets ColorFailure upon subbing in and [[EpicFail falls flat on his face following Akashi to the throw-in.]]]] |
| 84 | * NiceGuy: Subtle, but it's there. He worries for his teammates and quickly notices when they're upset, [[spoiler: such as when Kuroko gets repeatedly countered by Aomine in the Touou rematch and again during the Rakuzan match.]] He also readily attends to his team on the bench, offering them towels or water and assisting with taping when necessary. |
| 85 | * TheSmartGuy: His observational skills give him shades of this. |
| 86 | * SupportPartyMember: Noted to rely on his teammates and focuses on supporting them. His cautiousness allows him to catch mistakes and avoid danger, slowing down Seirin's pace and keeping them stable. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[WMG: Riko Aida]] |
| 89 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Riko_1_4340.png]] |
| 90 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiwaSaito (Japanese), Creator/AbbyTrott (English) |
| 91 | A second year student at Seirin who's also the coach and manager of the Seirin basketball club. She managed to take the team to the Regionals in her first year of coaching. |
| 92 | ----- |
| 93 | %% * ActionGirl |
| 94 | * ACupAngst: A mild case, mainly only when [[MsFanservice Momoi or Alex]] is around. |
| 95 | * AmicableExes: WordOfGod says that Riko and Kiyoshi used to date. Even now they're still friends. |
| 96 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: She knows a person's physical statistics just by looking at their bodies. |
| 97 | * BadassAdorable: Don't let her cute persona fool you: she's the team's coach and she's pretty damn good at it. |
| 98 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Her interactions with Hyuuga can be interpreted as this. |
| 99 | * BrainyBrunette: Riko not only had the best school test scores among the team, but she also ranked 2nd out of the ''whole school.'' |
| 100 | * CordonBleughChef: ''Vitamins and protein powder'' go into the meals she makes for the team. With [[RealMenCook Kagami's]] assistance, her meals look fine, but taste is a [[LethalChef completely different matter]]... |
| 101 | * CoolBigSis: HairTriggerTemper aside, she's very caring about the team and tries to reign them in whenever they get too overblown. Even when she's pissed at them, she understands that the team are just a ragtag bunch of high school boys that are trying to get to the top. |
| 102 | * CuteSportsClubManager: The guys trying out for the team thinks she's this. [[SubvertedTrope She's actually the coach.]] |
| 103 | * CutenessProximity: Has a picture of a kitten on her phone and instantly falls in love with [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Tetsuya #2]]. |
| 104 | * FemininityFailure: Makes honey-soaked lemons to give to her team during the break of a tough match. But instead of slicing the lemons, which would allow for them to thoroughly soak in the honey, ''she leaves the lemons whole''. She is outdone by her male teammate. |
| 105 | * HairTriggerTemper: She has a better control over it than Kagami and Hyuuga, but it's definitely still present. |
| 106 | * LethalChef: She doesn't cut up ''any'' of the ingredients, preferring to simply dump everything together in a pot. And she sprinkles the rice she serves the basketball team with vitamin pills and protein powder. |
| 107 | * {{Shorttank}}: Her typical outfit. |
| 108 | * SupportingLeader: She's the one who trains the main characters and leads the team. |
| 109 | * TeamMom: Especially towards TheCaptain Hyuga and the injured Kiyoshi. |
| 110 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Momoi's Girly Girl. |
| 111 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's the coach of a high school boys' basketball team and has the skills to back it up, but she has no qualms over dressing and acting girly at times. She also adores cute things, specifically animals as seen by her fonding over Tetsuya #2. |
| 112 | * TranquilFury: An opposing player from Josei makes the mistake of openly despairing over her lack of sex appeal. She smiles while drawing her thumb across her throat and then pointing it down, signalling to Seirin to destroy Josei. |
| 113 | * YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: While it's not Kuroko levels of terrifying, '''stay the fuck away''' from her if you value your life when she's pissed. |
| 114 | |
| 115 | [[WMG: Junpei Hyuuga]] |
| 116 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hyuuga_1_8155.png]] |
| 117 | [[caption-width-right:225:'''Position:''' Shooting Guard\ |
| 118 | '''Height/Weight:''' 178cm/68kg]] |
| 119 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshimasaHosoya (Japanese), Creator/AlanLee (English) |
| 120 | |
| 121 | The captain of the Seirin basketball team. A reliable clutch-player, he is Seirin's primary pillar of mental support in games. |
| 122 | ----- |
| 123 | * AuthoritySoundsDeep: He's the Captain of Seirin's Basketball club, and has the deepest, most imposing voice of the group in the Japanese version of the dialogue. |
| 124 | * BelligerentSexualTension: His interactions with Riko can be interpreted as this. |
| 125 | * TheCaptain: Other characters point out that he's the one who manages to bring the best out of his teammates with his passion and determination. |
| 126 | * CatchphraseInsult: |
| 127 | ** Often calls people (primarily Kagami and Kiyoshi) a dumbass [[note]] It's usually either "daho" or "aho", but he uses "boke" and "baka" with just as much vigor. [[/note]] when they do something that is remotely idiotic in his eyes. |
| 128 | ** Often says "Shut up Izuki" or some other variant whenever Izuki pulls out one of his puns. |
| 129 | * DelinquentHair: Was long and blonde in his first year. Everybody else think he was ridiculous. |
| 130 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: He had long, blonde hair back when he was trying to be delinquent. After that phase, he cropped his hair and dyed it back to black. |
| 131 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/SlamDunk Mitsui Hisashi]]. Both are shooting guards with a lethal 3-pointer, they are a bit anger prone, but they are the guy who keeps the team together. Close with the coach as well. Also had a delinquent phase, although Hyuga's is more of a "delinquent". |
| 132 | * HairTriggerTemper: He's very quick to anger if someone does or says something that pisses him off. |
| 133 | * HardWorkHardlyWorks: Firmly believed this during his anger stage in his first year. His anger at Kiyoshi was because Kiyoshi was a prodigy (albeit still OvershadowedByAwesome) and he was just a regular person. In his words, "A regular person who works hard is just an idiot". Obviously, he outgrew this philosophy. |
| 134 | * HotBlooded: And how! He's fiery to a point and extremely passionate when he gets fired up. |
| 135 | %% * JackOfAllStats |
| 136 | * JapaneseDelinquents: What he attempted to be in his first year of high school in order to quit basketball. Didn't last long. |
| 137 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More so in the past, but still present, as he is prone to insult people when angry. |
| 138 | * TheLancer: Team-wise, if Kiyoshi had become the captain as Hyuuga had initially intended, he would have been this. |
| 139 | * TheLeader: A mix of headstrong and levelheaded. He's very passionate and boastful about basketball, but he's able to reign in the team when they get out of line and keeps his cool during strenuous matches. |
| 140 | * NonconformistDyedHair: Upon entering Seirin High during his first year, he grew and dyded his hair blond to look like a delinquent. People pointed out the ridiculous look. |
| 141 | * SignatureMove: After Interhigh, he develops his own signature shot, the Barrier Jumper, in which he jumps back before making a jump shot. |
| 142 | * SplitPersonality: A very mild example. During important moments he actually becomes ''more'' confident and precise, but he also starts insulting more or less everybody who talks to him. |
| 143 | * SupportingLeader: Despite being TheCaptain of the team, he's not the main character. |
| 144 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With CloudCuckooLander Kiyoshi. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[WMG: Shun Izuki]] |
| 147 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shun_izuki_3774.png]] |
| 148 | [[caption-width-right:225:'''Position:''' Point Guard\ |
| 149 | '''Height/Weight:''' 174cm/64kg]] |
| 150 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirofumiNojima (Japanese), Creator/BrandonWinckler (English) |
| 151 | |
| 152 | Seirin's primary point guard. He knew Hyuuga in middle school. He started playing basketball in 2nd grade, the earliest of anyone in the Seirin team. |
| 153 | ----- |
| 154 | * AwesomeByAnalysis: His Eagle's Eye allows him to perfectly conceptualize the action on the court from a TopDownView, an ability he puts to good use in matches. |
| 155 | * ChickMagnet: In Seirin. Though they always run away when he [[PungeonMaster starts telling jokes]]. |
| 156 | * IncrediblyLamePun: His puns are usually so lame that almost everyone is dumbfounded by them. The only one who has ever laughed at them is Hayama from Rakuzan. |
| 157 | * NervesOfSteel: During the final match in the original story, Imayoshi points out how Izuki is so calm and focused during the last seconds of the game. Because of Izuki keeping his nerves, Seirin manages to win. |
| 158 | * OnlySaneMan: Despite his PungeonMaster tendencies, he's this for his team. Prime example? The hot springs incident. |
| 159 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: His Eagle Eye is portrayed as the weakest of the special Point Guard eyes, with hierarchy going like this: Eagle Eye < Hawk Eye < Emperor Eye < Belial Eye. Izuki developed the Eagle Spear to make up for this and also retains NervesOfSteel in critical situations. |
| 160 | * PhraseCatcher: "Shut up, Izuki!" or "Izuki, shut up!". Hyuuga will say that to him whenever Izuki makes a pun. |
| 161 | * PungeonMaster: He ''really'' likes horrible puns. Hyuga often threatens to hit him. |
| 162 | * TheSmartGuy: Very notable during the game against Rakuzan, where he manages to outsmart his opponent when he can't defeat him with skill. |
| 163 | * StealthPun: Tries to put a couple of those every time he can. |
| 164 | * WeakButSkilled: He's not physically gifted or superhumanly skilled, but he uses his Eagle's Eye to make plays no-one else could. |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[WMG: Rinnosuke Mitobe ]] |
| 167 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Center\ |
| 168 | '''Height/Weight:''' 186cm/78kg]] |
| 169 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PhillipReich (English) |
| 170 | A hook-shooter. He never speaks in-series, though the other 2nd years seem to be able to [[SilentBob understand what he's saying through expression alone]]. Nevertheless, he gives off the impression of a NiceGuy. |
| 171 | ----- |
| 172 | * TheBigGuy: Before being replaced by Kiyoshi, he's the starting Center. He's also a very solid defender. |
| 173 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: The oldest of ''ten siblings''. |
| 174 | * NiceGuy: Despite never saying anything, he's shown to be caring and considerate. It's implied he developed this personality caring for his many younger siblings. |
| 175 | * TheReliableOne: He's the one who keeps playing normally when his teammates are upset. |
| 176 | * TheStoic: When things get hard, he... keeps being silent and nice. |
| 177 | * TeamChef: The energy food he prepares for the team is absolutely way more effective than of [[LethalChef Riko's]]. |
| 178 | * TheVoiceless: Sometimes leads to being the SilentBob. Especially notable that in the anime he has ''[[http://myanimelist.net/character/22252/Rinnosuke_Mitobe no Japanese voice actor.]]'' |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[WMG: Shinji Koganei]] |
| 181 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakuyaEguchi (Japanese), Tom Bauer (English) |
| 182 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Forward\ |
| 183 | '''Height/Weight:''' 170cm/67kg]] |
| 184 | |
| 185 | A JackOfAllStats, he started playing basketball in high school because he thought it looked cool. He's been friends with Mitobe since middle school. |
| 186 | ----- |
| 187 | * ButtMonkey: He's often the one who comically misses a shot or says the wrong thing. |
| 188 | * {{Expy}}: At least physically, he looks very similar to an older [[Manga/FlameOfRecca Kaoru Koganei]]. |
| 189 | * TheHeart: He's not the most physically built (especially compared to Kagami), but he offers a lot of emotional support and rallies the team together in dire situations. |
| 190 | * JackOfAllTrades: And also MasterOfNone. He doesn't specialize in any specific basketball technique but he isn't particularly weak in any either. Also presents itself in his grades, where he's slightly above average for all his subjects. |
| 191 | * TheNicknamer: He likes to give nicknames to his teammates, most prominently Tsuchida who is nicknamed "Tsucchi". He is also the one who named Kuroko's dog, Tetsuya #2. |
| 192 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Mitobe, due to the fact that Koganei is the only one who can understand him perfectly, and often translates for the rest of the team. |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[WMG: Satoshi Tsuchida]] |
| 195 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GoInoue (Japanese), Creator/LandonMcDonald (English) |
| 196 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Power Forward\ |
| 197 | '''Height/Weight:''' 176cm/70kg]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | TheGenericGuy of the Seirin 2nd years. He specializes in rebounds. |
| 200 | ----- |
| 201 | * DemotedToExtra: Not that he was ever that important to begin with, but as the plot goes on, it's very easy to forget that he's one of the Seirin regulars. |
| 202 | * EyesAlwaysShut: His only notable feature. |
| 203 | * TheGenericGuy: He never gets a chance to actually show his character. |
| 204 | |
| 205 | [[WMG: Teppei Kiyoshi]] |
| 206 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/teppei_kiyoshi_2430.png]] |
| 207 | [[caption-width-right:225:'''Position:''' Center\ |
| 208 | '''Height/Weight:''' 193cm/81kg]] |
| 209 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiHamada (Japanese), Creator/JalenKCassell (English) |
| 210 | |
| 211 | Founder of the Seirin basketball club. Seirin's former ace, and one of the Five Uncrowned Generals. His extremely large hands allow him to hold the basketball as a handball, allowing him to use skills such as the Right of Postponement, and later Vice Claw. While the main center for Seirin, he's also capable as a point guard, allowing him to combine both positions and create his own play style. He suffered a GameBreakingInjury at the hands of Hanamiya, and the injury is bad enough to force him to have to retire after this year's Winter Cup. |
| 212 | ----- |
| 213 | * TheAce: For Seirin, pre-GameBreakingInjury. |
| 214 | * AllLovingHero: Kiyoshi is a NiceGuy to everyone, including opponents who antagonized him, such as Hanamiya and Murasakibara. |
| 215 | * AmbiguousInnocence: He acts like a CloudCuckooLander, but Hyuga is sure that he's always scheming something. |
| 216 | * AmicableExes: In a Q & A session at the end of vol. 30, WordOfGod admits that the reason why Kiyoshi and Riko are on FirstNameBasis with each other is because they dated at one point. Even now, they get along. |
| 217 | * BigOlEyebrows: Thick and bushy. |
| 218 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: He's a ''very'' good player, but he really doesn't like to take himself seriously. |
| 219 | * CareerEndingInjury: [[spoiler:This Winter Cup will be his last.]] |
| 220 | * {{Catchphrase}}: "Let's have some fun~" |
| 221 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: It may be partly ObfuscatingStupidity, as an act to make his teammates feel at home. |
| 222 | * ConfusionFu: His Right of Postponement. It's even said that it's meaningless to predict his moves, because he can change his movements at the last minute. |
| 223 | * GameBreakingInjury: His knee is the reason why he doesn't appear until Volume 7. |
| 224 | * {{Keet}}: Very much during his first year, though he's toned it down in the present. |
| 225 | * LifeImitatesArt: Kiyoshi’s playing style is very similar to Nikola Jokic's (admittedly Kiyoshi is quite a bit smaller than the 7'1 juggernaut in question), who wasn’t drafted into the NBA until '''2014''', the same year the series ended. He would later be crowned MVP in 2021. |
| 226 | * LightningBruiser: Despite being a center, he's not noticeably slow. |
| 227 | * ThePollyanna: His injury hasn't affected his disposition. Also, this is the reason why he's known as [[RedBaron "Iron-Hearted"]]: every time he gets broken mentally, he quickly bounces back as if nothing's happened. |
| 228 | * RaisedByGrandparents: Used to explain why he's attending a school that doesn't have a basketball club at first; his grandparents are getting old and appreciated the company he provided, and Seirin was within walking distance. |
| 229 | * RedBaron: One of the Five Uncrowned Generals, "Iron-Heart". |
| 230 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Despite being a founding member of the Seirin High Basketball Club, he's not mentioned or present until Seirin loses the Inter High. |
| 231 | * TakeAThirdOption: Couldn't decide whether to become a center or a PG, and ended up doing both. |
| 232 | * TeamDad: Occasionally with elements of PapaWolf, as demonstrated in the match against Kirisaki Daiichi. Has shades of TheLancer to [[TheCaptain Hyuuga]] too. |
| 233 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Hyuuga. Kiyoshi always acts friendly towards him, but he ''has'' to know that [[TheGadfly this only aggravates Hyuuga even more]]. Apparently, they're actually ''more'' in sync when they argue, which is demonstrated [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilariously]] during the [[spoiler:Serin vs. Kaijou rematch]]. |
| 234 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: The light novel reveals that he's terrified of rats after watching a horror movie about mutant rats. |
| 235 | |
| 236 | [[WMG: Tetsuya #2]] |
| 237 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a764ab07_f73f_4e18_941b_6ae8e10b5e53.png]] |
| 238 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirofumiNojima (Japanese), Creator/KhoiDao (English) |
| 239 | Kuroko's small pet husky pup and Seirin's mascot. |
| 240 | ----- |
| 241 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the manga, he debuts in chapter 74 (which wasn't adapted into the anime, and takes place after the Touou vs Kaijou Inter-High match). In the anime, he first appears in episode 14, which is right after Seirin beats Shutoku. |
| 242 | * CanineCompanion: to Kuroko. |
| 243 | * EvilDetectingDog: To some extent. When Momoi tried to pet him, he turned his head away from her hand in a huff. |
| 244 | * PreciousPuppy: He's an adorable little pooch. |
| 245 | * TeamPet: After Kagami warms up to him, everybody on the team adores him. |
| 246 | * TwirlOfLove: Riko does a sped-up version of this once she first sees him. |
| 247 | * UncattyResemblance: To his master, Kuroko. |
| 248 | |
| 249 | [[/folder]] |
| 250 | |
| 251 | [[folder: Kaijou High School]] |
| 252 | |
| 253 | [[WMG: Ryouta Kise]] |
| 254 | ->See Characters/KurokosBasketballGenerationOfMiracles |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[WMG: Yukio Kasamatsu]] |
| 257 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SoichiroHoshi (Japanese), Creator/AlejandroSaab (English) |
| 258 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Point Guard\ |
| 259 | '''Height/Weight:''' 178cm/66kg]] |
| 260 | ----- |
| 261 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: A DownplayedTrope as between the two of them, Kise is [[TheAce the uncontested better player]], but Karamatsu threatens to throw Kise off the team during his first day if he kept up his disrespectful attitude. This quickly sent the message to Kise that a lot of his antics he got away with while playing with [[SmugSuper the Generation of Miracles]] in Middle School were not going to cut it. |
| 262 | * AwesomeByAnalysis: Owing to being a starting Point Guard, Kasamatsu is proficient at analyzing strategies both on and off the court. |
| 263 | * BadassNormal: Kasamatsu is pointed out as being one of the best non-prodigy players in the league, and it shows; [[spoiler:Izuki (his opposite number at Serin) can't even keep up with him unless he relies on the Eagle Spear, and even then Kasamatsu is capable of outmaneuvering him one-on-one]]. His playstyle (driving against close opponents and shooting accurately against those farther back) is mentioned as being "one of the most orthodox, but powerful," and he's a point guard (read: passing specialist) on top of that. Further emphasized by his fairly average height and build compared to the rest of the known cast. [[spoiler:He's also the only person to figure out how to stop Kuroko's Phantom Shot without the use of a unique ability; something even Himuro, who is a master of basketball form, was unable to do.]] |
| 264 | * BigBrotherMentor: A lot of his ToughLove towards Kise is getting him to realize the importance of what it means to actually play for a team rather than just himself. |
| 265 | * CannotTalkToWomen: Mentioned in the -replace- light novel. According to one of the drama [=CDs=], the girls at Kaijou are aware of this and only ask him "yes or no" questions out of pity. |
| 266 | * TheCaptain: He puts a lot of emphasis on this, partly because he's the OnlySaneMan of his team. |
| 267 | * DopeSlap: Frequently gives these to [[{{Keet}} Kise]]. |
| 268 | * FlashStep: [[spoiler: Izuki had to develop Eagle Spear to be able to steal the ball from him.]] |
| 269 | * FragileSpeedster: Izuki acknowledges him as the fastest player outside of the Generation of Miracles, despite not being particularly tall or well-built. |
| 270 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kise. |
| 271 | * TheLeader: A levelheaded and headstrong example. |
| 272 | * MyGreatestFailure: Has never forgiven himself for failing to catch a critical pass at Inter-High his second year. |
| 273 | * OnlySaneMan: On the Kaijou team. |
| 274 | * SupportingLeader: He's a very good player and the pillar of his team, but he knows that Kise is the real star. |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[WMG: Mitsuhiro Hayakawa]] |
| 277 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kazunori Nomata (Japanese), Creator/KeithSilverstein (English) |
| 278 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Power Forward\ |
| 279 | '''Height/Weight:''' 185cm/77kg]] |
| 280 | ----- |
| 281 | %%* BigOlEyebrows |
| 282 | * HotBlooded: This is very useful for him, as a rebound specialist. |
| 283 | * NoIndoorVoice: He's constantly shouting about rebounds and how he wants to get them. |
| 284 | * TheUnintelligible: He's damn near impossible to understand in the anime; even his teammates have trouble with it. |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[WMG: Yoshitaka Moriyama]] |
| 287 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Tomoyuki Higuchi (Japanese), Landon [=McDonald=] (English) |
| 288 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Shooting Guard\ |
| 289 | '''Height/Weight:''' 181cm/67kg]] |
| 290 | ----- |
| 291 | * CasanovaWannabe: He's often seen talking with [[ChickMagnet Kise]] about girls. |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[WMG: Koji Kobori]] |
| 294 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Sasaki Yoshihito (Japanese), Mick Lauer (English) |
| 295 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Center\ |
| 296 | '''Height/Weight:''' 192cm/74kg]] |
| 297 | ----- |
| 298 | * {{Determinator}}: One of the more overlooked examples. Kobori is pretty average normally, but his intense determination in the [[spoiler:Serin vs. Kaijo Semifinal match]] allows him to go toe-to-toe with the much bulkier, stronger, and more skillful [[spoiler:Kiyoshi]]. Even [[spoiler:Kiyoshi]] himself was impressed, [[TheDeterminator which is saying something]]. |
| 299 | * OnlySaneMan: To a slightly higher degree than Kasamatsu, as Kasamatsu is too busy keeping Kise in line to really bother too much with Moriyama and Hayakawa's unique brands of crazy. |
| 300 | * StoneWall: His playstyle is mainly defensive, but he's capable of screening out Kiyoshi repeatedly, and forcing Wakamatsu (who is stated to be physically on par with [[TheAce Kagami]], minus the insane jump height) to pass rather than attempt to score. Also manages to [[spoiler:catch Kise's copied Ignite Pass Kai]], which is impressive as only [[spoiler:Kagami and Kiyoshi can catch Kuroko's version on Serin's team]]. |
| 301 | [[/folder]] |
| 302 | |
| 303 | [[folder: Shuutoku High School]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[WMG: Shintarou Midorima]] |
| 306 | ->See Characters/KurokosBasketballGenerationOfMiracles |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[WMG: Kazunari Takao]] |
| 309 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki (Japanese), Creator/SeanChiplock (English) |
| 310 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Point Guard\ |
| 311 | '''Height/Weight:''' 176cm/65kg]] |
| 312 | ----- |
| 313 | * ButtMonkey: Frequently drives Midorima around on a rickshaw. Seems to not totally mind when Midorima pushes and orders him around. |
| 314 | * TheGadfly: When he and Midorima arrive at an restaurant and spot Kagami, Kuroko, Kise, and Kasamatsu at a table, he immediately lights up and tells Kasamatsu that he admires him and wishes to hear his stories. He then pulls him away, allowing for Midorima to take Kasamatsu's seat at what becomes the world's most awkward table setting. |
| 315 | --> '''Kasamatsu:''' You wanted this to happen, didn't you? |
| 316 | --> '''Takao (coyly):''' What? [[BlatantLies Of course not]]. |
| 317 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Midorima, thanks to their friendly rivalry. |
| 318 | * MeaningfulName: One of the kanji in Takao is a homophone for the word for 'hawk', possibly in reference to [[TopDownView his Hawk's Eye ability.]] |
| 319 | * PerpetualSmiler: He seems to really enjoy being TheGadfly, and is usually pretty amused by Midorima's antics. |
| 320 | * TopDownView: His Hawk's Eye is even better than Izuki's Eagle's Eye. |
| 321 | * TrueCompanions: With Midorima, which plays into their strategy against Rakuzan; even without the ball, Midorima winds up for one of his full court shots and trusts that Takao will be able to pass the ball right into his hands in time for the shot to go off. It actually manages to surprise Akashi at first. |
| 322 | |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[WMG: Taisuke Ootsubo]] |
| 325 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kensuke Satou (Japanese), Creator/XanderMobus (English) |
| 326 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Center\ |
| 327 | '''Height/Weight:''' 198cm/98kg]] |
| 328 | ----- |
| 329 | * BadassNormal: Goes head-to-head with both Kiyoshi and Nebuya on separate occasions, and manages to hold his own despite not having a way to match their unique skills. |
| 330 | * TheCaptain: Even if he's not the best player of the team anymore, the others respect his authority. |
| 331 | * LargeAndInCharge: Being a center, he's the largest and strongest player of the team. |
| 332 | * SupportingLeader: Playing as a strong and reliable center he supports Midorima and Takao, the real stars of the team. |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[WMG: Kiyoshi Miyaji]] |
| 335 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Masayuki Shouji (Japanese), Jon Allen (English) |
| 336 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Small Forward\ |
| 337 | '''Height/Weight:''' 191cm/77kg]] |
| 338 | ----- |
| 339 | * HairTriggerTemper: Gets angry easily, especially at overly arrogant underclassmen. Midorima is his particular BerserkButton. |
| 340 | |
| 341 | [[WMG: Shinsuke Kimura]] |
| 342 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Biichi Satou (Japanese), Bill Rogers (English) |
| 343 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Power Forward\ |
| 344 | '''Height/Weight:''' 187cm/80kg]] |
| 345 | ----- |
| 346 | * RuleOfCool: Lampshaded and subverted; when he scores a layup and Miyaji complains that he should've dunked, he points out that "not everybody can do that!" |
| 347 | * StoneWall: Kimura's pretty average, but he has the highest number and success rate of offensive screens in the series. He even manages to screen opponents repeatedly, even though they should be expecting it. He also has a stamina rating of 10/10 in the databooks, which is something mainly given to indicate a strong defense. |
| 348 | [[/folder]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | [[folder: Touou Academy]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | [[WMG: Daiki Aomine]] |
| 353 | ->See Characters/KurokosBasketballGenerationOfMiracles |
| 354 | |
| 355 | [[WMG: Satsuki Momoi]] |
| 356 | ->See Characters/KurokosBasketballGenerationOfMiracles |
| 357 | |
| 358 | [[WMG: Shouichi Imayoshi]] |
| 359 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuyaNakai (Japanese), Creator/BrianBeacock (English) |
| 360 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Point Guard\ |
| 361 | '''Height/Weight:''' 180cm/71kg]] |
| 362 | ----- |
| 363 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: He's extremely observant and uses this ability to guess his opponent's thoughts and predict their movements. Does it off the court, too. Hanamiya even calls him "practically psychic." |
| 364 | * TheCaptain: He's Touou's captain and mastermind. |
| 365 | * EyesAlwaysShut: Together with PerpetualSmiler, they show his dangerous personality. |
| 366 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: Downplayed. He's not truly malicious, but he likes to taunt, tease and otherwise {{Troll}} his opponents. Even [[{{Jerkass}} Hanamiya]] thinks he has a terrible personality. |
| 367 | * TheLeader: Definitely a mastermind-type leader. |
| 368 | * ManipulativeBastard: He loves playing mind games with his opponents. |
| 369 | * PerpetualSmiler: As appropriate for a {{Troll}} as big as this guy. |
| 370 | * SupportingLeader: He explicitely says that Aomine is TheAce of his team and can do whatever he wants as long as they win. |
| 371 | * TerribleArtist: As seen during his studying along with Susa, his art's a bit wonky to say the least. And Imayoshi himself takes a bit offense to that and changes the subject. |
| 372 | * {{Troll}}: Pointed out InUniverse as one of the reasons he's so good at marking Kuroko. |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[WMG: Ryou Sakurai]] |
| 375 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobunagaShimazaki (Japanese), Creator/GriffinBurns (English) |
| 376 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Shooting Guard\ |
| 377 | '''Height/Weight:''' 175cm/59kg]] |
| 378 | ----- |
| 379 | * ApologisesALot: Pretty much his main character trait. |
| 380 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: Usually timid and apologetic...but he gets very competitive with other shooting guards, and then his personality will make a one-eighty and he'll start acting cocky and talking trash. |
| 381 | * ShrinkingViolet: A RareMaleExample. |
| 382 | * SplitPersonality: Another mild example. He hates losing as much as the rest of Touou, particularly in shooting. He became very annoyed when Hyuuga started shooting very well in the match against Seirin, turning more or less into the complete opposite his usual ShrinkingViolet personality. |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[WMG: Kousuke Wakamatsu]] |
| 385 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KosukeToriumi (Japanese), Creator/JonahScott (English) |
| 386 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Center\ |
| 387 | '''Height/Weight:''' 193cm/85kg]] |
| 388 | ----- |
| 389 | * BerserkButton: Pretty much everything Aomine does. [[ButtMonkey Nobody really cares, though.]] |
| 390 | * ButtMonkey: Often the victim of Aomine's antics. |
| 391 | * HairTriggerTemper: Sure, [[JerkAss Aomine is annoying]], but Wakamatsu takes thing a little too personally, to the point where even Imayoshi tells him to be quiet. |
| 392 | * HotBlooded: He even has high blood pressure. |
| 393 | |
| 394 | [[WMG: Susa Yoshinori]] |
| 395 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroya Murakami (Japanese), Jon Allen (English) |
| 396 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Small Forward\ |
| 397 | '''Height/Weight:''' 190cm/80kg]] |
| 398 | ----- |
| 399 | * OnlySaneMan: Doesn't have any particular highlighted quirks like the rest of the Touou team, and puts up with his teammates without ever complaining. |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [[/folder]] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | [[folder: Yousen High School]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[WMG: Murasakibara Atsushi]] |
| 406 | ->See Characters/KurokosBasketballGenerationOfMiracles |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[WMG: Himuro Tatsuya]] |
| 409 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tatsuya_himuro_7854.png]] |
| 410 | [[caption-width-right:225:'''Position:''' Shooting Guard\ |
| 411 | '''Height/Weight:''' 183cm/70kg]] |
| 412 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KisshoTaniyama (Japanese), Creator/HowardWang (English) |
| 413 | |
| 414 | Himuro was Kagami’s first friend in America, and also his big brother figure, who basically taught him basketball. Himuro comes back to Japan as one of Yosen’s Aces. |
| 415 | ----- |
| 416 | * AnimalMotifs: "Tatsu" means "Dragon". |
| 417 | * BerserkerTears: [[spoiler:When yelling at Murasakibara for giving up during the Seirin vs. Yousen match, and also because he realized he could never reach the level of the Generation of Miracles or Kagami.]] |
| 418 | * BigBrotherMentor: To Kagami, when they first met. |
| 419 | * CantCatchUp: [[spoiler: He's ''almost'' on par with the Generation of Miracles, but he's aware that he'll never be able to reach their level.]] |
| 420 | * ChickMagnet: He's not just popular with high school girls, but with kindergartners and middle-aged women such as a cleaner from Yousen. |
| 421 | * FauxFluency: Himuro is assumed to be fluent in English due to his time in the US. While his accent is clearer than Kagami's, it's clear in the anime that his VA is definitely not fluent. |
| 422 | * FirstNameBasis: Calls Kagami and Murasakibara by their first names, "Taiga" and "Atsushi". Possibly due to his long stay in America. |
| 423 | * GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:He always resented that Kagami was the most talented of the two and would have eventually surpassed him.]] |
| 424 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kagami, pre-series. |
| 425 | * MeaningfulName: His name uses the kanji for ice (氷), the antithesis of fire (火), which is the kanji used in Kagami's name. |
| 426 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: His dark hair that frames a single eye and his fair skin imparts a mysterious aura. He is a huge ChickMagnet and is arguably the biggest PrettyBoy in the series. |
| 427 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Kagami's Red. ("Himuro" means "Ice Chamber" while "Kagami" means "Fire God"). |
| 428 | * SimpleYetAwesome: His playing style: [[BoringButPractical highly refined orthodox moves that become tricky from how good Himuro is at them]]. Noted to be the polar opposite of Aomine's. |
| 429 | * TigerVersusDragon: The "Tatsu" in his name means "Dragon" compared to "Taiga" being a rōmaji pronunciation of "Tiger". |
| 430 | |
| 431 | [[WMG: Okamura Kenichi]] |
| 432 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kouji Takeda (Japanese), Creator/EdwardBosco (English) |
| 433 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Power Forward\ |
| 434 | '''Height/Weight:''' 200cm/98kg]] |
| 435 | ----- |
| 436 | * ButtMonkey: His teammates all make fun of him, peers and underclassmen alike. Calling him "gorilla" is just the start. On the court though, they respect and trust his abilities and skills. |
| 437 | * TheCaptain: He's not very charismatic, but he ''is'' the captain. |
| 438 | * LargeAndInCharge: Or he would be if not for Murasakibara. (Wei Liu is taller by 3 cm, but he's much skinnier.) Kagami even notes that his movements are like a former center's (who's usually the largest guy in the team). |
| 439 | * TheLeader: A levelheaded type. |
| 440 | * SupportingLeader: Even more pronounced than the other captains. |
| 441 | |
| 442 | [[WMG: Fukui Kensuke]] |
| 443 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaitoIshikawa (Japanese), Creator/ChrisHackney (English) |
| 444 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Point Guard\ |
| 445 | '''Height/Weight:''' 176cm/67kg]] |
| 446 | ----- |
| 447 | * BrutalHonesty: Doesn't hesitate to speak up his mind, and rarely mince his words. |
| 448 | * FragileSpeedster: Particularly notable in a team filled of tall people. |
| 449 | * HeightAngst: Used to be self-conscious about his height. |
| 450 | * NumberTwo: Vice-captain of Yousen's basketball team. |
| 451 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Even more noticable among his taller teammates. His smaller statue alongside his [[TheGadfly trickster personality]] don't make him look like a third year at all. |
| 452 | |
| 453 | [[WMG: Wei Liu]] |
| 454 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Shigeyuki Susaki (Japanese), Creator/AleksLe (English) |
| 455 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Small Forward\ |
| 456 | '''Height/Weight:''' 203cm/91kg]] |
| 457 | ----- |
| 458 | * FunnyForeigner: His speech pattern is very outdated, being comparable to speaking YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe. In ''NG-Shuu'', it's said that Fukui "taught" Liu this way of speaking as a prank, telling him it was a popular way of speaking. |
| 459 | * VerbalTic: Ends his sentences with "-aru". |
| 460 | |
| 461 | [[/folder]] |
| 462 | |
| 463 | [[folder: Rakuzan High School]] |
| 464 | |
| 465 | [[WMG: Akashi Seijuurou]] |
| 466 | ->See Characters/KurokosBasketballGenerationOfMiracles |
| 467 | |
| 468 | [[WMG: Hayama Kotarou]] |
| 469 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshikiMasuda (Japanese), Creator/MattShipman (English) |
| 470 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Small Forward\ |
| 471 | '''Height/Weight:''' 180cm/68kg]] |
| 472 | |
| 473 | One of the Five Uncrowned Generals. His ability is to dribble extremely fast, making the ball hard to steal. |
| 474 | ----- |
| 475 | * AnimalMotif: He has the "Wild Animal Instinct" skill, and the animal he's compared to is the leopard, which also suits his fast Lightning Dribble. |
| 476 | * BodyMotifs: Fingers. The level of his Lightning Dribble depends on how many fingers he's using, ranging from three to five fingers. |
| 477 | * CuteLittleFangs: Underline his {{Keet}} personality. |
| 478 | * {{Keet}}: He's happy and energetic, but he can also be a bit of a JerkAss. |
| 479 | * RedBaron: One of the Five Uncrowned Generals, Raijuu. |
| 480 | * ShockAndAwe: His Lightning Dribble is portrayed with lightning effects, making the name of his move very literal. |
| 481 | * WorthyOpponent: He increases the level of his Lightning Dribble depending on how worthy he deems his opponent. If he's using it at all, that means the opponent already got some level of respect from him. Izuki gets fired up when Hayama uses Lightning Dribble Level 5 on him. |
| 482 | |
| 483 | [[WMG: Mibuchi Reo]] |
| 484 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WataruHatano (Japanese), JP Karliak (English) |
| 485 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Shooting Guard\ |
| 486 | '''Height/Weight:''' 188cm/74kg]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | One of the Five Uncrowned Generals. He's implied to be good at drawing fouls, especially while shooting three-pointers, resulting in four-point plays. |
| 489 | ----- |
| 490 | * AmbiguouslyGay: |
| 491 | ** He sometimes makes passes at his teammates or Hyuuga, but he could be simply [[{{Troll}} Trolling them]]. |
| 492 | ** In an omake, Mibuchi actually states he has a crush on someone from his own club, leaving Hayama and Nebuya bewildered. The Rakuzan basketball club has no females that readers can see; even the managers that appear are male. There's also the pretty glaring fact that in the fanbook, every male character describes their "Preferred Girl", while Mibuchi is the only one who has "Preferred Type". His sexuality is all but outright stated. |
| 493 | ** No longer ambiguous. According to Character Bible Plus he came out in high school. |
| 494 | * CampGay: In tandem with the aforementioned confirmation, he has rather feminine eyelashes and an extremely effeminate vocabulary, complete with the use of [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns atashi]], which is a GirlyGirl word for "I". |
| 495 | * TheDragon: Among the trio of the Five Uncrowned Generals, Mibuchi serves as this to Akashi's BigBad role. Mibuchi is the most prominent and most respected of three, he seems to understand Akashi more than Hayama and Nebuya do, and Mibuchi is pitted against Seirin's captain, Hyuuga. Being Rakuzan's Shooting Guards means he also scores more than most of the others, especially since often scores 4 points after drawing fouls. Despite this, the anime pairs Akashi with Mayuzumi as Rakuzan's main duo instead. |
| 496 | * OnlySaneMan: Is usually the one to keep the other team members in check when their antics get too wild. |
| 497 | * RedBaron: One of the Five Uncrowned Generals, "Yaksha". |
| 498 | |
| 499 | |
| 500 | [[WMG: Nebuya Eikichi]] |
| 501 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Takahiro Fujiwara (Japanese), Imari Williams (English) |
| 502 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Center\ |
| 503 | '''Height/Weight:''' 190cm/94kg]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | One of the Five Uncrowned Generals. An extremely strong Center (formerly Power Forward) who favors muscle strength over anything else. |
| 506 | ----- |
| 507 | * BaritoneOfStrength: The most muscular and powerful player in Rakuzan, with a fittingly deep, gruff voice. |
| 508 | * BigEater: Said to be able to eat more than even Kagami. |
| 509 | * TheBrute: Nebuya serves as the big, strong guy to Akashi's BigBad role. |
| 510 | * CallingYourAttacks: He shouts all of his basic moves "Muscle [X]", much to the annoyance of Mibuchi and Mayuzumi. |
| 511 | * HotBlooded: His solution to any problems is "put some ''more'' strength into it". |
| 512 | * InsultBackfire: Takes 'Muscle Gorilla' to be a compliment. {{Justified|Trope}} because he believes strength to be everything. |
| 513 | * MightyGlacier: Aside from maybe Mayuzumi, he's the slowest of his team, but he's ludicrously powerful and hard to move. [[spoiler:He manages to beat Kiyoshi to a rebound, something even Murasakibara had to resort to copying Kiyoshi's Vice Claw to do. On top of that, Kiyoshi can't beat his screen directly even after he throws caution to the wind and pulls out all the stops at the price of weakening his leg even more.]] |
| 514 | * PermaStubble: Despite being an high-school student. |
| 515 | * RedBaron: One of the Five Uncrowned Generals, "Herculean Strength". |
| 516 | * StoutStrength: At least according to him, the more he [[BigEater eats]] before a match, the stronger he is during the match. |
| 517 | * UnskilledButStrong: He ditched skills for the sake of pure strength to prove Kiyoshi wrong. |
| 518 | * WorthyOpponent: Considers Kiyoshi to be this. He considers their face-off in the finals to be "fate". |
| 519 | |
| 520 | [[WMG: Mayuzumi Chihiro]] |
| 521 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyotaOhsaka (Japanese), Creator/KyleMcCarley (English) |
| 522 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Power Forward\ |
| 523 | '''Height/Weight:''' 182cm/69kg]] |
| 524 | |
| 525 | Rakuzan's 5th man. |
| 526 | ---- |
| 527 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Akashi has a VillainousBreakdown, Mayuzumi calls him out for it, and then he asks him who he is. [[spoiler:This question snaps Akashi out of his inner crisis, allowing the original Akashi to return to the surface again.]] |
| 528 | * ConfusionFu: [[spoiler:Just like Kuroko, he uses misdirection to slip past defenders.]] |
| 529 | * EvilCounterpart: Well, Antagonistic Counterpart anyway. [[spoiler: Just like Kuroko he's skilled at misdirection, but gets very hostile when he's compared to Kuroko, taking such great pains to prove that he's better that it actually damages his misdirection.]] |
| 530 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:His story at Rakuzan mirrors Kuroko's at Teikou.]] |
| 531 | * MeaningfulName: His last name means "blacken/blackish", which is a foreshadowing to [[spoiler:his playstyle being similar to Kuroko.]] However, it's only "blackish", not fully "black"; [[spoiler:and later chapters prove that his skills can't completely overwrite the "original" Phantom player.]] |
| 532 | * NoNameGiven: It's only in chapter 231 that we see his full name. |
| 533 | * TheNondescript: [[spoiler:Just like Kuroko, this is part of his style.]] |
| 534 | * NoSocialSkills: Rarely talks and doesn't respond when spoken to. He's also a TerseTalker, only uses short phrases and borderline rudeness, a contrast to the [[SpockSpeak unfailingly polite]] Kuroko. |
| 535 | * {{Otaku}}: Reads LightNovels, and they are the only the things that get him excited. |
| 536 | * OutOfFocus: Constantly, to RunningGag levels. It's easy to forget that he is the only third-year of Rakuzan's starting lineup, and basically their senior in terms of academic, yet he rarely gets the respect he deserves. Despite this, the anime would later pair him with Akashi as Rakuzan's main duo after the TV series ends. |
| 537 | * WalkingSpoiler: To some degree. His existence is not a spoiler, but his relevance ''is''. [[spoiler:Most of his appearances are either cut out or blocked by camera angles until the finals, thus making his abilities a suprise factor to both Seirin and the audience.]] |
| 538 | * WeakButSkilled: [[spoiler:He's a better all-around player than Kuroko, but he's still weak compared to the other Rakuzan regulars, who are all prodigies.]] |
| 539 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Mayuzumi ruins his own misdirection in a bid to outplay Kuroko, the rest of the starters demands that he get benched since he screwed his one purpose. Akashi instead decides to keep him playing, merely now as a decoy so that he can pass around Kagami, who is in the Zone.]] |
| 540 | [[/folder]] |
| 541 | |
| 542 | [[folder: Others]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | [[WMG: Makoto Hanamiya]] |
| 545 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hanamiya_9195.png]] |
| 546 | [[caption-width-right:225:'''Position:''' Point Guard\ |
| 547 | '''Height/Weight:''' 179cm/67kg]] |
| 548 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama (Japanese), Creator/StephenFu (English) |
| 549 | |
| 550 | The captain and coach of the Kirisaki Daiichi team, and one of the Five Uncrowned Generals. Constantly uses underhanded methods and dirty tricks to win the game, but is also very skilled in his own right; his main skill is to steal the ball from his opponents. |
| 551 | ----- |
| 552 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: Analizing the pass courses of his opponents allows him to steal virtually every ball from his opponents. |
| 553 | * TheCaptain: Also the coach during his second year. |
| 554 | * CatchPhrase: [[ILied "There's no way I'd say that, dumbass."]] |
| 555 | * CripplingTheCompetition: All the time. In fact, he was the one who caused Kiyoshi's GameBreakingInjury. |
| 556 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: After Seirin defeats Kirisaki Daichi during their second Winter Cup, Kiyoshi complements Hanamiya for his amazing shot, despite all the things he has done to him. Hanamiya is dumbfounded by this. |
| 557 | * EvilEyebrows: Very thick and bushy, more so than in any other characters, and is rotten to the core. |
| 558 | * EvilFeelsGood: He's satisfied seeing hardworking teams getting their homes and dreams crushed by his team, and he considers Kiyoshi's knee injury his "masterpiece". |
| 559 | * EvilGenius: His IQ is over 160. [[spoiler:This doesn't stop Kuroko from outsmarting him, though.]] |
| 560 | * ForTheEvulz: Despite being a very talented player, he finds it more amusing to crush his competition with violence and dirty plays rather than winning the orthodox way, especially if they are hard-workers. |
| 561 | * JerkJock: Together with the rest of his team, due to how they coordinate their dirty plays. |
| 562 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Every time he seems to say something nice, he follows up with saying [[ILied he's kidding]]. |
| 563 | * RedBaron: One of the Five Uncrowned Generals, "Bad Boy". |
| 564 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Due to his foul play, it's easy to forget that he's skilled enough to be considered one of the Five Uncrowned Generals. |
| 565 | * WorthyOpponent: Kiyoshi considers him one after their match after seeing his skills. Unlike most cases though, Hanamiya doesn't take it well. |
| 566 | |
| 567 | [[WMG: Shougo Haizaki]] |
| 568 | [[quoteright:140:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c3ad84f27bde7e14fbef4a290f8038a8.png]] |
| 569 | [[quoteright:140:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a830ae4b71219059774a68fb0d8c9533.png]] |
| 570 | [[caption-width-right:140:'''Top:''' High school Haizaki.[softreturn]'''Bottom:''' Middle school Haizaki.]] |
| 571 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasakazuMorita (Japanese), Creator/RayChase (English) |
| 572 | |
| 573 | [[quoteright:250:'''Position:''' Small Forward\ |
| 574 | '''Height/Weight:''' 188cm/78kg]] |
| 575 | |
| 576 | A former regular of Teikou's first string who was supposedly kicked out for being too violent. Actually it was because Akashi predicted that Kise would eventually surpass him... or it could be both. Kise replaced him on the team. |
| 577 | ----- |
| 578 | * CantCatchUp: |
| 579 | ** This was Akashi's justification for originally kicking Haizaki off of the Teikou Team. While Haizaki was, at the time the clear better of the two players between himself and Kise, Akashi could tell that Kise had the higher potential and would ultimately be the better of the two. Haizaki's toxic personality led to Akashi's decision that it would be better for him to leave the team all together since Haizaki's ego would never allow him to cope with getting moved to the second string in favor of Kise. |
| 580 | ** [[spoiler:This all comes to fruition at the Winter Cup, where Kise surpasses him with Perfect Copy by using the GOM's moves, which Haizaki can't steal.]] |
| 581 | * CripplingTheCompetition: [[spoiler:Tries to do this to Kise after he realizes he can't win.]] |
| 582 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Though not during his middle school years when his hair was grey instead of black. |
| 583 | * EvilCounterpart: Of Kise. They both are able to immediately mimic the moves of other players. While Kise can mimic them perfectly, Haizaki slightly alters them, so that his opponents will subconsciously be unable to use them, which why he calls it "stealing", not "copying". |
| 584 | * FirstNameBasis: To everyone on his former team except [[LastNameBasis Akashi]], emphasizing his rude personality. |
| 585 | %%* JapaneseDelinquents |
| 586 | * JerkJock: One of the biggest in the series, and even admits to Kuroko he is no nice guy. Taunts his opponents mercilessly, is violent even off-court, disrespectful towards his own teammates and is a SoreLoser to top it off. |
| 587 | * MeaningfulName: His surname literally means Grey Peninsula. The grey part is the ColourfulThemeNaming as he's also from Teikou, when the peninsula part means he's different with the other Teikou alumnus, as he was kicked out and later dyes his hair, like a peninsula that is the only bit of land surrounded by the vast ocean. Still, he is a peninsula, not an island. He is still connected to the Generation of Miracles by the fact they all graduated from Teikou, and he is the player with power closests to them after Kagami. He admits it himself that he feels out of place in Teikou basketball team. |
| 588 | * PowerCopying: He has this ability just like Kise, but with slight variations. |
| 589 | * PowerParasite: He copies other player's moves but slightly alters its rhythm, so that when his victim sees the move being used, they are unable to use it anymore. |
| 590 | * SoreLoser: After being defeated by Kise, he [[spoiler:tries to beat him up outside the tournament gymnasium, though Aomine stops him]]. |
| 591 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: While he was never a saint, he was slightly better (if lazy and petulant) in his earlier Teikou days; he even had shades of ComicRelief in his interactions with Nijimura. After Kise arrives and eventually replaces him, any trace of JerkWithAHeartOfGold Haizaki had goes off the window. |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[WMG: Shuuzo Nijimura]] |
| 594 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4f351875f8d088cdef6a0dcad7d56272.png]] |
| 595 | [[caption-width-right:225:'''Position:''' Power Forward\ |
| 596 | '''Height/Weight:''' ?]] |
| 597 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (Japanese), Creator/CliffordChapin (English) |
| 598 | |
| 599 | Teikou's team captain when the Generation of Miracles first joined, and later its vice-captain with Akashi. He steps down in his second year because of familial problems, recommending Akashi take up the captain position fully. |
| 600 | ----- |
| 601 | * BigBrotherMentor: Not strictly a mentor, but older than the Miracles and definitely kept them in line, holding their respect (or fear) while he was around. |
| 602 | * BreakTheBadass: This is the guy Haizaki of all people fears enough that he prefers to deal with ''Akashi'' instead of with Nijimura directly. |
| 603 | * CantCatchUp: Realizes this, [[spoiler: and a partial reason as to why he cedes leadership to Akashi.]] |
| 604 | * TheCaptain: Of Teikou when the Miracles formed. |
| 605 | * JapaneseDelinquents: In his youth. According to trivia, he even stole a ''motorcycle'' once. He still retains his fighting skills from those days. |
| 606 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Has a short temper and shades of JapaneseDelinquent in manner and speech, but usually means well with most of his actions. |
| 607 | * MeaningfulName: His surname can be interpreted as 'the gathering of the rainbow'. Literally it means "Rainbow Village" The first kanji (虹) means rainbow, the second kanji (村) means village. |
| 608 | * StupidSexyFlanders: In the Replace novels, he apparently can't stop himself from mentioning how beautiful [[PrettyBoy Himuro]] is. |
| 609 | * SupportingLeader: [[spoiler:Until he cedes the leadership to Akashi, although even then he keeps careful watch over the first-string from the sidelines until his graduation.]] |
| 610 | |
| 611 | [[WMG: Alexandra Garcia]] |
| 612 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/13932f1acad11d8e6a4874d99b41758d.png]] |
| 613 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiKaida (Japanese), Creator/AllegraClark (English) |
| 614 | A former college basketball champion and WNBA player who is now a basketball coach. She was Himuro and Kagami's basketball mentor from the States. |
| 615 | ---- |
| 616 | * AffectionateNickname: Kagami and Himuro only call her "Alex". |
| 617 | * CoolTeacher: A basketball coach that also happens to have been a WNBA player is already pretty darn cool. Add to it that Alex has many CoolBigSis traits and is also implied to be skilled in fighting and there you have it. |
| 618 | * {{Eagleland}}: Mostly a positive example, since Alex is a wise, skillful mentor and a very cool lady, but she also embodies many exaggerated Japanese stereotypes about the ways Westerners [[PhenotypeStereotype look]] and [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl act]], namely, being blonde, blue-eyed, buxom, and very shameless and sexually-open. |
| 619 | * EccentricMentor: Has no problem walking naked around her students and even greets them with kisses. And not just them, as [[LesYay Riko]] can attest. |
| 620 | * FirstNameBasis: She refers to her students Kagami and Himuro with their first names, and vice versa. |
| 621 | * GameBreakingInjury: Her eyesight deteriorated from an unspecified disease, enough to force her to early retirement. |
| 622 | * GenderBlenderName: When Kagami said that he was going back to the USA to find his mentor "Alex" for dedicated training to prepare for the Winter Cup, everyone in Seirin thought said mentor was a guy since "Alex" sounded like a masculine name to them. It turns out that it's actually a '''nickname''', shortened from the decidedly feminine "Alexandra"[[note]]Technically speaking, "Alex" is a unisex name that can be used as a shortened form of the masculine name "Alexander".[[/note]]. |
| 623 | * GenderConcealingWriting: Due to Kagami referring to his mentor with a [[GenderBlenderName gender-ambiguous nickname that is often used as a masculine name]], the impressive reputation surrounding said mentor's basketball skills (since '''[[TheAce Kagami]]''' thinks he still has things to learn from said person), and only being shown as a sexually ambiguous silhouette before actually debuting on-panel/screen, both Seirin and the readers were left with the impression that "Alex" was a '''man'''. It's thus understandable for them to be mind-boggled that not only is Kagami's teacher a woman, but a sexy one at that (something that does not seem to trigger any reaction from Kagami, other than embarrassment at her shamelessness). |
| 624 | * GorgeousGaijin: She's an American in a story set in Japan, and she seems to have no issue being underdressed or even naked while indoors, even when there are boys around. She even kisses Riko. |
| 625 | * HeadTurningBeauty: The woman is '''hot''', and the fact is definitely noticed by the young men of Team Seirin; about the only ones who don't react at all are Kagami and Kuroko. |
| 626 | * PhenotypeStereotype: Befitting the stereotypical American anime character, she's blonde-haired, blue-eyed, and (being female) big-breasted. |
| 627 | * RetiredBadass: She is a WNBA retiree, and took on both Kagami and Himuro as pupils, and '''still''' had a few things to teach Kagami when he went back to America to train for the Winter Cup (helping him regain his "animal instinct") as well as before his match with Yosen (teaching him the [[SignatureMove Meteor Jam]]). Plus, she knows some self-defense, as shown in her scuffle with Haizaki when he wouldn't take "no" for an answer. |
| 628 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She seems to not care at all about guys seeing her walking around her home (OK, it's ''Kagami''[='s=] apartment, but she seems to treat it as home anyway) in her underwear or even practically naked, not even complete strangers like Kagami's Seirin teammates the first time they met her. Kagami actually has to '''yell''' at her to [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn wear clothes]], usually punctuated by him ''throwing'' said clothes at her. |
| 629 | [[/folder]] |
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