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| Shohoku Team |
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Name: Akagi Takenori |
| Jersey Number:4 |
| Position: Center |
| Height/Weight: 190 cm/90 kg |
| Grade: Senior |
| Birthday: May 10 |
| Nick Name: Gorilla [Gori] |
| Dreams: Make Shohoku the best basketball team in Japan |
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Name: Kogure Kiminobu |
| Jersey Number: 5 |
| Position: Small Forward |
| Height/Weight: 178 cm/62 kg |
| Grade: Senior |
| Birthday: July 12 |
| Nick Name: Megane-kun [Glasses Boy] |
| Dreams: To get the team into Inter high |
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Name: Mitsui Hisashi |
| Jersey Number: 14 |
| Position: Shooting Guard |
| Height/Weight: 184cm/ 70 kg |
| Grade: Senior |
| Birthday: May 22 |
| Nick Name: Miccy |
| Dreams: To be a MVP in the eyes of Anzai-sensei. |
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Name: Miyagi Ryouta |
| Jersey Number: 7 |
| Position: Point Guard |
| Height/Weight: 168 cm/59 kg |
| Grade: Sophomore |
| Birthday: July 31 |
| Nick Name: Ryouchin [Shorty] |
| Dreams: Be the best Point Guard in Japan, most of all, to finally go out with Ayako! |
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Name: Rukawa Kaede |
| Jersey Number: 11 |
| Position: Small Forward |
| Height/Weight: 187 cm/ 75 kg |
| Grade: Freshman |
| Birthday: January 1 |
| Nick Name: Super Rookie, Shohoku's Ace and Fox Man |
| Dreams:To be the best basketball player in Japan and play in USA |
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Name: Sakuragi Hanamichi |
| Jersey Number: 10 |
| Position: Power Forward |
| Height/Weight: |
| Grade: Freshman |
| Birthday: |
| Nick Name: Tensai [Genius] |
| Dreams: To beat Rukawa |
| Ryonan Team |
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Name: Jun Uozumi |
| Jersey Number: 4 |
| Position: Center |
| Height/Weight: 202 cm/ 90kg |
| Grade: Senior |
| Birthday: -- |
| Nick Name: Monkey Gang leader |
| Dreams: To defeat Akagi and to be the number 1 center |
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Name: Akira Sendoh |
| Jersey Number: 7 |
| Position: Shooting Guard |
| Height/Weight: < 190 cm/ 79 kg/TD>
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| Grade: Sophomore |
| Birthday: -- |
| Nick Name: -- |
| Dreams: -- |
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Name: Kiccho Fukuda |
| Jersey Number: 13 |
| Position: Power Forward |
| Height/Weight: 188 cm/ 80 kg |
| Grade: Sophomore |
| Birthday: -- |
| Nick Name: Fuku-chan or Fuky |
| Dreams: To be able to surpass Sendoh. Be praised for his skills. [The more he is praised, the better he becomes] |
| Kainan Team |
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Name: Shinichi Maki |
| Jersey Number: 4 |
| Position: |
| Height/Weight: 184 cm/ 79 kg |
| Grade: Senior |
| Birthday: -- |
| Nick Name: Middle-aged man |
| Dreams: To be the Inter High's champion |
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Name: Soichiro Jin |
| Jersey Number: 6 |
| Position: Shooting Guard |
| Height/Weight: 189 cm/71 kg |
| Grade: Sophomore |
| Birthday: -- |
| Nick Name: Jin-jin |
| Dreams: To be the best 3-point shooter in the Kanegawa prefecture |
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Name: Nobunaga Kiyota |
| Jersey Number: 10 |
| Position: Small Forward |
| Height/Weight: 178cm/65 kg |
| Grade: Freshman |
| Birthday: -- |
| Nick Name: Wild monkey |
| Dreams: He claims he is the super rookie and not Rukawa. He also claims he's a tensai [genius] in basketball. |
"Japanized" English term
- Fain purey = Fine play
- Don mine = Don't mind
- Fed awei = Fade Away
- Accidento = Accident
- Chenj op pesu = Change of pace
- Herudo boru = Held Ball
- Violeshon = Violation
- Unberibaburya = Unbelievable
- Dunko = Dunk
- Reboundo = Rebound
- Naishu = Nice
- Sankyu = Thank You
- Faito = Fight
- Daburo driburo = Double Dribble
- Em-vwee-pee = MVP
OAV
OAV 1
The movie isa about 35 mins. long. The story takes place within the timeline of the series, shortly after Shohoku's practice
game with Ryonan High. It is taken into account that they still doesn't have Ryota and Mitsui. Shohoku was having a practice game with Takezato High School.
The Guest character in focus is Yoko, the 50th girl who rejected Sakuragi and her boyfriend, Oda.
The movie didn't really focused on the game, but more on the effect of Sakuragi's raw fighting spirit on the various people of Takezato High. During the timeline of this story,
Sakuragi's skills were not yet fully honed. He hasn't really worked on his shootings, nor perfected his rebounding. Other than that, he's messing up as usual. This didn't help his rivalry with Oda,
who made it clear to him that he has no right in playing basketball. Though he was outclassed by Oda through out the game, he left a lasting impression on the Takezato team. Because he simply refused to give up.
OAV 2
This movie is about 45 mins. long. I must note that the animation of this movie is slighty better than that of the series. [More fluid, faster pace and lively].
This movie takes place before they face Shoyo High. They face Tsukubu High, in a qualifying game for the best 8 in the Kanegawa prefecture.
This team have a history with Shohoku, the coach of Tsukubu was trained by Anzai and the player called, Godai was a former team mate of Akagi and Kogure during their junior days in Kitamura Junior High.
The scene stealer here is Koichiro Nango. Just like Sakuragi, he has a history of being rejected by girls and both have a huge crush on Akagi's sister, Haruko. In fact, Sakuragi and Nango made a bet, that whoever loses
the game should also give up on winning Haruko's heart.
The movie has an underlying plot, which pertains to Sakuragi's struugle to a better player. In this movie, Sakuragi faces two dillemas --he keeps fouling out and he never scores. Akagi constantly reminds him to stick
to what he does best -- rebounding. In which later on the story, the crowd's shouting Sakuragi's name and calling him; "king of Rebounds".
OAV 3
Spanning about 40 mins long. This movie takes place right after they've lost to Kainan by 2 pts. [Which demoralized them]. The movie starts with Sakuragi in a barbershop shaving his head.
The Team was issued a challenged to a practice game aggainst Ryukufu. Ryukufu's manager, Eri [Ayako's version in Ryukufu] was the one to form the team designed to win the championships. Eri was peeved by Rukawa when he completely refused and ignored Eri's offer. It
may also be a reason why he challenged Shohoku, but the main reason is for them to gain instant fame if they beat Shohoku - the team that gave Kainan a hard time.
The Ryukufu team is composed of heavy-hitters. There's Katsumi, Mitsui's kohai in junior high. Then there is Nadaka, who is to out best Akagi. The team captain, Michael Okita, trained in the US for a year and is being eyed by the NBA. ANd a twin who keeps on confusing
Shohoku.
The Ryukufu team may be good, but that was not the main problem of the Shohoku players. Their problem was the deterioration of their self-confidence, not having forgotten their loss to Kainan. Since Akagi was injured, Kogure was left to play in the game. He knew he have
to find a way to make his team mates gain their confidence back. [I leave this one for you to find out what happened. hehe]
OAV 3
This is the final movie. This movie runs about 40 mins. long. I am not really sure exactly when this story took place. I think its the time after they beat Ryonan.
Ichiro, the kohai of Rukawa in TomigaokaJunior High, had a grand dream; to enter Shohoku in the hope of making it to the team, and together with his sempai Rukawa, take the team to the national championships. Unfortunately, He can't make his dream come true because he was diagnosed to have an illness, particularly his legs, that had no cure.
His doctor told him that he could only play one more game. Seeing how devastated he was, his sister Akane asked help from Haruko in the hopes of arranging a pratice game with Shohoku.
At first, Akagi was against the idea of another player playing in the team even for one game because he thought that it could affect their teamwork. but after recovering from his ankle injury, he realized how important it is for Ichiro to have this one last game. With the permission of Anzai, it became a reality. But Rukawa argued about him being in his team, that's why Sakuragi insisted
to Ichiro that instead of playing with Rukawa, he will be playing against Rukawa and join Sakuragi's team. He accepted it and played his very last game -- his dream game.
Manga Ending
Volume 23
The Shohoku team is on the train to Hiroshima. They are on their way to the interHigh, and will paly against Toyotama High.
The first game was nothing near sportmanly, because Toyotama High plays dirty and fouls violently. Rukawa gets an elbow in the eye, impairing his
vision, but that doesn't stop him.
Volume 24
By sheer determination, Shohoku defeats Toyotama High. Anzai meets up with Toyotama's coach. Jiei, an old friend. Anzai decided to let Shohoku watch a tape of a game of Sannoh High's, fearung a game with them is like a battle between David and Goliath.
Volume 25
The team watches the game of Sannoh agaict Kainan. And learned that the guy to watch out was Eiji Sawakita, Japan's number 1 player. Sannoh and Shohoku enter the court for a warm up, and the crowd all cheers for Sannoh.
Volume 26
The game between SAnnoh and Shohoku stars, with each team attacking one after the other, neither one getting the lead. By halftime, the true game begins, as Sannoh takes the lead with Eiji's surprise three pointers.
Volume 27
Uozumi arrived to see Shohoku's game against Sannoh. Apparently, Akagi has a confidence problem and it is hampering his performance. Anzai decided to change his strategy and instructs Hanamichi to carry the game. Flattered adn Fired up, Hanamichi enetrs the court and swears that he will Defeat the Sannoh team.
Volume 28
During the game, Akagi blacks out while attempting to dunk the ball. Uozumi rushes to his aid and givies him advices, advices which gives him a much needed boost. Akagi realizes that he might not be able to scorem he can still beat Sannoh by helping his teammates score, and it seems Shohoku has gained the upper hand.
Volume 29
Eiji tells Rukawa that he is planning to go to the States, but before that he'll beat Rukawa, so that he won't be competingagainst a fellow Japanese. Rukawa remembers sendoh telling himi of on person better than him, and it is Eiji. He also realized why Azai believes that Sendoh is bettre than him; Sendoh is more of a team player.
Volume 30
In an attempt in saving the ball from going out of bounds, Sakuragi makes a succesful save but dives straight through a table. He bounces back but feels a pain in his back. Rukawa urges him to ignore the pain and concentrate more on the game. However, the pain is getting worse to the point he could no longer ignore it. Sakuragi remembers Haruko asking him if he loves basjetball. He gets up shrugging off the pain and swears to plya on.
Volume 31
Anzai, fearful of what might happen to Hanamichi, goes for a substitution, but Hanamichi can't be stopped. With little time remaining and a point behind, he did something he never did before [atleast not willingly]; he passes the ball to Rukawa! Rukawa scores, giving them a point lead, but Sannoh quickly gets it back. With 10 seconds left, Rukawa passes the ball to Hanamichi and throws a perdect jump shot just in time to win the game. Due to the exhaustion against Sannoh, Shohoku lost the next game to Aiwa and loses their chance to win the Inter High tournament.
So, Where are they now?
Ryota becomes the new Shohoku team captain, and Haruko becomes Ayakos assistant. Akagi wast not accepted by the university that at one time contacted him, so he and Kogure go the universities of their choice. Mitsui stays on at Shohoku for the winter tournaments. Rukawa is now being trained for the All-Japan team. Hanamichi scoffs that Rukawa was accepted because he was injured. As Hanamichi's doctor asks him if he is ready to undergo painful physical test he was about to be administered, Hanamichi gets up and answers yes, because he is a genius!
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