Name	Akagi Takenori
Number	4
Height (cm)	197
Weight (kg)	90
Grade	3
Class	6
Birthday	05/10
Junior High	Kitamura
Shoe Brand	Converse
Position	Center
Nickname	gorilla
Most Notable Saying	"We are strong, we will lead the nationals!"
Appearance	gorilla like
Personality	strong
Additional Info	Akagi Takenori is the tallest player in all Shohoku's team members. Although biased by many fans because of his physical resemblance to a monkey, Akagi is a great team captain. As he leads his interesting team members through out the games, he stands out as the leader of this great team and also a good guide for Sakuragi Hanamichi . Additional Info: Akagi's sister, Haruko, is the one who selected Hanamichi out of the freshmen students and introduced Hanamichi to the sports known as Basketball.

Name	Kiminobu Kogure
Number	5
Height (cm)	178
Weight (kg)	62
Grade	3
Class	6
Birthday	07/12
Junior High	Kitamura
Shoe Brand
Position	Small Forward
Nickname	Megane-kun
Most Notable Saying
Appearance
Personality	peace-maker
Additional Info	As a senior, Kogure Kiminobu seems be the most mature of all the team members. Although his basketball skill is not among the very best in the team, he insists on learning and helping others. Many team members respect the vice - captain for his personality and his determination. He tries his best in everything and wishes the best of all the team members. As Shohoku rises to be one of the best teams, one of his greatest dream is also slowly turning into reality ----> one day....Shohoku's basketball team will be the best, the very best! Additional Info: Kogure often sits on the bench during games and cheers for the players. But the few times he played, he scored crucial points for Shohoku. Yes, go Kogure! Shohoku's kind vice-captain!

Name	Ryota Miyagi
Number	7
Height (cm)	168
Weight (kg)	59
Grade	2
Class	1
Birthday	07/31
Junior High
Shoe Brand	Converse
Position	Point Guard
Nickname
Most Notable Saying	"Aya-chan!"
Appearance	not tall compared to team member but very speedy
Personality	cool,social
Additional Info	Other than his height, Miyagi Ryota is excellent in nearly all other areas. Well known for his fighting abilities, Miyagi is a terrific baskeball player and is also willing to support his team members. The guy is a close friend of all the other members and is looking forward to his future position as Shohoku's basketball team captain. Additional Info: Aya's chan! Shohoku's team manager is the primary motivation for Miyagi's to become the #1 point guard in the region! Yes, he loves

Name	Sakuragi Hanamichi
Number	10
Height (cm)	188
Weight (kg)	83
Grade	1
Class	7
Birthday	04/01
Junior High	Wakou
Shoe Brand	Nike - Air Jordan
Position	Power Forward
Nickname	tensai, idiot, rebund king, red hair monkey
Most Notable Saying	"I AM A TENSAI!"
Appearance	Red Hair, Tall
Personality	very open
Additional Info	Sakuragi Hanamichi is the star of the show! By calling himself a Tensai (genius), Sakuragi Hanamichi gains great confidence and always manages to perform the impossible moves in a basketball game. While making all these terrific contributions to his team, Hanamichi also messes up on 90% of the simple passes and throws. His unpredicable performance on games and cheerful personality will one day make him the support of the entire Shohoku team (a major Rukawa Kaede competitor as well)

Name	Rukawa Kaede
Number	11
Height (cm)	187
Weight (kg)	72
Grade	1
Class	10
Birthday	01/01
Junior High	Tomigaoka
Shoe Brand	Nike - Air Jordan
Position	Small Forward
Nickname	fox, super rookie
Most Notable Saying	"idiot"
Appearance	popular among girls
Personality	cool
Additional Info	Rukawa Kaede plays the official rival character for Sakuragi Hanamichi through out the whole series. Whether from appearance or raw skill, Rukawa's definitely the perfect idol to look up to (extra info: the fan club for Rukawa consists of three females who attend nearly every game Rukawa's in). Although he's very ignorant of his surroundings and seems to stand alone from the rest of the team members on numerous occasions, Rukawa becomes the ideal player many seek to be. Additional info: Rukawa wants to go to America to play basketball. But Anzai coach does not agree on the idea and suggested Rukawa to train harder in Japan and become the #1 basketball player in Japan first !

Name	Mitsui Hisashi
Number	14
Height (cm)	184
Weight (kg)	70
Grade	3
Class	3
Birthday	05/22
Junior High
Shoe Brand	Asics
Position	Shooting Guard
Nickname	mit-chin
Most Notable Saying	"I want to play basketball" - to Anzai Sensei
Appearance
Personality	cool, mature
Additional Info	Mitsui Hisashi carries a very complicated life. Once a great basket ball player, Mitsui Hisashi abandoned the hobby for two years. While wandering near the edge of life everyday as a famous school gangster, Mitsui lost much of his sharp skills and physical abilities. As a senior in high school, Mitsui once again joins Shohoku's basketball team and reunited with basketball. As time goes on, Mitsui Hisashi will gradually regain his unique talent in the sport and become the star he used to be. Additional info: He was the key player in Shohoku's game against Shoyo. We will feel Mitsui's his struggle and determination to win reflected from his consecutive 3 pointer shoots!

shoyo

	Kenji Fujima
Number	4
Height (cm)	178
Weight (kg)	66
Grade	3
Class
Birthday
Junior High
Shoe Brand	Asics
Position	Point Guard
Nickname
Most Notable Saying
Appearance	some claim Fujima's the best looking player in SD
Personality	excellent leadership skills, determined
Additional Info	Kenji Fujima is extremely popularly among SD fans being the most intelligent, responsible and skilled character of Shoyo. Most of the audiences' attention are focused on this senior player who takes charge of Shoyo's basketball team during the games. Many admire Fujima for his stunning looks (compared to some other players) and many others respect him for the excellent team captain and coach he is. As the games progresses, we will find that Kenji Fujima is a very strong competition for Miyagi Ryota (Point Guard). Additional info: Fujima is definitely famous, but we really don't know much about his background. There's a nice manga on Fujima from this art book I just bought. It tells about Fujima's family and his school life, etc. Get a copy for yourself if you can, it will reveal some very very interesting Fujima facts. :D

	Toru Hanagata
Number	5
Height (cm)	197
Weight (kg)	83
Grade	3
Class
Birthday
Junior High
Shoe Brand	Asics
Position	Center
Nickname
Most Notable Saying
Appearance	Shoyo's glass guy
Personality	trustworthy
Additional Info	Hanagata led Shoyo through most of Shoyo's game against Shohoku. He performs extremely well and is well trusted by Fujima. Quite a powerful player, his attacks brought great challenges to both Shohoku's super rookie: Rukawa and Shohoku's captain, Akagi. Hanamichi, without a doubt tried to prevent Hanagata from getting rebounds every chance he got. Despite Hanagata's height advantage, Hanamichi proved to be a tough opponent.

Name	Kazushi Hasegawa
Number	6
Height (cm)	190
Weight (kg)	81
Grade	3
Class
Birthday
Junior High
Shoe Brand
Position	Forward
Nickname
Most Notable Saying
Appearance
Personality	hard-working
Additional Info	Before Shoyo vs. Shohoku game, Hasegawa claims to defeat Mitsui to make sure Mitsui does not score more than 5 points. (He fails)

ryonan

	Jun Uozumi
Number	4
Height (cm)	202
Weight (kg)	90
Grade	3
Class
Birthday
Junior High
Shoe Brand	Asics
Position	Center
Nickname	monkey gang leader (by sakuragi)
Most Notable Saying	"I will defeat akagi!"
Appearance
Personality	Stubborn, easily angered (reflected from foul reactions)
Additional Info	Ahhhhh, this captain's scary. He trained very hard to compete with Akagi and sets Akagi as his goal. Being the tallest in all the teams, he stands apart from the regular player and gains the nickname of a "beast". He's a great captain and also thinks highly of his team player, Sendoh. Being well respected by everyone, Uozumi carried the intense burden to lead his team-members, to make Ryonan win! Additional info: Uozumi later retired to work at a traditional Japanese restaurant, hmmmmmm........food personally prepared by Uozumi.....hehe.

	Akira Sendoh
Number	7
Height (cm)	190
Weight (kg)	79
Grade	2
Class
Birthday
Junior High	Kitazawagakuen Jr in Tokyo
Shoe Brand	Converse
Position	Shooting Guard
Nickname
Most Notable Saying
Appearance	Cool, popular among girls
Personality	Mild
Additional Info	Being Ryonan's future captain, Akira Sendoh is very well known for his amazing skills. Rukawa Kaede looks up to Sendoh and sees him as a major competitor. The most notable aspect about this player is his mild personality. Whether lose or win, he always stays unusually calm making his decisions and movements unpredicable to the rival teams. Additional info: Sendoh loves fishing! A female news reporter that we see at important games through out the series also seems to have a crush on Sendoh. Hehe, overall, Sendoh's definitely suited to lead a great team, looks like Kainan will have another tough time holding their "straight-winning" record next year. Oh! almost forgot, Sendoh likes to eat lemons.

	Kiccho Fukuda
Number	13
Height (cm)	188
Weight (kg)	80
Grade	2
Class
Birthday
Junior High
Shoe Brand
Position	Power Forward
Nickname	fuku-chan
Most Notable Saying	"sakuragi, this game, I already won!"
Appearance
Personality
Additional Info	This guy is known as Fu-chan. Like Hanamichi, he's relatively new to Basketball AND he improves with lightning speed. It's said that the more you praise Fukuda, the better he performs, on the other hand, criticism will drive him to lose his confidence and balance. The guy has a pretty stubborn attitude, during the games, he partners amazingly well with Sendoh and scored major points this way. Additional info: He physically attacked his own coach after being criticized, as a punishment, he was not allowed to participate in Ryonan's practice game against Shohoku.

kainan

	Shinichi Maki
Number	4
Height (cm)	184
Weight (kg)	79
Grade	3
Class
Birthday
Junior High
Shoe Brand	Reebok - pump
Position	Point Guard
Nickname	middle-aged man (Sakuragi)
Most Notable Saying
Appearance
Personality	calm, determined
Additional Info	Being the team captain of the #1 basketball team in the region has made Shinichi Maki's skill official ! He's talent in basketball is apparent through the team's consecutive winnings. It's said by the coaches of various schools that Shinichi Maki used to compete with Kenji Fujima for the best players title in very much the same way Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi do at the current time SD takes place. Additional Info: Hanamich thinks Maki looks old and calls Maki a middle-aged man. Hehe, what do you think?.....

Name	Soichiro Jin
Number	6
Height (cm)	189
Weight (kg)	71
Grade	2
Class
Birthday
Junior High
Shoe Brand	Nike
Position	Shooting Guard
Nickname
Most Notable Saying
Appearance
Personality	hard-working, determined
Additional Info	An excellent excellent three-point shooter, Jin's skills brings him special applauses and team attention in every game! Looking innocent and boyish, Jin trains extremely hard in order to score accurate three - pointers. It's rumoured that he practices 500 shoots every single day!

Name	Nobunaga Kiyota
Number	10
Height (cm)	178
Weight (kg)	65
Grade	1
Class
Birthday
Junior High
Shoe Brand	Reebok - pump
Position	Small Forward
Nickname	kainan's monkey (counter shohoku's sakuragi)
Most Notable Saying
Appearance
Personality	wild-monkey like, very similar to Sakuragi
Additional Info	Kiyota claims to be better than Rukawa whom everyone sees as the 1st year super rookie. He also claims to be a basketball tensai, but unlike Hanamichi, who seemed to have little skills to backup his claim, Kiyota's got some solid basketball talents! Competing against Hanamichi during the Kainan vs. Shohoku game, we got to see many interesting H vs. K arguments and childish plays. Similar to Hanamichi, Kiyota is being noted as having great potential to improve in basketball, one day, he might really raise to be the super star he claims he is!