[Shohoku]
The Shohoku High School basketball team is a fictional Japanese high school basketball team featured in the anime and manga series Slam Dunk from the prefecture of Kanagawa.
BackgroundShohoku has for two years running been considered of no consequence at the prefecutural level and largely a one-man team because of the presence of Takenori Akagi. It is not until Akagi's third year that things begin to turn around for Shohoku and they start to become a team to be reckoned with. They are the only non-seeded team to make it to the final four of the Kanagawa Interhigh Tournament, and their sole loss in the tournament being against Kainan. Despite being the runner-up representative for Kanagawa, they are ranked as a C class team and placed into a tough tournament bracket, facing Toyotama and the reigning National Champion Sannoh. They favour a run and gun style of play and have a wide breadth of offensive capabilities. However, their major weakness is their weak bench and as a result must rely completely on their starting lineup.
Hanamichi Sakuragi
(桜木花道 Sakuragi Hanamichi)
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- Year: 1st Year
- Height/Weight: 188 cm, 83 kg -> 189.2 cm, 83 kg
- Jersey Number: #10
- Position: Power Forward (PF)
- Birthday: April 1
- Voice Actors: Takeshi Kusao (Japan)
Kaede Rukawa
(流川楓 Rukawa Kaede)
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- Year: 1st Year
- Height/Weight: 187 cm, 75 kg
- Jersey Number: #11
- Position: Small Forward (SF)
- Birthday: January 1
- Voice Actors: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japan)
Ryota Miyagi
(宮城リョータ Miyagi Ryōta)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Height/Weight: 168 cm, 59 kg
- Jersey Number: #7
- Position: Point Guard (PG)
- Birthday: July 31
- Voice Actors: Yoku Shioya
Hisashi Mitsui
(三井寿 Mitsui Hisashi)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 184 cm, 70 kg
- Jersey Number: #14
- Position: Shooting Guard (SG)
- Birthday: May 22
- Voice Actors: Ryoutarou Okiayu (Japan)
Takenori Akagi
(赤木剛憲 Akagi Takenori)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 197 cm, 90 kg
- Jersey Number: #4
- Position: Center (C)
- Birthday: May 10
- Voice Actors: Kiyoyuki Yanada (Japan)
Kiminobu Kogure
(木暮公延 Kogure Kiminobu)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 178 cm, 62 kg
- Jersey Number: #5
- Position: Small Forward
- Birthday: July 12
- Voice Actors: Hideyuki Tanaka (Japan)
Yasuharu Yasuda
(安田靖春 Yasuda Yasuharu)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Height/Weight: 165 cm/57 kg
- Jersey Number: #6
- Positions Point Guard
- Birthdays March 28
- Voice Actors: Masaya Onosaka (Japan)
Satoru Kakuta
(角田悟 Kakuta Satoru)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Height: 180 cm
- Jersey Numbers: #9
- Positions: Center
- Birthdays: November 4
- Voice Actor: Shinobu Satouchi (Japan)
Tetsushi Shiozaki
(潮崎哲士 Shiozaki Tetsushi)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Height/Weight: 170 cm/62 kg
- Jersey Numbers: #8
- Positions: Guard
- Birthdays: September 23
- Voice Actors: Nobutoshi Hayashi (Japan)
Mitsuyoshi Anzai [The Coach]
(安西光義 Anzai Mitsuyoshi)
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- Voice Actors: Tomomichi Nishimura (Japan)
Ayako
(彩子)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Voice Actors: Eriko Hara (Japan)
Haruko Akagi
(赤木晴子 Akagi Haruko)
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- Year: 1st Year
- Voice Actors: Akiko Hiramatsu (Japan)
Sakuragi's Gang (桜木軍団 Sakuragi Gundan)Yohei Mito
(水戸洋平 Mito Yōhei)
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- Year: 1st Year
- Voice Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japan)
Chuichirou Noma
(野間忠一郎 Noma Chūichirō)
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- Year: 1st Year
- Voice Actor: Yuji Mikimoto (Japan)
Yuji Ohkusu
(大楠雄二 Ōkusu Yūji)
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- Year: 1st Year
- Voice Actor: Nobutoshi Hayashi (Japan)
Nozomi Takamiya
(高宮望 Takamiya Nozomi)
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- Year: 1st Year
- Voice Actor: Kouzou Shioya (Japan)
Yohei Mito
(水戸洋平 Mito Yōhei)
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- Year: 1st Year
- Voice Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japan)
Tatsuhiko Aota
(青田龍彦
Aota Tatsuhiko)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Voice Actors: Hideyuki Umezu (Japan)
Norio Hotta-
- Year: 3rd Year
Tetsuo-
Ryu-
The owner of Chieko Sports-
Rukawa's Fan Club-
[Ryonan]
The Ryonan High School basketball team is a fictional Japanese high school basketball team depicted in the anime and manga series Slam Dunk from the prefecture of Kanagawa.
Background
Ryonan is considered one of the top teams in Kanagawa along with Shoyo and Kainan. The team was seeded first in their respective division during the Interhigh Tournament. However, their main weaknesses are the lack of a star point guard and a three-point shooter.
Akira Sendoh
(仙道彰 Sendō Akira)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Height/Weight: 190 cm, 79 kg
- Jersey Number: #7
- Position: Small Forward/Point Guard
- Birthday: February 14
- Voice Actors: Hochu Otsuka (Japan)
Jun Uozumi
(魚住純 Uozumi Jun)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 202 cm, 90 kg
- Jersey Number: #4
- Position: Center/Captain
- Birthday: N/A
- Voice Actors: Yukimasa Kishino (Japan)
Kicchou Fukuda
(福田吉兆 Fukuda Kicchō)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Height/Weight: 188 cm, 80 kg
- Jersey Number: #13
- Position: Power Forward
- Birthday: N/A
- Voice Actor: Hideo Ishikawa (Japan)
Hikoichi Aida
(相田彦一 Aida Hikoichi)
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- Year: 1st Year
- Height/Weight: 165 cm, 52 kg
- Voice Actors: Masaya Onosaka (Japan)
Hiroaki Koshino
(越野弘明 Koshino Hiroaki)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Jersey Number: #6
- Height/Weight: 174 cm, 62 kg
- Position: Shooting Guard
- Birthday: N/A
Ryoji Ikegami
(池上良治 Ikegami Ryōji)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Jersey Number: #5
- Height/Weight: 188 cm, 83 kg
- Position: Power Forward
- Birthday: N/A
Tomoyuki Uekusa
(植草智之 Uekusa Tomoyuki)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Jersey Number: #8
- Height/Weight: 170 cm, 62 kg
- Position: Point Guard
- Birthday: N/A
[Kainan]
The Kainan University Affiliated High School basketball team is a fictional Japanese high school basketball team depicted in the anime and manga series Slam Dunk from the prefecture of Kanagawa.
Background
Kainan have won the Kanagawa Interhigh Tournament for 17 years running and are known as the "Kings of Kanagawa." Their entire team is composed of elite players and demonstrates incredible stamina and defensive ability. The team has no notable weaknesses. However, Kainan faced Sannoh in the title game of the National Championships the year before and lost by 30 points.
Shinichi Maki
(牧紳一 Maki Shin'ichi)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 184 cm, 79 kg
- Jersey Number: #4
- Position: Point Guard/Center (if Takasago is out)
- Birthday: N/A
- Voice Actors: Hisao Egawa (Japan)
Nobunaga Kiyota
(清田信長 Kiyota Nobunaga)
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- Year: 1st Year
- Height/Weight: 178 cm, 65 kg
- Jersey Number: #10
- Position: Small Forward
- Birthday: N/A
- Voice Actors: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japan)
Soichiro Jin
(神総一郎 Jin Sōichirō)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Height/Weight: 189 cm, 71 kg
- Jersey Number: #6
- Position: Shooting Guard
- Birthday: N/A
- Voice Actors: Nobutoshi Kanna (Japan)
Kazuma Takasago
(高砂数馬 Takasago Kazuma)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 191 cm, 80 kg
- Jersey Number: #5
- Position: Center
- Birthday: N/A
- Voice Actors: Yasuhiko Kawazu (Japan)
Tadashi Muto
(武藤正 Mutō Tadashi)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 184 cm, 75 kg
- Jersey Number: #9
- Position: Power Forward
- Birthday: N/A
- Voice Actors: Kouzou Shioya
Yoshinori Miyamasu
(宮枡義則 Miyamasu Yoshinori)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 160 cm, 42 kg
- Jersey Number: #15
- Position: Small Forward
- Birthday: N/A
- Voice Actors: Shinobu Satouchi
[Shoyo]
The Shoyo High School basketball team is a fictional Japanese high school basketball team depicted in the anime and manga series Slam Dunk from the prefecture of Kanagawa.
Background
Shoyo is considered Kainan's top rival in Kanagawa. The team was seeded first in their respective division during the Interhigh Tournament, and is the only team so seeded not to make it into the final four because of their loss to Shohoku. The height of Shoyo's players are among the tallest in Kanagawa; this was revealed in their match against Shohoku, where only Akagi was as tall as his marker (Toru Hanagata). However, their one weakness is the lack of a dedicated coach and Kenji Fujima is forced to play the roles of both coach and point guard. Shoyo is known for their large cheering section, all of whom are members of the basketball club but are not actually players.
Kenji Fujima
(藤真健司 Fujima Kenji)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 178 cm, 66 kg
- Jersey Number: #4
- Position: Point Guard/Coach
- Birthday: N/A
- Voice Actors: Koji Tsujitani (Japan)
Toru Hanagata
(花形徹 Hanagata Tōru)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 197 cm, 83 kg
- Jersey Number: #5
- Position: Center
- Birthday:
- Voice Actors: Nobuhiko Kazama (Japan)
Kazushi Hasegawa
(長谷川一志 Hasegawa Kazushi)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 190 cm, 81 kg
- Jersey Number: #6
- Position: Shooting Guard
- Birthday: N/A
- Voice Actors: Kouzou Shioya (Japan)
Mitsuru Nagano
(長野満 Nagano Mitsuru)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 191 cm, 84 kg
- Jersey Number: #7
- Position: Small Forward
- Birthday: N/A
Shoichi Takano
(高野正一 Takano Shōichi)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 193 cm, 85 kg
- Jersey Number: #8
- Position: Power Forward
- Birthday: N/A
Taku Ito
(伊藤卓 Itō Taku)
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- Year: 2nd Year
- Height/Weight: 180 cm, 71 kg
- Jersey Number: #9
- Position: Point Guard
- Birthday: N/A
[Sannoh]
The Sannoh High School basketball team is a fictional Japanese high school basketball team featured in the anime and manga series Slam Dunk from the prefecture of Kanagawa.
BackgroundSannoh has been the defending national champion for three years running and is ranked as an A team. They are considered the top high school team in Japan and have been a dominant force in high school basketball for years. The team has mastered the full court press defense and can trap even the fastest point guards and immobolize their opponents' offense. Sannoh only appears in the manga.
Eiji Sawakita
(沢北栄治 Sawakita Eiji)
- Year: 2nd Year
- Height/Weight: 189 cm, 67 kg
- Jersey Number: #9
- Position: Swingman/Small Forward
- Birthday: 2nd July
Masashi Kawata
(Masashi Kawata)
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- Year: 3rd Year
- Height/Weight: 190 cm, N/A kg
- Jersey Number: #7
- Position: Center
- Birthday: N/A
[Toyotama High School]
Background
Toyotama is the runner-up team from Osaka in the National Championship, having lost to Daiei. They are an A ranked team and almost all of their starters are third years. Shohoku faces them in the first round of the National Championship, where Toyotama show a talent for getting away with violent, flagrant fouls. They have mastered the run and gun style of play and divide their effort between 80% offense and 20% defense. Their main weakness was the replacement of their coach, Jiei, who nurtured the team's offensive philosophy and is widely respected by the players. His replacement, on the other hand, emphasizes defensive basketball, which the players have difficulty adjusting to. The Toyotama match only appears in the manga.
[Aiwa High School]
Background
Aiwa is ranked 4th in Japan and was favored to win the Aichi Interhigh Tournament, but was upset by Meihou. Shohoku faces them in the third round of the National Championship and loses to them because they were exhausted from the Sannoh match.
[Daiei High School]
Background
Daiei is the lead representative for Osaka in the National Championship, having beaten Toyotama.
[Meihou High School]
Background
Meihou is a surprise newcomer to the National Championship, knocking off the favorite AiwaHiroshi Morishige. Meihou beat Jousei in the first round of the National Championship.
[Jousei High School]
Background
Jousei is ranked 8th in Japan. Their coach is a former pupil of Coach Anzai's, and prior to the start of the National Championship, Shohoku visits them for a weeklong training camp that includes three matches, resulting in a win, loss, and tie for Shohoku. They are knocked out of the National Championship in the first round by Meihou.
[Takezato High School]
Background
Takezato was seeded first in its respective bracket in the Kanagawa Interhigh Tournament and makes the final four. However, they prove to be the weakest team present, losing to Shohoku, Ryonan, and Kainan and finishing fourth.
[Miuradai High School]
Background
Miuradai faces Shohoku in the first round of the Interhigh Tournament. They do well at first, because Takenori Akagi is the only one of the five starters to actually start the game, the other four being temporarily benched by Coach Anzai for fighting. The tide turns against Miuradai once the other four starters enter the court and Shohoku is restored to full strength. Miuradai is quite a self-confident team, whose members - particularly their captain Murasame - only respect Kainan as an opponent. One character who only appears in the anime, Tetsuya Naito, is enrolled in the ranks of Miuradai as a substitute center and a real powerhouse - he used to play for the Miuradai rugby team, but he was dissatisfied with the lack of challenge and dropped out after Murasame approached him. Naito's inexperience as a basketball player is quickly exposed by Rukawa though, and Shohoku go on to win decisively.
[Takezono High School]
Background
Takezono is the team for which Tatsuma Oda, the boy for whom Sakuragi suffered his fiftieth rejection, plays. Unluckily, their last match in the Kanagawa Tournament is against the reigning champions Kainan, who beat them handily with a reserve team - the only regular starters to play were Kiyota and Muto.
Sakuragi, who at first mistakenly thought that Oda was mistreating his girlfriend Yoko Shimamura, wanted Takezono to win so he could face Oda again (Shohoku and Takezono face each other in the first Slam Dunk OVA, in a friendly match). However, Oda was injured, but played all the same.
[Tsukubu High School]
Background
Tsukubu used to be a high-leaguer team before the rise of Shohoku. They were the third team Shohoku faced in the Prefectural Tournament and, after a good start, they let their defense be breached by Miyagi's fast play and lost concentration, leading to a rather shameful loss. Tsukubu is featured prominently in the second OVA (which portrays the tournament match), where their star rookie, Koichiro Nango, falls in love with Haruko and becomes a bitter rival to Sakuragi. Their coach was a former pupil of Anzai, while their captain, Godai, attended Kogure and Akagi's former junior high and is on friendly terms with them.
[Ryofuku High School]
Background
Ryofuku appears in the third OVA, inviting Shohoku for a friendly match right after their defeat before Kainan. They are a relatively new team, but were a force to be feared as their ranks included star players from junior high, including their half-American ace, Michael Okita.
Hanamichi, being very unpopular with girls, has been rejected by them fifty times. Yet, he finds out that Haruko Akagi is the girl of his dreams, and is happy when she's not scared of him like all the other girls he has asked out.
athlete with potential and joins the team in order to impress Haruko and prove that he is worthy of her. Kaede Rukawa - Sakuragi's bitter rival (both on the basketball court and love, even when Kaede doesn't acknowledge Haruko's crush on him), the star rookie and a "girl magnet" - joins the team at the same time.
