Maki uses his height and power to create mismatches against other point guards, which his team usually capitalizes on effectively. Takato correctly deduces that Sakuragi will not take Yoshinori seriously enough to properly mark him, enabling Yoshinori to be effective. He is the polar opposite to Sakuragi — attractive to girls, skilled at basketball, and very cold and aloof, although he does share some traits with Sakuragi in that they are not academically inclined and are good fighters. However, their one weakness is the lack of a dedicated coach with Kenji Fujima playing the roles of both coach and point guard. Despite so, his relationship with Sakuragi was not entirely antagonistic. He is also able to copy opponents' moves, from fadeaways to pass interceptions. 3 talking about this. But a while ago, my collegue said he is gay coz he watched slam dunk wherein Rukawa kissed Sendoh. She is voiced by Akiko Hiramatsu in Japanese and Martha MacIsaac in English.[5]. Sawakita plans to go to America following the national championships. They are the only non-seeded team to make it to the final four of the Kanagawa Inter-high Tournament, their sole loss being against eventual prefecture champion Kainan. Masahiro Nobe (野辺将広, Nobe Masahiro) does not stand out for scoring abilities, but is a great rebounder. Sweet and with a captivating personality, she is always around to cheer on the players, especially her brother Takenori, who is extremely protective of her and taught her the basics of basketball, Kaede Rukawa and Sakuragi, whom she considers her best friend. If he had his way, Taoka's dream team would have consisted of Sendoh, Uozomi, Mitsui, Miyagi, and Rukawa, with the latter three playing the same positions they now play for Shohoku. Fukatsu possesses great passing skills, an accurate three point shot, and excellent defensive skills. This was one of the reasons why Coach Mitsuyoshi Anzai refused to give him his approval when Rukawa told him that he intended to go to the United States, and told him to become the top-ranking player in Japan before he even thought of it. Whenever Sakuragi and/or Kiyota makes an error or are in a funny situation, Rukawa joins in and calls them idiot, moron, or stupid. He is voiced by Nobutoshi Canna. Many people viewed Rukawa as someone who prefers to act on his own rather with his teammates. When not on court, he is usually seen asleep on the roof of Shohoku or in class. The other players include Mitsuaki Iwata (岩田 三秋, Iwata Mitsuaki) (center), Kyohei Yajima (矢嶋 京平, Yajima Kyōhei) (shooting guard) and Daijiro Itakura (板倉 大二朗, Itakura Daijirō) (point guard). Kiminobu Kogure (木暮 公延, Kogure Kiminobu) is Shohoku's vice-captain, backup shooting guard, and a good friend of Akagi and Mitsui. He also attended Wakoh Junior High with Sakuragi. He is Hanamichi's deputy commander. Since many girls find him very attractive, Rukawa is considered one of the most good-looking characters in the series. Kenji Fujima (藤真健司, Fujima Kenji) is the point guard and coach of Shoyo. He is voiced by Kouzou Shioya. Miyagi is small for a basketball player, but makes up for it with incredible speed, skills and court awareness. His three-pointers help Shohoku catch up when they are 12 points down against Shoyo, and again when the team was 20 points down against Sannoh in the national championships. He is also known for having a blond and bushy hair. Yohei Mito (水戸 洋平, Mito Yōhei) is one of the members of Sakuragi's Gang. Ryu (竜, Ryū) is one of the non-Shohoku members of Hisashi Mitsui's gang and the only other non-Shohoku member besides Tetsuo given the most depth. Sawakita is the no. Waking Rukawa from a nap is considered unforgivable, since he will almost always automatically beat up the culprit. Yayoi Aida (相田 弥生, Aida Yayoi) is Hikoichi's older sister, who works as a reporter for a weekly basketball magazine. It is not until Akagi's third and final year in the team that things begin to turn around for Shohoku, and they start to become a team to be reckoned with. As a result, in an exhibition match at Ryonan, Fukuda released his pent-up aggression on Taoka and attacked him. Kaede Rukawa is suiting up for battle, pulling his trademark armband up his arm with cool confidence. Against Kainan, Sendoh is deployed as a point guard to match-up Maki, but transforms himself into a deadly scorer when the game is on the line. 1] Before Sakuragi and his gang arrive, Hotta and his cronies run into Kaede Rukawa on the school roof, who singlehandedly knocks out all four of them.[ch. In the end, Hanamichi Sakuragi's gang and Mitsui's friend Norio Hotta voluntarily take blame for the fight. He is one of the five first year students who passed the tryout, alongside Sakuragi, Rukawa, Sasaoka and Iishi. He also has a rather dry wit, and a quick temper, being readily offended by rude behavior from Sakuragi and Kiyota. He can steal the ball and even block taller players, such as Toru Hanagata of Shoyo and Kazuma Takasago of Kainan. Later when he went home, he found his dad lying unconscious. He doesn't seems to notice that Haruko has a crush on him. Kiyota is known for his leaping ability and ball-handing skills. The first of these is matching up Mikio Kawata with Sakuragi, who emerges from this match up with more confidence and determination in himself. He also appears in the Manga 10 Days After, jogging his way to the gym along with Kuwata and Sasaoka. Rukawa is reserved, quiet, cool, selfish, insensitive and very cold. Possibly because of all the rudeness he used to be treated with, Fukuda loves to be respected and praised. A student with glasses and semi-bald hair tries to pacify the professor by telling him that Rukawa is too tired from the game yesterday. Before the final four of the Kanagawa Inter-high Tournament, the other four have to beg their teachers to be given the chance to retake some exams they had flunked, otherwise they would have been academically disqualified from playing in the national championship. He is the only starter for Kainan who is a first year. However, his style is criticized as being too selfish and lone wolf, and he sometimes gets into conflict with his teammates for various reasons. He still has an eye for talent, as he recognizes Uozomi's potential and gives him encouragement when Uozomi's skills were weak and he was thinking of quitting. He originally used to be a center, but his slender build, slow movement and weak leaping ability never allowed him to perform well in this position. In the anime and manga, it was Shiozaki who revealed Miyagi's reason for being hospitalized, and describing the details of Mitsui and Miyagi's feud in the latter part of the series. He is voiced by Hōchū Ōtsuka. In his first match as a Shohoku, Rukawa was the starting power forward, thus wearing #10. He also makes some key mistakes in the game against Shohoku because he underestimates both Sakuragi and Kogure. Kazunari Fukatsu (深津一成, Fukatsu Kazunari) is the point guard and team captain. Sakuragi takes advantage of this to try to get him off the game. He literally lives and breathes basketball to the point he is able to shoot free throws with his eyes closed against Toyotama High due to injuring his eye meaning he could not see depth nor estimate distances. He has a habit of making fun of other players by giving them various nicknames, as he rarely calls his teammates or opponents by their real names. However, as a complete beginner, he is not able to keep up with the rest of the team despite his outstanding height, athleticism, stamina, speed and leaping ability. Maki plays mostly as a point guard, although he has the all-round skills to play in virtually any other position. Tetsuo (鉄男) is a biker and the only adult member of Hisashi Mitsui's gang, which included Norio Hotta and his cronies, in addition to some other delinquent high school students. Hanamichi Sakuragi (桜木 花道, Sakuragi Hanamichi) is the main protagonist of Slam Dunk, serving as Shohoku's power forward. He is voiced by Kōzō Shioya in Japanese and Bill Houston in English.[5]. autore: ichigo_85 beta: no rating: nc-17 genere: romantico/mistero avvertimenti: yaoi/pwp personaggi: Kaede Rukawa, Hanamichi Sakuragi claim: Kaede Rukawa/Hanamichi Sakuragi tema: #91. In the game against Sannoh, Rukawa made the last pass, which enabled Sakuragi to have the winning shot. Rukawa Kaede/Sakuragi Hanamichi (197) Ayako/Miyagi Ryota (3) Sakuragi Hanamichi/Sendoh Akira (2) Mitsui Hisashi/Sendoh Akira (2) Mito Youhei/Sendoh Akira (2) Kogure Kiminobu/Mitsui Hisashi (1) Rukawa Kaede/Sendoh Akira (1) Minami Tsuyoshi/Rukawa Kaede (1) Mitsui Hisashi/Sakuragi Hanamichi (1) Sakuragi Hanamichi/Original Character (1) He leaves the team with Uozomi after the loss to Shohoku in the Interhigh Tournament knocks Ryonan out of the national championship run. Hotta and his cronies later become supporters of the basketball team during the National Championship Tournament (though even they get scared by the aggressiveness of the Toyotama crowd), largely because of their friendship with Mitsui, who they give the epithet Honoo no Otoko (炎の男, lit. This was seen during practice, when he challenged his own teammates with an intimidating and menacing look. Mitsui is best known on the team as a three-pointer specialist, only matched by Jin from Kainan. Sakuragi's most recognizable trait is his red hair, though he later shaves his head as reparation for an error that led to a loss in the Interhigh Tournament against Kainan.[ch. During the match against Shohoku, Kanehira hits Kishimoto after finally getting fed up. She confronted Sakuragi when she mistakenly thought that he had attacked Rukawa, and she also defended him many times from his most rabid fangirls (one of them even knocked her to the ground in the anime series). Before he met the current Shohoku members, he had to overcome ridicules from his classmates (for dreaming of winning the national championship), doubts from bystanders, and the frustration of losing his teammates, as they found Akagi's training regime to be too difficult and harsh. Devastated over the loss of Yazawa, Anzai resigned from college basketball coaching and changed his strict attitude to his now mild temper, for which he is now known as the "White-Haired Buddha" (ホワイトヘアードブッダ, Howaito Heādo Budda). Sakuragi also had his share against Sawakita. An imprudent early return to the court severely compounded the injure in that knee, leading to a basketball hiatus of over a year. Mikio has a habit of apologizing to his brother whenever he does something wrong. Toyotama's main weakness is the replacement of their previous coach, Kitano (北野), who nurtured the team's offensive philosophy and is widely respected by the players. Throughout the manga, he is very short-tempered, boisterous, arrogant, aggressive, rude, and immature. He is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa. The team was seeded first in their respective division during the Interhigh Tournament. He is a counter-puncher and likes to utilize wrist locks before actually engaging in fist fights. He is one of the top point guards in Kanagawa and a force to be reckoned with. Kaede Rukawa (流川 楓 Rukawa Kaede) is the small forward and ace player of the Shohoku High. He might also be Sakuragi's classmate, as seen in the anime, because when Akagi asked about Sakuragi's whereabouts during practice, Kuwata answered that he hasn't seen him the whole day. He is the polar opposite to Sakuragi — attractive to girls, skilled at basketball, and very cold and aloof, although he does share some traits with Sakuragi in that they are not academically inclined and are good fighters.