Kuroko's Basketball/Characters

Tetsuya Kuroko
The protagonist of the manga - pretty obvious given his name is in the title - he was a member of the Generation of Miracles team in his middle school days. Together with Kagami, he now aims to bring all of them down.

"Voiced by: Kensho Ono"

- "Riko: His name is Papa Mbaye Siki.
 * Benched Hero:
 * Berserk Button: Yeah, he's apathetic most of time but insult or injure his sempais' or friends.... you'd better watch out.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: See above
 * Confusion Fu
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Foil: To Kagami.
 * High Hopes, Zero Talent: Kuroko was initially this when he was at Teikou, where despite being terrible at the game, he continued playing because of his love for basketball. Subverted later on when he gains his skill of misdirection.
 * Meaningful Name: His name is also the name of stagehands in japanese theater who dress in black and are supposed to be perceived as invisible by the audience.
 * The Nicknamer: Only one instance but...

Hyuuga: That Papa Nbai ... what was it?

Kagami: Papa Nba...

Riko: Kuroko-kun! Find a nickname for this guy!

Kuroko: *thinks* 'Papa.' .... Dad."


 * The Nondescript: His ability is a weaponized version of "being ignored": his misdirection skills gives him an advantage in steals, and his assists become nigh unpredictable. But even off-court, his teammates tend to forget he's there.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: With Kagami. If you can't tell who's who, it's...
 * Colour-Coded for Your Convenience.
 * Averted back in Teikou when his light is Aomine whose color palette is darker shade of his.
 * Sixth Ranger: Because of the nature of his basketball, he tends to be this.
 * Spock Speak: He tends to speak very calmly and politely.
 * Stealth Hi Bye
 * The Stoic
 * Team Spirit: His personal philosophy when it comes to basketball.
 * Weak but Skilled: He doesn't have the talent or the build for basketball, but because of his highly refined and practiced skill at misdirection, he was able to achieve the status of the "Phantom Sixth Player" of the legendary Generation of Miracles. The other genius members of the team also acknowledge his skills, which is definitely saying something considering how arrogant all of them are.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: An especially explicit example, considering he manages to have light blue hair and yet go completely unnoticed, not only in everyday life, but during basketball games, when there are only nine other people besides him on the court.

Taiga Kagami
An extraordinary basketball player, he lived in the United States until partway through middle school. After 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.

"Voiced by: Yuuki Ono"

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 * The Ace: For Seirin High.
 * Big Eater: Eats 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.
 * Book Dumb: Unbelievably so. Even his English grades are terrible. And he'd just come back from living in the United States for years.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Expy: Of Sakuragi. Just look at the tropes after Foil.
 * Foil: To Kuroko.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: He gets somewhat better as the plot goes on, but it's still a continuing issue for him.
 * The Hero: In regards to his place on the Seirin team. In terms of plot significance, he's more of a Deuteragonist.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Hot Blooded
 * Idiot Hero
 * In a Single Bound: His jumps.
 * Naive Newcomer: 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.
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Him and Kuroko. If you can't tell who's who, it's Colour-Coded for Your Convenience.
 * Why Did It Have To Be Dogs/Ghost: Doesn't turn out well for him when Kuroko decides to adopt a dog as a Team Pet.
 * In light novel, it revealed he is also afraid of ghost, and of all things

Riko Aida
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 them.

"Voiced by: Chiwa Saitou"

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 * A Cup Angst: B-cup, actually. A mild case, mainly only when Momoi is around.
 * Awesomeness By Analysis: She knows a person's physical statistics just by looking at that.
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: Her interactions with Hyuuga can be interpreted as this.
 * Cool Big Sis
 * Lethal Chef: 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.
 * Team Mom: Has shades of The Chick.

Junpei Hyuuga
The captain of the Seirin basketball team.

"Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya"

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 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: His interactions with Riko can be interpreted as this.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: More so in the past, but still present.
 * The Lancer
 * Split Personality: When he's in Clutch Mode. A mild example, though.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Kiyoshi, arguably.

Shun Izuki
"Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima"

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 * Pungeon Master
 * The Smart Guy

Rinnosuke Mitobe
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 * The Big Guy
 * The Voiceless: Sometimes leads to being the Silent Bob.
 * Note that he has no voice actor.

Shinji Koganei
"Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi"

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 * Butt Monkey
 * Cat Smile: Constantly.
 * The Chick
 * Expy: At least physically, he looks very similar to an older Kaoru Koganei.
 * Jack of All Trades: And also Master of None.

Satoshi Tsuchida
"Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Inoue"

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 * Demoted to Extra: 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.

Teppei Kiyoshi
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 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Red Baron: One of the five Uncrowned Generals, "Iron-Hearted".
 * Team Dad: Occasionally with elements of Papa Wolf, as demonstrated in the match against Kirisaki Daiichi. Has shades of The Lancer too.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Hyuuga.

Ryouta Kise
A former member of the Teikou Middle School Basketball Team, another member of the Generation of Miracles. Was the last to join the GOM, and acknowledged to be the weakest member of the team. That said, being the weakest member of the GOM doesn't mean he can't curb stomp everyone else. He was the first of the GOM to show up.

"Voiced by: Ryohei Kimura"

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 * The Ace: For Kaijou High.
 * Awesomeness By Analysis: The true source of his copying abilities.
 * Basketball Copying: He has the ability to copy any basketball move he sees and make it his own.
 * Bishonen
 * Chick Magnet
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Dumb Blonde: Sometimes has shades of this. He's not really stupid, though, just extremely Keet.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Kasamatsu.
 * Thought he was this with Kuroko when they were in Teikou, only for Kuroko to firmly deny this.
 * Keet
 * The Nicknamer: He adds "cchi" to the end of the names of people he's acknowledged, whether they want him to or not.
 * Why Did It Have To Be Earthworms: Thinks they are disgusting.

Yukio Kasamatsu
"Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi"

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 * The Captain
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Kise.

Mitsuhiro Hayakawa
"Voiced by: Kazunori Nomata"

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 * Big Ol' Eyebrows
 * Hot Blooded
 * No Indoor Voice

Yoshitaka Moriyama
"Voiced by: Tomoyuki Higuchi"

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 * Casanova Wannabe

Shintarou Midorima
Formerly the shooting guard of the Teikou Middle School Basketball Team, he's also a member of the Generation of Miracles. He was the second member of the team to appear.

"Voiced by: Daisuke Ono"

- "Ootsubo: I guess it's fine since the coach asked me to forgive three of your whims everyday."
 * The Ace: For Shuutoku.
 * Because Destiny Says So: He runs on this. He follows morning horoscopes religiously, and gets quite pissed off at Kuroko's attempts to Screw Destiny.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: The whole horoscope bit. He checks his horoscope everyday, buys and carries his daily lucky item around him without fail and makes sure no one messes with his lucky item. But he's this trope because he's a phenomenally good shooter, and even does things like tape his fingers off the court to protect them, believing even the slightest injury can throw his shots off.
 * The whole horoscope thing might actually be true too since


 * Catch Phrase: The stuff he spouts about how because he has his daily lucky item with him, he can't possibly lose.
 * "Man proposes, God disposes."
 * The Comically Serious
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Takao. He won't admit it, though.
 * Tsundere
 * Why Did It Have To Be Cats: Was scratched once.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Kazunari Takao
"Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki"

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 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Midorima.
 * Perpetual Smiler

Taisuke Ootsubo
"Voiced by: Kensuke Satou"

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 * The Captain

Kiyoshi Miyagi
"Voiced by: Masayuki Shouji"

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Shinsuke Kimura
"Voiced by: Biichi Satou"

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Daiki Aomine
The former ace of the Teikou Middle School Basketball Team, he's a member of the Generation of Miracles. Acknowledged to be the best one-on-one basketball player among the six. He was close to Kuroko even before Kuroko became a member of the GOM, taking the time to train Kuroko despite Kuroko being only a third-string basketball player then.

"Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe"

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 * The Ace: Of both Touou High School and the Generation of Miracles. However, given his attitude, he's more of a Broken Ace.
 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Beyond the Impossible: His entire style of basketball seems to revolve around doing things that should not even be possible.
 * Brilliant but Lazy: To the core. He prefers to sleep on the rooftop than go to basketball practice and, often shows up for matches at the halfway mark...if he bothers to show up at all. However, he may deconstruct this - he was originally passionate about basketball, and worked hard at it because he loved it. But as he got better and better, his opponents starting giving up more and more easily. Eventually, he gave up on being serious about basketball, because there was no one who could equal him at it.
 * Catch Phrase: "The only one who can win against me ... is me!"
 * Bites him in the ass when
 * Childhood Friends: With Momoi.
 * Curb Stomp Battle: Most games he participates in become this in short order.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: He was this with Kuroko back in their middle school day
 * Jerkass: His actions often veer into this territory.
 * Platonic Life Partners: If you don't interpret their interactions as Belligerent Sexual Tension, then he and Momoi are probably this.
 * Sitting On the Roof: Where he can usually be found by Momoi when he skips basketball training.
 * Slasher Smile: He's rather fond of these.
 * Why Did It Have To Be Ghost: His first meeting with Kuroko, His reaction mirrored Kagami in regards to dogs.
 * Also Why Did It Have To Be Bees: Was pricked.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Also Why Did It Have To Be Bees: Was pricked.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Satsuki Momoi
Manager of the Touou High Basketball Club. The former manager of the Generation of Miracles, she is also a childhood friend of Aomine's. She has a crush on Kuroko.

"Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa"

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 * Awesomeness By Analysis: As the manager, she's in charge of checking out rival teams, and she has the ability to
 * Big Breasts Big Deal
 * Although she absolutely make use of it to suffocate Kuroko whenever she could.
 * The Chick / The Smart Guy: Plays a combination of these roles for both Touou in the present and Teikou in the past.
 * Childhood Friends: With Aomine.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Platonic Life Partners: If you don't interpret their interactions as Belligerent Sexual Tension, then she and Aomine are probably this.
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Why Did It Have To Be Frogs: Aomine put a frog on her head once and she burst out crying.

Shoichi Imayoshi
"Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai"

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 * The Captain
 * Megane
 * Four Eyes Zero Soul: Zero soul may be an exaggeration, but when even Hanamiya thinks he has a terrible personality...
 * Perpetual Smiler

Ryou Sakurai
"Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki"

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 * Apologises a Lot
 * Cute Shotaro Boy
 * Shrinking Violet: A Rare Male Example.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Also a Rare Male Example.

Kousuke Wakamatsu
"Voiced by: Kosuke Toriumi"

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 * Berserk Button: Pretty much everything Aomine does. Nobody really cares, though.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Hair-Trigger Temper

Atsushi Murasakibara
The former centre of the Teikou Middle School Basketball Team and a member of the Generation of Miracles.

"Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura"

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 * Big Eater: He's almost always seen with some sort of snack in hand.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * The Giant
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * The Nicknamer: Shortens characters' names and adds "-chin" to the end of them. (Ex. Kuro-chin, Aka-chin, etc.)
 * Why Did It Have To Be Crows: Thinks they make weird sounds.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair

Tatsuya Himuro
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 * Big Brother Mentor: To Kagami.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Kagami, pre-series.
 * Meaningful Name: His name uses the kanji for ice (氷), the antithesis of fire (火), which is the kanji used in Kagami's name.

Kenichi Okamura
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 * Butt Monkey: His teammates don't respect him at all. Calling him "gorilla" is just the start.
 * The Captain

Seijuuro Akashi
Formerly the captain and point guard of the Teikou Middle School Basketball Team, he's the leader of the Generation of Miracles. He was the one who discovered Kuroko's ability of misdirection, and despite the fact his team is filled with egocentric geniuses, they all listen to him. Evidenced by how the entire Generation of Miracles team turned up when he summoned them, and how Midorima lent him his scissors while he refused to lend it to Murasakibara.

"Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya"

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 * Ax Crazy: The way he  seems to indicate that he's this.
 * The Captain
 * Curtains Match the Window: Partially subverted. While his right eye is red, his left is yellow-orange.
 * Crazy People Play Chess: Well, we aren't sure if he's actually crazy  and he was playing Shogi though
 * Expecting Someone Taller: Furihata is surprised that he's around his and Kuroko's height.
 * He is 173 cm which make him the second shortest Generation of Miracle after Kuroko.
 * The Faceless: He's always shown from the back or the neck down. Even when he's face-to-face with the main characters, he has a Face Framed in Shadow.
 * First-Name Basis: With everyone else in the GOM, but only on his part. They all call him "Akashi".
 * Hellish Pupils
 * Large and In Charge: Subverted. Other than Kuroko, he's the shortest member of the GOM.
 * Smart People Play Shougi: Might also be Crazy People Play Shougi.
 * Why Did It Have To Be Dogs: Hates the disobedient ones who don't listen.
 * You Gotta Have Red Hair: Possibly an Evil Redhead.