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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Foil]]: To Kagami.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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]]: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Only one instance but...]]
* [[The Nicknamer]]: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Only one instance but...]]
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Kuroko: *thinks* 'Papa.' .... Dad. }}
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.
* [[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...
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: With Kagami. If you can't tell who's who, it's...
* [[Colour Coded for Your Convenience]].
* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]].
** Averted back in Teikou when his light is Aomine whose color palette is darker shade of his.
** 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.
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Because of the nature of his basketball, he tends to be this.
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* [[Expy]]: Of [[Slam Dunk|Sakuragi]]. Just look at the tropes after [[Foil]].
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Slam Dunk|Sakuragi]]. Just look at the tropes after [[Foil]].
* [[Foil]]: To Kuroko.
* [[Foil]]: To Kuroko.
* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]: He gets somewhat better as the plot goes on, but it's still a continuing issue for him.
* [[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]].
* [[The Hero]]: In regards to his place on the Seirin team. In terms of plot significance, he's more of a [[Deuteragonist]].
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
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* [[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.
* [[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]]
* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: Him and Kuroko. If you can't tell who's who, it's [[Colour Coded for Your Convenience]].
* [[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 Snakes|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]].
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|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 {{spoiler|He is scared shirtless by classic trick flashlight from below by Kuroko.}}
** In light novel, it revealed he is also afraid of ghost, and of all things {{spoiler|He is scared shirtless by classic trick flashlight from below by Kuroko.}}


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* [[Cat Smile]]: Constantly.
* [[Cat Smile]]: Constantly.
* [[The Chick]]
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Expy]]: At least physically, he looks very similar to an older [[Flame of Recca|Kaoru]] [[Names the Same|Koganei]].
* [[Expy]]: At least physically, he looks very similar to an older [[Flame of Recca|Kaoru]] [[Name's the Same|Koganei]].
* [[Jack of All Trades]]: And also [[Master of None]].
* [[Jack of All Trades]]: And also [[Master of None]].


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* [[Keet]]
* [[Keet]]
* [[The Nicknamer]]: He adds "cchi" to the end of the names of people he's acknowledged, whether they want him to or not.
* [[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 Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Earthworms]]: Thinks they are disgusting.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Earthworms]]: Thinks they are disgusting.


== Yukio Kasamatsu ==
== Yukio Kasamatsu ==
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{{quote| Voiced by: Kazunori Nomata}}
{{quote| Voiced by: Kazunori Nomata}}
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* [[Big Ol Eyebrows]]
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Takao. [[Tsundere|He won't admit it, though.]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Takao. [[Tsundere|He won't admit it, though.]]
* [[Tsundere]]
* [[Tsundere]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Cats]]: Was scratched once.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Cats]]: Was scratched once.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]


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* [[Sitting On the Roof]]: Where he can usually be found by Momoi when he skips basketball training.
* [[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.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: He's rather fond of these.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Ghost]]: His first meeting with Kuroko, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|His reaction mirrored Kagami in regards to dogs.]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Ghost]]: His first meeting with Kuroko, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|His reaction mirrored Kagami in regards to dogs.]]
** Also [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Bees]]: Was pricked.
** Also [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Bees]]: Was pricked.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]


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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: If you don't interpret their interactions as [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], then she and Aomine are probably this.
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: If you don't interpret their interactions as [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], then she and Aomine are probably this.
* [[Rose Haired Girl]]
* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Frogs]]: Aomine put a frog on her head once and she burst out crying.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Frogs]]: Aomine put a frog on her head once and she burst out crying.


== Shoichi Imayoshi ==
== Shoichi Imayoshi ==
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Pretty much everything Aomine does. [[Butt Monkey|Nobody really cares, though.]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Pretty much everything Aomine does. [[Butt Monkey|Nobody really cares, though.]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]


== Yoshinori Susa ==
== Yoshinori Susa ==
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Shortens characters' names and adds "-chin" to the end of them. (Ex. Kuro-chin, Aka-chin, etc.)
* [[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 Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Crows]]: Thinks they make weird sounds.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Crows]]: Thinks they make weird sounds.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]


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** He is 173 cm which make him the second shortest Generation of Miracle after Kuroko.
** 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]]. {{spoiler|His face is finally revealed at the end of chapter 113.}}
* [[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]]. {{spoiler|His face is finally revealed at the end of chapter 113.}}
* [[First Name Basis]]: With everyone else in the GOM, but only on his part. They all call him "Akashi".
* [[First-Name Basis]]: With everyone else in the GOM, but only on his part. They all call him "Akashi".
* [[Hellish Pupils]]
* [[Hellish Pupils]]
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Subverted. Other than Kuroko, he's the shortest member of the GOM.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Subverted. Other than Kuroko, he's the shortest member of the GOM.
* [[Smart People Play Chess|Smart People Play Shougi]]: Might also be [[Crazy People Play Chess|Crazy People Play Shougi]].
* [[Smart People Play Chess|Smart People Play Shougi]]: Might also be [[Crazy People Play Chess|Crazy People Play Shougi]].
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Dogs]]: Hates the disobedient ones who don't listen.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Dogs]]: Hates the disobedient ones who don't listen.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Red Hair]]: Possibly an [[Evil Redhead]].
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Red Hair]]: Possibly an [[Evil Redhead]].


Revision as of 13:10, 8 January 2014


Seirin High School

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

  • Benched Hero: In the match against Seihou. The secondary reason is so that he can save his energy for the next match against Shuutoku, the primary reason is that the seniors want to avenge their loss against Seihou themselves.
  • 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...

 Riko: His name is Papa Mbaye Siki.

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

  • 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 He is scared shirtless by classic trick flashlight from below by Kuroko.

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

Junpei Hyuuga

The captain of the Seirin basketball team.

 Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya

Shun Izuki

 Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima

Rinnosuke Mitobe

Shinji Koganei

 Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi

Satoshi Tsuchida

 Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Inoue

  • 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

Kaijou High School

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

Yukio Kasamatsu

 Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi

Mitsuhiro Hayakawa

 Voiced by: Kazunori Nomata

Yoshitaka Moriyama

 Voiced by: Tomoyuki Higuchi

Shuutoku High School

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

  • 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 the first time someone messes with his lucky teddy bear, Shuutoku loses to Seirin.

  Ootsubo: I guess it's fine since the coach asked me to forgive three of your whims everyday.

Kazunari Takao

 Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Taisuke Ootsubo

 Voiced by: Kensuke Satou

Kiyoshi Miyagi

 Voiced by: Masayuki Shouji

Shinsuke Kimura

 Voiced by: Biichi Satou

Touou High School

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

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

Shoichi Imayoshi

 Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai

Ryou Sakurai

 Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki

Kousuke Wakamatsu

 Voiced by: Kosuke Toriumi

Yoshinori Susa

Yousen High School

Atsushi Murasakibara

The former centre of the Teikou Middle School Basketball Team and a member of the Generation of Miracles. He listens to no one but Akashi and still does even though they are currently in different schools. He didn't play for Yousen in the National High School Basketball Tournament finals because Akashi told him not to.

 Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura

Tatsuya Himuro

Kenichi Okamura

Kensuke Fukui

Wei Liu

Rakuzan High School

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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