At the outset of the manga the team is in trouble, as there are not enough players to play a game. Additionally, the coach has left after a conflict with Fujiwara. However, Aikawa transfers to Mizuho and through his enthusiasm and sheer love of the game, infuses the few remaining members with a sense of purpose.
Despite the fact that there are only five of them (i.e., they have no substitutes), they manage to get the coach of the girls' team to coach them as well. At first, she seems very strict, but later reveals her attachment to her "Dear Boys". Together, they do their best to make their dreams come true.
The manga is not only focused on the Mizuho team, but also on several rival teams. In fact, the mangaka spends a bit of time developing the characters of other teams' members.
Characters
Mizuho High School
Kazuhiko Aikawa
( Aikawa Kazuhiko) Voiced by: Kōhei Kiyasu
- Basketball Jersey: Number 7
- Height: 175cm
- Nickname: Aika, Ai-chan
- Birthday: 9th June
Aikawa, often nicknamed as Aika is a 'tensai' or genius in basketball. He transferred from Tendōji High School to Mizuho High School because he thinks that playing basketball in Tendōji High is not meaningful at all.
He is the one who convinced Takumi and the others to play basketball again. He was once the trump card and captain of the Tendōji High's basketball team. He plays the position of small forward in the team.
Takumi Fujiwara
( Fujiwara Takumi) Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze
- Basketball Jersey: Number 4
- Height: 184cm
- Nickname: Fujiwara-chan, Taku
Takumi is a student in Mizuho High School. He is often nicknamed as Taku. He is actually involved in an incident when he punches the coach in his first year. The coach is transferred to another school and Mizuho High School's boys basketball team is banned from any tournament for one year.
He has an old injury on his right knee during one of his games involve with Miura and was ordered by Anzaki to rehabilitate his knee and make it flexible.
Takumi is the captain of Mizuho basketball team and plays the position of point guard. He can shoot 3-pointers as well.
Ranmaru Miura
( Miura Ranmaru) Voiced by: Ken Takeuchi
- Basketball Jersey: Number 8
- Height: 173cm
Ranmaru is a calm and quiet person. He is Takumi's best friend since middle school. Ranmaru was seen not to have good stamina at the beginning of the series. He plays the shooting guard position as mention in the manga that he will rather be scoring points then being the playmaker of the team. He is also one of the five that can shoot 3 pointers pretty well and also he is good at stealing balls from his opponents. In the manga, he shot a NBA 3-pointer when versus Kadena Nishi team and helps the team to win the game, but was injured caused by a foul from Kenta Shimabukuro.
In the anime, Keiko Ogami of the Girls' Basketball Team seems to have a crush on him.
Tsutomu Ishii
( Ishii Tsutomu)
- Basketball Jersey: Number 6
- Height: 190cm
Tsutomu is a short-tempered person. He plays the position of power forward in the team.
Kenji Dobashi
( Dobashi Kenji) Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
- Basketball Jersey: Number 5
- Height: 192cm
- Nickname: Dobashi-chan
Kenji is the largest man in the Mizuho basketball team. He is also a calm person like Miura. Although his legs are not strong, however he proves to his other team members that he can steal rebound balls and defend better than last time. He plays the position of Centre in the team.
He is often called "old man" by Ishii often because of his old style hair and old looking appearance. In the anime, before the prefectural championship, he changed his hair style.
Tōya Takashina
( Takashina Tōya)
- Basketball Jersey: Number 9
- Height: 187cm
He is first seen practicing alone in one episode, and later he became the 6th member in the boys team. It was said that he can play any positions in the team. He can shoot 3 pointers really well. He was a friend of Ayumi Fuse during middle school.
Hitoshi Unomoto
( Unomoto Hitoshi)
- Basketball Jersey: Number 15
First-year students of Mizuho High School. In the early parts of the manga Act 2, Takumi has refered him similar to middle school Ranmaru, arrogant and daring, although deny by Ranmaru.
Kiyoshi Suizenji
(Suizenji Kiyoshi)
- Basketball Jersey: Number 14
He admired Takumi very much
Jōichirō Kurebayashi
( Kurebayashi Jōichirō)
- Basketball Jersey: Number 11
- Height: 210cm
He is very tall, in fact the tallest in the team.
Eiji Kondo
( Kondō Eiji)
- Basketball Jersey: Number 13
He is the younger brother of Kondo. A complete beginner of basketball.
Isamu Kuwata
(Kuwata Isamu)
Shun Minamiyama
(Minamiyama Shun)
Mutsumi Akiyoshi
( Akiyoshi Mutsumi)
- Basketball Jersey: 4
- Position: Forward
- Nickname: Mu-chan
Mutsumi is Takumi's girlfriend. She's the captain of the girl's basketball team.
Mai Moritaka
(Moritaka Mai)Voiced by: Akiko Kawase
- Basketball Jersey: Number 7
- Nicknames: Pony
Mai is Aikawa girlfriend,later in the manga. Aikawa nicknames her "Pony" because of her long ponytail-like hair when he first saw her. She is a 3-pointer in the girls team.
Keiko Ōgami
(Ōgami Keiko) Voiced by: Miho Yamada
- Basketball Jersey: Number 5
Keiko is the center player of the Mizuho girls team. She has a crush on Miura and is proven in one of the episodes when she gave Miura a "victory sign".
Satomi Anzaki
( Anzaki Satomi) Voiced by: Mamiko Noto
Satomi is a junior of Ranmaru and Takumi from grade school. She is also a student in Mizuho High School. She plays basketball but due to an injury that prevents her from playing anymore, she became the team manager for the boys' team.
Kyoko Himuro
( Himuro Kyōko) Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka
Miss Himuro is the coach for the Mizuho High School girl's basketball team. But when the boy's basketball is reformed, she became the coach for both teams.
In Episode 7, the premelinary round for the girl's basketball team is reaching and she wanted to focus on the girls, so she appointed Satomi to be the boy's team manager.
Yokohama Academy
- Kazuya Satō ( Satō Kazuya)
- Satō is the captain of the Yokohama Academy's boys basketball team. He is a bit shorter than Aikawa.
- Tōru Koizumi ( Koizumi Tōru)
- Naoki Aizawa (Aizawa Naoki)
- Tatsuya Hirose Hirose Tatsuya)
- Kōji Yoshino ( Yoshino Kōji)
- Yūji Takano (Takano Yūji)
- Junko Manabe ( Manabe Jiyunko)
- Eizō Maruyama ( Maruyama Eizō)
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