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"	I'm tensai Sakuragi Hanamichi. I'm going to play basketball, because I'1000 the best basketball actor	"
—Hanamichi Sakuragi, to Tatsuhiko Aota

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Bambam Labalan (TV5 Dub)
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Hanamichi Sakuragi
Current Early
Name
Japanese	桜木 花道
Romanized	Sakuragi Hanamichi
Aliases	The Basketball Genius King of Rebound Foul Out King Red Haired Monkey Simpleton King The Savior of Basketball Idiot Boy Pipsqueak
Characteristics
Gender	Male person
Birthday	April 1
Age	16
Height	190 cm (half-dozen'iii)
Weight	83 kg (183 lbs)
Hair Colour	Red
Center Color	Dark-brown
Professional person Status
Occupation	Basketball Actor
Squad
Yr	Twelvemonth 1 Form vii
Position	Power Forward
Bailiwick of jersey Number	#10
Personal Condition
First Advent
Manga Debut	Chapter ane
Anime Debut	Episode 1
Voices
Japanese Voice	Takeshi Kusao
English Voice	Robert Tinkler Bambam Labalan (TV5 Dub) Neil Yu (GMA Dub)
Italian Vocalism	Diego Sabre
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Hanamichi Sakuragi (桜木 花道 Sakuragi Hanamichi) is the master protagonist of the Slam Dunk series. He plays as a Ability Forward for the Shohoku High School basketball team.

Contents

• 1 Appearance
• 2 Personality
• three Plot
  • 3.1 Introduction to Shohoku High Basketball Team
  • iii.2 Exercise Game vs Ryonan High
  • 3.3 Shohoku High Brawl and Final Line-up Germination
  • 3.4 Elimination Round
  • 3.v Final League
    • 3.5.ane Vs Kainan High
    • 3.five.2 Aftermath
    • 3.v.3 Vs Takezato high
    • 3.5.four Vs Ryonan High
    • three.five.v Pre-Interhigh
  • three.6 Interhigh
    • 3.vi.ane Vs Toyotama High
    • 3.six.2 Vs Sannoh
    • 3.half dozen.iii Aftermath and Rehabilitation
• iv Abilities
  • 4.1 Jumping Power and Rebounding
  • 4.2 Forcefulness/Power
  • four.3 Playmaking
  • four.4 Speed and Stamina
  • four.5 Resilience
  • 4.6 Weakness
• five Relationships
  • 5.1 Love Interest
    • 5.1.i Haruko Akagi
  • 5.ii Shohoku High Basketball Squad
    • v.2.1 Kaede Rukawa
    • five.2.2 Takenori Akagi
    • 5.2.3 Ryota Miyagi
  • 5.3 Rivals
    • 5.3.1 Koichirou Rango
    • 5.3.2 Tatsumasa Oda
    • five.3.three Nobunaga Kiyota
    • v.3.iv Kicchou Fukuda
    • v.3.five Hiroshi Morishige
• 6 Family
• 7 Quotes
• 8 Etymology
• nine Trivia

Appearance

In his initial appearance, Sakuragi had short, distinctive, pompadour styled ruby hair with fringes at the eye of his forehead, and brown optics. Afterwards his loss against Kainan, he shaved his pilus semi-baldheaded equally a vow that Shohoku volition never lose again.

He wears a dark blue standard Shohoku winter schoolhouse uniform from his initial appearance until their lucifer confronting Shoyo. Later on, he wears a white short sleeve loose shirt until he swaps to a white short sleeve openly loose push button shirt.

During basketball training, Sakuragi wears a blue tank top, tucked into his white shorts, and his white running shoes with two bluish linings. After his running shoes are destroyed in the end of the practice lucifer confronting Ryonan, he get-go wore the Air Hashemite kingdom of jordan 6 - "White Infrared" colorway. However, it too got broke due to his anxiety size increasing together with his top so he was forced to buy some other one. This time, he bought the iconic Air Jordan 1 - "Bred" colorway, which was a dandy pick to match Shohoku's squad color. Later, the color of his tank top was changed to black. His basketball bailiwick of jersey uniform is red and black and alternately red and white.

When he was still at Wakou Junior Loftier School, Sakuragi'south uniform was olive greenish, merely in later flashbacks when he fought other delinquents from other schools, his uniform was purple.

Personality

Throughout the manga, he is very short-tempered, bouncy, arrogant, aggressive, rude, and immature. He begins regarding himself as a "genius" even though he has non learned any skills.

He can too be regarded as a 'cheap-shot artist', from slide tackles, tripping and not dribbling the basketball against Akagi , to depression-blows and headbutts against members and Aota, despite being unaware that both are regarded as illegal fouls in the respective sports. He redeems himself by copying Takenori's standing rear naked asphyxiate (sleeper concur) afterwards Takenori was dunked on his caput, then high-strung Sakuragi afterwards. Sakragi ends the boxing with an over-the-shoulder throw, a highly avant-garde and powerful maneuver.

He as well prided himself as the "Rebound King" when his rebounding ability had but started to surface, which was accepted and considered equally valid. His most recognizable trait is his reddish pilus, which he shaves equally reparation for an error that led to a loss in the interhigh tournament against Kainan.

Despite his violent nature and rude personality, Sakuragi has a soft spot for girls and is extremely vulnerable and sensitive to them. This was seen when he was unable to defend himself from Rukawa fan girls' provocations and insults. While talking with girls, Sakuragi always speaks in a formal and polite manner. He also uses honorifics, as he e'er addresses Haruko every bit "Haruko-san", which is a mode to accost a person of college status.

He is also a simple-minded and naive person. Afterwards their loss in the practice match against Ryonan, he felt a fleck depressed. However, as soon as Haruko began to compliment him for his hard efforts in the lucifer, he immediately returned to his senses. Another time, when Miyagi explained fakes in basketball, he showed amazement and described it every bit terrifying for deceiving opponents. His naivety and simple judgement earned him the nickname of "Simpleton King".

He is not the type to accept losses. His persistence started to get into Fukuda when he was totally outplayed at the beginning one-half of their game, though it was settled during the practice friction match against the combined team of Shoyo and Ryonan.

Sakuragi has a habit of making fun of other players by giving nicknames. He calls Akagi "Gorilla" or "Gori" (a nickname that catches on, much to Akagi'due south irritation), Uozumi "Boss monkey", Kiyota "Wild monkey", Maki "Uncle" or "Senior", Masahiro "Totem pole", Masashi Kawata "Bald Gori", Mikio Kawata "Meatball", Miyamasu "Alien" and Fujima "substitute" or "bench warmer". Despite this, the only one doing the same thing to Sakuragi is Kiyota who calls him "red haired monkey". The only one who was non given a nickname by him is Kaede Rukawa whom he considers his rival in basketball and dearest. However, he does sometimes calls him a "fox" or "sleeping fox" due to his sleepy nature.

In spite of the setbacks he has had to face, Sakuragi displays a great deal of tenacity and determination that conduct him through and helps compensate for his failings, both on and off the courtroom. He also knows how to carry the volition of others. These was shown when he told Kogure of postponing his retirement for a while because of him, who is a genius.

As a basketball thespian, he became a person with a cracking decision and resolve. Sakuragi began to gain respect from the audience during his dunk against Shoyo, and during the lucifer against Sannoh, when he saved the ball from going out of bounds and injured his dorsum, making the audience cheer for Shohoku. They managed to win anybody's heart with his conclusion and resolve. His conclusion to continue playing despite the back injury was the primary factor for Shohoku's victory against Sannoh.

Although his dear for Haruko and rivalry with Rukawa are the main driving forces motivating him to succeed in basketball, his injury during the Sannoh lucifer made him realize that he has actually come up to dearest basketball game, leading him to give his all for the team and bring them victory.

Plot

Sakuragi used to be nothing more than than a loftier school delinquent, who knows merely how to fight, and is unpopular with girls, as he ended up rejected often. His comrades Yohei, Ohkusu, Nozomi and Noma always tease him for his rejections, in which they terminate upwardly receiving headbutts. Sakuragi also hated basketball, because the 50th girl that rejected him, was in honey with a basketball game thespian; because it to be a game of losers. A tall, hyperactive only aroused teenager with zip luck in girls. Afterward getting his feelings turned down exactly 50 times in his previous school, He was simply fed up. With ember Red hair and muscular physique, he thought his chances of finding someone were slim.

Introduction to Shohoku High Basketball game Team

One mean solar day, a friendly girl named Haruko Akagi approached him and asked him if he likes basketball game, Sakuragi immediately falls in honey with her and decided to play basketball to delight her. She showed him the way around the gym, Haruko informs him virtually the slam dunk, i of the most exiting and epic moves in basketball. After noticing that he can palm the ball, Haruko asked him to attempt to slam dunk the ball, which the latter does by striking his caput into the backboard. Even though he missed his shot, Haruko was impressed by his spring, and convinced him to bring together the basketball squad. Sakuragi is overjoyed later on he plant a new love, but his happiness is short-lived when he constitute out that Haruko is in beloved with a guy named Kaede Rukawa, a talented basketball actor back in junior loftier, which left him once again heartbroken.

Later, Sakuragi and his gang are challenged by a grouping of third-twelvemonth students for a fight. One time arriving in the roof, they institute the students already browbeaten by a loftier schoolhouse student who turned out to be Rukawa, the guy that Haruko has a beat on. Sakuragi, overwhelmed with anger and jealousy, introduces himself to Rukawa. Haruko, eventually arrives at the scene and notices that Rukawa is bleeding. Believing Sakuragi is responsible for her beat's injuries, Haruko insulted the latter, saying "I hate you lot!" Afterward Rukawa coldly rejected Haruko's help, Sakuragi headbutted Rukawa this time for hurting her feelings. Haruko left him emotionally heartbroken, and he tried to commit suicide just to exist halted by his comrades.

On his way, he met two basketball players as he headbutted both, until he met Takenori Akagi, who punches the two players' heads and Sakuragi smashed him with the basketball game in his face, insulting basketball, which enrages Akagi to challenge him in a 1-on-ane handicap lucifer. Sakuragi is easily outmatched by Akagi who scored 9 baskets, until Haruko intervenes and urged Sakuragi to terminate embarassing himself. Mistaking that she is cheering for him, Sakuragi managed to snatch the ball from Akagi, and tearfully regained his senses after Haruko really cheered for him. Sakuragi eventually won the match by a slam dunk, and reconciled with Haruko. Sakuragi began to humorously mock Akagi until he realized that he is in fact Haruko's older brother. After that, Sakuragi officially joins the basketball team in order to compete with Rukawa and earn Haruko's love.

However, he is completely a beginner and had to larn the basics such every bit dribbling, much to his annoyance. Afterwards a week, Sakuragi got into a fight with Akagi, considering he couldn't accept the pressure of doing a lot of basics so he decided to quit basketball game. However, Sakuragi rethinks near his previous conclusion, and realized that he wanted to return once again. Swallowing his pride, he eventually returns to the team and Kiminobu Kogure suggested that he should learn something other than dribbling. Akagi agreed and gave another basic training of passes. While Sakuragi was at showtime annoyed, but nevertheless he accepted it with joy.

Some time later, a judo man called Tatsuhiko Aota, a childhood friend of Akagi and a guy who also has a crush on Haruko, wanted to recruit Sakuragi for the judo team because of his athleticism and his brute force. He even went far into using Haruko's pictures equally a way of bribery to lure him into entering the Judo club but Sakuragi ultimately refused. He told Aota that he'south going to play basketball game because he is a basketball histrion. Motivated by his words, Akagi decided to teach Sakuragi layups. Unfortunately, Sakuragi constitute it boring, calling it a commoner's shot. Still, he found himself unable to score even one and concluded up fighting with Rukawa, which results in Akagi suspending them from practice. The twenty-four hours after, Sakuragi went to the baskteball court practicing layup, merely with no effect. He is eventually found by Haruko and offered to teach him layups since it was the just move she was good at. Afterward several attempts, Sakuragi realized its trick and succeeded in scoring his frst layup, much to his happiness non simply at scoring a layup simply the training with Haruko. After Anzai informs the team of their incoming practise match against Ryonan High, Sakuragi spent the nighttime before the friction match with Akagi, learning how to rebound.

Practice Game vs Ryonan High

The day of the friction match, Sakuragi was aroused at first because he wasn't selected every bit a starter but Coach Anzai reassured him that he will play because he is their "cloak-and-dagger weapon". During the practice match and the start of 2nd half, Sakuragi demonstrates his troublemaking antics such as injecting Charabanc Taoka's butt, irresolute the teams' scores and overhearing Jitney Taoka's plans for the game besides as personally confronting Akira Sendoh who laughs at his troublemaking antics. All those antics led into Akagi angrily punching him in the caput and take him dorsum to the bench.

After Akagi got injured in the face, Sakuragi entered in his identify. He was nervous for the kickoff time at his surroundings as well equally injuring Uozumi from falling into the footing. A boot from Rukawa caused him to regain himself. He amazed anybody in the court by his skills despite being a beginner, as he successfully took the ball from Uozumi and outrebounded him. He even managed to block Sendoh's shot and scored his commencement ii points with a layup despite over jumping the rim for a dunk. In the cease, Shohoku lost the lucifer after Sendoh scored the decisive points. Refusing to accept loss, Sakuragi wanted to keep playing, but his running shoes were completely worn out. The side by side day, he was completely depressed of his loss until Haruko comforts him and praised him for his efforts, quickly regaining his usual self. Haruko suggested that Sakuragi should buy basketball shoes. After school, Sakuragi went with Haruko to purchase his shoes, believing it to be a date, much to his happiness.

Shohoku High Brawl and Final Line-up Formation

Sakuragi met Ryota Miyagi, another member of Shohoku, well-known for his speed and quickness as a point guard. At first they were at bad terms, because Miyagi believed Sakuragi was dating Ayako, his crush. But soon, they found friendship, later on realizing how both of them are unlucky in love. Later, Shohoku were confronted by Hisashi Mitsui and his gang, who forced them to fight his gang, so they will exist disqualified to enter the tournament. After Sakuragi and his gang defeated Mitsui and his gang, it was revealed that Mitsui was in one case a basketball game histrion, formerly MVP who quitted because of his leg injury. After Mitsui redeemed himself that he wanted to play Basketball thanks to Anzai'south call, Shohoku finally achieved completed their selection of members.

Elimination Round

The road to the Interhigh has finally began for Shohoku. During the get-go matches, Sakuragi used to exist the worst histrion of Shohoku, equally he was known for fouling out during each game. During iv games, he fouled out with a total of twenty fouls, which earned him the nickname of "King of Fouls". Despite that, Shohoku managed to easily win these iv matches. The 5th match was against Shoyo High , who was considered as the 2nd representative of Kanagawa last year. During this lucifer, Sakuragi was for the 1st time selected equally a starter in this match. he played a major office in this friction match, scoring his first 2 points under a layup, outrebounding Toru Hanagata who is considered as a strong rebounder for Shoyo, and in the end scored an epic dunk, much to everyone's surprise. Unfortunately, the douse was invalid due to the offensive foul and Sakuragi was over again fouled out for the fifth time. Just neverthless, he gained respect from the audition for his determination. Eventually Shohoku managed to defeat Shoyo with a score to 62-60. Afterwards the match, Sakuragi was at first frustrated due to fouling out, but later on dunking the brawl at the gym, Sakuragi realized that he is improving a bit and Haruko managed to light upwardly his mood past telling him that he became famous, showing him a paper where Sakuragi'southward dunk was shown on information technology.

Final League

Vs Kainan Loftier

After defeating Shoyo, Shohoku's concluding round to enter the Interhigh has finally began, making information technology along with Ryonan, Takezato and the reigning Kainan Loftier, the king of Kanagawa for xvi years and their first opponent. During this match, Sakuragi improved at such speeding rate, scoring against Nobunaga Kiyota under a layup, faking a shot and completely tricking him. He even managed to block Nobunaga and Soichiro Jin's 3-indicate shot. His rebounding prowress was as well shown, which was a factor for Shohoku'south scoring chances. He later challenged Shinichi Maki with a dunk, and the latter purposely fouled , aware that he can't make free throws. Simply to their surprise, Sakuragi scored his 2 free throws by shooting it underhanded. Sakuragi simply told him he will return the humiliation 10 times. Sakuragi finally managed to score his first dunk during the last minutes in the match. However, during the last seconds, Sakuragi made a mistake, passing the ball to Kazuma Takasago, whom he thought as Akagi, shocking him and the entire team. The match ended with Shohoku's showtime loss, and Sakuragi was left emotionally in tears, with Akagi consoling him.

Aftermath

The 24-hour interval subsequently the match, he didn't show up at school, withal depressed about his mistake, believing that he was responsible for his team'southward loss. Haruko showed up to comfort him, at first he refused to mind, but when she told him that his lucifer will be unforgettable since he scored his get-go dunk and that fifty-fifty geniuses brand mistakes, he felt a bit grateful to her, merely withal felt that he was at responsibility for his team'due south loss. On his way to the school's gym, he was initially challenged by Kicchou Fukuda by convincing one of his friends but only refuses by headbutting them due to his depression. At night, he went to the school's gym and encountered Rukawa who finished training, Sakuragi found how weird he is saying nothing about his loss, only Rukawa rebuffed at Sakuragi's protest, telling him his mistake won't touch the outcome of the match, and that his efforts were across everyone's expectations. Rukawa instead blames himself, since he couldn't continue the match because his explosive scoring strength took a toll on his stamina during the 1st half. Believing that Rukawa belittled him, the two engaged in a fight, blaming themselves for their team'southward loss.

The mean solar day after, Sakuragi returned to his former self in an unknown way, and to everyone'due south surprise, shaved his hair into a semi-bald, which made everyone especially his teammates to flare-up into laughter. Yet, all of his classmates including Mitsui's gang are e'er looking at Sakuragi's hair in which Anzai was impressed on his new look. For the incoming matches against Takezato and Ryonan; Akagi taught Sakuragi how to shoot under the basket, wanting him to be part of Shohoku'south offense.

Vs Takezato high

Sakuragi showed up a scrap late in the match against Takezato, due to practicing his shots the morning of the day of the match, simply neverthless Shohoku managed to win without him (Akagi did not let him play equally Ryonan is as well watching the match). Despite the win, their coach, Anzai was later taken to the hospital due to a heart assail and Akagi discovers it was Sakuragi that rescued and took Anzai to the hospital, which causes him to remember the time when he was still a delinquent and tried to phone call for aid because his father had a center attack. Still, he is forced to fight several delinquents from other schools, leaving his father to die from it. From that bespeak, Sakuragi's reason of saving Coach Anzai is to non to run into the same fate as his father.

Vs Ryonan High

Shohoku's terminal opponent before inbound the Interhigh was Ryonan. During the match, Sakuragi managed to suprise anybody in one case again with his fast growth. Firstly, he surprised Yayoi Aida and the referee of the match by making a handbasket interference foul, that was never fabricated in a high schoolhouse match before. Aida commented that his jumping ability is across high school level. Secondly, he suprised everyone when he scored the first two points of Shohoku nether the basket, surprising both of Moichi Taoka of Ryonan and Riki Takato of Kainan. He fifty-fifty successfully blocked Uozumi's dunk, and scored a free throw underhanded. Withal, nearly the terminate of the first one-half, he was defeated past Kicchou Fukuda, unable to cease his alley-oop, and left him bleeding from his brow later on falling into the ground.

Sakuragi felt humiliated at his loss, simply soon in the second half, he made the decision to help the team win the lucifer after treating his forehead wound. He managed to score two points under the basket and 2 points under layup. He even managed to fob Uozumi into committing his fourth foul, forcing him to get out the court. Uozumi'southward absence weakened the defense of Ryonan, which profoundly favored Akagi. During the terminal minutes, he successfully stopped Fukuda and Sendoh from scoring, and as well blocked Uozumi, which surprised Taoka who disregarded him earlier as a threat. At the concluding play, Sakuragi scored a putback dunk every bit a finishing blow that completely sealed Shohoku's victory. The lucifer finally concluded with Shohoku winning, 70-66 and is qualified to the Interhigh tournament along with Kainan.

Pre-Interhigh

Prior to the Interhigh tournament, Sakuragi went along with Maki and Kiyota to run into the level of opponents he is going to face in the tournament. He learns of Dai Moroboshi, the ace of Aiwa, and was interested in facing Hiroshi Morishige of Meioh, subsequently he was knocked down by him when he purposely tried to crash-land into him. Some time later on, Sakuragi challenged an ambitious Rukawa on a 1-on-one friction match. Rukawa easily defeated him, which left him very shocked. However, he soon regained his senses, after Miyagi and Mitsui reminded him of his opponents in the tournament.

Earlier their training for the Inter High, Miyagi, Mitsui, Rukawa and Sakuragi became lacklusters because of their grooming which makes Akagi to let them stay at his business firm for their make-upward exams with the assistance of Ayako and Kogure. Sakuragi tin can't focus too much due to Akagi's presence fifty-fifty pranking him by using a black permanent marking as retaliation. Simply he could study difficult when Haruko and Ayako are in his side. Afterward that, the group passed the make-up exams. Sakuragi is revealed he got cheated with Aota during the exams and his reason to pass information technology.

10 days before the Interhigh tournament, Anzai taught Sakuragi the concept of shooting by making him shoot 20,000 jump shots and as a manner of favor for rescuing him when he suffered a middle attack. Sakuragi, along with the support of Haruko, his gang friends and Anzai successfully completed his training. His intensive training left his basketball shoes worn out, so he had to become along with Haruko to buy new basketball shoes, much to his happiness. When he bought his 2nd pair, the possessor of the basketball shoes was actually a quondam basketball player and earned irritated Akagi's irritation for mispronouncing Shohoku's proper noun 2 years agone. He even recognizes Haruko equally his sister since he didn't recognizes her from the beginning when Sakuragi bought his first shoes. Subsequently buying his second shoes, Sakuragi along with the residual of Shohoku took the Shikansen to Hiroshima to enter the tournament. In the anime before they travel to Hiroshima, they were tested by the combined Shoyo and Ryonan players in a do game equally they demonstrated their heavy training in Shizuoka and Sakuragi'southward jump shot training by Anzai.

Interhigh

Vs Toyotama High

Shohoku, ranked as a C rank team faced their start opponent in the Inter High, who was Toyotama of Osaka that was ranked equally an A ranked team. Shohoku managed to win confronting Toyotama with a score of 91-87, which Sakuragi scored 6 points, 2 of them being a jump shot, amazing his teammates and even Kainan.

Vs Sannoh

The 2d circular was against the strongest team and the defending champion for 3 years, Sannoh Loftier. Everyone in Shohoku was feeling nervous near the strength of their opponent. Sakuragi realized that the crowd was only rooting for their opponent, so he challenged them with a douse, jumping all the way from the complimentary throw line, but concluded up declining, much to his embarrasement. Neverthless, Masashi Kawata and Eiji Sawakita of Sannoh were impressed past his jumping power. Kawata asked Sawakita if he can bound like him, which the latter replied that he tin't. Shohoku regained its composure thank you to Anzai's inspiring words. Shohoku returned to the court, total of decision, and Sakuragi this time succeeded in his dunk, shocking anybody, and gave the ball to Sannoh, maxim he was giving them a hullo.

The match begins and the first ane to score was Shohoku via Sakuragi'due south start alley-oop from Miyagi, shocking the crowd, Sannoh and every squad that came to run across the lucifer. Sakuragi besides scored accidentally with his face later Sawakita blocked Miyagi'southward layup and the ball striking Sakuragi's confront, bouncing straight to the ring. Equally Shohoku is having the momentum in the first half, Goro Domoto, the double-decker of Sannoh sent Mikio Kawata against Sakuragi. At starting time, Sakuragi was having problem against Mikio's weight and pinnacle advantage over him. However, thanks to Akagi'south instructions, Sakuragi immediately realizes that Mikio can only score under the basket. Sakuragi instantly restrained his movements and managed to score twice over him, giving Shohoku the pb in the first half, 36-34.

In the 2d one-half, Sannoh showed their true forcefulness, by easily dominating with a 24 betoken lead over Shohoku. Anzai subbed Sakuragi for Kogure. Sakuragi was angry at kickoff because he believed that Anzai gave up on the game. Instead, Anzai explained to him that if Sakuragi grabs the offensive rebounds, their risk for a comeback volition appear. Everyone on the bench, gave their confidence and faith in Sakuragi. Afterwards entering the court once more, a motivated Sakuragi stood on the superlative of the officials' table, and declared that he'll exist the 1 to defeat Sannoh, which everyone laughed at. After returning to play, he told his teammates that they will not lose, and while his teammates taught how impossible that would be, Sakuragi simply told them that their mutual cognition of basketball isn't working against him, because he is just a rookie.

Sakuragi was matched against Masahiro Nobe, a proud rebounder and is at to the lowest degree 10 centimeters taller than him. Against all odds, Sakuragi outwitted him and scored 4 points from 2 offensive rebounds and escapes a phone call from the referee. Miyagi calls them out to focus because the game won't come back on it's own. Somewhen, Sakuragi outmatched Masahiro in rebounding with his explosive jumping from Akagi's miss. It was the showtime of Shohoku'due south rally for a comeback as Akagi regains his spirit and displays a great teamwork with Mitsui, who keeps shooting iii-pointers despite being a liability on defence force. To end the momentum, Domoto ordered Masashi Kawata to marker Sakuragi to end his rebounding. He was pleased on the fact that Sannoh sent the all-time centre of high school basketball game just to stop him. Despite the latter's strong caliber, Sakuragi was able to hold up against the latter, as he successfully stopped his aisle-oop and forced him to miss a shot after staying in the air for a long time. Kawata realized that he tin't compete with him in terms jumping but rather in forcefulness.

After Rukawa decided to start passing the brawl to his teammates to give them a fighting chance, Sakuragi mentally told Rukawa to pass the ball to him. Rukawa successfully bypassing Sawakita was put to waste material equally Sakuragi accidentally crashed into him. Anybody thought Sakuragi got in his way but in reality, Sakuragi waited for a pass at 45 degrees to the right where his jump shots have a higher rate of success. When Sawakita bypassed Rukawa, Sakuragi managed to stop Sawakita past taking a charging foul against him. Sakuragi told Rukawa that all debts are solved.

During the last minutes of the friction match, Sakuragi fabricated an epic play, throwing himself into saving the ball from going out of bounds and crashing on the sideline tables. Everyone was shocked at that moment and began to wonder if he was okay, since he showed no sign of movements. Eventually, he stood up, much to everyone's surprise. That play made the crowd cheer for Shohoku despite rooting for Sannoh at get-go. Every bit before long as he resumed to play, Sakuragi noticed that his dorsum is starting to hurt and worsens and as he keeps playing. Afterward a timeout from Sannoh, Ayako noticed Sakuragi and asked if he was hurt, which he replied that his spine is pain a bit, shocking Ayako. After realizing the nature of the injury, Ayako told Sakuragi that his injury concerns a histrion's life, which ways that he may non exist able to play basketball once again. However, Sakuragi apace rebuffed Ayako's thoughts, saying that he is immortal and that he should never be compared to a normal person. Yet, the pain grew stronger and even Kawata noticed his injury. He warned him not to push himself and recall almost his futurity but neverthless adds that he will not hold back once he is angry. Then, Akagi drew a foul from Kawata through a douse attempt so Sakuragi's supposedly putback douse is invalid, which shocked anybody. He finally collapsed from his injury, and was subbed out by Kogure.

While unconscious, Sakuragi began to wonder if this is really the end of his basketball life. He began to call back every moment and every accomplishment he achieved since he started playing basketball. When he thought that it'south finally over, he all of a sudden remembered Haruko's first words to him "Exercise you like Basketball game?". Realizing his truthful feelings for basketball, Sakuragi immediately regained consciousness, held both of Haruko's shoulders, confessing to her his dear for basketball, and indirectly somehow revealed his love for her as well. He tells her he isn't lying unlike the first time when he only said yeah because of his beloved for her. The sudden confession made anybody surprised, while Haruko was blushing and was left speechless after hearing his confession.

Sakuragi immediately asked for a exchange, however Anzai cancelled the sub, telling Sakuragi how he noticed his injury, and didn't want Sakuragi to make a mistake that he'll regret information technology for the rest of his life. Sakuragi, adamant to play, told Anzai that his days of celebrity are over and that right now is his time. He was besides provoked by Rukawa to enter, afterwards the latter purposely fouled to become him back on the court. Before inbound, Sakuragi thanked Anzai and told him he was finally able to make his decisions to change the flow of the game. After entering, his teammates were worried about him, but quickly mocked them for being worried without him, much to their annoyance. Despite a killing pain in his back, Sakuragi encouraged his teammates once again to win the game.

Despite the injury, his performance was really crucial during the last infinitesimal of the game. He managed to block Mikio'southward shot, which led to Mitsui scoring a 3-betoken and one free throw due to being fouled. He continues to amaze everyone after successfully blocking Sawakita'south dunk from behind. He also made the decisive pass to Rukawa later Kawata blocked the latter, passing the ball to him, choosing his love for basketball over his rivalry with Rukawa. This enabled Rukawa to score and take the lead. However, Sawakita quickly took the lead away with a pull-up fade away jumper. In the last two seconds, Rukawa passed the ball to Sakuragi, who scored the winning shot, much to everyone's shock.

The match concluded with Shohoku defeating Sannoh by the score of 79-78. Sakuragi and Rukawa historic their victory together with a high five for the showtime time ever since simply quickly resumes their rivalry in one case again. Yayoi Aida and her partner took movie of Shohoku, as information technology is the first team to defeat the champion Sannoh. However, their motion picture didn't make information technology into the next embrace, as Sakuragi was sent into rehabilitation for his dorsum injury and an exhausted Shohoku from their lucifer against Sannoh hands lost to Aiwa in the 3rd round.

Aftermath and Rehabilitation

Sometime later, Sakuragi is on a beach while reading a letter from Haruko, who informed him of everyone'south situation. He learned that Miyagi is the new captain; Shintai University's basketball scholarship to Akagi was withdrawn after their loss to Aiwa and she became the second manager of Shohoku. He was too pleased that Haruko's kickoff job every bit a manager is to keep a weekly correspondence with him until his render. He learned from her that Rukawa became a member of All-Nippon Junior Team. At the same time, he coincidentally encounters Rukawa preparation on the beach, showing him his All-Japan uniform. Sakuragi simply idea that Rukawa was chosen every bit his replacement because he is injured. Sakuragi's doc arrived and told him that it was time for his handling. She asked him if he can bears it, which the latter told her that information technology was a silly question. At the last function of her letter, she wished him good luck in his rehabilitation and that once he is finished, she'll exist waiting for him. Sakuragi walked abroad, telling himself that he'll exist waiting for the basketball game he loves so much, because he is a Genius.

In Slam Douse : 10 Days subsequently, Sakuragi sent a letter to Haruko, informing her of his rehabilitation, and the fact that he is the Rehabilitation King, much to Haruko's joy. At the finish of the chapter, Sakuragi is reading her returned letter, informed by everyone'south state of affairs once more. Haruko told the latter that she is badly waiting for his return as the Rebound king once once again. Then, his medico approached him, and informed him of a Japanese player entering the NBA in America. While most people considers entering the NBA is impossible, she told Sakuragi that those who said information technology was impossible never tried the challenge for themselves. Afterwards Sakuragi was advised by his dr. to claiming a new level of rehabilitation, he told her that he volition be the next one to become to America. When his doctor told him if he could make it, Sakuragi immediately told her that he tin, considering he is a Genius.

Abilities

At first, he can only do dunks and layups only under Akagi's grooming, his rebounding prowess became the principal support for the team, which earned him some other nickname at present known throughout all of the Kanagawa prefecture because of this, "The king of Rebounds". Then with Passenger vehicle Anzai's training, he is able to cease 20,000 shots in a week to further improve his shooting range. Despite this, Mito notes that standing at 45 degrees to the right gives Sakuragi higher success rate at shooting bound shots.

Concrete Ability		ix/10
Technique		7/ten
Stamina		9/10
Mental Strength		v/ten
Special Ability		7/x

Jumping Power and Rebounding

Every bit seen and witnessed past Haruko and Hikoichi, the skills Sakuragi actually excels at is his jumping, speed and power. Masashi Kawata of Sannoh notes that he has never seen a person with that kind of leg power. The elevation of his spring is incredibly high as noted past Coach Takato of Kainan High, as he was able to spring dorsum to block Sawakita's douse endeavour and stop the alley-oop to Masashi, despite falling to the floor. His jumping power makes him a formidable rebounder under the tutelage of Akagi. With this, he is more than enough to outrebound potent centers such as Toru Hanagata, Jun Uozomi and Masahiro Nobe of Sannoh. Bus Domoto was even forced to put Masashi Kawata into him only to end him from rebounding. Despite the obstacle put upon him, he is even so able to hold on to his rebounding against the big men of Sannoh, which was the starting central cistron for Shohoku'due south improvement victory. On episode 75, he fabricated up for his tendency to fall for fakes against Ryoji Ikegami, jumped on the simulated, jumped again for hte cake, then one last time for the rebound, all while Ikegami was making one jumpshot.

Strength/Power

He gained his abnormal strength from his fights as a delinquent and some ability training that hardened him before playing basketball. Akagi notes that Sakuragi is much stronger than Jun Uozumi of Ryonan despite being smaller. This was shown when he easily threw Koshino Hiroaki of Ryonan in their practice game, when the latter attempted to take the brawl from him. He is also noted for existence stiff as Akagi says that in a battle of strength, no one tin crush him. When he is and his gang came to Mitsui'due south rescue (though he never fought) confronting Ryu'southward gang, he easily stretched downward the pipe held past ane of Ryu's men. He is able to agree his own against Mikio Kawata who weighs 130 kg. He also has a powerful rip move to secure rebounds.

Playmaking

He is also an underrated playmaker. Initially, due to his disdain for, and opponent's focus to defend Rukawa, he tends to never pass to him, opting to fix Kogure instead. He is, however, not known to exist an outlet passer.

Speed and Stamina

Abreast his jumping ability and strength, he is also fast as he can catch up to defend, combined with his large amount of stamina. These were tested when Totsuka Tetsuya of Ryokufu High School challenged him in a boxing of speed. While he managed to outrun Sakuragi in the 1st half, he chop-chop tires out when Sakuragi continously ran faster in the 2nd half. Even Sendoh of Ryonan, considers Sakuragi's countless stamina as a huge threat, noticing that despite everyone nearing their limit in the second half, Sakuragi acts as if the match has barely started showing no sign of tiredness.

Resilience

As a fighter, he can withstand peachy pain. He tin can withstand a rear-naked choke from Akagi without blacking out, and whacked past a broom without falling down, but Akagi's strength is all the same indefensible. He makes up for it by parrying his punches in one case he taps into his judo instincts.

Weakness

Sakuragi has difficulty facing off confronting a weak opponent as he is unable to bear witness his true skills and abilities. Mito notices this when Yoshinori Miyamasu of Kainan subs in as Sakuragi starts to miss shots. Some other weakness of Sakuragi for the bulk of the series is that his shooting presence was not highly accurate which changed just before the Nationals. He is also a weak on-ball defender and can easily fall for fakes, however, his athleticism somewhat makes it upward for it. His arrogance and daydreaming often causes the brawl to hit his face while in a game, leaving him unaware of a laissez passer. This is also the master reason he doesn't succeed in his plots and always end up beingness an embarrassment for the team.

Equally a fighter, non merely is he not the strongest against existence picked upwards and thrown by Akagi, his correct eye is presumed to exist his ameliorate eye, and then when claret blocked his vision, he isn't able to fight through it confronting Tetsuo.

Relationships

Dear Involvement

Haruko Akagi

"I love it very much. This time I'1000 not lying."

Sakuragi'south love for Haruko makes him a better thespian equally well as a person throughout the series. However, she does not reciprocate his feelings until the cease of the manga, when he is in rehabilitation due to his dorsum injury during the lucifer against Sannoh. He is initially taken aback by her large crush on Rukawa, only still tries to win her past motivating himself to acquire more on basketball. Sakuragi always listens to her due to his deep affection for her, and Haruko never hesitates to help him when he is in trouble, and cheering him up when he's feeling depresed. Haruko's organized religion in Sakuragi's potentiel is what motivates the latter into improving his carrer as a Basketball game player, as she believes he would be the savior of the basketball game team. During the match against Sannoh, Sakuragi brainstorm to remnicise everything he learned since he started playing basketball and begins to complaining himself that his career may terminate because of his injury. Suddenly, he remembered the first reason he started playing basketball; when Haruko asked him if he likes basketball game. Acknowledging that the outset reason he played basketball was his love for her not for basketball game itself, Sakuragi immediately regains consciousness and held both of Haruko's shoulders confessing his dear for basketball game, telling her he isn't lying this time; revealing both his honey for basketball game and indirectly his love for her at one time, which made Haruko speechless, as she blushed from his sudden confession.

The relationship between the two began to better after the cease of the Interhigh Championship. While Sakuragi is in rehabilitation to recover from the injury from his back, Haruko begins to write him letters every week informing him of the team'south situation. She encouraged Sakuragi to try his best to recover and in one case he's done with his rehabilitation, she'll exist waiting for him, which generates a question if she started to have feelings for him or is just waiting for his return to the team.

Shohoku High Basketball game Squad

Kaede Rukawa

The two players are polar opposites of one another. The only similarity that they take is they're both non academically-inclined. Rukawa is pretty much what Sakuragi wants to exist: Skillful in basketball game and popular with women. The two dislike each other, as Sakuragi finds him a bitter rival in Basketball and Haruko whom she is interested in, while Rukawa finds him annoying and always gets irritated at his arrogance and immaturity, calling him "dou ahou" (idiot), which angers Sakuragi more than. Yet, deep inside, Rukawa appreciates Sakuragi's hustle and decision to play, and knows that he can use his skills for amend use instead of wasting his time against him. During their ultimate lucifer against Sannoh, Rukawa intentionally fouled to have Sakuragi dorsum in court. The two of them threw their dislike for each other aside during the match as Rukawa fabricated a decisive pass to Sakuragi's victorious shot. The two of them celebrated their victory together with a significant loftier v, before resuming their rivalry again.

Takenori Akagi

Akagi is Haruko's older brother and the captain of the basketball team. Sakuragi's initial run across with Takenori was terrible and awkward at showtime when he headbutted both players upon his arrival peculiarly during the one-on-one basketball duel where Sakuragi embarassed him in shame and defeating him physically by shooting the ball in a slam dunk to knock him down until he realizes it was Haruko's older blood brother. Sakuragi does its best to apologize for his previous actions despite his faults as Takenori accustomed his apology due to his sister's request. In every practice game or the entire basketball game whenever Sakuragi does his troublemaking antics to his teammates, other players from other schools particularly coaches such equally Moichi Taoka and showing his level of airs. Takenori is oft seen punching direct on Sakuragi's head.

This likewise applies to Shinichi Maki from Kainan when he punches Kiyota's caput whenever he does troublemaking antics and embarrassment towards his teammates. He too punches Sakuragi's head multiple times when he fabricated a prank by putting a black mark all over his face up using the black permanent marker. Overall, Sakuragi notwithstanding respects him as Captain or addresses him every bit Gori.

Ryota Miyagi

The initial run into betwixt Miyagi and Sakuragi was horrible, every bit Miyagi beats Sakuragi when he mistakenly thought that he was dating his crush Ayako. It fifty-fifty became worse when thay found out that they are teammates of Basketball, as the two would always fight for petty matters. However, they speedily overcame it after they found that that they share a lot in common; they have been rejected past girls quite oftentimes and decides to play basketball for the sake of their crushes. Since then, the two began to get along with each other, and became close friends. Equally Miyagi would often teaches Sakuragi the techniques of basket, and while on courtroom the 2 of them would always team up to score decisive goals. He is the only person apart the Sakuragi gang to call him by his first name "Hanamichi", while Sakuragi calls him "Ryo-chin". In both English and Filipino Dub, Sakuragi calls him by his commencement name "Ryota".

Rivals

Sakuragi has a few rivals in both anime and movies and his rivals are similar to his personality as well as his troublemaking antics and being fouled out in the game with the exception of both Oda and Fukuda who outplays him in the first half of the game against Ryonan.

Koichirou Rango

Nango is the center role player from Tsukubu Loftier during the second movie. Nango meets Sakuragi after gaining a vanquish towards Haruko who practices basketball all by herself as he saves her ball by shooting the basketball douse while in a motorcycle helmet. They started their rivalry when Sakuragi angrily headbutts him after seeing him had a crush on Haruko as he also headbutts him in retaliation after Sakuragi's friends discovered that Nango is able to withstand Sakuragi'south headbutt just like both Rukawa and Akagi.

During the best of 8 game before facing Shoyo, He makes fun out of Sakuragi while he'due south on the bench and later when he replaces Kogure to play the game, He and Sakuragi are seen bickering when they wanted to face Rukawa after the latter calls them two idiots. In this game, Sakuragi got 22 rebounds and needs i more to break the record of most rebounds by a high school player until his fifth foul. His final rebound was chosen an offensive foul later knocking Rango to the footing so the record was not cleaved. In the end of the movie, Nango congratulates them for winning just as Haruko arrives to praise Sakuragi's team victory and ends upwards fighting each other in front of Haruko. In the anime series, Nango can be seen grunting when Sakuragi knocks him through the ground and gains him the 5th foul which information technology was seen in the second movie. Sakuragi also calls him as the "Gold-Haired Monkey" before squad Tsukubu takes their timeout.

Tatsumasa Oda

Oda is the center player from team Takezono and Sakuragi'south rival in the offset movie during the practice game between Takezono and Shohoku and also studies in the same middle school as Sakuragi along with his gang and Yoko Shimamura which is a 50th girl that Sakuragi ends up getting rejected due to her trounce on Oda. Their rivalry can exist very intense as seen in the movie where Oda angrily berates Sakuragi for his initial actions every bit a runaway, which Sakuragi initially dislikes about basketball or others are mentioning it until he notices Sakuragi's basketball game potential when risking his life to save the brawl from getting out of bounds several times much to the audition, players and all of Oda's female supporters' surprise despite they make fun of him during the first half of the do game.

In both Episodes 48 and 49 in the anime serial, Sakuragi visits Takezono Loftier along with his gang to visit Oda at night later on hiding from his female supporters who are strictly guarding outside the school and notices his correct talocrural joint injury after getting slipped from a sweat on the floor during their basketball practice and also became worried to see Yoko upset when Oda secretly does not desire to tell them about his ankle injury. Despite their support during their battle against Kainan, Sakuragi angrily scolds Oda for getting too much pride for himself in trying to vanquish Kainan and forgetting his ain dreams with Yoko after he was collapsed from his ankle injury much to the Takezono players including their captain's shock and surprise. Subsequently Takezono lost to Kainan, Sakuragi finally ended their rivalry with Oda while telling him that they will settle their battle one day and also tells him to get over his ankle injury before Yoko tells him that she and Oda will give them support in their battle against Kainan much to the latter'southward disappointment.

Nobunaga Kiyota

Kiyota is another rival to Sakuragi and his troublemaking antics and his personality closely resembles to him in which he calls Sakuragi as the "Ruby-red-Haired Monkey" equally the latter calls him as the "Wild Monkey". Both characters shared the same jersey #10 but their positions in playing basketball are different. They are trying to make a rival towards Rukawa. Notwithstanding, their antics cause both captains Akagi and Maki past punching them to their heads and they apologized for the embarassment of both of their teams before the starting time of their basketball match. This too happens subsequently the national eliminations in Kanagawa, where Sakuragi joins up with him and Maki to watch a basketball friction match betwixt both Meioh and Aiwa in Aichi as both are seen grouse with each other when they met. Later afterwards Meioh wins against Aiwa, he and Sakuragi are booing at Hiroshi Morishige and his teammates for their victory.

Kicchou Fukuda

Fukuda became Sakuragi's rival when he wanted to challenge him to a basketball friction match by convincing one of his friends to challenge him just the latter refuses by headbutting them due to his depression afterward their loss against Kainan. In the friction match against Ryonan, he and Sakuragi challenged to a loop-sided match resulting in the 1st half where Sakuragi attempts to cease him for an alley-oop but failed as he was knocked off the ground. He tells him that he won and his injured forehead continues to bleed before they take him back on the bench. In the 2nd half, a persistent Sakuragi retaliates and managed to incorporate him though it was just settled in the practice match between Shohoku and the combined team of Shoyo and Ryonan.

Hiroshi Morishige

Morishige is the super rookie from Meioh High Schoolhouse and too similar to Sakuragi who is also being fouled out in the game due to his concrete immense strength and clumsiness of getting a technical foul when he's hanging on the ring after bumping both Aiwa players with a massive slam dunk. This raises Sakuragi's fighting spirit who wanted to challenge him after watching his match confronting Aiwa. In his case, he causes him to injure Aiwa's ace, Dai Moroboshi during their match due to his physical immense strength. After the game, Sakuragi intentionally bumps him (to test his physical strength) only ended getting knocked down on the ground, which raised his fighting spirit even more than. Because of this, he became one of Sakuragi'due south goals in the Nationals, though their respective teams never met. Nevertheless in the manga, both teams finally met in the Nationals.

Family

It has been mentioned in the anime about Hanamichi'south begetter, whom he calls old human being had a center attack, just as he arrived home. Merely Hanamichi couldn't do annihilation for him considering he was stopped by viii loftier school students and was forced to fight. This delayed him and was unable to get an ambulance for his father. This flashback was shown subsequently Coach Mitsuyoshi Anzai had his centre attack, reminding Hanamichi of his past. As cipher was mentioned of his begetter later that, he is presumably expressionless.

Quotes

• "I'one thousand tensai Sakuragi Hanamichi."
• "I'm going to play basketball, because I'm a basketball player." - to Tatsuhiko Aota
• "It's non besides belatedly to change ourselves and take a meaningful life."
• "Nuts are important. Isn't that right, Gori?" - to Takenori Akagi
• "A Genius is 99% of talent, and 1% of effort." - to Kicchou Fukuda
• "Megane-kun, your retirement got extended, thanks to this genius here." - to Kiminobu Kogure
• To Shohoku High : "Y'all guys' common knowldege virtually basketball, doesn't work against me... Because I'chiliad just an amateur." -
• "I beloved information technology very much. This time I'm not lying." - to Haruko Akagi (confessing his love for basketball game)
• "Hey old man, when were your years of glory... When yous won the Nationals? Mine is... Mine is now!" - to Mitsuyoshi Anzai
• "Old man, I was finally able to practice what you lot told me to, I was finally able to change the game, to be decisive, needed." - to Anzai
• "The left hand is only for holding the brawl." - to Kaede Rukawa
• "I'll exist waiting for the basketball I love then much, information technology'south all because I'm a genius."
• "It'southward spring on the outside, just my eye is in the middle of winter."

Etymology

• The name Hanamachi ways "bloom arrangement" (花道).
  • It can too mean "flower, flower" (花) (hana) and "road, fashion, street" (道) (machi) separately.
• Hanamachi'due south surname Sakuragi means "cerise blossom" (桜) (sakura) and "tree, wood" (木) (ki/gi).
  • Office of the surname Sakura can also mean "bloom" (咲) (saku) and "good, virtuous, respectable" (良) (ra).

Trivia

• Sakuragi is considered to the main member of troublemakers, along with Kaede Rukawa, Ryota Miyagi and Mitsui, due to his fierce and animate being strength in his fighting history.
• Sakuragi could've cleaved the High School record in number of rebounds against Tsukubu High Schoolhouse if not called for a charging foul due to his physical contact with Koichirou Rango, which knocked the latter downwards the flooring.
• Sakuragi has an estimated running vertical leap of 115cm (45.3").
• Sakuragi is based on NBA role player Dennis "The Worm" Rodman because of his rebounding and his dyed hair (it was red at one signal). They both share the same jersey number. Rodman wore number 10 during his time with the Detroit Pistons and afterward on, the San Antonio Spurs. Rodman was a fierce defender while Sakuragi is somewhat a weak on-ball defender every bit he is easily thrown off with a feint. He was improve at shooting and jumped higher than Rodman. The rebounding style of Rodman was different from that of Sakuragi's who rebounded with his jumping ability, whereas Rodman become the rebounds using his physical mass or chipping the ball until he gets it. Withal, when he was matched upward confronting Masahiro Nobe of Sannoh, he utilized his jumping power combined with chipping the ball and totally outrebounds the latter. The bigmen of Sannoh got a hard time rebounding considering of him. Motorbus Anzai pointed this as his 'true ability'. Sakuragi, however, is a far improve rim protector and shot blocker, to the point that he tin can cake dunks and hide behind Takenori Akagi and perform a second-wave cake. He also has Michael Jordan's ability to poke jump shots away for blocks and steals. Like Rodman, Sakuragi is a poor free throw shooter, nonetheless, Rodman shoots poorly to maintain a high paced match, simply can still hit clutch gratis throws. Sakuragi's free throws were so bad that he had to larn to shoot underhanded similar Rick Barry to improve his percentages. Long term, nevertheless, his back issues could become similar to Larry Bird due to their hustle play playstyle. As a young player, Larry Bird famously brushed off advice from Artis Gilmore, a Bulls heart in the 80'southward, to take better care of his trunk.
• While Rodman understood the triangle offense more than readily than Jordan, Sakuragi is taught by Akagi about the triangular spots under the handbasket for rebounds because more shots come off for short rebounds at the time.
• At that place were many coincidences during Rodman's career that paralleled Sakuragi'south journey through basketball. The Chicago Bulls were the counterparts of the Shohoku team, a clear reference since the two teams jerseys were completely identical. Rodman did play for the Bulls, but interestingly simply began in 1996, which was the year "Slam Dunk" ended in. In that location was too an incident in the same year where Rodman headbutted referee Ted Bernhardt; a recurring gag throughout the series was Sakuragi's deadly headbutt, used most often on his own gang or on his enemies whenever he's infuriated. Their personality changes were completely opposite. While Sakuragi has learned to command his temper on basketball as the series progresses, that was not the case for Rodman. Rodman changed completely into a bad boy that often get into on-court fights, always picking up technical fouls and gets ejected. His dyed hair and tattoos shows the complete change in his personality. Rodman'due south father, a military human, walked out on him early in his life early, which made him very tranquility and reserved. His decision to prefer a more falmboyant persona is a mode to interruption his shyness, but it hides his deep-seated adandonment bug because he had drug issues later Chuck Daly (Detroit Pistons Coach) and the Bulls (coached past Phil Jackson) disintegrated in 1999. Likewise: Rodman was later on inducted into the Basketball game Hall of Fame on April 1, 2011, also on Sakuragi's birthday.
• Before Rodman turned pro, he was really a decent scorer and a good shooter, Sakuragi is not a shooter, but he has bigger hands and greater grip force, every bit proven past Sendoh'southward manus pain after their parting handshake.
• Before playing basketball, another involvement of Sakuragi besides fighting was Pachinko, a pinball game where you can exchange money for tokens to play on the machine, so utilise the extra tokens to exchange for a souvenir, and that souvenir can be sold elsewhere for money. The indirect exchange of money made Pachinko borderline legal as gambling was illegal in Japan.
• While Michael Jordan had superhuman eyesight (he once read a baseball game box score from a 27" TV from 50 feet away), Sakuragi has first-class hearing, albeit very selective.
• Sakuragi's capabilities and drive to win accept contradicted the predictions of Coach Taoka of Ryonan and Coach Domoto of Sannoh, which led to their teams' losses. Taoka disregarded him equally a threat for he is just a mere beginner in basketball and considers him equally a major weakness for Shohoku. Coach Domoto, on the other hand, disregarded him considering he was hurting his back and would not exist able to do more, which is supposedly a 5 on 4 state of affairs in their favor. It is also because Domoto wanted to prevent Motorbus Anzai from having a timeout, which a substitution will surely be done.
• Sakuragi became a Jordan Sneakerhead from Chieko of Chieko Sports shop. His first pair that he bought for only 30 yen was white Air Jordan VI with crimson streaks. This was the same pair Michael Jordan wore in 1991 en road to his, and the Bulls' first championship.
• Sakuragi'due south confession to Haruko during the match against Sannoh, is considered as a double confession. "I dearest it very much.", which refers to his love for basketball. "This time I'm not lying", in which he indirectly reveals his love for her since the get-go reason he started playing basketball was his affection for her.
• It is presumed that after the game against Sannoh, Coach Anzai didn't let him play against because of his injury in the back. Because of his absenteeism, Shohoku was easily trashed past Aiwa.
• Onetime PBA basketball role player, Marc Pingris is the Filipino version of Hanamichi Sakuragi when he plays basketball in every PBA seasons and cups besides equally his funny antics. In the upcoming 2018 remake version of the anime, he volition go on to vox Sakuragi in the ABS-CBN dub.
• Sakuragi is known to never wear socks.
• Sakuragi and his friends' favorite restaurant was Denny's (stylized as Danny's for anti-product-placement measures), a 24/vii diner.

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