Shoyo High

Prefecture	Kanagawa
Team Captain	Kenji Fujima
Vice-Captain	Toru Hanagata
Coach	Kenji Fujima
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Shoyo High School is the 2nd strongest team in Kanagawa behind Kainan. When Kenji Fujima joined Shoyo, he immediately became a star player and his biggest rival was Kainan's Shinichi Maki. Fujima has never been able to beat Maki and this year, got defeated by Shohoku, denying them access to the Prefectural top 4. In last year's Nationals Tournament Shoyo got eliminated by Toyotama, as Tsuyoshi Minami injured Shoyo's ace player Fujima.

Although seniors normally retire after the summer to focus on the College Entrance Examinations, all the seniors of Shoyo decided to stay in the team to participate in the High School Winter Tournament. Shoyo lost in quater-finals to Shohoku 60-62.

Offense and Defense[]

Shoyo has the tallest lineups among other teams, having at least 4 players who are 190 cm tall and above. The team uses it's height advantage on offense and defense, led by Toru Hanagata while Fujima is not on the court. But when the game is at stake, Fujima will enter and play.

Weakness[]

Apart from Fujima and Hanagata, the other players are only at intermediate level with height as their only advantage. The tall players are slow and are not capable of guarding fast players, such as Ryota Miyagi and Kaede Rukawa. While their center and forwards are strong rebounders against the likes Takenori Akagi, they were outmatched by a player with strong jumping ability, Hanamichi Sakuragi. The team's major weakness is not having a dedicated coach which leaves Fujima with no choice but to play both roles.

Matches[]

Shoyo High School’ Basketball Team Matches

Character[]

• #4: Kenji Fujima – 3rd Year. His height is 178 cm and Weight 66 kg.
• #5: Toru Hanagata – 3rd Year. His height is 197 cm and Weight 83 kg.
• #6: Kazushi Hasegawa – 3rd Year. His height is 190 cm and Weight 81 kg.
• #7: Mitsuru Nagano – 3rd Year. His height is 191 cm and Weight 84 kg.
• #8: Shoichi Takano – 3rd Year. His height is 193 cm and Weight 85 kg.
• #9: Taku Itou – 2nd Year. His height is 180 cm and Weight 71 kg.

Team[]

Point Guard/Coach Kenji Fujima	Center Toru Hanagata	Forward/Guard Kazushi Hasegawa	Forward Mitsuru Nagano	Forward Shoichi Takano
Point Guard Taku Itou

Trivia[]

1. Their team is likely to be based on the Boston Celtics, because of the team colors green and white and the similarities of the logos.
2. Kenji Fujima being player-coach of the team may be another Boston Celtic reference to when Bill Russell became the first player-coach (as well as the first black coach) on April 16, 1966.