KaZuHiKo AiKaWa
Aikawa Kazuhiko (哀川 和彦?) Voiced by: Kōhei Kiyasu/ Ochu Otsuka
Basketball Jersey: Number 7
Height: 175 cm
Nickname: Aika, Ai-chan[2]
Birthday: 9 June
Position: Small Forward
He was the one who convinced remaining players to play basketball again. Mutsumi had once said that it was as if Aikawa reminded them all about how much fun they could've all had playing basketball together. He was once the trump card and captain of the Tendōji High's basketball team. He plays the position of point forward in the team. He also has a knack of being able to jump higher than most people, and that makes up for his height disadvantage. Even thought he is short, he is able to dunk.
He is considered to be a genius as can be seen in anime and it is seen that his skills seems to improve with every game that he plays. He is also the best friend of Masato Sawanobori, the star player and point guard of Tendōji High School and Fujiwara Takumi, the captain of the Mizuho basketball team.
He is always able to encourage the other players no matter how hard the game is.
TaKuMi FuJiWaRa
Fujiwara Takumi (藤原 拓弥?) Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze
Basketball Jersey: Number 4
Height: 184 cm
Nickname: Fujiwara-chan, Taku
Position: Point Guard
Fujiwara is a second-year student at Mizuho High. He is often nicknamed as Taku by his close friends and seems romantically involved with Mutsumi Akiyoshi of the girls' team. Fujiwara also appears to be very close to his long-time friend, Miura Ranmaru.
He was involved in an incident where he was provoked into punching the coach in his first year. The coach has since transferred to another school and Mizuho's boys basketball team was banned from any tournament for a year. He is not to be mistaken with Initial D's Takumi Fujiwara.
He has an old injury on his right knee which came from one of his games involving Miura and was ordered by Anzaki to rehabilitate his knee and make it more flexible to improve his playing ability in time for the prefectural tournament.
Fujiwara is the captain of Mizuho basketball team and plays the position of point guard. He attended Mizuho Junior High and was Miura's teammate at that time as well.
As seen in the anime and said by Aikawa that he(Takumi) is the reason due to which Aikawa can push himself way beyond his limits.
RaNmArU MuIrA
Miura Ranmaru (三浦 蘭丸?) Voiced by: Ken Takeuchi
Basketball Jersey: Number 8
Height: 173 cm
Position: Shooting Guard
Miura has a calm and quiet personality. He has been Fujiwara's best friend since middle school. Miura was seen not to have good stamina at the beginning of the series. He plays the shooting guard position and is the three pointers of the team. It was mentioned in the manga that he would rather be scoring points then being the playmaker of the team.He is also talented at stealing balls from his opponents. He is also the one who can shoot Fade Away Three Pointers.
During the match verus Kadena Nishi, he is forced to shoot NBA 3 pointers to help Mizuho win the match. Unfortunately, he was injured due to a foul made by Kenta Shimabukuro. He was then rested for the subsequent match.
Miura attended Mizuho Junior High and was Fujiwara's teammate at that time as well. He blamed himself for causing Fujiwara's knee injury although it is not his fault. In the anime, Keiko Ogami of the girls' team seems to have a crush on him.
Fujiwara had intended Miura to, before the start of tournament, become a player to be feared. He wants Miura to be like before, be unpredicatable with his pin point passes, judgement and sharp shooting.
TsUtOmU IsHiI
Ishii Tsutomu (石井 努?) Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Basketball Jersey: Number 6
Height: 190 cm
Position: Power Forward
Ishii is an extremely short-tempered person. It was highlighted that his weakness is being easily provoked by the opposing team to foul, and is prone to commit four fouls at a crucial time of a match. However, as the team starts to advance to the final, he has grown mature and his skills were also starting to grow more steady and powerful.
He plays the position of power forward in the team. It appears that he and Dobashi are close friends, having played on the same team during middle school. Ishii attended Takakura Junior High. And it says in the episodes that he matches with the big machine
KeNjI DoBaShI
Dobashi Kenji (土橋 健二?) Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
Basketball Jersey: Number 5
Height: 192 cm
Nickname: Dobashi-chan, Oyaji
Position: Center
Dobashi is the largest on team. He resembles Miura and has a quiet personality. Although his legs are not strong, he proves to his teammates that he can steal, rebound and defend better than ever before. He plays the position of center in the team.
He is often called "old man" by Ishii because of his hair and appearance. In the anime, before the prefectural championship, he changed his hairstyle. Dobashi attended Takakura Junior High.
As the story passes, he was one of the pillars for the team and his presence is felt. Whenever he was injured, the team performance will fare badly because everyone expects him to be there being the main guy in defence.
ToYa TaKaShInA
Takashina Tōya (高階 トウヤ?)
Basketball Jersey: Number 9
Height: 187 cm
Position: Sixth Man
Takashina is first seen practising alone in one episode, and later became the 6th member of the boys' team. It was said that he can play any position in a team. He is extremely talented in shooting three-pointers, matching up to Miura's level of skill.
It is said that Takashina was a friend of Ayumi Fuse during middle school
MaI MoRiTaKa
Moritaka Mai (森高 麻衣?)Voiced by: Akiko Kawase
Basketball Jersey: Number 7
Nicknames: Pony
Position: Unknown
Mai seems to be romantically involved with Kazuhiko Aikawa and becomes his girlfriend later in the series. Aikawa nicknames her "Pony" because of her long ponytail-like hair when he first saw her.
Her position on the team has never been revealed, neither in the manga nor in the anime. However, after some advice and personal training from Aikawa, Mai has the highest shot percentage among all her teammates when it comes to 3-pointers.
MuTsUmI AKiYOsHi
Akiyoshi Mutsumi (秋吉夢 津美?)
Basketball Jersey: Number 4
Position: Point Guard
Nickname: Mu-chan
Mutsumi is the captain of the girls' basketball team, and is a close friend of Moritaka's. She seems to be romantically involved with Takumi Fujiwara of the boys' team. She plays as a point guard on the team and used to admire Fujiwara's talent.
KeIkO OgAmI
Ōgami Keiko (大神 恵子?) Voiced by: Miho Yamada
Basketball Jersey: Number 5
Position: Center
Keiko plays as a center for the girls' team and is the tallest among all her teammates.
She appears to have a crush on Miura and is proven on two occasions: one when she gave Miura a 'victory sign', and another when Mutsumi remarked if Keiko would get jealous after seeing a couple of girls approach Miura to congratulate him over the team's recent victory.
SaToMi AnZaKi
Anzaki Satomi (杏崎 沙斗未?) Voiced by: Mamiko Noto
Satomi knows Fujiwara and Miura from middle school and is the manager of the boys' team. Currently, she studies at Mizuho High. She used to be active in basketball, but due to an injury she obtained, she is now unable to do so.She seems to be very close with Tōya Takashina who is her classmate.
To Satomi, taking the responsibility of being the team's manager is a new way of contributing to the sport she loves
KyOkO HiMuRo
Himuro Kyōko (氷室 恭子?) Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka
Miss Himuro is the coach for the Mizuho High girls' basketball team. However, when the boys' basketball team is reformed, she becomes the coach for both teams. She comes off as an extremely strict coach, but is actually very fond of her 'Dear Boys'.
In episode 7, the premelinary round for the girls' team is approaching and she wants to focus on the girls. As such, she appoints Satomi Anzaki to be the manager of the boys' team
YoKoHaMa HiGh
Kazuya Satō (佐藤 一也, Satō Kazuya?)
Satō is the captain of the Yokohama Academy's boys basketball team. He is a bit shorter than Aikawa.In the anime he wanted to play against the scoring machine i.e. Aikawa
Tōru Koizumi (小泉 徹, Koizumi Tōru?)
Naoki Aizawa (相澤 直樹, Aizawa Naoki?)
He can't shoot 3 pointers.He plays the position of Centre as he is the tallest in the team
Tatsuya Hirose (広瀬 達也, Hirose Tatsuya?)
Tatsuya is a junior of Kenji Dobashi and Tsutomu Ishii from grade school. He improved a lot since grade school and is touted as the future leader of the Yokohama Academy. A hardworking learner, he mastered Kazuya's three point shooting skills through tough training
Kōji Yoshino (吉野 幸二, Yoshino Kōji?)
Yūji Takano (高野 勇次, Takano Yūji?)
Takano is a shooting guard for the team. He is very good in defense but lacks the offensive ability. He was mostly overshadowed by Tatsuya since Act 2.
EaSt HoNmoKu
Yuito Hoshina (保科 唯人, Hoshina Yuito?)
He had a crush on Satomi Anzaki since they've first met. In one episode, he even confessed to her that he loves her, although she rejected him. He is the star player of the team. He mostly shoots dunks and 2 pointers. He has a cocky attitude at times and he's usually not serious. He considers Aikawa to be his rival and dreams of defeating him one day
Gen Yakushimaru (胜已, Yakushimaru Gen?)
He is the captain of East Honmoku basketball team. He is the one who scored the winning point at the last second in the final of the prefectural tournament in the anime, which caused Mizuho to lose the game against East Honmoku. He is also considered to be the only one who is able to control his teammate Yuito
Satoshi Kadomatsu (角松 , Kadomatsu Satoshi?)
He specializes in 3-pointers and can even shoot them from the half-court line.
Aikawa and Mai in dear boys act II
