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A list of characters appearing in Ro Kyu Bu!


Keishin Private Academy Girls Basketball Team

Subaru Hasegawa

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 Position: Head Coach

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 Voiced by: Yuuki Kaji

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The protagonist and a freshman at Nashiba High School, whose dreams of playing in their boys' basketball team took a heartbreaking blow when the team was meted out a year-long suspension for its captain allegedly hitting on their adviser's daughter, a sixth-grade schoolgirl. In the meantime, he reluctantly accepts his aunt Mihoshi's part-time job offer as coach of her school's girls' basketball team, of which she is the adviser.


Tomoka Minato

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 Jersey Number: 4

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 Position: Small Forward (Season 1) -> Shooting Guard (Season 2)

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 Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa

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Keishin's star female basketball player who, ironically, has misgivings about her skill.


  • A-Cup Angst: Feels rather uneasy about her bust size, and gets teased about it by her teammates from time to time.
  • Adaptational Badass: Appears as a playable character in the crossover Fighting Game Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, with her basketball team as Assist Characters.
  • All of the Other Reindeer: Her obsession with winning has cost her friends back at her previous school.
  • Beauty Mark: Below her left eye.
  • Broken Ace: Very skilled in basketball, able to take boys her age head-on and win...and has lost many friends from her previous school because of her over-competitiveness.
  • Determinator: Accepts Mihoshi's 50-consecutive-jumpshot challenge and goes to great lengths to achieve it, in order to convince Subaru to continue coaching the team.
  • The Heroine: The most experienced player and de facto team captain.
  • I Just Want to Have Friends: ...Even if it means giving up her favorite sport. Subaru helps her balance out friendships and basketball.
  • I Know Madden Kombat: In Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax: her fighting style is based on her position as captain of her basketball team, as she throws basketballs as projectiles, or passing them to her partners for varied attacks. One of her supers is a reference to her scoop shot signature move, as she catches her opponent into a basketball, dribbles and throws him/her high above, all while wings sprout from her back.
  • Lightning Bruiser: She's a beast on the hardcourt. Too bad she's prone to calling plays out loud.
  • Mentor Ship: Her friends ship her with Subaru.
  • Nice Girl
  • One-Girl Army: Defeats the boys' basketball team all by herself.
  • Power Gives You Wings: She sprouted wings from her back when she performed the Scoop Shot for the first time during their official match against the 5th graders.
  • Precocious Crush: Out of all the girls, she is the one closest to Subaru, after he vows to protect her dream of playing basketball.
  • Rose-Haired Girl
  • Ryu and Ken: The Ryu to Maho's Ken in the second half of the story. They have similar defensive abilities and lateral speed, but Maho is more athletic while she changes directions faster, handles the ball better, and has a more reliable long-range shot, thus making her playing closer to that of the Swingman (SG/SF hybrid).
  • Signature Move: The Scoop Shot, learned from Subaru.

Maho Misawa

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 Jersey Number: 5

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 Position: Power Forward

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 Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi

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An energetic blonde kid from a rich family.


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 She's very optimistic and tries to think that it's a mistake.

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  • Power Blonde
  • Primal Fear: The dark.
  • Ryu and Ken: The Ken to Tomoka's Ryu in the second half of the story. They have similar defensive abilities and lateral speed, but Tomoka changes directions faster, handles the ball better, and has a more reliable long-range shot; while Maho is more athletic and is capable of playing the high post on offense and shutting down the opponent's top scoring threat on defense, making her playing style closer to that of the Cornerman (SF/PF hybrid).
  • Spoiled Sweet
  • Took A Level In Badass: In the first season, she was very prone to committing errors due to her impulsiveness. Come the second season, she turned out to be about just as good as Tomoka, even going as far as completely shutting Rena down when the entire 5th grade team could barely keep up with her.

Saki Nagatsuka

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 Jersey Number: 6

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 Position: Shooting Guard (Season 1, up to Episode 11) -> Point Guard (Season 1, Episode 11 onwards; Season 2)

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 Voiced by: Youko Hikasa

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A smart, nerdy kid and team strategist.


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 "Eh? Already?"

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Airi Kashii

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 Jersey Number: 7

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 Position: Center

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 Voiced by: Rina Hidaka

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An unusually tall, busty girl with issues concerning her figure.


Hinata Hakamada

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 Jersey Number: 8

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 Position: Point Guard (Season 1, up to Episode 11) -> Shooting Guard (Season 1, Episode 11 onwards} -> Small Forward (Season 2)

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 Voiced by: Yui Ogura

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An unusually tiny girl with a love of stuffed toys.


Aoi Ogiyama

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 Position: Assistant Coach

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 Voiced by: Kanae Ito

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Subaru's childhood friend and prospective manager of their school's boys' basketball team. She later enters the team as the coach of the 5th grade team.


Kagetsu Hakamada

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 Jersey Number: 9 (previously 8)

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 Position: Forward-Center

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 Voiced by: Asami Seto

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Hina's younger sister. She eventually joins the girls basketball team with four other 5th grade girls.


  • The Big Girl: Of the 5th grade team.
  • Big Little Sister
  • Lightning Bruiser: Although shorter than Airi, she's still pretty big for her age (160 cm at age 11). She makes up for her lack of size for the Center position with higher stamina, foot speed and jumping ability.
  • My Greatest Failure: Fell asleep one snowy day alone at home, only to find out later that Hinata lay freezing and unconscious outside all this time, which she believed to have resulted in her sister's frail constitution.
  • Rose-Haired Girl

Mimi Balguerie

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 Jersey Number: 10 (previously 33)

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 Position: Small Forward

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 Voiced by: Misaki Kuno

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A French-Japanese exchange student in Kagetsu's class. Because of her father's job, she has to stay in Japan for a while.


Tsubaki and Hiiragi Takenaka

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 Jersey Numbers: 11 and 12 (previously 6 and 9, 7 for Hiiragi during the ForM tournament)

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 Position: Forward-Guard

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 Voiced by: Minami Tsuda and Aya Suzaki

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Natsuhi's twin sisters, massive bro-cons who hate Maho's guts for obvious reasons.


  • Confusion Fu: The twins are so in sync with each other they are capable of performing combination plays designed to confuse the hell out of their opponents.
  • The Dividual: They are often inseparable, hence their In-Series Nickname TsubaHii.
  • Identical Twin ID Tag: Tsubaki wears a yellow flower hairpin on the left side of her hair, while Hiiragi wears a pink flower hairpin on the right side of her hair.
  • The Rival: To Maho.
  • Single-Minded Twins: To the point both of them can be considered a single person.
  • Theme Naming: Named after the camellia and holly flowers, respectively.

Masami Fujii

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 Jersey Number: 13 (previously 1)

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 Position: Shooting Guard

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 Voiced by: Risa Taneda

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Saki's neighbor and rival. Her family owns a sushi shop just in front of the Nagatsukas' okonomiyaki shop. She resents Saki for beating her at pretty much anything, from studies to cooking. After seeing Saki make a jump shot during the Girls vs. Boys match, she trains herself to shoot from a much longer range than Saki (stated to be behind the three-point line in regular basketball) in hopes of finally beating her at something.


Keishin Private Academy Students, Faculty, and Staff

Mihoshi Takamura

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 Voiced by: Shizuka Ito

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Subaru's aunt, younger sister of his mother Nayu, and advisor of Keishin Girls' Basketball Team.


Natsuhi Takenaka

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 Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki

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Maho and Saki's childhood friend and star player of Keishin's Boys' Basketball Team.


Touko Hatano

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 Voiced by: Rina Sato

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Head of Keishin's infirmary.


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 "I love little girls, but I especially love you." (To Mihoshi)

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Nashiba High School

Kazunari Uehara

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 Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

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Subaru's best friend.


Banri Kashii

Airi's older brother. He is partly responsible for the accident which caused her hydrophobia when they were younger, thus creating a wedge between them. His introduction into the series focuses on him trying to make amends with her as she finds the strength she needs to take her game to the next level. ---

Relatives

Nayu Hasegawa (nee Takamura)

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 Voiced by: Mamiko Noto

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Subaru's mother and Mihoshi's older sister.


Ginga Hasegawa

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 Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu

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Subaru's father who works in Hawaii.


Fuuga Misawa

Maho's father. A renowned fashion designer who runs the sports clothing line ForM. ---

  • Big Fancy House: He's the owner of one.
  • Hospitality for Heroes: As gratitude for taking care of Maho, the man offers Subaru anything he wants, including bringing the US Dream Team to Japan just for him! Fortunately, Subaru only needs his help in organizing an invitational tournament to serve as exposure for Keishin's two five-person teams.

Suzuridani Girls' Academy

Miyu Aida

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  Jersey Number: 4

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  Position: Shooting Guard

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  Voiced by: Mariya Ise

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Team captain of the Suzuridani Team.


Kumi Tsukada

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  Jersey Number: 5

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  Position: Center

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The starting center of Suzuridani.


Misuzu Kuumoto

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  Jersey Number: 6

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  Position: Small Forward

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The starting small forward of Suzuridani.


Ran Yahagi

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  Jersey Number: 7

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  Position: Point Guard

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The starting point guard of Suzuridani.


Momoe Tachibana

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  Jersey Number: 8

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  Position: Power Forward

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Starting power forward of Suzuridani.


  • Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: An already minor character in the first season who gets sidelined even more in the second season, even going as far as losing her starting spot to Rena in the second half of their tournament match.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Nobue Okuda, Yume Nakano, and Wakana Kitano

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  Jersey Numbers: 9, 10, and 11

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Three Suzuridani 5th graders who got teamed up with Rena and Aya in the second quarter of their tournament match against Keishin.

  • What the Hell, Hero?: All three of them call Rena out for dragging down the team with her selfish antics.

Aya Miyakoouji

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  Jersey Number: 12

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  Position: Center

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  Voiced by: Yumi Hara

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Suzuridani's rookie center player. She used to be a member of the gymnastics team, until she hit a growth spurt which hindered her routines.


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  Aya: Which do you prefer: have the team win because of you, or lose because of you?

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Rena Ashihara

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  Jersey Number: 13

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  Position: Small Forward

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  Voiced by: Akiko Hasegawa

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A short 5th grade player from Suzuridani.


  • Arrogant Kung Fu Gal: She's basically Miyu cranked Up to Eleven.
  • Attack, Attack, Attack: She is so confident in her one-on-one game she refuses to back down even when up against five defenders at once.
  • Badass Decay: After beating TsubaHii one-on-two, she lost one-on-five to the Keishin 5th grade team, and then got her ass handed to her by Maho and Tomoka in the 2nd half of their tournament game.
  • Nice Hat: Wears a black-and-pink cap with the words DARK STAR NIGHTS on it in her civilian outfit.
  • OralFixationFixation: Often seen with a lollipop on her mouth.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Rena is an absolute beast on the hardcourt at only 135 cm.
  • Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Miyu after her Face-Heel Turn.
  • Weaksauce Weakness: Unstoppable in isolation (one-on-one) plays, pretty much useless playing with a team.
  • Zettai Ryouiki: Wears a pair of thigh-high red-and-black socks in her civilian outfit.

Manaka Nobidome

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  Position: Head Coach

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  Voiced by: Satomi Satou

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Second Year, Suzuridani Girls' Academy High School Department. She assumes head coaching duties for Suzuridani's Elementary Basketball Team.


Hatsue Nobidome

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  Voiced by:: Ayako Kawasumi

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Manaka's sister and advisor of Suzuridani Girls' Academy Elementary Basketball Team.


Rivals

Ryuichi Suga

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  Voiced by:: Shintaro Asanuma

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Subaru's rival in middle school. He currently attends the school Subaru was supposed to be in, until the latter decided to attend Nashiba to follow his father's footsteps.


Nana Yotsuya

Ryuichi's cousin, a first year middle school (7th grade) student who claimed the rooftop court Subaru and his gang were practicing for themselves. She is matched up against Tomoka in their 3-on-3 matches against Subaru's team.


Mayumi Odaka

Nana's friend.


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