Shoichi Imayoshi
Name	Shoichi Imayoshi
Kanji	今吉　翔一
Vital Statistics
Gender	Male
Age	18
Height	180 cm (5' 11")
Weight	71 kg (157 lbs)
Professional Statistics
Team	Tōō
Position	Point Guard
Talent	Intelligence Mind Games
First Appearance
Manga	Chapter 39
Anime	Episode 14
Seiyū
Anime	Kazuya Nakai
Image Gallery

Shoichi Imayoshi (今吉　翔一 Imayoshi Shoichi) was Tōō's captain and point guard. He has now retired from the team.

AppearanceEdit

Imayoshi has black, messy hair. His hair is quite long and reaches to over his eyes. He wears glasses after which his eyes are usually squinting. He is of average height and build.

PersonalityEdit

He is a well-spoken and superficially kind on first glance, but hides a somewhat darker personality that more subtly reveals itself in conversation. Speaking in the typically polite Kansai dialect, Imayoshi laces what would be pleasant conversation with slight jabs at other's weaknesses and understated but absolute expressions of his own confidence.^[1]

StoryEdit

Winter CupEdit

Round 1Edit

He enters the Winter Cup court together with the other players from Tōō Academy for their first match, against Seirin. As they start to warm up, the audience is talking about Aomine and Imayoshi, saying that his moves are unpredictable.^[2]

As the match is about to begin, he shakes hands with Hyūga, noticing that he has matured into a fine captain, judging from his appearance. He also sees that the other players have evolved as well. The match start and Seirin takes the ball. They drive it up court, but run into Tōō's pressure defense, led by Imayoshi. Imayoshi tells Izuki that they aren't underestimating them, because Momoi has imprinted the importance of stopping the first attack. Izuki eventually mispasses and the ball is stolen by Sakurai. He passes to Aomine, who does an alley-oop. As Seirin collects the ball, Imayoshi apologizes and tells them they got the first point.^[3]

After Kuroko's succesful pass that leads to Kagami scoring, he dribbles up the ball, saying that they just got started.^[4] He gives a high pass to Susa, who makes the shot and scores. In the audience, Kagetora Aida analyzes his pass, thinking that giving a high pass to nullify Kuroko's invisible pass, plus the difference in height between Kuroko and Susa, was a very smart choice. Tōō's scoring continues and Kagami eventually has the ball and goes up against Aomine. Imayoshi warns Kagami, saying that he'll get the jackpot when he wins, but that he probably won't.

SkillEdit

Imayoshi is an elite player from the - now elite - school Tōō Academy. His moves are unpredictable and he has the ability to set a scoring play in motion with just a few passes. He is very fast and he can sometimes execute difficult attacking moves out of nowhere, for example his double clutch he performed in the first match against Seirin.^[5] He is also seen to perform an near exellent pressure defense in their second match against Seirin.^[6] He is also capable of a buzzer beater from a decent distance and shoots regular three-pointers as well.

TriviaEdit

• On the first character poll, Imayoshi ranked 17th, with 288 votes. He ranked 21st on the second poll, this time he got 172 votes.
• He speaks in a Kansai accent, hinting he may originate from Osaka.
• His birthday is on June 3 which makes him a Gemini. His bloodtype is AB.
• He went to the same Junior High school as the Uncrowned King Makoto Hanamiya. Hanamiya says that Imayoshi's personality is the worst, which means something coming from him.
• His motto is "Wisdom to realize one’s own ignorance".

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ List of Kuroko no Basuke characters on Wikipedia
2. ↑ Kuroko no Basuke chapter 114, page 11
3. ↑ Kuroko no Basuke chapter 115, page 15
4. ↑ Kuroko no Basuke chapter 116, page 13
5. ↑ Kuroko no Basuke chapter 43, page 4
6. ↑ Kuroko no Basuke chapter 115, page 9

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