Tetsuya Kuroko (黒子 テツヤ Kuroko Tetsuya) is the main protagonist of the manga, Kuroko no Basuke. He was one of the Generation of Miracles and titled as The Phantom Sixth Player. He specializes in misdirection and passes. He now plays as a regular with Seirin with the goal of bringing the team and Kagami to the top of Japan.
Kuroko has a very small build for a basketball player. He has light
blue hair that he styles to his left. His eyes are blue, and he has a
blank gaze. His skin is fairly pale. He wears the number 11 jersey. He
also sometimes wears black sweatbands. His basketball shoes are white
with a blue streak.
When out of training or matches, he wears his school uniform: the standard Japanese gakuran. The top piece of a gakuran
is black, long-sleeved and has a standing collar which buttons from the
bottom up to his chin. It has blue trimming on the sleeves and
vertically in the middle. He also wears regular black pants. It has been
noted that his bedhead is especially atrocious.[1]
Furious Kuroko; a rare sight
Kuroko has a deadpan and straight forward personality. He is very
hard working and always tries to satisfy the needs of the team above his
own. He is quite gloomy and unnoticeable, a trait that goes well with
his misdirection. He has also displayed much respect towards fellow
passionate basketball player and thinks that while senpais have pride,
kōhais have respect.[2]
Despite his initial kind personality, Kuroko gets extremely furious at
dirty play, when his teammates are threatened and already injured by
foul methods in the Kirisaki Daīchi game. His aura changes so drastically, that Kagami even gets scared when he sees him like that.[3]
When Kuroko gets angry, it gets very hard to beat him, as he is fueled
up with fighting spirit. Also when the situation worsens, he seems to
turn talkative.[4]
He has metaphorically referred to himself as a "shadow".[5]
With this he means that he is playing for someone else, and that he
becomes stronger when the "light" is stronger. With the "light", he
means the player he supports during a basketball game. During his Junior
High school basketball carrer, his "light" was Aomine, and now it is Kagami.
Outside the court, despite his unnoticeable personality, Kuroko
is very gentlemanly when dealing with women. Amongst his friends,
Kagami, Aomine and Kise are really shocked to see how easily Kuroko can cheer up Momoi and even knows what to do on a date.[6] Kuroko also lectures Kagami that he should deal with women more delicately.
Kuroko and Tetsuya #2
Overall, he is a very calm, rational person, but it is shown that he
also has his silly moments. In one omake he says that he can also become
noticeable and does so by pulling his jacket over his head, making
people automatically see him and laugh. There are times where he uses
his misdirection ability to run away, and also a time where he was late
for a game but pretends to have always been there from the start[7]
(until Kagami pointed out the sweat on his brow, indicating that he was
actually late and had run all the way to school). While initially cool
towards his teammates, he gradually warms up and starts to openly
express himself more. It has been shown that he has a soft spot for cute
animals, like kittens and dogs (Tetsuya #2).
In 5th grade, Kuroko saw a basketball match on tv, got interested in
it and started playing basketball on a nearby court, since there weren't
any teams he could join. There, he befriended a neighborhood boy, who
was later revealed to be Ogiwara Shigehiro, taught him basketball. When
they split up, they promised that they would meet again in Junior High.[8] Kuroko in Junior High schoolThe
first day of Junior High, in April, Kuroko is walking in the crowd,
with few people noticing him, as usual. He seems determined to join the
basketball club. At the gym, Kuroko is surprised to see so many people
trying out for the club and he is told that Teikō's basketball team is
famous. The coach explains the club's system, with the first to third
strings. Kuroko is aiming for first string but is perplexed when he is
divided into the third string, because of his weak overall abilities.[9]
Kuroko kept training hard on the club and even stayed late after
practices. Because of his weak presence, he wasn't noticed by those who
came to watch and the sounds of basketball in the gym were credited to a
ghost. This lasted until Daiki Aomine
came to watch and Kuroko introduced himself. They quickly became
friends, even though Aomine was in the first string and a regular. They
practiced together and gained respect for another, with Aomine wanting
to play with him on the same court one day.
Even after training hard, he still wasn't able to reach neither
the second nor the first strings and was told by the coach to quit the
team since he was one of the members who got the lowest scores, but it
is still his decision to stay or not. Walking during the night, he
remembered the words that Aomine said to him, but he said to himself
that he no longer knows what to do from now on.[10] Kuroko wearing Teikō's uniform
When Kuroko went to say Aomine that he wanted to quit the basketball
team one day, Aomine motivated him to stay, saying that he admires
Kuroko's love of basketball. The players of the first string then enter,
Akashi, Midorima and Murasakibara (Kise
wasn't part of the team yet). While Murasakibara didn't pay much
attention to Kuroko, Akashi noticed his lack of presence and said that
Kuroko might hide an ability completely different from theirs.[11]
Kuroko was eventually given a chance and in one match, he was seen to
be completely adaptable with Aomine in terms of passing. It was then
that he first discovered and developed his misdirection and invisible
pass.
Kuroko and Aomine
He was part of the team that later would be called the Generation of Miracles. In his second year, he became the personal instructor of Kise, who still was a rookie.[12] At
first, Kise was very reluctant on having Kuroko as his instructor , but
they became friends when they both had to help with a match of the
second string. While playing, he had the number 15. In Teikō, he also
first met Momoi. By giving her free ice-cream, she instantly fell in love with him.[13] Aomine drifts away from Kuroko
Also in his second year, he witnessed Aomine's awakening. While the
rest of the GoM were still above average, Aomine's growth progressed
aggressively. As a consequence, Aomine towered high above anyone else
and couldn't find a decent rival. He became too good for his own good
and started slacking off. It was then that Kuroko tried to motivate
Aomine in still trying his best, as it isn't fun at all when the
opponent is holding back. Aomine agreed, but quickly discovered that he
destroyed everyone's morale when he started playing serious. He
approached Kuroko and told him that he gives up in trying to find a
rival, that he is his only rival. He also denied Kuroko's fist bump, the
signature move that marked their friendship.[14]
In Kuroko's third year in Teikō, he began to doubt Teikō's
motives and morals and after the finals of a last tournament, he
disappeared and quit the team.[15] He even hated basketball one moment, but this hasn't been fully explained yet.
Kuroko first appears on his first day in Seirin High.
He walks through the mass of people who are being pursued by the clubs
to join their club, but Kuroko isn't spoken to, because he makes himself
invisible. He searches for the school's basketball club and fills in an
application form, without Riko noticing him. Koganei sees the paper later and Riko is surprised that she didn't notice one of the Generation of Miracles.[16] Kuroko "reveals his presence"
Later, on the first training, Riko uses her scanning ability on
everyone on the team. She didn't see Kuroko and wonders where he is,
while the rest of the team haven't seen him either. Riko decides that
he's not here and shouts that they'll begin the training without him.
However, Kuroko was standing in front of her and he tells her that he's
right here.[17]
Riko and all the others are shocked to see him standing there, because
they haven't noticed him at all. Riko orders him to take of his shirt so
that she can see his stats again, but concludes that he's fairly weak
compared to the rest of the team.
Later, after training, Kagami goes to a fast-food restaurant,
orders a lot of burgers and has a seat at a random table.
Coincidentally, Kuroko is sitting at the same table. He notices Kagami's
amount of food and comments that he is still growing. Kagami didn't
notice Kuroko yet and is surprised to see him. Kagami asks what he is
doing and Kuroko replies that he has simply been watching people.[18] Kagami tells him to come with him for a bit.
Kagami confronts Kuroko
They arrive at a small basketball court and Kagami asks what Kuroko
is hiding. He tells Kuroko that he has been basketballing in America and
that Japan is much weaker than America. He goes on by saying that he
plays basketball for the thrill and that he has heard about the Generation of Miracles.
He explains Kuroko that can smell an opponents smell to some extent. He
says that Kuroko should smell weak, but he can't smell anything. It's
like Kuroko is odorless. He passes Kuroko the ball and challenges him to
a match, to see how Kuroko is like for himself. Kuroko says that he has
been planning on playing a one-on-one as well. He takes off his jacket
and throws it to the side.
They begin playing one-on-one. The match is quickly decided, as
Kuroko is so weak in comparison to Kagami. Kuroko tries to shoot, but
misses or gets blocked, fumbles the ball and is much slower the Kagami.
Kagami thinks by himself that Kuroko's movements are that of an amateur.[19]
He yells at Kuroko, saying that he's overestimating himself when he
thinks he can win like that. Kuroko denies, saying that Kagami is
obviously the stronger one. Kuroko says that he just wanted to see
Kagami's strength. Kagami prepares to leave, while telling Kuroko that
he's weak and that he should just stop playing basketball. Kuroko
replies that he's different from Kagami and mysteriously says that he's a
shadow.
Kuroko shows his ability for the first time
The next day, the Seirin freshmen play against the second years in a practice match.
While Kagami is hogging all the points, Kuroko is again proven to be
weak and gets the ball stolen multiple times. When the second years het
serious and build up a 16 point lead, Kagami gets angry, only for Kuroko
to calm him down.[20]Riko thinks by herself that she has totally forgot about Kuroko even being there. The game restarts and Kuroko asks the ball from Fukuda. Fukuda passes the ball and Kuroko immediately redirects the ball to Furihata, who was under the basket and scores a simple lay-up.
Kuroko goes on with his invisible passes, leading to the freshmen
scoring a lot and coming back into the game. The other Seirin players
amaze themselves over Kuroko's ability and Riko is able to analyze it.
Kuroko gains Kagami's attention and somewhat respect and the mini-game
is almost over. The first-years were still one point behind and when
Kuroko steals a second-years ball, he drives to the basket, makes a
lay-up... But misses. All of sudden, an angered Kagami appears behind
Kuroko and he dunks the ball in, marking their first victory.[21] Kuroko's promise to Kagami
That evening, Kuroko and Kagami meet again at the Maji Burger,
with Kagami getting annoyed because they encounter each other yet
again. Kagami gives Kuroko one of his burgers, telling him he
acknowledges him. moving out of the restaurant, Kagami asks Kuroko how
strong the Generation actually is. Kuroko replies that when Kagami would
go up against them now, he would be instantly killed. He says that they
have all gone to different schools and that one of these will be
standing at the top. Kagami shouts his resolve, defeating the Generation
of Miracles and Kuroko says that's unlikely. Yet, Kuroko says he found
his resolve as well. He says that he will make Kagami the strongest of
Japan, to be his supporting shadow.[22]
The next day, Kuroko asks Riko
if he can become an actual member of the club and then play in matches.
Just like Kagami, who went to ask the same thing some moments later,
Kuroko gets an application form and an invite for the rooftop test.
Kuroko meets with Kagami not soon after, when they are both looking at Seirin's
newspaper article form last year. Invisible as usual, Kuroko scares the
crap out of Kagami. Kagami threatens Kuroko to death if he ever does
that again. Kagami recalled Kuroko's former teammates went to veteran
school and yet Kuroko went to a new school like Seirin. When Kagami is
about to ask him about it, Kuroko disappears again.[23] Kuroko with his megaphone
That Monday, Kuroko and the other freshmen go to the roof, where they
are awaited by Riko. She tells them that they have to be ready for the Nationals
in order to join and that they have to shout their name, class and
resolve in front of the entire student body below. Kagami does so
without any problems. Kuroko moves towards the railing and brings out a
megaphone, because he finds it difficult to speak to such a large group
without electronic aid. Just when he is about the speak, the club is
busted by a teacher and Kuroko can't fulfill the assignment.[24] Kuroko's message
That evening, Kuroko sees Kagami again at Maji Burger.
He tells him that it's a problem that he hasn't met the requirements
yet to join the team, since the rooftop's guarded since then. Kagami
says that he'll be able to join the team anyway. Kagami moves on by
asking why exactly he went to Seirin when the other GoM joined elite
schools. Kuroko tells him the extreme winning philosophy of Teikō and that that was the end of teamwork. He tells Kagami that he was moved by his and the entire Seirin
team's motives and resolutions and concludes by saying that he's only
playing basketball in order to make him and the team the best in Japan.
Kagami leaves by saying that it'll really happen. Between then and the
next morning, Kuroko wrote "I will make you the number one in Japan"
with chalk on the school's courtyard, for everyone to see. With this, he
officially joins the Seirin basketball team.[25]
One of the next trainings, Riko announces a practice match against Kaijō High and says that they have one of the Generation of Miracles, this being Ryōta Kise. When Kise enters the scene, they greet each other and say they haven't seen each other in a while. Kise says that he went to Seirin
because he remembered that it was the school Kuroko joined. He claims
that he and Kuroko got along in Junior High school, but Kuroko denies.
When the other players are amazed by Kise's history as one of the GoM,
Kise again identifies with Kuroko as the weakest of the bunch, being
picked on, but Kuroko denies yet again. Kise is challenged by Kagami
and when Kise shows his copy of Kagami's earlier move, Kuroko explains
his ability further. He is perplexed to see Kise's growth, even going as
far as saying that he's a totally different person.[26]
Out of the blue, Kise asks Kuroko to join his team, but Kuroko bluntly
refuses. He says that he has already vowed to defeat the Generation of
Miracles, but Kise isn't taking him serious. Kuroko presses the fact
that he is very serious.
Kuroko steals Kasamatsu's ballThe day of the match, Kaijō
seems to underestimate Seirin High since they're only using half a
court. The other half is for the other members who won't be playing to
continue their practice, since Kaijō's coach, Coach Takeuchi,
assume they won't learn anything from the game. Everyone in Seirin is
pissed off, although Kuruko masks it. Coach Takeuchi also won't let Kise
play since he thinks its already unfair for Seirin playing their
regulars. Kise asks Seirin to agitate the coach for him to let him play,
also agitating them that if they can't let him in the game, they
certainly won't beat "The Generation of Miracles".
To this, Kuroko says to Kise that he should warm up since it won't long
for him to be in the game. At the start of the game, Kagami breaks the
goal after a steal from Kuroko and Kuroko asks Coach Takeuchi to use the
full court.[27]
It's only been three minutes after the start of the game but everyone
is fired up, resulting in a high-paced play and takes a toll on
Kuroko's weak body. When Riko calls a time-out, Kuroko tells the team
about his technique's weakness. He won't be able to use Misdirection
after 40 minutes. The more he uses it, the more their opponents get used
to it and its effect gradually decreases. Riko is enraged the Kuroko
didn't say something that important sooner while putting him in a
headlock. He apologizes and that they didn't ask he didn't tell.[28]
After the time-out, Kaijō puts an 8-point gap between Seirin. But
during the second half, Kuroko coordinates with Kagami, passing the
ball between the two of them. In defense, Kuroko suddenly faces Kise.
Short on speed, Kuroko is easily passed by Kise but when he is stalled
by Kagami, Kuroko lunges backwards and taps Kise's ball, stealing it.
Later, Kise tries to shoot over Kuroko, but is blocked by Kagami. Then,
Kise accidentally hit Kuroko in the head, resulting in an injury. Kise
is stunned by what happened, and could only stare at Kuroko's face. With
Kuroko resting, the original Seirin team show their skills. Even though
he is injured, Kuroko manages to convince Riko to let him play sometime
during the third quarter.[29]
With Kuroko back in the game at his full Misdirection level,
Seirin manages to close in on Kaijō with a tie. However, Kise powers up
again, gets around Kuroko's steal and scores points for Kaijō. The
struggle for points begins again and with mere seconds remaining, Kagami
blocks Kasamatsu's
shot and goes for a fast-break with Kuroko. They are awaited by Kise
under the basket. Kagami passes to Kuroko and he throws it up for the
alley-oop, winning the match.[30]
After the game, since they have no money and the team wanted to
go eat something as a celebration, Riko takes them all to a restaurant
that serves 4kg steak for free which has to be finished in 30 minutes or
else they'll pay 10,000 yen each if they fail, the Steak Bomber.
Everyone except Kuroko and Kagami thought that this is too much, though
it seems that Kuroko is just expressionless as always since he is the
first one to give up while Kagami saved them all from paying by eating
all of the member's half-eaten steaks.[31]
While everyone was still inside, Kuroko went out and met Kise.
They both go to a playground to talk, leaving behind the team. They talk
about Midorima, who is also a member of the "Generation of Miracles",
with Kise saying that he went to see the practice match. But what Kise
wanted to talk about was why Kuroko disappeared during last year's
middle school championship game. To which Kuroko answers that he doesn't
know either, but what he does know is that he hated basketball during
that time and that he highly respects Kagami's attitude towards
basketball. Kise doesn't get it and says that someday, when Kagami
reaches the level of the "Generation of Miracles", he will drift apart
from the team. When Kagami finds them he argues with Kise. They then
notice that Kuroko is protecting some highschoolers from some thugs in a
basketball court.
Kuroko meets KiyoshiKuroko
first meets Kiyoshi while training in the gym. He shoots, misses and
Kiyoshi picks up his ball. He tells Kuroko that he has seen that all he
can do is pass, but that he likes that style of playing and that he just
lacks experience. Kuroko asks who he is and Kiyoshi gives his name and
offers him candy, to which Kuroko declines. He further introduces
himself as the founder of the Seirin High School basketball club.[32] He spells out his name in separate kanji's, but Kuroko reacts bluntly and uninterested.
As Kuroko asks what he is doing here, Kiyoshi explains that he will
be discharged from the hospital in a week and that he came to take a
look. He then saw a worried Kuroko and says to Kuroko that he has
expectations from him and that he's interesting. He explains why
basketball has different positions and says that the sixth player is a
specialist. He continues by saying that he has never seen such an
extreme specialist as Kuroko, but that the only thing Kuroko has
accomplished so far is intimidation. He asks the ball from Kuroko and
takes a shot himself, while saying that the only one who decides his
limit is Kuroko himself.[33] He concludes that Kuroko should have more faith in his abilities and leaves after that.
Kuroko arrives at Seirin's training a little late and announces that
he brought a dog in a box. He tells them that he found the dog in the
park of Seirin High School and couldn't bear leaving it, so he took it
to practice. Meanwhile, the dog has crawled up Kuroko's head and shaking
his tail. Izuki
looks at the dog more closely and asks if the dog reminds them of
someone and later they realise that the dog resembles Kuroko a lot, so Koga decides to call him Tetsuya #2.[34] Kuroko teases Kagami
When Kagami
confesses his fear for dogs, Kuroko chases him with Tetsuya #2 on
purpose. The club later votes to keep the dog, with only Kagami
opposing. Kuroko sadly asks Kagami if he wants to abandon the doggie a
second time. Riko
tells Kuroko that it'll be difficult to keep him, but Kuroko proposes
that if he can get Kagami to like Tetsuya #2, that they will keep him.[35]
Riko accepts and Kuroko takes Tetsuya #2 along with Seirin's jogging.
Back in the gym, Seirin starts training and when Kuroko makes a
successful invisible pass, Tetsuya #2 barks and seems happy. Kuroko
plays further with Tetsuya #2, only annoying the hell out of Kagami.
Eventually, Tetsuya #2 poops into Kagami's sneakers and an
enraged Kagami washes them outside. Kuroko approaches him and asks him
why he doesn't simply accept Tetsuya #2. He tries to convince Kagami
that #2 is a good dog and that he could just try to pet him. They are
disturbed by Kawahara, who calls Kuroko inside. Kuroko leaves #2 with Kagami and they reconcile.[36]
On the last day of the Winter Camp, Kuroko overhears a conversation between Kiyoshi and Hyūga. Kiyoshi tells Hyūga that the Winter Cup
will be his final tournament and that they will have to be number 1
this year already. Kuroko decides that he will throw away their chances
for the future in order to win this year's Winter Cup.[37]
The training camp is supervised by Riko's father, Kagetora,
who was used to be a national player. He tried to train and enhance
every player individual skills, but told Riko that he give up on Kuroko,
said that even he never meet such an extreme outline special sportman
in his life, but already gave him some suggestions.[38]
It is known later that it is for Kuroko to develop his shooting for
when he has the space after he passes his opponent with his Vanishing
Drive.
Kuroko joins Seirin at the opening ceremony of the Winter Cup. When the ceremony was finished, Kuroko receives a text message on his cellphone. He tells Riko that he has to go, he has been summoned. He tells the team he is going to see his former captain, the leader of the Generation of Miracles, Akashi.[39] Riko sends Furihata along.
Kuroko reunites with his former teammates
Kuroko meets up with his fellow Generation of Miracles and while Aomine
makes fun of him at having a chaperone, Kuroko greets them. They talk
casually to each other but Furihata could feel the air is heavy, and
recalled in spite of being former teammates Kuroko and other Generation
of Miracle members are rivals now in court. Akashi arrives shortly and
greets them all. He demands that Furihata leaves because he wants to
speak with his comrades. Kagami finally arrives and like Furihata, Kuroko is surprised and happy to see him. Akashi attacks Kagami with Midorima's
scissors and Kuroko is seen shocked like everyone else. Akashi leaves
again and says to the rest that it seems they haven't forgotten their
oath they made last year.[40] He departs by saying that the next time they will meet, will be in battle.
Seirin's first match of the Winter Cup is about to begin and Kuroko
fetches Kagami from the locker room. Kuroko looks worried, but Kagami
sets him at ease, saying that he isn't thinking about Akashi, but about
Aomine. When the match begins, Kuroko approaches Aomine. Recalling his
past experiences with Aomine, from their last match, to their friendship
and his promise with Momoi, he declares to Aomine that they will definitely win this time.[41] Aomine agrees to settle it for good. Both teams line up and the match commences.
Kuroko breaks through Aomine
Seirin gets the ball at the tip off, but it gets stolen by Tōō's pressure defense. Sakurai passes to Aomine, who does an alley-oop and scores the first point. Following Riko's orders given before the match, Seirin quickly passes to Kuroko, who pulls up for his Ignite Pass Kai, intending to pass to Kiyoshi.[42]
Facing Aomine, Kuroko doesn't even activate his Misdirection on him,
showing confidence in the strength of his new pass. He puts much power
in his legs, rotates his arm and hits the ball with the palm of his
hand, also spinning. The ball spirals besides Aomine, knocking his hand
away, and eventually reaches Kiyoshi, who receives the ball with effort.
Kiyoshi, after facing Wakamatsu, passes to Kagami and he dunks the ball.
In the audience, the Generation of Miracles amaze themselves over
Kuroko's new pass. Aomine approaches him and says that he has gotten a
bit more interesting. Kuroko responds that if Aomine thought they would
be the same as before, then he would be dissapointed.[43]
Back to the game, Imayoshi gives a high pass to Susa.
Kuroko is guarding him but can't do anything because Susa is much
bigger than Kuroko and because of the high pass, he also can't use his
misdirection and steal it.
The match goes on with Hyūga's Barrier Jumper versus Sakurai's
quick-release shot. Sakurai scores another three-pointer with the time
of the first quarter running out. Kuroko ends up with the ball and shows
his Invisible Drive for the first time in the Winter Cup.[44]
He is able to break through Susa's defense, but encounters Wakamatsu at
the basket. He passes outside to Hyūga and he scores another
three-pointer. Seirin goes out of the first quarter with a tie on the
scoreboard.
Kuroko's Vanishing Drive on Aomine
During the pause, Kuroko tells Riko
that he will do the Vanishing Drive one more time. Riko agrees and
resumes that it's better if they use it now. Meanwhile at Tōō's side, Momoi
figures out the system of the Vanishing Drive and tells the team to
keep Kagami and Kuroko apart. The match restarts and Kagami screens out Susa
and Kuroko runs free. He gets the ball and faces Aomine. They have a
conversation how they both have a mutual understanding of basketball.
Kuroko and Kagami do the Vanishing Drive together and Kuroko seemingly
passes Aomine. But Aomine suddenly turns around and cuts Kuroko off,
defeating his last resort move. He was able to do that by closing his
eyes and trusting on his feeling to follow Kuroko. He steals Kuroko's
ball and dunks. He approaches Kuroko and says that he can't defeat him,
putting Kuroko even more in despair.[45]
In hopelessness, Kuroko tries to defeat Aomine by launching his
new Ignite Pass Kai right off the get-go. He fires the ball, but is
stopped by Aomine. Aomine tells Kuroko that his effort is futile and
over dribbles him. He scores and Tōō takes the lead. At a time-out
called by Riko, she subs him out for Koga. He refuses Furihata's
taping and stays alone with his grief. While thinking about his history
with Aomine, he clenches his fist and is frustrated because he can't
beat him.[46]
As Seirin is about to go back to the game, Kagami goes to Kuroko and
motivates him by saying that everyone believes that he'll come back and
defeat aomine. He tells Kuroko that his effort wasn't futile at all.
Kuroko and Kagami outside the WC building
While Kuroko was on the bench defeated, Kagami became the one who had
to help Kuroko and unleashed his nearly full potential. His true power
came out and he was able to fight with Aomine on the same level.
Eventually, half time is reached with Tōō's two point lead. In the half
time break, Kuroko went outside to get some fresh air and was joined by
Kagami, who brought him a jacket. He asks Kagami if he enjoys basketball
and tells him his past in Teikō Junior High,
how he befriended a totally different Aomine than in the present. He
concludes that he wants to see Aomine play basketball with a smile
again.[47] Kagami says that they'll do that by playing as hard as they can and win the match.
During half-time, in the locker room, Kuroko tells the team his
plan. This is to make his misdirection run out in order for him to use
his Misdirection Overflow. He explains that by making the opponents'
glances focus at him, the other players will have the chance to use
Kuroko's Vanishing Drive.
Kuroko gets back in the game with his Ignite Pass
They go back inside and enter the court for the second half. Kuroko
is back in. Tōō starts with the offense and Aomine ends up with the
ball. He drives past Kagami, but is forcefully stopped by Kuroko, who
predicted his path and was able to make Aomine bump into him, making an
offensive foul. He says that while Aomine knows him well in terms of
basketball, the opposite is also true. He is helped up back on his feet
by Kagami. In Seirin's offense, Kuroko gets the ball, but passes through
to Kagami. It seems that Kuroko got back in to help Kagami is defense
with his experience, but he gets the ball back from Kiyoshi and suddenly fires his Ignite Pass to Hyūga.[48] Hyūga scores a three-pointer and gets Seirin the lead. He later complains about the pass being way too hard.
When Seirin is back in offense, everyone is shocked to find out that Imayoshi
is now guarding Kuroko. Kuroko tries to get to the ball by using his
usual misdirection, but for some reason it doesn't work and Kuroko is
unable to shake off Imayoshi's defense. It was then revealed that Momoi
discovered the trick behind Kuroko's misdirection, that his position is
revealed by the eyefield of the passer. They made it so that Imayoshi
switched with Susa and is now rendering Kuroko disabled.[49] The ball is eventually passed to Kuroko, but Imayoshi manages to steal the ball.
Kuroko vs. Imayoshi
The match progresses and Kuroko still can't manage to shake off
Imayoshi. He has been trying to change Seirin's patterns by passing all
over the place (like during the match with Kirisaki Daīchi), but Imayoshi reads his every move and seals him completely. After a few minutes, Susa
changes back to guard Kuroko. This means that Kuroko's misdirection has
worn off and that everyone can see him clearly now. Now that Kuroko's
abilities are suppressed, Seirin is hopeless in the match.[50]
Imayoshi tries to convince Seirin to give this match up and hope
for next time, but Kuroko and the entire Seirin team disagree. They
become fired up again and regain their fighting spirit to win now. It is
around that moment that Kuroko's misdirection has completely run out
and that his sudden appearance as the tenth man on court begins to dawn.
Kuroko activates his Misdirection Overflow, actually amplifies his presence and makes it able for Izuki to use the Vanishing Drive.[51] Izuki scores.
Misdirection Overflow
On Seirin's next offense, Kuroko does it again and Hyūga does the
Vanishing Drive and makes the lay-up. Kuroko's explanation during
half-time is seen and his technique is explained by Riko. But Misdirection Overflow also has two downsides, as clarified by Midorima.
The first is the limited time of the technique and the second is
throwing away every chance of winning against Tōō in the future. Kuroko
fully realizes this, but puts winning here, for the team and for Kiyoshi
over winning in the future. Seirin gains the ball yet again and even
Aomine can be passes by Kagami's Vanishing Drive by Kuroko's
Misdirection Overflow.[52] Seirin's chances have turned.
In the time-out between the third and the last quarter, Kuroko
seems drained. After Aomine gets his passion back and begins scoring,
Kuroko agrees with Kagami and Kiyoshi to triple-team Aomine. Aomine
still passes Kagami and Kiyoshi and when he's about to be blocked by
Kagami, he falls and throws the ball to the ring in the fall. But before
he can shoot, he is distracted, even for a moment, by Kuroko's
Misdirection Overflow. This leads to the ball bouncing of the rim and
missing. It turns out that Kuroko's new skill was specially designed for
stopping Aomine's shots like this.[53]
Aomine later realizes that he has finally found a competent opponent and thanks Kuroko. Aomine gets in the Zone.
Though Kuroko is extremely fragile, fairly weak and distressingly
slow, Kuroko's talents allow him to play a central role in any team.
Possessing a superbly observant eye in addition to his ability to blend
in invisibly to any environment, Kuroko can perform imperceptible passes
and virtually unstoppable steals, getting the ball to and between his
teammates faster than opponents can react. His near-invisibility makes
him highly susceptible to on-court injuries however. Further, his talent
is not effective indefinitely. If he is left in play too long,
opponents grow used to his misdirection tactics; as such, he must be
placed on the bench at varying points in any match to prevent this.
He mostly plays on the position of small forward, but in recent
chapters his stats list his position as a questionmark. This is because
Kuroko is difficult to place in one of the five set basketball
positions, his role in the team applies to none of those.
Accordingly to his gloomy and silent personality, he is pretty hard
to notice. In addition to that, he has also developed a playing
technique using that "invisibility". He simply behaves as if another
player will get the ball and not him. He pushes the opponents to focuse
their attention to someone else and then steps in unexpectedly. When the
opponent can't see him, it is much easier to steal the ball.
Misdirection is a technique that fools the opponent's senses. This is
how he got his nickname, the "phantom player".[54]
Kuroko uses his misdirection in function of his teammates. He
must make eye-contact with the passer while doing his misdirection and
so the eyefield of the other players becomes a "mirror" for Kuroko's
position. This also marks the key to disabling Kuroko's misdirection.
The player guarding him must simply stop looking at Kuroko, but look at
the passer and derive Kuroko's position from him.[55] So far, the only person capable of doing that is Imayoshi.
Kuroko's Invisible Pass
Following from his misdirection, Kuroko uses himself as a relay for
passes and redirects the ball to another player by just gently touching
it. He receives the ball from another player and immediatly changes its
course to a free player. This pass is very hard to predict and almost
always leads to a basket.
The true form of this pass, according to Midorima, is a tap pass,
which allows Kuroko to change direction of the ball without touching
the ball for a long period. This is the only type of pass that works
well with his misdirection because of minimum contact with the ball.
Kuroko's Ignite Pass
As an extension of his regular pass, Kuroko can also move the ball
even quicker. He only does this if his imperceptible pass can be
intercepted at some point. When he receives the ball, he punches it
directly to a free player. This way, the force behind the pass will
increase greatly and the ball will move much faster. This pass is also
called the Acceleration Pass.
But because this pass is very powerful, only some players can
catch it succesfully, in Junior High school only Generation of Miracles
were capable of receiving this pass. In Seirin, Kuroko only passes this way to Kagami and occasionally to Teppei Kiyoshi.[56]
After their harsh training in Summer, according to Aida Riko all second
years now are capable to receive it however it's painful for them as
Hyuga said. Teppei Kiyoshi also noted when the first time he receive
this pass in street basketball tournament he could receive it but not
continuously.
A new, upgraded version of the Ignite Pass. Instead of just punching
the ball with the palm of his hand, he also puts a strong spin on it. He
spins his arm and wrist round and round and creates a rotation around
the ball. By doing this, like a gunshot, Kuroko puts more acceleration
and power behind the pass by transferring the rotation of his arm to the
ball. The ball is so strong that it can even pass the Generation's ace,
Aomine. He learned this in the winter training camp, under leading of Kagetora.
Kuroko spins and passes the ball across the court
When the opponents score, Kuroko takes the ball, spins very fast and
releases the ball to fly across the whole court. The pass is very fast
and powerful, and flies in a straight line from the start to the end of
the course, which is perfect for fast-break. Someone remarks it as
Ichiro's laser beam (Ichiro is a famous Japanese baseball outfielder).
He first showed this in the game against Shūtoku High, in a fast-break with Kagami against Midorima.[57] In their second match, Kuroko showed his full court pass without spinning first.[58]
After being soundly defeated by Daiki Aomine, Kuroko trains himself
to evolve his play style. Given the absolute presence and importance of
the ball in play, it had been previously thought impossible for Kuroko
to maintain his misdirection while in possession of the ball; as such
the time he spends handling the ball on court is extremely minimal. He
has overcome this previous limitation, and has developed the ability to
imperceptibly move past players while dribbling the ball, creating his
own 'vanishing' drive. The ability is effective enough to pass through
the defenses of Shintarō Midorima, a members of the Generation of Miracles, and can also pass Takao's Hawk's Eye.[59]Kazuya Hara has speculated that Kuroko uses blinking to get passed the defense, but this has been proven wrong.
The real explanation of this skill was given by Midorima, in Seirin's second match against Tōō. The skill is basically a cross-diagonal move (a duck-in)
to where the opponent's eye field can't see. Kuroko bends over in a
specific angle at drives following a specific route, that the opponent
has it very difficult to follow.[60] But the real Vanishing Drive is a collaboration with Kagami.
Similar to Kuroko's misdirection, Kagami draws the attention of the
opponent to him, just for a second, and that makes it possible for
Kuroko to pass his opponent successfully. The only one so far to have beaten the Vanishing Drive, is Aomine.
He countered it and stole the ball by closing his eyes, making Kagami's
misdirection ineffective. He just followed Kuroko's breath and because
of their mutual understanding about basketball, Aomine was able to crush
down the Vanishing Drive.[61]
Misdirection Overflow
A skill Kuroko developed after completing his Vanishing Drive. He
realized that if he can activate his regular misdirection and divert the
attention away from him, that the opposite is also true. This is that
when his misdirection has run out and his presence on the court is
beginning to show. The sudden appearance of a tenth player will attract
the attention of the other players. By deliberately running out of
misdirection, he is giving his teammates the ability of the Vanishing
Drive. The effects are clear: Kuroko has run out of his regular moves,
but his teammates can now use the Vanishing Drive freely.[62][63]
There is however, also a grave downside to the use of this
technique. The first is that it must only be used at the very end of the
match. It's the same with his regular misdirection, he can't keep
fooling the opponents for too long. The second is that while he is using
this ability, he is also showing the secret behind it. In a way, he is
throwing away a very valuable trump card he cannot use against the same
opponent twice. Against a very strong team like Tōō Academy, Seirin can't win again without a trump card, rendering a rematch against them as an inevitable loss.[64]
Because Kuroko won't be such a threat anymore now that the data of his inability to shoot is known amongst the Yōsen High
team. Because of this reason, Kuroko began training on his shot, but
only with failing attempts to score. Kuroko brought Aomine in to train
him and he told him that while normal players pass with the palm of
their hands, Kuroko passes like a normal player shoots, with his
wrist and fingertips. In his shot, he tries to do the same, but a pass
and a shot are totally different, so Kuroko has trouble with gauging the
distance to the hoop.[65]
Because of this, Aomine pushed Kuroko to learn a new shot by
himself, the Phantom Shot. The essence is to use the palm of his hand to
thrust the ball forward, although that will mess up the shooting
posture.[66]
Further more, because of the shooting position, the ball is lower than a
usual shot. Instead of shooting the ball over one's head, the Phantom
Shot releases from the chest. The opponent naturally looks lower because
of the ball's position, so his view is limited. By a fast release,
Kuroko can shoot the ball through the opponents field of vision.[67]
Using the Phantom Shot, Kuroko make the first basket in front of
Murasakibara, the tallest player in all of Japan, thus score the first
point against Yōsen in the whole tournament. Kuroko used his Phantom
Shot in the whole Yōsen match, and Murasakibara could not block any of
them, though Kuroko misses some himself.
The secret to stopping this shot however, is backing off and
keeping distance to Kuroko. That way, the field of vision will not be
limited downwards and the ball is visible. Kasamatsu is the first one to figure this out, after which he successfully closed in on Kuroko and blocked the shot.
Kuroko and Kagami's combination play
A move that Kuroko and Kagami
often execute. One of the opponents tries to pass, but Kuroko
intercepts the ball. He smacks the ball onto the ground in the direction
of the basket. Kagami jumps high in the sky, grabs the ball and dunks
it in. They have first showed this in the match against Shinkyō Academy[68] and did it again in the game against Seihō High.[69]
Kuroko and Kagami
Kuroko and Kagami are best friends. They met when they both joined the Seirin
basketball team and when discovering that their different plays
complement each other perfectly, they make the mutual promise to become
the best in Japan. When playing together, they understand each other
perfectly, which makes them a lethal rookie-duo. Kuroko has described
his friendship to Kagami as shadow and light. With Kagami as the light,
Kuroko will support him as a shadow, and when the light becomes
stronger, the shadow grows as well. They have often won matches due to
their cooperation plays.[70][71]
Not only when playing basketball, but also off court, they are
good friends (though they note that they don't talk to each other much
outside of basketball). They often hang out together at school, with
Kuroko acting his usual self, often with a comically enraged Kagami as a
response. They understand each other and can motivate, calm down and
share feelings with one another. Kagami is also one of the reasons
Kuroko was able to turn his back to the GoM's way of playing.
Kuroko and Aomine at Teikō
Aomine was Kuroko's best friend and "light" back at Teikō Junior High School.
Aomine was starter at first, when Kuroko was still third stringer. That
didn't matter to Aomine, because he saw the same amount of basketball
passion in Kuroko that he has. They practiced together after training
and quickly became friends to the point where Aomine calls Kuroko Tetsu.
When Kuroko was promoted to playing with the starters, his play was
very in sync with Aomine.
Aomine once stated that the two have very little in common but that basketball is what brings their friendship together. Midorima
once said their way of play is so compatible to the point of annoyance.
Outside of the court they would hangout and grab ice cream together
after practices or games.
The Kuroko-Aomine relationship that pretty much mimes the Kuroko-Kagami relationship
Over time Aomine changed: he became stronger and eventually lost his
passion for basketball because he was too strong for his opponents and
winning was no longer fun. Kuroko tried convince him that Aomine would
eventually find a formidable opponent, but during the championships
Aomine dominated the competition once again and deemed that he can beat
himself as everyone else sucked. From then on the two grew more distance
between them as they were no longer friends and Kuroko quit Teiko
basketball.
When the two were first brought together, Aomine still showed the
same attitude he had at the end of his Junior High school days. It was
shown that Aomine expressed indifference when Midorima pointed out
Kuroko would face him during the Inter-high championships. During the
game Aomine overslept and didn't show up till the second quarter, though
during the second half of the game Aomine completely destroyed Seirin
stopping Kuroko including his ignite pass, misdirections among others.
Aomine approches Kuroko at one point during the match and proclaim that
he is disappointed in Kuroko because hasn't improved much since playing
at Teiko and mentions that his current basketball abilities wouldn't
beat him, also bringing up Akashi's prediction that Kuroko's style
wouldn't bring winning basketball.
Kuroko and Aomine reconcile
Kuroko and Aomine have met up a few times between the interhigh championships and Winter Cup,
as each time their talks would heat up and challenges would be made.
During their match in round 1 of the Winter Cup Touou still towered over
Seirin, but Seirin gradually got better and better over the course of
the match. At one point during the match, Kuroko used his Vanishing
Drive against Aomine it first worked but Aomine was able to stop it
after seeing it a few times. He also eventually stole his Ignite Pass
Kai pass, crushing his will completely. The match would then turn into a
matchup between Kagami and Aomine as the two now were pretty evenly
matched. Unexpectedly, Kuroko comes back into the match and uses his
Misdirection Overflow helping Seirin score a few points. Eventually
Kuroko also forces Aomine to miss a basket. At the peak of his
excitement and gratitude toward Kuroko, Aomine goes into "The Zone", the
pinancle state of concentration that only few chosen athlete can
achieve takes control of the match. Kagami then follows suit and enters
"Zone" as well and during the last seconds, as he and Aomine are stuck
in a stalemate until Kagami finally gains the upper hand and eventually
win against Aomine. He and Kuroko bump fists once again and promise to
compete again. Because of the tough match, Aomine regained his passion
and enjoyment and sees Kuroko as his friend once again. Aomine even
agreed to help Kuroko develop his Phantom Shot.
Kuroko and Kise
Back in Teikō,
Kuroko was Kise's personal instructor before he made it as a regular in
the first string. Kuroko, as personal instructor of Kise, didn't take
his display of disrespect seriously, even when Kise challenged him for a
spot as Teikō's regular. Kuroko respected Kise's enthusiasm and taught
him that, "What's the most important for the team is to think what you
should do for the team."
Kise witnessed Kuroko's skill as phantom player afterwards and
found respect for him, in his opinion Kuroko's way of play is some sort
of sacrifice for team's sake and yet Kuroko doesn't see it as a
sacrifice which, for him, makes Kuroko even more amazing.[72]
Kuroko became one of few people Kise acknowledges and since then he has
called Kuroko as 'Kurokocchi'. Since then, whenever they meet, Kise
acts overly friendly and sees him and Kuroko as best friends, a relation
Kuroko denies. In the Character Bible, he even goes as far as to say
that Kuroko was the person he was closest to in Junior High school
(although Kuroko said that he himself was closest to Aomine). Since
their first match together, Kise has admired Kuroko to the point of
obsession. He always tries to bring up Kuroko in conversations and tries
to be together with him as much as possible, especially in the anime's
ending omakes.
Kuroko always expresses apathy towards Kise's antics but will
chide him if he is getting out of line. Kuroko respects Kise as
basketball player and has faith in his skill, and even goes as far as
telling Kise he wouldn't be surprised if either Aomine and Kise would
come out as the winner in the match between Tōō and Kaijō.[73]
An encouragement Kise was grateful for. It was later revealed in the
semi-finals of the Winter Cup that Kuroko had always felt a one-sided
rivalry with Kise, because even though he was Kuroko's first trainee, he
had quickly surpassed him. Kise was happy when he heard this, stating,
"That isn't just a compliment... That kind of stuff really sets me on
fire!"
Momoi's clingy attitude towards Kuroko
Kuroko and Momoi are friends from Junior High school. At first, Momoi
didn't think much of him, due to his size and lack of presence off the
court. However, after seeing him practice and prove his worth on and off
the court, her opinion changed and became amazed at his determination.
She occasionally became surprised and even flustered everytime he
surprised her with his presense, which made her wonder why she was so
flustered around him and began to wonder if it was cause she developed
feelings for him. Because of Momoi's naivety, she fell in love with him
after Kuroko gave her free ice-cream.[74]In
the -Replace- novel, it is revealed that he once challenged to take on
five high schoolers in a basketball match by himself because they were
harrassing Momoi, later causing her to fall more deeply in love with
him. Being the manager of the basketball team, Momoi grew closer to an
oblivious Kuroko and made advances; these have been as of yet unanswered
by Kuroko, who on his part seems to be oblivious.
Momoi actually sees herself as Kuroko's girlfriend, while Kuroko
keeps denying this. They have gone on a date before, but while Momoi
sees it romantically, Kuroko only precepts it as friendly. Regardless,
he cares for her very much and is very kind to her, defends her, and at
times grows angry on her behalf. Due to his natural feeling of dealing
with women, Kuroko can comfort Momoi and knows how to act on dates; this
allows him to be able to cheer up Momoi quite easily. Such was when
Aomine said very harsh things to her, a tearful Momoi ran to Kuroko and
told him what happened, to which he managed to cheer her up stating
Aomine was just angry and didn't really mean it and told her everything
would be alright, to which she was grateful.
Kuroko and Midorima
Just like the other members of the Generation of Miracles,
Kuroko and Midorima acknowledge and respect each other's skill. Kuroko
admitted that he has a hard time getting along with Midorima, a
sentiment Midorima shared partly because of their supposedly
incompatible blood types. Midorima also did not like Kuroko's choice of
high school, saying he could not stand the fact that he acknowledges
Kuroko, who in spite of his lacking physicality is skilled enough to
stand as his equal, and yet he went to a new and unknown team who could
not utilize his power to the fullest.[75]
Midorima has so far shown good understanding of the theories behind
Kuroko's skill, the opposite of Aomine whose understanding of Kuroko is
by instinct and their former partnership.
Kuroko once bluntly stated Midorima is so smart but sometimes he
is dumb when arguing over the best basketball technique with Kise. In
Kuroko's opinion his three-pointer is amazing but the worth of points
only goes so far, and that Kagami's dunk that bring up team's morale
can't be measured in comparison.
Atsushi Murasakibara:
Although Kuroko likes Murasakibara as a person, Kuroko and Murasakibara
don't get along well because of Murasakibara's lack of passion for
basketball. This is why, in spite of mutual respect to each other's
skill, they couldn't get along when it comes to basketball. Outside of
basketball, Kuroko describes Murasakibara as "a kid with a screw loose."
As for Murasakibara, Kuroko's seriousness irritates him, but he does
acknowledge him in some way like other Generation of Miracle members.
Murasakibara also often makes fun of and teases Kuroko by petting him on
the head, something that visibly annoys Kuroko.[76]
Aomine once pointed out that the way they view basketball is too
different: Murasakibara has been winning with only talent and no
passion, while Kuroko has struggled to get where he was with effort but
no talent. Kuroko dislike Murasakibara's bad habit of discouraging who
tried their best to play basketball, this repeatedly sparks argument
between them back in Junior High school.
Seijūrō Akashi:
Kuroko and Akashi's relationship hasn't been fully revealed yet, though
it was mentioned that Akashi was the one who discovered Kuroko's talent
and the one who taught him basketball techniques and helped strengthen
his misdirections. Akashi is also the one who promoted Kuroko from the
third string to Teikō's regulars.[77]
Like his former teammates, Kuroko respects, but also fears Akashi. It
was shown in the beginning of the Winter Cup that Kuroko obeyed Akashi's
summon without question.
In the novel 'Replace', Kuroko mentioned "if Akashi was a teacher, it
would make lessons very easy to understand." This likely refers to
their time back at Teiko when Akashi was Kuroko's personal instructor.
Kuroko is highly respectful (in his own deadpan way) of his seniors
and friendly with the other first-years. He is quite close to Teppei Kiyoshi, who he sees as the big brother he never had. He does, however, slightly fear the coach Riko Aida, like the rest of the team for her deadly cooking skills and the constant wrestling moves she performs on him when angry.
Kazunari Takao,
during the Shutoku vs Seirin match at Interhigh, Takao expressed his
dislike towards Kuroko due to how similar their playing styles are and
sees him as a rival.[78] Despite this, he is often paired with Kuroko and hides with him to spy on conversations between Kagami and Midorima.[79]
Makoto Hanamiya,
Hanamiya has earned Kuroko's wrath due to his sadistic nature and joy
of injuring players who play basketball with passion. Hanamiya enjoyed
taunting Kuroko, but Kuroko's basketball passion eventually silenced
Hanamiya.[80]
Papa Mbaye Siki,
Kuroko was often irritated being called a kid by Papa. Papa had the
impression that the Generation of Miracles weren't such a big deal and
Kuroko proved him wrong.[81]
"I am a supporting actor, a shadow. But a shadow will become
darker if the light is stronger and it will make the white of the light
stand out. As the shadow of the main actor, I will make you, the light,
the number one in Japan."[82]
"When you come to hate something you liked, it is incredibly painful."[83] (to Taiga Kagami)
"But there's no meaning if you win alone! You said you
wanted to defeat the Generation of Miracles - but you think just like
them! And even if we defeat Shūtoku "your way", no one will be happy!
(...) In that case, what's "victory"? Even if you have a higher score
than your opponent when the final whistle blows... If there's no one
happy, is it "victory"?"[84] (lecturing Taiga Kagami)
"… Stop messing around. I chose to fight because I believed the basketball of Generation of Miracles
was wrong. But they would never do anything as dirty as what you've
done… !! Using such methods, don't you dare ruin our- our senpai's-
everyone's dreams!!"[85] (to Makoto Hanamiya)
Kuroko's early concept from Kuroko no Basuke one-shotKuroko's earliest concept as seen in Characters BibleCharacters Bible, "What IF Kuroko was a kindergarden teacher!?"In the original datebook, Characters Bible,
an early character concept of Kuroko is seen. Not much of his
appearance has changed, though he does seem less gloomy and invisible
than the finished concept.
On the first character poll, Kuroko ranked first, with 2625 votes. He won again on the second poll, this time with 2242 votes.
His name, Kuroko, is an actual Japanese term. It stands for "stagehands" in Japanese theater.[87]
The stagehands are the roles of animals, puppets, objects,...
fullfilled by the hands of a regular actor. But only his hands are seen,
the actor himself is supposed to be "invisible". This is a clear
reference to Kuroko's playing style.
The kanji 黒 (Kuro) in his name means black, hinting to him being a "shadow".
Punching the ball with your fist is a violation of the rules.
Because Kuroko did this to accelerate the ball, when the volume 4 was
published, this was changed to his palm instead of his fist. The second
time he did a Ignite Pass, it was shown with the palm of his hand.[88] His Ignite Pass Kai is also with the palm of his hand.
In school, his best courses are humanities: history and geography.[89]
If following the Japanese school year (in which school begins
and ends in April), then Kuroko would be the youngest of the Generation
of Miracles (Kise would be the eldest).
Most characters call him Kuroko, which is his surname, sometimes with suffix -kun. There are few exceptions: Kise (Kurokocchi), Murasakibara (Kuro-chin), Aomine (Tetsu), Momoi (Tetsu-kun) and Akashi (Tetsuya).
Kuroko is a member of the school's Library Committee.[90]
According to the Character Bible, Kuroko's type of girl who is
gentle. If Kuroko had an alternate job it would be a kindergarden
teacher. His favourite food is vanilla shake and he is quite skilled in
basic handicrafts. His motto is "Once-in-a-lifetime encounter".[91]
Kuroko can use his Misdirection for entertainment, for example disappearing during a magic trick.[92]
His bedhair has shocked a number of characters, often
accompanied by a "Comb your hair!" from one of his teammates. There have
also been Super Saiyan jokes about his bedhead.
Kuroko lives with his father, his mother and his grandmother.
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