Name Kazunari Takao Kanji 高尾 和成 Vital Statistics Gender Male Age 16 Height 176 cm (5 9) Weight 65 kg (143 lbs) Birthday November 21, Scorpio Blood type O Professional Statistics Team Shūtoku Position Point Guard Talent Hawk Eye First Appearance Manga Chapter 10 Anime Episode 4 Seiyū Vomic Hitoshi Yanai Anime Tatsuhisa Suzuki Appearance Takao has long, straight black hair. In front, his hair is kept stroked backwards, with occasionally a few hairs falling down to his eyes. As seen during the training camp, he sometimes keeps his hair out of his eyes by using a hair band.[1] His eyes are also very narrow, and are a silvery blue in color, though in some colored pages of the manga and in the PSP game, his eyes are colored a deep amber. Sometimes, he is seen with a wide smirk on his face, and he frequently teases Midorima, who he calls Shin-chan. In game, he wears the number 10. Personality Takao is very easy-going. He enjoys playing basketball and isnt focused on winning or crushing the opponent that much. He is very positive and always tries to persuade Midorima into doing fun stuff. He can get along with anyone, even with Seirin, their rivals. He has also displayed admiration towards Kasamatsu, looking up to him as a fellow-point guard.[2] Story Introduction Takao declares his resolve to Midorima At the first training, Takao sees Midorima as his enemy and is surprised, for Midorima is the one he wanted to defeat to get revenge for Junior High school. He decided that he would not try to compete with him, but rather make him acknowledge him. He explains this to Midorima when they stay late for extra practice. He declares that he will train more and harder than Midorima and that he will send a roaring pass towards Shin-chan one day.[3] Midorima tells Takao not to call him Shin-chan, but Takao ignores this. Seirin vs KaijōEdit Takao arrives on the bicycle During Seirins match against Kaijō, Takao and Midorima went to watch. They traveled with their usual rickshaw, driven by Takao. Takao doubts the worth in seeing the match, but Midorima hurries him up.[4] Midorima then leaves Takao in a traffic jam and they meet back up when Seirins match is already over. Interhigh preliminaries At the Interhigh preliminaries first round, Takao and Midorima went to watch Seirins game vs Shinkyō Academy. He questions Midorimas explanation that he only wanted to see Shinkyōs foreign exchange student and thinks that its to see Kuroko[5], though Midorima denies this. Takao is seen at the 4th round with Shūtoku High, playing against Kinka High. Before the match, Kagami approaches Midorima. Takao joins in and tells Kagami Seirins scores in the final leagues last year, devastating results. When Kuroko also talks to Midorima, Takao swings his arm around him formally. He tells Kuroko that Midorima actually does take interest in them.[6] They are called back by a teammate. In the match itself, Takao plays as a starter. He drives inside, goes to the basket, but passes at the last instant to Ōtsubo, who dunks it in. He and his team later win the match. Pre-Winter Cup He is seen preparing for the Winter Cup and practicing intensely with Shūtoku High. It is seen that he foiled Miyajis defense and passing to Midorima, who shoots and scores.[7] Winter Cup Takao watching Seirin vs Tōō Along with Shūtoku, he went to the Winter Cup and is seen watching Seirins match against Tōō. When Kagami avoids battle with Aomine, Takao discusses the decision with Midorima. Midorima asks if Takao notices Kagamis high-level tactical battle and Takao confirmed he did.[8] Midorima and Takao later analyse Kurokos Vanishing Drive and Misdirection Overflow.[9] He and Midorima are seen watching the major Seirin matches and won their own matches easily. Semi-finalsEdit Shūtoku High faces off against Rakuzan High in the semi-finals. Before the match, Takao is told by the coach that he will be guarding Akashi, which frightens Takao. When the teams enter the gym, Takao comments that for such a strong team, they look quite normal. Miyaji says that theyre totally weird, because the first year Akashi is a respected captain in a team with Uncrowned Kings. Takao guards Akashi The match starts and Takao gets the ball right after the tip-off. He fakes a drive and passes it to Midorima, who scores a half-court shot. Midorima goes on by shooting threes and nearing the end of the first quarter, Akashi dribbles upcourt and sees Takao guarding him. Takao anticipates the worst and focuses. Akashi makes a quick move to the left, but stops and passes the ball inside for Nebuya to score. Takao acknowledges Akashis PG skills and thinks its weird that its not as outstanding as he thought.[10] After the time-out, Takao sees that Midorima is being double-teamed. He expected this and simply passes to Miyaji, who does a cross-over, passes to Ōtsubo, who then scores. When Hayama shows his true colors, Takao is amazed by his dribbling. Shūtoku enters half-time with a tie at 39 – 39. Takao falls before Akashi When the second half starts, Midorima is up against Akashi. Using his Emperor Eye, Akashi steals the ball and goes into a fast break. Takao is faster and defends, saying that he wont let him pass. Akashi responds that there is no need for that, that Takao will make way. Akashi does a crossover and Takao falls for it, quite literally.[11] As Takao is on the floor, Akashi makes the shot. Rakuzan dominates the game and Akashi easily steals the ball from Midorima and ankle breaks Kimura, Miyaji and Midorima. Takao and Midorima are desperate, but their upperclassmen motivate them by saying that the game isnt over yet. They agree that they truly enjoy playing basketball with each other and return to the game with a newly found motivation.[12] Midorima decides to make the gamble and to try their new technique. He pulls up for a shot while the ball is still with Takao. As he is in his shooting motion, Takao fires a pass into Midorimas hands and Midorima makes the three-pointer. This unbelievable technique is effective against Akashi and Izuki praises Takaos accuracy. They repeat this during a fast break immediately after. Hyūga compares Takao-Midorima as Shūtokus own light and shadow.[13] After this, Midorima and Takao double team against Akashi, but Akashi, instead, throws the basketball into his own hoop, shocking Takao and everybody else. Akashi then proceeds to scold his team members for relaxing and slacking off in the match. Akashi then says that if they were to lose, he would quit the club and gouge out both his eyes and give it to them, Takao realizes that from Akashis team members reactions, he was quite likely to stick to his word.[14] Takaos pass is stopped The Rakuzan players look more serious after Akashis words and the fierce battle ensues, with Rakuzan managing to score another goal. Akashi tells Midorima that the match has already ended and from now on, Midorima would not even be able to touch the ball, shocking the Shūtoku players. As Takao tries to pass to Midorima, he is stopped by two players. However, Takao comments that if he were that easily stopped, he wouldnt have become Shin-chans partner. Takao warns them not to look down on them and dribbles through the two players before passing the ball to the already in position Midorima. Takaos pass is suddenly stopped by Akashi, who coldly tells him that he is absolute, startling Takao and Midorima. With that swift steal, Rakuzan rapidly scores another goal. Akashi explains that even without the Emperor Eye, it was already easy to tell the pass course and timing and all he needed to do was to move one step faster than Takao.[15] Takao is still startled by this, thinking that he had already grasped Akashis speed in the first-half with his Hawk Eye to know that Akashi would not have reached him in time, but swiftly realizes that Akashi had purposely lowered his speed subtly in the first-half, to the point in which even Midorima did not notice. Takao is desperate and upset that everything up to now was actually part of Akashis plan. Mibuchi gets the ball and appears to try to shoot a three-pointer and Takao desperately tries to stop him, only to realize that it was a fake, allowing Mibuchi to score a three-pointer while being fouled.[16] Mibuchi then tells him that he was quite greedy and grins. Rakuzan scores a few more times before Akashi finally gets the ball and, despite Midorimaras desperate attempts to stop him, effortlessly scores and secures their victory, winning by 16 points. Takaos tears The match ends and both teams line up to thank each other for the match. As they exit, Takao asks Midorima if he is heart-broken and apologizes, stating that he was unable to cheer him up now. Midorima quietly replies I should think so, and it is revealed that Takao is crying silently, having held back his tears until the team had exited. Midorima admits Me too and tears fall from his face, commenting that it was really frustrating, losing.[17] Later, after Seirins semi-finals against Kaijō, Kagami runs into Midorima, with Kuroko observing from a distance. Looking for Midorima, Takao surprises Kuroko. He tries to make some small talk, but is not in the mood and simply wishes Kuroko good luck in the finals and calls Midorima. They then leave the scene.[18] Skill Physical Ability 8/10 Technique 6/10 Stamina 6/10 Mental Strength 8/10 Special Ability 8/10 Takaos fast, evolved dribble 2 of 2Add photo Takao is a very skilled basketball player, as he is a regular with Shūtoku. As a point guard, he is very skilled in dribbling and passing. As seen in the game against Seirin, he can change directions very quickly and pass a player like Izuki with ease. He can also pass to another player behind his back with without looking.[19] A chart of his skills were included with his profile in the databook Characters Bible. He is an overall elite player, only scoring 6 on technique and stamina. Hawk Eye Takaos Hawk Eye vision 2 of 3Add photo Just like Shun Izuki, Takao can see the court from a different perspective. This way, he can determine the position of the players immediately. But other than Izukis Eagle Eye, Takao possesses a much wider range. With his Hawk Eye, he can see the entire court (Eagles Eye can see just a smaller portion of the court). That makes it Kurokos problem, because even if he uses his misdirection, Takao can still see him. The only way to defeat the Hawk Eye, is by purposely fixing that attention to yourself, so that Takao is again focused on Kuroko and his vision is smaller. After that, Kuroko can easily make himself invisible again and escape the Hawk Eye. Cooperation with Midorima Midorimas shooting movement goes on and Takao prepares for the pass 2 of 3Add photo Midorima and Takao have recently developed a play that uses Midorimas shooting abilities and Takaos accurate and fast passes. This technique consists of Midorima shooting without the ball and Takao launching a pass towards Midorimas hands, who receives it in the shooting motion and shoots it. If the pass goes through and the shot is untouched, this play is almost impossible to stop, especially with Midorimas shooting and Takaos passing. This play is a huge gamble though, something Midorima had to overcome by trusting his teammates greatly.[20] Takao and Midorima made this play to counter Akashis Emperor Eye, since the height difference leads to Akashi simply not being able to steal the ball because it is out of his reach. The technique is a combination of Midorimas perfect shooting and Takaos perfect passing. The only flaw to this technique is that the ball must come from Midorimas left side, since he is left-handed. This makes the pass somewhat predictable. Relationships Shintarō Midorima Being in the same team, Takao has a natural pull towards Midorima, seeing potential in their relationship both as friends and as basketball partners. It is evident that Takao had become comfortable with Midorima, given that he calls him Shin-chan despite Midorimas protests against the name. They share a close friendship in which they bicker on a regular basis. Takao also enjoys teasing Midorima, much to his annoyance. In the PSP game Kiseki no Shiai, Takao constantly breaks Midorimas lucky items because he cannot help but do so. In the bloopers, he teases Midorima for claiming that he would shoot a million times to stop Kagami and also for saying that he would pass to his teammates (apparently out of character for Midorima) by imitating him. Tetsuya Kuroko During the Shūtoku 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.[21] Despite this, he is often paired with Kuroko and hides with him to spy on conversations between Kagami and Midorima.[22] Quotes I was so frustrated that I continued practicing even after I retired… And then when I entered high school, hell yeah, I laughed. The guy I vowed to defeat no matter what was standing right in front of me as one of my own teammates. But now its pointless to hold a grudge. Rather, I wanted to make you recognize me.[3] (to Midorima after they first met) Trivia On the first character poll, Takao ranked 7th, with 684 votes, then went down to 12th place on the second poll, with 443 votes. He now ranks 3rd with 2,539 votes. The kanji 高 (Taka) in his name means tall, but is a homophone for the word hawk, a clear reference to his ability. According to the CHARACTERS BIBLE: His hobby is trading cards. His specialty is doing back flips. His favourite food is kimchi (a Korean side dish consisting of pickled vegetables). His motto is People who enjoy life are winners. In a light novel story about Midorimas unlucky day, it is shown that Takao has a younger sister and is good with children.
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