Slam dunk sakuragi hanamichi shohoku high 3. Shouhoku saidai no kiki. This basketball team is the focus of slam dunk. Suramu danku is a japanese manga series written and illustrated by takehiko inoue about a basketball team from shohoku high school in the shonan area. Contentsshow trivia shohoku high school is likely to be based on the chicago bulls because of the team colors red and black and the similarities of the logos.
At the beginning of the series sakuragi was a slacker good for nothing but fighting delinquent and leader of the feared sakuragi legion hanamichis army in the english dub consisting of his four friends mito noma ohkusu and takamiya. Slam dunk hanamichi sakuragi infamous for this temper massive height and fire red hair enrolls in shohoku high hoping to finally get a girlfriend and break his record of being rejected 50 consecutive times in middle school. The story begins with a juvenile delinquent a red head named hanamichi sakuragi who enters shohoku high school still in pain over having been dumped by over fifty girls. After losing the titanic match against kainan high team shohoku and a newly shaven hanamichi sakuragi are challenged to an exhibition match by virtual basketball unknowns ryoukufu high.
Shohoku is behind by 15 but rukawa makes two shots to put them back on track. Hanamichi sakuragi sakuragi hanamichi is the main protagonist of the series. His and rukawas efforts bring shohoku to within five of kainan with 130 to go in the first half. Hanamichi sakuragi an entering freshman at shohoku high holds a record for being rejected by 50 girls during middle school.
Ever since the last girl turned him down for a guy on the basketball. Hanamichi tries to make up for akagis absence. Coach anzai sees this as an opportunity for shohoku to regain their confidence.