Kuroko Tetsuya

Name:

Kuroko Tetsuya

Age:

16

Birthday:

January 31

Zodiac sign:

Aquarius

Height and weight

168 centimeters (5' 6"); 57 kg (126 lbs.)

Basketball skills:

Redirection Hurricane pass cyclone Explosive pass Invisible bypass Explosive pass 2 Invisibility Reverse invisibility Phantom Throw Emperor's Eye Variation

Basketball team name:

Seirin

Teammates:

°Kagami Taiga °Jumpei Hyuga °Shun Izuki °Rinnosuke Mitobe °Shinji Koganei °Koki Furihata °Satoshi Tsuchida °Koichi Kawahara °Hiroshi Fukuda °Teppei Kiyoshi °Rico Aida is a coach and manager

Friends:

°Midorima Shintaro °Aomine Daiki °Kise Ryota °Akashi Seijuro °Murasakibara Atsuhi °Kagami Taiga °Satsuki Momoi

Appearance:

Kuroko is short, not very athletic, and completely invisible, which he often uses in the game to intercept balls unexpectedly and pass unpredictable passes to his opponents. Kuroko has sky blue hair and protective blue eyes. His skin is rather pale. At games, he wears a white-red-and-black Seirin uniform with the number 11. He can also often be spotted wearing black wristbands on his arms. His basketball sneakers are white with a blue stripe. When he is not practicing or participating in matches, he wears his school uniform: a standard Japanese gakuran. A black jacket with a collar up to his chin with blue lines on the sleeves and a vertical one in the middle and black pants. At times his hair is in disarray after sleeping, which is accompanied by the exclamation of his comrades, "Comb your hair!"

Personality:

Kuroko is an unflappable and straightforward person. He is a very hard worker and always puts the needs of the team before his own. He is rather dark and inconspicuous, which goes well with his ability to distract. He also shows great respect towards players with a passion for basketball, and believes that while sampai are proud, kohai are respected. Although Kuroko's nature is initially kind, he can also get very angry, such as in a game against Kirisaki Daiichi's team, whose players resorted to stealthy rule-breaking, injuring their opponents. Off the basketball court, despite his inconspicuousness, Kuroko is quite successful with the girls. Kagami, Aomine, and Kise are always surprised to see how easily Kuroko can cheer Momoi up. He knows very well how to behave on a date. There was a moment when Kuroko even admonished Kagami about the need to behave more delicately with girls. He can become conspicuous, and does so by pulling his jacket over his head, thus causing people to unknowingly look at him and laugh. There are times when he uses his distraction ability to run away, or when he is late for a game but pretends he was always there from the start. He has a weakness for cute animals. Kuroko even once brought a found puppy to the club, who was later named Tetsuya No. 2 because of the similarity of his piercing blue eyes to Kuroko's own.

Hobby:

Reading and observing people

Dislikes:

Coca-Cola simply because he can't drink carbonated beverages

Special skill:

Performing simple magic tricks

Favorite food and drink:

Vanilla shake

Type of girls he likes:

Polite and kind

Motto:

"One opportunity, one meeting"

What he does on the weekend:

Going to the library. Reading is his second hobby after basketball.

Etymology of the name:

According to kanji analysis, his surname (黒 "kuro" and 子 "ko") literally means "dark child" (or "person in the background"). In Japan, it is the name given to theater assistant prompters, and in Kabuki theater, to black-clad assistants who remove various props from the stage. In mythology, "Kuroko" means "black fox" - a black-colored kitsune. Also, the first kanji 黒 "kuro" means "black", indicating the "shadow" role he plays. His name (テツヤ "Tetsuya") is written in katakana, and means nothing. However, if you write the name "Tetsuya" in hieroglyphics (哲也), you get the meaning of "philosophy", "having wisdom", or "distinguished in insight".

Other important details:

He started playing basketball after watching games on TV, he found it very interesting. The player who is closest to him from the Generation of Miracles is Aomine, and the least is Midorima. He calls the school festival his most vivid memory from Middle School. At this point in Seirin, he gets along best with Kagami. He calls Aomine his former partner and Kagami his present partner. Kise he considers a friend and Murasakibara a friend with a question mark. Momoi he calls his girlfriend, but also question mark. And Midorima considers Midorima a person who is hard to communicate with. The word Kuroko likes to add at the end of phrases is "desu". His original opposing player is Ogiwara. He is also his friend and first basketball teacher. Kuroko lives with his parents and grandmother. His best school subject is classical and modern Japanese. He inherited his mother's looks and his "invisibility," while he took after his father in character. At school, his most successful subjects were history and geography. Kuroko is a member of the school's Literature Club.

Habit:

Wear or adjust the black wristband before the game starts. This wristband was worn by his friend Ogiwara during middle school.

Favorite movie:

Stay with me

Favorite basketball player:

Kobe Bryant

How he is addressed:

Ryota Kise is "Kuroko-chi", Atsushi Murasakibara is "Kuro-chin", Daiki Aomine is "Tetsu", Satsuki Momoi is "Tetsu-kun", and Seijuro Akashi is simply "Tetsuya".

Student ID number:

102153

Ability Indicators:

Physical abilities:3/10 Technique:5/10 Endurance:5/10 Mental strength:10/10 Special Ability:10/10