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Kainan High
Kainan High
Region Kanagawa
Captain Shinichi Maki
Vice-captain Kazuma Takasago
Coach Riki Takato
Jersey color Purple Golden
Record
2nd, National Tournament

Final Four, National Tournament (previous year)

Kainan University Affiliated High School basketball team has qualified for the National High School Tournament for 17 straight years and are known as the "Kings of Kanagawa." Kainan lost in the semifinals in the previous National Tournament against the defending champion Sannoh by 30 points. At the end of the manga they finished as #2 in the National Tournament, losing the final match to a team not named or shown in the manga, as the author Takehiko Inoue answered in an interview.[1]

Kainan's starting players are Shinichi Maki, Soichiro Jin, Kiyota Nobunaga, Kazuma Takasago, and Tadashi Muto. Their coach is Riki Takato.

Offensive and Defensive style[]

The entire team is composed of well trained versatile players with incredible stamina and cohesive team defense.

Without a doubt the team's success is reliant on how far Maki can take them. He has Magic Johnson like abilities, he can play center if needed but has the dribbling and passing ability of an elite point guard. He's one of the best at attacking the rim and breaking down the opponent's defense which creates good scoring opportunities for his teammates. If

Maki is guarded well the ball will primarily go t

long-range shooter and Kanagawa's leading scorer Jin who has a very accurate soht when left open. The short but athletic Kiyota is also capable of attacking the basket even as to dunk over Uozumi.

Weakness[]

Kainan doesn't have a Center that is on par with Akagi, Uozumi or Hanagata. Since the team is composed of elite players, this has not been a major problem. However the team's average length could be considered small. Both forwards aren't taller than 185cm. Kiyota might be able to jump very high, but he will still be easier to guard than a 185+ cm guy.

The center isn't very special and the forwards aren't very good scorers. Jin is a great shooter but not the type that can create his own shot. He's only able to do open 3-point shots but will have a hard time as soon as a capable on-ball defender in Sakuragi is put into him. He was blocked numerous times and completely taken out of the game.

The offense lives and dies with Maki. The team varies depending on his performance. When he's guarded very well the rest of the team isn't really able to create chances which was evident in their game vs Shohoku. It is when Anzai decided to use four players to guard the strong Maki and tasked Sakuragi to guard Jin which completely nullified Kainain's offense.

Training style[]

Although the players aren't known for their talent, they are very capable by the hard training regimen they have gone through. What they lack in talent they compensate with physical power. They have been trained on the physical shape very well, which you can clearly see in the district finals. Ryonan is trained as well but Kainan was physically stronger.

Matches[]

  • Kainan Vs Shoyo High School ?-? (Kainan won)
  • Kainan Vs Takezono 150-78
  • Kainan Vs Takezato 98-51
  • Kainan Vs Shohoku 90 - 88
  • Kainan Vs Ryonan  89 - 83
  • Kainan Vs Sannoh 83-113
  • Kainan vs Bakyusei 104 – 49

Characters[]

Team[]

Shinichi Maki
MakiT

#4 // PG


Soichiro Jin
JinT

#6 // SG



Tadashi Muto
MutoT

#9 // F


Nobunaga Kiyota
KiyotaT

#10 // SF




Stats[]

Offense
 
9/10 [[File:|135px]]
Defense
 
9/10
Bench Strength
 
9/10
Height
 
6/10
Teamwork
 
8/10

Trivia[]

  • Their team is likely to be based on the Los Angeles Lakers, because of the team colors purple and gold and the similarities of the logos, and also the tendency to pick powerful big men.
  • Jin with 30.3 points per game is the district games top scorer of Kanagawa
  • Maki is most likely based on "Magic Johnson"
  • Kainan has been playing in the IH games for 17 years
  • Maki and Miyamasu appeared in the author's previous work Chameleon Jail (whose main character is similar to Sendoh Akira) as Long (Goldman) and Wan. Maki's character was a Chinese Mafia son who wanted to be a Hollywood Comedian/ actor. Wan was Maki's character's co-waiter in a Chinese restaurant.
  • Although not shown fully, they can be briefly seen in a scene of The First Slam Dunk

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