Although "Ahiru no Sora" is a story that mainly focuses on the boys' basketball team, the story of the girls' basketball team is also involved in between. The Kuzuryu High School girls' basketball team is also a weak team, just like the boys' basketball team, but they get stronger as the story progresses. In this article, we would like to introduce the members of the Kuzuryu High School girls' basketball team.
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1. Madoka Yabuuchi
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・Position: Small forward
She is the woman Sora admires, and has been a good adviser and understanding person since Sora enrolled and joined the club. In the women's basketball club, she becomes vice captain after a third-year student retires. She admires Sora's mother, Yuka Kurumatani. She didn't seem to be particularly enthusiastic about basketball, but after receiving instruction from Kurumatani Tomohisa and losing to Hyodo Arata from Satomi Nishi High School, she started wanting to become stronger. She had feelings for Momoharu, but he rejected her unilaterally. When she went to a group date to cheer herself up, she started dating a guy she happened to meet, but they didn't get serious about it. She's a bad cook and has a bad sense of taste. She sends Momoharu to the hospital with her delicious food.
2. Kokubu Yoko
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・Position: Shooting guard
Ma's best friend, she becomes captain of the girls' basketball club after the third-years retire. She struggles to change the pathetic club that always loses in the first round, but she is troubled by the difference in attitude between her and those around her. Since Tomohisa became the coach, she has endured rigorous training and has steadily improved her skills, which is a great sign. Tobi says she is "surprisingly pretty," and Kokubu himself doesn't seem to mind. The two of them often get closer together, spending time together at shrines and the beach.
3. Niimi Rei
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A second-year student who is one year younger than Madoka and the others. A classmate of Kurumatani Sora, she is a hard worker who receives shooting technique guidance from Sora in order to win a regular spot. During the winter training camp, she was forced to retire due to a high fever of 40 degrees Celsius caused by hard work. In her second year, she was given a uniform and became a regular player. She was interested in Sora because she was coaching him, but after she was promoted to a different class, she felt lonely. After Madoka and the others retired, she was named captain of the girls' basketball club.
4. Sacchan
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Position: Center
She's a beginner who started playing basketball in high school, but she has outstanding physical strength among the girls and plays as a center. She's a glutton and has a laid-back personality, and is the least girly character in the girls' basketball club. There was a scene where she cried and complained about her limits in Tomohisa's strict training, but Tomohisa told her that she had more to offer than this.
5. Wakamori Sayuri
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Position: Center
She is a former captain who is one year older than Yen and the others. Although she was not particularly enthusiastic about practice as a member of the girls' basketball team, she was active in the final game, such as getting a rebound at a good moment. After retiring, she would often show up to club activities, and was envious of the girls' basketball team, which had become stronger through club-like practice under Tomohisa as coach. Also, while watching the Kuzu High vs Shinjo Towa game, she was captivated by Shinjo's Takahashi, showing her high school girl side.
6. Funakoshi Sachi
Position: Power forward
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A basketball club member in the same class as Sayuri, she has a personality that is the polar opposite of Sayuri, being serious and quiet. Although it was a weak team, she was a strong supporter of the Kuzu High girls' basketball club. In the final game, she was active, making free throws at crucial moments.
7. Nanao Nao
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Position: Manager
She is a junior of En since middle school, and is the manager of the boys' and girls' basketball teams. She is a cousin of Kamachi Taro from Kitasumiyoshi High School, and apparently they used to take baths together when they were children. In junior high school, he was active as a player, but because of his small physique, he gave up being a player and learned basketball tactics by himself, and made a transition to being a behind-the-scenes player. He has excellent tactical eyes for basketball, and in a match between the boys' and girls' basketball teams, he served as the coach of the girls' basketball team, and won against the boys' basketball team by making full use of the tactic of blocking three-pointers in the air with a box-one defense.
His favorite bands are the pillows, BUMP OF CHICKEN, Straightener, and ZARIGANI5 (now called Fed MUSIC). In Western music, he likes Green Day, Sum 41, and Finch, and is sometimes shown playing the guitar, but he is terrible at singing.
He is good at cooking, and during training camps he was in charge of cooking, and he showed off his skills as the top student in home economics.
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She likes Sora's earnest attitude, and sometimes blushes at his straightforwardness. Their relationship hasn't progressed, but it will be interesting to see what happens next.
8. Tomohisa Kurumatani
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Kurutani Sora's father, Tomohisa, a teacher, becomes the coach of the girls' basketball team. He imposes very strict and hard training, but he also values the care of each individual player. After he becomes the coach of the girls' basketball team, the team that always lost in the first round improves as if it were reborn.
Summary
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In Ahiru no Sora, the story revolves around Kurumatani Sora and the boys' basketball team of Kuzu High School, but among them, the girls' basketball team has various events and stories, and they are trying to overcome their own problems. It becomes very interesting to read Ahiru no Sora while thinking about the feelings and backgrounds of each character.
