First Edition SLAM DUNK Carddass Masters #NO.25 Shohoku BANDAI 1998 made in JAPAN Takehiko Inoue Illustration Collection SLAM DUNK #NO.25 TEAM SHOHOKU "Cut for the Weekly Shonen Jump '95 Catchphrase Grand Prix" Slam Dunk Carddass Masters Takehiko Inoue [Shohoku] The school attended by Hanamichi Sakuragi, the protagonist of "SLAM DUNK," as well as Kaede Rukawa, Takenori Akagi, Ryota Miyagi, and Hisashi Mitsui. The school that served as the model for the school building is Tokyo Metropolitan Musashino Kita High School. In the two years prior, they lost in the first round of the Inter-High Kanagawa Prefectural Qualifiers, but in this work, they become active as an unknown but capable team due to the addition and return of strong members. Their basic playing style is run-and-gun offense with man-to-man defense. According to reporters, they are "one of the top 1 or 2 teams in the prefecture in terms of offensive power" and "flashy and visually appealing." Their player depth is thin, and the starting lineup after the Shoyo game (Akagi, Mitsui, Ryota, Rukawa, Sakuragi) are all nationally recognized, but their strength decreases when even one of them is absent when facing strong teams. On the other hand, due to Sakuragi's repeated ejections, substitutes other than Kogure also had relatively many opportunities to play. They recorded a 100-point game in the 4th round of the Inter-High qualifiers and the final league match against Takezato, where Sakuragi overslept and didn't play, demonstrating the aforementioned high offensive power. In the first round of the Inter-High against Toyotama, Kiyota pointed out that "their start to the game is poor," but Mikoshiba, who played against them three times in the practice games during the Shizuoka training camp, said, "They have many weaknesses, but they are terrifyingly strong when they hit their stride."