Tomoka Minato

Tomoka Minato, also known as Tomo, Mokkan and Shiny Gift, is the main female protagonist from the Ro-Kyu-Bu! series.
== Charactah Account ==
Tomoka is the best player of the team and the only one who had played basketball before. It does not take long for Subaru to find great potential in her, and thanks to her talent and dedication he decides to keep coaching them. She was not in Keishin Academy for long, in her previous school, she got obsessed with winning in basketball that she became isolated and was forced to transfer school. In Keishin Academy, she found new friends and realized that winning is not everything. Despite the fact that she still loves basketball, Tomoka is not willing to play without having her friends with her. Of all the girls, Tomoka is the one who gets closer to Subaru and seems to be the one who likes him most.
Tomoka's playing style is popularly known as the "point forward", due to her ability to play multiple positions, although she has difficulties playing point guard effectively because she is too polite towards her teammates and worries too much about making mistakes in running the play.
With Saki moved up to the point guard position, Tomoka can now focus better on offense since she simply needs to attack the defense because Saki does all the thinking.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Ro-Kyu-Bu!
* Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS
* Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS Recap
* Ro-Kyu-Bu!: Fast Break!
=== Light Novels ===
* Ro-Kyu-Bu!
=== Manga ===
* Ro-Kyu-Bu!
=== Video Games ===
* Dengeki Bunko: Crossing Void
* Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax
* Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition
* Ro-Kyu-Bu!
* Ro-Kyu-Bu! Secret Lost Property
* Ro-Kyu-Bu! Secret Shutter Chance
== Trivia ==
* Tomoka means "wisdom, intellect" (tomo) and "flower, blossom" (ka), which can be roughly translated as "Wise Flower".
** While Touko Hatano doesn't find a suitable nickname for her, Subaru Hasegawa nicknames Tomoka "Shiny Gift" ("Flowers, that bloom in the rain"), for her talent and devotion into playing basketball.
*** In epilogue chapter of 13th volume of light novel, the reason of Tomoka's abnormal devotion and talent into playing basketball is explained: Tomoka once met Subaru when she was very young and inspired by him, she fell for basketball. Similar scene is also featured in the end of episode 12 of Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS.
* Minato means "port, harbor".
* According to a voting after the light novel's release, Tomoka is ranked the first favorite character among the "inner five" of "Subaru's girls", which surpasses Hinata Hakamada who is ranked in the second place by a vast number of votes.
* Tomoka is seen scared by a certain type of insect, namely cockroach and she is also susceptible to alcohol, a weakness passed down from Shinobu Minato (Tomoka's father).
* Tomoka has a strong affiliation with Pleiades, a star in Twenty-Eight Mansions. It is also the Subaru Hasegawa's given name (Subaru means Pleiades in Japanese).
* Tomoka lives in a large Japanese-style yard with her parents. Judging from the size and architecture of her home, it can be deduced that although not wealthy as Maho Misawa, but Tomoka's family's economic condition is way above-average.
* Tomoka makes an appearance in Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax and Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition as playable character.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Tomoka Minato at Ro-Kyu-Bu Wiki
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