Kagutsuchi Taiga

## Appearance

Kagutsuchi is very tall and muscular, giving him an overwhelming aura. He has a undercut with dark red hair and pointed blood-red eyes with slit shaped pupils. This look often gives him a wild-cat Aura. His left ear is pierced from top to bottom with a chain connecting one from the bottom to the top one. He is also occasionally seen with a shiny metal necklace with a light blue and black Plumeria flower. It's a semblance of his loyalty to Kanli. When he wears his school uniform, he keeps his blazer open , while wearing a white shirt underneath during the summer, but wears a hoodie under it during the winter.

## Relationships

Ana Kanali - Have known each since childhood. While others view them as childhood friends to lovers, they claim themselves to be childlovers, since they don't remember ever seeing each other as friends. They meet a business party since parents were allowed to bring their kids. Two, along with Taiga's brother instant connected. The two were always by each others side every time one would visit the other. During one of the brothers trips, they were able to meet Hoshio.

## TRIVIA

In the CHARACTERS BIBLE, an early character concept of Kagami is seen. He was still tall and muscular, but his hairstyle was completely different. Instead of red and dark red, it was black with a wide stripe of blonde in the middle. His hair was also short and spiky. His name was originally Shigehiro Akibara. Shigehiro Ogiwara's name shares the same kanji as Shigehiro Akibara (荻原 シゲヒロ), It is only pronounced differently.

On the first character poll, Kagami ranked 3rd, with 1116 votes.

Kagami went down to 4th place on the second poll, with 1036 votes.

Apart from basketball, Kagami's skills also include walking on his hands.[183]

Kagami has been given the nickname Baka-gami (lit. idiot-gami, freely translated as Kagamidiot), due to his simple-mindedness and short temper.

Kagami does traveling (which is a violation of the rules) when he is running along with Kise in the first opening.

As revealed in the novels, Kagami is afraid of ghosts.

Kagami is known for his huge appetite.[184][185]

Kagami wears Michael Jordan's signature shoe, the Nike Air Jordan I. He previously wore the same brand, in a black and red color scheme, but he broke that pair and received a new one from Daiki Aomine, this one has the original Air Jordan scheme, white, red and black. As stated by Satsuki Momoi, his shoe size is similar to Aomine's, 29.5 cm.[186]

Based on Kagami's growth and still growing skills, it seems that he resembles Michael Jordan in his early years.

Atsushi Murasakibara compared Kagami's Meteor Jam to Michael Jordan's Airwalk, but historically, the first free-throw line dunk was performed by Julius Erving.

Kagami has the most NG-Shū appearances. (18 times, as of Chapter 162)[187]

Kagami has many similarities with Hanamichi Sakuragi from the basketball manga/anime series Slam Dunk. Both are power forwards, red-haired, jump high and wear the same jersey # 10. But Kagami is more skillful than Sakuragi as he can shoot anywhere and even shoot 3-pointers. Kagami also has signature skills due to the manga's concept, as every player has their very own signature skills. But Sakuragi has a stronger physique and stamina than Kagami.

Kagami lives alone while his father lives overseas in America. It was mentioned that he was supposed to live with his father but due to work, he was unable to stay in Japan, leaving Kagami to live by himself.

In Kuroko no Basket: Game of Miracles, it is shown that Kagami is surprisingly popular with older women (college girls), who call him 'cute'.

Kagami's grades are atrocious, failing every subject, including English even though he has lived in America.

Kagami reveals that he doesn't like dogs after meeting, who is now called, Tetsuya 2.

According to KUROFES:

Kagami only has a father.

He is an only child.

Kagami's family is rich.

His father works as a consultant for big companies in America.

The best dish he can make is gyoza, and he makes more than 100 at a time, which he then freezes.

The players he has his eyes on are the Generation of Miracles.

When they were younger, Taiga and Tatsuya Himuro always went to eat hamburgers after playing basketball. Taiga had a habit of giving his pickles to Tatsuya. [188]

Kagami hates the cold. [189]

Amazingly, the two most important people in Kagami’s life have only one letter difference in their names: his brother and rival, T(a)tsuya Himuro and T(e)tsuya Kuroko, the shadow to his light.

Kagami and Himuro always address each other by their first names; the only exception was the Seirin High vs Yosen High game during the Winter Cup.

Kagami's dunking style resembles Blake Griffin as well as Michael Jordan, from the first dunk sequence copied by Ryōta Kise, to his Meteor Jam.[190]

Kagami’s grades are pitiful; however, after he uses Shintarō Midorima’s lucky pencil (which Tetsuya Kuroko gave him), he scores well on his exams (90th out of 308 students). [191]

Kagami knows how to surf. [192]