Ryota Kise

**Ryota Kise** was the Generation of Miracles' small forward who now plays at Kaijo High. He is well known for his copying abilities, as he can copy any technique he sees, often with more power than the original. He also works as a model.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Ryota Kise
* **Origin**: Kuroko's Basketball
* **Gender**: Male
* **Age**: 16
* **Birthday**: June 18
* **Classification**: Human
* **Blood Type**: A
* **Height**: 189 cm (6'2.4")
* **Weight**: 77 kg (170 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Light
* **Eye Color**: Gold
* **Hair Color**: Blond
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* **Alignment**: Good
* **Status**: Active
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* **Voice Actor**: Ryōhei Kimura

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## Appearance

Kise is a tall young man, and is considered good looking. He has yellow/blond, medium long hair and golden eyes. Another distinct feature he has are his long eyelashes. He also has a piercing in his left ear. He is tall and athletic. Out of games, he is often seen in his school uniform, which consists of a white shirt, black tie, gray vest, and formal pants. During games, he wears the dark blue Kaijō jersey with the number 7.

## Personality

To people whom he acknowledges, Kise often acts cheerful and outgoing while also being a bit dramatic. Like the other Generation of Miracles, Kise was exceedingly arrogant due to his skills, barely acknowledging Kagami’s existence until he was defeated by him and Kuroko. To those whom he respects he doesn't refrain from interacting with no matter how gloomy and distant they are (for example Midorima). Kise exclusively adds *-cchi* to the people who he respects (mostly the Generation of Miracles members) names, such as *Kuroko-cchi* (Kuroko), *Aomine-cchi* (Aomine) or *Midorima-cchi* (Midorima), and has the habit of ending his sentence with the suffix *-ssu*.

Though easy-going when off-court, Kise can be very determined and serious while playing, especially when truly challenged. Because of the way Teikō Junior High played, Kise is a one-man player who would prefer to score himself than playing as a team. While playing against Aomine, he says that he just doesn't care about Kaijō winning, and that he just wants to defeat Aomine himself.

However, he started to change when Kuroko's team beat him as he tasted a loss for the first time. He began to train more, and has also witnessed his teammates' faith towards him during his match against Tōō. Moved by them, he succeeded on copying Aomine. Kise surprised everyone when in a counter-attack and in a one-on-one against Aomine, he tried to pass the ball to Kasamatsu instead of trying to score himself. In the semi-finals of the Winter Cup, Kuroko correctly predicted that if Kise was cornered, he'll pass the ball, which is not what the old Kise would do.

Because Kuroko was Kise's personal instructor in Junior High school when he first started playing basketball, and also because Kuroko is strong in his own unique way, Kise deeply respects Kuroko - almost to the point of obsession. He always tries to point out how amazing Kuroko is and thinks that they were the best of friends (and he was comically upset when Kuroko said the opposite). He claimed to have cried every night after Kuroko rejected his offer to play for Kaijō and once referred to this event as "Kurokocchi dumped me" although right after that Kuroko asked him to stop being so sarcastic at which the look in his eyes instantly changed.

Before getting into playing basketball, Kise was constantly bored and apathetic due to him easily being able to master any sport in a short time. It is mentioned in the manga that whenever he feels disinterested in his surroundings he starts hearing the wind. It was only when he started playing basketball at Teiko that Kise felt his skills truly tested against the other Generation of Miracles.

## Main Skills and Equipment

**Basketball Skills**: Kise has excellent physique, being very fast and strong. His copying ability requires one thing which is that he is somewhat on par with his target's physical abilities. This is why in spite of his career in basketball is short compared to his former teammates, he is able to gather an array of different techniques and skills. The fact that he was able to copy Aomine's movements, shows that he is approximately equally strong and skillful.

* **Copying**: The actual reason why he can play basketball is because he has the ability to copy someone's movements in no time due to his visual comprehension skill. He only has to see a technique one time to completely copy it and make it his own. His copying ability doesn't stop there as he copies the technique, but plays it with more power and speed than the original. This mean that when his opponent makes a move, he can transcend them easily. His ability of course knows some barriers, as Riko observed he cannot copy NBA or stronger players than himself,though he can use Perfect Copy to negate this. He had to see Aomine's movements multiple times and prepare himself mentally before he could copy them. This skill doesn't limit itself to basketball, he initially used it on many sports, like soccer, before basketball.

So far, he has been able to copy fast drives and turns, his strong dunks and fade-aways. In the match against Tōō, he is seen copying Sakurai's quick release shot and a number of Aomine's drive moves, like leaving the ball behind and grabbing it again while passing the opponent. In addition in the match against Fukuda Sōgō Academy Kise was able to copy Kazuhiro Mochizuki's scoop shot - an underhand shot that is difficult to block. Not only did he copy moves of his enemies, he also used a quick turnaround used by Kasamatsu. He also "stores" all these moves in his memory, enabling him to use nearly every basketball technique there exists. This makes him a very creative player and above all, a player with bottomless talent in basketball.
His copy-cat ability is also similar to that of Haizaki's, who Kise replaced during his second year at Teiko. Haizaki can copy moves, like Kise, but when he executes those moves, he does it in his own, slightly alter rhythm, somehow making it so the person who used it first can't use it anymore.
* **Perfect Copy**: An extension to his copying ability, Kise can now copy every single move he has ever seen and negating the limitations of his original. The difference to his physical abilities and the abilities of the original user of the skill is negated and Kise is capable of copying anyone, even the Generation of Miracles. To use this, he has to fill the missing element the original user has with his own. Examples are holding more power to copy Midorima's full court shot and jumping higher for Murasakibara's impenetrable defense or Thor's Hammer.

He first used this against Aomine, whom he admired and overcame the obstacle by wanting to surpass him thus, activating it for the first time. He used it again, this time against Haizaki, starting with Midorima's full court shot by taking more time than usual to make the shot, similarly to how Midorima makes his. He can replicate Aomine's agility by lowering his initial speed. By using his jumping power and foresight, Kise can copy Murasakibara's impenetrable defense. He can even copy Akashi's Emperor Eye (though it has been noted that it is still not 100% perfect like Akashi's, it's still good enough to predict the future with astonishing accuracy).
Kise can also combine techniques that he has copied, such as blocking Kuroko's Phantom Shot by using Akashi's Emperor Eye and Murasakibara's blocking. He also creatively merges Akashi's Emperor Eye again in combination with Aomine's agility for the ultimate ankle breaker. Kuroko's Ignite Pass Kai and Phantom Shot combined with the arc of Midorima's shot have also been copied by Kise. Because this naturally causes great stress to the body, Kise can only hold his Perfect Copy for five minutes; though the time limit has been forcibly extended by an extra two minutes by Kise (despite his injured ankle from his last match with Haizaki) during the Seirin vs Kaijō round. Upon it's activation, Kise's eyes glows.

## Relationships

* Tetsuya Kuroko
* Yukio Kasamatsu
* Daiki Aomine
* Shintaro Midorima
* Atsushi Murasakibara
* Seijuro Akashi
* Satsuki Momoi
* Taiga Kagami
* Shogo Haizaki