Satoshi Tsuchida (土田 聡史 Tsuchida Satoshi) is a second year power forward at Seirin High.
Appearance[]
Tsuchida has short, spiky black hair. He has very thick eyebrows and his eyes look like they are closed, narrowed down to thin, horizontal lines. He wears the red, black and white Seirin High jersey with the number 9.
When Seirin's past was revealed, it is shown that he hasn't changed at all from last year.
Personality[]
Not much is known about Tsuchida, but he does like to play basketball very much. He is rarely in the center of attention, because he is quite shy. He also likes cats, but when he approaches one, it always bites his hand.[1]
History[]
Tsuchida joined the newly formed Seirin High basketball club after they shouted out their resolve at the morning ceremony. He turned in his application when they were busy training[2] and became the team's substitute power forward. He sat on the bench and cheered Seirin on during the Interhigh preliminaries.
Story[]
Interhigh Preliminaries[]
Seirin High vs Seihō High[]
Tsuchida plays alongside the other second years for much of this match, swearing revenge against Seihō High for defeating them last year.
Riko Aida explains to Kōki Furihata, Hiroshi Fukuda and Kōichi Kawahara that Tsuchida's skill is in rebounding. Most of Tsuchida's role in the match was to rebound the shots and pass the ball out. However, he is also seen scoring shots for himself, showing Tsuchida possesses other skills aside from his rebounding.
Winter Cup[]
Round 1[]
Tsuchida attended the opening ceremony alongside Seirin High and was later seen on the bench, cheering for Seirin in their first match in the Winter Cup, against Tōō Academy.[3]
Skill[]
Physical Ability | 6/10 | ||
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Technique | 6/10 | ||
Stamina | 8/10 | ||
Mental Strength | 7/10 | ||
Special Ability | 3/10 | ||
As a previous regular member of Seirin High, he possesses regular ballhandling skills. Just like Shinji Koganei, Tsuchida only started basketball in high school. It was also mentioned that Tsuchida's speciality is rebounding.[4] He has trained on that skill for the past year. He has been seen hitting a mid range shot against Seihō High.
Etymology[]
- The name Satoshi means "intelligent, clever, bright" (聡) (sato) and "history" (史) (shi).
- Satoshi's surname Tsuchida means "soil, earth" (土) (tsuchi) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).
Trivia[]
- On the first character poll, Tsuchida ranked 21st, with 168 votes.
- On last year's test results, Tsuchida ranked 81st out of 300.[5] He scored best on sciences.
- In the Kuroko no Basuke Q&A section, Tadatoshi Fujimaki revealed that Tsuchida is the only one on the Seirin High team that has a girlfriend. Later on in the manga, Tsuchida is seen being encouraged by his girlfriend.[6]
- In the third novel, there's a chapter dedicated to seeking out Tsuchida's girlfriend, who Seirin speculates is (to his extreme shock) Rinnosuke Mitobe's little sister, Chigusa Mitobe. It is later confirmed that Mitobe Chigusa is not Tsuchida's girlfriend, and is a student at Seirin unrelated to anyone on the basketball team.
- In a Q&A section, Fujimaki stated that Tsuchida's eyes are already opened to the maximum point.[7]
- According to KUROFES:
- His motto is: "Haste makes waste."
- His favorite food is Karaage.
- His hobby is oil painting.
- His special skill is building bottle ships.
- His best subject is English grammar.
- He's apart of the broadcasting committee.
- He has a father, a mother, and one younger sister.
- He dislikes/is bad at singing.
- His type of girl is his girlfriend.
- He spends his free time going out on dates.
- He started playing basketball when seeing Seirin's introductions on the roof.
- The player he has his eye on is Mitsuhiro Hayakawa
- According to KUROFES:
References[]
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v - e - t | Seirin High |
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2nd years | Junpei Hyūga • Shun Izuki • Rinnosuke Mitobe • Shinji Koganei • Satoshi Tsuchida |
1st years | Tetsuya Kuroko • Taiga Kagami • Kōki Furihata • Hiroshi Fukuda • Kōichi Kawahara |
Coach | Riko Aida |
Other | Tetsuya #2 • Kagetora Aida • Alexandra Garcia • Kenji Takeda |
Former players | Teppei Kiyoshi |