❝ I don't give a shit about basketball! I'm just killing time! ❞

—Shōgo Haizaki

灰崎 祥吾 Haizaki Shōgo is an ex-regular of Teikō Junior High, being replaced by Ryōta Kise. He now plays with Fukuda Sōgō Academy as a small forward and has competed in the Winter Cup.

Appearance

Haizaki is a tall young man with an athletic build. He has dark gray hair and his hairstyle is cornrows that he keeps in braids to the back. His eyes are very narrow and he has two piercings on each ear. He wears the Fukuda Sōgō uniform with the number 6. When he was in Junior High School his hair was longer, light gray and messy. His number was no. 8

Personality

Haizaki is very violent and ruthless, whether in real life or basketball game and caused his ejection from the team by Seijuro Akashi. He is somewhat a delinquent. Even though he is participating at a basketball competition, he isn't afraid of being disqualified as he assaulted Himuro and Alexandra. Being the ace of Fukuda Sōgō Academy, he takes advantage of it by acting haughtily towards his team-mates. Haizaki is a slacker, who often skips practices and prefers to hit on girls and play video games.[1] He told Kuroko and Aomine that he doesn't like basketball. He has a habit of licking his thumb whenever something is going his way.

Skills

Physical Ability       9/10

Technique               9/10

Stamina                   8/10

Mental Strength     9/10

Special Ability        10/10

• Skill Stealing

Basketball

Being a former regular member of the first string of Teikō Junior High, Kuroko commented that there is no doubt that his basketball skills are powerful.

It is later revealed that Haizaki's skill greatly resembles Kise's. Just like Kise, Haizaki can copy other peoples moves; but instead of amplifying its power, he's actually disturbing the rhythm and pace behind the move. This leads to confusion and uneasiness with the opponent, preventing the stolen move from being executed properly. Haizaki does not simply copy moves, he steals them.

Despite being able to steal moves, he is unable to steal any moves from the Generation of Miracles, or for that matter. His distortion of others rhythm seems to be temporary because in the semi-finals against Seirin, Moriyama is seen using the unorthodox shot again, though he retains knowledge of the move able to use it again.

History

Haizaki used to be in the Teikō Junior High basketball team and belonged to the team that would later be called the Generation of Miracles. He was known as the most dangerous player of the team, but was ejected from the regular squad by Akashi due to his violent nature. However actually, Akashi told Haizaki to quit because he knew that Kise would steal the starting position from Haizaki in the future and so Akashi didn't want Haizaki's pride to get hurt.

Before Haizaki was ejected, it is shown that he often stole food from other people's plates, for example Kuroko, this was not well received by his teammates at the time, especially by Aomine. Haizaki explained that he wasn't necessarily hungry, that is was just because he felt like it. When Haizaki heard about Kise's promotion, he ed his name and speculates that they won't get along.

During practice, Haizaki was once challenged by Kise in a one-on-one for a spot on the starting team. Akashi allowed it and Haizaki mercilessly defeated Kise to the point where Kise is seen laying on the floor. Haizaki also took Kise's girlfriend from him, although it was later revealed that she never actually was Kise's girlfriend. She only spread rumors about the two of them dating.

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