| Introduction |
| Dai Moroboshi | |
|---|---|
| |
| Name | |
| Aliases | The Star of Aichi |
| Characteristics | |
| Gender |  Male
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| Birthday | September 9 |
| Age | 18 |
| Height | 188 cm (6' 2") |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lbs) |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Professional Status | |
| Occupation | Basketball Player |
| Team | Aiwa Gakuen High School |
| Year | 3rd Year |
| Position | Shooting Guard |
| Jersey Number | #4 |
| Personal Status | |
| First Appearance | |
| Anime Debut | 087. "Japan's Number One High School Player" |
| Voices | |
| Japanese Voice | Michio Nakao |
| [v · t · e] | |
Dai Moroboshi (諸星 大 Moroboshi Dai) is the widely known ace player of Aiwa Gakuen High School who is known as the Star of Aichi across Japan.
Appearance[]
Moroboshi has brown thick hair with a slick back hairstyle (70/30) and has a mid fade undercut haircut.
Background[]
Not much is known about Moroboshi's past other than that he and Shinichi Maki are already acquaintances prior to Moroboshi's introduction to the Slam Dunk series (evident by their interaction while Moroboshi was being stretchered off against Meihou High School).
Personality[]
Moroboshi is a fierce competitor and likely shares similar standards to Maki when it comes to winning championships. Even though Aiwa finished second in the regional tournament and still qualified for the inter high tournament, Moroboshi was clearly disappointed during the award ceremony that they did not finish as regional champions (contrary to Shohoku High who celebrated their 2nd place finish in Kanagawa to qualify).
Though he does not lack confidence in his own abilities, he doubts his coach’s claims that he could match up with Eiji Sawakita.
Plot[]
Moroboshi is first seen being stretchered off in the last game of the Aichi prefecture regional tournament between Aiwa High School and (eventual first-time winners) Meihou High School after physically clashing with Hiroshi Morishige. On the way to being treated whilst on a stretcher, he encounters Maki, Hanamichi Sakuragi, and Nobunaga Kiyota who traveled from Kanagawa to watch the game. When Maki asks him what happened, Moroboshi curses the "freshman" (referring to Morishige) who injured him which sparks Maki's curiosity. By the time Maki and co. entered the stands to see the scoreboard, Aiwa was down 17-37 with 2:15 minutes left in the first half.
While Moroboshi was gone, his team missed him greatly and the deficit grew as high as 31 points after Morishige dunked over 2 Aiwa players. Moroboshi returned from injury with 5 minutes remaining and singlehandedly closed the massive gap down to 6 (with the help of Morishige also fouling out prior to the end of the match). However, he ran out of time and Aiwa narrowly lost 68-74, finishing 2nd in the tournament.
Moroboshi and Aiwa won their first game at the nationals against Yokohama Industries 103-58 in a blowout victory.
Moroboshi watched Shohoku v. Sannoh along with his team, and witnessed Shohoku's historic victory to end Sannoh's consecutive championship run. Aiwa then defeated Shohoku in the following round.
Abilities[]
Moroboshi has tremendous basketball abilities (as demonstrated in the anime). He has high dribbling skills capable of bypassing multiple defenders and drive into the paint. His finishing around the rim is superb, and he can alter his shot midair to finish around big rim protectors like Hiroshi Morishige. Befitting of his position as a shooting guard, Moroboshi is a capable shooter from beyond the 3-point arc. He also has good defensive capability and intercepts multiple passes that lead to fastbreaks against Meihou.
Based on his performance against Meihou, it can be deduced that Moroboshi is skilled enough to singlehandedly lead his team to a win; Aiwa likely would have beaten Meihou as well if Moroboshi did not miss almost 18 minutes of game time due to injury. This is further exemplified when Aiwa comfortably defeated other top teams from the country at the national tournament including Yokohama and Shohoku--with the latter knocking out the previous champion Sannoh High by coming back from a massive deficit themselves (though Sakuragi was unavailable and the rest of the Shohoku team was completely burnt out by the time Aiwa faced them).
Aiwa's coach believes that Moroboshi is capable of defeating Eiji Sawakita of Sannoh, but Moroboshi himself doubts this.
| Physical Ability | 8/10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technique | 10/10 | |
| Stamina | 9/10 | |
| Mental Strength | 10/10 | |
| Special Ability | 10/10 | |
Etymology[]
- The name Dai means "big, great" (大).
- Dai's surname Moroboshi means "various, sundry, many" (諸) (moro) and "star" (星) (hoshi/boshi).
- Slight reference to Ultraseven human name, Dan Moroboshi.