| 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 visibly irate 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. While being stretchered away, he encounters in the hallway 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. enters the stands to see the scoreboard, Aiwa is 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 and, as thoroughly demonstrated in the anime, is the quintessential two-way guard: he is an elite dribbler capable of bypassing multiple defenders and drive into the paint; he is a superb finisher around the rim capable of dunking or altering his shot midair to finish around big rim protectors like Hiroshi Morishige; he can pass and push the tempo of the game (such as the 1-2 play with his teammate that set up his corner 3); he is a capable shooter from beyond the 3-point arc; and he is a great defender who intercepts multiple passes that lead to fastbreaks against Meihou.
Based on his performance against Meihou, it's evident that Moroboshi can singlehandedly lead his team to a win and is the sole reason why Aiwa was the 4th best team in the nation from the previous year. Despite the early deficit, Aiwa likely would have beaten Meihou if Moroboshi did not miss almost 18 minutes due to his knock from Morishige. To put this into perspective, this same Meihou team demolished previous year's top 8 team Jousei High at the nationals 56-102; and Jousei was neck-and-neck with Shohoku during their combined training camp (albeit Shohoku didn't have Sakuragi during the camp). Moroboshi's capability is further exemplified when Aiwa comfortably defeats other regional representatives at the national tournament including Yokohama and Shohoku--even when the latter knocked out the previous champions, Sannoh High (though Sakuragi is unavailable and the rest of the Shohoku team are completely burnt out by the time Aiwa faces them).
Aiwa's coach believes that Moroboshi is capable of defeating Eiji Sawakita of Sannoh, but Moroboshi himself doubts this.
| Physical Ability | 9/10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.