ES 2-04; A big magazin's model ~Secret of Kumamoto~

Do you know "SLAM DUNK"? It's the most popular Japanese comic of basketball. A lot people read it had started to play basketball. Because basketball wasn't popular in japan before the comic was published. The comic is loved not only by Japanese, but the nations of the world. Of course, I love it best!!

Its heroes are "Syohoku(=翔北) high school basketball team", and the coach is "Anzai(=安西)". He looks just like Mr.Kernel of KFC!! The character is so charming and kind, but secretly really strict like a devil! His wise is so famous among alomost Japanese athletes, that is "When the moment you give up, the game is over."

Surprisingly, there's a rumor that the model is a former basketball's coach in Kumamoto Kokufu high school!! I don't know who started such a rumor, but it's a well-known story.
However, I have never seen him. Also many my friends. So it seems to just a gossip.

The cartoonist is from Kagoshima. And he also used to play basketball for a long time. When he was a high school student, he acted as a captain of the basketball team. So I guess that he saw the coach when a basketball much was held, it seems. They say that among kyusyu area, Kumamoto is a prafacture where is the site of a hard fought battle. I think so, too! Actualy, I have seen a lot of great babsket players in Kumamoto, when I was on the active list.

I guess that in Kumamoto, there are more many models who are basketball player in this comic. I hope so. And I need to see the Anzai sensei's model someday.
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