#i want to translate wakamatsus entry as well but i dont think i will do all that again !! especially since he has 2 pages!!

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Well, his personality is unpleasant, but at his core he's a diligent and purehearted guy.

Kurofes: Imayoshi | Wakamatsu | Sakurai | Susa

imayoshis kurofes page translated in english in its entirety for your reading pleasure!! using alisayamins scans for the page above! it means a lot to me so i hope you enjoy it💞

Below the cut is the transcription + some clarifications & tl notes because there was no way i could put everything i wanted to say in that tiny profile box!

The ever-smiling gambler holding the reins of the Rising Tyrant

The captain of the individualistic Touou Academy! His smiling face conceals a cool composure. He speaks in Kansai dialect.

PROFILE: ● Height: 180cm ● Weight: 71kg ● Birthday: June 3 (Gemini) ● Blood type: AB ● Motto: Wisdom is found in acknowledging your ignorance (as in, true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing... socrates.) ● Favorite food: broiled eel over rice ● Hobby: watching horse races (without betting money) ● Special skill: fishing ● Best school subject: mathematics ● Committee: student council ● Family: father, younger sister ● Dislikes (not good with): airheaded people -> as in, according to this article about exactly this type of people, people who trust others (too?) easily, are easygoing and friendly with just about anyone, express their emotions (too?) freely, are positive and dont stay depressed for long, get easily distracted, etc etc… odd people in their own world, going at their own pace, who often make silly mistakes, but thats part of the charm. Apparently not to imayoshi though! (i encourage you to read the article though it was kind of interesting to see what kind of attitude or behavior in people might actually annoy him.) ● Special skill (basketball): between-the-legs dribble -> behind-the-back pass ● Type of girls he likes: attentive, considerate girls ● How he spends his time off: recreational fishing ● Why he started playing basketball: at the suggestion of his parent(s) ● Player he has his eye on: hanamiya makoto

Fans’ favorite characteristic: the main factor behind his popularity is… his wickedness!? He is so skilled at reading people that Hanamiya called him a mind-reader! His charm lies in the gap between his smiling face and his sharp wits.

A commanding presence with excellent game-making skills While his skills as a point guard are first-class, his mind games and focus in the heat of the game are his greatest weapons!

A word from Fujimaki-sensei! I actually had a model for him, but they were also quite mean-spirited. Well, his personality is unpleasant, but at his core he's a diligent and purehearted guy.

And the tweet at the bottom that i forgot to translate calls him cool for leading a team of various oddballs like a commander.<3

notes: the word used for ‘gambler’ in the title is 勝負師 which can also mean ‘risk-taker’, ‘a person who makes bold decisions at the risk of failure/leaving the outcome up to chance’. personally i think its a little odd considering imayoshi schemes (if it can even be called scheming...) in the first place to secure the outcome he wants from a situation... he doesnt leave it up to chance since hes actively taking measures to ensure it happens. and i can think of at least 2 separate times where it was said he actually doesnt rely on luck for what he does. still, since his profile mentions that he has hobbies related to gambling (and you know what they say about fishing being a gacha. LOL), i thought it would be funny to keep ‘gambler’. but well at the very least, i can say that recruiting aomine the way he did was quite the gamble indeed. then again i saw it being used in the page where they talk about traits commonly associated with the different positions (specifically in knb not real life basketball) so if thats something that most of the point guards in knb can be called as well maybe im just reading a little too much into it lol

also, i wanted to say... sorry if the title sounds a little weird. holding the reins... i tried to write something cool but i dont know if i succeeded LOL. it really just means hes the one leading touou (called by their edgy nickname).

i have since learned that 司令塔 is just the japanese term for playmaker but im not gonna change the title of the stats box bc like... “a playmaker with excellent game making skills” just sounds really bad lol

for the greatest weapons part... the text doesnt actually say ‘focus’, its 仕事ぶり which means like... workmanship. working style. way of working. something like that? i dont really know its a little too vague for me. its kind of hard to understand what its referring to... his attitude during games? the quality of his plays? or maybe something like hanamiya said, he just gets shit done? well, ill let you interpret that one whatever way you want.

also, when hanamiya calls him a mind-reader, the specific word he uses is actually サトリ (a yokai that can read minds. it looks like a monkey)

and the exact words fujimaki uses to describe the kind of person imayoshi is at heart are 真面目 (diligent, serious, honest, earnest) and 純情 (a pure and clean heart, naïveté, innocence... even i was surprised about this one). well, full disclaimer, he doesnt actually mention exactly who hes talking about in that second sentence (imayoshi or that person he took inspiration from). but since its his page, i assumed it was about imayoshi (it seems kind of weird to say this about a real person no one else knows, anyway?). (<- saw a jp tweet about this the other day so i can now say with certainty that fujimaki is absolutely talking about imayoshi when he uses these words) and while calling him purehearted was a little surprising, at the very least for the other one yeah that tracks. i guess hes just making it very clear imayoshis not meant to be bad or considered evil like hanamiya and haizaki

#kuroko no basket #imayoshi shouichi #knb #trucs #imayoshinobasuke #this is the first time in my entire life ive ever typeset something. i think i am dying #i want to translate wakamatsus entry as well but i dont think i will do all that again !! especially since he has 2 pages!! #dont look too hard at the title of the page. i know 💔 cut me some slack its my first time. #anyway not much new info in there i am aware its 2022 but it is so important that you know what fujimaki said about him. hes a good guy!!