Miyagi, Ryouta

宮城リョータ

Jersey no.: 7
Shoe Brand: Converse
There is not much known about Miyagi's background. He joined the basketball team primarily for his love of the game. However, it soon seems that he is also playing for the love of his life, Ayako, the team manager. Although Ryonan's coach asked him to join the Ryonan Basketball Team, Miyagi chose Shohoku because of Anzai. Miyagi is a problem kid; he gets into fights a lot and got himself beaten up. He was also the one who beat Mitsui up, but he had to pay the price of staying in the hospital for some time...
Miyagi is quite short, but he has the greatest speed of all players mentioned in Slam Dunk. He has a great dribble, and combined with his speed, he is able to tear up the opponent's defense and deliver excellent (no-look) passes to the free team mate. He is also able to score on his own, and his steals are just marvelous. Miyagi is a good point guard with a great sight on the game; he is also able to find his team mates without looking for them. He is the strategist of the team, and thanks to this role and his own skills, he becomes the next team captain as Akagi retires to focus on exams. By the way, he is also a good street fighter and has a very good flying kick. (Mitsui told)
Coach Anzai says that Miyagi's value to the team is his great speed and his keen senses.
Miyagi is a smart but kind of rude person, who is only nice and sweet to Ayako... He tried to date other girls to forget Ayako, but he failed to. So he can be a very sensitive person too. In the beginning, he mistook Sakuragi for Ayako's boyfriend and got into a fight with him immediately. Later, when they found out about each other's painful roads of love, they feel sympathy for each other and start to get along. That's how they became good friends. Miyagi is a bit short-tempered sometimes and hates when people make fun of his height. In the match vs Toyotama, he gets angry with the opposing point guard, loses his view on the game, and almost beats the guy. But in the second half, he is able to remain calm again and show his true powers.
His quite short length and the green earring in his left ear. He also wears sweat bands around his left wrist.