Ryonan High School
The team that features Akagi's biggest rival, Jun Uozumi.
Ryonan High School is a basketball team from Kanagawa Prefecture, as the series takes place in Japan with the main characters being high school basketball players from Kanagawa Prefecture. Ryonan is known to have a center named Jun Uozumi, who is considered Takenori Akagi's biggest rival, though their rivalry is not antagonistic. The team also offered Hisashi Mitsui the opportunity to join before he chose Shohoku because of Coach Mitsuyoshi Anzai.
Lore & Background
Ryonan High School is one of the basketball teams in Kanagawa Prefecture. Hisashi Mitsui, the MVP in his final year at Takeishi Junior High, was offered the opportunity to join more prestigious high schools like Ryonan, but he chose to go to Shohoku because of Coach Mitsuyoshi Anzai. This indicates that Ryonan was considered a prestigious program at the time. The team's center, Jun Uozumi, is specifically noted as Takenori Akagi's biggest rival, though their rivalry is not antagonistic.
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