Stats info:

Position:Center (C)
Height: 197 cm
Weight: 93 kg

Akagi Takenori is the tallest player in all Shohoku's team members. Although biased by many fans because of his physical resemblance to a monkey, Akagi is a great team captain. As he leads his interesting team members through out the games, he stands out as the leader of this great team and also a good guide for Sakuragi Hanamichi .

Additional Info: Akagi's sister, Haruko, is the one who selected Hanamichi out of the freshmen students and introduced Hanamichi to the sports known as Basketball.