Daiki Aomine
Aomine Daiki was the former ace player of the renowned "Generation of Miracles". Embracing an aggressive and liquid style, made even more powerful by Kuroko's misdirection.[14] However, other players like Wakamatsu dislike him, and his style of playing in particular; his extremely skilled " flexible streetball ". As explained by Midorima, Aomine learned to play basketball on the streets without any lessons, so while not possessing the basic movements of basketball's play, it is said that Aomine never has a non-changing movement, be it passing, shooting, or dribbling, with his play being described as limitless. Despite his already supreme skill, he is capable of more, under the right circumstances; when faced against an appropriate opponent, he can enter his "zone" (described by Imayoshi as his "higher level"), where he is able to exert 100% of his capabilities. In this state, Aomine's speed doubles at the least, and his skill to shoot from anywhere escalates. Though players of a certain caliber can all do this, only he is said to be able to do so at least partially of his own will. It is noted that out of the Zone users, Aomine is the only one so far to have full control of Zone, being able to activate it much easier than the others. He is also knowledgeable about it as well, as he was able to give Kagami some information about the Zone. However, despite being masterful enough to enter the Zone on his own, he couldn't open the second gate of the Zone, due to his lack of team play and promotion of individual play as an ace. A naturally born streetballer, Aomine's strength lies in his unpredictability, as well as a unique, near-inhuman ability to shoot from virtually any position and angle, even scoring from behind the backboard among other places; gifted with unmatched speed coupled with surgical acceleration/deceleration, as well as considerable agility (even Midorima stated that Aomine exceeds even the rest of the Generation of Miracles when it comes to agility alone), very few can block and keep up with him, and only Ryōta Kise, a fellow member of the Generation of Miracles, along with Kagami when he too was in the Zone, have been the only players able to successfully pass him. His signature move is the Formless Shot, in which he lowers his posture mid-air to bypass the defender, with his body nearly parallel to the ground; deeming it nearly impossible to stop, but Kise and later Kagami were able to block it. Despite being very unpredictable, Kuroko and Kise have shown the capability of stopping Aomine by predicting his movements based on their past experiences as teammates. As a middle schooler, he had a pure love of basketball; but during his second year his talent and skills suddenly blossomed, once single-handedly bringing his team to victory in point leads of up to 200. As his skill grew more renowned and feared, many players would simply give up in trying to stop him. Coming to the conclusion that he would never find an opponent capable of matching him in skill and that the only one who can beat him is himself, Aomine has grown very jaded and sardonic, skipping practice altogether and arriving late for important games. He has been barred from playing in the last games of the Inter High-School Championship due to injuries he sustained in a match against Ryōta Kise, who pushed Aomine far harder than he expected was possible. When Seirin defeated his team, Aomine started to regain his love for basketball. He is the one who taught Kuroko how to shoot and inspired Kise to play basketball. Notably, Aomine has been calling Kuroko "Tetsu" ever since they started training together back in Teiko. His seemingly wild instincts have been compared by players to that of a black panther. Aomine and Kagami respect each other and think of each other as a worthy rival. It has been said many times that Kagami and Aomine share a lot of similarities, both in skill and personality.
