- Overview
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Gou Sakurai is a third-year student at Sohoku High School and a member of the Sohoku High Baseball Club who joined the the Sohoku High Bicycle Racing Club during his first-year and resigned after the training camp events. At the end of his second year, he rejoined the cycling club along with Takuya Kawada and returned to the baseball club shortly after.
Appearance[]
Gou usually has small and closed-like eyes and has a buzzcut hairstyle prior to his time in middle school at the baseball club. During his second year of high school, he grew his hair to a stuffed hair with small spikes.
Personality[]
Gou is usually quiet who usually does not stand out in the groups he is inserted. He also tends to worry about difficulties or his teammates when something is going on with them.
Skills and Techniques[]
Gou is known to be well skilled as a baseball player, becoming a regular catcher during his middle school and high school.
As a cyclist, participated of Sohoku's activities before and had some cycling experience in the club. However, he had not demonstrated any noteworthy cycling abilities.
Etymology[]
- The name Gou means "sturdy, strength, robust, tough, hard, rigid, strong" (剛).
- Gou's surname Sakurai means "cherry blossom" (桜) (sakura) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (i).
Trivia[]
- Misc
- In his first colored appearance in manga, in the Chapter 18's cover, his jersey's color is red with black sleeves and his helmet's color is yellow. In the anime version, his jersey's color was changed to green and white with black sleeves and his helmet's color to white.
- Gou's height and weight were unoficially revealed in the Episode 28. So far, only him and Takuya had these informations unoficially revealed.