Year: 2nd Year
Height: 165 cm
Jersey Number: #6
Position: Point Guard
Yasuharu Yasuda doesn't stand out as the flashy type—he's quiet and can come across as nervous or shy. But don't mistake that for weakness. He's shown genuine courage when it counts, willing to put himself on the line for his teammates, like when he stepped up during the fight against Mitsui and Tetsuo over the basketball team's future.
His real strength is his composure. That calm demeanor gives him an ability most players don't have: he can slow down the pace of a game and control its rhythm. This showed up clearly in the Toyotama matchup, when Shohoku was falling apart—the team was getting flustered and making sloppy plays trying to match Toyotama's intensity. Yasuda came in off the bench and basically reset everything. He changed the flow of the entire game in Shohoku's favor just by being the stabilizing force the team needed.
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