Ro-Kyu-Bu!

Ro-Kyu-Bu!
Cover of the first light novel featuring Tomoka Minato
ロウきゅーぶ! (Rōkyū Bu)
Genre	Comedy, Harem, Sports
Light novel
Written by	Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by	Tinkle
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Magazine	Dengeki Bunko Magazine
Original run	February 10, 2009 – July 10, 2015
Volumes	15
Manga
Written by	Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by	Yūki Takami
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Dengeki G's Magazine Dengeki G's Comic
Original run	October 2010 – present
Volumes	7
Manga
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Yonkoma
Written by	Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by	Futaba Miwa
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Dengeki Moeoh
Original run	June 2011 – present
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Keizou Kusakawa
Written by	Michiko Itō
Studio	Project No.9 Studio Blanc
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
Original network	AT-X, KBS Kyoto, Tokyo MX, TV Kanagawa, Sun TV, Chiba TV, TV Aichi, Teletama,
English network	US Anime Network
Original run	July 1, 2011 – September 24, 2011
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Game
Developer	Vridge
Publisher	ASCII Media Works Kadokawa Games
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	October 27, 2011
Manga
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Halftime
Written by	Sagu Aoyama
Illustrated by	Yūki Takami
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Dengeki G's Festival! Comic
Original run	October 26, 2012 – present
Volumes	1
Game
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Himitsu no Otoshimono
Developer	Vridge
Publisher	ASCII Media Works Kadokawa Games
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	June 20, 2013
Original animation DVD
Ro-Kyu-Bu!: Tomoka no Ichigo Sundae
Released	June 20, 2013
Runtime	25 minutes
Anime television series
Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS
Directed by	Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Written by	Takao Yoshioka
Studio	Project No.9
Original run	July 5, 2013 – September 27, 2013
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Game
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Naisho no Shutter Chance
Developer	Vridge
Publisher	ASCII Media Works Kadokawa Games
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation Vita
Released	March 27, 2014

Ro-Kyu-Bu! (Japanese: ロウきゅーぶ!, Hepburn: Rōkyū Bu^?) is a Japanese light novel series written by Sagu Aoyama with illustrations by Tinkle. ASCII Media Works published 15 novels between February 2009 to July 2015. The series follows a high school freshman Subaru Hasegawa who becomes the coach of a grade school's girls' basketball team after the high school team's captain was suspected of abusing the team advisor's grade-school daughter. Three manga adaptations and three PlayStation Portable visual novel games were produced. A 12-episode anime television series, produced by Project No.9 and Studio Blanc, aired between July and September 2011. A 12-episode second season titled Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS, produced solely by Project No.9, aired between July and September 2013.

High school freshman Subaru Hasegawa is forced to stop playing basketball at his school for a while when the team captain gets himself involved in a scandal for being suspected of sexually abusing or attacking a child, and the club is disbanded for a year. His aunt, Mihoshi Takamura, then assigns him to be an elementary school girls' basketball team coach. Initially, he accepts to train the girls just for three days, but after learning of their circumstances, he decided to keep coaching them. Thanks to the girls, Subaru's passion for basketball is reignited as his efforts to improve their skills come to fruition and he becomes close friends with them.

Ro-Kyu-Bu! began as a light novel series written by Sagu Aoyama with illustrations by Tinkle. Originally, Aoyama entered the first novel in the series into ASCII Media Works' 15th Dengeki Novel Prize in 2008 and the novel won the Silver Prize. ASCII Media Works published 15 novels under their Dengeki Bunko imprint between February 10, 2009 and July 10, 2015.