Wednesday, April 14, 2010

桜木 6

Dunno why I never caught this before, but the soon to be released Varsity Red VIs were on the feet of Slam Dunk's Sakuragi Hanamichi.



Via KIX-FILES:
In the story, Sakuragi wore the Air Jordan 6 at the beginning and changed to wear Air Jordan 1 after his Air Jordan 6 was broken. He persuaded a sneaker shop owner to sell him the Air Jordan 6 Chicago Bulls colorway OG in 300 Japanese Yen.

The success of Slam Dunk is cited as an influence in the increased popularity of basketball among the Japanese youth during 1990s. Until now, Slam Dunk is still the most popular basketball comic around the world. The Air Jordan 6 also became one of the most popular Air Jordan shoes in Japan, especially this particular “Sakuragi Hanamichi” colorway.

1 comment:

cr8 said...

Lol, wishful thinking that they'd sell it for 300 yen in real life.