Naksu Kim: Sanwang High School shooting guard uniform number 8
Park Ha-jin: Nungnam Park Gyeong-tae’s older sister and reporter for a basketball magazine.
Kim Soo-gyeom: Sangyang High School point guard
Baek Jeong-tae: Neungnam High School point guard
(Song) Hong Ik-hyeon: Haenam University High School uniform number 15
Jeong Seong-gu: Sanwang Technical High School Center, jersey number 15
(Kwon) Songhee: First year student at Buksan High School, Chae Yeon Chae’s friend
Heo Tae-hwan: Neungnam High School forward, uniform number 5
Do Jin-woo: Sanwang Technical High School coach
Jeong-Hwan Lee: Point guard at Haenam University High School
Hanna Lee: Buksan High School Basketball Manager
https://m.entertain.naver.com/home/article/009/0005577098
The names that appear in the work, including Kim Soo-gyeom, Lee Jeong-hwan, Kim Nak-su, and Park Ha-jin, are characters from the cartoon ‘Slam Dunk.’ Why were the names of so many characters borrowed from ‘Slam Dunk’?
Director Cho Hyun-tak said, “I’m a huge fan of ‘Slam Dunk,’ but I didn’t know it when I looked at the name alone, but I found out later. Writer Kim Hong-ki is a big fan of ‘Slam Dunk.’ I started naming it out of affection, but it seems to have expanded.”
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After watching the PD’s interview, I looked it up and found that the full name is not written like this in the original novel or webtoon.
As the drama was being made, the drama writer made an homage to it.