is one of the pair of Mr. Nice-Guys in 'Slam Dunk'. The other is Yasuda Yasuharu. Kogure is agreeable, amiable, encouraging, supportive, helpful, accommodating and mild-mannered. All of which make him very likeable. I think he is one of the least hated or disliked characters in 'Slam Dunk'. But his goody-two-shoes-cum-boy-next-door image plus his spectacles do give him a nerdy cast. 
         He is indisputably the nanny of the Shohoku basketball team. His friendliness, talkative, bright and cheerful nature compliments Akagi Takenori's black-faced (Editor: No insult to complexion intended.) authoritarianism very well. He is civic-minded which seems to be rare trait amongst the Shohoku players, hence his frequent moments of embarrassment in public, especially in trains. 
         People usually love to hate goody-two-shoes. But Kogure is not your run of the mill for-the good-of-everyone-else fellow. Although he tends to be rather timid, he has the courage of his convictions. His sincerity shows or rather, beams from his person in his concern for his teammates and his love for basketball. When things go wrong, he frets and gets really messy hair. He gives suggestions with nasty implications when he runs of out of good ideas.  
         As with most of such characters, Kogure Kiminobu is not an outstanding character and tends to be rather two-dimensional. But he does have the potential to develop into a mature and sensible adult which is a lot more than one can say for the rest of the Shohoku players.