Kuroko's Basketball remains an active franchise in 2026, with ongoing mobile game content, merchandise collaborations, and broadcast availability. The mobile game Kuroko's Basketball Street Rivals continues to add limited-time LAST GAME characters, and new figure and pop-up shop releases keep the brand visible.
Kuroko's Basketball is a sports franchise that in 2026 is being kept alive through a steady stream of collaborations, merchandise, and mobile game updates. The most recent activity centers on Kuroko's Basketball Street Rivals, a 3D basketball game by Five Cross. In late May, the game added LAST GAME Kuroko as a limited-time player, a version of the protagonist from his Teiko Middle School era, available through a gacha from May 27 to June 17, 2026, along with an exclusive Butler Style skin. In early August, a similar limited-time event introduced LAST GAME Midorima, running from July 29 to August 19, with its own gacha and trial events.
Outside the game, the franchise has been expanding its physical merchandise footprint. A pop-up shop at Tower Records Shibuya and Abeno ran from July 3 to July 20, 2026, selling collaboration-exclusive goods with newly drawn headphone-themed character art. Bushiroad Creative's PalVerse line announced a set of six palm-sized figures, going on sale August 28, 2026, with a box purchase guaranteeing the full set. The franchise also continues its long-running collaboration with Karaoke no Tetsujin, with a fifth installment titled ~Summer for you~ set for early September 2026, featuring the characters in aloha outfits.
The series also maintains a broadcast presence. ABEMA aired all 78 episodes of the TV anime, including OVAs, for free over three consecutive Sundays starting June 14, 2026, giving viewers a rare full-series marathon window. The franchise's characters also remain popular in fan polls: voice actor Kimura Ryohei's birthday survey ranked Ryota Kise from the series as his top character for the second straight year, with 422 votes.
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A Kuroko's Basketball collaboration cafe with Chugai Grace Cafe runs in Shibuya and Osaka from October 1 to 25, 2026. The menu features character-inspired items like Riko Aida's honey lemon sundae and Kuroko's shiratama vanilla ice. Newly drawn black suit illustrations appear on acrylic figure stands and collection stands, with order and purchase bonuses.
Bushiroad Creative's deformed figure brand PalVerse is releasing a Kuroko's Basketball set. Six characters appear in the palm-sized series: Tetsuya Kuroko, Taiga Kagami, Ryota Kise, Yukio Kasamatsu, Shintaro Midorima, and Kazunari Takao. The figures go on sale August 28, 2026, with a box purchase completing the set.
The fifth collaboration between Kuroko's Basketball and Karaoke no Tetsujin, subtitled ~Summer for you~, will run in early September 2026. The official collaboration X account released a newly drawn illustration of Kuroko, Kagami, and the Generation of Miracles in aloha outfits. Novelties and goods using the art will be available at Kara-Tetsu, with details to come.
Nijimen's otaku survey for voice actor Kimura Ryohei's birthday ranked his characters, with Ryota Kise from 'Kuroko's Basketball' taking first place for the second straight year with 422 votes. Kotaro Bokuto from 'Haikyu!!' held second, while new entries from recent hits like 'Togen Anki' and 'Jujutsu Kaisen' broke into the top 10.
Five Cross announced that Kuroko's Basketball Street Rivals has launched a limited-time event featuring the new player LAST GAME Midorima. The event runs from July 29 to August 19 and includes a limited player gacha, a dedicated skin gacha for the Morning Garden skin, a training gacha, and the LAST GAME Midorima's Trial event.
A Kuroko's Basketball pop up shop will run from July 3 to July 20, 2026, at Tower Records Shibuya and Abeno. The shop sells collaboration-exclusive goods with newly drawn illustrations of characters wearing headphones. Items include can badges, acrylic stands, and coasters. Online orders are also available.
ABEMA announced a free all-at-once broadcast of the TV anime Kuroko's Basketball, airing all 78 episodes including OVAs over three consecutive Sundays starting June 14. Season 1 airs June 14, Season 2 on June 21, and Season 3 on June 28. Episodes are available for free for one week after each broadcast.
Five Cross Co., Ltd. has added "LAST GAME Kuroko" as a limited-time player in the 3D basketball game "Kuroko's Basketball Street Rivals." The character, known as the phantom sixth man from the Teiko Middle School era, is available through a limited player gacha from May 27 to June 17, 2026. An exclusive "Butler Style" skin and related events are also live.