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Survival Audition K-pop Star is a South Korean reality TV competition show where the three largest entertainment/talent agencies in Korea hold worldwide auditions to find the next potential K-Pop stars. Preliminary auditions were held from around the world in countries such as China, USA, and Brazil. Auditions were also held in Europe. The final winner will debut with the company of his or her choice (SM, YG, or JYP), along with acash prize of three hundred million won (approx. 300,000 U.S. dollars), two brand new vehicles, opportunities to become commercial models and casting in dramas, and much more. The three judges for the show are Yang Hyun-suk, founder of YG Entertainment and former member of the popular South Korean act Seo Taiji & Boys, Park Jin-young, singer/song-writer and founder of JYP Entertainment, and Korean pop icon BoA, from SM Entertainment. SM, YG, and JYP are the three largest management companies in Korea.

Three days before the high school entrance ceremony, Tanaka Masayuki, who had been active in basketball during junior high school, participates in an away game for Hikawa High School’s basketball club which he is set to join. But he suddenly collapses at the venue of the match and loses consciousness. Masayuki is hurried to a hospital. The doctor Miyazaki Hiromichi diagnoses brain haemorrhage due to cerebral arteriovenous malformation. Although his life is saved by an emergency surgery, he remains in a coma for several days. When Masayuki finally wakes up, the right side of his body is paralysed. It is a difficult reality for him to accept. He deflates after hearing Miyazaki say it will be tough for him to play basketball as he had done in the past. A year later, Masayuki finally starts high school life one year later and also develops bonds with his teammates, classmates and schoolmates. Even though Masayuki is not able to participate in matches, he becomes indispensable to Hikawa High School’s basketball team because of the precise instructions he gives from the bench. Will Masayuki be able to make his comeback to the court?