Ogiwara met Kuroko sometime during 5th grade. Both of them used to play basketball together in a nearby basketball court, since both of their grade schools didn't have their own basketball clubs. Ogiwara is the one that first taught Kuroko how to play basketball since he was better than Kuroko at the time. However, Ogiwara had to move away during 6th grade. Before that, he made a promise to Kuroko to join their respective junior high schools' basketball club so that they could face each other in the future.