1. Prince of Tennis
by:
Heather Behrens
Apr. 29, 2005

2. Show Information
Summary: Echizen Ryoma is a young tennis prodigy who has won 4 consecutive tennis championships in America but constantly lies in the shadow of his father, a former pro tennis player. He joins Seishun Gakuen junior high school, one of the best tennis schools in Japan, and there along with his teammates he learns to find his own type of tennis in an attempt to defeat his biggest obstacle of all: his father as well as himself.
# of Episodes: 173+ (ongoing)
Movies & Specials: 2
Directed by: Takayuki Hamana
Original Manga by: Takeshi Monomi
Character Design by: Akiharu Ishii
Music by: Cheru Watanabe

3. Player Chart

4. Player Profile: Tezuka Kunimitsu
Team Captain
Specialty Moves:
Personality: stern, serious, focused
Known as one of the strongest young tennis players in Japan
Rival: Atobe Keigo, captain of Hyotei Tennis team
Zero-shiki Drop Shot
Tezuka-zone

5. Player Profile: Fuji Syusuke
Specialty Moves:
Tennis prodigy (tensai)
#2 singles player at Seigaku
Personality: mischievious, kind, wry sense of humor, always smiling
Likes photography and cacti
Younger brother, Yuuta, plays tennis as well – at St. Rudolph’s
Tsubame Gaeshi
Higuma Otoshi
Hakumei
Disappearing Serve

6. Player Profile: Echizen Ryoma
Freshman Prodigy
Specialty Moves:
Twist Serve
Drive A, B
Split Step
Cyclone Smash
Zero-shiki Drop Shot
Seigaku’s only freshman player
Personality: blunt, rude, easily bored, naïve, focused on tennis above all else
Likes to play tennis, sleep, & Ponta
Has a cat, Karupin
Seeks to beat all strong players, including his father, Nanjiroh, a former tennis professional

7. Player Profile: Oishi Shuichirou
Team Vice Captain
Doubles 1 player, partner: Kikumaru Eiji
Personality: very kind, worries about everyone, serious, thoughtful
Close friend of Tezuka’s
Likes to keep fish
Specialty Moves:
Moon Volley

8. Player Profile: Kikumaru Eiji
Specialty Moves:
Singles 1 player, partner: Oishi Shuichiro
Personality: Bright, energetic, smart
Likes toothpaste and candy
Kikumaru Beam
‘Pretend-to-Sleep’ Attack
Split Image

9. Player Profile: Inui Sadaharu
Specialty Moves:
‘Data’ Tennis
Doubles 2 player, partner: Kaido Kaoru
Fights opponents by using their ‘data’ against them – he is the team’s researcher and for a while, their manager
Personality: smart, thorough, blunt, and sneaky
Likes making ‘Inui Juice’ and testing it on Seigaku’s tennis club members

10. Player Profile: Kaido Kaoru .
Specialty Moves:
Doubles 2 player, partner: Inui Sadaharu or Momoshiro Takeshi
Also, plays singles 3
Personality: angry, rude, serious, shy – easily embarrassed
Likes to run; likes cats and puppies
Snake
Boomerang Snake

11. Player Profile: Momoshiro Takeshi
Specialty Moves:
Doubles player, or singles
Personality: friendly, nice, loud
Friends with Ryoma
Likes to eat hamburgers and play tennis
Dunk Smash
Jack Knife
Super Momoshiro Special

12. Player Profile: Kawamura Takashi
Specialty Moves:
Doubles or singles player
Has dual personality: one, kind and very shy; the other, loud and fired-up
Power player
Wants to become a sushi chef
Burning Smash
Hadoukyuu
Dash Hadoukyuu

13. “Who is Your Favorite Seigaku Tennis Team Player?”
Seigaku Player
# of Votes
Tezuka Kunimitsu 96
Fuji Syusuke 84
Inui Sadaharu 57
Kawamura Takashi 35
Oishi Shuichiro 46
Kikumaru Eiji 53
Momoshiro Takeshi 15
Kaido Kaoru 22
Echizen Ryoma 92
Total Surveyed
500

14. The End
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