Tomoka Osakada
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Tomoka Osakada (小坂田朋香 Osakada Tomoka?) is a fictional character from the anime and manga series Prince of Tennis.
Unlike her best friend, Sakuno Ryuzaki (who refers to her as "Tomo-chan"), Tomoka is outspoken, strongwilled, bossy and childish. She's easy to spot in the crowd thanks to her brown hair kept in ponytails, rather boyish clothing style (aside of uniforms, she's never seen wearing skirts or dresses) and a mole under her right eye.
Tomoka met Ryoma Echizen after witnessing his unofficial match with Takeshi Momoshiro in the Seigaku grounds and immediately developed a great admiration for him, to the point of becoming his self-appointed "Number One fangirl", referring to him as "Ryoma-sama" (roughly translated as "Prince Ryoma") and creating his fan club, which she leads. However, unlike Sakuno's own admiration for Ryoma, Tomoka's attitude towards him comes more from typical teenage idol worship inspired by his good looks and tennis skills, rather than proper romantic feelings.
[edit] Personality
As the more colorful and expressive of the Seigaku first-year students featured in the series, Tomoka's personality and appearance combine several traits of the tomboy and fangirl archetypes. She loudly and faithfully cheers for Ryoma and the Seigaku team, no matter how hard things get for them, and is also very protective of her friends (particularly Ryoma and Sakuno); on the other hand, she can come off as immature, pushy, shallow, and even slightly cruel at times.
Tomoka is a fair cook and is excellent at sports (it's noted by Sakuno in the beginning of the Yamabuki arc that she has great potential to be a good sportswoman), but she is unable to join the tennis team because she has two toddler brothers to take care of. Some running gags in the series involve her catfights with her fellow first year Satoshi Horio and her outrageous cheerleading tactics.
[edit] Voice
Tomoka's Japanese voice actress (seiyu) is Fuyuka Oura. Oura has released two image songs for Sakuno: Itooshii! Suteki no Ryoma-sama! and Miracle Colorful Carnival (this one being performed with Mikako Takahashi as Sakuno and Akiko Kimura as An Tachibana).
In the English version of the series, Tomoka is voiced by Stephanie Sheh.
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| Tennis team members: | Ryoma Echizen | Kunimitsu Tezuka | Shuichiro Oishi | Shusuke Fuji | Eiji Kikumaru | Takashi Kawamura | Sadaharu Inui | Takeshi Momoshiro | Kaoru Kaidoh |
| Schools: | Seishun Academy Middle School | Fudomine Middle School | St. Rudolph Gakuen | Yamabuki | Hyotei Gakuen | Midoriyama | Jyosei Shonan | Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku | Rokkaku Chuu |
| Supporting characters: | Sumire Ryuzaki | Nanjiro Echizen | Masashi Arai | Satoshi Horio | Kachiro Kato | Katsuo Mizuno | Sakuno Ryuzaki | Tomoka Osakada |
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| List of Prince of Tennis episodes | Tennis no Ojisama - Futari no Samurai | The Prince of Tennis (film) | The Prince of Tennis Musicals | Takeshi Konomi | |
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