List of The Prince of Tennis characters

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This article is a list of fictional characters from the anime and manga series The Prince of Tennis created by Takeshi Konomi.

Contents 1 Seishun Academy 2 Rival schools 2.1 Tokyo area schools 2.1.1 Fudomine 2.1.2 Gyokurin 2.1.3 Kakinoki 2.1.4 St. Rudolph 2.1.5 Yamabuki 2.1.6 Hyotei 2.1.7 Ginka 2.2 Schools from other parts of the Kantō region 2.2.1 Midoriyama 2.2.2 Josei Shonan 2.2.3 Rokkaku 2.2.4 Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku 2.3 Kansai region schools 2.3.1 Shitenhōji 2.3.2 Makinofuji 2.4 Kyūshū region schools 2.4.1 Higa 2.4.2 Shishigaku 2.5 Schools from other parts of Japan 2.5.1 Nagoya Seitoku 2.5.2 Murigaoka 2.5.3 Others 3 International Tournament (anime only) 4 Japan team (anime only) 5 American team (anime only) 6 Minor recurring characters 7 References

[edit] Seishun Academy

Main article: Seishun Academy

Seishun Academy, or "Seigaku" for short, is a Japanese middle school famous for its talented tennis club, thus the series' leading protagonist, Ryoma Echizen, is enrolled into the school by his father, Nanjiro Echizen, a former professional tennis player and also a former student of Seigaku.

• Seigaku tennis team members

Coach

Sumire Ryuuzaki (竜崎 スミレ, Ryūzaki Sumire^?)

Regulars

Ryoma Echizen (越前 リョーマ, Echizen Ryōma^?)

Kunimitsu Tezuka (手塚 国光, Tezuka Kunimitsu^?)

Shuichiro Oishi (大石 秀一郎, Ōishi Shūichirō^?)

Shusuke Fuji (不二 周助, Fuji Shūsuke^?)

Eiji Kikumaru (菊丸 英二, Kikumaru Eiji^?)

Takashi Kawamura (河村 隆, Kawamura Takashi^?)

Kaoru Kaido (海堂 薫, Kaidō Kaoru^?)

Sadaharu Inui (乾 貞治, Inui Sadaharu^?)

Takeshi Momoshiro (桃城 武, Momoshiro Takeshi^?)

Other members

Masashi Arai (荒井 将史, Arai Masashi^?)

Satoshi Horio (堀尾 聡史, Horio Satoshi^?)

Kachiro Kato (加藤 勝郎, Katō Kachirō^?)

Katsuo Mizuno (水野 カツオ, Mizuno Katsuo^?)

Masaya Ikeda

Daisuke Hayashi

• Other students

Sakuno Ryuzaki (竜崎 桜乃, Ryūzaki Sakuno^?)

Tomoka Osakada (小坂田 朋香, Osakada Tomoka^?)

[edit] Rival schools

[edit] Tokyo area schools

[edit] Fudomine

Main article: Fudomine Middle School

Fudomine Middle School (市立不動峰中学校, Fudōmine Chūgakkō^?) is the only public school that appear in the series; all the others being private. Dark rumors surround the tennis team since a year before the current timeline of the series, the team was forced to withdraw over an "incident involving violence" and before that, the team was deemed relatively unremarkable.

• Fudomine tennis team members

Kippei Tachibana (橘 桔平, Tachibana Kippei^?) (Captain)

Akira Kamio (神尾 アキラ, Kamio Akira^?) (Vice-captain)

Shinji Ibu (伊武 深司, Ibu Shinji^?)

Tetsu Ishida (石田 鉄, Ishida Tetsu^?)

Masaya Sakurai (桜井 雅也, Sakurai Masaya^?)

Tatsunori Mori (森 辰徳, Mori Tatsunori^?)

Kyousuke Uchimura (内村 京介, Uchimura Kyōsuke^?)

• Other students

An Tachibana (橘 杏, Tachibana An^?)

[edit] Gyokurin

A team that loses to Seigaku five games to zero during the District Preliminaries in Tokyo.

• Gyokurin tennis team members

Tomoya Izumi

Kimiyoshi Fukawa's doubles partner. The two of them often play at a street tennis court, where they first meet Ryoma Echizen and Takeshi Momoshiro before playing them in the District Preliminaries.

Kimiyoshi Fukawa

Izumi's doubles partner.

Nakano

Shimizu

Kageyama

Suzuki

Iguchi

[edit] Kakinoki

A team that is the number two seed during the District Preliminaries due to their performance the previous year, but loses to Fudomine in the semi-finals.

• Kakinoki tennis team members

Kiichi Kuki (Captain)

Kase

Marazawa

Kifura

Taniishi

Aoki

Yamanashi

[edit] St. Rudolph

Main article: St. Rudolph

St. Rudolph (私立聖ルドルフ学院中学校, Shiritsu Kiyoshi Rudorufu Chūgakkō^?) is introduced during the Tokyo Prefectural Tournament, where they face Seigaku in the quarter-finals. The school itself only recruits students who are gifted at tennis and they only practice together once a week.

• St. Rudolph tennis team members

Yoshirou Akazawa (赤沢 吉郎, Akazawa Yoshirō^?) (Captain)

Takuya Nomura (野村 拓也, Nomura Takuya^?) (Vice-captain)

Hajime Mizuki (観月 はじめ, Mizuki Hajime^?) (Manager)

Yuta Fuji (不二 裕太, Fuji Yūta^?)

Shinya Yanagisawa (柳沢 慎也, Yanagisawa Shinya^?)

Atsushi Kisarazu (木更津 淳, Kisarazu Atsushi^?) (Treasurer)

Ichirou Kaneda (金田 一郎, Kaneda Ichirō^?)

[edit] Yamabuki

Main article: Yamabuki Middle School

Yamabuki Middle School (私立山吹中学校, Shiritsu Yamabuki Chūgakkō^?) is a national caliber tennis team introduced during the semi-finals of the Tokyo Prefectural Tournament, where they easily beat Fudomine due to the fact the members of the Fudomine team were in a car wreck before the match. Despite losing to Seigaku in the T.P. tournament and then losing to Fudomine in the Kantō Tournament's quarter-finals, they still finish in fifth place, gaining a birth to the Nationals. Although they defeat St. Icarus in the first round, they lose to Nagoya Seitoku in the second round, ending their Nationals run.

• Yamabuki tennis team members

Coach

Mikiya "Banjii" Banda

Regulars

Kentarou Minami (南 健太郎, Minami Kentarō^?) (Captain)

Masami Higashikata (東方 雅美, Higashikata Masami^?) (Vice-captain)

Kiyosumi Sengoku (千石 清純, Sengoku Kiyosumi^?) (Former vice-captain)

Ichiuma Kita (喜多 一馬, Kita Ichiuma^?)

Inakichi Nitobe (新渡米 稲吉, Nitobe Inakichi^?)

Tōji Muromachi (室町 十次, Muromachi Tōji^?)

Tsubasa Nishikiori (錦織 翼, Nishikiori Tsubasa^?) (Treasurer)

Other members

Taichi Dan (壇 太一, Dan Taichi^?) (Manager)

Jin Akutsu (阿久津 仁, Akutsu Jin^?) (Former regular)

[edit] Hyotei

Main article: Hyotei Academy

Hyotei Academy (私立氷帝学園中等部, Shiritsu Hyotei Gakuen Chūtōbu^?) is considered to be a rival school of Seigaku. The two teams compete against each other in the first match of the Kantō region Tournament and in the second match of the National Tournament. With Keigo Atobe as their leader, Hyotei's tennis club is over 200 members strong. Their coach chooses the best players of the tennis club as the regulars and the others as assistant regulars.

• Hyotei tennis team members

Coach

Tarou Sakaki (榊 太郎, Sakaki Tarō^?)

Regulars

Keigo Atobe (跡部 景吾, Atobe Keigo^?) (Captain)

Yuushi Oshitari (忍足 侑士, Oshitari Yūshi^?)

Ryo Shishido (宍戸 亮, Shishido Ryō^?)

Choutarou Ohtori (鳳 長太郎, Ōtori Chōtarō^?)

Gakuto Mukahi (向日 岳人, Mukahi Gakuto^?)

Jiroh Akutagawa (芥川 慈郎, Akutagawa Jirō^?)

Wakashi Hiyoshi (日吉 若, Hiyoshi Wakashi^?)

Munehiro Kabaji (樺地 崇弘, Kabaji Munehiro^?) (Assistant treasurer)

Haginosuke Taki (滝 萩之介, Taki Haginosuke^?) (Treasurer)

[edit] Ginka

Despite their tournament record, Ginka Middle School is a weak school; Ryoma Echizen inadvertently defeats their entire team during their practice match. When it came time to play against Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku during the Kantō Tournament, they stole Sadaharu Inui's special juice, as they thought it was what made Seigaku strong. As a result, they ended up having to forfeit the match due to food poisoning.

• Ginka tennis team members

Michiru Fukushi (Captain)

Gouki Doumoto (Vice-captain)

Tashiro

Yasuharu Suzuki (Treasurer)

Ayumu Itou (Chief)

Masashi Yamanouchi (Advisor)

[edit] Schools from other parts of the Kantō region

[edit] Midoriyama

In the manga, Midoriyama's (緑山中学校, Midoriyama Chūgakkō^?) tennis team defeats Josei Shonan in the first round of the Kantō Tournament, and plays against Seigaku in the second round. However, in the anime, it is the other way around; Josei Shonan beats Midoriyama and moves on to play against Seigaku. As such, Midoriyama is never shown in the anime, and is only given an offhand mention.

The tennis team has three specialist coaches, including a former tennis professional, and all its regulars consist of second year students. Because of the players' overconfidence, Seigaku defeated them in straight sets. Though they still made it to the Nationals, they did not make it to the quarter-finals.

• Midoriyama tennis team members

Coaches

Taizō Kiraku (Head coach)

An old friend of Nanjiro Echizen, and a tennis professional who has won four consecutive championships in Japan. He forced his son, Yasuyuki, into playing tennis at a young age.

Kushida (Assistant coach)

Regulars

Yasuyuki Kiraku (Captain)

The son of coach Taizō Kiraku, Yasuyuki is defeated by Ryoma when Seigaku and Midoriyama meet. He later helps Ryoma regain his memories by having a practice match with him during the Nationals.

Masato Takase

Wataru Kitamura

Takuma Minamoto (Vice-Captain)

Itto Habu

Junpei Konkawa

Akane Tsuta

Others

Masaki Morinomiya (Physical conditioning manager)

[edit] Josei Shonan

Josei Shonan (城成湘南中学校, Jōsei Shōnan Chūgakkō^?) resides in the Kanagawa Prefecture of the Tokyo region. Though they are mentioned in the manga, they only appear in the anime, where they replace Midoriyama as Seigaku's opponents in the second round of the Kantō Tournament.

• Coach

Aoi Hanamura

A beautiful young woman who refers to her students as masterpieces and constantly tries to recruit new students, especially Ryoma. She is often proud of her own prowess and of her pupils', but she is otherwise very calm and professional.

• Regulars

Takahisa Kajimoto (梶本 貴久, Kajimoto Takahisa^?) (Captain) Voiced by: Konishi Katsuyuki

The serious and soft-spoken captain. His flexibility is used in his serve, the L-drive Serve, where he bends his entire body back and releases it like a catapult. This serve has been seen in the anime to go 197 kilometers per hour.

Hiroshi Wakato (Vice-captain) Voiced by: Kikuchi Masami

He can copy any famous professional tennis player's playing style using his Change Over technique, even copying their smallest habits. With this move, he can change his play style easily and when his opponent finally gets used to his style, he changes over again. He is defeated by Kaido during the Kantō Tournament. He is very popular, even having his own fanclub.

Reiji Shinjou

Daichi Kiriyama (Body management) (manga only)

Youhei Tanaka (anime only) Voiced by: Higuchi Chieko

Plays doubles with his younger, twin brother, Kouhei Tanaka. He is often mistaken for a girl due to his short, dark pink hair. He has very good hearing, which, together with his brother's good eyesight, allows them to predict their opponents, moves.

Kouhei Tanaka (anime only) Voiced by: Mitsuhashi Kanako

Plays doubles with Youhei Tanaka, his older, twin brother. Like Youhei, he is often mistaken for a girl due to his long black-blue hair. He possesses very good eyesight.

Shou Ota (anime only) Voiced by: Naitou Ryou

Plays in doubles 1 with Daichi Kiriyama. His small body combined with his partner's large body forms the Thunderbolt, where Shou jumps off Daichi's shoulders and returns high shots.

Daichi Kiriyama (anime only) Voiced by: Iwama Kenji

Plays in doubles 1 with Shou Oota.

Naoto Toda (Treasurer)

Hiraou (manga only)

Nakada (manga only)

Sakaono (manga only)

Oshiayu (manga only)

Kongouji (manga only)

Mikami (manga only)

[edit] Rokkaku

Main article: Rokkaku Middle School

Rokkaku Middle School (市立六角中学校, Rokkaku Chūgakkō^?) is known as the school with a freshman captain. Their manager, an old man of few words, is a racquet manufacturer who creates special wooden racquets for his players, taking into consideration their skills and personality.

• Rokkaku tennis team members

Coach

Oji

Regulars

Kentarou Aoi (Captain)

Kojirou Saeki (佐伯 虎次郎, Seaki Kojirō^?) (Vice-captain)

Ryou Kisarazu (Analysis)

Hikaru "David" Amane (Team counselor)

Harukaze Kurobane

Marehiko Itsuki

Satoshi Shudou (Poison tasting)

[edit] Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku

Main article: Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku

Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku (私立立海大附属中学校, Shiritsu Rikkai Dai Fuzoku Chūgakkō^?) is considered to be the best middle school team in Japan, having won the Japanese National Tournament for the last two years.

• Rikkai tennis team members

Seiichi Yukimura (幸村 精市, Yukimura Seiichi^?) (Captain)

Genichirou Sanada (真田 弦一郎, Sanada Gen'ichirō^?) (Vice-captain)

Renji Yanagi (柳 蓮二, Yanagi Renji^?) (Treasurer)

Akaya Kirihara (切原 赤也, Kirihara Akaya^?)

Masaharu Niou (仁王 雅治, Niō Masaharu^?)

Hiroshi Yagyuu (柳生 比呂士, Yagyū Hiroshi^?)

Bunta Marui (丸井 ブン太, Marui Bunta^?)

Jackal Kuwahara (ジャッカル 桑原, Jakkaru Kuwahara^?)

[edit] Kansai region schools

[edit] Shitenhōji

Shitenhōji (四天宝寺中学校, Shitenhōji^?) is one of the strongest teams in the Kansai region. Though they lost to Rikkai in last year's semi-finals, they put up the strongest fight against Rikkai than any other team last year. The addition of formers Shishigaku start Senri Chitose and star freshman Kintarō Tooyama propel them to winning the Kansai tournament and making it back to the semi-finals at the Nationals.

• Coach

Osamu Watanabe

• Regulars

Kuranosuke Shiraishi (Captain) (白石 蔵ノ介, Shiraishi Kuranosuke^?)

Kenjiro Koshikawa (Vice-captain)

Senri Chitose (千歳千里, Chitose Senri^?)

Kenya Oshitari

Known as Naninawa's Speed Star, Oshitari is considered to be faster than Akira Kamio of Fudomine. He is also the cousin of Yuushi Oshitari of Hyotei.

Hikaru Zaizen

Zaizen is considered to be a genius, and is quite arrogant.

Gin Ishida

A very serious, honorable, and stern young man who is the older brother of Fudomine's Tetsu Ishida. Gin is the inventor of the powerful shot, Hadokyu, which is comprised of 108 different techniques; only 23 were shown in the series. He can also nullify other's use of Hadokyu.

Gin is thought to be the strongest power player in Japan, until he breaks his wrist in his match against Takashi Kawamura in the Nationals.

Koharu Konjiki (Treasurer)

Yuuji Hitōji's doubles partner. The two of them are known for their 'comedy tennis'.

Yuuji Hitōji (Assistant treasurer)

Koharu's doubles partner, who combines with him to form the 'comedy tennis' duo.

Kintarō Tooyama (遠山 金太郎, Tōyama Kintarō^?)

[edit] Makinofuji

Though they were the runner-up at last year's Nationals, they lost in the second round of the Nationals this year to Fudomine.

• Makinofuji tennis team members

Satoru Kadowaki (Captain)

Kaito Hanabata (Vice-captain)

Einoshin Hagi

Minoru Kondou (Treasurer)

Hayato Ikeuchi (Advisor)

Tsuyoshi Ookuma (Chief)

Inoue

Kuge

Shinokura

[edit] Kyūshū region schools

[edit] Higa

Main article: Higa Middle School

Higa Middle School (比嘉中学校, Higa Chūgakkō^?) is the first team from the Okinawa Prefecture to make it past the Kyūshū tournament in twenty-six years. All its players are Okinawan martial artists, and they can incorporate their experience in their tennis style. They have a rather bad attitude, and are not afraid to use nasty methods in order to win.

• Higa tennis team members

Eishirou Kite (Captain)

Yuujirou Kai (Vice-captain)

Hiroshi Chinen (Treasurer)

Kei Tanishi

Rin Hirakoba

Tomoya Shiranui

Kouichi Aragaki

[edit] Shishigaku

Shishigaku Middle School is Kippei Tachibana's and Senri Chitose's former school. During their time there, they led the team to the National's semi-finals. However, without their two star players, Shishigaku lost in their first match of the tournament.

Takeshi Konomi originally intended to have Shishigaku play Seigaku in the quarterfinals, but due to Hyotei's popularity, he decided to have them defeat Shishigaku and play Seigaku. Due to this, he moved Senri Chitose to Shitenhōji.^[1]

• Shishigaku tennis team members

Daikichi Daimaru (Captain)

Junitsu Unoki (Vice-captain)

Tsubasa Nakamura (Treasurer)

Tooru Kushiyama (Secretary)

Moritaka Goumoto (Advisor)

Oonita

Shigaki

Tanaka

[edit] Schools from other parts of Japan

[edit] Nagoya Seitoku

Nagoya Seitoku is a middle school located in the Aichi Prefecture of the Tōkai region. When the team made it to the Nationals, their entire lineup is replaced with foreign exchange students right before the semi-finals, where they were defeated by Rikkai Dai.

Takeshi Konomi had considered having them defeat Rikkai Dai and advance to the finals, but he decided against it because he felt fans would rather see the familiar Rikkai Dai again.^[1]

• Nagoya tennis team members

Shinya Hayashi (Captain)

Nanahara Shou (Vice-captain)

Liliadent Krauser

David Rivera

Lucas Siebold

Sergei Mihajlovic Mikhailov

Moulin

Michael Carothers

Gallagher

Kanako Miyasato (Advisor)

Naoki Shionoya (Treasurer)

[edit] Murigaoka

Murigaoka is a school famous for its data collection; they visit opposing schools to videotape their practice, which they would later analyze in order to determine their weaknesses. Their captain and vice-captain tried to gather information on Seigaku's Kaoru Kaido and Rikkai's Hiroshi Yagyuu in an unofficial match, but the plan backfires since the latter two tricks them by secretly switching identities. Their team is later easily defeated by Rikkai in the Nationals.

• Murigaoka tennis team members

Tetsuo Ushida (Captain)

Tomonori Miyase (Vice-captain)

Ryō Īda (Data collector)

Hideki Satō (Advisor)

Suzuki

[edit] Others

Saint Icarus

• Richard Sakata (Captain)
• Keisuke Munekata (Vice-captain)
• Katsuhiko Isumi (Treasurer)
• Tiepolo Marco (Advisor)
• Satoshi Tanabe (General affairs)

Tsubakigawa

• Takafumi Samukawa (Captain)
• Kīchi Noto (Vice-captain)
• Setsuna Yukihara (Treasurer)
• Kei Yajiruma (Tactician)
• Niita
• Maki
• Itō
• Miura
• Ebiko
• Kotoha Kitazono (Manager and spokesperson)

[edit] International Tournament (anime only)

[edit] Japan team (anime only)

	Position	Year	school	school position
Kunimitsu Tezuka	Coach	3rd Year	Seishun Academy	Captain
Keigo Atobe	Captain	3rd Year	Hyotei Academy	Captain
Genichirou Sanada	Vice Captain	3rd Year	Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku	Vice Captain
Ryoma Echizen	—	1st Year	Seishun Academy	Regular Player
Shusuke Fuji	—	3rd Year	Seishun Academy	Regular Player
Eiji Kikumaru	—	3rd Year	Seishun Academy	Regular Player
Yuushi Oshitari	—	3rd Year	Hyotei Academy	Regular Player
Kiyosumi Sengoku	—	3rd Year	Yamabuki Middle School	Vice Captain
Akaya Kirihara	—	2nd Year	Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku	Regular Player

[edit] American team (anime only)

Richard Baker Voiced by: Tadahisa Saizen

Richard Baker is the American team's extremely strict coach who view tennis as a great show, and his pupils as the actors and pawns for success. He scouted several talented youngsters, sometimes getting them out of abusive environments, and trained them for his tennis talent "show".

Kevin Smith Voiced by: Reiko Kiuchi

Kevin is the extremely hot-blooded, emotional, aggressive captain of the American team participating in the US/Japan Goodwill Games in the anime. He appears in Japan weeks before the tournament to settle a rival feud that began with his father, George Smith, and Ryoma's father, Nanjiro Echizen. Fifteen years ago, Nanjiro greatly humiliated George as a punishment for mistreating his pupils, one of them being Ryoma's mother, Rinko. The humiliation damaged George's ego and career, and he retaliated by training Kevin very strictly, as well as becoming an alcoholic. Kevin sees his father as worthless because of this, and decides to defeat Ryoma to prove himself to the world.

Kevin took up tennis after he saw Ryoma win the American Junior Tennis Tournament. Believing that he is different from his fallen father, he focused solely on defeating Ryoma, and watched tapes of Ryoma's matches, except for the one against Genichirou Sanada. So as soon as he arrives to Japan, he challenges members of tennis teams in the Tokyo area as he searches for Ryoma (who was attending the Junior Invitational Camp). He plays a highly destructive form of tennis and injures other players, most notably Jin Akutsu of Yamabuki.

After losing to Ryoma, Kevin starts to gradually let go of his past. When he and Ryoma meet up in the United States he shows a more cheerful and gentler side, without losing his competitiveness.

Arnold Ignashov (アーノルド・イグニショフ, Ānorudo Igunishofu^?) Voiced by: Yoshiaki Matsumoto

After immigrating to the United States from East Germany as a small child, Arnold became disillusioned and turned to life as a street punk. After he was beaten up, he discovered a magazine with an article about Baker training athletes and becomes involved with his program with the help of his friend, Aaron Harrison. According to Baker, Arnold has never lost in an official match; part of this is due to his determination to not want to return to his former 'hellish' life. However, he loses to Shusuke Fuji of Seigaku, who has also never before lost in an official singles match at that point. Arnold is called a tennis machine because of his accuracy and the ability to figure out his opponent's shots, and then countering them.

Bobby Max (ボビー・マックス, Bobī Makkusu^?) Voiced by: Holly Kaneko

Nicknamed the 'Beast Bulldozer', Bobby is the tallest and most muscularly developed of his fellow teammates. A former skilled baseball, basketball, and American football player, Bobby often struggles to control his temper and poor sportsmanship, which have gotten him banned from most sports in his school. Baker convinces Bobby to try tennis after he causes his school's football team to be suspended.

In the Junior Invitational match against Yamabuki's junior Kiyosumi "Lucky" Sengoku, Bobby employs a combination of skills from his prior sports experiences, as well as his build and athleticism to perform his primary techniques.

Bobby continues to struggle within the game with his poor sportsmanship. He argues with the referee over every point Sengoku scores, and nearly destroys his racquet after a call. Baker spends most of the match trying to calm Bobby's temper. However, his efforts are in vain after neither player can continue the match, and the game is declared a "No Game".

Tom Griffy (トム・グリフィー, Tomu Gurifī^?) Voiced by: Kazunari Kojima

Tom is the older brother, as well as the doubles partner of Terry Griffy. As a child, Tom and his brother were forced to live in their cruel aunt's farmhouse following the death of their parents. They supported themselves and their aunt by collecting items from the garbage that could be salvaged and resold; Baker discovered Tom and Terry being exploited by his aunt to perform trick tennis shots and stunts for her own profit, reaching an agreement with the woman and "rescuing" the brothers from her abuse.

Terry Griffy (テリー・グリフィー, Terī Gurifī^?) Voiced by: Maiko Itou

Terry is the younger brother, as well as the doubles partner of Tom Griffy. While living with his brother under the strict and often cruel hand of their Aunt, Terry finds a pair of tennis racquets that fuel their shared interest in tennis. Terry favors an acrobatic style of play, similar to Eiji Kikumaru of Seigaku.

Since Baker rescued them from their aunt, both he and Tom are very loyal to him and would do anything he says without any hesitation. However, during the doubles match when they were told to lose, they defy his orders and proceeds to win the match, though they receive Baker's approval after listening to the fans' response. His looks are very feminine, thus he is idolized by many girls.

Billy Cassidy (ビリー・キャシディ, Birī Kyashidi^?) Voiced by: Yūto Kazama

Billy grew up on a ranch in an unknown city in the American West. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was twelve, and he was never able to adapt well to "city life." He began to play tennis to become a person worthy of attention to the cute and sweet girl he fell in love with at first sight, Stephanie, the daughter of one of Baker's sponsors. His skills include the Bull Rope serve.

Michael Lee (マイケル・リー, Maikeru Rī^?) Voiced by: Isshin Chiba

Michael is the only son of a successful Chinese businessman, and is a United States immigrant. His father's personal philosophies of hard work and success shaped Michael's personality and tennis play. He plays doubles with his partner Billy Cassidy and they play against Keigo Atobe and Genichirou Sanada.

Goodwill Games results

• Doubles 2 - Michael Lee/Billy Cassidy versus Genichirou Sanada/Keigo Atobe - Japan wins seven games to five.

• Doubles 1 - Tom Griffy/Terry Griffy versus Yuushi Oshitari/Eiji Kikumaru - USA wins seven games to six.

• Singles 3 - Bobby Max versus Kiyosumi Sengoku - Draw with six games to six. It was declared a "No Game" because both players ran out of energy.

• Singles 2 - Arnold Ignashov versus Shusuke Fuji - Japan wins six games to four.

• Singles 1 (a) - Kevin Smith versus Akaya Kirihara - Three games to two before Kirihara's shoulder injury causes his forfeit. The "special rule" was invoked to allow the substitute player, Ryoma Echizen, to take over.

• Singles 1 (b) - Kevin Smith versus Ryoma Echizen - Japan wins seven games to six.

[edit] Minor recurring characters

Mamoru Inoue (井上 守, Inoue Mamoru^?) Voiced by: Hozumi Gōda (Japanese), Jack Bauer (English)

A journalist for the Monthly Tennis magazine, Inoue follows and reports on the Seigaku team's progress. He is also an amateur tennis player, as well as being a big fan of Nanjiro Echizen.

Saori Shiba (芝砂 織, Shiba Saori^?) Voiced by: Noriko Namiki (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English)

A photographer for the Monthly Tennis magazine who follows the Seigaku team with Inoue. She's attractive, outspoken and somewhat child-like; since she's still new to tennis, Inoue frequently has to explain the rules to her.

Nanako Meino (菜々子, Meino Nanako^?) Voiced by: Risa Mizuno (Japanese), Jennifer Sekiguchi (English)

Nanako is a student at a local Tokyo college, and currently lives with her relatives, the Echizen family. She plays the role of an elder sibling figure to Ryoma, who is an only child, and she helps him and the other Echizens with their daily lives.

Nanako is sweet-tempered, very polite, loyal, and devoted, but she is not completely devoid of a stronger side. She is known to be rather assertive and sarcastic as well as not afraid to lash out when she has to, the main victim being her uncle, Nanjiro Echizen.

Nanako is a lead character in an earlier version of the manga, where she is not related to the Echizen family. She is instead a college student named Nanako Ryuzaki who recently joined the Seishun University Tennis School. She was timid, shy, and an easy target for bullies, much like Sakuno Ryuzaki. Nanako was constantly being harassed by her tennis coach, Sasabe (whose character design is different from the Sasabe in the current series, but is similar in personality), until Ryoma defeated him in a match as a punishment for harassing Nanako.

Rinko Echizen Voiced by: Yuki Nakao

Ryoma's mother and Nanjiro's wife. Her maiden name is Rinko Takeuchi. She is sweet and compliant but quite strong-willed as well, always calm in any situation. She works as an attorney, which has been her long-time dream. Though she is shown in flashbacks, her face is never shown during the current timeline. She met Nanjiro in America.

Sasabe Voiced by: Yoshiaki Matsumoto (Japanese), David Lodge (English)

A local bully, who occasionally encounters Ryoma and his friends. He is first introduced when he boasts about his knowledge of the different types of tennis grip, which is when Ryoma corrects his knowledge. He is also the first person in the series to play a match against Ryoma, whom he loses to. His father (voiced by Tetsuo Komura (Japanese) and Jack Lingo (English)), who has an attitude similar to his son, also encounters Ryoma and his friends on a few occasions.

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