Characters (Organized by School)
School |
Team |
Name | Img | Nicknames / Kanji / Info |
Yr |
Special Tennis Moves |
Seigaku | * |
Echizen Ryouma |
Echizen 越前 means "to exceed what's in front of you" |
1 | Twist Serve, Super Rising, One-Footed Split Step, Drive B, Drive A, Drive C, Cool Drive, Muga no Kyouchi (State of Self-Actualization), Samurai Drive |
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Location: Tokyo | *Capt | Tezuka Kunimitsu | Te 手 means
"hand"; zuka 塚 means "a small hill" Kunimitsu 国光 means "national glory" |
3 | Drop Shot, Tezuka-zone, Hyaku Ren Jitoku no Kiwami | |
* | Fuji Syusuke | Fuji 不二
means "peerless; unparalleled"; Syu 周 is "circuit"; suke 助 is "help/rescue" |
3 | Triple Counter: (1) Swallow Return ~ Tsubame Gaishi (2) Bear Drop ~ Higuma Otoshi (3) White Whale ~ Hakugei Disappearing Serve Fourth Counter: Kagerou Zutsumi (Dragonfly/Mayfly Illusion) Triple Counter NEW: (1) Phoenix Return (2) Kirin Drop (3) White Dragon Fifth Counter: Gate Keeper of Hekatoncheires Sixth Counter: Hoshi Hanabi |
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* Manager |
Inui Sadaharu | Sadaharu 貞はる
means "to harp too long on a subject"; Inui 乾 means "dry" |
3 | Data Tennis, Waterfall | ||
*Vice C | Oishi Shuuichiro | Oishi 大石
means "large stone"; Syuichiro 秀一郎 means "an excellent son/first child" |
3 | Moon Volley | ||
* | Kikumaru Eiji | Kikumaru 菊丸
means "chrysanthemum of perfection" (or purity); Eiji 英二 means "second son" |
3 | Acrobatics; Kikumaru Beam; Seal Step | ||
--> | Golden Pair | consists of Oishi + Eiji | Australian Formation, Synchro | |||
* | Kawamura Takashi | Kawamura 河村 means "river town"; Takeshi 隆 means "noble" |
3 | Burning Attack, Burning Serve, Hadoukyu |
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* | Kaido Kaoru | Kaido 海棠 means aronia
(flower); Kaoru 薫 means "to smell sweet" |
2 | Snake, Boomerang Snake |
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* | Momoshiro Takeshi | Momo 桃 means "peach tree"; shiro 城 means "castle"; Takeshi 武 means "warrior" |
2 | Dunk Smash, Jack Knife, Bullet Serve |
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Coach | Ryuzaki Sumire | Ryu 竜 means "dragon" zaki 崎 means "small peninsula" スミレ Sumire |
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Arai Masashi | Arai 荒井 means "rude community" | 2 | ||||
Ikeda Masaya | (Arai's buddy) Ikeda 池田 means "rice paddy pond" | 2 | ||||
Nagayama Michio | (random club member) | 2? | ||||
Mikami Kouji | 3 | |||||
Nishi Hideto | 3 | |||||
Kuwahara Naoya | 3 | |||||
Yoshimura Shun | 2 | |||||
Yoshimura Yuu | 2 | |||||
Fushimi Ayata | 2 | |||||
Hayashi Daisuke | 2 | |||||
Ninose Manabu | 2 | |||||
Nakahama Yuuya | 2 | |||||
Saeki Norifumi | 2 | |||||
Horio Satoshi | Hori 掘 means "dig" | 1 | ||||
Kachiro Kato | Katou 加藤 means "to add wisteria"; Kachirou 勝郎 means "son who will prevail" |
1 | ||||
Katsuo Mizuno | Mizu 水 means "water" | 1 | ||||
Ryuzaki Sakuno | Ryu 竜 means "dragon" zaki 崎 means "small peninsula" Saku 桜 means "cherry blossom" no 乃 indicates " 's " |
1 | ||||
Tomoka Osakada | Osakada 小坂 means
"a small rice paddy on a slope"; Tomoka 朋香 means "friendly perfume" |
1 | ||||
Former Capt | Yamato Yuudai | HS | ||||
Gyokurin | * | Tomoya Izumi | Izumi 泉 means "spring, fountain" | |||
Location: Tokyo | * | Kimiyoshi Fukawa | Kimi 公 means "lord" or "companion"; yoshi 葦 means "reed"; | |||
* | Suzuki | |||||
* | Inokuchi | ino 井 means "community"; kuchi 口 means "mouth" | ||||
* | Kageyama | yama 山 means "mountain" | ||||
* | Shimizu | mizu 水 means "water" | ||||
* | Nakano | |||||
Kakinoki chuu |
*Capt | Kuki Kiichi | 3 | |||
Fudoumine | *Capt | Tachibana Kippei | Tachibana 橘 is a kind of citrus fruit; Kippei 桔平 means a peaceful plant |
3 | ||
Location: Tokyo | *Vice C | Ibu Shinji | Ibu 伊武 means
"The One Warrior" In Shinji 深司, the first kanji means "unfathomable" and the second means "rule" |
2 | Kick Serve, Spot | |
* | Kamio Akira | Kamio 神尾 means "end of soul" | 2 | Rhythm (super speed), Sonic Bullet | ||
* | Ishida Tetsu | Tetsu 鉄 is "iron"; Ishida 石田 is "stone rice field" | 2 | Hadoukyu | ||
* | Sakurai Masaya | Sakurai 桜井
means "cherry town"; Masaya 雅也 means "to be refined (graceful)" |
2 | |||
* | Uchimura Kyosuke | Uchimura 内村 means "within a village"; Kyo 京 is "capital", suke 介 is "mediate" |
2 | |||
* | Mori Tatsunori | Mori 森 means "forest"; tatsu 辰 is ?; nori 徳 is "commanding respect"; |
2 | front killer | ||
Tachibana An | Tachibana Kippei's little sister | 2 | ||||
St. Rudolf | * Manager |
Mizuki Hajime | Mizu 観 means "outlook, appearance, condition"; ki 月 means "moon" or "month | 3 | Predictions | |
Location: Tokyo | * | Yuuta Fuji | Yuuta 裕太 means "thick and abundant" (?) | 2 | Super Rising, Twist Spin Shot |
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*Capt | Akazawa Yoshirou | Aka 赤 means "red"; zawa 澤 means "swamp"; Yoshirou 良郎 means "good son" | 3 | |||
* | Yanagisawa Shinya | Yanagisawa 柳沢
means "narrow valley"; Shinya 慎也 means "to be prudent" |
3 | |||
* | Kisarazu Atsushi | Twin brother is Kisarazu Ryou; Ki 木 means "tree"; sara 更 means "to grow late (to become night)"; Atsuji 津淳 means " pure harbor" | 3 | |||
* | Kaneda Ichirou | Kane 金 means "gold"; da 田 means "rice paddy"; ichi 一 means "one; rou 朗 | 2 | |||
* | Nomura Takuya | No 野 means "field"; mura 村 means "town"; Taku 拓 means "open"; Ya 也 means "to be" | 3 | |||
Ginka | * | Fukushi Michiru | ||||
Location: Tokyo | * | Tashirou | ||||
* | Suzuki | |||||
* | Doumoto | Power Serve | ||||
Yamabuki | * | Sengoku Kyosumi | Seh 千 means "thousand"; goku 石 means "stone"; Kyosumi 清純 means "purity" | 3 | Kohou | |
Location: Tokyo | * | Akutsu Jin | A 阿 means "fawn upon, flatter"; ku 久 means "long time, old story"; tsu 津 means "haven" or "harbor"; Jin 仁 means "virtue, benevolence" | 3 | ||
* | Muromachi Touji | 2 | ||||
*Capt | Minami Kentarou | 3 | ||||
* | Masami Higashikata | 3 | ||||
--> | Jimmies | consists of Higashikata + Minami | mastered basics attack one member strategy |
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* | Inakichi Nitobe | 3 | ||||
* | Ichiuma Kita | 2 | ||||
Coach | Mikiya Banda "Banji" | -- | always smiles | |||
Manager | Taichi Dan | ta 太 means "big around"; ichi ー means "one; dan 壇 means "platform" | 1 | |||
Hyotei | *Capt | Atobe Keigo | Nickname "King"; Ato 跡 means "trace, tracks, sign" | 3 | Ronso to Destruction Me [Eye] |
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Location: Tokyo | * | Akutagawa Jiroh | Akuta 芥 means "mustard, dust, trash, rubbish"; gawa 川 means "river" | 3 | Magic Volley | |
* | Kabaji Munehiro | Kaba 樺 means "birch" | 2 | Baka-Chikara (power) | ||
* | Shishido Ryo | shishi 宍 means "muscles, meat"; do 戸 means "door"; ryou 亮 means "clear" or "help" | 3 | Super Rising, Dash | ||
* | Ohtori Choutaro | ta 太 means "big around" | 2 | Skud Serve | ||
* | Oshitari Yuushi | shi 士 means "samurai" or "gentleman" | 3 | Higuma Otoshi | ||
* | Mukahi Gakuto | Muka 向 means "confront"; Hi 日 means "sun" | 3 | Moon Salute | ||
* | Wakashi Hiyoshi | Hi 日 means "sun" | 2 | |||
Taki Hanigosuke | ||||||
Coach | Sakaki | Sakaki 榊 is a sacred Shinto tree | -- | |||
Rokkaku | * | Amane Hikaru | ||||
(Chiba Prefecture) | *Capt | Aoi Kentarou | 1 | |||
(third seed) | * | Shudou Satoshi | ||||
* | Itsuki Marehiko | |||||
*Vice C | Saeki Kojirou | 3 | ||||
* | Kurobane Harukazu | |||||
* | Kisarazu Ryou | |||||
Coach | Ojii | |||||
Jyousei | *Capt | Kajimoto Takahisa | ||||
* | Shinjyou Reiji | |||||
* | Wakato Hiroshi | |||||
* | Ota Shou | |||||
* | Kiriyama Daichi | |||||
* | Tanaka Kouhei | |||||
* | Tanaka Youhei | |||||
Coach | Hanamura Aoi | |||||
Midoriyama Jr. High | * | Tsuta Akane | 2 | |||
* | Kongawa Junpei | 2 | ||||
* | Kiraku Yasuyuki | 2 | ||||
* | Minamoto Takuma | 2 | ||||
* | Habu Itto | 2 | ||||
* | Takase Masato | 2 | ||||
* | Kitamura Wataru | 2 | ||||
Coach | Kiraku Taizou | Kiraku Yasuyuki's father | -- | |||
Rikkaidai Fuzoku Jr. High | *Vice C | Sanada Genichirou | Nickname "The Emperor" | 3 | Fuu Rin Ka Zan, Muga no Kyouchi (State of Self-Actualization) | |
(prior champions) | * | Yanagi Renji | Nickname "The Master" | 3 | ||
Location: Kanagawa | * | Kirihara Akaya | 2 | |||
*Capt | Yukimura Seiichi | Nickname "The Child of God"; has Guillain-Barre Syndrome (maybe - Konomi had to change it due to inaccuracies) | 3 | Muga no Kyouchi (State of Self-Actualization) | ||
* | Kuwahara Jackal | 3 | Nezumi Hana-Beat (Dark Grey Fireworks Beat) | |||
* | Marui Bunta | 3 | Tecchu Ate (Iron Pole Hit), Tsuna Watari (Tightrope Walking), Jikansa Jigoku (Temporal Difference Hell) | |||
* | Niou Masaharu | Nickname "The Trickster" | 3 | |||
* | Yagyuu Hiroshi | Nickname "The Gentleman" | 3 | |||
Urayama Shiita | Name based on 'urayamashii' which means, 'to be jealous' | 1 | ||||
U.S. Junior Senbatsu Team | *Capt | Kevin Smith | ||||
* | Billy Cassidy | |||||
* | Terry Griffy | |||||
* | Tom Griffy | |||||
* | Michael Lee | |||||
* | Bobby Max | |||||
* | Arnold Igunishof | |||||
Coach | Richard Baker | |||||
Higa Jr. High | * | Tanishi Kei | 3 | Carioca Step, Big Bang | ||
Location: Okinawa | *Capt | Kite Eishirou | Nickname "The Hitman" | Shuku-Chihou (Land Reduction Technique), Big Bang | ||
* | Hirakoba Rin | 3 | Shuku-Chihou (Land Reduction Technique), Habu, Oo Habu (Giant Habu) | |||
* | Chinen Hiroshi | |||||
* | Kai Yuujirou | Shuku-Chihou (Land Reduction Technique), Viking Horn | ||||
* | Shiranui | |||||
Coach | Saotome Harumi | 41 yrs old | ||||
* | Kadouki | someone Atobe seems to know (but thinks little of) | ||||
St. Icarus | * | Sakata Richard | The Shooting Star of Michinoku | |||
Shitenhouji Jr. High | * | Tooyama Kintarou | 1 | |||
Location: Osaka | * | Oshitari Kenya | Oshitari Yuushi's cousin | 3 | Naniwa's speed star | |
*Capt | Shiraishi Kuranosuke | 3 | Bible | |||
* | Hitouji Yuuji | 3 | Impressions | |||
* | Konjiki Koharu | 3 | 200 IQ | |||
* | Chitose Senri | 3 | Muga no Kyouchi (State of Self-Actualization), The Pinnacle of Great Wisdom, Kami Kakushi | |||
* | Ishida Gin | 3 | 108 Styles of Hadoukyuu | |||
* | Zaizen Hikaru | |||||
Coach | Watanabe Osamu | 27 yrs old | -- | |||
Nagoya Seitoku Middle School | * | Liliaden Krauser | 1 | |||
Location: Aichi | * | |||||
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U-17 Selection | Hirari Tonpei | Candidate: No. 16 Court | HS 2 | |||
Tenjin Kousuke | Candidate: No. 16 Court | HS 2 | ||||
Murata Hiromasa | Candidate: No. 13 Court | HS 2 | ||||
Todoroki Gorou | Candidate: No. 13 Court | HS 2 | ||||
Sasabe Junichi | Candidate: No. 12 Court | HS 2 | ||||
Matsudaira Chikao | Candidate: No. 11 Court | HS 2 | Magnum serve | |||
Oni Juujirou | Candidate: No. 5 Court; called the Guardian of Hell | HS 3 | Black jack knife | |||
Irie Kanata | Candidate: No. 3 Court | HS 3 | ||||
Tokugawa Kazuya | Candidate: No. 1 Court | |||||
Korube Yukio | Strategic Coach (37) | |||||
Saitou Itaru | Mental Coach (43) | |||||
Non-students | Former Seigaku Regular | Echizen Nanjiro |
Ryouma's dad, nicknamed "nanoji" Nan 南 means "south"; ji 次 means "order; sequence; next; subsequent"; ro 郎 means "son" |
-- | former pro; Samurai | |
Echizen Rinko | Ryouma's mother | -- | ||||
Echizen Ryouga | Echizen's older brother, possibly adopted. | -- | ||||
Karupin | Ryouma's cat | -- | ||||
Nanako | Ryouma's cousin | -- | ||||
Inoue Mamoru | Reporter: Mamo 守 means "to protect, to obey, to abide by the rules"; ino 井 means "community" | -- | ||||
Shiba Saori | Reporter: Shiba 芝 means "lawn"; | -- | ||||
Tezuka Kunikazu | Tezuka's grandfather (72), judo instructor at a police academy | -- | ||||
Tezuka Kuniharu | Tezuka's father (48), regular salary man | -- | ||||
Tezuka Ayana | Tezuka's mother (45) | --- | ||||
Yumiko Fuji | Fuji's older sister (24) | -- | ||||
Yoshiko Fuji | Fuji's mother (49) | -- | ||||
Kaidou Hazue | Kaido's little brother | -- | ||||
Kaido Shibuki | Kaido's father (37) | -- | ||||
Kaido Hozumi | Kaido's mother (40) | -- | ||||
Kawamura's father | -- | |||||
Kumano Daigorou | Eiji's teddy bear | -- | ||||
Akutsu Yuuki | Akutsu's mother | -- | ||||
Sasabe | 16 yr old tennis player | -- | Bullet Serve | |||
Kentaroh | Momoshiro's neighbor | -- | ||||
Hiroshi | Kentaroh's friend, a fan of Echizen Ryouma | -- | ||||
Horio Junpei | 21 yr old biker, Horio Satoshi's cousin | -- | ||||
Chitose Miyuki | Chitose's little sister | -- | ||||
Konomi Takeshi | brilliant mangaka | -- | ||||