Characters: Prince Of Tennis |
This includes the teams and characters that have appeared in the Prince Of Tennis anime, and the tropes they embodied.
Naturally, this is chock-full of SPOILERS.
Seigaku is a school which once knew glory as, 25 years ago, young Nanjiroh Echizen became its star and led a formerly mediocre team into a fearsome one. However, after Nanjiroh's graduation, the school slowly slipped back into the background, unable to make it into the Nationals until the arrival of talented young people like Kunimitsu Tezuka, Shuusuke Fuji and others. The strongest push comes from Nanjiroh's son, the also insanely talented Ryoma Echizen, whose presence finally gave Seigaku the strength to come back with a vengeance and reach Nationals, taking the Kanto regionals by storm.
Here are the most outstanding characters in Seigaku, as well as the tropes associated with them.
Tropes associated with Ryoma:
Raised in a very traditional Japanese household (having an ex-police officer as his grandfather and role model pays off), Tezuka is a handsome, serious, no-nonsense leader whose biggest wish is to win the Nationals, ever since as a first-year his Bunny Ears Lawyer captain made him promise to be the "Pillar Of Seigaku". He's the first one to notice Ryoma, despite his great skills, still had a long way to go, and since then he wants to shape the kid into the future leader of the team. Lots of players admire him and see him as a great rival, especially Atobe from Hyoutei and his childhood friend Sanada from Rikkaidai. Has also the misfortune of having a chronic injury plaguing him from his first year...
Tropes associated with Tezuka:
Tropes associated with Oishi:
A cheerful, slightly feminine-looking, always cool young man, Fuji is regarded as possibly the only one, apart of Ryoma, who can surpass Tezuka in terms of skill inside of Seigaku, especially for his use of counters (he has SEVERAL of those, all of them with impossibly cool names). However, he seems to play more for the thrill of the game, rather than to truly win against an opponent; it's not until later that Fuji comes to take tennis as more than a fun, exhilarating way to pass time, learning to truly love the sport. Meanwhile, he helps out his friends and companions as much as he can, with an almost perpetual smile that disappears completely if someone he cares for is in risk...
Tropes associated with Fuji:
The epitome of bubbly and cheery is this bouncy, cheerful, slightly spoiled boy whose abilities rely on his sharp eyes, his flexibility and his ability to jump high and quick from her to there. He may look ditzy and act like a child sometimes, but if you underestimate him, you will lament it: not just because Eiji is very skillful, but can also have as much willpower and strength as the other players. Is often seen with his close friend Fuji or his partner Oishi, the other half of the "Golden Pair", and to whom he's fiercely devoted (and yes, this is the source of LOTS of Ho Yay, according to fandom - can't blame the fans one bit, though).
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Tropes associated with Ibu:
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Tropes associated with Higashikata:
Tropes associated with Dan:
Tropes associated with Muromachi:
Tropes associated with Nitobe:
Tropes associated with Kita:
Tropes associated with Banda:
The biggest Ensemble Darkhorse among the fandom is this private school majorly attended by kids from rich families, which offers education from kindergarten to university level. Hyotei's strength lies in its strict stratification and merit system, which prioritizes ability only rather than emotion; the tennis club has 200 members selected through very strict methods devised by the coach and music teacher Taro Sakaki. Its captain is Keigo Atobe, whose wealth, charisma and skills are only compared with the Draco In Leather Pantstreatment he sometimes gets in fanfiction.
The only son and heir to one of the richer families in Japan, Atobe lived a good part of his life in England and only returned to Japan when it was his turn to attend junior high. Narcissistic, arrogant, self-centered and loud, Atobe isn't only brawns and no brains though - he's also an excellent leader, multi-talented, as well as quite more noble than one would expect from a rich kid who seems to be just the male version of a Rich Bitch in his first apparition. Atobe might have a pretty face, hordes of fangirls in both the story and real life (some of them reaching ridiculous extremes in fandom), but once you see through the facade, you can expect an excellent match and a quite noble rival.
Tropes associated with Atobe:
Tropes associated with Oshitari:
Tropes associated with Mukahi:
Tropes associated with Shishido:
Naturally, this is chock-full of SPOILERS.
Team: SEISHUN GAKUEN AKA SEIGAKU.
Seigaku is a school which once knew glory as, 25 years ago, young Nanjiroh Echizen became its star and led a formerly mediocre team into a fearsome one. However, after Nanjiroh's graduation, the school slowly slipped back into the background, unable to make it into the Nationals until the arrival of talented young people like Kunimitsu Tezuka, Shuusuke Fuji and others. The strongest push comes from Nanjiroh's son, the also insanely talented Ryoma Echizen, whose presence finally gave Seigaku the strength to come back with a vengeance and reach Nationals, taking the Kanto regionals by storm.
Here are the most outstanding characters in Seigaku, as well as the tropes associated with them.
- Ryoma Echizen
Tropes associated with Ryoma:
- Big Damn Heroes: Either by winning a decisive match that allows Seigaku to win the current tennis round, or by protecting his friends from being bullied.
- Big Eater: Do NOT have him tag along for burgers.
- Bishonen: looks even more like a girl than most other bishonen. Still passable for a guy though.
- Boring Invincible Hero: Throughout the entire run, in both the anime and manga, Ryoma has lost matches to less than five people, in spite of the fact that drama preserving handicaps are very frequently employed to make his matches more interesting.
- Bratty Half Pint: Can be stubborn and childish... well, he's only 12, what do you expect?
- Bully Hunter: He will not let someone be bullied if he can help it.
- Catch Phrase: "Mada mada dane.", aka "You still have lots to work on." (In one episode, he deliberately translates this into English as "No, not yet; you still have a long way to go.")
- Deadpan Snarker: Delivers his more snarky words either with a straight face or a sarcastic smirk. Can be seen as a Little Mister Snarker.
- God Mode Sue & Jerk Sue: His anti-fans LOVE to accuse him of being one of these.
- When a 12 year old boy is already a 4 time tennis champ (in the US) it's kinda hard not to see it. But still, lots of the accusations come from rabid Atobe and/or Rikkaidai fans... who then go and make them Mary Sues.
- Heavy Sleeper: He loves taking naps, and is hard to wake up up in the morning.
- I Am Not Left Handed: Actually, he is not right handed.
- Insufferable Genius: He never really gets seriously chewed out for his arrogance, probably because he DOES have every right to be arrogant with that level of tennis-fu.
- Junko Minagawa
- Kindhearted Cat Lover He shows quiet a bit of love toward his cat Karupin.
- Kuudere: As a consequence of his care for Karupin and, to a degree, for his friends and teammates. Quite more kuudere in the anime than the manga, though.
- Like Father Like Son
- Mega Manning: Even before achieving Muga no Kyouchi or Self-Actualization one of Ryoma's skills was copying shots after seeing them only a few times.
- Nice Cap
- Not A Morning Person: He is regularly late to practices and tournaments that take place in the early morning—or any time before 10 am.
- Ron The Death Eater: No, he wasn't born evil just because your pretty widdle Atobe is your favorite, people.
- Teen Genius: Of course.
- Troubled But Cute: Sakuno and Tomoka are crazy for him despite his antisocial tendencies.
- The Wesley: Younger than most, more skilled than he should be. Much more in the manga than the anime, though.
- What The Hell Hero: Some of his actions leave you and his friends all "...wut?! D= ".
- Kunimitsu Tezuka
Raised in a very traditional Japanese household (having an ex-police officer as his grandfather and role model pays off), Tezuka is a handsome, serious, no-nonsense leader whose biggest wish is to win the Nationals, ever since as a first-year his Bunny Ears Lawyer captain made him promise to be the "Pillar Of Seigaku". He's the first one to notice Ryoma, despite his great skills, still had a long way to go, and since then he wants to shape the kid into the future leader of the team. Lots of players admire him and see him as a great rival, especially Atobe from Hyoutei and his childhood friend Sanada from Rikkaidai. Has also the misfortune of having a chronic injury plaguing him from his first year...
Tropes associated with Tezuka:
- The Aragorn: Towards the team as a whole.
- Towards pretty much everyone in the entire series.
- Badass Bookworm: Excellent grades, to the point of being able to correct teachers.
- Batman Gambit
- Big Brother Mentor: For Ryoma and Miyuki Chitose.
- Catch Phrase: "Yuudan senzou ni ikou!", aka "Let's not get careless!" or "Don't let your guard down!".
- The Captain
- Deadly Upgrade: Zero-Shiki Drop.
- Determinator: He has destroyed his arm twice because he just won't give up playing.
- Genius Bruiser: As mentioned above, Tezuka is very intelligent, and his rivals such as Fuji and Atobe initially assumed that he was the calculating type on the court. He is also one of the tallest on the team, second to Inui with an intimidating presence. Plus, one of his signature techniques allows him to double the power of an opponent's shot.
- Hot Blooded: When it comes to tennis, this is his true personality, as Atobe noted. He, unlike Fuji, goes for the win no matter what.
- Heterosexual Life Partners: Does this with Fuji, at least in the anime, where they make their own observations about match.
- Meganekko: Looks-wise, he's more of a Spectacled Sadist, but his personality is far too Lawful Good for that.
- Oyaji Kid: His ultra serious behavior turns him into this.
- The Only One Allowed To Defeat You: To several characters. He is considered the one to beat, period.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: Ryotaro Okiayu is very versatile, but lately he's been voicing just too many serious guys...
- Scary Shiny Glasses: Not reaching Inui point, but still.
- Student Council President (though his Council isn't exactly absurdly powerful)
- Teen Genius
- The Stoic: Almost never smiles, gets angry, anything. Lampshaded by himself, when Fuji notes he's smiling after the Seigaku wins the Nationals and he asks the other to keep it a secret.
- When He Smiles (when he does...wow.)
- Unfunny: Almost as much as Shino
- The Worf Effect: He always gets injured in critical moments.
- What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome: The Movie says that he extinguished the dinosaurs. Right.
- Yaoi Guys: One of the most popular targets for yaoi doujinshii and fanfiction in the fandom. Specially with Fuji and Atobe.
- Younger Than They Look: Is he really just 14 going to 15?) He's been mistaken for a teacher.
- Shuichiro Oishi
Tropes associated with Oishi:
- Beware The Nice Ones (do NOT cook things in a way that contradicts his favorite recipes.)
- Green Eyes
- Expository Hairstyle Change (he changes his haircut every year)
- Instant Fanclub (which embarrasses him a LOT)
- Takayuki Kondo
- Tall Dark And Handsome
- Team Mom
- Yamato Nadeshiko (one of the rare male examples... might explain why he's the mother in the Chibi episodes)
- Shuusuke Fuji
A cheerful, slightly feminine-looking, always cool young man, Fuji is regarded as possibly the only one, apart of Ryoma, who can surpass Tezuka in terms of skill inside of Seigaku, especially for his use of counters (he has SEVERAL of those, all of them with impossibly cool names). However, he seems to play more for the thrill of the game, rather than to truly win against an opponent; it's not until later that Fuji comes to take tennis as more than a fun, exhilarating way to pass time, learning to truly love the sport. Meanwhile, he helps out his friends and companions as much as he can, with an almost perpetual smile that disappears completely if someone he cares for is in risk...
Tropes associated with Fuji:
- Beware The Nice Ones: Do NOT piss this guy off.
- Big Brother Instinct: Towards Yuuta, his younger brother.
- Bishounen And how.
- Blue Eyes
- Dude Looks Like A Lady
- Ensemble Dark Horse: SCARILY popular in the fandom, the only one who can compare is Atobe.
- Extreme Omnivore: Eats extremely spicy food without flinching, and finds Inui's horrendous juices (with the sole exception of the Aozu) more than palatable.
- Eyes Always Shut: He is only shown with his eyes open when he gets serious or shocked.
- Launcher Of A Thousand Ships: ...is there someone he has NOT been paired up with in fanwork?
- Stepford Smiler: He has more issues than you'd think at first sight, but rarely lets his mask fall.
- Teen Genius
- The Only One Allowed To Defeat You: Especially towards Tezuka, who actually acknowledges him as this and encourages him in this direction.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: In the chibi episodes he's usually portrayed as a female, be it as the grandmother of the Tenipuri family or the pretty girl searching for the "Lone Gunman".
- A lot of fanart has him in women's clothing as well, such as "Lady Fuji-ko"
which is a non-chibi version of the "Lone Gunman" Fuji, and "Tennis Skirt" which is Fuji playing tennis... in a skirt.
- A lot of fanart has him in women's clothing as well, such as "Lady Fuji-ko"
- Yuki Kaida
- Eiji Kikumaru
The epitome of bubbly and cheery is this bouncy, cheerful, slightly spoiled boy whose abilities rely on his sharp eyes, his flexibility and his ability to jump high and quick from her to there. He may look ditzy and act like a child sometimes, but if you underestimate him, you will lament it: not just because Eiji is very skillful, but can also have as much willpower and strength as the other players. Is often seen with his close friend Fuji or his partner Oishi, the other half of the "Golden Pair", and to whom he's fiercely devoted (and yes, this is the source of LOTS of Ho Yay, according to fandom - can't blame the fans one bit, though).
Tropes associated with Eiji:
- Blue Eyes
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Bunny Ears Lawyer (might act like a kid, but is really skilled in tennis)
- Cat Boy (in the Chibi episodes he's portrayed as the cat of the family)
- Catch Phrase Zannen Munnen Mata Raishu (Too bad, see you next week!), or Hoi hoi!
- Character Development (compare the Eiji from the beginning of the Hyoutei arc to the one from the Higa matches. BIG difference)
- Fragile Speedster (He's got sharp eyes and reflexes, but the downside is his lack of stamina. He later goes under Training From Hell to become a genuine Lightning Bruiser)
- Fiery Redhead
- First Name Basis (people rarely call him by his surname, something very rare in Japan)
- Fun Personified (loves attention and is always cheerful)
- Genki Girl (Or better said, Genki Guy)
- Hiroki Takahashi
- Ho Yay (He sometimes acts more like Oishi's girlfriend than partner)
- This troper likes to refer to their relationship as "Romantic Two Boy Friendship"
- Keet (Cheery, cute, sometimes squealing. Still, thanks to Character Development, he gradually loses some of the shallow traits)
- Verbal Tic "-nya!"
- Sadaharu Inui
Tropes associated with Inui:
- Badass Normal While the majority of the Seigaku regulars (and a good amount of characters) rely on fancy techniques and physics-defying moves, Inui relies on good ol' data, athleticism, and determination.
- Batman Gambit (really good at these)
- Big Brother Mentor (to Kaidoh)
- Birds Of A Feather (played straight and subverted with Yanagi)
- Blank White Eyes
- Blind Without Em (a whole episode was dedicated to people trying to see his eyes They're green.)
- Butt Monkey (specially in the OAV's)
- Catch Phrase: "Ii data"
- Gargle Blaster (his infamous juices)
- Genius Bruiser
- Kenjiro Tsuda
- Kuudere
- Teen Genius
- The Smart Guy
- The Strategist
- Takashi Kawamura
Tropes associated with Kawamura:
- Badass Normal
- The Big Guy
- Boisterous Bruiser (When in "Burning" mode)
- Catch Phrase: "BURNING".
- Crouching Moron Hidden Badass
- Determinator (mostly as Burning Taka, but he's got his moments when normal)
- Gratuitous English
- Heroic Self Deprecation (believes he's The Load, even when people tell him that he's not)
- Hot Blooded
- Naru Kawamoto
- Split Personality
- Super Strength
- Team Chef (well, he was raised by a sushi chef and is expected to take over Kawamura Sushi)
- Unskilled But Strong: And how.
- Yamato Nadeshiko (his normal self has more than one whiff of this, considering his devotion to his team and to his family shop)
- Takeshi Momoshiro
Tropes associated with Momoshiro:
- Anime Hair
- Badass Normal
- Big Eater
- Bromantic Foil (to Ryoma)
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Die For Our Ship (from the rabid Inu/Kai fans)
- Fun Personified
- Hot Blooded
- Masaya Onosaka
- Purple Eyes
- Red Oni Blue Oni
- Shipper On Deck (ships Sakuno/Ryoma fervently, and may dabble a little in Eiji/Oishi)
- Wife Basher Basher
- Kaoru Kaidoh
Tropes associated with Kaidoh:
- Alliterative Name
- Asexuality
- Bunny Ears Lawyer
- Butt Monkey (if something humiliating or hilarious is gonna happen to a Seigaku player, he's the first candidate)
- Catch Phrase: "Fshuuuuuuu".
- Face Of A Thug
- Friend To All Living Things
- Jerk With A Heart Of Gold and Tsundere
- Kohei Kiyasu
- Perpetual Frowner
- Red Oni Blue Oni
- Sssssnake Talk
- Strong Family Resemblance (He looks a lot like his father, Shibuki. His little brother Hazue, is basically a child version of Kaidoh.)
- Why Did It Have To Be Snakes (or better said, ghosts)
- Un Funny
- Satoshi Horio
Tropes associated with Horio:
- Bromantic Foil (to Ryoma, too)
- The Chew Toy
- Dojikko
- Informed Ability
- Jerk With A Heart Of Gold
- Ted Baxter
- The Scrappy
- Could, however, be seen as a rescued scrappy, though. Surprisingly many fans seem to like him, mostly because he's hilarious.
- Shigenori Yamazaki
- Kachirou Kato
Tropes associated with Kachirou:
- Katsuo Mizuno
Tropes associated with Katsuo:
- Cute Shotaro Boy
- Supreme Chef (really good at making curry)
- Masashi Arai
Tropes associated with Arai:
- Butt Monkey
- Hachi Maki
- Hot Blooded
- Jerk Ass (specially at the beginning)
- Norihisa Mori
- Masaya Ikeda
Tropes associated with Ikeda:
- Hiroshi Shimozaki
- Those Two Guys (with Hayashi)
- Daisuke Hayashi
Tropes associated with Hayashi:
- Makoto Ueki
- Those Two Guys (with Ikeda)
- Sumire Ryuzaki
Tropes associated with Sumire:
- Sakuno Ryuzaki
Tropes associated with Sakuno:
- Butt Monkey (poor kid has a pretty lousy luck, though not as bad as Horio's)
- Die For Our Ship (bet she'd be more tolerated by the Fan Dumb if she didn't have a crush on Kid Anova Ryoma...)
- Dojikko
- Fangirl
- I Feel Angry (she's softpoken and polite, but not uncapable of anger)
- Insert Sue If there's a fanart or fanfic that involves the poor girl, it's most likely one of these. Especially if it's regarding characters like Atobe and Kirihara...
- Lolicon
- Mikako Takahashi
- Moe
- Real Women Never Wear Dresses (being girly, shy and insecure is apparently a worse sin than hurting your rivals deliberately)
- Shrinking Violet (more in the anime)
- Token Loli
- Tomboy And Girly Girl
- Yamato Nadeshiko (more in the manga)
- Tomoka Osakada
Tropes associated with Tomoka:
- Beauty Mark
- Clingy Jealous Girl
- Cosplay Otaku Girl (hinted to be one in the anime)
- Fangirl
- Fuyuka Ooura
- Genki Girl
- Girlish Pigtails
- Hot Blooded
- Moe Moe
- Plucky Girl
- School Newspaper News Hound (Chinese drama)
- The Scrappy
- Shorttank
- Supreme Chef
- Team Chef
- Token Loli
- Tomboy And Girly Girl (the tomboy to Sakuno's girly girl)
- Tsundere (Type B: sweet, energetic, kind, kinda clingy... unless Horio is near or someone threatens her friends)
- Yuudai Yamato
Tropes associated with Yamato:
- Alliterative Name
- Big Brother Mentor (to Tezuka and Oishi)
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander
- Hachi Maki
- Masanori Ikeda
- Sunglasses At Night
- Younger Than They Look
Team: FUDOMINE
- Kippei Tachibana
Tropes associated with Tachibana:
- Blood Knight (in the Backstory)
- My God What Have I Done when said BK traits harm his rival Chitose REAL bad)
- Expository Hairstyle Change (First, he had long hair that he dyed blond. After the incident described, he cut it short and dyed it back to black. In the Nationals, he keeps his hair short... and dyes it blond again.
- Facial Markings (A mole on his forehead)
- Kuudere (and how)
- Lethal Chef
- New Transfer Student
- Team Dad
- The Worf Effect After being stated to be a national-level player on par with Tezuka, he loses very badly against Kirihara. To be fair, he wasn't using his full strength. He also loses to his friend Chitose, who goes on to lose to Tezuka. Could be considered Worf Had The Flu.
- It could be argues that this trope applies to Fundomine as a whole. After their arc, a lot of the other rival teams are shown intially defeating Fundomina and thus proving how dangerous they are
- Yoshihisa Kawahara
- Akira Kamio
Tropes associated with Kamio:
- Catch Phrase: "Rizumu ni noruze"., or "I'm riding on the rhythm!"
- Chihiro Suzuki
- Fragile Speedster Perhaps the most literal example in the series.
- Hot Blooded
- Unlucky Childhood Friend (to Tachibana's sister An)
- Shinji Ibu
Tropes associated with Ibu:
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander
- Informed Ability Said to have skills rivaling that of Fuji's. However, his only major technique is the Spot, which relies on a gradual effect, but can easily be sealed, as Ryoma showed.
- Tall Dark And Handsome
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
- Tetsu Ishida
Tropes associated with Ishida:
- Bald Of Awesome
- Deadly Upgrade (his variation of the Hadokyuu, so much that Tachibana banned him from using it)
- Gentle Giant
- Mamoru Miyano In the musicals, at least. He actually provides Ishida with characteristics, as well as... other things.
- Takeshi Maeda
- Masaya Sakurai
Tropes associated with Sakurai:
- Kyosuke Uchimura
Tropes associated with Uchimura:
- Tatsunori Mori
Tropes associated with Mori:
- An Tachibana
Tropes associated with An:
- Akiko Kimura
- Cool Big Sis (to Sakuno)
- Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs
- Hot Amazon (attracts men with her beauty and her firey personality)
- My Name Is Not Durwood ("Don't call me 'Tachibana-imouto'! My name is An!")
- Plucky Girl
- The Tease
Team: ST. RUDOLPH
- Hajime Mizuki
Tropes associated with Mizuki:
- Akira Ishida
- Always Camp
- Camp Straight or Camp Bi
- Kick The Dog (his treatment of Yuuta)
- Smug Snake
- Stalker With A Crush To Yuuta, at least in fanon.
- Yuuta Fuji
Tropes associated with Yuuta:
- Bratty Half Pint (milder version)
- Makoto Tomita
- Noriko Namiki (as a child)
- The Unfavorite (a big part of his Character Development is his feelings of inadequacy and jealousy of his older brother Shuusuke)
- Tsundere
- Yoshiro Akazawa
Tropes associated with Akazawa:
- Ichirou Kaneda
Tropes associated with Kaneda:
- Hero Worshipper (big Akazawa fanboy, but still...)
- What The Hell Hero ("Bakazawaaaaaa!")
- Nice Guy
- Yoshihisa Kawahara
- Atsushi Kisarazu
Tropes associated with Atsushi:
- Shinya Yanagisawa
Tropes associated with Yanagisawa:
- Animal Motifs (the duck)
- Norihisa Mori
- Verbal Tic: "-dane".
- Takuya Nomura
Tropes associated with Nomura:
Team: YAMABUKI
- Sengoku Kiyosumi
Tropes associated with Sengoku:
- Bunny Ears Lawyer: Off-court, he seems primarily concerned with flirting with women. On-court, he's one of the most skilled players in the series, shutting down Kamio's speed and giving Momoshiro a hard time.
- Blue Eyes
- Fiery Redhead
- Handsome Lech
- Kosuke Toriumi
- Nice Guy
- Jin Akutsu
Tropes associated with Akutsu:
- Break The Haughty
- Catch Phrase: "Don't order me."
- Eyes Of Gold
- Jerk Ass
- Nozomu Sasaki
- Kentaro Minami
Tropes associated with Minami:
- Masami Higashikata
Tropes associated with Higashikata:
- Taichi Dan
Tropes associated with Dan:
- Catch Phrase: "Dadadadaan!", "Ussodaan!"
- Cute Shotaro Boy
- Dude Looks Like A Lady
- Hachi Maki (given to him by Akutsu)
- Moe
- Morality Pet (to Akutsu)
- Verbal Tic: "-desu"
- Yumiko Kobayashi
- Toji Muromachi
Tropes associated with Muromachi:
- Inakichi Nitobe
Tropes associated with Nitobe:
- Bob Haircut
- Kei Watanabe
- Those Two Guys (with Kita)
- Ichiuma Kita
Tropes associated with Kita:
- Ryotaro Okiayu
- Those Two Guys (with Nitobe)
- Mikiya Banda
Tropes associated with Banda:
- Cool Old Guy
- Eyes Always Shut
- Kazuhiko Nishimatsu
- Stepford Smiler (he always smiles. And I mean, ALWAYS. So much that it creeps everyone out)
- Team Dad
Team: HYOUTEI GAKUEN
The biggest Ensemble Darkhorse among the fandom is this private school majorly attended by kids from rich families, which offers education from kindergarten to university level. Hyotei's strength lies in its strict stratification and merit system, which prioritizes ability only rather than emotion; the tennis club has 200 members selected through very strict methods devised by the coach and music teacher Taro Sakaki. Its captain is Keigo Atobe, whose wealth, charisma and skills are only compared with the Draco In Leather Pantstreatment he sometimes gets in fanfiction.
- Keigo Atobe
The only son and heir to one of the richer families in Japan, Atobe lived a good part of his life in England and only returned to Japan when it was his turn to attend junior high. Narcissistic, arrogant, self-centered and loud, Atobe isn't only brawns and no brains though - he's also an excellent leader, multi-talented, as well as quite more noble than one would expect from a rich kid who seems to be just the male version of a Rich Bitch in his first apparition. Atobe might have a pretty face, hordes of fangirls in both the story and real life (some of them reaching ridiculous extremes in fandom), but once you see through the facade, you can expect an excellent match and a quite noble rival.
Tropes associated with Atobe:
- The Ace
- Anime Hair (In the games and the manga he's a blond, in the anime he's silver-haired, etc.)
- Big Fancy House (no doubt about that)
- Bishie Sparkle (one of the biggest "offenders")
- Catch Phrase ("Ore-sama no bigi no yoi na!" "Be awed at the sight of my prowess" and its variations)
- Charm Point (His mole. There's even a song dedicated to it)
- Draco In Leather Pants (His rabid fans often make him a pure, selfless, ultra-pure angel, overlooking the flaws and exaggerations that make him fun in the first place)
- Fan Nickname ("Ore-sama", by the fandom. "Monkey King", in canon)
- Fanon: It's obvious whether or not a person likes him within the fandom. He's either loved, or hated. Both is really just an exaggeration of his existing qualities.
- Fridge Brilliance: Before the Nationals, he hones his insight to create World of Ice, a technique that can see any given player's blind spots. At first, you'd wonder why the creator chose ice. Hyotei actually means 'Ice Emperor'.
- Gorgeous George (fanfiction often flanderize him as one of these)
- Jerk With A Heart Of Gold (so much)
- Junichi Suwabe
- I Have You Now My Pretty (He was sorta doing this to An in his first apparition)
- Important Haircut (after losing to Ryoma in the Nationals. Subverted because he's later shown using a wig.)
- Insufferable Genius (And how.)
- Large Ham (So over the top. But for some, that's what makes him fun. Your Mileage May Vary)
- Launcher Of A Thousand Ships (Another one who's paired up with *everyone*)
- Magnificent Bastard (Don't let the pretty face fool you. He can be one nasty SOB and do it with style)
- Pet The Dog (Might be quite the Magnificent Bastard, but has shown a soft spot for his companion Kabaji and supported Shishido's plight without hesitation)
- The White Prince (Filthy rich, doesn't mind to either show it off or use it to help his friends)
- Yuushi Oshitari
Tropes associated with Oshitari:
- Blind Without Em: Averted, seeing as he sees perfectly fine without them, he just wants to look smarter.
- Chivalrous Pervert
- Genius Bruiser
- Hidenobu Kiuchi
- Kansai Regional Accent
- Meganekko
- Number Two: Serves as this for Atobe along with Shishido
- Red Oni Blue Oni (with the redheaded Gakuto)
- Tall, Dark, Handsome AND Snarky
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair (literally)
- Gakuto Mukahi
Tropes associated with Mukahi:
- Bob Haircut (And how)
- Clingy Jealous Girl With Oshitari Yuushi.
- Red Oni Blue Oni (with both Oshitari and Hiyoshi)
- Sempai Kohai (with Hiyoshi)
- Soichiro Hoshi
- Ryou Shishido
Tropes associated with Shishido:
- Big Brother Mentor to Ohtori.
- Catch Phrase: "Gekidasa daze!"
- Hot Blooded
- Ho Yay (with Ohtori, cranked Up To Eleven in the anime)
- Important Haircut
- The Napoleon
- Nice Cap
- Pointless Band-Aid
- Red Oni Blue Oni
- Toshiyuki Kusuda
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