- Jirou Akutagawa
- Fan Boy: Towards Fuji and Bunta.
- Genius Ditz
- Heavy Sleeper
- Stalker With A Crush: Possibly. Some fanfics portray him like this to Rikkai's Marui Bunta, whom he admires a lot. It doesn't help that, according to the 40.5 fanbook,during the newcomer's tournament in their first year, Jirou had actually forcibly taken off one of Bunta's wristbands and has kept it in his bag ever since.
- Yuji Ueda
- Munehiro Kabaji
- Big Brother Instinct
- Big Eater
- Catch Phrase: "Usu!"
- Genius Bruiser
- Gentle Giant
- Important Haircut
- Mega Manning
- Real Men Wear Pink (the fanbooks say that he loves knitting and his favorite school subject is Home Economics)
- Satoshi Tsuruoka
- Chotaro Ohtori
- Catch Phrase: "Ikkyunyukon!"
- Daisuke Namikawa
- Genius Bruiser
- Gentle Giant
- Nice Guy
- Red Oni Blue Oni (with Shishido)
- Spell My Name With An S Ohtori/Ootori/Otori... and then Choutarou/Choutaroh/Chohtarou.
- White Haired Pretty Boy
- Yamato Nadeshiko (gender flipped, but otherwise an almost perfect example)
- Wakashi Hiyoshi
- Arrogant Kung Fu Guy
- Butt Monkey
- Catch Phrase: "Gekokujo!"
- Cry Cute
- Masami Iwasaki
- Haginosuke Taki
- Bob Haircut
- Kohei Kiyasu
- Sacrificial Lamb (sorta, as he doesn't die but has to leave the team for Shishido to get back)
- Taro Sakaki
- Bunny Ears Lawyer
- Catch Phrase: "Itte yosh!"
- Jurota Kosugi
- Stern Teacher
Team: JOSEI SHONAN
The anime-only team faced after Hyotei. In a sense, they're an Expy of Hyotei, with arrogance, players with similar play-styles, etc.- Takahisa Kajimoto
- Katsuyuki Konishi
- Perpetual Frowner
- Rubber Man (to a degree, as he's almost unnaturally flexible)
- Reiji Shinjo
- Berserk Button: Insult Hanamura's training method.
- Hot For Teacher (his apparent crush on Hanamura is played for laughs)
- Kuudere
- Ryuji Kasahara
- Hiroshi Wakato
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Chick Magnet
- Everythings Better With Sparkles
- Fiery Redhead
- Large Ham
- Masami Kikuchi
- Nice Cap
- Yohei Tanaka
- Chieko Higuchi
- Dude Looks Like A Lady
- Shes A Man In Japan (the So Bad Its Good Latinamerican dub mistakes the twins for girls)
- You Gotta Have Purple Hair
- Kohei Tanaka
- Dude Looks Like A Lady (even more than his twin brother)
- Kanako Mitsuhashi
- Shes A Man In Japan (the So Bad Its Good Latinamerican dub mistakes the twins for girls)
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
- Daichi Kiriyama
- Sho Oota
- Aoi Hanamura
- Bunny Ears Lawyer (fawns over her pupils almost like a teenage girl, when she's not coolly supervising their training menus.)
- Kaori Yamagata
- Meganekko
- Ms Fanservice (and how)
Team: ROKKAKU
- Kentaro Aoi
- Kojiro Saeki
- Forgotten Childhood Friend (to Fuji)
- Unlucky Childhood Friend (in fanon)
- Nice Guy
- Team Mom
- White Haired Pretty Boy
- Yusei Oda
- Hikaru Amane
- Boke And Tsukkomi Routine (as the bokke)
- Kosuke Takeuchi
- Lets Get Dangerous (when he ties up his beautiful long red hair... watch out)
- Pungeon Master
- Harukaze Kurobane
- Amusing Injuries (kicks Amane on the head as a part of their routine)
- Boke And Tsukkomi Routine (he's a rather... special tsukkomi)
- Kazuhiko Oguro
- Marehiko Itsuki
- Catch Phrase: "Why".
- Takehiro Hasu
- Verbal Tic: "-none".
- Ryo Kisarazu
- Satoshi Shudo
- Rudiculously Average Guy
- Takayuki Kondo
- Toshiyuki Kusuda (in the ova)
- Oji
Team: RIKKAIDAI FUZOKU
- Seiichi Yukimura
- Blue Eyes
- Cross Dressing Voices (the only team captain who is voiced by a female, Sachiko Nagai)
- De Terminator
- Die For Our Ship (the Sanada/Atobe fangirls loathe him)
- Dont You Dare Pity Me
- Hachi Maki (a nice green one)
- Ill Boy (it's a rather... complicated issue. See the main page)
- Magnificent Bastard
- Yamato Nadeshiko (looks and acts like a genderflipped version. Until he enters the courts, that is)
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
- Genichiro Sanada
- Aloof Big Brother
- Arrogant Kung Fu Guy (so much that he names his tennis moves after quotes from The Art of War)
- Armor Piercing Slap (slaps his companions around instead of assigning laps or lectures.)
- Brown Eyes
- Catch Phrase: "Tarundoru".
- Hit Me Dammit
- Kendo Team Captain (subverted: he has the looks, attitude and skills, but prefers tennis rather than kendo)
- Taiten Kusunoki
- Nice Black Cap
- Not So Stoic (tries to be The Stoic, but is far too Hot Blooded)
- Renji Yanagi
- Big Brother Mentor (he, Sanada and Yukimura are this to Kirihara, but he fills in the most)
- Birds Of A Feather (with Inui. Subverted: they are similar, but still remain their own persons.)
- Bob Haircut
- Die For Our Ship (the Inui/Kaidoh fangirls screeched in utter jealousy and hate when he appeared, and have been bashing him mercilessly ever since)
- Eiji Takemoto
- Eyes Always Shut
- Genius Bruiser
- Jerk Ass Facade (specially in the manga)
- Kuudere (specially in the anime)
- Never Got To Say Goodbye (to Inui)
- Not So Stoic: In the OVA, when Inui is injured by Kirihara. "Please forfeit, Sadaharu! It's not like I'm enjoying this!"
- Unlucky Childhood Friend (in fanon, and how)
- Akaya Kirihara
- Bratty Half Pint (despire being already 13 years old)
- Blood Knight
- Catch Phrase: "Tsubusu yo" (I'll crush you), and "I'll defeat the three demons and become Number 1!"
- Character Exaggeration (his Blood Knight tendences get exaggerated to ridiculous degrees in the manga. Made even worse in the anime, where he actually was givenCharacter Development and seeked to not fall into this... but the Aesop Amnesia kicked in and that was lost)
- Evil Counterpart: to Ryoma, though not explicitly stated. They're both the young, childish, arrogant aces of their teams with exceptional skills. While Ryoma may aim for people with his twist serve and Drive A, this is a key part of Kirihara's playstyle. Ryoma's been trained from a young age, Akaya's a prodigy.
- Green Eyes
- Heavy Sleeper: He once fell asleep on the bus while on his way to school... and crossed all the way from Kanagawa to Tokyo.
- Jerk With A Heart Of Gold
- Showtaro Morikubo
- The Berserker
- Hiroshi Yagyuu
- Eisuke Tsuda
- Four Eyes Zero Soul (has the looks, but isn't a bad person outside the fields)
- Master Of Disguise
- Tall Dark And Handsome
- You Gotta Have Purple Hair: At least in the anime. He has brown hair in the manga.
- Masaharu Nioh
- Catch Phrase: "Puri"
- Magnificent Bastard
- Master Of Disguise and Master Of Illusion
- Trickster
- White Haired Pretty Boy
- Yuuki Masuda
- Bunta Marui
- Jackal Kuwahara
- Bald Of Awesome
- Brown Eyes
- But Not Too Foreign (half-Brazilian)
- Catch Phrase: "Fire!"
- Nice Guy
- Nobuyuki Hiyama
- Team Mom
Team: AMERICA JR. SELECTION
- Kevin Smith
- Break The Cutie
- Break The Haughty
- Blond Guys Are Evil (or at least Jerk Asses)
- Hot Blooded
- Jerk Ass
- Reiko Kiuchi
- Unknown Rival
- George Smith
- Abusive Parents (no wonder Kevin was fucked up)
- The Alcoholic
- Jerk Ass
- Kick The Dog (how he treated Ryoma's mother)
- Training From Hell
- Yoshiro Matsumoto
- Billy Cassidy
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Eagleland
- Odd Friendship (with Kevin)
- Yuuto Kazama
- Michael Lee
- The Dutiful Son
- But Not Too Foreign (half-Chinese)
- Isshin Chiba
- The White Prince
- You Gotta Have Green Hair
- Tom Griffey
- Terry Griffey
- Abusive Parents
- Bishonen (Ho. Ly. Shit)
- Dude Looks Like A Lady (I repeat: Hooo Lee. Shiiiiit.)
- Maiko Ito
- Bobby Max
- Arnold Ignashov
- East Germany (was born there, then his parents left to the USA)
- Richard Baker
Team: SHITENHOJI
- Kintaro Toyama
- Badass Adorable
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Dark Skinned Redhead
- Ditzy Genius
- No Sense Of Direction: Getting off the train in the wrong city?
- Skilled But Naive: And HOW.
- What Could Have Been: Was supposed to have a larger role, and it's speculated that Konomi actually thought of having him as the main charas before coming up with Ryoma.
- Wild Child
- Kuranosuke Shiraishi
- Bandage Bishonen
- Catch Phrase: "Mmm, ecstasy".
- White Haired Pretty Boy (manga)
- Senri Chitose
- Bunny Ears Lawyer
- Eye Scream (Almost lost an eye when Tachibana hit him with a ball)
- Forgotten Childhood Friend Tachibana's
- Ishida Gin
- Aloof Big Brother (to Tetsu, apparently)
- Bald Of Awesome
- Gentle Giant and Genius Bruiser
- Honor Before Reason
- Perpetual Frowner
- Un Funny (in the yakikniku episode)
- Kenya Oshitari
- Jun Fukuyama
- Lightning Bruiser (the best example in the series)
- Koharu Konjiki
- Bald Of Awesome
- Ditzy Genius
- Master Of Disguise (parodied without any mercy)
- No Sense Of Personal Space (poor Kaidoh)
- Yuji Hitouji
- Clingy Jealous Girl ("THAT'S ADULTERY!")
- Hachi Maki
- Mask Power
- Mega Manning
- Hikaru Zaizen
- Mouthy Kid (calling your own sempai "gross"? wtfffff)
- Pale Skinned Brunette
- Kenjiro Koishikawa
- Demoted To Extra (was supposed to have a larger role, but Chitose's appearance shot that to Hell)
- Osamu Watanabe
- Hippie Teacher (to a slight degree)
- Koji Yusa
- Nice Hat
Team: HIGA
- Eishiro Kite
- Four Eyes Zero Soul
- Catch Phrase: "Goya kuwasuyo".
- The Combat Pragmatist (not above cheating if he can)
- Smug Snake (though not as bad as Saotome)
- Yujiro Kai
- Jerk Ass
- Kick The Dog (see Saotome's section, as he was the one who injured poor Ojii under his orders.)
- Nice Cap
- Kei Tanishi
- Big Eater: Eats so much that people are grossed out
- Catch Phrase: "Shimiti ichundo!" "I'm gonna attack!"
- Fat Bastard: Pretty much built like a sumo wrestler
- Rin Hirakoba
- Dark Skinned Blond (specially in anime artwork)
- Even Evil Has Standards (openly questions Saotome-sensei's methods if he's pumped up enough in the match)
- Hiroyuki Yoshino
- Hiroshi Chinen
- Tomoya Shiranui
- Koichi Aragaki
- Harumi Saotome
- Sadist Teacher (his strategies include physically abusing rivals and coaches. Poor Ojii)
- Smug Snake
OTHERS
- Karupin
- Rinko Echizen (née Takeuchi)
- Biker Babe: In her youth
- Hot Mom: When we see a young Rinko with an equally young Nanjirou and a toddler!Ryoma... holy crap
- Love At First Punch: She was the first girl who didn't take Nanjirou's crap. Of course, they ended up married.
- Pettanko: And not amused when Nanjirou lampshades the trope
- She Cleans Up Nicely: The first proof of her growing feelings for Nanjirou is how she switches from a t-shirt and baggy pants into a cute tennis dress. He keeps teasing her, though.
- She Who Must Not Be Seen: We barely get to see her face in the modern time stories
- Tsundere (Type B: normally sweet and soft-spoken, but used to be rather violent to Nanjirou before they got together, and now she's hinted to be the main breadwinner)
- Nanjirou Echizen
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents (Poor Ryoma)
- Big Damn Heroes: Like Father Like Son.
- Lovable Sex Maniac
- Love At First Punch
- Jerk With A Heart Of Gold
- Obfuscating Stupidity (his tennis abilities haven't diminished, but he loves acting like a moron until he's got to comment on tennis or play)
- Perma Stubble
- Retired Badass
- Nanako Meino
- Cool Big Sis
- Tall Dark And Bishoujo (minus aloofness, though she can be pretty snarky sometimes)
- Yamato Nadeshiko
- Hannah Essenheimer
- Kurumi Iijyuin
- Moe
- Precocious Crush (on Fuji)
- Saeko Chiba
- She Cleans Up Nicely
- Token Loli
- The Glorious War Of Sisterly Rivalry (as the Smart Sister, sorta)
- Narumi Iijyuin
- Always Someone Better (for Kurumi)
- Moe
- The Glorious War Of Sisterly Rivalry (as the Pretty Sister)
- Token Loli
- Yamato Nadeshiko
- Yuka Nanri
- Miyuki Chitose
- Bokukko
- Girlish Pigtails — Hidden under a...
- Nice Hat
- Dropped A Bridget On Him: On Tezuka, who mistook her as a boy because of the hat.
- Nice Hat
- Plucky Girl
- Rina Satou
- Token Loli
- Why Did It Have To Be Snakes — Is a very good player, but suffers a bad case of stage fright
- Ayana Tezuka
- Hot Mom
- Older Than They Look (is slightly older than her husband Kuniharu, but looks younger than him)
- Yamato Nadeshiko
- Kunikazu Tezuka
- Badass Grandpa
- Strong Family Resemblance (Tezuka got his serious behavior from him)
- Kuniharu Tezuka
- Yuuki Akutsu
- Yumiko Fuji
- Mamoru Inoue
- Fan Boy (of Nenjirou)
- Crazy Prepared (always has his tennis stuff in his car, in case he needs it)
- Combat Commentator
- Hozumi Gouda
- Hypocritical Humor (lightly scolds Shiiba for not taking work seriously, then goes all blushy when he meets Nanako. Shiiba immediately lampshades the trope)
- Intrepid Reporter
- Nice Guy
- Sempai Kohai (to Shiiba)
- Saori Shiba
- Butt Monkey
- Cool Big Sis (tries to be this, though it doesn't alway work. It still lets her have a Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming as she gives Sakuno a Kirk Summation)
- Hot Scoop
- Naive Newcomer
- Noriko Namiki
- Shotacon (borderline, Played For Laughs)
- Unlimited Wardrobe
- Wendee Lee
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