Anime Profile: Prince of Tennis
Fields | USA Info | Japanese Info | Image |
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Title | Prince of Tennis | Tennis no Oujisama | |
Released | ? TV episodes | 178 TV episodes (22 minutes each) | |
Dates | December 23, 2006 (TV) | Oct 10, 2001βMar 20, 2005 | |
Company | Viz Media, Salami Studios | Tran Arts Co. (animation production), TV Tokyo (broadcaster), JC Staff (production), NAS (production), Production IG (production) | |
Creator | Konomi Takeshi | ||
Director | Takayuki Hamana | ||
Genre | Comedy, Sports, Drama | Comedy, Sports, Drama | |
Characters | Akaya Kirihara | Akaya Kirihara | |
· · · | Akira Kamio | Akira Kamio | |
· · · | An Tachibana | An Tachibana | |
· · · | Choutarou Ohtori | Choutarou Ohtori | |
· · · | Eiji Kikumaru | Eiji Kikumaru | |
· · · | Genichirou Sanada | Genichirou Sanada | |
· · · | -- more listed below -- | -- more listed below -- |
Characters: Prince of Tennis
English Name |
Japanese Name |
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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Akaya Kirihara | Akaya Kirihara | Hiroshi Yagyuu β | Hiroshi Yagyuu β | |
Akira Kamio | Akira Kamio | Inakichi Nitobe β | Inakichi Nitobe β | |
An Tachibana | An Tachibana | Inoue β | Inoue β | |
Choutarou Ohtori | Choutarou Ohtori | Jackal Kuwahara β | Jackal Kuwahara β | |
Eiji Kikumaru | Eiji Kikumaru | Kaoru Kaidoh β | Kaoru Kaidoh β | |
Genichirou Sanada | Genichirou Sanada | Karupin β | Karupin β | |
Hajime Mizuki | Hajime Mizuki | Katsuo Mizuno β | Katsuo Mizuno β | |
Keigo Atobe | Keigo Atobe | Kentarou Minami β | Kentarou Minami β | |
Ryoga Echizen | Ryoga Echizen | Kimyoshi Fukawa β | Kimyoshi Fukawa β | |
Ryoma Echizen | Ryouma Echizen | Kiyosumi Sengoku β | Kiyosumi Sengoku β | |
Sadaharu Inui | Sadaharu Inui | Kouhei Tanaka β | Kouhei Tanaka β | |
Sakuno Ryuuzaki | Sakuno Ryuuzaki | Koujirou Saeki β | Koujirou Saeki β | |
Shinji Ibu | Shinji Ibu | Kyousuke Uchimura β | Kyousuke Uchimura β | |
Syusuke Fuji | Syusuke Fuji | Masaya Sakurai β | Masaya Sakurai β | |
Takashi Kawamura | Takashi Kawamura | Michael Lee β | Michael Lee β | |
Takeshi Momoshiro | Takeshi Momoshiro | Renji Yanagi β | Renji Yanagi β | |
Tezuka Kunimitsu | Tezuka Kunimitsu | Senpai β | Senpai β | |
Yuuta Fuji | Yuuta Fuji | Shuichiro Oishi β | Syuichirou Ooishi β | |
Aoi Hanamura β | Aoi Hanamura β | Takahisa Kajimoto β | Takahisa Kajimoto β | |
Banda Mikiya β | Banda Mikiya β | Taro Sakaki β | Taro Sakaki β | |
Bobby Max β | Bobby Max β | Terry Griffin β | Terry Griffin β | |
Bunta Marui β | Bunta Marui β | Tom Griffy β | Tom Griffy β | |
Captain Yamato β | Captain Yamato β | Tomoka β | Tomoka β | |
Daichi Kiriyama β | Daichi Kiriyama β | Wakashi Hiyoshi β | Wakashi Hiyoshi β | |
Harukaze Kurubane β | Harukaze Kurubane β | Yoshirou Akazawa β | Yoshirou Akazawa β | |
Hikaru Amane β | Hikaru Amane β | Youhei Tanaka β | Youhei Tanaka β | |
Hiroshi Wakato β | Hiroshi Wakato β | Yuushi Oshitari β | Yuushi Oshitari β |
Description: Prince of Tennis
Seishun Gakuen Middle School (or Seigaku for short) had a tradition to not take first year students as regulars until after the summer. Then came Ryoma, a genius first year student, son of a world famous pro!
Beating a few older students with amazing tennis moves, Ryoma won a seat in the Seigaku regular team! The team's dream is to go to the All Japan Tournament and, of course, win!!
The team has a wide variety of players; from tennis prodigy Fuji, to hyper, acrobatic Eiji, to calculating Inui. All of them have cool moves and, of course, are unbelievably good at tennis! (Most of the guys are really cute too!)
This sports anime is a blend of sports, comedy and maybe a bit of romance. The many amazing matches are punctuated with side-splitting laughter! A lot of it is because of Inui's evil veggie/anything else juice, called "Inui's Special Vegetable Extract Juice" (and he has others, like "Inui's Special Golden Power Remix", "Blue Juice", "Red Juice", and "Hyper Penal Tea"). And of course Ryoma has his own mini fan club and a shy little girl that has a crush on him.
Pick up your racket and watch Prince of Tennis!