Category: Character Bios

Kaoru Kaidoh »

Kaoru Kaido is a fictional character in the anime and manga The Prince of Tennis. His name is rendered Kaoru Kaidou in the original Japanese anime, and Kaoru Kaido in the English manga.

History
Kaidoh’s nickname is “Mamushi”, or the “Viper,” which fits him well. He wears a bandana (in the anime, it’s orange until episode 12 [...]

Takeshi Momoshiro »

Takeshi Momoshiro is a fictional character in the anime and manga for The Prince of Tennis. In the anime, Momoshiro is also known as Momo.

History
Momoshiro is known as Seigaku’s number one rascal. He really wants to be liked by everyone, which is evident by his preference to be called “Momo-chan,” even by the freshmen. As [...]

Sadaharu Inui »

Sadaharu Inui is a fictional character in the anime and manga The Prince of Tennis.

History
Three years prior to the start of the series, Inui and Renji Yanagi from Rikkaidai were an unstoppable Elementary School Doubles Pairing. Unfortunately, their doubles pairing was ended when Yanagi suddenly moved to the Kanagawa Prefecture.
Inui is a highly intelligent player. [...]

Takashi Kawamura »

Takashi Kawamura is a fictional character in the anime and manga The Prince of Tennis

Personality
Takashi is a soft-spoken person off the court, very gentle and shy, though still outspoken and stubborns when he takes a decision. However, he becomes extremely aggressive and loud once he grabs his racket, or any racket. This change in his [...]

Eiji Kikumaru »

Eiji Kikumaru is a fictional character in the anime and manga The Prince of Tennis.

History
Eiji Kikumaru is a third year student at Seishun Academy (Seigaku). He is in the same class as Shusuke Fuji and also happens to be one of his good friends.
He is part of Seigaku’s “Golden Pair” along with Shuichiro Oishi. Using [...]

Shusuke Fuji »

Shusuke Fuji is a fictional character in the anime and manga The Prince of Tennis. His name is romanized as Fuji Syusuke in the Japanese anime, and Shusuke Fuji in the English manga and Anime.

Shusuke Fuji is a third year student at Seishun Academy, and is approaching fifteen years of age at the beginning of [...]

Shuichiro Oishi »

Shuichiro Oishi is a fictional character in the anime and manga The Prince of Tennis. His name is spelled Shuichiro Oishi in the English manga, and it is spelled as Syuichirou Oishi in Roman characters in the Japanese version of the TV show. It is spelled “Syuitiroh” in some artwork, probably because the “chi” hiragana [...]

Ryoma Echizen »

Ryoma Echizen is a fictional character and the protagonist of the manga and anime series The Prince of Tennis. Ryoma is the son of former professional tennis player Nanjiro Echizen (once known professionally as Samurai Nanjiro), and is later known as “Samurai Junior”. His first appearance is in the first chapter and first episode of [...]

Kunimitsu Tezuka »

Kunimitsu Tezuka is a fictional character in the anime and manga series The Prince of Tennis.

Tezuka is the captain of the tennis club and a third year student at Seishun Academy, or Seigaku (full name Seishun Gakuen). He is an incredibly talented player and went to Nationals the year before the series took place. Tezuka [...]