Seishun Academy is a junior high school in Tokyo that appears in The Prince of Tennis, where the main character Ryoma Echizen is enrolled. The tennis club is a strong team and has participated in national tournaments. In the story, the team won the national tournament the year Ryoma Echizen enrolled. Seishun Academy's jerseys and uniforms are blue and white with red lines. Since there are many singles players, the team's weakness is that they are weak in doubles.
Tezuka Kunimitsu
Tezuka Kunimitsu is a third-year student who belongs to the tennis club at Seishun Academy. He is the club captain and is respected for his care about the club. He has glasses and a refreshing hairstyle that flips outwards, and has a calm and mature personality. He is left-handed and has an all-round playing style. Since his first year, he has dreamed of going to the nationals, and he has successfully achieved his goal. Tezuka Kunimitsu is a talented player who has been noticed by professionals and magazines, and is one of the strongest players in the country. He is mainly good at singles, and plays singles at Seishun Gakuen. He is skilled in the Zero Drop, a drop that returns to its original position without bouncing when it hits the ground, and a technique called the Tezuka Zone, which allows him to guide the ball to a place where it is easy to hit. There is no doubt that he is strong, but he often pushes himself too hard, even sacrificing his own skill, in order to win.
Shusuke Fuji
Shusuke Fuji is a third-year student who belongs to the tennis club at Seishun Academy. He is known as a genius for his tennis skills and is attracting attention from all over the country. He has long brown bob-like hair and is always smiling. He has a very calm personality, but he also has a scary side that shows no mercy to those who hurt his friends or family. He usually does not play seriously because he is not able to focus on the game. Shusuke Fuji is good at playing as a counter puncher and uses his opponent's strength to win. He uses particularly powerful techniques such as the triple counter, which is a non-bouncing "Tsubame Gaeshi" and the "Kuma Otoshi" which nullifies smashes. He is a very powerful player because he has a wide variety of techniques and can nullify any attack. He is mainly active as a singles player.
Oishi Shuuichirou
Oishi Shuuichirou is a third-year student who belongs to the Seishun Academy tennis club and serves as the vice-captain. He has a shaved head with a little bit of bangs, and is very polite and meticulous. He also has a strong sense of responsibility and is always concerned about the members of the club. He is good at using the carrot and the stick to get other members to agree with him. Oishi Shuichiro is a valuable doubles player at Seishun Academy. He shows his true ability by playing doubles with Kikumaru Eiji. He has also mastered the best technique of doubles players, called synchronization, which means you can tell what your partner is thinking without even speaking. He is good at analyzing situations, and he controls his partner Kikumaru well to plan the match.
Kikumaru Eiji
Kikumaru Eiji is a third-year student who belongs to Seishun Academy's tennis club. He is characterized by his reddish-brown hair that curls to the side and his large eyes. He has a cheerful personality, is easily carried away, and is also a mood maker. He is always excited and energetic even during matches. His playing style is a serve and volleyer, and he is good at going to the front and scoring with a volley. Kikumaru Eiji is one of the so-called Golden Pair, and together with Oishi, he is skilled at using synchronized play. He is also good at acrobatic play, and is able to hit diving volleys and volleys from awkward positions. His lack of stamina was previously a weakness, but through training he has gained endless stamina. He has many techniques that allow him to toy with his opponents, such as jumping sideways in succession to make it appear as if he has split into two people.
Takashi Kawamura
Takashi Kawamura is a third-year student who belongs to the tennis club at Seishun Academy. He has short light brown hair and thick eyebrows. He is usually kind and quiet, but when he picks up a racket, he changes completely, becomes passionate, and starts speaking in English. In addition, since his family owns a sushi restaurant, he has trained in sushi and does manual labor, which he uses in power tennis. His playing style is an aggressive baseliner. Takashi Kawamura's specialty is power tennis. He has improved on the Hadoukyu technique used by Ishida of Fudomine Junior High School, and now he dashes around to gain more momentum and fires Hadoukyu with both hands. The force is so strong that he can blow away opponents with just a touch, which goes beyond the realm of tennis. He has also accidentally broken opponents' bones by hitting the frame and serving.
Sadaharu Inui
Sadaharu Inui is a third-year student who belongs to the tennis club at Seishun Academy. He is characterized by his square glasses and messy black hair. He is good at data tennis, which involves collecting data on opponents and solving problems like shogi puzzles based on that data. He is tall and a hard worker, and is also planning Seishun Gakuen's training menu. Originally a singles player, he often plays doubles with Kaido. Inui Sadaharu fights by understanding his opponent's personality and weaknesses based on data. He is also good at high-speed serves called waterfalls, which make use of his height. He is good at figuring out the opponent's habits and course, and is a sharp mind that can pick up opponents' data even during a match to turn the game around.
Furthermore, he can make his hits stronger by ignoring data and acting instinctively.
Takeshi Momoshiro
Takeshi Momoshiro is a second-year student who belongs to the tennis club at Seishun Academy. He has short, black hair that stands up, and he has a very cheerful personality and is good at taking care of his juniors. Although he is usually seen as a joker, he is a smart player in matches and is good at outwitting his opponents. He is also a power player and plays in an aggressive baseline style. Takeshi Momoshiro is good at dunk smashes, which are power smashes that make use of his height. He has even knocked opponents unconscious with a dunk smash. He is also good at a one-footed backhand called a jackknife, which blows away the opponent's racket. As a result of his training, Momoshiro has acquired the ability to sense the weather and is now able to score points by using the position of the clouds and the direction of the wind.
Kaoru Kaido
Kaoru Kaido is a second-year student who belongs to the tennis club at Seishun Academy. He is characterized by always wearing a bandana on his head and taking deep breaths. Although he has a calm personality, he is quick to get angry and often fights with Momoshiro. He is also a very hard worker and does not neglect his practice, completing more than twice the practice menu of the other members. His playing style is counter punching, and he is good at tormenting and defeating his opponents. Kaoru Kaido often uses a sharply curving shot called a snake. He is also good at a pole spin called a boomerang snake, which makes the opponent run and drains their stamina. In the second half of the story, he is able to hit a gyro-spinning snake and a straight, fast laser beam from the same form, making him a very powerful player.
Ryoma Echizen
Ryoma Echizen is the protagonist of The Prince of Tennis and a first-year student in the Seishun Academy tennis club. He is the son of Samurai Nanjiro, a former professional tennis player, and has been playing tennis since he was a child. As a result, he has very high skills and has won a regular spot as a first-year student, defeating many players. His playing style is all-rounder, and he attacks aggressively using various techniques. Echizen Ryoma is good at serving towards the opponent's face, called the twist serve. Although he is actually left-handed, he plays tennis using both hands, such as hitting with his right hand to hit the opponent's face. In addition, he has mastered the split step on one foot, so he can reach balls that would normally be out of reach. Echizen Ryoma is good at volleys that add strong drive rotation while sliding, called Drive A and B. He also makes extensive use of various techniques, such as the COOL drive that does not bounce. In particular, he has a mastery of an ability called the state of selflessness, and can perform the amazing feat of using the techniques he sees as they are.
Summary
This time, we introduced the members of Seishun Academy who appear in The Prince of Tennis. The serialization of The Prince of Tennis has ended, but as of 2019, the sequel, The New Prince of Tennis, is being serialized, and many handsome characters are playing an active role. In addition, many of the members of Seishun Gakuen introduced this time are also active, so it is worth paying attention to.
