Line #17 Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisTeamCoaches


1	[[center: [-[[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennis Main Character Index]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisSeigaku Seigaku]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisFudomineChuu Fudomine Chuu]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisStRudolphGakuin St. Rudolph Gakuin]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisYamabukiChuu Yamabuki Chuu]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisHyouteiGakuen Hyoutei Gakuen]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisJouseiShonan Jousei Shonan]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisRokkakuChuu Rokkaku Chuu]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisRikkaidaiFuzokuChuu Rikkaidai Fuzoku Chuu]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisShitenhoujiChuu Shitenhouji Chuu]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisHigaChuu Higa Chuu]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisMinorSchoolsCharacters Minor Schools Characters]] \| '''Team Coaches''' \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisOtherCharacters Other Characters]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisNewPrinceOfTennisCharacters New Prince of Tennis Characters]] \| [[Characters/ThePrinceOfTennisAnimeCharacters Anime Characters]]]]-]
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5	[[folder:Sumire Ryuuzaki]]
6	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pot_sumire_3818.jpg]]
7	->'''Voiced by:''' Shizuka Okohira (JP), Creator/BarbaraGoodson (EN), Soraya Camero (LA SP 1-52), Melanie Enríquez (LA SP, 53-97)
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9	Sumire Ryuuzaki is the coach of Seigaku's tennis club and one of the school's math teachers. She helped Echizen Nanjirou develop his skills and become a professional tennis player. She has a granddaughter named Sakuno with a crush on Ryoma. Ryuuzaki has a rivalry with her ex-mentor, Banda Mikiya a.k.a. Banji, who is the coach for Yamabuki Chuu. She constantly yells, but she is considered to be a great, reliable coach. She has a good relationship with her regulars and participates in their recreational group activities: The bowling reunion and the beach-volley mini-tournament with Rokkaku Chuu.
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11	* AgeLift: Inverted. She is actually portrayed by ''younger'' actresses in the Live-Action adaptations.
12	** In the 2006 movie, Sumire is played by J-pop singer Hitomi Shimatani and is Nanjirou's junior.
13	** In the 2014 Chinese series, Lin Qi (Sumire's name in the Chinese version) is instead Lin Ying's (Sakuno) aunt, is portrayed as Long Zheng Nan's (Nanjirou) classmate, and is older than the film version, but still younger than the original character.
14	* AllThereInTheManual: According to the Fan Books, coach Ryuuzaki is also a math teacher when she is not training the male tennis club.
15	* BadassTeacher: Do not be fooled by her age, she has taught her students right in the tennis club.
16	* FanDisservice: Is a constant dealer of this to the team players. She even weaponizes it during volleyball!
17	* HiddenDepths: According to Sakuno, she learned how to bake because Sumire taught her, which her friends find hard to believe, since usually Coach Sumire, the teacher in charge of the male tennis club, looks scary.
18	* IWasQuiteALooker: When Nanjirou graduated and decided to go to America, she went to bid him goodbye at the airport ''in a [[LadyInRed red minidress]]''. Apparently, she was such a hottie that one of her suitors was coach Mifune, from the U-17 camp.
19	* NotSoStoic: How can a friendly beach-volleyball mini tournament can be so ''unexpected'' with her FanDisservice tricks?
20	* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In the Chinese Live-Action series, she and Lin Ying (Sakuno) are aunt and niece instead.
21	* TeamMom: She is the coach, teacher in charge, and only woman in the Seigaku Male Tennis Club. The regulars respect her a lot, and Kawamura is quick to protect her from a ball directed at her in the middle of a game.
22	* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the 2006 film, she and Sakuno are not related. Instead, Sakuno is replaced by Shion Higaki, Egate's sister, who has no relation to coach Ryuuzaki.
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25	[[folder:Mikiya Banda]]
26	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pot_banji_6530.jpg]]
27	->'''Voiced by:''' Kazuhiko Nishimatsu (JP)
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29	Mikiya Banda or "Banji" for short, is Yamabuki's coach.
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31	* AffectionateNickname: Some of his students and even Sumire and Nanjirou, call him "Banjii" (which can be translated as "Old man Banda")
32	* CoolOldGuy: One of the few people capable of keeping Akutsu at line.
33	* TheGadfly: He pretends to have a stroke just to mess up a little with Coach Ryuuzaki.
34	* PerpetualSmiler: He always smiles. ALWAYS. So much that it creeps everyone out. [[BerserkButton And this sends Nanjirou in screaming fits.]]
35	* TheRival: He is this to Seigaku's coach Ryuuzaki Sumire, in terms of Team Coaching.
36	* SitcomArchNemesis: To Nanjirou. It only takes the mention of his name to set Nanjirou on a rampage.
37	* TeamDad: He is always there to support Yamabuki.
38	* VagueAge: Nanjirou gets shocked when he hears that Banjii is still coaching in Yamabuki Chuu, because he was already an old man when he was attending middle school.
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41	[[folder:Tarou Sakaki]]
42	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pot_sakaki_183.jpg]]
43	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JurotaKosugi (JP)
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45	Sakaki Tarou is the coach of Hyoutei's team. Sakaki is also a music teacher for the school and has complete confidence in Atobe Keigo, trusting that he is capable of defeating any opponent.
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47	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Very efficient coach and music teacher. Just as quirky as his own pupils.
48	* TheDandy: He is refined, stoic and is always seen in fancy suits, even while coaching the tennis club.
49	* {{Catchphrase}}: "Itte yosh!"
50	* SternTeacher: He is very strict, to the point of changing regulars if they loose a match even once. He only made the exception with Shishido because it involved an ImportantHaircut from Shishido, Ohtori's pleas '''and''' Atobe asking him personally. He later keeps the same regular team for the National Tournament.
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53	[[folder:Aoi Hanamura]]
54	[[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pot_hanamura_3796.jpg]]
55	->'''Voiced by:''' Kaori Yamagata (JP), Ivette García (LA SP)
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57	Aoi Hanamura is the coach of Jousei Shonan, who refers to her students as masterpieces and constantly tries to recruit new students, especially Ryoma. She is often proud of her own prowess and of her pupils', but is otherwise very calm and professional.
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59	* AscendedExtra: In the manga, she doesn't appear at all, where the only we see about her is her name in the Jousei Shounan list. She gets design and characterization in the anime.
60	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Fawns over her pupils almost like a teenage girl, when she's not coolly supervising their training menus.
61	%%* HotTeacher
62	* InsistentTerminology: She calls her students "masterpieces". Coach Ryuuzaki doesn't like this because it dehumanizes the boys.
63	* MsFanservice: Big breasts? Check. A pretty face with a beauty mark? Check. Nice red hair? Check. A melodious mezzo-soprano voice? Check. Tight clothes when not at work? Oh baby, CheckPlease.
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66	[[folder:Ojii]]
67	[[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pot_ojii_5772.jpg]]
68	->'''Voiced by:''' Bunmei Tobayama (JP)
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70	Ojii is the coach of Rokkaku Chuu. He is an elderly man who manufactures creates special wooden racquets for his players, taking into consideration their skills and personality.
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73	* CoolOldGuy: The boys of the team and the kids adore him. He gathers so much respect from the local children at Chiba that most of them end up joining the tennis team.
74	%%* EyesAlwaysShut
75	* TheMentor: To the Rokkaku kids, who would later join the tennis club.
76	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone only refers to him as "Ojii" ("Grandpa").
77	* TeamDad: He not only cares and trains his boys at Rokkaku, but also makes them their wooden racquets and inspires them.
78	* VagueAge: According to Nanjirou, he was already an old guy when he was attending middle school. [[ImprobableAge Nanjiro also tells Ryoma that Oji was already old when the Black Ships came to Japan, according to rumors.]]
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81	[[folder:Osamu Watanabe]]
82	[[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pot_osamu_97.jpg]]
83	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa (JP)
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85	Osamu Watanabe is the coach of the Shitenhouji tennis club. Watanabe reminds us of a younger (and hipper) version of Yamabuki's Banda Mikiya. Like the latter, the former's interaction with his students is very laid-back, often shown joking around with them. Watanabe is also pretty sly. When the team first learned of Chitose Senri's resignation, Watanabe appeared ambivalent about the issue.
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87	During the match against Seigaku, knowing how much the team needed Chitose and how much Chitose wanted to play Tezuka Kunimitsu, Watanabe "dragged" Chitose back onto the team. This and other incidents show that despite his appearance, Watanabe knows what he is doing. Osamu gave Shiraishi a gold gauntlet to wear until graduation.
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89	Watanabe is shown to be either cheap or poor, telling his team that he'll treat them to somen noodles if they win against Seigaku (as opposed to Ryuuzaki Sumire, who told her team she'll treat them to yakiniku).
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91	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite the fact he looks like a bum and is in general a very relaxed guy, he is actually a very capable coach who knows how to handle the tennis club different personalities.
92	* FirstNameBasis: All his students always call him "Osamu" rather than "Watanabe-sensei". Not that he minds.
93	* {{Foil}}: To Hyotei's coach Sakaki Taro. While both are very competent coaches who care and know how to work with the students, their overall personalities are opposites. Sakaki is more stern, TheStoic, TheDandy, while Osamu is more carefree, relaxed, and looks like a hippie.
94	* OralFixation: He always has a toothpick on his mouth.
95	%%* PermaStubble:
96	* TeamDad: He truly cares for his team's players. He also treats them to food, even if it's cheap.
97	* TricksterMentor: He would do anything to motivate his students, even if that implies fooling them.
98	** Instead of [[spoiler:accepting Chitose's form to resign the club, he just went ahead and registered Chitose for Doubles 1 anyway. This ended up motivating Chitose since he got to challenge Tezuka]].
99	** In ''Another Story II'', he [[spoiler:purposely lied to the team telling them they needed to recruit Zaizen, so Shiraishi could figure out that they needed to diversify the team]].
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102	[[folder:Harumi Saotome]]
103	[[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pot_saotome_6962.jpg]]
104	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MasamiIwasaki (JP)
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106	Saotome Harumi is the ruthless Higa Chuu tennis coach. He isn't above dirty play and won't hesitate to instruct his players to aim balls to the rival team's coach.
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108	%%* BaldOfEvil
109	* {{Jerkass}}: He would instruct his players to hit rival coaches with the ball. After his team lost in the Nationals, he basically abandoned the regulars and left them to figure out how to return home on their own.
110	* SadistTeacher: He is the only known teacher to be mean and tough to his students.
111	* SmugSnake: He doesn't care about anyone as long as his team wins.
112	* WouldHitAGirl: He didn't hesitate to instruct Hirakoba to aim at Ryuuzaki Sumire in the middle of a game.

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