History Main / KendoTeamCaptain

* Tatewaki Kuno from ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' is the captain of the team, but he is a grade-A, class one moron and buffoon that almost ''noone'' takes seriously.

One aspect to this trope that may not be immediately apparent to Western audiences is the social ranking of after school activities. A rough equivalent would be the status hierarchy that exists in American high school sports. Kendo, as a traditional martial art and one that requires a good deal of strength and dexterity, is a club with high social status, thus the usual prominence of its club president.

* Rei Hasekura (''Rosa Foetida en Bouton'') from ''{{Maria-sama ga Miteru}}''.

* Maya Natsume from ''{{Tenjou Tenge}}''.

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** {{Persona 3 Portable}} adds new scenes with the Kendo Team Link seeing the captain from a different direction and adds the girls Tennis team captain who starts failing at her job to inspire her teammates which you help her out on.

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* Troy and Basketball in ''{{High School Musical}}'' qualify.

* Oliver Wood, Cedric Diggory, Angelina Johnson, and HarryPotter himself.

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Compare: the captain of the football team in [[strike:Western]] American HighSchool series; the Quidditch captain in the ''HarryPotter'' books; the HeirToTheDojo.

* Hinagiku in [[HayateTheCombatButler Hayate the Combat Butler]]

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* Masashi Takeda (pictured above) from ''{{Mai-HiME}}''.

* Reika in ''AimForTheAce'' is the tennis equivalent.

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* Oliver Wood, Cedric Diggory and HarryPotter himself.

* Wakou, Sharaku's tomboyish older sister from ''BlackJack''.

Any Japanese school worth its salt has a Kendo team, and any school at which the Kendo team gets significant on-screen time will have a rather good one. At such a school, the ClubPresident of the kendo team will usually be an important character of some sort. He or she (usually he, but females are showing up more often in this role, and are usually {{Shorttank}} or DefrostingIceQueen types) is generally ''[[SempaiKohai sempai]]'' to the KidSamurai, ''{{nakama}}'' to the StudentCouncilPresident, and possibly TheRival to the HeirToTheDojo.

* Tatewaki Kuno from ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]''.
** Kuno is somewhat of a subversion of this trope. Yes he is the captain of the team, but he is a grade-A, class one moron and buffoon that almost NO ONE takes seriously.

One aspect to this trope that may not be immediately apparent to Western audiences is the social ranking of after school activities. A rough equivalent would be the status hierarchy that exists in American high school sports; as a result, a loose American equivalent to the KendoTeamCaptain would be the quarterback of the football team. Kendo, as a traditional martial art and one that requires a good deal of strength and dexterity, is a club with high social status, thus the usual prominence of its club president.

One aspect to this trope that may not be immediately apparent to Western audiences is the social ranking of after school activities. A rough equivalent would be the status hierarchy that exists in American high school sports. Kendo, as a traditional martial art and one that requires a good deal of strength and dexterity, is a club with high social status, thus the usual prominence of its club president.

Compare: the captain of the football team in Western HighSchool series; the Quidditch captain in the ''HarryPotter'' books; the HeirToTheDojo.

* Hattori Heiji in DetectiveConan

* Masamune Asuka in ''{{Otomen}}''.

Examples:

* Maya Natsume from ''{{TenjouTenge}}''.

* Subversion: Genichirou Sanada from ThePrinceOfTennis has the looks, the behavior, the ethics code ''and'' the kendo skills... but he's the sub-captain of the ''tennis'' team.

* ''{{Persona3}}'' has a Kendo Team Social Link, indeed mainly focused on the captain. However, the script's mostly the same even if you're on the Track or Swim teams, and on the whole the team doesn't really have as massive a pull as the other examples on this page.
** {{Persona 3 Portable}} adds new scenes with the Kendo Team Link seeing the captain from a different direction and adds the girls Tennis team captain who starts failing at her job to inspire her teammates which you help her out on.

Moral equivalents:
* Oliver Wood, Cedric Diggory and HarryPotter himself.

* Eric Bennett from BionicSix is the captain and star of his school's baseball team. In fact, his fighting style as Sport-1 involved him using a baseball bat as his main weapon.
* Troy and Basketball in {{High School Musical}} qualify.
* Since Whateley Academy in the WhateleyUniverse is a SuperheroSchool, there's a big emphasis on self-defense. So there are ''two'' martials arts groups, each with their own fearsome leader: N'Dizi of the Tigers and Zhong Lau of the Dragons.
* As mentioned above, the tennis captains and sub-captains in ThePrinceOfTennis count as sort-of equivalents too.

Most likely the BigManOnCampus. If he serves as TheAce, or another character's AlwaysSomeoneBetter, see SchoolIdol. If he's a {{Jerkass}}, see JerkJock. If there's one in the club, the ClueSportsClubManager is his most likely LoveInterest.

Most likely the BigManOnCampus. If he serves as TheAce, or another character's AlwaysSomeoneBetter, see SchoolIdol. If he's a {{Jerkass}}, see JerkJock.

* Troy and Basketball in High School Musical qualify.

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