History Main / KendoTeamCaptain

* Hinagiku Katsura in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' - in this case she's ''also'' the StudentCouncilPresident and adored by guys [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer and girls alike]] as the SchoolIdol. Despite this, and the wealth and prestige of their school, the Kendo team itself is rather unpopular with few new members and no known competent members besides Hinagiku herself. When Hayate tried to join to get Nagi interested in sports the club members seethed with jealousy at how close the two of them were as apparently none of them refer to Hinagiku [[LastNameBasis by her given name]]. The did express a desire to, but the fact that Hinagiku is beautiful, aloof, and so much better than them keeps any of them from trying.

* Rei Hasekura (''Rosa Foetida en Bouton'') from ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru''.

* 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.

The closest Western counterpart would probably be the captain of the football team in American HighSchool series.

The closest Western counterpart would probably be the captain of the football team in American HighSchool series. The Quidditch captain in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books also holds a reasonably similar position, both in school pecking order and plot function.

* Masaya Aoyama in ''TokyoMewMew''.

* Hinagiku Katsura in Manga/HayateTheCombatButler - in this case she's ''also'' the StudentCouncilPresident and adored by guys [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer and girls alike]] as the SchoolIdol. Despite this, and the wealth and prestige of their school, the Kendo team itself is rather unpopular with few new members and no known competent members besides Hinagiku herself. When Hayate tried to join to get Nagi interested in sports the club members seethed with jealousy at how close the two of them were as apparently none of them refer to Hinagiku [[LastNameBasis by her given name]]. The did express a desire to, but the fact that Hinagiku is beautiful, aloof, and so much better than them keeps any of them from trying.

* Troy and Basketball in ''HighSchoolMusical'' qualify.

* 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.

* Uzu Sanageyama from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' is one, as well as being a member of the Elite Four, the second-in-command of the series' AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil. [[spoiler:Uzu has a unique skill to dodge any attack he can see. After losing a battle with the main character, who manages to blind him, he sews his own eyes shut. Rather than slow him down, it makes him [[{{DisabilitySuperpower}} even more powerful.]]]]

* Hattori Heiji in ''Manga/DetectiveConan''.

* Hisashi Miyamoto from the first series of ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}'', the human partner of Chite and love interest to the heroine's best friend.

* Shiina from ''[[NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu The Secret of Haruka Nogizaka]]'' is on the [[BladeOnAStick naginata]] team.

* Maya Natsume from ''TenjouTenge''.

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* Masamune Asuka and [[TheRival Tounomine Hajime]] in ''{{Otomen}}''.

Compare: HeirToTheDojo.

* Osanai Syouko, the protagonist of GirlsLove VN ''AoiShiro''. She has everything you can expect to find in a Kendo team captain.

* Tatewaki Kuno from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is the captain of the team, but he is a grade-A, class one moron and buffoon that almost ''no one'' takes seriously.

* Kyouichi Saiyonji from ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.
* Tatewaki Kuno from ''RanmaOneHalf'' is the captain of the team, but he is a grade-A, class one moron and buffoon that almost ''no one'' takes seriously.

* Kirino from ''BambooBlade''. Since the whole show is about kendo, that makes her role quite prominent.

* Soichiro Arima in ''[[KareKano His and Her Circumstances]]'', who also doubles as the student council president. Somewhat justified, in that he spends almost every waking moment devoted to academic perfection, [[StepfordSmiler thinking it's his way to prove to his family and himself that he's a good, worthy person]].

* 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.

* Saeko Bushijima in the beginning of ''HighschoolOfTheDead''.

* Hattori Heiji in DetectiveConan.
* Takemitsu Shinzou in ''SketDance''. Bonus points for also constantly {{cosplay}}ing as a samurai.
* Shusui Hayasaka of ''BusouRenkin''.
* Saeko Bushijima in the beginning of HighschoolOfTheDead.
* Kamiya Tsurugi and Taizan Yodaka are both captains of their Kendo clubs in the 2011 manga, Manga/{{Kurogane|2011}}.

* Juri Arisugawa (also from ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'') is the captain of the fencing team.
* As mentioned above, the tennis captains and sub-captains in ''ThePrinceOfTennis'' count as sort-of equivalents too.

* In ''TheFaultInOurStars'', Augustus was a star of the freshman basketball team (in Indiana, where basketball is king) prior to losing a leg to cancer.

* Hinagiku in Manga/HayateTheCombatButler.

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, a [[TrueCompanions True Companion]] to the StudentCouncilPresident, and possibly TheRival to the HeirToTheDojo.

* 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 ''no one'' takes seriously.

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

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

* Kamiya Tsurugi and Taizan Yodaka are both captains of their Kendo clubs in the 2011 manga, [[Manga/{{Kurogane2011}} Kurogane]]

* Uzu Sanageyama from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' is one, as well as being a member of the Elite Four, the second-in-command of the series' AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil. [[spoiler:Uzu has a unique skill to dodge any attack he can see. After losing a battle with the main character who manages to blind him, he sews his own eyes shut. Rather than slow it down, it makes him [[{{DisabilitySuperpower}} even more powerful.]]]]

* ''{{Persona 3}}'' 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.
** Persona3Portable 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.

* Wakaba Saegusa in ''VividredOperation''

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

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

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