Ryoma Echizen just joined the Seishun Academy's tennis team, which is known for being one of the most competitive teams in Japan. Its members are incredibly talented, gifted, and athletic. With rigorous and extremely intense practices, the upperclassmen of the team expect the very best from themselves and they expect even more from the new members of the team. While most of the freshmen are on pins and needles hoping they won't get cut from the team, Ryoma Echizen is confident, cool, and collected. Some might even say he's cocky, but at least he's got the skills to back up his attitude. With his virtually unreturnable “twist serve,” Ryoma is sure to make the starting team.
Join Ryoma and the other first years, as they train hard, make friends, and
try to find a place for themselves on the team. And meet Ryoma's cute but
chronically shy classmate Sakuno Ryuzaki. She's got a big crush on Ryoma, but
will he ever notice her? Ryoma Echizen is the Prince of Tennis. He may be ready
for the Seishun Academy tennis team, but are THEY ready for HIM?
Author Biography
A member of the tennis club in junior and senior high-school, Konomi submitted
his work to Weekly Shonen Jump after graduation from university and was debuted
in a special edition of the magazine in 1993 with TETSUJIN SEKAI ICHI KATAI
OTOKO. In 1997, his COOL ~ RENTAL BODYGUARD manga became serialized in Weekly
Shonen Jump, followed by THE PRINCE OF TENNIS in 1992. Because of THE PRINCE OF
TENNIS, the number of children in Japan who have taken up tennis as a sport has
increased exponentially, and the tennis club has become one of the more popular
school clubs in junior high today, creating a huge boom for the game. An anime
version of THE PRINCE OF TENNIS was created in 2001, and is still going
strong.
