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[[Category:Characters]][[Category:Shitenhouji]]
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!colspan="2"|Zaizen Hikaru
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!style="width:30%;"|Kanji
|style="width:70%;"|財前光
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!Kana
|ざいぜんひかる
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!Nicknames
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* Shitenhouji's Genius
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!colspan="2"|Characteristics
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!style="width:30%;"|Gender
|style="width:70%;"|Male
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!Age
|14
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!Height
|167cm
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!Weight
|57kg
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!Birthday
|July 20
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!Horoscope
|Cancer
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!Eyesight (Unaided)
|1.5
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!Blood Type
|A
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!Family
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* Father
* Mother
* Older Brother
* Sister-in-Law
* Nephew
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!colspan="2"|School
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!style="width:30%;"|Middle School
|style="width:70%;"|[[Shitenhouji]] (2nd Year)
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!Class
|2-7
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!Seat
|14
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!Former School(s)
|Doutonbori First Elementary School
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!colspan="2"|Tennis
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!Club Position
|Regular
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!Dominant Arm
|Left
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!Play Style
|All-Rounder
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!Doubles Partner(s)
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* [[Chitose Senri]]
* [[Koishikawa Kenjirou]] (Anime)
* [[Oshitari Kenya]]
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!colspan="2"|Media
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!Manga Debut
|Genius 248
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!Anime Debut
|Episode ?
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!Seiyuu
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirofumi_Araki Araki Hirofumi]
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![[Tenimyu]] Actors
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*[http://tenimyu.wikia.com/wiki/Satou_Hisanori Satou Hisanori] (1st A/B)
*[http://tenimyu.wikia.com/wiki/Kawasumi_Bishin Kawasumi Bishin] (1st B)
*[http://tenimyu.wikia.com/wiki/Satou_Ryuji Satou Ryuuji] (2nd)
|}

'''Zaizen Hikaru''' (財前光, ''Zaizen Hikaru'') is a 2nd year student at [[Shitenhouji]]. He is known as the school's "genius," but his tennis ability has yet to be featured in any official match.

==Appearance==
Something that sets Zaizen apart from the rest of the characters in terms of appearance is that he has multiple ear piercings - three in his left ear and two in his right. In the manga his earrings are all different colors (blue, yellow, black, green, red) and Kenya equates them to the Olympic rings.<ref>The New Prince of Tennis Fanbook 10.5, pg. 339</ref> In the anime, however, they're shown to be all silver, and as a first year he is shown to only have a single earring in each ear.<ref>The New Prince of Tennis Another Story II ~The Times We Shared</ref>

His eyes are dark brown in the manga, but in the anime they are dark green. He wears two sweat bands on his left arm, one at his wrist, and one midway up his forearm.

==Personality==
In a school filled with a bunch of goofy people who pride themselves on their humor, Zaizen seems like the odd man out. He's calm and collected, and seems relatively unfazed by the chaos happening around him. He is quick to provide unwanted commentary, oftentimes of a disparaging nature (such as when he calls his teammates gross or calling [[Kawamura Takashi]] Seigaku's extra baggage). His tolerance level for goofing off is quite short, oftentimes falling back on his sharp tongue to indicate that he's done.

He's shown in the anime to be initially uncertain of his decision to attend Shitenhouji because he didn't believe that he was going to fit in with the others who were naturally loud and constantly making jokes. However, he's shown later on to at least somewhat take part in the shenanigans, taking pictures of others making fools out of themselves<ref>The New Prince of Tennis OVA vs Genius 10, Episode 1, ''Prelude to a Revolution''</ref> and posting them to his blog, or like how he humored Shiraishi by taking a video of Kenya twirling his pen and editing the video to show more ridiculous spinning objects.<ref>The New Prince of Tennis Another Story II ~The Times We Shared, Bonus Episode</ref>

Despite how it may seem otherwise, he is respectful to the social dynamic between the school years, and it's evident in how he addresses his teammates.

==History==

===Prior to the events of the main story===
There isn't anything known about Zaizen prior to the start of the main series; the majority of his canon has only happened in the anime.

===National Tournament===
Shitenhouji met Seigaku in the semi-finals of the National Tournament. Zaizen was originally supposed to play with Kenya against the [[Tezuka Kunimitsu]]/[[Inui Sadaharu]] pair, but in the last minute Kenya was replaced by Chitose so that he could play Tezuka instead. Despite the match supposedly being doubles, it turns into a singles match between Tezuka and Chitose. Inui advises Zaizen that this match was out of their league. Unsatisfied with this conclusion, Zaizen attempts a poach shot that ends up easily being returned, and he begrudgingly stays out of the rest of the match except for the necessary serves and serve returns.

===U-17 Training Camp===
Initially Zaizen rejects the offer to attend the U-17 training camp because he thinks it sounds like too much work. He ultimately decides to attend when [[Hitouji Yuuji]] explains that he wished to see [[Konjiki Koharu]] and they join the losers before they go to the mountain.

When the losers return to the training camp, he ends up sharing room 205 with [[Kirihara Akaya]], [[Hiyoshi Wakashi]], and [[Kaidou Kaoru]].

==Anime only arcs==
In the [[Born! Captain Shiraishi Kuranosuke]] episode, Zaizen is recruited to the tennis team by his teammates.

[[Shiraishi Kuranosuke]] and Kenya are talking on the rooftop during the opening ceremony of the new school year. When the headmaster makes his terrible joke, the entire school erupts into laughter; yet, Shiraishi notices that there is one first year who continues to scowl. He finds it odd, but doesn't think anything further.

Watanabe advises the tennis club that per a rule in their school handbook, a club cannot continue activities unless they have an entering first year in their midst. He then goes on to explain that there is only one first year who had yet to choose a club: Zaizen. Shiraishi notes that this was the first year who didn't laugh at the headmaster's joke and wonders how they're going to recruit someone who doesn't seem to fit their mold.

Numerous members of the team attempt to recruit Zaizen by making him laugh. Each and every time they're rejected, as Zaizen either side steps them or just blatantly ignores them. Ultimately he agrees to attend tennis practice once [[Koishikawa Kenjirou]] asks him if he would consider it, stating that all they needed to do was ask, much to the surprise of the other team members looking on.

When he goes to practice with the rest of the team, Konjiki and Hitouji begin to show him the basic way to hold a racquet, and he listens attentively for a moment before he expertly twirls the racquet around his hand. Once they realize that he actually displays some tennis ability, they decide that he will play a match with Shiraishi and Kenya with Koishikawa as his partner. It becomes immediately evident that Zaizen is actually a solid tennis player, ultimately returning all shots to them and taking control of the match easily. Zaizen calls Shiraishi's tennis nothing but textbook tennis. Realization dawns on Shiraishi and he realizes that he has been trying to fit his teammates into a pretty little package in the form of a book called "tennis," whereas he should have been letting them be the best at their strengths. He then uses his [[Entaku Shot]] for the first time and startles Zaizen.

Zaizen expresses that he is not well suited to becoming a member of Shitenhouji due to the fact that he was a serious person by nature who didn't laugh at the same jokes as they did. He explains it as a dissonance. Shiraishi encourages him and tells him that it doesn't matter whether or not he was the straight man or the funny man, that what was important is that he was true to himself. Zaizen is later shown to become a member of the team and is given a kokeshi doll as a gift from Watanabe.

==Playstyle==
At this time he doesn't have a set play style dictated by the manga because other than his limited participation in the match with Chitose against the Tezuka/Inui pair, he has not been shown playing. The only known information is that he's an All-Rounder and that the team refer to him as their genius similar to Seigaku's [[Fuji Shuusuke]] and [[Hyoutei]]'s [[Oshitari Yuushi]].

There are several points in the anime where he is shown playing and he displays the ability to quickly analyze a play, predict where the ball is going to land, and get behind it to return it easily. [Go into more detail about the episodes here]

===[[Move Page|Zaizen Wonderful]]===
Although no specific special move has been confirmed in any sort of official capacity, [[Konomi]] teased on Twitter in 2015 that he has been thinking of names including the aforementioned Zaizen Wonderful (財前ワンダホー), Zaizen Vault (財前木馬, lit. Zaizen vaulting horse), and Temari Zaizen (手鞠財前, lit. Zaizen's handball game). Zaizen Wonderful even became a trending topic in the Japanese fandom.<ref>https://twitter.com/konomi_takeshi/status/620215611658932224?lang=ja</ref> During the Happy Summer Valentine Ranking Event announcement in 2017, this was referenced again by Zaizen himself when he asked Konomi to let him have a match, and that he'd be happy even if it was just showing off Zaizen Wonderful.

==Personal Information==
* '''Shoe Size:''' 25.5cm
* '''Father’s Job:''' Company Employee (Trade)
* '''School Committee:''' Library assistant
* '''Best Subject:''' English
* '''Worst Subject:''' Classical Japanese Literature
* '''Most Visited Spot on Campus:''' A/V room
* '''Hobbies:''' Appreciating and listening to Western music　
* '''Dislikes:''' The bitter parts on a fish
* '''Spends His Allowance On:''' CDs, internet charges
* '''Most Wanted Item:''' A sound system
* '''Daily Routine:''' Updating his blog
* '''Skills Outside of Tennis:''' Digital music composition
* '''Favorite Food:''' Shiratama zenzai (sweet hot soup made out of red beans and with mochi)
* '''Favorite Color:''' Carmine red
* '''Favorite Motto:''' "A clever hawk hides its claws." (能ある鷹は爪を隠す)<ref>https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Japanese_proverbs</ref>
* '''Favorite Movie:''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie ''Amélie'']
* '''Favorite Book:''' Music magazines
* '''Favorite Music:''' British indies music
* '''Favorite Type:''' A family-orientated girl/homebody
* '''Favorite Date Spot:''' Trendy cafes
* '''Random Fact:''' His average body temperature is 35.0°C

==Relationships==
; Oshitari Kenya
: Although they have not been seen in an official match together, it's presumed that they're doubles partners as they were scheduled to play together during Nationals. They are often pictured together in media, and they have a duet together. Zaizen appears to humor Kenya and is the straight man to Kenya's funny man act.
; Konjiki Koharu & Hitouji Yuuji
: Zaizen often speaks rudely to the both of them, but it's clear that he cares for them deeply. He is seen to be with them quite a bit and Hitouji even calls him by his first name. Konjiki actively and regularly flirts with Zaizen, which is usually when he is most likely to use his sharp words.

==Trivia==
* Ranked 12th in the Happy Summer Valentine event.

==Music==
* [[Get Sparks]]
* [[Katte ni Shiten Festa]] ''feat. [[SHITENHOJI SUPER STARS]]''
* [[Winning Shot]] ''feat. Oshitari Kenya''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Zaizen.jpg|caption
</gallery>

==Quotes==
* "Well, can't be helped." (まーしゃーないスわ)
* "Senpai, you're gross." (先輩らキモイっすわ)
* "My turn? You should've said it sooner." (俺の出番？そういうのは早よ言うてくださいよ, Rising Beat, SSR card quote)

==References==
<references />

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The '''Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc''' is the 2nd [[:Category:Arcs|arc]] in ''The Prince of Tennis''. It covers episodes 11-20 of the [[Episode Guide#Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc|anime]] and chapters 20-000 of the [[Chapter Guide#Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc|manga]].

==Synopsis==
===Prior to the District Preliminaries===

===Seigaku vs. Gyokurin===
These descriptions should be more detailed than the two sentence summaries in the [[Episode Guide]] and [[Chapter Guide]].

===Seigaku vs. Fudoumine===
Keep these sections well divided for easy reading.

==Differences between the anime and manga==

==Match Results==
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| X - X
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!colspan="2" |[[Fuji/Kawamura vs. Ishida/Sakurai]]<ref>Episode 014/Genius 000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
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{|class="wikitable" style="width:350px;"
!colspan="2" |[[Kikumaru/Ooishi vs. Mori/Uchimura]]<ref>Episode 016/Genius 000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
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{|class="wikitable" style="width:350px;"
!colspan="2" |[[Kaidou vs. Kamio]]<ref>Episode 016/Genius 000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
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{|class="wikitable" style="width:350px;"
!colspan="2" |[[Echizen vs. Ibu]]<ref>Episode 018/Genius 000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
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==References==
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|Episode 020
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The '''Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc''' is the 2nd [[:Category:Arcs|arc]] in ''The Prince of Tennis''. It covers episodes 11-20 of the [[Episode Guide#Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc|anime]] and chapters 20-000 of the [[Chapter Guide#Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc|manga]].

==Synopsis==
===Prior to the District Preliminaries===

===Seigaku vs. Gyokurin===
These descriptions should be more detailed than the two sentence summaries in the [[Episode Guide]] and [[Chapter Guide]].

===Seigaku vs. Fudoumine===
Keep these sections well divided for easy reading.

==Differences between the anime and manga==

==Match Results==
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!colspan="2" | [[Momoshiro/Echizen vs. Izumi/Fukawa]]<ref>Episode 012/Genius000</ref>

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| X - X
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!colspan="2" |[[Kawamura/Fuji vs. Ishida/Sakurai]]<ref>Episode 014/Genius 000</ref>

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| X - X
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!colspan="2" |[[Kikumaru/Ooishi vs. Uchimura/Mori]]<ref>Episode 016/Genius 000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
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{|class="wikitable" style="width:350px;"
!colspan="2" |[[Kaidou vs. Kamio]]<ref>Episode 016/Genius 000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="width:350px;"
!colspan="2" |[[Echizen vs. Ibu]]<ref>Episode 018/Genius 000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
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==References==
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The '''Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc''' is the 2nd [[:Category:Arcs|arc]] in ''The Prince of Tennis''. It covers episodes 11-20 of the [[Episode Guide#Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc|anime]] and chapters 20-000 of the [[Chapter Guide#Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc|manga]].

==Synopsis==
===Prior to the District Preliminaries===

===Seigaku vs. Gyokurin===
These descriptions should be more detailed than the two sentence summaries in the [[Episode Guide]] and [[Chapter Guide]].

===Seigaku vs. Fudoumine===
Keep these sections well divided for easy reading.

==Differences between the anime and manga==

==Match Results==
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!colspan="2" | [[Momoshiro/Echizen vs. Izumi/Fukawa]]<ref>Episode 000/Genius000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
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!colspan="2" |[[Kawamura/Fuji vs. Ishida/Sakurai]]<ref>Episode 000/Genius 000</ref>

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| X - X
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!colspan="2" |[[Kikumaru/Ooishi vs. Uchimura/Mori]]<ref>Episode 000/Genius 000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
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!colspan="2" |[[Kaidou vs. Kamio]]<ref>Episode 000/Genius 000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
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{|class="wikitable" style="width:350px;"
!colspan="2" |[[Echizen vs. Ibu]]<ref>Episode 000/Genius 000</ref>

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! style="width:50%;" | Final Score
| X - X
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==References==
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The '''Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc''' is the 2nd [[:Category:Arcs|arc]] in ''The Prince of Tennis''. It covers episodes 11-20 of the [[Episode Guide#Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc|anime]] and chapters 20-000 of the [[Chapter Guide#Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc|manga]].

==Synopsis==
===Prior to the District Preliminaries===

===Seigaku vs. Gyokurin===
These descriptions should be more detailed than the two sentence summaries in the [[Episode Guide]] and [[Chapter Guide]].

===Seigaku vs. Fudoumine===
Keep these sections well divided for easy reading.

==Differences between the anime and manga==

==Match Results==
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==References==
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Chapter Guide

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This is a list of all chapters of '''''[[List of The Prince of Tennis volumes|The Prince of Tennis]]''''' and '''''[[List of The New Prince of Tennis volumes|The New Prince of Tennis]]''''' organized by arc, ''not by volume''. For more in-depth arc summaries and discussion of differences between the anime and the manga, please see the individual [[:Category:Arcs|arc pages]].

==''The Prince of Tennis''==
===[[Intraschool Ranking Arc]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center;"
! style="width:5%;"| Genius
! style="width:5%;"| Vol. #
! style="width:20%;"| Japanese Title
! style="width:20%;"| English TItle
! style="width:50%;"| Summary
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| 001
| 1
| 越前リョーマ
| Echizen Ryouma
|
|-
| 002
| 1
| クセモノアラワル
| A Suspicious Child Has Appeared
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| 003
| 1
| ２年対１年！
| 2nd Year vs. 1st Year
|
|-
| 004
| 1
| 宣戦布告！
| A Declaration of War
|
|-
| 005
| 1
| 埃まみれのラケット
| The Dusty Racket
|
|-
| 006
| 1
| 波紋
| Irony
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|-
| 007
| 1
| ランキング戦開始！
| The Start of the Ranking Tournament
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|-
| 008
| 2
| マムシの牙
| Snake Fangs
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|-
| 009
| 2
| 罠
| Trap
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|-
| 010
| 2
| マインド　ゲーム
| A Contest of Wills
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|-
| 011
| 2
| やっつけたい奴
| Want to Defeat a Guy
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|-
| 012
| 2
| 届かない
| Still Two Balls Left
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|-
| 013
| 2
| ３年の貫禄！
| Pride of a Third Year
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|-
| 014
| 2
| まだまだ
| There's Still More to See
|
|-
| 015
| 2
| スピリットステップ～半歩の重み
| The Weight of Half a Step
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|-
| 016
| 2
| 生意気な新入生
| The Cocky Rookie
|
|-
| 017
| 3
| お手やわらかに
| Have Mercy
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|-
| 018
| 3
| 負けず嫌いな奴ら
| Guys with Great Determination
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|-
| 019
| 3
| 切原赤也！！
| Kirihara Akaya
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|}

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===[[Seigaku Training Arc]]===

==''The New Prince of Tennis''==
===[[Second Stringers Arc]]===

Episode Guide

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This is a list of all episodes and movies of '''''The Prince of Tennis''''' and '''''The New Prince of Tennis''''' organized by arc. Filler arcs and episodes are labeled as such. Quasifillers (marked with ○) denote episodes which replace an arc in the manga, such as the Josei Shonan arc's replacement of the Midoriyama arc.

==Season 1==
===[[Intraschool Ranking Arc]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center;"
! style="width:2%;"| Ep. #
! style="width:6%;"| Airdate
! style="width:12%;"| Japanese Title
! style="width:20%;"| English TItle
! style="width:50%;"| Summary
! style="width:10%;"| Filler?
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| 1
| Oct 10, 2001
| 王子様現る
| A Prince Appears
| [[Ryuuzaki Sakuno]] meets [[Echizen Ryouma]], a returnee from the United States, for the first time on the way to a tennis tournament. Ryouma is disqualified due to lateness, but has a match against high schooler [[Sasabe (disambiguation)|Sasabe]], whom he beats easily.
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|-
| 2
| Oct 17, 2001
| サムライ·ジュニア
| Samurai Junior
| School starts at [[Seishun Academy Middle School|Seigaku]], and Ryouma shows up two second years who are bullying his fellow first years. He then plays a match against second year [[Momoshiro Takeshi]], who withdraws due to injury. [[Osakada Tomoka]] meets Ryouma for the first time.
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|-
| 3
| Oct 24, 2001
| 登場!青学レギュラー
| The Seigaku Regulars Make Their Debut
| The Seigaku regulars are introduced, along with reporters [[Inoue Mamoru]] and [[Shiba Saori]]. Ryoma beats second year bully [[Arai Masahi]] with a broken racket and is entered by [[Tezuka Kunimitsu]] for the intraschool tournament, despite his first year status.
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|-
| 4
| Oct 31, 2001
| マムシと呼ばれる男
| The One Named Viper
| The intraschool ranking tournament begins. Ryouma beats his initial opponents easily before facing second year regular [[Kaidou Kaoru]]. Kaidou uses the [[Snake Shot]], forcing Ryouma to switch to playing with his dominant hand.
|
|-
| 5
| Nov 7, 2001
| スネイク·ショット
| Snake Shot
| Kaidou uses the Snake in order to wear down Ryouma's stamina. He appears to be succeeding at first, but it turns out that Ryouma is hitting shots in order to force Kaidou to bend his knees closer to the ground. Ryouma ends up winning the match.
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| 6
| Nov 14, 2001
| その男, 越前南次郎
| Echizen Nanjirou
| Inoue and Shiba travel to the Echizen household in order to snag an interview with Ryouma's father, [[Echizen Nanjirou]], a famous retired tennis player. Nanjirou quite literally beats Inoue with his eyes closed, but lets slip that he's focusing on training Ryouma.
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| 7
| Nov 21, 2001
| 二人のリョーマ
| The Two Ryoumas
| Ryouma plays third year regular [[Inui Sadaharu]], a [[Data Tennis]] player, for his next ranking match. Using his data on Ryouma, Inui manages to successfully predict where his shots are going and counter him accordingly.
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| 8
| Nov 28, 2001
| スプリットステップ
| The Split Step
| Using a the [[One-footed Split Step]], Ryouma successfully manages to increase his speed and agility and, combined with his [[Twist Serve]], surpasses Inui's data. This episode also shows Ryouma's relationship with his father and how easily he's beaten by him.
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| 9
| Dec 5, 2001
| ザ·ハード·デイ
| The Hard Day
| Inui is unable to return the Twist Serve and loses. Ryouma wins his subsequent matches, securing his spot as a regular. Kaidou then beats Inui, kicking him out of the regulars. He becomes the team's manager and the infamous [[Inui Juice]] is born.
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| 10
| Dec 12, 2001
| 逆襲!佐々部再び
| Counterattack! Sasabe Again?
| The first years visit the tennis school where [[Katou Kachirou]]'s father teaches. They run into Sasabe and his father, the Golden Retriever, and Ryouma plays the elder. The match doesn't conclude as Sasabe didn't warm up properly and injures himself.
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===[[Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudoumine Arc]]===
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| 11
| Dec 19, 2001
| 越前VS桃城
| Ryouma vs. Momoshiro
| Ryouma and Momoshiro decide to play each other for the remaining Singles 3 position. They end up playing doubles at a street court, where they easily defeat their challengers before being bested by the [[Izumi Tomoya]]/[[Fukawa Kimiyoshi]] pair.
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| 12
| Dec 26, 2001
| ア·ウンな二人
| The Perfect Match
| Ryouma and Momoshiro decide to play Doubles 2 against [[Gyokurin Middle School]] out of pride. They end up rematching the Izumi/Fukawa pair, although they continue to do poorly due to their lack of coordination borne from their singles player status.
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| 13
| Jan 9. 2002
| 男はダブルス!
| Real Men Play Doubles
| Their strategies failing, Ryouma and Momoshiro split the court in half, each effectively playing singles in their own half and using the "Ah-Un" strategy to divvy up balls which land on the center line. They prove victorious in the end.
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| 14
| Jan 16, 2002
| つばめ返し!
| The Triple Counter
| [[Fuji Shuusuke]] and [[Kawamura Takashi]] start off Seigaku's next game against relatively unknown public school [[Fudoumine Middle School|Fudoumine]]'s [[Ishida Gin]]/[[Sakurai Masaya]] pair. Feeling cornered, Shuusuke uses's one of his Triple Counters: [[Tsubame Gaeshi]].
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| 15
| Jan 23, 2002
| それぞれの戦い
| To Each His Own Battle
| In an attempt to counteract Tsubame Gaeshi, Ishida uses a powerful shot known as the [[Hadoukyuu]]. When Shuusuke attempts to return it, Kawamura intercepts it, injuring his wrist in the process. Shuusuke forfeits the game in order to get medical attention.
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| 16
| Jan 30, 2002
| ブーメラン·スネイク
| The Boomerang Snake
| The [[Kikumaru Eiji]]/[[Ooishi Shuuichirou]] pair, also known as the [[Golden Pair]], win their match. The Singles 3 game between Kaidou and [[Kamio Akira]] commences after a break due to the rain, and Kaidou hits the [[Snake#Boomerang Snake|Boomerang Snake]] for the first time.
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| 17
| Feb 6, 2002
| 小さなガッツポーズ
| A Little Gesture of Triumph
| Kaidou is unable to hit the Boomerang Snake again despite repeated attempts, but the match ends up turning into a stamina battle, so he wins it. [[Tachibana An]] reveals her identity as the younger sister of Fudoumine's [[Tachibana Kippei]] to Momoshiro.
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| 18
| Feb 13, 2002
| ラブレター
| The Love Letter
| Nanjirou reminisces on his time training under [[Ryuuzaki Sumire]] at Seigaku. The next match starts, with [[Ibu Shinji]] returning Ryouma's [[Twist Serve]] with ease and countering it with his own [[Kick Serve]], turning it into a service game.
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| 19
| Feb 20, 2002
| 傷だらけのリョーマ
| Battle-Scarred Ryouma
| Ibu's [[Spot]], which causes temporary paralysis of the arm, causes Ryouma to lose his grip on his racket, resulting in it hitting his eye. Ryouma's eyelid begins to bleed profusely, endangering his chances at victory.
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| 20
| Feb 27, 2001
| タイムリミット
| Time Limit
| Tezuka gives Ryouma ten minutes to win the game or forfeit. Ryouma manages to overcome the Spot by switching which arm he plays with, securing both his victory and the team's. Seigaku celebrates at Kawamura's family sushi restaurant.
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===[[Seigaku Training Arc]]===
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| 21
| Mar 3, 2002
| テニスコートは燃えているか?
| Is the Tennis Court Burning Up?
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| ✓
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| 22
| Mar 13, 2002
| 薫の災難
| Kaoru's Troubles
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| ✓
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| 23
| Mar 20. 2002
| 登場!乾汁デラックス
| Here Comes Inui's Deluxe Drink
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| 24
| Mar 27, 2002
| リョーマの休日
| Ryoma's Day Off
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| 25
| Apr 10, 2002
| 青学最強の男〈前編〉
| Seigaku's Strongest Man| Seigaku's Strongest Man, Part 1
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| 26
| Apr 10, 2002
| 青学最強の男〈後編〉
| Seigaku's Strongest Man|Seigaku's Strongest Man, Part 2
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==Prince of Tennis Specials==

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==The New Prince of Tennis OVAs==

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