Zaizen Hikaru

Zaizen Hikaru
Kanji	財前光
Kana	ざいぜんひかる
Nicknames	Shitenhouji's Genius (tensai)
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Age	14
Height	167 cm
Weight	57 kg
Birthday	July 20
Horoscope	Cancer
Eyesight (Unaided)	1.5
Blood Type	A
Family	Father Mother Older Brother Sister-in-Law Nephew
School
Middle School	Shitenhouji (2nd Year)
Class	2-7
Seat	14
Former School(s)	Doutonbori First Elementary School
Tennis
Club Position	Regular
Dominant Arm	Left
Play Style	All-Rounder
Doubles Partner(s)	Chitose Senri Koishikawa Kenjirou (Anime) Oshitari Kenya
Media
Manga Debut	Genius #
Anime Debut	Episode #
Seiyuu	Araki Hirofumi
Tenimyu Actors	Satou Hisanori (1st A/B) Kawasumi Bishin (1st B) 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. 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.

His eyes are dark brown in the manga, but in the anime they are dark green.

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 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.

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

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Anime only arcs

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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 Kunimitsu/Inui Sadaharu 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]

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. 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)
• Favorite Movie: 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

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Trivia

• Ranked 12th in the Happy Summer Valentine event.

Words for the Two

• About Character: "Quote goes here" - Character
• You don't have to relink any characters that have already been linked previously.

Music

• Get Sparks
• Katte ni Shiten Festa feat. SHITENHOJI SUPER STARS
• Winning Shot feat. Oshitari Kenya

Gallery

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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)