Minami Kentarou
From Tenipuri Info
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| Minami Kentarou | |
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| Kanji | 南健太郎 |
| Kana | Phonetic hiragana or katakana |
| Nicknames |
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| Characteristics | |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 15 |
| Height | 178 cm |
| Weight | 66 kg |
| Birthday | July 3 |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
| Shoe Size | shoe size |
| Eyesight (Unaided) | eyesight |
| Blood Type | A |
| Family |
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| School | |
| Current School | Yamabuki (3rd Year) |
| Class | 3-6 |
| Seat | 18 |
| Former School(s) | Yamabuki 3rd Elementary School |
| Tennis | |
| Club Position | Captain |
| Dominant Arm | Right |
| Play Style | Counter-Puncher |
| Doubles Partner(s) | |
| Shoes | Yonex Cushion Power Wide |
| Racket(s) | Yonex Muscle Power 3 |
| Media | |
| Manga Debut | Genius 92 |
| Anime Debut | Episode 42 |
| Seiyuu | Ishikawa Masaaki |
| Tenimyu Actors |
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Minami Kentarou (南健太郎, Kana) is a 3rd year student and captain of the tennis club at Yamabuki. He is one half of the Nationally ranked doubles team nicknamed the "Jimis" (derivative of "地味," lit. plain) so called due to their plain appearance, names, and personalities. He is usually overlooked as the captain of Yamabuki, most often others mistake Sengoku Kiyosumi as holding the position.
Appearance
As his nickname would suggest, Minami is a fairly plain looking person. His most notable feature is his spiked hair which is brown in the anime, black in the manga and games that utilize the manga style.
Personality
Minami is considerate and confident in his abilities as a doubles player. He enjoys a bit of friendly ribbing when he meets up with Ooishi Shuuichirou in their third year, having played one another at the Prefectural tournament in the previous year. His leadership style is the "Trustworthy type" who becomes so closely bonded to the rest of the team that his position in the Club is irrelevant since everything is a team effort[1]. He becomes frustrated with others when they forget, or just don't know, that he is captain.
History
Prior to the events of the main story
Describe character history here.
Under 17 Camp
Minami was set to play Echizen Ryouma in the initial tie-break matches to determine who would stay in the winner's camp, however Echizen wandered off to find Tokugawa Kazuya and forfeit the match for not participating.
Anime only arcs
Continuing with the Sengoku example, you would put descriptions of his foray into boxing and his rematch with Momoshiro in this section rather than "history." This should also briefly recap differences in important matches.
Play Style
Minami is a doubles specialist who has worked together with his partner to master hand signals strategy. He notably can hit a straight shot from a short cross shot. His strategy is to target one member of a doubles pair and break down the combination, pulling the team out of sync.
Team Shuffle Information[2]
| File:Minami Kentarou TeamShuffle.jpg |
Speed - 3: Speed Comment
Power - 3: Power Comment
Stamina - 2: Stamina Comment
Mental - 3: Mental Comment
Technique - 3: Technique Comment
Kurobe's Memo: Replace Kurobe with the relevant character's name; place memo here.
Sign Play
Hand signals are a doubles strategy where the net player makes play calls to the baseline player by means of simple gestures behind their back.
Personal Information
- Favorite Food:
- Favorite Color: Brown
- Favorite Motto: "It takes three years even to the top of the rock." (Patience will be rewarded.)
- Favorite Movie: Patch Adams
- Favorite Book: Books about exercising with dumbbells and keeping healthy.
- Favorite Music:
- Favorite Type (of person):
- Favorite Date Spot: A park with beautiful scenery.
- Father's Occupation:
- School Committee: None.
- Best Subject:
- Worst Subject: Music.
- Most Visited Spot on Campus:
- Hobbies: Cleaning his home, changing the water of his goldfish tank.
- Dislikes: Arguing.
- Spends His Allowance On:
- Most Wanted Item: Photographs of his favorite idols.
- Skills Outside of Tennis: Hide & Seek, using an abacus
- Random Fact: He has been weightlifting using dumbbells for six years.
Daily School Life
Tennis Bag Contents
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- Definition
- Another item
- Another definition
Relationships
- Higashikata Masami
- He and Higashikata have been a highly successful doubles team since at least their second year of junior high. They have worked together to master doubles hand signals and have seamless communication.
- Sengoku Kiyosumi
- Sengoku is probably the bane of Minami's existence as the person that everyone else thinks is captain.
Trivia
- Konomi compared Minami to Sanada Nobuyuki, Sanada Yukimura's older brother, for his strong patience, deep trust, and iron will that acts as a unifying force in his family. Unfortunately, he is also plain compared to the more famous Sanada Yukimura. [1]
- Minami shares his room at the U-17 Camp with Atobe Keigo, Kadowaki Satoru, and Higashikata Masami.[3]
- There is a running gag in all three seasons of Tenimyu that the Jimis are so plain looking that they literally cannot be seen.
- Minami doesn't have any singles or albums from the anime, his one image song is from the Kiss of Prince (Flame) dating game. His group songs "Always" and "Doki Doki" are from the game Smash Hit 2.
Words for the Two
Others about Name
Minami about others
- About Tezuka Kunimitsu: "Tezuka-kun is taciturn, but why doesn't anyone call him "jimi" for that? Is it because he sparkles when using muga...?"
Music
- "Mou Ichido Omoidasou Ano Yuuki wo"
- "Always" with Tezuka Kunimitsu, Tachibana Kippei, Akazawa Yoshirou, Atobe Keigo, and Aoi Kentarou
- "Doki Doki" with Tezuka Kunimitsu, Tachibana Kippei, Akazawa Yoshirou, Atobe Keigo, and Aoi Kentarou
Gallery
Minami from the opening sequence to the New Prince of Tennis OVA.
Minami from the cover of season 1, volume 10 of the "perfect edition" re-release of Prince of Tennis.
Quotes
- "Ya."