Minami Kentarou
From Tenipuri Info
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| Minami Kentarou | |
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| Kanji | 南 健太郎 |
| Kana | みなみけんたろう |
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| Characteristics | |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 15 |
| Height | 178 cm |
| Weight | 66 kg |
| Birthday | July 3 |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
| Shoe Size | 26cm |
| Eyesight (Unaided) | 1.5 |
| 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 |
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Minami Kentarou (
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
One year prior to the events of the main story
One year prior to the events of the main story, Minami and Higashikata Masami played doubles against Ooshi Shuuichirou and an unnamed Seigaku third year. The Jimis won the match and started a friendly rivalry between Minami and Ooshi.
Prefecturals
Seigaku and Yamabuki meet in the the finals of the Tokyo prefectural tournament. Minami and Higashikata play against Ooishi Shuuichirou and Kikumaru Eiji in Doubles 1. Minami targets Ooishi, trying to exploit a weakness in the doubles combination where Ooshi will cover for Kikumaru. It is a close match, resulting in a loss for Yamabuki 5-7.
Regionals
Yamabuki advanced to the quarterfinals of the regional tournament and meet Fudomine. Minami and Higashikata beat Ishida Tetsu and Masaya Sakurai in Doubles 1.
Nationals
Yamabuki meets St Icarus in Round 1, Minami and Higashikata win their doubles 1 match. In Round 2, Yamabuki is eliminated by Nagoya including Minami and Higashikata's Doubles 1 loss.
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
Minami appears in the Atobe's Gift OVA. He visits the Rokkaku Coach Consultation booth with Jackal Kuwahara, Kaneda Ichirou, and Higashikata Masami. They tell Oji that they are concerned that they haven't appeared in the series for a while. Nomura Takuya, Muromachi Touji, and Sakurai Masaya interrupt them to ask the same thing.
He is also the runner for the second leg of the relay race.
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]
Speed - 3: He’s not particularly slow, he’s about on par with the others. When playing doubles with Higashikata, he displays no more than average ability, as well.
Power - 3: He’s average in his physical strength. He’d lose in a battle of power, and is reliant on his technique in order to win.
Stamina - 3: He’s training steadily each day, but is about par with the average middle schooler. Here on out he should try changing up his training.
Mental - 2: As captain, he brings the team together and keeps a level of composure. However, when he becomes fixated on his plainness, he’s easily overwhelmed.
Technique - 3: He is loyal to foundations and can rely on a basic play style. He is developing an above average technique as a result.
Kurobe's Memo: Um... he is... I’m certain that he’s Yamabuki’s captain. I think he has a good sense about him, but it will likely be a problem for him stressing too much about being reliable. Even if it’d be overdoing it, he needs to start showing off his appeal.
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: Onigiri (fried salmon filet filling), korokke (Japanese croquettes) that he gets on his way home after tennis.
- Favorite Color: Brown, earthy tones
- Favorite Motto: "It takes three years even to the top of the rock." (Patience will be rewarded.), "Cherry blossoms are the best amongst flowers like samurai are the best amongst men."[3]
- Favorite Movie: Patch Adams
- Favorite Book: Books about exercising with dumbbells and keeping healthy.
- Favorite Music: None.
- Favorite Type (of person): A girl with a cute smile.
- Favorite Date Spot: A park with beautiful scenery.
- Father's Occupation: Government worker.
- School Committee: None.
- Best Subject: P.E. and Geography.
- Worst Subject: Music.
- Most Visited Spot on Campus: Clubroom.
- Hobbies: Cleaning his home, changing the water of his goldfish tank.
- Dislikes: Arguing.
- Spends His Allowance On: Tissues and stamps.
- Most Wanted Item: Photographs of his favorite idols. A map of the surrounding areas of the venue.[3]
- Skills Outside of Tennis: Hide & Seek, using a Japanese abacus (Level 1).
- Random Fact: He has been weightlifting using dumbbells for six years.
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.[4]
- 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 Minami
- "I heard that Atobe gave him some sort of fancy, high-class pen at the training camp. But, it's so showy that even now he's never used it. To us 'Jimi's,' this is probably just a little beyond our reach, huh... I get it." - Higashikata Masami
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...?"[5]
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."
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pair Puri Volume 2 pg 24-25
- ↑ Golden age 32
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New Prince of Tennis Fanbook 23.5
- ↑ Pair Puri Volume 6 pg.34
- ↑ Pair Puri Volume 2, Translated by lucathia [lucathia_rykatu]. (2009, December 21). PairPuri Vol 2 Tezuka x Shiraishi Words for the two [pg.3-50] [Blog Post]. Retrieved from: https://fanbook.livejournal.com/11826.html