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The Prince of Tennis
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Mikako Takahashi
Sakuno Ryūzaki (voice)
178 eps
Junko Minagawa
Ryōma Echizen (voice)
178 eps
Hiroki Takahashi
Eiji Kikumaru (voice)
178 eps
Naru Kawamoto
Takashi Kawamura (voice)
178 eps
Yuki Kaida
Shūsuke Fuji (voice)
178 eps
Takayuki Kondo
Shūichirō Ōishi (voice), Takaya Nomura (voice), Tatsunori Mori (voice)
178 eps
Ryotaro Okiayu
Kunimitsu Tezuka (voice)
26 eps
Shizuka Okohira
Sumire Ryūzaki (voice)
26 eps
Akira Nakagawa
Kachirō Katō (voice), Karupin (voice)
26 eps
Kenjiro Tsuda
Sadaharu Inui (voice)
26 eps
Kohei Kiyasu
Karou Kaidō (voice)
26 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Prince of Tennis actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Prince of Tennis reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
Tennis prodigiy Ryoma Echizen enters the tennis powerhouse Seishun Academy. Once he fights his way onto the team, the game will never be the same.
The run
Seasons
7 seasons · 178 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200354 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200126 episodes
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200227 episodes
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200222 episodes
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200326 episodes
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
200327 episodes
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
200437 episodes
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
200513 episodes
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yutaka SugiyamaProducer
- Keisuke IwataProducer
- Yoko MatsushitaProducer
Writing
- Masashi SogoWriter
- Takashi TokimuraWriter
- Atsushi MaekawaWriter
- Fumihiko ShimoWriter
- Natsuko TakahashiWriter
Direction
- Ichirou SuzukiDirector
- Takayuki HamanaDirector
- Hiroshi YamazakiDirector
- Daisuke TakashimaDirector
- Yukio TakahashiDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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