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Osamu Watanabe
Osamu Watanabe
Kanji

渡邊オサム

Rōmaji

Watanabe Osamu

Nicknames

Samu-chan

Characteristics
Gender

Male

Age

27

Height

177 cm

Weight

63 kg

Birthday

March 6

Horoscope

Pisces

Blood Type

O

Profession
Occupation

Boys' Tennis Club Advisor

Affiliation

Shitenhōji

Tennis
Dominant Arm

Right

Racquet(s)

the racket of club members that are near him

Shoes

ellesse TN161

Media
Manga Debut

Genius 309

Movies

Battle of the British Castle

Voice Actor

Yusa Kōji (Japanese)

Osamu Watanabe (渡邊 オサム, Watanabe Osamu)

Background[]

Osamu Watanabe is the coach of the Shitenhōji tennis club. Watanabe reminds us of a younger (and hipper) version of Yamabuki's Banda Mikiya. Like the latter, the former's interaction with his students is very laid-back, often shown joking around with them. Watanabe is also pretty sly. When the team first learned of Chitose Senri's resignation, Watanabe appeared ambivalent about the issue.

During the match against Seigaku, knowing how much the team needed Chitose and how much Chitose wanted to play Tezuka Kunimitsu, Watanabe "dragged" Chitose back onto the team. This and other incidents show that despite his appearance, Watanabe knows what he is doing. Osamu gave Shiraishi a gold gauntlet to wear until graduation.

Watanabe is shown to be either cheap or poor, telling his team that he'll treat them to somen noodles if they win against Seigaku (as opposed to Ryuuzaki Sumire, who told her team she'll treat them to yakiniku).

Personal Information[]

  • Hobby: horse racing, mahjong

Etymology[]

  • The name Osamu is written in katakana (オサム), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (修), it could possibly mean "discipline, study, conduct oneself well, master".
  • Osamu's surname Watanabe means "transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate" (渡) (wataru) and "edge, margin, side, border" (邊) (be).

Trivia[]

  • He gives his team members kokeshis when they win.
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