Talk of the Town

Ryoga Echizen is the adopted son of Nanjiro Echizen, a former professional tennis player making him Ryoma's adoptive older brother. He bears a strong resemblance to Ryoma with his hazel eyes and black-green hair. While the Echizen family were in America, Ryoga was taken in by Nanjiro and lived with them for a time. His tennis technique is modeled on that of Nanjiro. When he left the Echizen's home, he was hired by the billionaire Sakurafubuki Hikomaro to play tennis for him in his gambling schemes. In the flashbacks, it showed that he was rather close to Ryoma. At first he said that Ryoma's tennis was awful (which was true when he was about five or so). It was shown that Ryoga's skills were far superior, but as Ryoma continued to improve, Ryoga began spending more time with him. It is unknown why he ran away, possibly that he was just bored with home. In the U-17 camp arc, a mysterious hooded guy member of the top 10 Japan team appeared in the series. Could it be Ryoga Echizen?

The World of Tennis

Australian Open 2012

It's that time of the year again. The Tennis world starts of with Australian Open. Australian Open is the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific. Now with a new year and a fresh start to all players, all the best to all players.

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Official Sites

• TV Tokyo's Prince of Tennis Site (Japanese)
• Shin Prince of Tennis website (Japanese)
• Official Prince of Tennis Site (Japanese)
• Viz's Shonen Jump's The Prince of Tennis Site (Japanese)