The Prince of Tennis (テニスの王子様 Tenisu no Ojisama) is an anime adaptation of the manga created by Takeshi Konomi, produced by I.G. Productions and directed by Takayuki Hamana. The anime aired across Japan on the anime satellite television network Animax and the terrestrial TV Tokyo network from October 10, 2001 to March 30, 2005.
The series ran for 178 episodes, of which only 50 were dubbed, in addition to 6 OVAs and 4 films which were also not dubbed until 2022. The series was initially only available on Toonami Jetstream, beginning on July 14, 2006. However, the series was added to Cartoon Network's Toonami lineup on December 23, 2006 and aired until May 26, 2007.
In 2022, episodes 51-128 were dubbed with a different voice cast. The same voice cast was also in the English dub of The Prince of Tennis II. On December 20, 2022, the first 50 episodes were also added after Viz Media's licence expired. Episodes 129-155 were added on November 15, 2023 and episodes 155-178 on December 21, 2023.
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Cast[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episodes |
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Seishun Gakuen "Seigaku" | ||||
Ryōma Echizen | Junko Minagawa | David Neil Black | 1 - 50 | |
Ry McKeand | 51 - 155 | |||
Takeshi Momoshiro "Momo" |
Masaya Onosaka | Doug Erholtz | 2 - 50 | |
Alejandro Saab | 51 - 155 | |||
Eiji Kikumaru | Hiroki Takahashi | Steve Staley | 3 - 50 | |
Derick Snow | 51 - 155 | |||
Shūichirō Ōishi | Takayuki Kondō | Sam Riegel | 3 - 50 | |
Jacob Hopkins | 51 - 155 | |||
Kaoru Kaidō | Kōhei Kiyasu | David Lodge | 3 - 50 | |
Jarrod Greene | 51 - 155 | |||
Sadaharu Inui | Kenjirō Tsuda | Erik Davies | 3 - 50 | |
Steven Kelly | 51 - 155 | |||
Takashi Kawamura "Kawa" |
Naru Kawamoto | Richard Cansino | 5 - 50 | |
Anthony Sardinha | 51 - 155 | |||
Shūsuke Fuji | Yuki Kaida | Adam Lawson | 3 - 30 | |
Johnny Yong Bosch | 31 - 50 | |||
Stephen Fu | 51 - 155 | |||
Kunimitsu Tezuka | Ryōtarō Okiayu | Kirk Thornton | 3 - 50 | |
Jonah Scott | 51 - 155 | |||
Sumire Ryūzaki | Shizuka Okohira | Barbara Goodson | 1 - 50 | |
Wendy Powell | 51 - 155 | |||
Allies | ||||
Sakuno Ryūzaki | Mikako Takahashi | Cindy Robinson | 1 - 50 | |
Xanthe Huynh | 51 - 155 | |||
Tomoka Osakada | Fuyuka Oura | Stephanie Sheh | 2 - 50 | |
Sarah Wiedenheft | 51 - 155 | |||
Nanjirō Echizen | Takashi Matsuyama | Liam O'Brien | 1 - 50 | |
David Wald | 1 - 50 (redub) | |||
Satoshi Horio | Shigenori Yamazaki | Adam Lawson | 2 - 50 | |
Kylen Deporter | 51 - 155 | |||
Katsuo Mizuno | Kei Watanabe | Yuri Lowenthal | 2 - 50 | |
Bryson Baugus | 51 - 155 | |||
Kachirō Kato | Akira Nakagawa | Wendee Lee | 2 - 50 | |
Anne Yatco | 51 - 155 | |||
Masashi Arai | Norihisa Mori | Liam O'Brien | 2 - 50 | |
Richard C. Barcenas | 2 - 50 (redub) | |||
Mamoru Inoue | Hozumi Gōda | Erik Davies | 2 - 50 | |
Jim Foronda | 51 - 155 | |||
Saori Shiba | Noriko Namiki | Wendee Lee | 2 - 50 | |
Jennifer Losi | 51 - 155 | |||
Fudōmine | ||||
Kippei Tachibana | Yoshihisa Kawahara | Doug Erholtz | 14 - 50 | |
Kaiji Tang | 14 - 50 (redub) | |||
An Tachibana | Akiko Kimura | Stephanie Sheh | 11 - 48 | |
Brittany Cox | 51 - 155 | |||
Akira Kamio | Chihiro Suzuki | David Neil Black | 14 - 50 | |
Zeno Robinson | 14 - 50 (redub) | |||
Shinji Ibu | Eiji Moriyama | Kirk Thornton | 14 - 41 | |
Adam Gibbs | 14 - 41 (redub) | |||
Tetsu Ishida | Takeshi Maeda | Devon Bowman | 11 - 41 | |
Masaya Sakurai | Makoto Ueki | ¿? | 14 - 41 | |
Alexander Gross | 14 - 41 (redub) | |||
Tatsunori Mori | Takayuki Kondō | Yuri Lowenthal | 15 - 41 | |
Kyōsuke Uchimura | Kōhei Kiyasu | Steve Staley | 14 - 41 | |
Darrel Delfin | 14 - 41 (redub) | |||
St. Rudolph Gakuen | ||||
Hajime Mizuki | Akira Ishida | Steve Staley | 28 - 40 | |
Jessie James Grelle | 28 - 40 (redub) | |||
Yōshiro Akazawa | Masami Iwasaki | Tom Fahn | 29 - 36, 48 | |
Yūta Fuji | Makoto Tomita | Tom Gibis | 29 - 36 | |
Griffin Puatu | 51 - 155 | |||
Atsushi Kisarazu | Satoshi Tsuruoka | Peter Doyle | 29 - 31 | |
Shinya Yanagisawa | Norihisa Mori | Darrel Guilbeau | 29 - 31 | |
Alex Mai | 51 - 155 | |||
Ichirō Kaneda | Yoshihisa Kawahara | David Neil Black | 31 - 33 | |
Joshua Seth | 31 - 33 (redub) | |||
Takuya Nomura | Takayuki Kondō | Sam Riegel | 29 | |
Ryan Abedi | 29 (redub) | |||
Ginka | ||||
Michiru Fukushi | Daisuke Kishio | Peter Doyle | 37 - 41 | |
Goki Domoto | Ryōtarō Okiayu | ¿? | 37 - 41 | |
Suzuki | Makoto Ueki | ¿? | 37 - 41 | |
Tashiro | Masakazu Morita | Joe Cappelletti | 37 - 41 | |
Yamabuki | ||||
Mikaya Banji | Kazuhiko Nishimatsu | Christopher Corey Smith | 41 - 50 | |
Kiyosumi Sengoku | Kōsuke Toriumi | Aengus James | 21 - 50 | |
Clifford Chapin | 51 - 80 | |||
Masami Higashikata | Yoshikazu Nagano | ¿? | 27 - 50 | |
Bradley Gareth | 27 - 50 (redub) | |||
Kentarō Minami | Masaki Ishikawa | Johnny Yong Bosch | 41 - 50 | |
Jin Akutsu | Nozomu Sasaki | Patrick Seitz | 37 - 48 | |
Cameron Bowen | 37 - 48 (redub) | |||
Taichi Dan | Yumiko Kobayashi | Wendee Lee | 41 - 48 | |
Dawn M. Bennett | 37 - 48 (redub) | |||
Tōji Muromachi | Takayuki Hirano | Patrick Seitz | 41 - 48 | |
Daniel J. Edwards | 51 - 155 | |||
Hyōtei Gakuen | ||||
Munehiro Kabaji | Satoshi Tsuruoka | ¿? | 26 - 48 | |
Brent Mukai | 26 - 48, 53 - 155 (redub) | |||
Keigo Atobe | Junichi Suwabe | Yuri Lowenthal | 36 - 48 | |
Christopher Wehkamp | 51 - 155 | |||
Ryō Shishido | Toshiyuki Kusuda | Joe Cappelletti | 36 - 50 | |
Henry Mason | 36 - 50, 81 - 155 (redub) | |||
Billy Kametz | 51 - 80 | |||
Jirō Akutagawa | Yūji Ueda | ¿? | 48 | |
Caleb Yen | 51 - 155 | |||
Gakuto Mukashi | Hoshi Souichirou | Kevin Thelwell | 53 - 155 | |
Yūshi Oshitari | Hidenobu Kiuchi | Keith Silverstein | 53 - 155 | |
Wakashi Hiyoshi | Masami Iwasaki | David Matranga | 53 - 155 | |
Chōtarō Otori | Daisuke Namikawa | Brandon McInnis | 53 - 155 | |
Seiichi Yukimura | Sachiko Nagai | Robbie Daymond | 116 - 155 | |
Rikkaidai Fuzoku | ||||
Akaya Kirihara | Shōtarō Morikubo | Christopher Corey Smith | 49 | |
Austin Tindle | 51 - 155 | |||
Genichiro Sanada | Taiten Kusunoki | Ian Sinclair | 51 - 155 | |
Renji Yanagi | Eiji Takemoto | Kieran Flitton | 66 - 155 | |
Masaharu Niō | Yūki Masuda | Wayne Grayson | 116 - 155 | |
Jackal Kuwahara | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Bill Butts | 116 - 155 | |
Hiroshi Yagyū | Eisuke Tsuda | Josh Bangle | 116 - 155 | |
Bunta Marui | Naozumi Takahashi | Mike Haimoto | 116 - 128 | |
Rokkaku Junior High | ||||
Saeki Kojiro | Katsuaki Arima | Micah Solusod | 81 - 155 | |
Harukaze Kurobane | Kazehiro Oguro | Edward Bosco | 81 - 155 | |
Hikaru Amane | Kōsuke Takeuchi | Ben Lepley | 81 - 155 | |
Kentaro Aoi | Toshiyuki Toyonaga | Nicholas Corda | 90 - 155 | |
Josei Shonan | ||||
Takahisa Kajimoto | Katsuyuki Konishi | Samuel Drake | 51 - 155 | |
Hiroshi Wakato | Masami Kikuchi | Landon McDonald | 129 - 155 | |
American Team | ||||
Billy Cassidy | Yūto Kazama | Jas Patrick | 147 - 155 | |
Terry Griffey | Hari Kaneko | Minh Ton | 147 - 155 | |
Bobby Max | Hari Kaneko | Josh Putnam | 147 - 155 | |
Richard Baker | Tadahisa Saizen | Matthew David Rudd | 147 - 155 | |
Other Characters | ||||
Nanako Echizen | Risa Mizuno | Stephanie Sheh | 4 - 6, 25, 47 | |
Rinko Echizen | Yuki Nakao | Cindy Robinson | 4, 25 | |
Kawamura's Father | Hidenobu Kiuchi | David Lodge | 20 | |
Yuki Akutsu | Haruhi Terada | Tara Platt | 38, 47 | |
Brittney Karbowski | 38, 47 (redub) | |||
Kiichi Kuki (Kakinoki) | Eiji Takemoto | Yuri Lowenthal | 13 | |
Matt Shipman | 13 (redub) | |||
Kimiyoshi Fukawa (Gyokurin) | Hidenobu Kiuchi | Richard Cansino | 11 - 13 | |
Nicholas Corda | 51 - 155 | |||
Tomoya Izumi (Gyokurin) | Ryo Naitō | Kirk Thornton | 11 - 13 | |
Nicholas Andrew Louie | 51 - 155 | |||
Sasabe | Yoshiaki Matsumoto | David Lodge | 1, 10 | |
Dr. Akitaka | Kaneko Hari | David Neil Black | 25 - 26 | |
Kachiro's Father | Jin Nishimura | Doug Erholtz | 10 | |
Sasabe's Father | Tetsuo Komura | Sam Riegel | 10 | |
Ryoga Echizen | Mamoru Miyano | Howard Wang | 81 - 155 | |
Yudai Yamato | Masanori Ikeda | Xander Mobus | 107 - 155 | |
Narumi Ijuuin | Yuka Nanri | Maddie Matsumoto | 129 - 155 | |
Nakamura | ¿? | Davon Oliver | 147 - 155 |
Additional Voices[]
Singapore Dub []
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Satoshi Horio | Shigenori Yamazaki | Dwayne Tan |
Notes[]
- This is Joshua Seth's first new anime role in 16 years since 2006 outside of Digimon.
- Henry Mason replaces Billy Kametz as Ryō Shishido for episodes 36 to 128 due to Kametz's death in June 9th, 2022.
- During the production of the original Salami Studios dub for reasons unknown Johnny Yong Bosch replaced Adam Lawson as Shūsuke Fuji after episode 30, even though Lawson was still voicing Satoshi Horio.
Transmission[]
Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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2006-2007 | Cartoon Network (Toonami) |
United States |
Video Releases[]
Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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Viz Media | 2007-2008 | Episodes 1-50 | 1 NTSC |
United States | ||
4 Volumes |
See Also[]
- The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei vs Rikkai Game of Future
- The Prince of Tennis II
- The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup
- Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis
External Links[]
- The Prince of Tennis at the Internet Movie Database
- The Prince of Tennis (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia