Ryoma Echizen

Ryoma Echizen is a tennis prodigy and the protagonist of The Prince of Tennis. He joins Seishun Academy's team and competes against increasingly strong schools while pursuing his famous father's level.

Ryoma Echizen's central conflict and character growth

Ryoma is confident, sarcastic, competitive, and emotionally reserved, but he comes to value his teammates. He is ambidextrous, uses the Twist Serve and Drive techniques, and rapidly copies or counters opponents' styles.

Ryoma Echizen's abilities and key relationships

His rivalry with teammates and national players gradually turns tennis from a private challenge to a shared goal. Nanjiro Echizen remains the standard he wants to surpass, even as Ryoma develops his own reason to play.