The Prince of Tennis: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Echizen Ryoma is a young tennis prodigy who has won 4 consecutive tennis championships but who constantly lies in the shadow of his father, a former pro tennis player. He joins the Seishun Gakuen junior highschool, one of the best tennis schools in Japan, and there along with his teamates he learns to find his own type of tennis in an attempt to defeat his biggest obstacle of all: his father as well as himself.

Series details

• Title: The Prince of Tennis
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Sports
• Premiere date: 2001-10-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-03-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 17126
• IMDb ID: tt0466352
• TVDB ID: 73532

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-10-10; final listed air date 2002-04-10; episode order: 26.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-04-17; final listed air date 2002-10-16; episode order: 27.
• Season 3: premiered 2002-10-23; final listed air date 2003-03-26; episode order: 22.
• Season 4: premiered 2003-04-09; final listed air date 2003-10-01; episode order: 26.
• Season 5: premiered 2003-10-08; final listed air date 2004-04-07; episode order: 27.
• Season 6: premiered 2004-04-14; final listed air date 2004-12-15; episode order: 37.
• Season 7: premiered 2005-01-12; final listed air date 2005-03-30; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Prince of Tennis on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.