Ryoma soon finds himself the only first-year on the school team, playing alongside school captain and national player Tezuka Kunimitsu, cool-headed Oishi Syuichirou and the acrobatic Kikamura Eiji. He also attracts the attention of Higaki Shioin, a strange and quiet girl who watches him attentively from the bleachers. Can Ryoma successfully juggle sports, school, girls, and life in a new country to earn the title Prince Of Tennis?
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His major breakthrough role was as the anime character Echizen Ryoma in the film adaptation of The Prince of Tennis and became even more widely known when he was cast as Shin in Nana 2. In television, his most notable role was as Hinata in Himitsu no Hanazono, and recently he starred in Seigi no Mikata.
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Shirota lived in Barcelona, Spain from when he was three to about seven years. He returned to Japan for elementary school and can still speak Spanish in ordinary conversation. He attended high school at Horikoshi High along with NEWS member Yamashita Tomohisa, WaT's Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer Ikuta Toma and KAT-TUN's Akanishi Jin and Tanaka Koki.
According to Shirota, when he was little, his family liked to sing songs so that he would borrow his older sister's keyboard, while his mother taught him piano — thus spawned Shirota's love for composing. He composed his first piece when he was in the fourth grade, titled "The Tear".
From 2014-2016 he sang the role of the 'Angel of Death' in the musical production of 'Elisabeth' at Takarazuka Revue - for this performance he received wide acclaim and several awards.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/vYkdB_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kawaguchi Rikiya", "alternateName": "川口力哉", "birthDate": "January 17, 1975", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Rikiya Kawaguchi is an actor, known for Keiji Shichinin (2015) and Seiketsukun ga iku Yogoreta Shôtaijô - Chikangatari wa chotto tsurai (2014).", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/eNOep_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aikawa Juri", "alternateName": "寿里", "birthDate": "February 16, 1981", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Aikawa Juri is a Japanese model and actor born in Ichikawa, Chiba. He graduated from Chiba Prefecture Tachi Kawanami High School and became active as a popular reader model for the magazine Tokyo Street News during his high school years. He also modelled during the Paris Fashion Week, and debuted his modelling career at the age of eighteen. Juri started activities as an actor since around 2005. He married actress Maaya Ono in 2015, but they divorced two years later. (Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/0AvyNc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Miyano Mamoru", "alternateName": "宮野真守", "birthDate": "June 8, 1983", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Miyano Mamoru is a Japanese voice actor, actor, singer and talent born in Saitama.
He got married in late 2008, and 2-3 months after his announcement, their son was born. On December 21, 2023, he officially announced his divorce.
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He began dating former Morning Musume member Risa Niigaki after they starred in the stage play Absolute Boyfriend in 2013. After two years of dating, they married on July 11, 2016. On January 6, 2018, they announced in their blogs that they were filing for divorce.
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