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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Kunimitsu Tezuka


Kunimitsu Tezuka is a fictional character in The Prince of Tennis universe created by Takeshi Konomi. The series developed into a media franchise, and consists of an anime, manga, musicals, video games, soundtracks, an animated and live action movie, original video animations, a live action drama, and other merchandise or collectibles.
Kunimitsu Tezuka is the captain of
Seishun Academy's tennis team, and is considered to be a National-level tennis player. As the captain, he is very serious, and is strict when enforcing order within his team. He encourages the series' protagonist, Ryoma Echizen, to develop his own style of tennis, leading Ryoma to consider him to be both a mentor and a rival. Throughout the series, Tezuka constantly struggles with the pain in his left arm, which was caused by an injury inflicted upon him by an upperclassman two years prior. However, he is often willing to sacrifice his arm in order to defeat his opponent and lead his team to the Nationals.
In every Shonen Jump character popularity poll of series, Tezuka has remained in the top five most popular characters. In addition, he has remained in the top 10 in the annual Valentine Chocolate Recipient rankings Takeshi Konomi releases in the manga. He has also been featured in several of the anime's soundtracks; some even featuring only himself.

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