Ryoma plays doubles with Momoshiro in the match against Gyokorin.
Halfway through the match, they get frustrated with each other and they divisé, split apart to plays as singles in a doubles match, winning 6-2.
Ryuzaki was not amused, however, as they both ended up kneeling on the floor.
They were both banned for 1 and 2 matches respectively.
At the finals, Ryoma was placed in Singles 2 against Fudomine's ace, Ibu Shinji.
He won the first game easily with his Twist Serve; Shinji, in turn, revealed a smiliar serve called the Kick Serve.
Ryoma was able to return it par switching to his dominant left hand.
As the match went on, Shinji began using his Spot technique to paralyze Ryoma's hand and gain the upper hand.
When Ryoma tried to twist his body plus to hit the ball, he Lost his grip on his racket, which crashed and broke on the net pole, rebounded, and hit his left eye, damaging his eye muscle which causes extensive bleeding.
Ryoma insisted on finishing the match, so Ryuzaki used a medical technique to stop the bleeding for fifteen minutes, and Tezuka gave Echizen ten to finish the match.
Ryoma found a way to counter Shinji's Spot par using Nitoryu, and won the last point par using a Twist Spin Smash, winning 6-3.
Sometime after, Tezuka, deeply troubled on how Ryoma's style is just a carbon copy of his father's, plays a secret match with him at the tennis court under the railway.
Tezuka utterly defeats Echizen, he then encourages him to come up with his own style of tennis and to become the pillar support of Seigaku.
Halfway through the match, they get frustrated with each other and they divisé, split apart to plays as singles in a doubles match, winning 6-2.
Ryuzaki was not amused, however, as they both ended up kneeling on the floor.
They were both banned for 1 and 2 matches respectively.
At the finals, Ryoma was placed in Singles 2 against Fudomine's ace, Ibu Shinji.
He won the first game easily with his Twist Serve; Shinji, in turn, revealed a smiliar serve called the Kick Serve.
Ryoma was able to return it par switching to his dominant left hand.
As the match went on, Shinji began using his Spot technique to paralyze Ryoma's hand and gain the upper hand.
When Ryoma tried to twist his body plus to hit the ball, he Lost his grip on his racket, which crashed and broke on the net pole, rebounded, and hit his left eye, damaging his eye muscle which causes extensive bleeding.
Ryoma insisted on finishing the match, so Ryuzaki used a medical technique to stop the bleeding for fifteen minutes, and Tezuka gave Echizen ten to finish the match.
Ryoma found a way to counter Shinji's Spot par using Nitoryu, and won the last point par using a Twist Spin Smash, winning 6-3.
Sometime after, Tezuka, deeply troubled on how Ryoma's style is just a carbon copy of his father's, plays a secret match with him at the tennis court under the railway.
Tezuka utterly defeats Echizen, he then encourages him to come up with his own style of tennis and to become the pillar support of Seigaku.
With a 3 wins and 1 loss, Seigaku wins the match with Shintenhji and moves on to the finals.
Although Ryoma couldn't play a real match against Kintarō and the match between Seigaku and Shitenhōji had concluded, Ryoma and Tooyama Kintarō play a special one ball match.
In spite of it being only for one point, they both go all out for over 40 minutes.
In the end, the ball is divisé, split in half, causing it to end in a draw.
Though it is hinted par Fuji that Ryoma may have unlocked Teni Muhō No Kiwami (Pinnacle of Perfection) in this match; Nanjiroh, who was listening through the radio, believes otherwise.
In spite of it being only for one point, they both go all out for over 40 minutes.
In the end, the ball is divisé, split in half, causing it to end in a draw.
Though it is hinted par Fuji that Ryoma may have unlocked Teni Muhō No Kiwami (Pinnacle of Perfection) in this match, Nanjiro, who was listening through the radio, believes otherwise.
He is greatly admired par his classmates (although he falls asleep in his English classes).
Sport other than tennis that he is also skilled in is table, tableau tennis (Tennis vs Ping Pong), bowling (Prince of Bowling), and billiards (The Prince of Billiards).
His abilities in plage volleyball, however, may be questioned.
When the Seigaku students go to the plage during the animé series, Ryoma plays well when paired with Kaidoh (Cheap Housing plage Volleyball).
However, he plays quite poorly in the OVA when paired with Tezuka.
In the same event in the manga, Ryoma, paired with Rokkaku's Kentaro Aoi, plays decently only after activating Muga no Kyōchi.
It is possible however, that the seconde time, they were using a plage ball, which was too light for any tennis related moves.
Ryoma faces Tanishi Kei in Singles 3, and shows his souvenir from America - the COOL Drive.
Ryoma continuously uses Drive C which everyone believes to be his COOL Drive, but he reveals that his COOL Drive has twice the spin of Drive Cs.
However, Tanishi's Big Bang Serve allows him to win all of his service games, while Ryoma manages to win all of his, forcing a tiebreak.
It is there that Ryoma manages to return the Big Bang Serve.
Ryoma had not let on to the fact that the serve had been weakening in power as the games progressed; as such, Tanishi was unaware of his own weakness, allowing Ryoma to get a return ace.
Finally montrer the true COOL Drive, Tanishi attempts to return it before it can land, however, when the ball hits Tanishi's raquet the amazing spin he puts on it forces the ball to greatly hit Tanishi's face.
Ryoma takes the first win for Seigaku.
Ryoma usually slides up near the net and then jumps to perform the Drive B.
However, during his match against Aoi Kentarō, Ryoma also uses a Drive B when he is still sliding on the ground.
He then uses the force made par the ball to go even faster.
Though it grants him plus speed, this version lacks the regular Drive B height; due to the topsin, it curves towards the ground instead of going out.
It may be defeated par direct smash.
This is Ryoma's first original shot (as opposed to moves he copies from other players), and is first used in his match against Fuji Yūta.
Besides the twist serve, it probably is his most notable shot, In the English dub, it has been renamed Drive V.
However, after throwing the ball up into the air to serve it, the body jumps vers l'avant, vers l’avant to hit the ball, resulting in a fast serve.
It's not his serve at all, Matsudaira Chikao, who is in Court 10, used his 'best and fastest' serve, which Ryoma, in return, commenté how slow it was, and used it after letting Matsudaira enjoy his 10 minutes of fame.
Echizen Ryoma
Kanji -
越前 リョーマ
Romaji -
Echizen Ryōma
Nicknames -
Prince of Tennis
Samurai Jr.
Super Rookie of the East
Super Freshman
Seigaku's Pillar of Support
Ochibi (by Kikumaru Eiji)
Chibisuke (Ryoga Echizen)
Brat (by Akutsu Jin)
Koshimae (Kintarō Tōyama)
tennis No Ojisama (by Keigo Atobe)
Seishonen (by Nanjirō Echizen)
Samurai (by Ken)
Heralded Newcomer (by Arai Masashi)
School and Class -
Seishun Academy (1st Year), 1-2 #4
Height (cm) and Blood Type -
151, O
Birthday -
December 24
Notable Relatives -
Nanjiro Echizen (Father)
Rinko Echizen (Mother)
Ryoga Echizen (Brother)
Nanako Meino (Cousin)