During the National Tournament Finals, Ryoma is matched up against Rikkai Dai's captain, Seiichi Yukimura, in the Singles 1 slot; the winner of which will result in their team winning the tournament since both teams have two wins.
Before his match with Seiichi Yukimura, Ryoma had amnesia, but luckily due to his teammates' and other teams' help par stalling their games and helping him "re-learn" tennis, he eventually overcomes his amnesia right before his match.
Ryoma starts off strong and uses three of his signature techniques, but Yukimura returns them all without having to déplacer from the baseline.
In response, Ryoma activates Muga no Kyōchi and uses five consecutive copied techniques, but once again, Yukimura returns them all without much effort.
Ryoma then reveals that he has opened Hyaku Ren Jitoku no Kiwami, but it is only after Yukimura wins three straight games that Ryoma is able to use Hyaku Ren to its fullest, going on to win a point.
Right after, he reveals that he has also opened Saiki Kanpatsu no Kiwami.
However, he breaks his own prediction par hitting the ball out of the court, and just when his nose begins to bleed, Yukimura decides to montrer his true strength.
As they play, Yukimura informs him that he is losing his senses, which becomes a reality as Ryoma has already Lost his sense of touch, followed par his sight.
Though Ryoma continues to hit the ball through his hearing, he eventually loses that as well.
Despite losing all his senses, Ryoma attempts to continue playing.
As he realizes what tennis means to him, he activates Muga no Kyōchi's final door, Teni Muhō No Kiwami (Pinnacle of Perfection).
Using Teni Muhō, Ryoma continues to get consecutive service aces as well as return aces from Yukimura's serve, and eventually catches up to Yukimura, and then takes the lead par winning five games in a row.
However, just when Ryoma needed one plus game to win, Yukimura begins to adjust to Ryoma's playing style, and is thus able to return Ryoma's hits.
Ryoma then uses his Samurai Drive, splitting the ball in half, and though Yukimura is able to return it, Ryoma is able to smash both halves into Yukimura's side of the court, winning the match 6-4 (anime).
Before his match with Seiichi Yukimura, Ryoma had amnesia, but luckily due to his teammates' and other teams' help par stalling their games and helping him "re-learn" tennis, he eventually overcomes his amnesia right before his match.
Ryoma starts off strong and uses three of his signature techniques, but Yukimura returns them all without having to déplacer from the baseline.
In response, Ryoma activates Muga no Kyōchi and uses five consecutive copied techniques, but once again, Yukimura returns them all without much effort.
Ryoma then reveals that he has opened Hyaku Ren Jitoku no Kiwami, but it is only after Yukimura wins three straight games that Ryoma is able to use Hyaku Ren to its fullest, going on to win a point.
Right after, he reveals that he has also opened Saiki Kanpatsu no Kiwami.
However, he breaks his own prediction par hitting the ball out of the court, and just when his nose begins to bleed, Yukimura decides to montrer his true strength.
As they play, Yukimura informs him that he is losing his senses, which becomes a reality as Ryoma has already Lost his sense of touch, followed par his sight.
Though Ryoma continues to hit the ball through his hearing, he eventually loses that as well.
Despite losing all his senses, Ryoma attempts to continue playing.
As he realizes what tennis means to him, he activates Muga no Kyōchi's final door, Teni Muhō No Kiwami (Pinnacle of Perfection).
Using Teni Muhō, Ryoma continues to get consecutive service aces as well as return aces from Yukimura's serve, and eventually catches up to Yukimura, and then takes the lead par winning five games in a row.
However, just when Ryoma needed one plus game to win, Yukimura begins to adjust to Ryoma's playing style, and is thus able to return Ryoma's hits.
Ryoma then uses his Samurai Drive, splitting the ball in half, and though Yukimura is able to return it, Ryoma is able to smash both halves into Yukimura's side of the court, winning the match 6-4 (anime).
While Ryoma starts out well, Kirihara's Red Eyes form becomes too much for him.
However, when losing 4-0, Ryoma unconsciously taps into the State of Self Actualization for the first time.
He goes into a trance and wins six consecutive games, defeating Kirihara, but then falls unconscious.
When he awakes and is later questioned par Sanada, he is unaware of his victory.
Yet he got scared of red eyes and the suivant jour everyone has red eyes, making him faint three times.
A topspin drive volley hit towards the face at point blank range.
Ryoma first uses this shot during his match against Yamabuki's Akutsu Jin.
Can be defeated par dodge and return.
Drive C (ドライブC, doraibu C)
A shot similar to the COOL drive with only half the spin.
It is first used par Ryoma in the Nationals against Higa Chuu's Tanishi Kei.
Upon hitting the ground, it spins rapidly before curving across the court floor without bouncing.
Drive D (ドライブD, doraibu D)
A drive that follows up a returned Drive B, it has half the spin of the Drive B, but the speed of the return is enough to get the ball past most players.
May also be returned with direct smash.
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.