The Prince of Tennis (Live-action movie)
Cast:
Kanata Hongo - as Ryoma Echizen
He is the Prince of Tennis
Yuu Shirota – as Kunimitsu Tezuka
Echizen’s senior and the team captain of the Seigaku Tennis Team, a third-grader student
Rikiya – as Egate Mcleod Higaki
Strongest rival of Ryoma from Hyotei Middle School
Ryuuji Sainei – as Keigo Atobe
Tezuka’s rival at a tennis game. This guy looks cute.
Goro Kishitani – as Nanjiroh Echizen
Ryoma’s father; former tennis legend
Sayuri Iwata – as Shioin Higaki
Mute sister of Egate Mcleod Higaki whom Ryoma saved from high school bullies
Hitomi Shimatani – as Sumire Ryuzaki
A teacher at Seigaku
Kousuke Kujirai – as Kaoru Kaidoh
2nd Year student who challenges Ryoma to a game when he first entered Seigaku
Hiroki Suzuki – as Shuichiro Oishi
Hiroki Aiba – as Shusuke Fuji
Osamu Adachi – as Eiji Kikumaru
Hirofumi Araki – as Sadaharu Inui
Yoshikazu Kotani –as Takashi Kawamura
Masaki Kaji – as Takeshi Momoshiro
Summary:
Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy, attends Seishun Academy Middle School (Seishun Gakuen), or Seigaku in short, a school famous for its strong tennis club and talented players. Ryoma quickly defeats numerous upperclassmen shortly after entrance to secure himself a spot on the regulars team.
Official Site:
http://www.tenipuri-movie.jp/index2.html
What Think:
Shirota Yuu as Tezuka – Holy macaroni, I did not know he was this cute!! I like him with his glasses, he looks so cute! He looks so stoic; but then again his role was supposed to be stoic. He is the senior of the Prince of Tennis, so if here were the Prince of Tennis that I would be his princess! Haha! This jap-spanish dude is one hot commodity!
Kanata Hongo as Ryoma – He lacks depth too, he looks so lackadaisical in most scenes; he has no feelings in a lot of scenes. As I have not seen the anime version of this movie, I cannot compare both characters, is Ryoma supposed to be this young? I can hear his voice breaking...ha. But there is something about this boy that makes me say that he will go a long way in show business.
I like the background scenery so much; it is like a laid-back sub-urban school campus.
* Near the intro parts where Ryoma made all the tennis balls fly all over the court was pretty cool to the horror of the bully.
* The line “Mada mada dane.” Which means simply not there yet, I like that!
* Ryoma trying his new team jacket out and posing in front of the mirror, he looks so cute and wacky.
* The whole Segaku High School Tennis Team walking down the school aisle to the tournament matches---with Shirota Yuu leading, they look like a bunch of gorgeous children of the corn…hehehe!
* The soundtrack ---nice one too.
Rating: 8 Japanese Tempura out of 10
Credits: wikipedia, official prince of tennis site
Watch the Trailers here: http://www.tenipuri-movie.jp/trailer.html
* And if you want to know more about Shirota Yuu:
Nicknames: Shiroro, Shiropon, Shirotan, Yuu-ani, U-kun
Blood Type: O
Family: mother (divorced), father (divorced), two older brothers, an older sister and a younger sister
High School: Horikoshi Academy
Height: 185 cm (6'0¾")
Weight: 74 kg
Three Size: 89-73-94 (35"-29"-37")
Dexterity: Left Handed
Hobbies: Song Writing, Song Composition, Karaoke, Watching funny TV shows
Special Skills: Spanish, Piano, Saxophone, Guitar
Favorite Sports: Soccer
Favorite Number to See Performed: "Onna no Ronsou"
Favorite Food: Chocolate, rice cookies
Close Friends: Tomohisa Yamashita, Jin Akanishi, Ikuta Toma
Shirota was born on December 26, 1985 to a Japanese father and a Spanish mother. Because his mother is Spanish, he lived in Barcelona, Spain until he was about 2 years old. He returned to Japan for elementary school and could still speak Spanish in ordinary conversation.
According to Shirota, when he was little, his family liked to sing songs, so he would borrow his older sister's keyboard, while his mother taught him piano; hus spawned Shirota's love for composing. He composed his first piece when he was in the fourth grade, titled the "The Tear.”
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