Prince of Tennis
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The Prince of Tennis(テニスの王子様 ) is a manga and anime series created by Takeshi Konomi. This series is categorized as "shonen" and "sports."
The story follows Ryoma Echizen, a twelve year old tennis prodigy. Flying in from America, Ryoma begins his school life in Japan in the tennis club Seigaku. Beating the second and third years at tennis, Ryoma is acknowledged and becomes one of the eight regulars of the tennis club. Earning his rightful spot as a regular, the Seigaku Tennis Club begin their objective to enter and win the national tournaments.
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[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
Commonly-Accepted Pairing Names:
These pairing names are used most frequently in the Prince of Tennis fandom.
There are often debates upon the use of these names between fans, seeing as some of these are unofficial fan-created names. Many users prefer to use more standard and generic formats in pairing names, such as Character 1 x Character 2, Character 1/Character 2, or the truncation of part of one character's name added to the truncation of the second character's name.
Pillar Pair- Ryoma/Tezuka
Golden Pair- Eiji/Oishi
Dream Pair- Eiji/Fuji
Platinum Pair- Niou/Yagyuu
D1 Pair- Niou/Yagyuu
Silver Pair- Ootori/Shishido
Bronze Pair - Amane/Kurobane
Tango Pair - Sanada/Atobe
Thrill Pair - Fuji/Ryoma
Emerald Pair - Inui/Kaidoh
Perfect Pair - Tezuka / Fuji
Smash Hit! 2 Pairing Names:
The following pairing names were found in the game Prince of Tennis: Smash Hit! 2 (テニスの王子様 スマシュウヒット！２). These names are referred to very infrequently, due to the lack of fanworks for many of these pairs, and the vagueness of these pairing names.
Eye-sight Pair - Kikumaru/Ryoma
No Socialibity Pair - Ryoma/Kaidoh
Ah-Un Pair - Momoshiro/Ryoma
Willpower & Courage Pair - Ryoma/Akutsu
Destiny Pair - Atobe/Kamio
Childhood Friends Pair - Fuji/Saeki
Childhood Friends Pair - Akutsu / Kawamura
Girl Lovers Pair - Sengoku / Aoi
Commentary Pair- Ibu / Mizuki
Comeback pair - Inui / Shishido
Acrobat pair - Kikumaru / Mukahi
Promising aces pair - Ryoma / Kirihara
Juniors Overpowering Seniors Pair - Atobe / Hiyoshi
Most dreadful pair - Kaidou / Akutsu
Strongest brothers pair - Fuji / Yuuta
Imperial Pair - Tezuka / Atobe
Strongest Buchou Pair - Tezuka / Tachibana
Strongest Buchou Pair - Atobe / Tachibana
Fastest serves pair - Inui / Ootori
Ordinary Showy Buchou Pair - Atobe /Minami
Heavy bomber pair - Kawamura / Kabaji
Master & servant pair - Atobe / Kabaji
Fast runners pair - Kamio / Shishido
Super freshmen pair - Ryoma / Aoi
Super Rising Pair - Ryoma / Yuuta
Street Tennis Lovers Pair - Momoshiro / Kamio
Thrill Pair - Fuji / Ryoma
Seigaku's dog & monkey pair - Momoshiro / Kaidou
Seigaku's heavy tank pair - Momoshiro / Kawamura
Dunk Pair - Momoshiro / Sengoku
Daddy's toy pair - Ryoma / Kiraku
High stature pair - Kabaji / Ishida
Data Man Pair - Inui / Mizuki
Tensai Pair - Fuji / Oshitari
Dream Pair - Kikumaru / Fuji
Crybabies pair - Ootori / Itsuki
Age unknown pair - Tezuka / Sanada
Trueborn pair - Akazawa / Kaneda
Hadoukyuu Pair - Kawamura / Ishida
Power Pair - Momoshiro / Amane
Power Pair - Momoshiro / Kurobane
Power Pair - Kawamura / Amane
Power Pair - Kawamura / Kurobane
Hyoutei Mini Pair - Akutagawa / Mukahi
Hyoutei's friendship pair - Atobe / Shishido
Hyoutei's young lions pair - Ootori / Hiyoshi
Sudden changes pair - Kirihara / Akutagawa
Hyouhen Pair - Kawamura / Kirihara
Hyouhen Pair - Kawamura / Akutagawa
Fukubuchou Pair - Sanada / Ooishi
Fukubuchou Pair - Sanada / Saeki
Fukubuchou Pair - Oishi / Saeki
Petit Pair - Ryoma / Dan
Buchou Pair - Tezuka / Aoi
Buchou Pair - Tezuka / Minami
Buchou Pair - Tezuka / Akazawa
Buchou Pair - Atobe / Aoi
Buchou Pair - Atobe / Akazawa
Buchou Pair - Tachibana / Aoi
Buchou Pair - Tachibana / Minami
Buchou Pair - Tachibana / Akazawa
Buchou Pair - Akazawa / Aoi
Buchou Pair - Akazawa / Minami
Buchou Pair - Minami / Aoi
Buchou-Fukubuchou Pair - Tezuka / Oishi
Fudoumine Ace Pair - Kamio / Ibu
Fudoumine's strongest pair - Sakurai / Ishida
Charisma in the club pair - Atobe / Mizuki
Pressure Pair - Aoi / Kaidou
Comedy pair - Kurobane / Amane
Kindness pair - Fuji / Kawamura
Yamabuki's strongest pair - Akutsu / Sengoku
Yamabuki's uneven pair - Akutsu / Dan
Rudolph's teacher & student pair - Mizuki / Yuuta
Young lions pair - Ryoma / Hiyoshi
Sweet Pair - Marui / Akutagawa
OT5 pair - Tezuka / Atobe / Sanada / Fuji / Ryoma
OT6 pair - Tezuka / Atobe / Sanada / Fuji / Ryoma / Yukimura
[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 2001
- On July 4, 2001, the LiveJournal community animefanfic was created. [1] Among the fan fiction communities represented on this community include: Bleach, Clamp, Detective Conan, Fushigi Yuugi, Get Backers, Gravitation, Fruit Basket, Inuyasha, Kodocha, Loveless, Mamono Hunter Yohko, Pokemon, Prince of Tennis, Ranma 1/2, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Samurai Troopers, Shaman King, Tenchi Muyo, Weiss Kreuz, Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu Yu Hakusho.
[edit] 2003
- On July 23, 2003, the LiveJournal community beta_search was founded. [2] It was created so people could find beta readers. Fan fiction communities represented by this community include but are not limited to: Batman, Brokeback Mountain, Brokeback Mountain real person fic, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer Doctor Who, Dragonriders of Pern, Fifth Element, Gundam Wing, Hanson, Harry Potter, HIM, Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, InuYasha, L.J. Smith, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings real person fic, Lost, Monsters, Inc., Naruto, Ouran High School Host Club, Pirates of the Caribbean, Prince of Tennis, Prison Break, Rurouni Kenshin, Star Wars, Stargate Atlantis, X-Men.
- On August 20, 2003, the LiveJournal community potfics was created. [3]
[edit] 2004
- March, 2004: the LiveJournal community tenipuri was created. This community now boasts a membership of over 3000+, and is the center of activity for the majority of the Prince of Tennis fandom. [4]
- On December 19, 2004, the LiveJournal community potstories was created. [5]
[edit] 2005
- By 2005, Harry Potter fans had migrated en masse to the Prince of Tennis fan fiction community, leaving some fans, particularly those who were not fans of anime, a bit baffled as to what Prince of Tennis was.
- On July 12, 2005, the LiveJournal community pot_manifesto was created for the discussion of Prince of Tennis pairings. [6]
- On November 17, 2005, the LiveJournal community 10_au was created. It was a fan themed community where fan fiction authors agreed to write ten stories based on the themes that the community stipulated. [7] Fandoms represented by this community included Final Fantasy VII, Fruit Basket, Gravitation, Gundam Seed, Gundam Destiny, Mulan, Mutant X, Prince of Tennis, Rurouni Kenshin, Weiß Kreuz, Yu-Gi-Oh
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] Influential Fanworks
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[edit] Fandom Members
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[edit] Fandom Size
-The main Livejournal community for Prince of Tennis, tenipuri has a membership of approximately 3000 members as of October 2007.
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