Hiroshi Wakato

School: Josei Shonan Junior High School

Grade: 3rd Year (Vice-Captain)

Height: 176cm

Birthday: December 10th

Blood Type: B

Dominant Hand: Right

Voice Actor: Masami Kikuchi

Hiroshi is extremely good-looking, a trait that has earned him his own fan club.

He is characterized by his droopy eyes, prominent lower eyelashes, and the hat he always wears.

He has a playful and somewhat narcissistic personality, similar to that of Kiyosumi Sengoku.

Hiroshi is supremely confident in his own abilities and those of his Josei Shonan teammates.

Initially, he was quite condescending toward the Seigaku team, dismissing them as a group of weirdos and entertainers.

Hiroshi is the vice-captain of the Josei Shonan Junior High tennis team.

He is an anime-original character created for the storyline where Seigaku faces his school.

Pretender Tactics

This is Hiroshi's signature playstyle, which he developed through dedicated effort and research.

It involves perfectly mimicking the styles of various real-life professional tennis players.

When switching between imitations, he shouts "Change Over!", with his fan club often yelling the "Over!" part.

He is versatile enough to switch to his left hand when mimicking a left-handed player.

Match Against Seigaku

In the match against Seigaku, Hiroshi played as Singles 3 against Kaoru Kaidō.

He baffled Kaidō by imitating pros like Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.

In a show of pride, he decided to mimic Kaidō's own style in the final stages of the match.

While he successfully replicated Kaidō's "Snake," a type of buggy whip shot, his imitation was ultimately flawed.

His "Boomerang Snake" went out of bounds because he lacked Kaidō's highly trained arm and wrist strength, making his attempt a clumsy imitation.

He ignored advice from the Tanaka brothers to switch to a different mimicry, and his stubbornness to master Kaidō's playstyle cost him the match in a tie-break.

Junior Selection Camp

Hiroshi later appeared at the Junior Selection Camp, where he was pitted against Munehiro Kabaji.

During their match, Kabaji turned the tables by copying Hiroshi's own Pretender Tactics.

However, the match was interrupted when Hiroshi decided he wanted to watch the ongoing match between Keigo Atobe and Genichiro Sanada instead.

In the movie *Atobe's Gift ~A Tennis Festival for You~*, Hiroshi is seen in a different light as the vocalist of a band.

Despite being an anime-only character, Hiroshi is remarkably popular with fans.

He once ranked within the top 100 for Valentine's Day chocolates sent to Shueisha for *The Prince of Tennis* characters.

His popularity even led the series' author, Takeshi Konomi, to draw a special illustration of him.