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Harumi Saotome
Kanji

早乙女晴海

Rōmaji

Saotome Harumi

Nicknames

Fatty
Baldy
Old Man

Characteristics
Gender

Male

Age

41

Profession
Occupation

Tennis Club Advisor

Affiliation

Higa Middle School

Harumi Saotome (早乙女 晴海, Saotome Harumi) is the 41 years old coach of Higa Chuu's boys' tennis club.

History[]

Nationals[]

After she was nearly knocked down by Hirakoba Rin's ball, Ryūzaki Sumire confronted Saotome for condoning his players' dangerous behavior and lack of self-restraint. Saotome was all ready to take Ryuuzaki down himself, but fortunately, Echizen Ryoma and Momoshiro Takeshi's serves stopped him in his tracks. Insulted, Saotome signaled Hirakoba for a repeat performance when the match was at 5-3 in Higa's favor, but was outright ignored. In truth, Saotome has no control over his team. After Higa lost the fourth straight set to Seigaku, a pissed off Saotome was ready to abandon his charges, but got a taste of his own medicine when Kite Eishirō knocked him back down to his bench with a serve.

Etymology[]

  • The name Harumi means "clear weather" (晴) (haru) and "sea, ocean" (海) (mi).
  • Harumi's surname Saotome means "already, now, fast, early" (早) (sa) and "virgin, maiden, girl" (乙女) (otome).