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|---|---|
| Ikuto Kimijima | |
| Kanji |
君島育斗 |
| Rōmaji |
Kimijima Ikuto |
| Nicknames |
Negotiator of the Court |
| Gender |
Male |
| Age |
17-18 |
| Height |
179 cm |
| Weight |
63 kg |
| Birthday |
March 7 |
| Horoscope |
Pisces |
| Eyesight (Unaided) |
0.5 (both eyes) |
| Blood Type |
AB |
| Family |
Father |
| High School |
3rd Year |
| Club Position |
Public Relations |
| Japan U-17 Camp |
No.7 of All Japan Representatives |
| Occupation |
Actor |
| Dominant Arm |
Right |
| Play Style |
All Rounder |
| Doubles Partner(s) | |
| Racquet(s) |
Prince EXO3 Thunder 105 |
| Shoes |
FILA Alfa II |
| Manga Debut |
Golden Age 50 |
| Anime Debut | |
| Voice Actor | |
Kimijima holds the title of "The Negotiator of the Court". He is currently cultivating a new path called Intellitennis.
| “ | I'll go and negotiate with them | ” |
— Kimijima Ikuto
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Background[]
Kimijima is introduced as amongst the best School U-17 players of Japan in New Prince of Tennis and ranked as the No.7 U-17 player as a member of the Genius 10. Kimijima is also the star of a TV commercial for "Cola Vita".
Appearance[]
Kimijima wears glasses. Has significant neat sideburns. He has white colored hair. His hair has a parting on the right side of his head and is neatly slicked back.
Personality[]
Kimijima is shown as calm and collected. He is also shown to have a valued opinion among the other members at the camp since he is in control of the match rota upon the news that the No.s 11-20 of the 1st Stringers were replaced by middle schoolers besides Irie Kanata and that the other middle schoolers wanted to challenge for the Top 10 places. He is confident and has a similar arrogance not unlike the Top 10 players who had just returned from their Foreign Expedition.
History[]
U-17 Camp[]
U-17 Camp Revolution[]
Kimijima is first seen on the 1st Stringers coach with the other 1st Stringers agreeing with Akiba Kouyou that the 2nd Stringers in the camp should be greeting them upon their return of their Foreign Expedition. He then arrives with the rest of the Top 10 at Court 16 and meets the 2nd Stringers for his match with a 2nd Stringer chosen to challenge him.
Kimijima is then present at the main court with all the other players to see the return of the Black Jersey Brigade Middle schoolers that faced No.s 11-19 representatives who had just returned from their Foreign Expedition and like the rest of the camp was shocked that the middle schoolers had now become 1st Stringers. Kimijima then decides to create a Match Rota including the middle schoolers which nobody expected would happen.
Anime version of Kimijima's commercial
Later in the evening, Kirihara Akaya and Marui Bunta are watching TV in a lounge at the camp and notice Kimijima appearing on TV for a commercial advertising a drink.
Genius 10 Challenge[]
With the new list no longer including High Schoolers but Middle Schoolers taking on the Top 10, Kimijima and Tōno Atsukyo head to their room as Kimijima warns Tōno not to use full power against the Middle Schoolers, believing there was a large gap between the Top 10 and them. He and the rest of the Top 10 sit in a separate spot from the rest of the camp as the matches for the Top 10's badges commence.
Kimijima without his glasses
After Gin's defeat at the hands of Duke Watanabe, Kite and Marui prepare to take on Kimijima and his doubles partner Tōno Atsukyo for the 3rd Match, challenging Kimijima and Tōno for the titles of All-Japan Junior's No.7 & 8 respectively. In the first game, despite Tōno's violent tennis, Marui and Kite swiftly take the first game. The audience comment that Kite and Marui make a good doubles pair.
It is eventually revealed that Kite is betraying Marui simply because Kimijima asked him to betray Marui. This makes the match 3 vs 1. However it is revealed after Kimijima/Tōno win the first set 6-3, that Kimijima had told Kite in his negotiation to injure Tōno beyond recovery. The game goes on with Kimijima taking points, and Tōno attacking Marui with violent shots from the front with Kite hitting shots at Marui from the back, causing Marui to bring out his new volley defense technique, to prevent Kite from getting to the ball.
Unfortunately for Kimijima his negotiation wasn't successful, as Kite then hit a Habu which everybody believed to be aimed at Marui, however it swerved around Marui and went straight into Kimijima's right eye, knocking off his glasses and causing the side of it to bleed in the process.
Prior to the U-17 World Cup[]
The head coach takes the high school and middle school representatives to the beach, presumably in the US, and tasks them to pick up girls. Kimijima sings at the beach and asks who wants to put suntan oil on his body in fluent English. Many girls volunteer. Niou uses his method and also succeeds.
U-17 World Cup Quarter-Finals[]
Kimijima plays during the Quarter-Finals round of the World Cup, playing in the Doubles 2 match against France with Kuranosuke Shiraishi as his partner. They faced French models Tristan Bardot and Timothe Moreau, who Kimijima knew as fellow celebrities. Tristan thanks Kimijima at first for helping him not to be banished from the Tennis World because of his too handsome faces, clearing however that favors are not included in their match and that they should go all out. Kimijima tries to negotiate with them by saying that they should be considerate of his partner who was just a middle schooler. Tristan refuses for it as he sees that action of Kimijima as being inconsiderate of him. In the start of the first set, Kimijima manages to score against France and then strikes a pose. The same goes for the French players. However, since Shiraishi is still troubled with his playstyle, Kimijima becomes unable to handle the match by himself, making them lose the first set, 6-2.
For the second set, it was revealed that Shuji Tanegashima negotiated with Kimijima to buy time until Shiraishi finds a new playstyle in exchange of Kimijima having Tanegashima to open up a way of how he can apologize to his former doubles partner Atsukyo Tono after setting him up to be injured by Bunta Marui. Later on, Kimijima fools the French players as he appears to take the match by himself, covering the entire doubles court through the help of 3 out of the 1 of his 13 Song Lyrics technique. Kimijima uses the Water Surface, Spiderweb, and Castle Walls to defend against the attacks of the French until he manages to create an opening for Shiraishi to attack. Shiraishi makes use of it and surprises the French with a power shot, which appears to be Gin Ishida's Hadokyuu. Thanks to Kimijima's playstyle, Shiraishi was inspired to do better, unlocking his Star Bible. However, the French players had managed to adapt to Shiraishi's changing playstyle but Shiraishi did not fall for the pressure as he focused on strengthening his mental for the time being. Kimijima later on fought head on, even though it was not his style, after remembering how Tono compensated for that pride and passion for winning when they played doubles before. Despite their efforts, Kimijima and Shiraishi loses to Tristan and Timothe in the second set, 6-7. Kimijima had his knee wounded after failing to return the last shot, and Tanegashima uses the opportunity to let Tono treat Kimijima's wounds. Kimijima then starts to apologize to Tono when Tono interrupts him, saying that he still would not mind pairing up with Kimijima in the future. Tanegashima comments then that Tono seems to know everything about what Kimijima had done in the past already.
Prior to the U-17 World Cup Finals[]
Before the finals against Spain, Japan U-17 team decided to have an Intra-Ranking tournament to determine which among its players would play in the finals. Kimijima, at first, approached Kite Eishiro to be his partner, reminding him of their negotiation during the Player Shuffle in the camp. However, Kite declines as his mind is still confused as many of his teammates wants to pair up with him. Later on, he sees Atsukyo Tono pleading Nyudo Mifune, the head coach, to let him join the tournament as he still wanted to play doubles with his original partner which is Kimijima. Mifune agrees as long as there would be someone who would give their spot to him. Upon knowing this, Kimijima and Tono asked Date Danji, Izo Hakamada, and Sotomichi Nakagauchi for one of them to give their spot to Tono. Date sacrifices his spot for Tono, which Tono thanks for. Kimijima and Tono then enlists to fight for the Doubles 1 position, however, they were defeated by Tsukimitsu Ochi and Juzaburo Mori's pair in a close match, as Ochi awakens his true playstyle who was then revealed to be the team's original No. 4 player. Kimijima and Tono then loses the opportunity to play in the finals.
Tennis Record[]
U-17 Camp[]
| Type of Match | Partner | Opponent(s) | Score |
| U-17 Representatives VS. 2nd Stringers Player Shuffle | Atsukyō Tōno | Kite Eishirō/Marui Bunta | Won (6-3), (6-2) |
U-17 World Cup Quarter-Finals[]
| Type of Match | Partner | Opponent(s) | Score |
| Doubles 2 | Kuranosuke Shiraishi | Tristan Bardot/Timothé Moreau | Lost (2-6), (6-7) |
Japan U-17 Intra-Ranking Tournament[]
| Type of Match | Partner | Opponent(s) | Score |
| Doubles 1 | Atsukyō Tōno | Tsukimitsu Ochi/Juzaburo Mori | Lost (5-7) |
Playing Style and Techniques[]
Whilst Kimijima was using his Left hand to play tennis on the TV commercial that Kirihara saw of him, however against Marui Bunta and Kite Eishiro pair he used his right hand to face them. While playing tennis Kimijima has his jersey tied around his waist.
Kimijima is shown to be highly skilled in terms of technique like the rest of the Top 10 as he was calmly keeping up with Marui and Kite while he claimed to be only at 60%. Further testament to his skill is that while at just 60%, he outclassed net play specialist Marui at the net.
According to the Official Fanbook Volume 23.5, Kimijima has 13 "Song Lyrics" as his moves and only three are known.
U-17 Stats[]
Speed - 5: It's astonishing how fast his negotiation speed is. However, the slowness of his service speed is just one of his issues.
Power - 4: He has a strong and reassuring ability to break into a negotiation. However, with his body type, he is lacking overall in muscle strength.
Stamina - 4: He has an established reputation for being very persistent in negotiating in a match. However, even in the best situation, he lacks stamina for a whole set. We hope he will train this henceforth.
Mental - 7: He has the mental fortitude to never give up any kind of negotiation. He understands better than anyone that Tennis is a mental sport.
Technique - 5: Backroom deals, internal discord, favorable conditions...his specialty negotiation technique would make even adults feel embarrassed.
Kurobe Memo: Sipping victory after selling out his comrade. His play style isn't fair, but it can be said that it is the hand necessary for his continued survival of the U-17 in the world. In addition to his outstanding natural negotiation powers, it seems like if he was to extend his universal sphere of influence, he would have no enemies far and wide.
Trivia[]
Character Trivia[]
- Kimijima has been in media production since he was a child and he especially flourishes in dramatic acting roles.
- Kimijima speaks fluent English.
- He is the star of a TV commercial for the energy drink, "Cola Vita"
- He is currently contracted to 5 different commercial companies. He has even appeared in commercials for sports brands.
- He has had his stuff stolen from him at camp before
Other Trivia[]
Personal Information[]
- Hobbies: Reading, Looking into a Mirror
- Committee: School Festival Planning Committee
- Favorite Color: Black
- Favorite Food: Paella
- Thing he wants most: Everyone's Love
- Thing you're bad at: Slithering Things, People who are too blunt
- Specialty outside of tennis: Skin care
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