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Yōhei Tanaka
Kanji

田中洋平

Rōmaji

Tanaka Yōhei

Characteristics
Gender

Male

Age

13

Height

167 cm

Birthday

January 15

Horoscope

Capricorn

Blood Type

AB

Family

Parents
Tanaka Kouhei (Younger Twin Brother)

Education
Junior High

Josei Shonan (2nd Year)

Club Position

Regular

Tennis
Dominant Arm

Right

Media
Voice Actor

Higuchi Chieko (Japanese)

Yōhei Tanaka (田中 洋平, Tanaka Yōhei)

Background[]

Tanaka Youhei is a regular that only appears in the anime as a Josei Shounan regular and is the elder of the Tanaka twins, in which they prefer to be called a Unit. He has superior hearing ability and body vision, making he and his twin the perfect doubles team. However, they tend to be overconfident and underestimate their opponents.

Appearance[]

He is often mistaken as a girl due to his appearance. He has short purple/pink hair with a high-lighted stripe on his bangs. He also has turquois eyes, is relatively short (around Ryoma's height) and wears a black choker around his neck.

Etymology[]

  • The name Yōhei means "ocean" (洋) () and "flat, broad, level, even, peaceful" (平) (hei).
  • Yōhei's surname Tanaka means "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta) and "middle" (中) (naka), which literally means "dweller in the rice fields" altogether.

Trivia[]

  • Yōhei and his brother only exist in the anime. In the manga, he is not on the Josei Shonan's regular team sheet.
  • In the movie, Atobe's Gift, Yōhei and his younger brother, Kōhei Tanaka, are shown to possess an certain level of vocal musical talent as they held a concert together at the Super Tennis Festival.