
Character · The Prince of Tennis
Echizen Ryoma's Himalayan cat.
Karupin is used as a symbolic device in the series. For example Nanjirou teases/plays with Karupin in ways that parallel the manner that Ryoma's tennis matches are proceeding. When Karupin overcomes Nanjirou's teasing, the tide turns in Ryoma's matches.
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#8247Kunimitsu TezukaRyoutarou Okiayu
#9063Eiji KikumaruHiroki Takahashi
#11269Kaoru KaidouKouhei Kiyasu
#12147Seiichi YukimuraSachiko Nagai
#13059Genichirou SanadaTaiten Kusunoki
#13675Takeshi MomoshiroMasaya Onosaka
#14452Akaya KiriharaShoutarou Morikubo
#15573Sadaharu InuiKenjirou Tsuda
#16469Bunta MaruiNaozumi Takahashi