Shin Tennis no Oujisama JAPAN Jersey with surnames sewn onto it

Title: Shin Tennis no Oujisama JAPAN Jersey with surnames sewn onto it
Price: 10,800 yen (inclusive of tax)
Material: 100% polyester
Date of release: Early December 2010
You can purchase the jersey with your favourite player's surname. Choices include Echizen, Tezuka, Ooishi, Fuji, Kikumaru, Inui, Kawamura, Momoshiro, Kaidou, Yukimura, Sanada, Yanagi, Yagyuu, Niou, Marui, Kirihara, Atobe, the Oshitari cousins, Mukahi, Shishido, Ootori, Hiyoshi, Shiraishi, Chitose, Toyama, Kite, Akutsu, Tachibana and Hirakoba.
Purchase from: Mekke!

1 2 3 4 5 Ready Go! by Datsubou

Title: 1 2 3 4 5 Ready Go!
Artist: Datsubou (Echizen Ryoma, Sanada Genichirou, Shishido Ryo, Kai Yujiro & Kisarazu Ryo)
Date of release: 15 Sep 2010
Catalog number: NECM-10145
Price: 800 yen (inclusive of tax)

The Prince of Tennis 2009.9.6 Holy Ground in Ariake Colosseum

Title: The Prince of Tennis 2009.9.6 Holy Ground in Ariake Colosseum
Artiste: Various Artists
Date of release: 17 Feb 2010
Catalog number: NECA-70063 ~ NECA-70068
Price: 12,000 yen (inclusive of tax)

Commemorative events to mark the release of Kite Eishirou's solo album - 2

Date: 23 November 2009
Time when lucky draw begins: 10.30am
Venue opens at: 11.30am
Event starts at: 12 noon
Venue: Tokorozawa Shimin Bunka Center Cube Hall (Tokorozawa, Saitama)
How to obtain tickets: Purchase Kite Eishirou's album, "FAITH" at the following Animate stores to get a ticket
Participating stores: Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Akihabara, Kichijoji, Tachikawa, Hachioji, Chiba, Oomiya, Kawagoshi and Tokorozawa

Commemorative events to mark the release of Kite Eishirou's solo album - 1

Date: 29 November 2009
Time when lucky draw begins: 11.30am
Venue opens at: 1pm
Event starts at: 1.30pm
Venue: Sougou Gakuen Human Academy Osaka Campus (Shinsaibashi, Osaka)
How to obtain tickets: Purchase Kite Eishirou's album, "FAITH" at the following Animate stores to get a ticket
Participating stores: Nihonbashi, Tenouji, Fuse, Takatsuki, Kawanishi, Hirakata, Kyoto, Nara, Wakayama, Sannomiya and Himeji

CD release of Tenipuri Festa 2009

Title: THE PRINCE OF TENNIS 2009.9.6 HOLY GROUND in ARIAKE COLOSSEUM
Artiste: Various Artists
Date of release: 17 February 2010
Catalog number: NECA-70063 ~ 70068
Price: 12,000 yen (inclusive of tax)

Kite Eishirou's first solo album, "FAITH"

Title: FAITH
Artiste: Kite Eishirou
Date of release: 6 Nov 2009
Catalog number: NECA-30254
Price: 3,000 yen (inclusive of tax)








Track List:

1) Spider
2) ASSASSIn
3) ALERT
4) art of life
5) CHU-BA-FIGHTER
6) Hyouteki
7) Give it
8) KILLER'S TRAP
9) Flowers of Evil
10) Utsukushiki Jinsei
11) Hokukyokusei

Commerative event for Kite Eishirou's first solo album release

Title: Commemorative event for the release of Kite Eishirou's first solo album, "FAITH" - Shingaki Tarusuke's Talk Show & Handshake Event
Date: 23 Nov 2009 (Monday - public holiday)
Venue: Tokorozawa Shimin Bunka Centre Cube Hall (Tokorozawa, Saitama)
Artiste: Shingaki Tarusuke
How to obtain tickets: Preorder or purchase Kite Eishirou's first solo album "FAITH" at the following Animate stores
Participating stores: Animate Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Akihabara, Kichioji, Tachikawa, Hachioji, Chiba, Oomiya, Kawagoshi, Tokorozawa

Details of Kite Eishirou's first solo album

Title: FAITH
Artiste: Kite Eishirou
Date of release: 6 November 2009
Catalog number: NECA-30254
Price: 3,000 yen (inclusive of tax)

Tenipuri Festa 2009 DVD to be released in 2010!

The DVD release of Tenipuri Festa 2009 held on 6 Sep will be released in 2010!

Title: Tenipuri Festa 2009
Catalog number: BCBE-3737
Produced by: Bandai Visual
Total number of discs: 2
Date of release: 27 January 2010
Price: 9,240 yen (inclusive of tax)
Total running time: 230 minutes
Special features: Making-of and behind the stage footage, original casing and 28-page memorial booklet

Tennis no Oujisama OVA Fan Disc ~ Message In Bottle ~

Title: Tennis no Oujisama OVA Fan Disc ~ Message in Bottle ~
Date of release: 22 December 2009
Price: 2,625 yen
Total running time: 50 minutes
Catalog number: BCBA-3699
Produced by: Bandai EMOTION
Premium: Illustrations of the main staff members and liner notes

Contents:

1) Message in a bottle (New picture drama)
Synopsis: Atobe picks up a bottle which contains a message and throws it into the sea again. Seigaku and Rikkaidai members then pick up the bottle...

2) Chara-puri - Higa & Shitenhouji
Mini-corners introducing members from Higa and Shitenhouji plus special versions for Touyama Kintarou and Oshitari Kenya

3) Behind-the-scenes for the OVA production

4) Digest footage of Tenipuri Festa 2009 held on 6 Sep

5) PV & CM Collection

Otopuri open for orders of Tenipuri Festa 2009 goods

From 8 Sep to 14 Sep, the Otopuri site is collecting orders for the Tenipuri Festa 2009 merchandise i.e. the spectacles, yakiniku set and the 3 solo CDs introduced on this blog previously. Click the "Merchandise" or "Events" tab for the past entries on these items. For more details, please visit the Otopuri site. Fans who are not residing in Japan should note that the orders can only be delivered domestically within Japan. Even if you do have a Japanese address to deliver to, I am not sure whether they accept foreign credit cards. Please ensure that you check with the vendor before you place the order.

Tenipuri Festa '09 Goods - Kite Eishirou's solo CD

Title: Dear Prince ~ Tennis no Oujisama tachi e ~ (Solo version)
Artiste: Kite Eishirou
Price: 1,000 yen (inclusive of tax)

Tenipuri Festa '09 Goods - Kite Eishirou's spectacles

Title: Kite Eishirou's spectacles
Description: Kite Eishirou's spectacles with a pair of no-degree lenses which can be removed
Price: 3,500 yen (inclusive of tax)

Kite Eishirou to release his first solo album in November

Title: Undecided
Artiste: Kite Eishirou
Date of release: 6 November 2009
Catalog number: NECA-30254
Price: 3000 yen (inclusive of tax)

Seiyuu Lineup for Tenipuri Festa 2009

As of 4 August, the lineup of characters (seiyuus) for the Tenipuri Festa 2009 is as follows. For the sake of convenience, I am listing the character names instead of the seiyuus names. Well, most of the characters from the 5 schools are appearing in this event but two names are missing i.e. Marui Bunta from Rikkaidai and Akutagawa Jirou from Hyotei. Just where are these two volley specialists, huh? Names highlighted in red are the latest additions to the lineup.

Seigaku - Echizen, Tezuka, Oishi, Fuji, Inui, Kawamura, Kikumaru, Momoshiro and Kaidou

Hyotei - Atobe, Oshitari, Shishido, Kabaji, Ootori, Hiyoshi and Mukahi

Rikkaidai - Yukimura, Sanada, Yanagi, Niou, Yagyuu, Jackal and Kirihara

Shitenhouji - Shiraishi, Chitose, Konjiki, Hitoji, Ishida and Tooyama

Higa - Kite, Kai, Chinen, Tanishi and Hirakoba

Track list and characters/seiyuus appearing in Konomi-sensei's single CD

Title: Tenipuri tte Ii na / Smile
Artiste: Konomi Takeshi
Date of release: 19 August 2009
Catalog number: NECM-16001
Price: 1,680 yen (inclusive of tax)

Track List:

1) Tenipuri tte Iina
Lyrics and Melody: Konomi Takeshi
Arrangement: Sasaki Osamu
Artiste: Konomi Takeshi
Guest character vocals: (Seigaku) Echizen Ryoma, Tezuka Kunimitsu, Oishi Shuuichirou, Fuji Shuusuke, Kikumaru Eiji, Inui Sadaharu, Kawamura Takashi, Momoshiro Takeshi, Kaidou Kaoru
(Hyotei) Atobe Keigo, Oshitari Yuushi, Mukahi Gakuto, Shishido Ryou, Taki Haginosuke, Kabaji Munehiro, Ootori Choutarou, Hiyoshi Wakashi
(Rikkaidai) Yukimura Seiichi, Sanada Genichirou, Yanagi Renji, Yagyuu Hiroshi, Niou Masaharu, Marui Bunta, Jackal Kuwahara, Kirihara Akaya
(Higa) Kite Eishirou, Tanishi Kei, Hirakoba Rin, Chinen Hiroshi, Kai Yuujirou
(Shitenhouji) Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Chitose Senri, Konjiki Koharu, Hitouji Yuuji, Ishida Gin, Zaizen Hikaru, Tooyama Kintarou

2) Smile
Lyrics & Melody: Konomi Takeshi
Arrangement: Sasaki Osamu
Artiste: Konomi Takeshi

3) Adventure Hero
Lyrics: Konomi Takeshi
Melody & Arrangement: Sasaki Osamu
Artiste: Konomi Takeshi & Sasaki Osamu

4) Seishun Glory TK Piano Version (Bonus Track)
Lyrics, Melody & Arrangement: Sasaki Osamu
Artiste: Konomi Takeshi

5) Special Messages from 56 seiyuus
Araki Hirofumi (Zaizen Hikaru), Ishida Akira (Mizuki Hajime), Iwasaki Masami (Hiyoshi Wakashi & Akazawa Yoshirou), Ueda Youji (Tanishi Kei), Ooura Fuyuka (Osakada Tomoka), Ooguro Kazuhiro (Kurobane Harukaze), Oosuka Jun (Chitose Senri), Okiayu Ryoutarou (Tezuka Kunimitsu & Principal Ishikawa), Oda Yuusei (Saeki Kojiro), Onosaka Masaya (Momoshiro Takeshi), Kaida Yuki (Fuji Shuusuke), Kakihara Tetsuya (Liliandent Krauser), Kawahara Yoshihisa (Tachibana Kippei), Kawamoto Naru (Kawamura Takashi), Kiuchi Hidenobu (Oshitari Yuushi), Kishio Daisuke (Fukushi Michiru), Kiyasu Kohei (Kaidou Kaoru & Taki Haginosuke), Kusuda Toshiyuki (Shishido Ryou), Kusunoki Taiten (Sanada Genichirou), Kumabuchi Suguru (Hitouji Yuuji), Kobayashi Yumiko (Dan Taiichi), Kondou Takayuki (Oishi Shuuichirou), Sasaki Nozomu (Akutsu Jin), Aragaki Tarusuke (Kite Eishirou), Sueyoshi Kazuya (Chinen Hiroshi), Sugimoto Yuu (Tooyama Kintarou), Suzuki Chihiro (Kamio Akira), Suwabe Junichi (Atobe Keigo), Takatsuka Masaya (Ishida Gin), Takahashi Naozumi (Marui Bunta), Takahashi Hiroki (Kikumaru Eiji & Kisarazu Ryou), Takahashi Mikako (Ryuuzaki Sakuro), Takeuchi Kousuke (Amane Hikaru), Takemoto Eiji (Yanagi Renji & Kuki Kiichi), Tsuda Eisuke (Yagyuu Hiroshi), Tsuda Kenjirou (Inui Sadaharu), Tsuruoka Satoshi (Kabaji Munehiro & Kisarazu Atsushi), Tomita Makoto (Fuji Yuuta), Toyonaga Toshiyuki (Aoi Kentarou), Toriumi Kousuke (Sengoku Kiyoshi), Naitou Ryou (Konjiki Koharu), Nakagawa Akira (Katou Kachiro & Karupin), Nakamura Daisuke (Kai Yuujirou), Namikawa Daisuke (Ootori Choutarou), Nagai Sachiko (Yukimura Seiichi), Hiyama Nobuyuki (Jackal Kuwahara), Hoshi Souichirou (Mukahi Gakuto), Hosoya Yoshimasa (Shiraishi Kuranosuke), Masuda Yuuki (Niou Masaharu), Minagawa Junko (Echizen Ryouma), Mori Norihisa (Yanagisawa Shinya & Arai Masashi), Morikubo Shoutarou (Kirihara Akaya), Moriyama Eiji (Ibu Shinji), Yamazaki Shigenori (Horio Satoshi) Yoshino Hiroyuki (Hirakoba Rin) and Watanabe Kei (Mizuno Katsuo)

Iroasenai Ano Sora e by STONES

Title: Iroasenai Ano Sora e
Artiste: STONES (Oishi Shuuichirou, Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Ishida Gin and Kite Eishirou)
Date of release: 22 July 09
Price: 800 yen (inclusive of tax)
Catalog number: NECM-10130
Produced by: TY Entertainment
Distributed by: King Record

Iroasenai Ano Sora e by STONES

Title: Iroasenai Ano Sora e
Artiste: STONES (Oishi Shuuichirou, Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Ishida Gin and Kite Eishirou)
Date of release: 22 July 2009
Catalog number: NECM-10130
Price: 800 yen (inclusive of tax)

Tenipuri Festa 2009 - Update 01

Event title: Tenipuri Festa 2009
Date of event: 6 September 2009
Venue: Ariake Colosseum & Event Field (Ariake Tennis no Mori Park)
1st session starts at: 12 noon
2nd session starts at: 6pm

List of seiyuus from each school:

1) Seigaku - with the exception of Taka-san i.e. Kawamoto Naru
Echizen Ryoma (Minagawa Junko)
Tezuka Kunimitsu (Okiayu Ryoutarou)
Oishi Shuuichirou (Kondo Takayuki)
Fuji Shuusuke (Kaida Yuuki)
Inui Sadaharu (Tsuda Kenjirou)
Kikumaru Eiji (Takahashi Hiroki)
Momoshiro Takeshi (Onosaka Masaya)
Kaidou Kaoru (Kiyasu Kohei)

2) Rikkaidai - with the exception of Marui Bunta i.e. Takahashi Naozumi
Yukimura Seiichi (Nagai Sachiko)
Sanada Genichirou (Kusunoki Taiten)
Yanagi Renji (Takemoto Eiji)
Niou Masaharu (Masuda Yuuki)
Yagyuu Hiroshi (Tsuda Eisuke)
Jackal Kuwahara (Hiyama Nobuyuki)
Kirihara Akaya (Morikubo Shoutarou)

3) Hyotei - with the exception of Akutagawa Jirou (Ueda Yuuji), Ootori Choutarou (Namikawa Daisuke) and Mukahi Gakuto (Hoshi Souichirou)
Atobe Keigo (Suwabe Junichi)
Oshitari Yuushi (Kiuchi Hidenobu)
Shishido Ryou (Kusuda Toshiyuki)
Kabaji Munehiro (Tsuruoka Satoshi)
Hiyoshi Wakashi (Iwasaki Masami)

4) Higa
Kite Eishirou (Aragaki Tarusuke)
Kai Yuujirou (Nakamura Daisuke)
Chinen Hiroshi (Sueyoshi Kazuya)
Tanishi Kei (Ueda Youji)

5) Shitenhouji - with the exception of Oshitari Kenya (Fukuyama Jun)
Shiraishi Kuranosuke (Hosoya Yoshimasa)
Chitose Senri (Oosuka Jun)
Konjiki Koharu (Naitou Rei)
Hitouji Yuuji (Kumabuchi Taku)
Ishida Gin (Takazuka Masaya)
Touyama Kintarou (Sugimoto Yuu)

Remarks: Frankly speaking, this lineup seems to be a bit lacking. Many people are not around probably due to other work engagements. Even Seigaku does not have a complete lineup. It is still not clear what they are doing at Ariake this year but I'm quite disappointed with the missing characters here and there. It just doesn't feel the same especially when you see some famous pairs having to be alone this time e.g. Shishido without Ootori or Yuushi not being able to bicker with Kenya. Hopefully, there will be last-minute additions to this lineup.