 __Height:__ 158 cm
__School__: Seigaku MS 1st year

Katsuo is good friends with Kachiro and Horio. Together they are known as the "Freshmen Trio." 

Middle school students fought fiercely against one another in a national tournament. Now, 50 chosen representatives return to fight again as high school students! 
The stage is the U-17 (Under Seventeen) Japanese Representative Training Camp. Middle school students have been invited for the first time to a camp known to produce the best Japanese tennis players. National champions from Seigaku, Hyotei, Rikkai, Shitenhoji... With all the rivals from the national tournament attending, everyone eagerly awaits their reunion. 
At first, the middle schoolers do not expect much from their high school opponents. However, the training camp is not so easy! Athletes with skills incomparable to those they previously faced and their mysterious coach appear before them. Faced with numerous demanding challenges, can the middle schoolers survive in this meritocratic training camp? 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

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• Gepard (Honkai: Star Rail)

Echizen Ryoma is a young tennis prodigy who has won 4 consecutive tennis championships but who constantly lies in the shadow of his father, a former pro tennis player. He joins the Seishun Gakuen junior highschool, one of the best tennis schools in Japan, and there along with his teamates he learns to find his own type of tennis in an attempt to defeat his biggest obstacle of all: his father as well as himself.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

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Maurizio Merluzzo is an Italian voice actor. He contributes to voicing characters in anime, cartoons, movies, and other content.

Merluzzo provides the voice of the character Sai in the Italian-language version of the anime series Naruto: Shippuden. He also provides the voice of the character Andre Harris in the Italian-language version of the popular Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious.

He works at Merak Film, ADC Group, Raflesia, and other dubbing studios in Italy.

He is also a famous Italian Youtuber for the web series Cotto e Frullato.

Ryoma Echizen just joined the Seishun Academy's tennis team, which is known for being one of the most competitive teams in Japan. Its members are incredibly talented, gifted, and athletic. With rigorous and extremely intense practices, the upperclassmen of the team expect the very best from themselves and they expect even more from the new members of the team. While most of the freshmen are on pins and needles hoping they won't get cut from the team, Ryoma Echizen is confident, cool, and collected. Some might even say he's cocky, but at least he's got the skills to back up his attitude. With his virtually unreturnable "twist serve," Ryoma is sure to make the starting team. Join Ryoma and the other first years, as they train hard, make friends, and try to find a place for themselves on the team. And meet Ryoma's cute but chronically shy classmate Sakuno Ryuzaki. She's got a big crush on Ryoma, but will he ever notice her? Ryoma Echizen is the Prince of Tennis. He may be ready for the Seishun Academy tennis team, but are THEY ready for HIM?
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 
Note: Includes one extra chapter.

This New Year special episode is a recap of the first episodes 1 to 12. However, there is a curious tournament with the regular players too.

Katsuo Mizuno