Dennaku Gakuen
Dennaku Gakuen is a fictional school in the Prince of Tennis fan manga which was created by fans when the manga ceased to continue. None of the downstanding affects the normal storyline. The fan manga starts at the semi finals of the Nationals. Seigaku has made it to the semifinal together with Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku, Dennaku Gakuen and St. Rosea'. Dennaku is Seigakus' opponent in the semifinal. Dennaku Gakuen is an international school and a lot of students comes from different countries. The tennis team only has two members from Japan and the rest is outlanders.
Tennis team members
Masashi Yoshimura
(Yoshimura Masashi) is the captain of Dennaku. Yoshimura is a "Zenkoku ku" (全国区), national level player and is at the same level as Rikkadai Yukimura who he holds a friendship with. Yoshimura met Yukimura during the All-Japan tournament for freshmen. They faced off in a final that drew more public than the real player level final did. Yukimura won with 7-5. After a lot of matches they decided to help each other become better and then meet each other in the Nationals. Unfortunately they don't. Yoshimura is Ryoma's opponent in the semifinal and clearly Ryoma's toughest opponent this far. Just like Sanada, Yoshimura's normal shots called "Thunder Shot" is really hard to return. He also hides the fact that he is better with his lefthand. Yoshimura is a genius and has created a lot of techniques all based on thunder. With his left hand he forces Ryoma into the State of Selfactualization and defeats all the techniques Ryoma uses. Ryoma finishes the match with his fathers technique "Samurai Cut" after an extremely tough match. Yoshimura helps Ryoma prepare for the final against St. Rosea', by learning him his best technique.
Special Moves/Shots
- Thunder Shot
- A powerful shot that becomes even more devastating when Yoshimura changes to his lefthand.
- Thunder Snake
- One of Yoshimura's Gaia abilities, a low volley than curves like a snake
- Thunder Wolf
- One of Yoshimura's Gaia abilities, a drive rising in the form of a wolf.
- Thunder Phoenix
- One of Yoshimura's Gaia abilities, a swift slice.
- Thunder Bear
- One of Yoshimura's Gaia abilities, a powerful and heavy smash that put a lot of burden on the returners hand.
- Thunder Dragon
- Yoshimura's best technique, a super fast top spin, faster than Sanada's "FuuRinKaZan" and equal to Nanjiroh's "Samurai Cut"
Pete Love
Pete is a tennis prodigy from USA. He is in 2nd grade at Dennaku Gakuen. He is skilled on the court and loved by the ladies outside it. Pete is so popular that he in fact sometimes skips his training just to hang out with the girls. Their coach once told Pete that he would surpass Yoshimura if he stopped thinking about girls and started to concentrate on tennis. Pete is Momoshiro's opponent. Momoshiro starts bad with Pete taking 3 games to zero. Momo then uses the Jack Knife to break Pete's volley tactic. However Pete uses his "Eye of Genius" and defeats the Jack Knife and takes it up to 5-2 when Momo uses his new technique "Bryan Pistol" (fan manga only) a powerful drive that Pete is unable to return. But Pete soon figures how to beat it and wins with 6-4.
Special Moves/Shots
- Eye of Genius
- Pete is so smart that he has developed a technique that counts out the best way to counter the opponents moves and shots.
- Drive V
- This is the technique that Pete uses to counter Momo's Jack Knife.
- Drive W
- This is the technique Pete uses to counter Momo's Bryan Pistol