Kojirou Kageyama (影山 小次郎, Kageyama Kojirō) is the friend of Eiichiro Maruo at Oosugi High School and one of the first characters to appear in the manga who attends most of Ei-Chan's tennis matches and admires Natsu Takasaki, the school idol.
Appearance[]
Kageyama has a large triangular nose and is often seen wearing a polo shirt. He has brown hair and a spiky hairstyle.
Personality[]
Kageyama is one of Eiichiro's closest friends, the two spending a lot of time together with him even helping Eiichiro with his tennis practice. He is not as studious as his friend and frequently depends on his notes in order to get by in class. Nonetheless, he is a good friend and is incredibly supportive of Eiichiro's goal to become a pro tennis player, often showing up to his matches to cheer him on and even sticking up for him when other students talked trash about him behind his back.
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Etymology[]
- The name Kojirou means "small" (小) (ko), "next" (次) (ji) and "son" (郎) (son).
- Kojirou's surname Kageyama means "shadow, shade, other side" (影) (kage) and "mountain, hill" (山) (yama).
Trivia[]
- Kojirou not like tomato.