Kazama is captain of the powerful table tennis club of the Kaiou Gakuen academy. He has also won the Inter-High for the second consecutive year. He has a stoic personality and devotes everything to table tennis.

~! Throughout the series Dragon believes Ping Pong is about hard work and dedication, so much to the point that you feel nothing but pain playing the sport. He believes there are no such things as Heroes and believes people cannot fly. This is all changed in the championship finals of the series when he matches against Peco (The Hero) and with this, Peco teaches Dragon how to stop slowly climbing up a cliff but instead how to jump off and take flight straight to the stars. !~

Tsukimoto Makoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who's been friends with the loud and energetic Hoshino Yukata (nicknamed Peko). They're both in the table tennis club and are very good at it, though Smile's personality prevents him from winning against Peko. The club teacher however notices Smile's talent and tries to make him gain some sportive tenacity.<br>
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(Source: Anime News Network)

Makoto “Smile” Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka “Peco” Hoshino have been playing table tennis since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game has changed. Seeing potential in them that they themselves don’t fully realize, the coach recruits them for the school team. Bringing out their best will mean challenging the top players from rival schools in the summer tournament, including an ace Chinese exchange student who almost made the Olympic team. With the pressure on, can Smile and Peco take the heat and make it into the finals?
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(Source: Viz Media)

Ryuichi Kazama