Aki Shimizu (清水 亜希 Shimizu Aki) is a female tennis player and the winner of the All Japan Junior.
Appearance[]
Shimizu has chin-length bob brown hair that has long bangs hanging over her eyebrows, large brown eyes and she is generally referred to as "Aki-chan", which hints at her more childish appearance.
Personality[]
Shimizu is a usually shy and quiet girl who is also not quite fond of electronics like cell phones, which is unusual to her generation [1]. While she seems to be "emotionless" during tennis matches, her emotions are more obvious when outside matches and she seems not to know how to handle her emotions, thus, she is shown to be blushing more or panics.
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Skills[]
Despite Shimizu's age and shy personality, she is a very strong player who had won the All Japan Junior tournament as a freshman. Her technique has no wasted movements, is fast and accurate, and been described by Eiichiro Maruo as machine-like. This is due to her mother being her tennis coach ever since she was a child.
Relationships[]
Eiichirō Maruo[]
Shimizu first met Eiichirō in the All-Japan Junior Indoor Selectionals when Eiichiro picked up her phone battery when she dropped it [1]. Ever since then she has slowly developed a slight crush on him, as confirmed by Natsu Takasaki [2].
Etymology[]
- The name Aki means "second, Asia" (亜) (a) and "hope" (希) (ki).
- Aki's surname Shimizu means "clear water/pure water, spring water" (清水).
Trivia[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Baby Steps Manga, Chapter 100
- ↑ Baby Steps Manga, Chapter 210