Shinteni 10.5 Character Profile Translation: Chinen Hiroshi
So its been three years. But I still love Chinen, so I’ll just leave this here.
うまりびかりゆしやいびーん
Still an amateur translator and still open to corrections. QC by notapillowfight. My translation index is here.
DATA 知念寛 Chinen Hiroshi
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Dominant Hand: Right
Shoe Size: 28.0cm
Eyesight: Right 2.5 Left 2.5
Special Move: Shukuchihou
Playstyle: Serve and Volley
Favoured Brand-
Shoes: WILSON (FANTOM ALL)
Racket: YONEX (RDX500)
School Year, Class, Number: Higachuu 3rd Year Class 6 No. 19
Birthday (Starsign): 29th June (Cancer)
Bloodtype: A
Hobby: Experiments
Family: Grandfather, Mother, Younger Sister, Younger Sister, Younger Brother
Position in Tennis Club: Treasurer
School Committee: Beautification Committee
Favourite Colour: Violet
Favourite Food: Chinsukou, Sanpin-cha (Okinawan Cold Jasmine Tea)
Most Wanted Item: Mobile Phone
Dislikes/Bad with: Dogs
Skills Outside Tennis: Okinawan Martial Arts, Keen Night Vision
Reticent and expressionless, it can be difficult to tell what he's feeling. The salon just went ahead and dyed his bangs like that.
(TN: Callback to the 40.5 Q&A where he was asked about the skunk-stripe and said ‘the stylist just did it’ I guess it just adds to the mystery.)
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Additional DATA:
He's bad with dogs. When he meets the dogs at the training camp he recoils and backs out of there (because if he runs, they'll chase him).
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OVERALL EVALUATION
(Stat graph made by tomatodammit and originally posted here. Used
with permission. Thanks!)
SPEED: 4 When the nearly 2m tall Chinen uses shukuchihou it skews the opponents' ability to judge distance, putting them under a lot of pressure.
POWER: 4 Because of his long reach physics exerts a high amount of energy upon his shots. Shots become powerful even if he hits them lightly.
STAMINA: 3 He has stamina befitting his hard training and background in Okinawan martial arts. Only, due to his height, if he has to continuously hit strong shots from a low posture he will become fatigued in a way that others wouldn't.
MENTAL: 3 His lack of facial expression makes him look emotionless, but that's just the type of face he has. In truth, he has a quick tempered side.
TECHNIQUE: 2 There's nothing he can do about the fact that his large hands can be somewhat unmanageable, so his manual technique is weak.
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^If the element of provocation and mutual antagonism isn't there, even a close contest or a drawn out match are no problem to him.
^When you look at him side by side with his teammates you can see clearly just how long-limbed he is.
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Kurobe's MEMO
The combination of his height with the Shukuchihou is fascinating. His challenges are overcoming his impatience, and becoming more adept at smoothly returning balls that come close to his body, wouldn't you say so? It’s in his nature to be considerate of his teammates, so I don’t doubt that he could become a good front-guard in doubles.
