Baby Steps
Eiichirō Maruo (nicknamed "Ei-chan" for his grades being straight "A") is an honor student, bookworm, and is not interested in anything other than studying. In order to solve his problem of lacking physical strength, he enrolled a tennis school and soon found the fascinating side of tennis. Being a tennis newbie lacking physical strength, he supplement his shortcomings with his excellent observing and analyzing skills.
Season 1
Season 2
The stage of the second series is the Florida Tennis Academy. There, rivals aiming for the top of the world competed every day to raise the world rank even one. How will Eiichiro overcome the world barrier by studying abroad for the first time in his life ... A hot and realistic story of the boys, depicting the behind-the-scenes behind-the-scenes tennis scene in an easy-to-understand manner.
Cast (29)
Directors
Masahiko Murata
Director
Kiyoshi Murayama
Director
Maki Kodaira
Director
Hiroshi Fukutomi
Director
Ages 63-65
Yoshihiro Yanagiya
Director
Tomoyuki Kurokawa
Director
Yusuke Onoda
Director
Kumi Ichiguchi
Director
Masaaki Kumagai
Director
Hiromichi Matano
Director
Heo Pyoung-kang
Director
Yoshinori Odaka
Director
Norihiko Nagahama
Director
Ages 44-45
Taisuke Mamori
Director
Sumito Sasaki
Director
Koichiro Kuroda
Director
Yoshito Hata
Director
Noriyuki Nomata
Director
Motohiro Abe
Director
Shin'ichi Masaki
Director
Writers
Producers
Original Name
ベイビーステップ
Original Language
ja
Spoken Languages
Japanese
Production Countries
JP
Production Companies
Pierrot, NHK, NHK Enterprises