Shitenhouji Middle School: 3rd Year – Class 2 – Seat 14
Height: 178cm
Weight: 66kg
Hand: left
Signature Techniques: Entaku Sho
Play Style: All Rounder, Perfect Tennis
Favorite Brands: Shoes - DIADORA (Speed Zone PRO); Racket - MIZUNO (Wenew 900Ti
Birth date: April 14
Blood Type: B
Hobbies: chess, health exercises
Family: father, mother, older sister, younger sister (Yukari, 13, cat
Father’s Occupation: pharmacist
Allowance Spending Habits: health goods
Favorite Quote: Bringing to a successful conclusion
Primary School: Minami Umeda Elementary School
Best Subject: Chemistry
Worst Subject: None
Position in Club: Captain
Committee: Health Committee
Favorite Place to Visit at School: infirmary
Favorite Colors: bright green
Favorite Foods: cheese risotto
Favorite Movies: Korean movies
Favorite Book: botanical books
Favorite Music: trance
Favorite Type: one whose hair has the scent of shampoo
Favorite Date Spot: botanical garden
What he wants most at the moment: a full-length mirror
Daily Routine: stretching after getting out of his bath (yoga)
Things he doesn’t like: girls who go out to hit on guys
Skills outside of Tennis: identifying poisonous plants
Shiraishi is the Captain of Shitenhouji Chuu. He is heralded as having 'Perfect Tennis', and is referred to as 'The Bible of Shitenhouji'. His skills are so great that he was already playing at singles 1 when he was only in his second year, and his team that year gave the eventual repeat Champions Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku their toughest match of the entire tournament, when they met in the semi-finals. He is only shown to have one special shot, which is an unnamed shot where he hits the ball which spins in a ring motion while traveling towards his opponent.
He is first introduced when the representatives of every team that will compete at the National Tournament gathered. His personality and profile are shrouded in mystery, and very little detail is available on him as of the present. The biggest reason for this is that in the previous year, he had placed himself in the Singles 1 match against Rikkai Dai, and didn't get to play when Shitenhouji was swept.
Though he's famous for having 'Perfect Tennis', Shiraishi himself believes that perfect tennis is silly. However when his team lost in the previous Nationals, Shiraishi realizes that no matter how you play, all that matters in the end is winning the match. As the captain of his team, he has to bring his team victory, even if he has to play using the skills he feels are boring.
Shiraishi is often shown sporting white bandages on his arm, for some reason unknown. There are several instances where he attempts to take them off, but never really finishes the process and winds them back up.
Shiraishi is also known to be the only person who can placate or appease Kintarou Tooyama, the youngest and wildest member of their team. It is apparent in the manga that Kintarou has a very peculiar and strong imagination, and ever since he read a manga about monsters with poison claws, he's been irrationally and childishly (albeit seriously) afraid of Shiraishi.
