Cast and Crew of Baby Steps

Cast of
Baby Steps

About 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.

Full Cast of Baby Steps

Minako Kotobuki
plays Natsu Takasaki (Main Character) (50 episodes)

Minako Kotobuki as Natsu Takasaki (Main Character)

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Tetsuya Kakihara
plays Takuya Miyagawa (50 episodes)

Tetsuya Kakihara as Takuya Miyagawa

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Chisa Yūki
plays Yuuki Tajima (50 episodes)

Chisa Yūki as Yuuki Tajima

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Shintaro Asanuma
plays Hiromi Iwasa (50 episodes)

Shintaro Asanuma as Hiromi Iwasa

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Yoshiyuki Shimozuma
plays Nariyuki Koshimizu (50 episodes)

Yoshiyuki Shimozuma as Nariyuki Koshimizu

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Akio Kato
plays Kevin Morland (25 episodes)

Akio Kato as Kevin Morland

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Yuko Kato
plays Sanae Maruo (50 episodes)

Yuko Kato as Sanae Maruo

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Yui Kondo
plays Masumi Makihara (25 episodes)

Yui Kondo as Masumi Makihara

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Yuumi Kawashima
plays Coach Morimoto (25 episodes)

Yuumi Kawashima as Coach Morimoto

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Crew of Baby Steps

Visual Effects

Emi Asami
Key Animation

Tomonori Mine
Key Animation

Yuri Kotake
Key Animation

Rikumi Sasahara
Key Animation

Takeshi Moriide
Key Animation

Eri Kamiyama
Key Animation

Wako Gotan
Key Animation

Yuu Yamazaki
Key Animation

Yoshihiro Sugai
Key Animation

Motoki Kurihara
Key Animation

Hiroshi Maejima
Key Animation

Hajime Ueto
Key Animation

Kazuaki Gotan
Supervising Animation Director

Koki Sugawara
Key Animation

Masako Onozawa
Key Animation

Yuki Bessho
Key Animation

Masaaki Kudo
Key Animation

Aya Nagumo
Key Animation

Kenji Hattori
Animation Director

Aimi Yagi
Key Animation

Seren Ogura
Key Animation

Naoto Yoshida
Key Animation

Kanari Yamada
Key Animation

Junko Nonaka
Key Animation

Makiko Fujiwara
Key Animation

Ryuji Tsuzuku
Key Animation

Hajime Nakagawa
Key Animation

Eiichi Tokura
Animation Director

Hisashi Eguchi
Key Animation

Kenichirou Ogata
Key Animation

Rie Arakawa
Key Animation

Yukie Kawakami
Key Animation

Naoyuki Kanno
Animation Director

Koji Kikukawa
Key Animation

Ayataka Tanemura
Key Animation

Hiroshi Tanabe
Key Animation

Sachiyo Matsubayashi
Key Animation

Chinami Sekine
Key Animation

Takenori Tsukuma
Key Animation

Yoshihiro Maeda
Animation Director , Key Animation

Michiyo Hirabayashi
Key Animation

Hiroki Saito
Key Animation

Hiromi Okazaki
Animation Director , Key Animation

Yoshiaki Matsuda
Key Animation

Youichi Shimizu
Key Animation

Naoyuki Asano
Key Animation

Koichi Hayami
Key Animation

Kumiko Kasuga
Key Animation

Hiroaki Kawaguchi
Animation Director , Key Animation

Ryo Kodama
Key Animation

Ryo Takahashi
Key Animation

Hiroyuki Itai
Key Animation

Momoko Nagakawa
Key Animation

Miho Kawasaki
Animation Director

Haru Watanabe
Key Animation , Animation Director

Naoki Takahashi
Key Animation

Asuka Mamezuka
Key Animation

Kuniko Yano
Key Animation

Mikihiko Ando
Key Animation

Mai Toda
Animation Director , Key Animation

Maasa Kimura
Key Animation

Ryo Suzuki
Key Animation

Kimiharu Obata
Key Animation

Seren Fujii
Key Animation

Nozomi Nagatomo
Key Animation

Emiko Kataoka
Key Animation

Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Key Animation

Harumi Kakuda
Key Animation

Chuji Nakajima
Key Animation , Animation Director

Hong Beom-seok
Key Animation

Kohei Ashiya
Key Animation

Masumi Hattori
Animation Director , Key Animation

Yoshitaka Sato
Key Animation

Hanako Mitsubachi
Key Animation

Yui Ushinohama
Key Animation

Masahiro Furihata
Key Animation

Hiroki Abe
Animation Director

Mitsuhiro Okumura
Key Animation

Masayuki Kouda
Key Animation , Animation Director , Character Designer , Supervising Animation Director

Yoko Suzuki
Key Animation

Kumiko Kakoi
Key Animation

Natsuko Suzuki
Animation Director

Haruo Miyagawa
Key Animation

Hajime Yoshida
Animation Director

Kazuyuki Matsubara
Key Animation

Yuka Koichi
Key Animation

Kenji Kajiwara
Key Animation

Takayuki Gotan
Supervising Animation Director , Key Animation

Hirotaka Ozawa
Key Animation

Takashi Kikugawa
Key Animation

Teruyo Kato
Key Animation

Kaoru Nagakawa
Key Animation

Kazuya Saito
Animation Director

Keiko Fukumoto
Key Animation

Kazuyuki Ikai
Key Animation

Shinichi Wada
Key Animation

Yukari Kobayashi
Animation Director , Key Animation

Akira Takeuchi
Key Animation

Shinpei Koikawa
Key Animation , Animation Director

Toshiro Fujii
Animation Director , Key Animation

Yoshiyuki Tomita
Key Animation

Shigemi Aoyagi
Key Animation

Yuichiro Miyake
Key Animation

Hideaki Shimada
Animation Director

Tomomi Ito
Key Animation

Shogo Nishi
Key Animation

Maki Ando
Key Animation

Masato Okada
Key Animation

Kyosuke Matsui
Key Animation

Mao Kawaguchi
Key Animation

Koji Yabuno
Key Animation

Tadakatsu Yoshida
Key Animation

Tsuguyuki Kubo
Key Animation

Miyako Tsuji
Key Animation

Takao Ozone
Key Animation

Atsushi Shibata
Key Animation

Yoshiki Mizuno
Key Animation

Tamako Miyanishi
Key Animation

Haruka Suzuki
Key Animation

Kazunori Shibata
Key Animation

Asuka Hayashi
Key Animation

Yumehito Yamaguchi
Key Animation

Tetsuro Taira
Key Animation , Animation Director

Itaru Saito
Key Animation

Yusuke Kawakami
Key Animation

Yo Abe
Key Animation

Yuta Masagaki
Key Animation

Ryoichi Murata
Key Animation , Animation Director

Maki Odaira
Key Animation

Masaharu Watanabe
Key Animation

Akira Watanabe
Key Animation

Tatsuhiro Nagaki
Key Animation

Shigenori Taniguchi
Key Animation

Taizo Yoshida
Key Animation

Masahito Wada
Key Animation

Takahiro Ninagawa
Key Animation

Takanori Saito
Key Animation

Keita Watabe
Key Animation

Takanori Suzuki
Key Animation

Ai Yamazaki
Animation Director

Koji Furuya
Key Animation

Tamotsu Ogawa
Key Animation

Kyohei Oyabu
Key Animation

Yuki Masuda
Key Animation

Akio Kitahara
Key Animation

Kazuo Iimura
Key Animation

Shota Tsukiyama
Key Animation

Zenjirou Ukulele
Animation Director

Retsu Ohkawara
Key Animation , Animation Director

Kaori Takahashi
Key Animation

Takashi Otsuka
Key Animation

Sumio Watanabe
Key Animation

Isamu Utsuki
Key Animation

Miyuki Inoue
Key Animation

Atsushi Kasano
Key Animation

Makoto Shimojima
Key Animation , Animation Director

Toru Iino
Key Animation

Itaru Yawata
Key Animation

Michiko Yamamoto
Animation Director

Keiko Yamamoto
Animation Director

Toshiya Koike
Animation Director

Kosei Takahashi
Key Animation

Motonori Nishibe
Key Animation

Saburou Masutani
Key Animation

Saya Endo
Key Animation

Rikumi Sasahara
Key Animation

Shigeki Awai
Animation Director , Key Animation

Atsuko Sugawara
Key Animation

Shiro Shibata
Animation Director

Hye-Ran Shin
Animation Director

Yuya Kishi
Key Animation

Tadashi Matsuzaki
Key Animation

Yuichi Endo
Key Animation

Akihiko Oka
Key Animation

Yoko Iizuka
Key Animation

Masaharu Tada
Key Animation

Qiu Mingzhe
Key Animation

Takayoshi Hayashi
Key Animation , Animation Director

Junji Uesugi
Key Animation

Yumiko Kinoshita
Key Animation

Yoshinobu Aohachi
Key Animation

Masahiro Neriki
Key Animation

Chiyuki Tanaka
Key Animation , Animation Director

Tadashi Fukuda
Key Animation

Hideo Amemiya
Key Animation

Hideyuki Sugiura
Key Animation

Tadayoshi Okimura
Key Animation , Animation Director

Ayumi Tsukamoto
Key Animation

Tomoko Isobe
Key Animation

Arisa Kajiyama
Key Animation

Kenta Taniguchi
Key Animation

Konomi Sato
Animation Director

Masatsugu Takeda
Key Animation

Asami Mitsui
Key Animation

Yuri Kajiwara
Key Animation

Yoshimi Imagawa
Key Animation

Shiori Kobayashi
Key Animation

Yoshiyuki Kikuchi
Key Animation

Tsuyoshi Yoshinaga
Key Animation

Jûji Mizumura
Key Animation

Yasunori Aoki
Key Animation

Takashi Tanazawa
Key Animation

Nobutaka Masuda
Key Animation

Masaru Hamada
Key Animation

Yukie Murata
Key Animation

Kaori Nakamura
Key Animation

Rinako Nishihara
Key Animation

Toshihiko Masuda
Key Animation

Hideo Maru
Key Animation

Shoko Yasuda
Key Animation

Anna Yamaguchi
Animation Director , Key Animation

Hiroyuki Hojo
Key Animation

Kururu Shiozawa
Key Animation

Seiko Asai
Key Animation

Kumiko Katou
Key Animation

Noriaki Kobayashi
Key Animation

Fumiko Kon
Key Animation

Kazunori Ota
Key Animation

Rika Kanetaka
Key Animation

Noboru Okada
Key Animation

Mika Okubo
Key Animation

Masumi Koketsu
Key Animation

Rie Nakanishi
Key Animation

Masayuki Fujita
Animation Director

Toshifumi Kusunose
Key Animation

Shinya Kameyama
Key Animation

Taiichiro Kohara
Key Animation

Shiori Nakasone
Key Animation

Katsutoshi Kobayashi
Key Animation

Akira Ono
Key Animation

Daisuke Tsumagari
Key Animation , Animation Director

Kouji Kataoka
Key Animation

Masashi Nishikawa
Key Animation

Tomoko Hayashi
Key Animation

Ai Mochida
Key Animation

Art

Shin'ichi Masaki
Storyboard Artist

Hiroshi Kimura
Storyboard Artist

Shunsuke Ishikawa
Storyboard Artist

Noriyuki Nakamura
Storyboard Artist

Masaaki Kumagai
Storyboard Artist

Tomoyuki Kurokawa
Storyboard Artist

Ho Pyeon-gang
Storyboard Artist

Kazuya Komai
Storyboard Artist

Akihiro Enomoto
Storyboard Artist

Yoshihiro Yanagiya
Storyboard Artist

Hiroshi Fukutomi
Storyboard Artist

Toshinori Narita
Storyboard Artist

Maki Odaira
Storyboard Artist

Masahiko Murata
Storyboard Artist

Yukihiro Matsushita
Storyboard Artist

Hikaru Katsuki
Original Series Design

Kunihiko Inaba
Art Direction

Directing

Noriyuki Nomata
Director

Shin'ichi Masaki
Director

Motohiro Abe
Director

Yoshito Hata
Director

Norihiko Nagahama
Director

Koichiro Kuroda
Director

Taisuke Mamori
Director

Yoshinori Odaka
Director

Sumito Sasaki
Director

Masaaki Kumagai
Director

Kiyoshi Murayama
Director

Yusuke Onoda
Director

Ho Pyeon-gang
Director

Hiromichi Matano
Director

Kumi Ichiguchi
Director

Yoshihiro Yanagiya
Director

Hiroshi Fukutomi
Director

Yasushi Murayma
Director

Tomoyuki Kurokawa
Director

Yasushi Murayama
Director

Maki Odaira
Director

Masahiko Murata
Director , Series Director

Writing

Natsuko Takahashi
Writer

Shin Yoshida
Writer

Junki Takegami
Writer

Shouta Horie
Lyricist

Katsuhiko Chiba
Writer

Mao Abe
Lyricist

Hikaru Katsuki
Original Series Creator

Sound

Kouhei Yamada
Music Producer

Babyraids
Theme Song Performance

Tanaka Jin
Music Arranger

Shouta Horie
Music Arranger

Mao Abe
Theme Song Performance

Yochiro Yoshikawa
Music

Akkin
Music Arranger

Hajime Takakuwa
Sound Director

Production

Izumi Nakazawa
Producer