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Yanagi/Kirihara
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Yanagi/Kirihara |
| Alternative name(s): | YanaAka, AkaYana |
| Gender category: | M/M |
| Fandom: | Prince of Tennis |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Major |
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Yanagi/Kirihara is the ship between Yanagi Renji and Kirihara Akaya from Prince of Tennis. In Japanese fandom, the accepted ship name uses Kirihara's given name instead of his surname; YanaKiri and KiriYana are not in active use on Pixiv.
Canon
Yanagi Renji and Kirihara Akaya were teammates and sometimes played as doubles.
Fandom
There was a dedicated Livejournal community, yanagixkirihara, linked in the profile of go_go_rikkaidai, but the journal was deleted and purged with no known archive of its activity.
Common Tropes in Fanworks
- Friends to Lovers: their teammate/friend relationship developing into a romantic one
- Slice of Life: the two of them sharing sweet day to day life scenes together
- Futurefic: them getting together in the future, often after they retired from playing tennis
Fanworks
Fanart
- テニスまとめ, Archived version by 八條あずさ
- NEW DRAW!! もっと やなあか, Archived version by giselpincha
- Wait for me!, Archived version by tokiyoh-wj
Fanfiction
- Progress by poeticname
- Legacy by seki
- Flipping tables by sumiya
Meta
- Essence, a ship_manifesto posted by muzivitch
Other
- AkaYana tag on Pixiv
- YanaAka tag on Pixiv
- Kirihara Akaya/Yanagi Renji tag on Archive of Our Own