Inoue takes a special interest in ranked as the progress Number 1 ranked Youth Representative of Seigaku. Japan, which marks him as Japan's best U-17 player. He is the leader of the First Returning 1st Stringers, who have just returned from an Overseas Expedition. They get back to the camp to be welcomed back by the news that middle schoolers have joined the camp and witnessed them defeat a number of the Top 20. He decides to allow the inclusion of middle schoolers on the list of challengers for their places. It is also an amateur tennis player, as well as being a big fan of Echizen Nanjirou.