Kunimitsu Tange

Kunimitsu Tange is Ayane Mitsui's kickboxing coach and the first person who noticed her potential to become a great kickboxer. He also works at a restaurant.

Appearance
Kunimitsu is tall and broad, with tanned skin, short, black hair, thick black eyebrows, and some wrinkles on his face. He is shown wearing dark sunglasses. He usually wears a red t-shirt with a brown jacket or his restaurant worker uniform.

Personality
Kunimitsu is a tough coach who pushes Ayane to her limits. He is also not very good with words, though, as seen when he commented on Ayane's legs and was accused of being a pervert, when in reality, he was acknowledging their strength and flexibility from a kickboxing perspective. He is strict and demanding, but also has a kinder side, shown when he let Kayoko Nakajima become Ayane's training assistant because the two girls wanted to graduate together.

Plot
Kunimitsu was first introduced after Ayane failed her wrestling tryout and was walking home dejectedly. He commented on her legs and, after a misunderstanding, Ayane agreed to let him train her, believing he would help her become a professional wrestler. He started training her at his gym under the highway later, seeking to make her high kick a formidable attack in a real fight. After Ayane's first kickboxing fight, though, she tried to quit the sport as revenge on Kunimitsu for tricking her, but he refused to let her go and continued to try to help her. After Ayane was challenged to a fight by Sakurako Miyagawa, she came to Kunimitsu for training and they practiced even harder than before.

During the fight against Miyagawa, Kunimitsu and Kayoko stood outside the ring to encourage Ayane and give her advice on what to do next and how to deal with Miyagawa's attacks and defenses. They then walked with Ayane and celebrated with her after winning the fight.

Ayane Mitsui
Kunimitsu is Ayane's coach and the first person who noticed the power and potential her legs have. Although they argue a lot and Kunimitsu is very hard on Ayane, they both understand it is for her own good and that she must endure hard trainer in order to be tougher and better. Kunimitsu wants to bring out the best in Ayane, and every decision he makes concerning her is related to this goal. He always makes sure to push her to her limits to make her stronger. Although Ayane stopped trusting Kunimitsu when she found out he had tricked her and they argued for a whole, both of them were able to put other concerns behind them when Sakurako issued her challenge.