Bunta Marui (丸井 ブン太, Marui Bunta?) volley specialist and doubles partner with his friend Jackal Kuwahara. Despite wearing arm weights during matches, he has stamina issues, so he overdoses on sugar by always eating cake before matches and chewing gum, even when he plays tennis. He is especially good at hitting cord balls and having the ball roll along the top of the net. Jirou Akutagawa of Hyotei idolizes Marui and bases his style off of Marui's style, following a game they played in the Newcomers Tournament when they were both first years. Marui is a net specialist, and his trademark shots include "Tightrope Walking", a shot that rolls along the top of the net before dropping in, "Iron Pole Strike", a similar shot which runs to the end and bounces off the iron pole, and "Temporal Difference Hell", a smash feint where he catches the ball at a different angle at the last second, returning it in an unpredictable manner. He is voiced by Naozumi Takahashi in Japanese media, and played by Renn Kiriyama, and later on Mio Akaba in the musicals.