Smile is a member of the Katase High table tennis club, alongside his best friend Peco. Unlike the other club members, Smile views the sport as a job or merely a way to pass time. He does not play for enjoyment and often allows less skilled players to defeat him out of consideration for their feelings. The other members ironically nicknamed him Smile because he never does.
Spoiler
It is later revealed that the name stems from the first time he smiled after winning a junior table tennis tournament with his childhood friends.
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