Tennis is a skilled playstyle used by Shiraishi. Similar to the counter of Fuji's instead of using named moves that are special against an attack, Shiraishi used a variety of skilled shots to counter a move. In the game with Fuji, Shiraishi countered every attack before it evolved and was given credit to that of his skills. Due to his skilled variety of physical and technique being dominance, he able to combine his I.Q to tennis shots and make a counter towards even very hard moves. Even new moves such as Hecatoncheires No Monban was countered by Shiraishi as he knew how to add the reverse spin with a huge topspin, later winning the match.