The moment you back down is the moment you lose!

Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a distinct odor), Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning...

Cast

Kohei Kiyasu

Ippo Makunouchi (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Mamoru Takamura (voice)

Wataru Takagi

Masaru Aoki (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

Tatsuya Kimura (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Ichiro Miyata (voice)

Kenji Utsumi

Genji Kamogawa (voice)

Toshihiko Nakajima

Haruhiko Yagi (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Kumi Mashiba (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

Takeshi Sendo (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Reiko Mikami (voice)

Emi Shinohara

Mari Iimura (voice)

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Akira Shigeta (voice)

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Takuma Saeki (voice)

Koji Tsujitani

Ryuichi Hayami (voice)

Masahiko Tanaka

Ryo Mashiba (voice)

Masaki Aizawa

Date Eiji (voice)

Nobutoshi Canna

Yusuke Oda (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Miyata's father (voice)

Yorie Terauchi

Hiroko Makunōchi (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Alexander Vorg Zangief (voice)

Seasons

126 episodes

The First Step2000 · 75 episodes

New Challenger2009 · 26 episodes

Rising2013 · 25 episodes