Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!

What is Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! about?

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! is a TV anime series of 75 episodes animated by MADHOUSE, adapted from a manga. It aired from October 4, 2000 to March 27, 2002. AniList classifies it as comedy, drama and sports.

Synopsis from AniList. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Boxing, Male Protagonist, Primarily Male Cast, Shounen, Martial Arts, Coming of Age, Fitness, Heterosexual, Ensemble Cast.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

• 

  Ippo Makunouchi 幕之内一歩

  Main character

  Ippo Makunouchi is the main protagonist of the series. He lives with his mother, Hiroko Makunouchi, and helps with the family charter boat fishing business.

  Japanese voice: Kouhei Kiyasu

• 

  Mamoru Takamura 鷹村守

  Main character

  Takamura is very hearty, rude and often behaves vulgarly. He is a loud arrogant boaster who tends to refer to himself as Ore-sama (a Japanese name suffix intended for people of great importance) and he rarely ever shows a shred of consideration towards other fighters after a loss.

  Japanese voice: Rikiya Koyama

• 

  Masaru Aoki 青木勝

  Main character

  Aoki was a punk from his childhood up through high school, at which point he encountered, fought and got beat down by Takamura Mamoru (who was then a middleweight with two wins under his belt). This loss motivated him to quit school along with his close friend Kimura Tetsuya to become boxers at Kamogawa gym.

  Japanese voice: Wataru Takagi

• 

  Tatsuya Kimura 木村達也

  Main character

  Ippo's senpai and Aoki's best friend. He is the smooth, collected type and a romantic at heart, but trains as hard as anyone. His style incorporates a fast left and faster footwork. In the past, he and Aoki were the toughest high-school thugs around, but now Tatsuya's real job is at his family's flower shop.

  Japanese voice: Keiji Fujiwara

• 

  Ichirou Miyata 宮田一郎

  Main character

  Ever since he was little, Miyata has always wanted to be like his dad. His dad, Suzuki Miyata, used to be a boxer, until a career-ending jaw bone injury forced him to retire. Miyata takes his training dead seriously, and has always believed in his father's old beliefs, that skill can beat strength.

  Japanese voice: Tomokazu Seki

• 

  Genji Kamogawa 鴨川源二

  Main character

  Head coach and founder of the Kamogawa gym. He fought as a prizefighter in Japan shortly after the end of World War II. Along with his friends, Ginpachi Nekota and Dankichi Hama, Kamogawa developed a style of fighting that both presumably became the forerunner of boxing in Japan and emphasized scientific theory in its…

  Japanese voice: Kenji Utsumi

Supporting characters

• 

  Ryou Mashiba 間柴了

  Supporting character

  Mashiba Ryo is one of the darker characters in the series, but has shown his lighter and good natured side from time to time. He lives with his sister, Kumi Mashiba, whom he is very protective of. Their parents are deceased, having died in an accident when Mashiba was in school.

  Japanese voice: Masahiko Tanaka

• 

  Kumi Mashiba 間柴久美

  Supporting character

  Kumi is Ryo Mashiba's sweet-natured, but hard-working and willful younger sister, and as such understands him better than anyone else. She will do almost anything to support her brother and make him happy, including going to his matches even though she doesn't like to see him get hurt.

  Japanese voice: Sanae Kobayashi

• 

  Takeshi Sendo 千堂武士

  Supporting character

  Sendo is an In Fighter with arm strength on par with Ippo Makunouchi. To date, he is the only boxer to face Ippo more than once in the pro ring and is his chief rival. Sendo is a featherweight and his most well known move is his powerful smash.

  Japanese voice: Masaya Onosaka

• 

  Naomichi Yamada 山田直道

  Supporting character

  Yamada was a weakling who, like his Kamogawa gym sempai Ippo, was often bullied. He was given the nickname Gero-michi because of his tendency to vomit whenever pushed physically.

  Japanese voice: Daisuke Sakaguchi

• 

  Eiji Date 伊達英二

  Supporting character

  At an age swiftly approaching thirty, Date is an old-timer for a boxer but is nevertheless the man that Ippo looks up to. Years ago, he lost his World Title Match to the champion, Ricardo Martinez, who was defending his title for the 2nd time.

  Japanese voice: Masaki Aizawa

• 

  Alexander Volg Zangief アレクサンドル・ヴォルグ・ザンギエフ

  Supporting character

  The World Amateur Champion is a handsome boxer from Russia who excels at outboxing and taking points, but adopts a vicious infighting style when he moves to Japan (Ippo notices how depressed he looks after this happens). Raised by a single mother in a small town near to St.

  Japanese voice: Toshiyuki Morikawa

• 

  Masahiko Umezawa 梅沢正彦

  Supporting character

  Umezawa was originally the leader of Ippo's bullies at high school, but later became a fan of his after he became a pro boxer. During high school he would wear his hair in a pompadour style, a trademark of many Japanese delinquents.

  Japanese voice: Mitsuaki Madono

• 

  Haruhiko Yagi 八木晴彦

  Supporting character

  Yagi is the manager of the Kamogawa Gym and a contemporary of Miyata's father. His duties primarily consist of publicity and match booking, but he also takes part in managing the finances, selling merchandise, and occasionally even assists with the training now and then.

  Japanese voice: Toshihiko Nakajima

• 

  Keigo Okita 沖田佳吾

  Supporting character

  A boxer at Nakadai Gym who preceded Ippo as the Rookie of the Year. Okita, an exceedingly serious young man, idolizes Eiji Date to the point of mimicking his style and special techniques. Date's favor of the relatively inexperienced Makunouchi Ippo inflamed Okita's jealousy, and he challenged Ippo to a match.

  Japanese voice: Hiroaki Hirata

• 

  Mari Iimura 飯村真理

  Supporting character

  A 23-year-old sportswriter who works alongside Fujii. Iimura's calm indifference and sharp wit serve often to put off those who would judge her only for beauty, but she is an avid boxing fan and, though less experienced than some, an outstanding journalist. She's interested in Ippo.

  Japanese voice: Emi Shinohara

• 

  Tomoko Yamaguchi 山口智子

  Supporting character

  A doctor who helped Ippo to recover his right arm before the fight with Sendo. She has become a recurring character who massages Ippo when he overworks his muscles.

  Japanese voice: Yuuko Kobayashi

• 

  Jason Ozuma

  Supporting character

  An African-American soldier stationed in Japan at Misawa Air Base, near Hachinohe, Ozuma proves a difficult opponent for Ippo in the first round of the Rookie King Tournament. While fearsome in fights, Ozuma's usual personality is almost unnervingly polite and outgoing.

  Japanese voice: Masahiro Kobayashi