Synopsis
Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to the Kamogawa boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo's classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo's journey to the top of the boxing world begins.
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Characters & Voice Actors
Ichirou Miyata
MAIN
Tomokazu Seki
JP
Masaru Aoki
MAIN
Wataru Takagi
JP
Ippo Makunouchi
MAIN
Kouhei Kiyasu
JP
Tatsuya Kimura
MAIN
Keiji Fujiwara
JP
Genji Kamogawa
MAIN
Kenji Utsumi
JP
Mamoru Takamura
MAIN
Rikiya Koyama
JP
Keigo Okita
SUPPORTING
Hiroaki Hirata
JP
Naomichi Yamada
SUPPORTING
Daisuke Sakaguchi
JP
Ruslan Ramuda
SUPPORTING
Motomu Kiyokawa
JP
Eiji Date
SUPPORTING
Masaki Aizawa
JP
Tomoyuki Shinoda
SUPPORTING
Seiji Sasaki
JP
Tatsuya Chichi
SUPPORTING
Takaya Hashi
JP
