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Fighting Spirit: Champion Road
Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love.
More about Fighting Spirit: Champion Road
Cast
Kohei KiyasuIppo Makunouchi (voice)
Rikiya KoyamaMamoru Takamura (voice)
Kenji UtsumiGenji Kamogawa (voice)
Masaya OnosakaTakeshi Sendo (voice)
Tomokazu SekiIchirou Miyata (voice)
Wataru TakagiMasaru Aoki (voice)
Keiji FujiwaraTatsuya Kimura (voice)Credits
- Directed by
- Satoshi Nishimura
- Written by
- Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- はじめの一歩 -Champion Road-
- Collection
- Hajime no Ippo Collection
Production
MadhouseJapan
Geneon EntertainmentJapan
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