Fighting Spirit

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.

Fighting Spirit Genres: Comedy, Drama, Sports

Fighting Spirit Synonyms: The First Step, Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting

Fighting Spirit Studios: Madhouse Studios, VAP, Geneon Universal Entertainment,

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Fighting Spirit Characters:

• Name: Ichiro Miyata
• Role: Main
• Actor: Tomokazu Seki, Megumi Tano,
• Language: Japanese, Japanese,

• Name: Tatsuya Kimura
• Role: Main
• Actor: Keiji Fujiwara,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Mamoru Takamura
• Role: Main
• Actor: Rikiya Koyama,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Masaru Aoki
• Role: Main
• Actor: Wataru Takagi,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Genji Kamogawa
• Role: Main
• Actor: Kenji Utsumi,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Ippo Makunouchi
• Role: Main
• Actor: Kohei Kiyasu,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Alexander Volg Zangief
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa, Fujiko Takimoto,
• Language: Japanese, Japanese,

• Name: Kumiko Morita
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Tomoko Kawakami,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Reiko Mikami
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Akemi Okamura,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Mari Iimura
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Emi Shinohara,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Yusuke Oda
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Nobutoshi Canna,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Keigo Okita
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Hiroaki Hirata,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Kumi Mashiba
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Sanae Kobayashi,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Takeshi Sendo
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Masaya Onosaka,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Takuma Saeki
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Kiyoyuki Yanada,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Commentator
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Jin Horikawa,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Masahiko Umezawa
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Mitsuaki Madono,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Naomichi Yamada
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Daisuke Sakaguchi,
• Language: Japanese,

• Name: Akira Shigeta
• Role: Supporting
• Actor: Hiroyuki Yoshino,
• Language: Japanese,