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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Ippo Makunouchi
main
Kouhei Kiyasu
Mamoru Takamura
main
Rikiya Koyama
Masaru Aoki
main
Wataru Takagi
Tatsuya Kimura
main
Keiji Fujiwara
Ichirou Miyata
main
Tomokazu Seki
Genji Kamogawa
main
Kenji Utsumi
Ryou Mashiba
supporting
Masahiko Tanaka
Kumi Mashiba
supporting
Sanae Kobayashi
Takeshi Sendo
supporting
Masaya Onosaka
Naomichi Yamada
supporting
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Eiji Date
supporting
Masaki Aizawa
Alexander Volg Zangief
supporting
Toshiyuki Morikawa
