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Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (TV)

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Alternative title:
Espíritu de Lucha (Spanish)
Espiritu de Pelea (Spanish)
Fighting Spirit
Hajime no Ippo (Japanese)
Hajime no Ippo: A Luta! (Portuguese)
Ippo le Challenger (French)
Knock Out (Tagalog) 
The First Step
Первый шаг (Russian)
هاجيمي نو إيبو (Arabic)
はじめの一歩 (Japanese)
はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING! (Japanese)
第一神拳 (Chinese (Taiwan))
더 파이팅 (Korean)
시작의 일보 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Ippo, a timid highschooler, is one day saved from being beaten up by Takamura, a boxer. Enthralled by Takamura's skills Ippo begins to learn boxing, soon finding love for the sport and a drive to challenge the boxing world.
User Ratings: 1667 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 609 votes (sub:514, dub:59, ?:4, raw:3, others:29
16 Spanish subtitled
6 Portuguese subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Spanish edited dub
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 503 votes (sub:412, dub:62, raw:5, ?:4, others:20
9 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
2 Tagalog dubbed
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Russian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Very good: 316 votes (sub:243, dub:45, raw:2, ?:2, others:24
7 Spanish subtitled
6 Spanish dubbed
4 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Tagalog dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 140 votes (sub:113, dub:15, ?:3, raw:1, others:8
3 Tagalog dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 32 votes (sub:21, dub:5, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 26 votes (sub:22, dub:3, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:2)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:13, dub:2, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2891 users, rank: #378 (of 10140)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.736 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.4874, rank: #101 (of 10325)
Weighted mean: 8.652 (Excellent−), rank: #108 (of 10325) (seen all: 8.81 / seen some: 7.62 / won't finish: 4.89)
Bayesian estimate: 8.643 (Excellent−), rank: #31 (of 7760)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 76
Episode titles: We have 76
Vintage:
2000-10-03 to 2002-03-27
2002-11 to 2003-03 (Philippines, GMA Network)
2005-11-27 (Chile - ETC TV)
2006-03-06 (Chile - Chilevision)
2010-08-23 (Philippines, Hero - Dream Team)
2014-07-01 to 2014-09-15 (Philippines, TeleAsia Filipino)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Under Star" by Shocking Lemon (eps 1-25)
#2: "Inner Light" by Shocking Lemon (eps 26-52)
#3: "Tumbling Dice" by Tsuneo Imahori (eps 53-76)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Yūzora no Kamihikōki" by Naoya Mori (eps 1-25)
#2: "360°" by Mori Naoya (eps 26-52,75)
#3: "Eternal Loop" by Saber Tiger (eps 53-74,76)
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 12
Reviews:
Hajime No Ippo Episode 26-50 Anime Review (Oct 9, 2024)
Hajime no Ippo Episodes 1-25 Anime Series Review (Jul 15, 2024)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2025-11-25 (from $99.95)
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    Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Collection 2 (Blu-ray) 2021-03-30 (from $139.99)
    Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Collection 3 (Blu-ray) 2021-10-26 (from $179.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Fighting Spirit - The First Step (DVD 1) 2004-07-06 (from $9.89)
    Fighting Spirit - The Debut Match (DVD 2) 2004-10-12 (from $14.99)
    Fighting Spirit - Test of Endurance (DVD 3) 2004-12-14 (from $14.99)
    Fighting Spirit - Dream of a KO (DVD 4) 2005-02-15 (from $111.92)
    Fighting Spirit - Forward! Forward! (DVD 5) 2005-04-19 (from $69.42)
    Fighting Spirit - Death Match (DVD 6) 2005-06-21 (from $13.90)
    Fighting Spirit - Smash Force (DVD 7) 2005-08-23 (from $11.99)
    Fighting Spirit - The Champ and I (DVD 8) 2005-10-25 (from $14.99)
    Fighting Spirit - The Speed Star (DVD 9) 2005-12-20 (from $25.00)
    Fighting Spirit - The Red Wolf (DVD 10) 2006-02-21 (from $5.00)
    Fighting Spirit - The Japan Featherweight (DVD 11) 2006-04-25 (from $11.46)
    Fighting Spirit - Look of Determination (DVD 12) 2006-05-09 (from $53.90)
    Fighting Spirit - Youth of Fire (DVD 13) 2006-08-29 (from $11.99)
    Fighting Spirit - Trap of the Southpaw (DVD 14) 2006-10-31 (from $11.99)
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    Fighting Spirit - Complete Collection Volume 1 (DVD 1-8) 2007-10-30 (from $189.99)
    Fighting Spirit - Complete Collection Volume 2 (DVD 9-16) 2007-10-30 (from $99.89)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Satoshi Nishimura
Series Composition: Tatsuhiko Urahata
Script:
Daisuke Aranishi (13 episodes
eps 4, 11, 16, 23, 29, 36, 43, 49-50, 55, 59, 64, 68
)
Hiroshi Mori (eps 9, 18, 24)
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (19 episodes
eps 5, 12, 15, 19, 25, 32, 35, 39, 41, 45-46, 48-50, 54, 58, 63, 66, 75
)
Kenji Sugihara (12 episodes
eps 6, 13, 21, 26, 33, 37, 40, 47, 56, 61, 67, 74
)
Kōji Aritomi (ep 70)
Ryōsuke Nakamura (12 episodes
eps 10, 14, 20, 27, 30, 38, 44, 53, 60, 65, 71, 73
)
Shingō Nishikawa (ep 69)
Tatsuhiko Urahata (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 31, 52, 76
)
Yasuko Kamo (10 episodes
eps 8, 17, 22, 28, 34, 42, 51, 57, 62, 72
)
Storyboard:
Akio Sakai (eps 5, 16)
Gisaburō Sugii (OP 2)
Hideo Hayashi (ep 20)
Hiroshi Kōjina (ED 3)
Kōji Sugiura (ED 2)
Kou Matsuo (eps 2, 8)
Masanori Shino (OP 3)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (ED 2)
Nanako Shimazaki (eps 4, 13)
Noriyuki Abe (ep 66)
Osamu Kobayashi (ep 11)
Rokō Ogiwara (ep 9)
Satoshi Nishimura (OP 2, ED 1; ep 1)
Shigehito Takayanagi (OP 1)
Shinichi Tsuji (ep 18)
Shinji Satō (ep 71)
Sōichirō Zen (eps 3, 10, 15)
Sumio Hiratsuka (ep 14)
Toshifumi Kawase (ep 7)
Toshiharu Sato (ep 19)
Toshiya Niidome (eps 54, 69)
Yasuhiro Matsumura (ep 12)
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi (ED 1)
Yūji Himaki (ep 6)
Yūzō Satō (ep 17)
Episode Director:
Akira Mano (eps 8, 14, 28)
Hideo Hayashi (ep 20)
Hitoshi Nanba (ep 3)
Jun Shishido (ep 19)
Kenichi Kawamura (eps 1, 15)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (eps 10, 16)
Nanako Shimazaki (eps 4, 13)
Rokō Ogiwara (ep 9)
Saburō Hashimoto (ep 2)
Shinichi Tsuji (ep 11)
Shinji Satō (ep 71)
Takaaki Ishiyama (ep 18)
Toshiharu Sato (ep 5)
Yasuhiro Matsumura (eps 12, 19)
Yasuo Iwamoto (ep 6)
Yuji Yamaguchi (ep 7)
Yūzō Satō (ep 17)
Unit Director:
Hiroshi Kōjina (ED 3)
Kazunori Mizuno (ED 1)
Kenichi Kawamura (OP 2)
Masanori Shino (OP 3)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (ED 2)
Shigehito Takayanagi (OP 1)
Music: Tsuneo Imahori
Original Manga: George Morikawa
Character Design: Kōji Sugiura
Art Director:
Hidetoshi Kaneko
Kōji Sugiura 
Chief Animation Director:
Hiroshi Kōjina
Masanori Shino
Animation Director:
Aki Yamagata (6 episodes
eps 8, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42
)
Atsushi Hasebe (ep 1)
Daisuke Yoshida (4 episodes
eps 58, 64, 70, 75
)
Hiroshi Kōjina (11 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22, 29, 37, 45, 51, 55, 57, 75
)
Hiroshi Ōsaka (ep 72)
Jōji Yanase (eps 36, 43)
Kazuo Watanabe (eps 5, 32)
Kazuya Miura (eps 26, 34, 49)
Kōichi Horikawa (ep 68)
Kōji Sugiura (6 episodes
eps 13, 52, 57, 72, 74, 76
)
Masaki Hosoyama (ep 1)
Masanori Shino (9 episodes
eps 15, 24, 27, 33, 44, 57, 61-62, 73
)
Noriyuki Fukuda (10 episodes
eps 17, 23, 30-31, 41, 50, 56, 63, 69, 74
)
Satoshi Tasaki (ep 1)
Shinji Satō (ep 71)
Shizuo Kawai (eps 47, 67)
Takashi Saijō (ep 2)
Tomoaki Kado (5 episodes
eps 40, 48, 54, 60, 65
)
Toshiyasu Okada (eps 3, 11, 18)
Toshiyuki Kanno (8 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 20, 27, 55, 65, 73
)
Yoshiaki Matsuda (eps 6, 9)
Yoshitaka Yasuda (eps 39, 59, 66)
Yoshiyuki Itō (ep 76)
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Producer:
Hiroshi Yamashita
Manabu Tamura
Masao Maruyama
Mitsuru Ōshima

Color Coordination: Akihiko Isozaki
Editing:
Kashiko Kimura
Satoshi Terauchi
Yukiko Itō (eps 1-75)
Yurika Tsuchiya (eps 1-75)
In-Between Animation: Fumiaki Usui (IMAGIN; eps 32, 46)
Key Animation:
Asuka Tsubuki (ep 2)
Emiko Kataoka (6 episodes
eps 17, 23, 33, 48, 57, 62
)
Hiroaki Kawaguchi (ep 2)
Hiroaki Nakajima (ep 3)
Hiroko Yamamoto (ep 2)
Hiromitsu Morishita (Anime R; ep 1)
Hiroshi Dobashi (ep 3)
Hiroshi Kōjina (ED 3)
Kaori Itō (ep 2)
Kazuyoshi Tanaka (Anime R; eps 1, 7)
Keisuke Watabe (ep 1)
Keisuke Watanabe (ep 1)
Kenji Kodama (Anime R; eps 1, 7)
Kōichi Takai (Anime R; ep 7)
Kuniko Yano (ep 2)
Masahiro Kase (Anime R; eps 1, 7)
Masato Tamagawa (ep 1)
Michiko Noda (ep 15)
Mihoko Nomura (6 episodes
eps 26, 39, 44, 49, 59, 63
)
Motoki Yagi (ep 1)
Naoki Takahashi (ep 2)
Naotoshi Shida (OP 2; eps 24, 30)
Noriko Takahashi (Anime R; eps 1, 7)
Satoshi Tasaki (OP 2)
Shinobu Nishiyama (Anime R; eps 1, 7)
Sugako Yamazaki (ep 2)
Takafumi Hori (10 episodes
eps 27, 33, 41, 52, 56, 63, 69, 71, 73-74
)
Takahiro Miura (6 episodes
eps 5, 12, 19, 25, 32, 38
)
Takeshi Honda (OP 2)
Takeshi Koike (OP 1; ep 20)
Takuo Noda (14 episodes
eps 17, 33-34, 39, 44, 50, 54, 56, 62, 65-66, 69, 73-74
)
Tatsuya Ichikawa (Anime R; ep 7)
Toshiharu Sugie (ep 3)
Toshiyasu Okada (ep 3)
Toshiyuki Kanno (ep 1)
Yōko Ono (ep 2)
Yoshiaki Matsuda (ep 2)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Anime R; ep 7)
Yoshiko Nakajima (Anime R; ep 7)
Yoshitaka Yasuda (ep 3)
Yūichi Nakazawa (Anime R; eps 1, 7)
Yukihiro Kitano (ep 1)
Yumiko Kinoshita (Anime R; ep 7)
Photography: Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos; 20 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 72, 74
)
Planning:
Kazuaki Itō
Umeo Ito
Planning Assistant:
Hiroshi Nishimura (西村浩; Weekly Shonen Magazine Editorial Department; eps 1-52)
Kenji Yamaguchi (山口健二; Weekly Shonen Magazine Editorial Department; eps 53-76)
Masahiro Nouchi (Weekly Shonen Magazine Editorial Department)
Yousuke Imanishi (Weekly Shonen Magazine Editorial Department)
Recording Assistant: Shigeru Fujibayashi
Recording engineer: Fujio Yamada
Sound Effect Assistant:
Reiji Matsumoto
Tsutomu Kashiwakura
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama
Theme Song Performance:
Naoya Mori (ED)
Saber Tiger (ED)
Shocking Lemon (OP)
Kohei Kiyasu as Ippo Makunouchi

Keiji Fujiwara as Tatsuya Kimura
Kenji Utsumi as Genji Kamogawa
Rikiya Koyama as Mamoru Takamura
Sanae Kobayashi as Kumi Mashiba
Tomokazu Seki as Ichirō Miyata
Wataru Takagi as Masaru Aoki

Akane Ōmae as Tourist (ep 39)
Akemi Okamura as Reiko Mikami
Akio Suyama as
Hachinohe boxer (eps 13-15)
Schoolboy (ep 1)
Asako Shirakura as
Female announcer (ep 20)
Girl (ep 16)
Hayami's fan girl (eps 21-22)
Nurse (ep 41)
Atsuko Mine as Chairman's wife (ep 13)
Ayako Itō as Child (eps 30, 33)
Chie Kōjiro as Chana
Daiki Nakamura as Takaaki Itō (ep 68)
Daisuke Sakaguchi as
Masahiko Umezawa (some eps)
Naomichi Yamada
Emi Shinohara as Mari Iimura
Fujiko Takimoto as Alexander Volg Zangief (Young)
Fumihiko Tachiki as Yoshio Fujiwara (ep 12)
Hiroaki Hirata as Ohkita Keigo
Hiroko Ōnaka as
Schoolgirl (ep 1)
Sumire
Hiromi Hirata as Hayami's fan girl (eps 20-22)
Hiroshi Naka as Suzuki's Cornerman (ep 45)
Hiroshi Yanaka as Atsushi Tamaki (ep 54)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Akira Shigeta
Hisao Egawa as Toshiyuki Ohta
Hisashi Izumi as Referee
Hitomi as Child (eps 30, 33-34)
Hitoshi Horimoto as Komori
Ichirō Nagai as Genkpachi Nekota
Issei Futamata as Hachinohe gym manager
Jin Horikawa as Announcer
Junro Maruyama as Trainee (ep 3)
Kanji Suzumori as Member (ep 44)
Katsuyuki Konishi as
Hachinohe boxer (eps 13-15)
Ring Announcer
Kazuko Sugiyama as Sendoh's grandmother
Kazuo Oka as Doctor (ep 11)
Kazuya Nakai as
Reporter (ep 39)
Ring announcer (ep 40)
Young man (ep 41)
Keiichi Sonobe as
Otowa Gym Coach
Toshio Suzuki (ep 45)
Keiichirō Endō as Trainee (ep 3)
Kenichi Ono as Fujii
Kenichi Suzumura as
Nerima boxer (ep 13)
Reporter (ep 25)
Young man (ep 41)
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Saeki
Kōichi Hasebe as Takemura
Kōichi Kitamura as Naniwa Chairman
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Applicant No. 11 (ep 9)
Kōji Tsujitani as Ryuichi Hayami
Kōji Yusa as Applicant No. 14 (ep 9)
Kyōko Hikami as Sendo Takeshi (Young)
Makoto Higo as
Reporter (ep 25)
Schoolboy (ep 12)
Spectator (eps 15, 40)
Mari Yokoo as Yamada's Mother
Mariko Suzuki as interviewer
Masaaki Ōkura as Jimmy Sisphar
Masahiko Tanaka as Ryo Mashiba
Masahiro Kobayashi as Jason Ozuma
Masaki Aizawa as Date Eiji
Masako Joh as Hayami's fan girl (eps 21-22)
Masashi Hirose as High School Teacher
Masato Amada as
Male customer (ep 16)
Spectator (ep 11)
Masatoyo Tetsuno as
Spectator (eps 11, 14)
Teruhiko Takada
Masaya Onosaka as Sendo Takeshi
Masumi Asano as Akemi
Mayuko Arai as Megumi
Megumi Tano as Young Miyata
Miki Machii as Female customer (ep 16)
Mitsuaki Madono as Masahiko Umezawa
Mitsuru Ogata as Nakadai Gym Coach
Mizuka Arima as Volg's Mother
Motomu Kiyokawa as Ramuda
Naohiro Yamamoto as Person in the shopping district (ep 30)
Naoki Tatsuta as Yanaoka
Naomi Shindoh as Interviewer (ep 38)
Naomi Wakabayashi as
Hayami's fan girl (eps 20-22)
Yuuji Date
Narumi Hidaka as Miyuki
Nobuhiko Kazama as Aoki's opponent (ep 46)
Nobutoshi Canna as Yusuke Oda
Nobuyuki Furuta as Referee (eps 39-40)
Osamu Ryūtani as Miyata's cornerman (ep 24)
Roko Takizawa as Bakery manager (ep 28)
Ruri Asano as Schoolgirl (ep 1)
Ryōkichi Takahashi as Student (ep 35)
Ryūzō Ishino as Kamiya
Sakiko Tamagawa as Aiko Date
Sanae Kobayashi as Schoolgirl (ep 1)
Seiji Sasaki as
Aiko's Brother
Tomoyuki Shinoda
Shigeru Shibuya as Payao
Shingo Hiromori as Kawai gym manager (ep 44)
Shinichi Namiki as
Matsuda
Trainee (ep 3)
Shinichirō Ōta as Live announcer (eps 39-40)
Shinji Kawada as Student (ep 35)
Shinya Ōtaki as Chairman Kawahara
Shōko Kikuchi as Schoolgirl (ep 12)
Shōko Tsuda as Nurse Tomiko
Shūhei Sakaguchi as Person in the shopping district (ep 30)
Shutetsu Tokaichi as Hachinohe boxer (eps 13-15)
Taiki Matsuno as Kenta Kobashi
Takashi Kubota as Naniwa boxer (eps 29-30)
Takashi Nagasako as
Fisherman (ep 42)
Nishikawa Gym Trainer (ep 11)
Takaya Hashi as New Japan Coach
Takeharu Ōnishi as Ishino gym manager (eps 30, 32)
Takeshi Sasaki as
Male customer (ep 16)
Nerima boxer (ep 13)
Schoolboy (eps 1, 12)
Tetsu Inada as Reporter (ep 7)
Tomo Shigematsu as Manabu
Tomoko Kawakami as Kumiko Morita
Tomoyuki Shimura as
Examiner (ep 9)
Spectator (eps 14-15)
Tōru Ōkawa as Kida (Miyata's Manager)
Toshihiko Nakajima as Haruhiko Yagi
Toshitaka Shimizu as Fisherman (ep 42)
Toshiya Ueda as Yasuda
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Alexander Volg Zangief
Unshō Ishizuka as Miyata's father
Yorie Terauchi as Ippo's Mom
Yoshino Ohtori as Kimura's Mother
Yoshinori Sonobe as
Applicant (ep 9)
Nefuma Ozuka (ep 68)
Yōsuke Akimoto as Tanaka Transportation Boss (eps 26-27)
Yūichi Nagashima as Coach Mikami (eps 10-11)
Yuka Komatsu as
Girl (ep 46)
Reiko
Yukari Tamura as Aikawa (ep 1)
Yuki Matsuoka as Child (eps 30, 33)
Yuki Watanabe as Girl (ep 16)
Yukimasa Kishino as Hade
Yukitoshi Hori as Toho Gym Coach
Yūko Kobayashi as Dr. Yamaguchi
Yumiko Daikoku as Girl (ep 46)
Yumiko Kobayashi as Schoolgirl (ep 12)
Yuriko Yamaguchi as Mama-san

Nozomu Taiga
Japanese companies
Animation: Madhouse
Animation Direction: Studio Live (ep 64)
Backgrounds: Atelier BWCA
Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network
Color Check: Buyuu (eps 25, 38)
Color Inspection: Studio OZ
Finish Animation:
Ajiado
ANIK
Anime House
Anime World Osaka
DR Movie
FAI International
Hanjin Animation
HeeWon Entertainment
Kyung Kang ANIA
M.S.J Musashino Production
MI
Peacock
Studio Add
Studio Alpha
Studio CATS
Studio Elle
Studio Gash
Studio Kuma
Studio OM
Studio OZ
Tezuka Productions
In-Between Animation:
Ajiado
Anime Roman
Anime Spot
AZETA PICTURES
Bee Train
Big Bang
Daume
Dōga Kōbō
DR Movie
FAI International
HeeWon Entertainment
Kyung Kang ANIA
Last House
M.S.J Musashino Production
Marsa, Inc.
MI
Office AO
Oh! Production
Radical Party
Radix
Shindō Production
Studio CATS
Studio Cockpit
Studio Elle
Studio Gash
Studio Kuma
Studio Line
Studio Mark
Studio Takuranke
Studio Wombat
Sunshine Corporation
TASK
Telecom Animation Film
Tezuka Productions
ufotable
Yumeta Company
Key Animation:
AD CO.Ltd (eps 25, 32)
ANIK (4 episodes
eps 25, 32, 38, 46
)
Anime R (eps 1, 7)
Baek Koo (ep 38)
DOOSOL (ep 32)
DR Movie (eps 63, 66)
Hideji Animation (ep 32)
Kyung Kang ANIA (7 episodes
eps 55, 57, 60, 63, 65, 69, 73
)
NARA Animation (eps 25, 32, 46)
Studio 401 (ep 18)
Studio Add (ep 40)
STUDIO KAAB (ep 62)
Studio Live (4 episodes
eps 10, 22, 29, 64
)
Studio Victory (eps 24, 41)
Studio Wanpack (ep 72)
Studio Wombat (ep 72)
Sung San Production (ep 38)
Tokyo Animation Center (eps 15, 44, 48)
WHITE RAIN (ep 32)
Photography:
Studio Cosmos
Tōgen Anime Room
Planning: Nippon Television Network
Planning Cooperation: Weekly Shonen Magazine Editorial Department
Production:
Nippon Television Network
VAP
Production Cooperation:
BONES (eps 68, 72)
Group TAC (eps 11, 18)
IMAGIN (7 episodes
eps 12, 19, 25, 32, 38, 43, 46
)
Mushi Production (7 episodes
eps 8, 14, 21, 28, 35-36, 42
)
Office AO (ep 67)
Studio Live (ep 70)
Tama Production (ep 9)
Sound Effects: Techno Sound
English staff
English cast
ADR Director:
Richard Epcar
Steve Kramer (eps 46-50)
Translation:
Anna Exter (volume 4 onward)
Yurika Dennis
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Producer:
Sook Waiquamdee
Yukio Kusumoto
Yurika Dennis
Yves Chicha

Adaptation:
Darlene Waddington (58 episodes
eps 1-52, 59-60, 65-66, 70, 75
)
Eric Riviera (16 episodes
eps 41-43, 46-47, 50, 53-57, 61-62, 69, 71-72
)
Tony Gorodeckas (7 episodes
eps 58, 63-64, 67-68, 73-74
)
ADR Editor:
Alex Gordon (eps 66-70)
David Anglero (eps 61-65, 71-75)
Gina Nuccio (eps 1-60)
Ken Theis (eps 61-65)
ADR Recording Engineer:
Alex Gordon (eps 71-75)
David Anglero (eps 46-65)
Ken Theis (eps 35-37, 41-75)
Skyie Lewin (eps 1-34, 38-40)
DVD Engineer: Joe Torcello
DVD Menu Design: Joe Torcello
Packaging Design: Biff Butler
Re-Recording Mixing: Thanos Kazakos
Subtitling: Anna Exter
Video Editing: Alex Agoston
Steve Cannon as Ippo Makunouchi

David Lelyveld as Alexander Volg Zangief
Doug Erholtz as Takeshi Sendo
Eddie Frierson as Mamoru Takamura
Grant George as Tatsuya Kimura
Jason Palmer as Ichiro Miyata
Jennifer Sekiguchi as Kumi Mashiba
Jim Taggert as Masaru Aoki
Rafael Antonio as Eiji Date
Richard George as Genji Kamogawa

Alfred Thor as Suzuki's Cornerman (ep 45)
Barbara Goodson as Alexander Volg Zangief (Young; eps 49-50)
Bob Papenbrook as Mr. Mikami
Bobby Hasting as
Fujii
Yusuke Oda
Brandon Jones as
Keigo Okita (ep 55)
Takuma Saeki
D. C. Douglas as
Aiko's Brother
Genji Kamogawa (ep 68) 
Dave Mallow as Yanaoka
David Lelyveld as Toshio Suzuki (ep 45)
David Lodge as Tomoyuki Shinoda
Edward Villa as Kenta Kobashi
Edward Zilla as
Applicant
Certification Match Judge
Payao (eps 39-40)
Takemura
George Z. Cole as
Miyata's Father
Mr. Yagi
George C. Cole as
Miyata's Father 
Mr. Yagi 
Hall Hollis as Jason Ozma
Hamilton Fox as Fujii
Helen Storm as
Kimura's Mother (ep 63)
Nurse Tomiko
Jennifer Sekiguchi as
Aikawa
Kumiko Morita
Megumi
Young Miyata
Jim Taggert as Mr. Otowa (ep 22)
Joan-Carol O'Connell as
Hachinohe's Wife
Hiroko
John Daniels as
Announcer
Ohta
Yoshio Fujiwara
Kay Jensen as
Classmate
Girl
Marvin Lee as Keigo Okita
Michael Sorich as
Nakadai Coach
Ramuda
Michelle Ruff as
Mari Iimura
Reiko Mikami
Midge Mayes as
Aiko Date
Reiko (ep 51)
Mona Marshall as
Chana (eps 39-40)
Dr. Yamaguchi
Manabu
Miyuki (ep 63)
Sendo's Grandmother
Nathan Smythe as Ryuichi Hayami
Robert Axelrod as Hachinohe
Ron Allen as
Friendly Applicant
Masahiko Umezawa
Store Clerk
Teacher
TV Announcer
Steve Areno as
Jimmy Sisphar (eps 39-40)
Referee
Steve Kramer as
Mr. Yasuda
Toshio Suzuki (ep 52)
Terry Roberts as
Kobashi's Opponent
Matsuda
Ryo Mashiba
Yajima Fan
Tony Tang as Ginpachi Nekota

Joe Cappelletti
Sam Regal
English companies
ADR Production: Media Concepts
DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
Kanopy
Netflix
RetroCrush
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2020)
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Jeong-Gu Lee as Mamoru Takamura
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Christian Brousselle
Dubbing Director: Alexis Flamant (New Dub)

Adaptation:
Amélie Audefroy-Wallet (New Dub)
Catherine Konetsky
Charles Platto (New Dub)
Julie Berlin-Sémon (New Dub)
Louise Fudym (New Dub)
Maxime Place (New Dub)
Thibault Codevelle (New Dub)
Xavier Varaillon
Alexandre N'Guyen as Ippo Makunouchi
Benjamin Thomas as Ippô Makunouchi (New Dub)

Alexandre Crépet as Masaru Aokl (New Dub)
Benjamin Pascal as Masaru Aoki
Benoît Grimmiaux as Eiji Date (New Dub)
Corentin Burki as Naomichi Yamada (New Dub)
Damien Locqueneux as Alexander Volg Zangief (New Dub)
Donald Reignoux as Tatsuya Kimura
Emmanuel Gradi as Mamoru Takamura
Fabienne Loriaux as Hiroko Makunouchi (New Dub)
Franck Daquin as Arbitre Shimakawa (New Dub)
Frédéric Cerdal as Genji Kamogawa
Marvin Schlick as Ryô Mashiba (New Dub)
Matthieu Meunier as Tatsuya Kimura (New Dub)
Maxime Donnay as Ichirô Miyata (New Dub)
Michel Hinderyckx as Genji Kamogawa (New Dub)
Nicolas Matthys as Mamoru Takamura (New Dub)
Olivier premel as Masahiko Umezawa (New Dub)
Philippe Allard as Haruhiko Yagi (New Dub)
Pierre Le Bec as Takeshi Sendô (New Dub)
Sébastien Desjours as Ichiro Miyata
Simon Duprez as Minoru Fujii (New Dub)
Sophia Atman as Kumi Mashiba (New Dub)

Alain Eloy as Père de Miyata (New Dub; 10 episodes
eps 5-7, 16, 21, 23-24, 39-40, 76
)
Alexis Flamant as
Coach de Takada (New Dub; ep 16)
Kamiya (New Dub; ep 63)
Keigo Okita (New Dub; 9 episodes
eps 36-38, 43, 52-53, 55-57
)
Ota (New Dub; ep 13)
Arnaud Crevecoeur as
Arbitre Thaïlandais (New Dub; ep 40)
Coach de Saeki (New Dub; ep 44)
Teruhiko Takada (New Dub; ep 16)
Toshio Suzuki (New Dub; eps 38, 45, 52)
Yoshio Fujiwara (New Dub; ep 12)
Aurélien Ringelheim as Yosuke Oda
Benoit Van Dorslaer as Ginpachi Nekota (New Dub; 9 episodes
eps 65-68, 71-75
)
Brieuc Lemaire as Takuma Saeki (New Dub; eps 43-44, 52)
Bruno Mullenaerts as
Akira Shigeta (New Dub; eps 67, 69)
Coach d'Itô (New Dub; ep 68)
Claire Tefnin as Dr. Tomoko Yamaguchi (New Dub; 6 episodes
eps 30, 32-34, 36, 47
)
David Manet as
Coach de Shigeta (New Dub; eps 67, 69)
Li Chong-pil (New Dub; ep 61)
Takaaki Itô (New Dub; ep 68)
Délphine Chauvier as Mari Iimura (New Dub; 8 episodes
eps 67-68, 70-75
)
Delphine Moriau as Aiko Date (New Dub; ep 53)
Didier Colfs as Kazuhiro Yanaoka (New Dub; 14 episodes
eps 29-30, 32-34, 59-60, 69-75
)
Emilie Guillaume as Shana (New Dub; eps 39-40)
Estelle Strypstein as Miyata enfant (New Dub; ep 5)
Frédéric Meaux as Coach Kida (New Dub; eps 39-40)
Gregory Praet as
Atsushi Tamaki (New Dub; ep 54)
Takemura (New Dub)
Guillaume Lebon as Fuji
Jean-François Rossion as Tomoyuki Shinoda (New Dub; eps 64-66, 76)
Jonathan Simon as
Frère d'Aiko (New Dub; ep 53)
Matsuda (New Dub)
Julie Basecqz as Mama-san (New Dub; ep 13)
Laetitia Liénart as Tomiko (New Dub; 7 episodes
eps 51, 55, 61-62, 67-68, 70
)
Laurent Bonnet as Coach de Mashiba (New Dub; eps 23-28, 31)
Laurent Vernin as
Annonceur (New Dub)
Coach Hade (New Dub; eps 39-40)
Professeur de Makunouchi (New Dub; 7 episodes
eps 1, 20, 28, 35, 55-57
)
Léonce Wapelhorst as Grand mère de Sendo (New dub)
Ludivine Deworst as Reiko Mikami (New Dub; eps 10-11)
Marie Braam as Kumiko Morita (New Dub; ep 41)
Marie Du Bled as
Miyuki (New Dub; ep 63)
Reiko (New Dub; eps 51, 62)
Sendô enfant (New Dub; eps 70, 75)
Yuji Date (New Dub; ep 53)
Maxime Van Stantfoort as Yusuke Oda (New Dub; eps 10-11)
Michaël Dubois as Payao (New Dub; eps 39-40)
Olivier Francart as
Coach de Suzuki (New Dub; eps 45, 52)
Coach Nakadai (New Dub; 7 episodes
eps 36-37, 52-53, 55-57
)
Jason Ozuma (New Dub; 6 episodes
eps 13-15, 20, 22, 31
)
Patrick Donnay as Coach Yasuda (New Dub; eps 18-19)
Patrick Waleffe as
Coach d'Ozuma (New Dub; eps 13-15)
Coach Naniwa (New Dub; eps 30, 74)
Tanaka (New Dub; eps 26-27)
Pierre Bodson as
Coach Ramuda (New Dub; 9 episodes
eps 45-50, 52, 59-60
)
Commentateur Thaïlandais (New Dub; eps 39-40)
Quentin Minon as Ryûichi Hayami (New Dub; eps 20-22, 31)
Sam Salhi as Ryo
Sophie Pyronnet as
Manabu (New Dub; 8 episodes
eps 30, 32-34, 65, 70, 72-73
)
Mère de Kimura (New Dub; ep 63)
Stéphane Oerteli as Coach Mikami (New Dub; eps 10-11)
Steve Driesen as Commentateur (New dub)
Suzanne Sindberg as Ippo enfant
Sylvain Lemarié as Mikami
Thibaut Delmotte as
Jimmy Sisphar (New Dub; ep 40)
Komori (New Dub; eps 30, 32)
Yannick Besson as Kenta Kobashi (New Dub; 5 episodes
eps 18-20, 22, 31
)

Bernard Grand (New Dub)
Julie Dieu (New Dub)
Martin Spinhayer (New Dub)
Valentin Vanstechelman
French companies
Distributor: Rouge Citron Production
Dubbing:
Studio Lincoln
VSI Paris (New Dub)
Publisher: Kero Video
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Herman Lopez
Translation: Brenda Nava

Adaptation: Brenda Nava
ADR Editor: Jose Luis Mendoza
ADR Recording Engineer: Jose Luis Mendoza
Re-Mixing Engineer: Esteban Ramos
Gabriel Ramos as Ippou Makinouchi
Irwin Daayan as Takeshi Sendo
Rolando De la Fuente as Ichiro Miyata

Cesar Arias as Genji Kamogawa
Eduardo Garza as Alexander Volg Zangief (normal)
Jose Gilberto Vilchis as Alexander Volg Zangief ((1 ep.))
Mitzy Corona as Kumi Mashiba
Pedro D'aguillon Jr. as Ryo Mashiba
Roberto Carrillo as Tatsuya Kimura

Alejandro Illescas as Eiji Date
Angeles Bravo as Sendoh's grandmother
Benjamin Rivera as Masaru Aoki
Circe Luna as Reiko Mikami
Claudio Velásquez as Manabu
Dulce Guerrero as Kumiko (ep 41)
Enzo Fortuny as Yuusuke Oda
Gabriela Willert as Dr. Yamaguchi
Gerardo Reyero as Minoru Fujii
Gerry Meza as Chana
Jorge Ornelas as Hayami's coach
Maria Fernanda Morales as Kumiko Morita
Mario Arvizu as Mamoru Takamura
Martin Soto as Hachinohe (Ozuma's coach)
Paco Mauri as Miyata's father
Patricia Acevedo as Aiko Date
Pedro D'aguillon Jr. as Ramuda (Volg's coach)
Rene Garcia as Takuma Saeki
Roberto Mendiola as Yanaoka (Sendoh's coach)
Yotzmit Ramírez as Mari Iimura
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Prime Dubb
Broadcaster:
Chilevision (Chile)
ETC...TV (Chile)
Distributor: Alebrije Entertainment
Dubbing: Candiani Studios
Internet Streaming:
AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Netflix
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2020, USA and Canada)
REMOW (Latin America Since 2024)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Montreal Repuyan
Script: Francis Ibanez (eps 1-75)
Fourth Lee as Ippo Makunouchi
Fourth Brillante Lee as Ippo Makunouchi

Bon Reyes as
Genji Kamogawa
Takeshi Sendō 
Tatsuya Kimura
Francis Ibanez as Masaru Aoki
Grace Cornel as Kumi Mashiba
Montreal Repuyan as Mamoru Takamura
Vincent Gutierrez as Ichiro Miyata

Bon Reyes as Keigo Okita
Dada Carlos as
Dr. Yamaguchi
Ippo's mother
Reiko Mikami
Francis Ibanez as
Haruhiko Yagi
Ryo Mashiba
Ryuichi Hayami
Lloyd Navera as
Alexander Volg Zangief
Minoru Fujii
Yusuke Oda
Montreal Repuyan as
Jason Ozuma
Naomichi Yamada
Takuma Saeki
Yoshio Fujiwara
Vincent Gutierrez as
Eiji Date
Kenta Kobashi
Masahiko Umezawa
Miyata's Father
Takeshi Sendoh
Tagalog companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeOnegai (Brazil)
Netflix
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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