Fighting Spirit
はじめの一歩
The moment you back down is the moment you lose!
Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a distinct odor), Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning...
Watch
The First Step
0:00 / 24:00
1080p
Overview
Details
Rating
8,7/10
1,237 votes
Seasons
3
Episodes
126
Years
2000–2014
- First air date
- 3 octobre 2000
- Last air date
- 29 mars 2014
- Episode runtime
- 24 min
- Status
- Ended
- Type
- Scripted
- Language
- ja
- Countries
- JP
- Networks
- Nippon TV
- Popularity
- 50,4
- In production
- No
- Original name
- はじめの一歩
Seasons
Specials
The First Step
New Challenger
Ippo Makunouchi continues his boxing career and his goal on knowing the meaning of being strong, and the desire on fighting his idol Ichiro Miyata once again. Along him are pro boxers Takamura, Aoki and Kimura that each one of them aspire to their own dreams. the continuation after Ippo won his Japan Championship match.
Rising
Hajime no Ippo: Rising continues Ippo's quest to become stronger, featuring the same cast of loveable dimwits from Kamogawa Gym, as they put their bodies and hearts on the line to make their way in the harsh world of professional boxing. With a will of iron, Ippo steps into the ring once again.
Cast
Tomokazu Seki
Ichiro Miyata (voice)
Kohei Kiyasu
Ippo Makunouchi (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Mamoru Takamura (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Masaru Aoki (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Tatsuya Kimura (voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Genji Kamogawa (voice)
Toshihiko Nakajima
Haruhiko Yagi (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Kumi Mashiba (voice)
Masaya Onosaka
Takeshi Sendo (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Reiko Mikami (voice)
Emi Shinohara
Mari Iimura (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Akira Shigeta (voice)
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Takuma Saeki (voice)
Koji Tsujitani
Ryuichi Hayami (voice)
Masahiko Tanaka
Ryo Mashiba (voice)
