Fighting Spirit: Champion Road

Fighting Spirit: Champion Road

90 mins | Comedy, Action, Animation | June 25, 2003

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.

Fighting Spirit: Champion Road

90 mins | Comedy, Action, Animation | June 25, 2003

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.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers Geneon Entertainment, Madhouse, Discotek Media
Original title はじめの一歩 -Champion Road-
Directors Satoshi Nishimura
Writers

Cast

Kohei Kiyasu

as Ippo Makunouchi (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

as Mamoru Takamura (voice)

Kenji Utsumi

as Genji Kamogawa (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

as Takeshi Sendo (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

as Ichirou Miyata (voice)

Wataru Takagi

as Masaru Aoki (voice)

Masahiro Tanaka

as Ryo Mashiba (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

as Tatsuya Kimura (voice)