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Fighting Spirit
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...
  • First aired on 10/03/2000 (TV Show)
  • Animation / Comedy / Drama / Action & Adventure
  • 4 Seasons
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Kohei Kiyasu

Character's name: "Ippo Makunouchi (voice)"
Birthday: 02/19/1975
Birthplace: Masaki, Iyo, Ehime, Japan
Biography:
Kohei Kiyasu (喜安 浩平, Kiyasu Kōhei, February 19, 1975) is a Japanese actor, voice actor (seiyū), director and screenwriter. He was born in Masaki Town, Iyo District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. In 1998, he passed the cast audition for Nylon 100 °C, and since 1999 he has been a member of the theater company. In 2000, he founded the theater troupe Bull Docking Headlock (ブルドッキングヘッドロック). In the same year, he made his voice acting debut as Makunouchi Ippo in the television anime Hajime no Ippo.

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Rikiya Koyama

Character's name: "Mamoru Takamura (voice)"
Birthday: 12/18/1963
Birthplace: Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Biography:
Rikiya Koyama is a Japanese actor and voice actor who is a member of Haiyuza Theatre Company. He has done popular voicing roles in Hajime no Ippo, Utawarerumono and Kamen no Maid Guy. He is also known by the nicknames "Rikki" and "Riki-chan". Koyama become well known for voicing Yamato from Naruto, Kogoro Mouri from Case Closed and Coyote Starrk from Bleach.

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Wataru Takagi

Character's name: "Masaru Aoki (voice)"
Birthday: 07/25/1966
Birthplace: Kimitsu, Chiba, Japan
Biography:
Wataru Takagi (高木 渉) is a Japanese voice and stage actor.

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Keiji Fujiwara

Character's name: "Tatsuya Kimura (voice)"
Birthday: 10/05/1964
Date of Death: 04/12/2020
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Biography:
Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治, Fujiwara Keiji, October 5, 1964 – April 12, 2020) was a Japanese voice actor. His best known works are voicing Shinnosuke's father Hiroshi Nohara in the long-running anime series Crayon Shin-chan, Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, Holland in Eureka Seven, Axel in Kingdom Hearts, Shiro Fujimoto in Ao no Exorcist and Esidisi in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency. In the live action field, he is mostly known for dubbing actor Robert Downey Jr. He founded his own talent management and production company, Air Agency, in 2006.

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Jurota Kosugi

Character's name: "Ralph Anderson (voice)"
Birthday: 12/19/1957
Birthplace: Yokohama, Japan
Biography:
Jurota Kosugi is a Japanese voice actor. His deep voice is often used for rough and imposing characters.

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Hidenobu Kiuchi

Character's name: "David Eagle (voice)"
Birthday: 02/05/1969
Birthplace: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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Hisao Egawa

Character's name: "Iwao Shimabukuro (voice)"
Birthday: 09/13/1962
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Biography:
Hisao Egawa (江川 央生, Egawa Hisao, September 13, 1962) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. He is from Tokyo and is attached to Aoni Production.

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Shin-ichiro Miki

Character's name: "Ryuhei Sawamura (voice)"
Birthday: 03/18/1968
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Biography:
Shin-ichiro Miki is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with 81 Produce and most known for his role as Kojiro (James) in Pokémon. Miki is also a singer with the four-man band Weiß, along with Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Seki, and Hiro Yūki, the four main voice actors of Weiß Kreuz. Miki is also very active in BL dramas. He won Best Actors in supporting roles in the 4th Seiyu Awards. He often gets cast as handsome, young men in anime roles.


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