As the new Champion, Ippo must protect his title against some of the best boxers available. 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. (Source: Anime News Network)

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Ippo Makunouchi

Kouhei Kiyasu

Genji Kamogawa

Kenji Utsumi

Kazuki Sanada

Kouichi Yamadera

Dankichi Hama

Seizou Katou

Mamoru Takamura

Rikiya Koyama

Masaru Aoki

Wataru Takagi

Tatsuya Kimura

Keiji Fujiwara

Ryou Mashiba

Masahiko Tanaka

Kumi Mashiba

Sanae Kobayashi

Takeshi Sendo

Masaya Onosaka

Ichirou Miyata

Tomokazu Seki

Masahiko Umezawa

Mitsuaki Madono