Series synopsis
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, also known as 史上最強の弟子ケンイチ is a Japanese action & adventure animation comedy television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on October 7, 2006. It ended on September 29, 2007. It stars Tomokazu Seki, Tomoko Kawakami, Jurota Kosugi and Unsho Ishizuka.
Yeah, Kenichi’s a total wimp. He’s always getting picked on and doesn’t have a lot of friends to stick up for him. The guy needs motivation if he hopes to graduate in one piece. Well, Miu’s the perfect motivation. She’s hot, she accepts him, and she just so happens to live at a dojo with six martial arts masters. You could say fate has led Kenichi to their door, or you could say he was just following the hottie. Either way, he’s about to get whipped into serious shape. If he can survive some har ...
Premise
Yeah, Kenichi’s a total wimp. He’s always getting picked on and doesn’t have a lot of friends to stick up for him. The guy needs motivation if he hopes to graduate in one piece. Well, Miu’s the perfect motivation. She’s hot, she accepts him, and she just so happens to live at a dojo with six martial arts masters. You could say fate has led Kenichi to their door, or you could say he was just following the hottie. Either way, he’s about to get whipped into serious shape. If he can survive some hard-core training, he might survive another day at school. He might even score with Miu. Yeah, you could call Kenichi a wimp. But let’s go with underdog instead.
Premise: From Wimp To Warrior. Sort of.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tomokazu Seki as KenIchi Shirahama (voice)
- Tomoko Kawakami as Miu Fūrinji (voice)
- Jurota Kosugi as Akisame Kōetsuji (voice)
- Unsho Ishizuka as Shio Sakaki (voice)
- Hiroshi Arikawa as Hayato Fūrinji (voice)
- Mamiko Noto as Shigure Kōsaka (voice)
- Hiroya Ishimaru as Apachai Hopachai (voice)
- Issei Futamata as Kensei Ma (voice)
Guest cast
- Ai Orikasa as Saori Shirahama (voice)
- Daisuke Gori as Genji Shirahama (voice)
- Akio Otsuka as Isshinsai Ogata (voice)
- Jouji Nakata as Berserker (voice)
- Mika Kanai as Renka Ma (voice)
- Houko Kuwashima as Kaede Tanimoto (voice)
- Kaoru Shimamura as Kyoko Ono (voice)
- Ken Narita as Ryuuto Asamiya (voice)
- Ryo Horikawa as Natsu Tanimoto (voice)
- Atsuko Tanaka as Freya (voice)
- Junko Minagawa as Shiratori (voice)
- Isshin Chiba as Takashi Furukawa (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 65 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 15 | March 16, 2012 | May 16, 2014 |
| Season 1 | 50 | October 7, 2006 | September 29, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
New Assassins! Soon after Kenichi's defeat of Ragnarok, the masters find out about an aliance between some of their enemies named Yami. Now both the entire Ryuzanpaku dojo, both it's masters and students, find themselves targets. |
March 16, 2012 |
| 2 |
The Girl Who Arrived From China A mysterious Chinese fighter joins the conflict. Kenichi must deal with this unpredictable new arrival. |
June 18, 2012 |
| 3 |
The Gorgeous Assassin A killer as beautiful as she is dangerous targets Kenichi. A new confrontation erupts, testing his resolve. |
November 16, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ryozanpaku: Where the Powerful Gather! While running late for class, Kenichi bumps in to the new transfer student Miu. At the karate club, Kenichi is challenged by another student Daimonji for a match. With the loser losing the right to be a member of the club. On the way home, Kenichi is awed when he sees Miu easily defeat a group of thugs. On Miu's advice, he heads to the Ryōzanpaku dojo to train in martial arts. |
October 7, 2006 |
| 2 |
The Beginning of the Fight! Kenichi begins his training at the Ryōzanpaku dojo under the guidance of Akisame. The training focuses on building strength and stamina. Concerned about Kenichi's fight with Daimonji, Miu secretly teaches him a stepping technique to maneuver around. Even though Kenichi is able to defeat Daimonji at the challenge, he yields his membership of the karate club after being accused of using a throw in a karate match. |
October 14, 2006 |
| 3 |
Strength and Courage! For the Sake of Justice! After watching Kenichi defeat Daimonji, Tsukuba, the strongest member of the karate club, gets suspicious of Kenichi's abilities. At the school Miu, joins the girl's gymnastics club and soon becomes the center of attention after displaying her abilities at gymnastics. Kenichi desperately tries to avoid Tsukuba, but is soon caught and gets beaten to a pulp. Seeing Kenichi repent his loss to Tsukuba, Akisame decides to start training him in some martial arts techniques. |
October 21, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 7, 2006 |
| Last aired | September 29, 2007 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 12:00:00 |