Series synopsis
Fighting Spirit: Rising, also known as Hajime No Ippo: Rising is a Japanese comedy animation action & adventure television series that premiered on October 5, 2013. It ended on March 29, 2014. It stars Wataru Takagi, Daisuke Namikawa, Yuya Murakami and Hidenobu Kiuchi.
Ippo the Japanese Featherweight champion will defend his title against amazing challengers. Takamura fights for the second WBC title in the middleweight class, and Aoki fights for the Lightweight title.
Premise
Ippo the Japanese Featherweight champion will defend his title against amazing challengers. Takamura fights for the second WBC title in the middleweight class, and Aoki fights for the Lightweight title.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Wataru Takagi as Masaru Aoki (voice)
- Daisuke Namikawa as Manabu Itagaki (voice)
- Yuya Murakami as World Championship Referee (voice)
- Hidenobu Kiuchi as David Eagle (voice)
- Mamoru Miyano as Genji Kamogawa (Young) (voice)
- Koichi Yamadera as Ginpachi Nekota (voice)
- Jurota Kosugi as Ralph Anderson (voice)
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Alexander Volk Zangiev (voice)
Supporting cast
- Hisao Egawa as Iwao Shimabukuro (voice)
- Shin-ichiro Miki as Ryuhei Sawamura (voice)
- Shuhei Sakaguchi as Katsutaka Imae (voice)
- Akio Otsuka as Bryan Hawk (voice)
- Rikiya Koyama as Takamura Mamoru (voice)
- Kohei Kiyasu as Makunouchi Ippo (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 25 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 25 | October 5, 2013 | March 29, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Strongest Challenger A flashback tells the story about Ippo's father and what happened to him. Ippo's next title defenses match begins, Ippo's opponent is Shimabukuro Iwao, someone with a similar record to him. |
October 5, 2013 |
| 2 |
The Dempsey Roll Destroyed Ippo tries the Dempsy roll on Shimabukuro Iwao and Shimabukuro reveals how he plans on destroying the Dempsy roll. The title match comes to an end. |
October 12, 2013 |
| 3 |
A Woman's Battle Itagaki's sister Nanako, Kumi, and Mari all visit Ippo after his match although he's resting. Aoki gets ready for his title match that's coming up soon. |
October 19, 2013 |
Production
Release
| First aired | October 5, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Last aired | March 29, 2014 |
| Runtime | 20 minutes |
| Status | ended |