History Manga / HajimeNoIppo

** [[CompleteMonster Brian Hawk!]]

* BoringInvincibleHero - Ippo only [[spoiler:lost ONE match, which was a title-match against veteran champion Date Eiji. And he got the belt on his next try, which is against Sendo.]] Of course, he ''always'' wins by KO. Several other characters have been forced to 'win by decision', but Ippo's 'Dynamite Punch' never fails to deliver the KO.

* DaisukeNamikawa - Manabu's seiyuu

The manga, written by Jyoji Morikawa, has been running since 1989, spans more than 80 volumes and is currently one of the longest manga series ever. From October 2000 to March 2002, a 76-episode anime adaptation, titled ''Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting Spirit'' ran on the Nippon TV Network. One TV movie, ''Champion Road'', and an OVA, ''Kimura v. Mashiba'', were aired soon after.

On January 6 2009, the second season, titled ''Hajime No Ippo: The New Challenger'', started airing on the Nippon TV Network and ran for 26 episodes.

* HeyItsThatVoice - The Latin-American fans have had massive [[RuinedFOREVER wtf's]] and [[{{Narm}} lulz]] over Ippo being voiced by [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum]]...

* EvilForeigner - Surprisingly for a sports series dealing with international competition, mostly averted, [[ScaryBlackMan Bryan]] [[PsychoForHire Hawk]] being about the only real example. [[spoiler: And he ends up on the losing side of an EvilerThanThou to [[NotSoDifferent Takamura]]]]. [[{{Greed}} Malcolm Gedoh]] possibly also counts but he almost reaches LoveableRogue status due to CharacterDevelopment, and definitely becomes AffablyEvil. Completely [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with [[TheParagon Volg Zanghief]] and [[KnightInShiningArmor David]] [[SpiritedCompetitor Eagle]] who are about the nicest characters in the series.
** Mr Sekiguchi ''would'' count, but there's the fact that nobody knows what his nationality is - thanks to his last name, for all we know, he could be Japanese.
** In the Kamogawa flashback, Anderson most definitely has this role. When BloodKnight meets WorldWarII's anti-Japanese racism and contempt, complete with PhenotypeStereotype.

The manga, written by Jyoji Morikawa, has been running since 1989, spans more than 80 volumes and is currently one of the longest manga series ever. From October 2000 to March 2002, a 76-episode anime adaptation, titled ''Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting'' ran on the Nippon TV Network. One TV movie, ''Champion Road'', and an OVA, ''Kimura v. Mashiba'', were aired soon after.

* ObliviousMockery: A flashback shows us how Genji Kamogawa hardened his fists by ''[[BeyondTheImpossible punching large wooden logs into a hill]]''. Later in the manga, Ippo hits logs into a hill with a hammer to train his leg and body muscles. Itagaki tells Kamogawa about this training.

* HeyItsThatVoice - The Latin-American fans have had massive [[RuinedFOREVER wtf's]] and [[{{Narm}} lulz]] over Ippo being voiced by [[{{Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum]]...

* CakeEater - First inverted with Nanako, who is in love with the five-year older Ippo. And surprisingly, played straight with her brother Manabu later. He is in love with Kumi who is three years older than he is. When he realizes he will never have a chance with her, he dates Mari, who is five years older. The latter is not very enthusiastic about it: considering Manabu's rather childish behaviour, his blunt and repeated reminding that they are both {{Hopeless Suitor}}s, and the fact that he is insistent on considering they are on a date [[NotADate while she just wants to interview him]], that's not too surprising

* {{Nakama}} - It doesn't matter how much Aoki, Kimura and Takamura tease and often downright bully Ippo: when he truly needs their support and advice, they're always by his side.

* The first pages of the two fights between Aoki and Papaya both have a rigorously identical panel layout and an identical pose for Aoki. So are the pages where Aoki takes the "Coconut Punch". The two fights are ''dozens of chapters apart'', making it [[CrowningMomentOfFunny doubly hilarious]] when you realize that.

* AccidentalAthlete: Although Ippo subverts this pretty hard himself, being as half the series is him working very hard in training.

** YourMileageMayVary on this one: you can see it as that all the tension was build up in anticipation of that single punch. It is made obvious from the beginning that the match itself will be short and expeditious.

* EverythingsPreciousWithPuppies - Wanpo seems to have no other purpose in the manga than to give Ippo a cute and fluffy companion during his training. And a few extra ChickMagnet points maybe. And yet, in one character popularity poll Wanpo manages to be in the ''top 10''!

* AnythingsAwesomeWithAnnouncers - '''[[LargeHam HIDARIIIII! MIGIIII!]]'''

* MarriedToTheJob - In chapter 573, after Ippo has spent his fight money to buy ''wooden logs'', Manabu comments that Ippo has a "boxing glove in his head instead of brains". Poor Kumi will not disagree with that one

* AccidentalAthlete
** Although Ippo subverts this pretty hard himself, being as half the series is him working very hard in training.