Movie
Fighting Spirit: Champion Road
Released: June 25, 2003 (2003)
Runtime: 90 minutes
Genres: Animation, Action, Comedy, TV Movie
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Kenji Utsumi as Genji Kamogawa (voice)
Age at release: 65
- Koichi Yamadera as Kazuki Sanada (voice)
Age at release: 42
- Toshihiko Nakajima as Haruhiko Yagi (voice)
Age at release: 40
- Rikiya Koyama as Mamoru Takamura (voice)
Age at release: 39
- Masaya Onosaka as Takeshi Sendo (voice)
Age at release: 38
- Keiji Fujiwara as Tatsuya Kimura (voice)
Age at release: 38
- Mitsuaki Madono as Masahiko Umezawa (voice)
Age at release: 38
- Wataru Takagi as Masaru Aoki (voice)
Age at release: 36
- Tomokazu Seki as Ichirou Miyata (voice)
Age at release: 30
- Sanae Kobayashi as Kumi Mashiba (voice)
Age at release: 23
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- Ichiro Nagai as Ginpachi Nekota (voice)
Age at release: 72
- Kenichi Ono as Minoru Fujii (voice)
Age at release: 45
- Emi Shinohara as Mari Iimura
Age at release: 39