Fighting Spirit: Champion Road (2003)
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.
Director:
Satoshi Nishimura
Writer:
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
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Kohei Kiyasu as Ippo Makunouchi (voice) |
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Rikiya Koyama as Mamoru Takamura (voice) |
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Kenji Utsumi as Genji Kamogawa (voice) |
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Masaya Onosaka as Takeshi Sendo (voice) |
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Tomokazu Seki as Ichirou Miyata (voice) |
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Wataru Takagi as Masaru Aoki (voice) |
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Masahiro Tanaka as Ryo Mashiba (voice) |
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Keiji Fujiwara as Tatsuya Kimura (voice) |
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Koichi Yamadera as Kazuki Sanada (voice) |
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Sanae Kobayashi as Kumi Mashiba (voice) |
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Toshihiko Nakajima as Haruhiko Yagi (voice) |
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Mitsuaki Madono as Masahiko Umezawa (voice) |
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Ichiro Nagai as Ginpachi Nekota (voice) |
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Kenichi Ono as Minoru Fujii (voice) |
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Emi Shinohara as Mari Iimura |
| Directing | Satoshi Nishimura | Director |
| Production | Hiroshi Yamashita | Producer |
| Writing | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | Screenplay |
| Writing | George Morikawa | Comic Book |
| Sound | Tsuneo Imahori | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Takahiro Miyata | Director of Photography |
