Fighting Spirit: Champion Road
Released: June 25, 2003Runtime: 90 minLanguage: JA
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.
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Kohei Kiyasu
as Ippo Makunouchi
Kenji Utsumi
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Seizo Kato
as Dankichi Hama
Koichi Yamadera
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Rikiya Koyama
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Wataru Takagi
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Keiji Fujiwara
as Tatsuya Kimura
Sanae Kobayashi
as Kumi Mashiba
Toshihiko Nakajima
as Haruhiko Yagi
Mitsuaki Madono
as Masahiko Umezawa
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