Episode 3— Tears of Joy
Aired October 17, 2000 · 24 min
Synopsis
Ippo loses his initial sparring match but demonstrates enough promise to earn a place at the gym.
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Kohei Kiyasu
as Ippo Makunouchi
Rikiya Koyama
as Mamoru Takamura
Kenji Utsumi
as Genji Kamogawa
Tomokazu Seki
as Ichirou Miyata
Toshihiko Nakajima
as Haruhiko Yagi
Wataru Takagi
as Masaru Aoki
Keiji Fujiwara
as Tatsuya Kimura
D C Douglas
as Genji Kamogawa
Richard Epcar
as Genji Kamogawa
Steve Staley
as Ippo Makunouchi
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