Is Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road has a 100/100 renewal signal score. This score is updated daily and reflects fandom momentum, streaming signals, and franchise history. Visit https://courcast.com/title/hajime-no-ippo-champion-road-spring-2003 for the full breakdown.

Will Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road be renewed?

Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road currently has a 100/100 renewal signal score on Courcast. Signals driving this score include online discussion volume, sequel history in the franchise, and platform engagement data - all updated daily.

What is Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road's renewal probability?

Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road's CourScore is 100/100 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single probability estimate. See the full score breakdown at https://courcast.com/title/hajime-no-ippo-champion-road-spring-2003.

Aliases

The First Step - Champion Road, Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road, Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road, はじめの一歩 -Champion Road-, Fighting Spirit: Champion Road

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Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road

Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road

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As the new Champion, Ippo must protect his title against some of the best boxers available.

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.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Last updated

Oct 28, 2026, 06:20 AM

Evidence

Announcement status

Official announcement records with supporting citations.

Confirmed

TV season

Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2003, 12:00 AM.

Franchise overview

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Renewal pulse

Courcast score breakdown

CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.

Confirmed

Announced Jan 1, 2003, 12:00 AM

CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.

Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 13 hours ago

Top reasons

Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.

Runway

Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.

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Production Feasibility0

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Strategic Priors0

Fandom Engagement0

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:20 AM

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Renewal FAQ

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road renewal questions

Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.

Is Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road getting a new season?: Yes - Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
Will Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road be renewed?: Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
What is Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road's renewal probability?: Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road's CourScore is 100 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily signal score out of 100.

Latest signals

Fresh telemetry

Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.

Source	Metric	Geo	Value	Collected
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anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	403	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	34,644	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	12	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	126	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	12,757	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	mark count	JP	1,543	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	score mean	JP	84	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	0	Oct 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	61	Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	momentum log ratio	GLOBAL	0	Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	favorites	GLOBAL	38	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	12,237	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	680	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	80.69	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	134,695	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	160,649	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	20,818	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	rating	GLOBAL	8.76	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source members	GLOBAL	103,619	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source status code	GLOBAL	2	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	3,571	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangaupdates	bayesian rating	GLOBAL	8.44	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	1,372	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	300	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	46,834	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	111	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	1	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	4	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	1	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	4	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	4	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.86	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	11,303	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	82.6	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	82	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	popularity	GLOBAL	6.47	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	vote count	GLOBAL	20	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	14	Jun 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	channel views total	GLOBAL	0	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	subscribers total	GLOBAL	0	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 30d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 7d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 30d	GLOBAL	20,721	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 7d	GLOBAL	20,721	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM

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