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
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
Sep 11, 2026, 06:30 AM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2003, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
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Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road
Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road
2003ViewingConfirmedHajime No Ippo: The Fighting! - Rising -
Hajime no Ippo: Rising
2013(×﹏×)Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! New Challenger
Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
2009ConfirmedHajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Mashiba vs Kimura
Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs Kimura - Shikei Shikkou
2003ConfirmedHajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!
2000Confirmed
Courcast score breakdown
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Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 15 hours ago
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- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
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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-updated probability out of 100.
Fresh telemetry
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 80 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 406 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 33,780 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 124 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 12,700 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 1,498 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 84 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 46 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 58 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 38 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 12,218 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 678 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 80.68 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 134,048 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 159,863 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 20,713 | Sep 11, 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 | 3,543 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 8.44 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 1,372 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 301 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 46,800 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 33 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 6 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.86 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 11,217 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 82.6 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 82 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 3.57 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 20 | Sep 11, 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 |