Fighting Spirit: Champion Road

Fighting Spirit: Champion Road (2003) is a animation, action film directed by Satoshi Nishimura rated 6.9/10.

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.

Cast

Kohei Kiyasu

Ippo Makunouchi (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Mamoru Takamura (voice)

Kenji Utsumi

Genji Kamogawa (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

Takeshi Sendo (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Ichirou Miyata (voice)

Wataru Takagi

Masaru Aoki (voice)

Masahiro Tanaka

Ryo Mashiba (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

Tatsuya Kimura (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Kazuki Sanada (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Kumi Mashiba (voice)

Toshihiko Nakajima

Haruhiko Yagi (voice)

Mitsuaki Madono

Masahiko Umezawa (voice)