Judo Icchokusen

Name: Judo Icchokusen
Genre: Drama
Released: 1969-06-22
Cast: Kenichi Sakuragi, Hideo Takamatsu, Kyoko Yoshizawa, 藤江喜幸, Kazuko Aoki

— Jun 1969 1 Season 92 Episodes 30m/ep

Ended

Drama

Overview

Based on the manga by Ikki Kajiwara, with art by Shinji Nagashima and Yuzuru Saito. After his father dies following defeat at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Naoya Ichijo meets the mysterious judoka Shusaku Kuruma and becomes his disciple, mastering special techniques such as the "Jigoku-guruma" (Hell Wheel) and "Ebi-guruma" (Shrimp Wheel) while fighting rivals and foreign judoka on the way to becoming a top judoka.

Judo Icchokusen

Overview

Cast

Key Crew

Hell Wheel Is Cool!

The Disciple of the Hell Wheel

Demon Wheel, Devil Wheel, Tear Wheel

Naoya's Manji Wheel

Gust: The Red Moon Wheel

Charge! The Breaking Wheel

Deadly Two-Step Wheel

Onimaru's Flame Wheel

Naoya's Expulsion Wheel

Duel of Dragon and Tiger Wheel

Naoya the Crybaby's Wave Wheel

Ripping Wind: The Shrimp Wheel

Fresh Blood, the Wheel Overturned

Crash Against the Hard Path

Knock Daigoji Flying!

Smash the Demon of Kendo!

Throw Akatsuki Asahi!

Win! Win! Win!

Burn! The Immortal Phoenix

Beat the Bar-Lock Sumo!

Tear Off the Red Mask!

Break the Chain Staff!

Drop Dead, Daigoji!

Strike Down Judo Satan!

Take On the Jaguar Throw!

Break the Megaton Throw!

Kuruma Shusaku, Fight Me!

The Prodigy! Kumano Taro

Reversal! The Two-Step Throw

Deadly! The Aerial Two-Step Throw

Black Boxer Sammy Jaguar

The Dreadful Black Punch

Showdown at Susuki Plain

The Dragon of the Second Judo Club

Two-Step Throw vs. Rock Crusher

A Man's Tearful Two-Step Throw

The One-Armed Match of Friendship

The Great Technique: Osorezan

Naoya, Ryu and Kazamatsuri

Farewell, Demon Wheel

Wild Eagle, Spread Your Wings! — What Is High School?

Leap Over Hell! — What Is Conquering Yourself?

The Deadly Phoenix — What Is Defeating Your Enemy?

Ukyo, Fight Me! — What Is the Way of Judo?

Firebird, Burn Your Wings! — What Is a Master?

A Demon's Judo — What Is 'Soft Overcomes Hard'?

Stand Alone in the Wilderness — What Is Concentration?

Death Match of Dragon and Tiger — What Is Battle?

Deadly Mounted Reversal! — What Is a Friend of the Heart?

Daigoji Torao Appears — What Is Returning to Your Roots?

Go, My Friend! — What Is Manliness?

Come On, Daigoji! — What Is 'Cool'?

The Dreaded Hell Wheel — What Is the Way of Competition?

The Sakuragaoka Black Belt Five — What Is Teamwork?

Wheel Reversal, the Judo Swan — What Is a Coward?

Duel: Takabane High Sharks — What Is Responsibility?

Great Technique: The Mutsu Hurricane — What Is Friendship Between Men?

Clash! Don't Cry, Mikippe — What Is Friendship Between a Man and a Woman?

Fighting Spirit: Judo Double-Header — What Is True Unity?

Showdown: U-Turn to Akatsuki — What Is Parent and Child?

Deadly Technique: Kickoff to the Flying Dragon — What Is the Love of Master and Disciple?

Night Before the Showdown: Judo Jamboree — What Is Youth?

Match: Black Belt Fight — What Is a Rival?

Explosion! Judo Mate — What Is Helping One Another?

The Hell Wheel, a Rolling Receive — What Is True Victory?

Attack the Great Eruption Throw — What Is Guts?

Vacuum Throw, High Jump — What Is a Loser?

The Demon Wheel and the Kodokan — What Is Confidence?

My Judo, Your Judo — What Is a Man's Farewell?

The Demon Wheel, Straight Ahead — What Is a Man's Path?

Expelled From the Judo Club? — What Is Solitude?

Kuruma Shusaku, Fight Me! — What Is True Master and Disciple?

The Road to Hell — What Is Your Own Path?

Episode 74

Today's Battle — What Are Club Activities?

Deadly Technique: Heaven-and-Earth Whirlpool — What Is a Fighting Heart?