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.
Kenichi Sakuragi
Hideo Takamatsu
Kyoko Yoshizawa
藤江喜幸
Kazuko Aoki
Fuyukichi Maki
Yūsaku Matsuda
Masahiko Arima
Tetsuya Yamaoka
Ikki Kajiwara
Minoru Shiraki
Takeshi Sasaki
Sonny Chiba
Masaomi Kondo
Tōru Abe
Nobuo Tanaka
Masanobu Hodaka
Hajime Kubo