Judo Icchokusen
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.
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Seasons
1.Hell Wheel Is Cool!
22-06-196930 min
2.The Disciple of the Hell Wheel
29-06-196930 min
3.Demon Wheel, Devil Wheel, Tear Wheel
06-07-196930 min
4.Naoya's Manji Wheel
13-07-196930 min
5.Gust: The Red Moon Wheel
27-07-196930 min
6.Charge! The Breaking Wheel
03-08-196930 min
7.Deadly Two-Step Wheel
10-08-196930 min
8.Onimaru's Flame Wheel
17-08-196930 min
9.Naoya's Expulsion Wheel
24-08-196930 min
10.Duel of Dragon and Tiger Wheel
31-08-196930 min
11.Naoya the Crybaby's Wave Wheel
07-09-196930 min
12.Ripping Wind: The Shrimp Wheel
14-09-196930 min
13.Fresh Blood, the Wheel Overturned
21-09-196930 min
14.Crash Against the Hard Path
28-09-196930 min
15.Knock Daigoji Flying!
05-10-196930 min- Ep 16
16.Smash the Demon of Kendo!
12-10-196930 min - Ep 17
17.Throw Akatsuki Asahi!
19-10-196930 min - Ep 18
18.Win! Win! Win!
26-10-196930 min 
19.Burn! The Immortal Phoenix
02-11-196930 min
20.Beat the Bar-Lock Sumo!
09-11-196930 min
21.Tear Off the Red Mask!
16-11-196930 min
22.Break the Chain Staff!
23-11-196930 min
23.Drop Dead, Daigoji!
30-11-196930 min
24.Strike Down Judo Satan!
07-12-196930 min
25.Take On the Jaguar Throw!
14-12-196930 min
26.Break the Megaton Throw!
21-12-196930 min
27.Kuruma Shusaku, Fight Me!
28-12-196930 min
28.The Prodigy! Kumano Taro
04-01-197030 min
29.Reversal! The Two-Step Throw
11-01-197030 min
30.Deadly! The Aerial Two-Step Throw
18-01-197030 min
31.Black Boxer Sammy Jaguar
25-01-197030 min
32.The Dreadful Black Punch
01-02-197030 min
33.Showdown at Susuki Plain
08-02-197030 min
34.The Dragon of the Second Judo Club
15-02-197030 min
35.Two-Step Throw vs. Rock Crusher
22-02-197030 min
36.A Man's Tearful Two-Step Throw
01-03-197030 min
37.The One-Armed Match of Friendship
08-03-197030 min
38.The Great Technique: Osorezan
15-03-197030 min
39.Naoya, Ryu and Kazamatsuri
22-03-197030 min
40.Farewell, Demon Wheel
29-03-197030 min
41.Wild Eagle, Spread Your Wings! — What Is High School?
05-04-197030 min
42.Leap Over Hell! — What Is Conquering Yourself?
12-04-197030 min
43.The Deadly Phoenix — What Is Defeating Your Enemy?
19-04-197030 min
44.Ukyo, Fight Me! — What Is the Way of Judo?
26-04-197030 min
45.Firebird, Burn Your Wings! — What Is a Master?
03-05-197030 min
46.A Demon's Judo — What Is 'Soft Overcomes Hard'?
10-05-197030 min
47.Stand Alone in the Wilderness — What Is Concentration?
17-05-197030 min
48.Death Match of Dragon and Tiger — What Is Battle?
24-05-197030 min
49.Deadly Mounted Reversal! — What Is a Friend of the Heart?
31-05-197030 min
50.Daigoji Torao Appears — What Is Returning to Your Roots?
07-06-197030 min- Ep 51
51.Go, My Friend! — What Is Manliness?
14-06-197030 min 
52.Come On, Daigoji! — What Is 'Cool'?
21-06-197030 min
53.The Dreaded Hell Wheel — What Is the Way of Competition?
28-06-197030 min
54.The Sakuragaoka Black Belt Five — What Is Teamwork?
05-07-197030 min
55.Wheel Reversal, the Judo Swan — What Is a Coward?
12-07-197030 min
56.Duel: Takabane High Sharks — What Is Responsibility?
26-07-197030 min
57.Great Technique: The Mutsu Hurricane — What Is Friendship Between Men?
02-08-197030 min
58.Clash! Don't Cry, Mikippe — What Is Friendship Between a Man and a Woman?
09-08-197030 min
59.Fighting Spirit: Judo Double-Header — What Is True Unity?
16-08-197030 min
60.Showdown: U-Turn to Akatsuki — What Is Parent and Child?
23-08-197030 min
61.Deadly Technique: Kickoff to the Flying Dragon — What Is the Love of Master and Disciple?
30-08-197030 min
62.Night Before the Showdown: Judo Jamboree — What Is Youth?
06-09-197030 min
63.Match: Black Belt Fight — What Is a Rival?
13-09-197030 min
64.Explosion! Judo Mate — What Is Helping One Another?
20-09-197030 min
65.The Hell Wheel, a Rolling Receive — What Is True Victory?
27-09-197030 min
66.Attack the Great Eruption Throw — What Is Guts?
04-10-197030 min
67.Vacuum Throw, High Jump — What Is a Loser?
11-10-197030 min
68.The Demon Wheel and the Kodokan — What Is Confidence?
18-10-197030 min
69.My Judo, Your Judo — What Is a Man's Farewell?
25-10-197030 min
70.The Demon Wheel, Straight Ahead — What Is a Man's Path?
01-11-197030 min
71.Expelled From the Judo Club? — What Is Solitude?
08-11-197030 min
72.Kuruma Shusaku, Fight Me! — What Is True Master and Disciple?
15-11-197030 min
73.The Road to Hell — What Is Your Own Path?
22-11-197030 min
74.Episode 74
29-11-197030 min
75.Today's Battle — What Are Club Activities?
06-12-197030 min
76.Deadly Technique: Heaven-and-Earth Whirlpool — What Is a Fighting Heart?
13-12-197030 min
77.Vacuum Throw, Aerial Somersault — What Is a Gentle Heart?
20-12-197030 min
78.Break It! The Great Eruption Throw — What Is Knowing Your Enemy?
27-12-197030 min
79.Awakening! The Vacuum Two-Step Throw — What Is Fighting Spirit?
03-01-197130 min
80.Deadly Technique: Manji Collapse — What Is Living Together?
10-01-19711h 20m
81.Beat the True Self-Sacrifice Yamabiko — What Is Endurance?
17-01-197130 min
82.The Dreadful Scorpion Drop — What Are the Rules?
24-01-197130 min
83.Reversal: The Jumbo Throw — What Is Harmony Among People?
31-01-197130 min
84.A Sad Spring Journey — What Is a Man's Tears?
07-02-197130 min
85.Sakuragaoka No.1 — What Is a Man's Contest?
14-02-197130 min
86.Showdown! The Blizzard Pass — What Is a Man's Pride?
21-02-197130 min
87.Ichijo Being Ichijo — What Is Fighting Spirit?
28-02-197130 min
88.Explosion! The Straight-Line Throw — What Is a True Father?
07-03-197130 min
89.The National Championship Begins — What Is the Individual?
14-03-197130 min
90.Tears in the Wolf's Eyes... — What Is a Man's Loneliness?
21-03-197130 min
91.Can You Win Through to the End? — What Is Becoming an Adult?
28-03-197130 min
92.This Long Path of Judo — What Is 'Straight Ahead'?
04-04-197130 min
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