is a Japanese manga author known for the long-running series ''

Hajime no Ippo is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since October 1989 and collected into 135 ''tankōb ...

.'' Born in

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, Morikawa was inspired to become a manga artist upon reading

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's ''

Harris no Kaze is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba, serialized in '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' in 1965. It was the first manga to be reprinted as a ''tankōbon'' in 1967 as part of the Kodansha Comics series. Plot The stor ...

'' in elementary school. He was previously an assistant to

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, while known mangaka

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and Kaori Saki were past assistants to him. '' Hajime no Ippo'', as of March 2022, has released 134

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volumes. It has been adapted into several anime series, the first of which began airing in 2000 and was produced by Madhouse studio. The first series contains 76 episodes, while the second series, which started in 2009, contains 26. The third series, named ''Hajime no Ippo: Rising'', was produced in 2013 and contains 25 episodes. Morikawa won the

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially w ...

in 1991 for ''Hajime no Ippo''. He is also the owner of JB Sports Gym in Tokyo.

Works

* (1983) * (1986) (2 volumes) * (1986) (2 volumes) * (1989-ongoing,

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

) (135 volumes) * (2012) (1 volume)

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