Manga like Ekiden Bros

Ekiden Danshi Project

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

Hayata Hayata, a middle-distance runner whose last high school race ended in disappointment, was planning to find a job in his hometown of Iwate after graduation...

However, he finds out that a private university, acquired by a major IT company, has established an ekiden team to compete in the "Hakone" relay race and is planning to hold a nationwide audition to recruit scholarship students. What's more, the team manager is a popular idol!

Tags: Male Protagonist , Athletics , Seinen , College

Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by a Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment 'Chikuseisou' where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan. Kakeru soon finds out that all of the residents except for Haiji and himself are complete novices.

Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Seinen , Athletics

Haikyuu!!

Also known as Haikyu!!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

A chance event triggered Shouyou Hinata's love for volleyball. His club had no members, but somehow persevered and finally made it into its very first and final regular match of middle school, where it was steamrolled by Tobio Kageyama, a superstar player known as "King of the Court." Vowing revenge, Hinata applied to the Karasuno High School volleyball club...only to come face-to-face with his hated rival, Kageyama! A tale of hot-blooded youth and volleyball from the pen of Haruichi Furudate!!



Notes:
Winner of the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2017.
Chapter count includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Volleyball , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Shounen , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Skip , Philosophy , School , Twins

Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

Uma Musume Cinderella Gray is a spin-off title of the Uma Musume project by Cygames. It follows Oguri Cap through her time at Kasamatsu Training Center Academy and on her journey of becoming a legendary horse girl.

Tags: Athletics , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Kemonomimi , Anthropomorphism , Seinen , Fitness , Dancing

Hakone no Nekoha

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

He's slow on his legs. Hopelessly slow. But still, while watching the "Ekiden," a two-day race in Hakone, Nekoya Taichi was deeply inspired by it.

Nekoya practices every day, but it seems like he isn't improving much at all. His senpai and big inspiration, Hayama Naoki, sees his effort and wants to believe in him. Getting accepted into the same high school Hayama went to, means to pass a harsh test and even though it seems like he has no talent for running at all, Nekoya continues his practice and doesn't give up on his big dream: running at the Hakone Ekiden—together with Hayama....

Tags: Shounen , Male Protagonist

Starting Gate!: Uma Musume Pretty Derby

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

A manga part of the Uma Musume Project by Cygames, a game and an anime. It follows Special Week, an aspiring horsegirl athlete-idol, as she transfers in to the Traincent Academy to follow her dreams. But will she be able to withstand the competitive environment that awaits her there?

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , School , Kemonomimi

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Star Blossom

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

The popular cross-media content "Uma Musume Pretty Derby" features "Uma Musume" who have inherited the names and souls of numerous racehorses! A new legend begins with the indomitable horse girl "Sakura Laurel" as the main character.

Tags: Athletics , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Disability , Kemonomimi

Hakutaku

Also known as Hakutaku.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama

Hikuma is a young man who seems to live in his own world. One day, he meets fellow high school oddball Noto and the two of them embark to create a video game that will impress their classmates. When the class finally plays the game that the two of them have put their blood, sweat, and tears into, their whole lives change! Can two high schoolers conquer the game industry in this new adventure from Shonen Jump?!



Tags: Video Games , Software Development , Shounen , School , Male Protagonist , Work

Embers

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Middle school brawler Noboru Haitani has never lost a fight. But the bitter taste of a soccer defeat gradually warms him up to the sport, until one day Haitani finds himself in a match against a team featuring middle school soccer prodigy Takami. An outlaw fights his way into the world of soccer!



Tags: Football , Shounen , Delinquents , School , Male Protagonist