Manga like Juudou-bu Monogatari

Kenji

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Kenji is a manga about a Japanese teenager named Kenji, who practices the martial art Bajiquan, and his encounters with other martial artists, some of which are from real life, e.g. Adam Hsu and Liu Chia-Liang. This series primarily features Baji Quan, but also gets into Praying Mantis Kung Fu, Bagua Zhang, Chen Taiji Quan, Pi Quan, Xingyi Quan, Xin Yi Liu He Quan, Shaolin Quan, Hung Ga, Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu, Shotokan Karate and numerous other styles. Kenji's nemesis is a gangster named Tony Tan who practices Hung Gar and later Xinyiliuhequan.

Tags: Martial Arts , Shounen

Yawara!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Sports

Yawara Inokuma is a talented judoka raised and trained by her grandfather Jigoro. Her grandfather says she's supposed to become the hope of Japan's judo team in Seoul in 1988, but she has different plans: to finish high school and find a boyfriend... like all her friends. But being a normal girl and an Olympic champion are two different things. Which path will she choose to follow?

Note: Won the 35th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1990.

Tags: Judo , Athletics , Coming of Age , Martial Arts , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Ojou-sama

JJM - Joshi Judoubu Monogatari

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

Tags: Judo , Seinen , Female Protagonist

Osu!! Karate Bu

Also known as Osu! Karate Club.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Matsushita Tadashi is a second year student at Kangokou High School (in Osaka, Japan) and a constant target of Kangokou's numerous bullies who beat him up routinely after school. He is accompanied by his best friend Saitou Takaki, who is also constantly harassed.

As the pair grow increasingly tired of being victimized they decide to join the titular Karate Club, which is notorious throughout Osaka's youth gangs for training and producing the city's most hardened and toughest teenage thugs while maintaining the facade of a legit school sports club. But when they join the club, they find themselves picked on just as much if not worse by the club's current members.

Tags: Delinquents , Martial Arts , Cars , School , Gangs , Yakuza , Primarily Male Cast , School Club , Seinen

Yawaraka

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

Tags: Martial Arts , Primarily Female Cast , School Club

Mou Ippon!

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

After performing in their final middle school judo tournament, Michi and Sanae begin high school and walk in on Michi's final opponent fighting to save their new high school's judo club.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Martial Arts , School Club , Shounen , Judo

Judo Sanka

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Tags: Judo , Shounen , Male Protagonist

Shin Koutarou Makaritooru! Juudouhen

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi

After having to repeat his final year in Tsurugamine High School, Kotaro is drawn to Judo through the encounters he make with first-year students Kumi Mifune, Sanshiro Saigo and Daigo Daigo. Having lost to Kotaro, first-year Judoka Kumi Mifune endured to learn the Karate discipline in order to defeat Kotaro. However, the ambitious delinquent Judoka Daigo captured her as a bait to take on Kotaro and take over his long-standing Kyokutan dojo. Sanshiro Saigo was taken as well and caused the Judo Club to be involved in the conflict with Kotaro.

With the return of many previous characters mixed with the appearance of new characters, this new arc brings Kotaro and Mayumi to the world of Judo filled with the familiar mix of comedy, ecchi, and martial arts.

Tags: Martial Arts , Shounen

1 2 no Sanshirou

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

Tags: Shounen

SLAM DUNK

Also known as Slam Dunk.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever...



Tags: Basketball , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Delinquents , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Tragedy