Top Judo Manga Recommendations

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san

Also known as Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Nagatoro is a freshman in high school who loves teasing and torturing her older male classmate! What’s her motivation and why does Senpai put up with her? Does Nagatoro just want to create misery for Senpai? Or maybe she secretly likes him?



Note: Includes 34 extra chapters.

Tags: Bullying , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Tanned Skin , School , Primarily Female Cast , Drawing , School Club , Shounen , Tomboy , Gyaru , Slapstick , Judo , Urban , Martial Arts , Nudity , Time Skip , Yandere

Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!

Also known as Tomo-chan is a Girl!.

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

Boyish high school girl Aizawa Tomo finally manages to tell her childhood friend Jun that she’s got a crush on him. Unfortunately, her confession goes right over his head—he didn’t even realize she was a girl until junior high, and even now, Jun still thinks of her as a bro! How can Tomo-chan possibly convince him otherwise and win Jun’s heart?



Notes:
- Originally published daily on Twi4. The volume release compiled the series into 51 chapters.
- Includes 8 sets of bonus pages, where each set is considered a chapter; each volume contains a set.

Tags: Tomboy , 4-koma , Female Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Episodic , Athletics , Shounen , Judo , Martial Arts , School Club

Gintama

Also known as Gin Tama.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

The samurai didn't stand a chance. First, the aliens invaded Japan. Next, they took all the jobs. And then they confiscated everyone's swords. So what does a hotheaded former samurai like Sakata "Gin" Gintoki do to make ends meet? Take any odd job that comes his way, even if it means losing his dignity.



Included Bonus Chapters:
Volume 1: Dandelion (One-shot).
Volume 2: Shirokuro (One-shot).
Volume 24: 13 (One-shot).
Volume 38: Bankara-san Ga Tooru (One-shot).
Volume 41: Special Lesson.

Tags: Samurai , Found Family , Parody , Meta , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Philosophy , Shounen , Episodic , Tragedy , Space , Historical , Anachronism , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Police , War , Dystopian , Robots , Ninja , Ghost , LGBTQ+ Themes , Homeless , Assassins , Crossdressing , Fugitive , Idol , Shrine Maiden , Body Swapping , Gender Bending , Judo , Drawing , Gangs , Female Harem , Dissociative Identities , Afterlife , Amnesia , Cult , Military , Reincarnation , Nekomimi , Conspiracy , Politics

Medaka Box

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Kurokami Medaka, a first year, is elected as Student Council President, and the first thing she does is establish a suggestion box, later dubbed by students the "Medaka Box". Medaka encourages students to submit any problem to the box without hesitation and promises to take on any issue from anyone.

Since Medaka won the Student Council elections with a staggering 98% of the vote, she ends up as the Council's only member. She asks her childhood friend, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, for help and he grudgingly agrees, becoming the Student Council's lowest ranking member. Soon Medaka recruits two more people to the Student Council, the former judo club member Akune Kouki as secretary and the current swim club member Kikaijima Mogana, on loan for 300 yen a day, as treasurer.

Now the Student Council members spend their days solving the problems submitted through the Medaka Box, whether they be hooligans in clubs where they don't belong, girls who need help writing love letters or people who've lost their pets, gradually earning the respect and admiration of the entire school.

Included chapters:
Volume 15 contains the gaiden "Good Loser Kumagawa" (グッドルーザー球磨川); Jump NEXT (2011/12/26)
Volume 22 contains the gaiden "Good Loser Kumagawa Final" (完結編).

Tags: Large Breasts , Coming of Age , School , Super Power , Shounen , Meta , Anti-Hero , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Afterlife , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Yandere , Nudity , Primarily Teen Cast , Nekomimi , Assassins , Card Battle , Time Skip , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Robots , Guns , Classic Literature , Swimming , Judo , Cyborg , Band , Idol , Incest

Kengan Omega

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Sports

Sequel to Kengan Asura. Takes place 2 years after the tournament.

Tags: Martial Arts , Athletics , Ensemble Cast , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Boxing , Primarily Adult Cast , Wrestling , Assassins , Judo , Ninja , Clone

Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance , Sports

Kohinata Minoru is a college student at a college that is popular for its sports rather than academic orientation. Although he starts out as a gymnast alongside his friend, Nana, Minoru is bullied by the higher ranked gymnasts. One evening, a karate student at the college, Mutou Ryuuji, witnesses Minoru being bullied and comes to the rescue... but his intentions aren't to save Minoru, but to drag him into the world of karate. Minoru makes new friends and learns some of their dark pasts, including a shocking death that reveals motives for revenge.

Tags: Martial Arts , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Boxing , Drugs , Athletics , Ninja , Judo , Primarily Male Cast , School Club

All Rounder Meguru

Also known as All-Rounder Meguru.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

High schooler and budding Shooto mixed martial arts fighter, Meguru Takayanagi, reunites with his old friend from grade school, Takashi Segawa, in the ring for the first time in seven years. However, while the two used to be good friends, due to the difference in their upbringings, Takashi now sees Meguru as an enemy. Without a moment of joy to commemorate their reunion, the old friends' match begins...




Tags: Martial Arts , Seinen , Tomboy , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Yakuza , Tsundere , Wrestling , Boxing , Judo

Heroine Hajimemashita.

Also known as Heroine for Hire.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Shuko Kodakamine is strong—too strong, by the standards of some. She hopes to make a good high school debut, but that plan goes up in smoke almost immediately when she injures the attractive, charismatic Serizawa-kun...and later suplexes him, to boot! But when Serizawa-kun finds himself in hot water with a jealous boyfriend, it's Shuko who comes to his aid...and he comes up with a ridiculous proposition: If Shuko becomes his bodyguard, he'll make her the most important girl in his world!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Shoujo , School , Martial Arts , Judo , Tomboy

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

Gyeok Gi 3 Ban

Also known as Fight Class 3.

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Action , Slice of Life , Sports

A world in which Korea is the global capital of combat sports. At Nam-Il High School where the best and most talented students of martial arts reside, Jiu Ji-Tae suddenly finds himself thrust into their midst despite being a total weakling.

By neutralising his physical shortcomings through jiu-jitsu, can he rise to the top of the fight classes?

Tags: Martial Arts , School , Male Protagonist , Estranged Family , Anti-Hero , Wrestling , Primarily Teen Cast , Drugs , Boxing , Judo , Bullying , Tragedy , Tomboy , Delinquents , Athletics , Gangs

Medaka Box

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi

Kurokami Medaka, a first year, is elected as Student Council President, and the first thing she does is establish a suggestion box. Since she was just elected as Student Council President, she's holding all the Student Council's responsibilities, and wearing their armbands. So she asks for her childhood friend, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, for help.

After filtering through the suggestions, which were mostly ridiculous complaints or congratulations on becoming president, they find out the Judo Club needs one more member to participate. So, Medaka volunteers her and Zenkichi, who have both been practicing Judo for years, to help train the club and borrow Zenkichi for the match.

Tags: School , Shounen , Judo

Sorairo Flutter

Also known as That Blue Sky Feeling.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Outgoing high school student Noshiro finds himself drawn to Sanada, the school outcast, who is rumored to be gay. Rather than deter Noshiro, the rumor makes him even more determined to get close to Sanada, setting in motion a tale of first love.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Coming of Age , School Club , Shounen , Male Protagonist , School , Judo , Heterosexual , Age Gap

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

Seitokaichou ni Chuukoku

Also known as Hey, Class President!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

High-strung Chiga finds himself questioning the results when his judo team partner, Kokusai, is elected class president of their all-boys school. A president, of course, needs a running mate - and just like that, Kokusai appoints Chiga to be his vice-president! How did a slowpoke like Kokusai win an election, anyway?! It quickly becomes clear that Chiga's major vice-presidential duty will be to keep Kokusai out of harm's way, but is he up to the task?



Tags: School , Boys' Love , Judo

Gorin no Megami-sama: Nadeshiko Ryou no Medal Gohan

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Sports

The protagonist, Kominato Ryou, whose only skill is cooking, is accepted by his father into the prestigious Itadaki High School, on the condition that he work as a cook at the residence. However, the "dorm" is a female dorm where future gold medalists live. The dietary demands of these high-level athletes are naturally high. Accept the challenge to fill their stomachs and prepare their bodies for the Olympics! A group of schoolgirls + an Olympic gourmet! The delicious harem romantic comedy begins!

Tags: Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Female Harem , Food , Tennis , Judo , Swimming , Athletics

Dash!

Also known as Dash!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Akimoto has just started his high school career at Miya High and is burning with enthusiasm. Not because he's in the springtime of his youth, or because he has his eyes set on some beautiful upperclassmen; rather, Akimoto is overjoyed to finally be able to meet his long time Judo idol Saitou! Akimoto has watched Saitou ever since his middle school days, but the real Saitou isn't matching up to the Saitou of Akimoto's dreams. Foul mouthed, with a bad attitude and superiority complex, Saitou has decided to use Akimoto's admiration against him and turn him into his slave.

But Saitou has a deep, dark secret that he is hiding from his kouhai. Will Akimoto still look up to Saitou when it is revealed? Join Akimoto, Saitou and the rest of the Miya Judo team in this charming tale of high school love between sempai and kouhai.



Tags: Boys' Love , Martial Arts , Judo

Jigoro!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Sports

Prequel to Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl

Published in an anthology of 4 stories about Jigorou and 2 other stories completely unrelated to Jigorou or Yawara.

Tags: Martial Arts , Judo , Anthology , Historical , War , Swordplay , Gambling , Baseball , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Male Protagonist

Kiss yori mo Hayaku: Future

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Marriage of teacher Ojiro and high schooler Fumino, whose parents have passed away. Includes a total of 5 story's following their wedding day.

Tags: Shoujo , Age Gap , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Teacher , Time Skip , Cosplay , Judo , Male Protagonist , School Club

Junai★Sensation

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Two boys best of friends until one day one of them gets killed saving the life of the other. The boys spirit wanders watching him until one day he ends up possessing the body of a girl who tried to kill herself.

Note: Includes a extra story.

Tags: Shoujo , Gender Bending , Judo

Gyu...tte Shite Ii?

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

"Become my pillow" is what he suddenly ordered me to do...?!

Tags: Shoujo , School Club , Judo , Heterosexual , School