Episode 10 (Season 1)

Debut Match!
Episode Information
Previous	C Class License
Episode	Season 1 #10 (Watch Online)
Next	Obsession for Victory
Japanese Title	デビュー戦!
Romanized Title	Debyū-sen!
Arc	Debut Arc
Manga	Round 17 (p.1-19) Round 18 (p.2-17, 20) Round 19 (p.2-5)
Air dates
Japanese	December 5, 2000
English	October 12, 2004
Music
Opening	Under Star
Ending	Yūzora no Kami Hikōki

Debut Match! is Round 10 of the Hajime no Ippo anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Details

• Characters Introduced: Yūsuke Oda, Mikami Reiko Mikami, Shinoda
• Locations Introduced: Nishikawa Boxing Gym, Riky's

Summary

Kamogawa announces that Ippo's next opponent is Yūsuke Oda. Yagi states that Oda has five matches, three wins, two losses. Everyone believes Ippo will win an easy match, which puts Ippo under pressure. Elsewhere, Mikami is looking for Oda, who is having a date with his daughter. Mikami finds him and starts an argument about not doing roadwork and how he lacks stamina. Reiko goes to the Iwata's Chinese Noodles with her friend, while Kimura, Takamura and Ippo arrives. Kimura and Takamura tells Ippo he shouldn't be worried about facing Oda, as he is gutless and a clown. Aoki then tries out his Playing Card Fortune Telling, Takamura states that Aoki's accuracy is on point, Aoki then shows that Ippo's fortune says he will win, Takamura and Kimura laugh as Ippo is confused. After Oda is finished training at the Nishikawa gym, he finds Reiko waiting for him. Reiko tells Oda that people are still training in the gym, Oda replies that he is a natural and needs no extra training, he tries to bring his hand on her shoulder before she slaps his hand away. Reiko says she is losing faith in Oda and that she is breaking up with him if he loses the match, she then tells him that she heard his opponent's friends call him pathetic. Meanwhile, Ippo asks Takamura why he and Kimura laughed, Takamura replies that Aoki's result is always the opposite of what he predicts. Oda arrives at the gym, Mikami is surprised that he wants to train to win against Ippo. Oda and Ippo trains until the day before the match. At the Kōrakuen Hall, Ippo and Oda goes to the weight-in, Ippo goes and greets Oda, who then glares at Ippo. After the weight check, Ippo goes jogs, while jogging, he remembers the day he caught ten leaves. At the day of the match, he goes to Kōrakuen Hall and waits for his match. As the match is called, Ippo and Oda enter the ring.

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• In the manga, it is shown that it was Hiroko who made Ippo's trunks, and that Ippo gave her a paper with his name written (in a wrong way, "I P O") in English to her, so she could write it on the trunks. Also, Takamura and the crew are shown joking about it. In the anime, this scene is omitted and the trunks are shown with Ippo's name correctly written as "I P P O".

Credits

Characters are named as they appear in the credits.

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji	English Voice Actor
Ippo Makunouchi	Kōhei Kiyasu	喜安 浩平	Kiyasu Kōhei	Steve Cannon
Mamoru Takamura	Rikiya Koyama	小山 力也	Koyama Rikiya	Eddie Frierson
Coach Kamogawa	Kenji Utsumi	内海 賢二	Utsumi Kenji	Richard George
Masaru Aoki	Wataru Takagi	高木 渉	Takagi Wataru	Jim Taggert
Tatsuya Kimura	Keiji Fujiwara	藤原 啓治	Fujiwara Keiji	Grant George
Manager Yagi	Toshihiko Nakajima	中嶋 聡彦	Nakajima Toshihiko	George Z. Cole
Yūsuke Oda	Nobutoshi Canna	神奈 延年	Kanna Nobutoshi	Bobby Hasting
Reiko Mikami	Akemi Okamura	岡村 明美	Okamura Akemi	Michelle Ruff
Trainer Mikami	Yūichi Nagashima	長島 雄一	Nagashima Yūichi	Bob Papenbrook
Office Lady Friend	Akemi Adachi	足立 朱美	Adachi Akemi
Ring Announcer	Katsuyuki Konishi	小西 克幸	Konishi Katsuyuki
Weigh-in Staff	Makoto Higo	肥後 誠	Higo Makoto

Episode Credits

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Screenplay	Ryōsuke Nakamura	中村 亮介	Nakamura Ryōsuke
Storyboard	Sōichirō Zen	善 聡一郎	Zen Sōichirō
Director	Mitsuyuki Masuhara	増原 光幸	Masuhara Mitsuyuki
Animation Director	Hiroshi Kōjina	神志那 弘志	Kōjina Hiroshi