Episode 17 (Season 3)

Shocking Eleki and Coconut Papaya
Episode Information
Previous	Golden Eagle
Episode	Season 3 #17
Next	The Unfinished New Counter
Japanese Title	デンゲキ エレキとココナッツ パパイヤ
Romanized Title	Dengeki Ereki to Kokonattsu Papaiya
Arc	A Passing Point Arc
Manga	Round 524 (p.10-19) Round 525 (p.1-18) Round 526 (p.1-19) Round 527 (p.1-19) Round 528 (p.1-19)
Air dates
Japanese	February 1, 2014
Music
Opening	Yakan Hikō
Ending	Buchikome!!

Shocking Eleki and Coconut Papaya is Round 17 of the Hajime no Ippo: Rising anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Details

• Characters Introduced: Eleki Battery, Papaya Dachiu
• Techniques Introduced: Coconut Punch
• Locations Introduced: Yokohama Arena

Summary

As the match with the other fighters end, Aoki and Kimura's turn was against their opponents. The Filipino lightweight champion Eleki Battery, and the Indonesian junior lightweight champion Papaya Dachiu. Both of them were nervous about the matches and Ippo and Itagaki tried to calm them. Takamura came and ruined everything, telling them that their haircuts will look like them if they won't win. Following up in the matches, Kimura was on defence for a while, but then he noticed Eleki's weakness, that was by body blows. The match ended by a draw, and then was the trickster match, Aoki against Papaya. Aoki was confused for a little from the picture and his face being different but they both ended like it was a mud fight, to a draw. After those two fights ended, Miyata is ready for his turn, on his title defence.

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• The weigh-in with Takamura, Aoki, Kimura, Eagle, Papaya, and Eleki is removed in the anime.
• Ippo meeting coach Date and Okita in the Yokohama Arena after their boxer lost is removed in the anime.

Credits

Characters are named as they appear in the credits.

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Ippo Makunouchi	Kōhei Kiyasu	喜安 浩平	Kiyasu Kōhei
Mamoru Takamura	Rikiya Koyama	小山 力也	Koyama Rikiya
Masaru Aoki	Wataru Takagi	高木 渉	Takagi Wataru
Tatsuya Kimura	Keiji Fujiwara	藤原 啓治	Fujiwara Keiji
Manabu Itagaki	Daisuke Namikawa	浪川 大輔	Namikawa Daisuke
Ichirō Miyata	Tomokazu Seki	関 智一	Seki Tomokazu
Miyata's Father	Unshō Ishizuka	石塚 運昇	Ishizuka Unshō
David Eagle	Hidenobu Kiuchi	木内 秀信	Kiuchi Hidenobu
Tomiko	Shōko Tsuda	津田 匠子	Tsuda Shōko
Shinoda	Seiji Sasaki	佐々木 誠二	Sasaki Seiji
Kizakura	Tōru Nara	奈良 徹	Nara Tōru
Akamatsu	Kazuhiro Fusegawa	布施川 一寛	Fusegawa Kazuhiro
Referee	Hisashi Izumi	いずみ 尚	Izumi Hisashi
Eagle's Second	Shigeyuki Susaki	須嵜 成幸	Susaki Shigeyuki
Live Announcer	Masashi Funakoshi	船越 雅史	Funakoshi Masashi
Coach Kamogawa	Shōzō Īzuka	飯塚 昭三	Īzuka Shōzō

Episode Credits

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Screenplay	Katsuya Ishida	石田 勝也	Ishida Katsuya
Storyboard	Yō☆Nakano	なかの☆陽	Nakano☆Yō
Director	Masami Hata	波多 正美	Hata Masami
Animation Director	Kim Ki-nam