Episode 7 (Season 3)

Cheese Champion
Episode Information
Previous	Distance to Glory
Episode	Season 3 #7
Next	Starved Mad Dog, Red Wolf
Japanese Title	チーズチャンピオン
Romanized Title	Chīzu Chanpion
Arc	Dragon Slayer Arc
Manga	Round 461 (p.17-19) Round 462 (p.7-17) Round 463 (p.9-19) Round 464 (p.4-15) Round 465 (p.1-8, 10-17) Round 466 (p.1-17)
Air dates
Japanese	November 16, 2013
Music
Opening	Yakan Hikō
Ending	Buchikome!!

Cheese Champion is Round 7 of the Hajime no Ippo: Rising anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

Details

• Characters Introduced: Ryūhei Sawamura, Larry Bernard, Isamu Akamatsu, Hiroshi Kizakura, Karil
• Locations Introduced: Nagoya Oniyaritome Boxing Gym

Summary

Features Sendō comeback fight and Ippo meets Ryūhei Sawamura. Takamura defends his title for the first time and announces that he will relinquish the belt and move up to middleweight.

Trivia

• The credits erroneously lists Sawamura as "沢村 竜一" (Sawamura Ryūichi), rather than "沢村 竜平" (Sawamura Ryūhei).
• The credits erroneously lists Bernard as "ラリー・ベルドナルド" (Larry Berdnard), rather than "ラリー・ベルナルド" (Larry Bernard).

Anime-Manga Differences

See also: Anime-Manga Differences

• Takamura talking to Ippo, Kimura, and Itagaki at the Kamogawa gym about the path of a boxer is removed in the anime.
• Ippo and Kobashi's conversation is removed in the anime.
• Itagaki and Kimura's attempt at training Hiroshi and Isamu is removed in the anime.
• Sendō's comeback match is extended in the anime.
• Volg's conversation with Ramuda is moved to the next episode in the anime.
• Aoki, Hiroshi, and Isamu being kicked out of the venue for playing instruments is removed in the anime.
• Mari was included in the scene with the Kamogawa boxers watching Sawamura's matches at Takamura's house 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
Haruhiko Yagi	Toshihiko Nakajima	中嶋 聡彦	Nakajima Toshihiko
Ryūichi Sawamura	Shin'ichirō Miki	三木 眞一郎	Miki Shin'ichirō
Takeshi Sendō	Masaya Onosaka	小野坂 昌也	Onosaka Masaya
Yanaoka	Naoki Tatsuta	龍田 直樹	Tatsuta Naoki
Oniyaritome Coach	Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi	水内 清光	Mizuuchi Kiyomitsu
Minoru Fujii	Ken'ichi Ono	小野 健一	Ono Ken'ichi
Mari Īmura	Emi Shinohara	篠原 恵美	Shinohara Emi
Larry Berdnard	Tetsu Inada	稲田 徹	Inada Tetsu
Hiroshi Kizakura	Tōru Nara	奈良 徹	Nara Tōru
Isamu Akamatsu	Kazuhiro Fusegawa	布施川 一寛	Fusegawa Kazuhiro
Young Person	Kenta Ōkuma	大隈 健太	Ōkuma Kenta
Referee (World Match)	Yūya Murakami	村上 裕哉	Murakami Yūya
Live Announcer	Masashi Funakoshi (Nippon Television)	船越 雅史 （日本テレビ）	Funakoshi Masashi (Nihon Terebi)
Coach Kamogawa	Shōzō Īzuka	飯塚 昭三	Īzuka Shōzō

Episode Credits

Role	English Name	Japanese	Rōmaji
Screenplay	Kazuyuki Fudeyasu	ふでやす かずゆき	Fudeyasu Kazuyuki
Storyboard	Shin'ichi Fukuyama	福山 新市	Fukuyama Shin'ichi
Director	Tadao Ōkubo Shun Kudō (Assistant Director)	大久保 唯男 久藤 瞬	Ōkubo Tadao Kudō Shun
Animation Director	Jang Hee-kyu Woo Jin-woo Kim Min-sun