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Japan.

Japan (日本, Nihon), is the country of origin and major setting for Hajime no Ippo. It is an island country in East Asia. The capital of Japan and largest city is Tokyo, where majority of the series takes place. Various famous landmarks in Japan can sometimes be seen in the background.

Japanese boxers are generally bad at uppercuts due to their knees having weaker springing power than people from other countries.[1]

Major Prefectures[]

Below is a list of major locations in Japan accounted for in Hajime no Ippo. Note that this is not a full list of locations, but a list of the core settings in which character development takes place.

Tokyo[]

Main Article: Tokyo
Tokyo is the main setting area for the story, where main characters in story live, work, and train in. Majority of the boxing matches take place in Tokyo area.

Yokohama[]

A location in the Kanagawa prefecture and second largest city in Japan by population.

Osaka[]

Main Article: Osaka
Osaka is a secondary setting in the series and home to the boxing gym one of the series' more prominent characters Takeshi Sendō and his protégé Hiroyuki Hoshi.

Aomori[]

Main Article: Aomori
Home of the boxing gym Naomichi Yamada and Jason Ozuma (formerly) trained in.

Miyagi[]

A location in the Tohoku prefecture.

Nagoya[]

A location in the Chubu prefecture.


Kyushu[]

Okinawa[]

A location in the Ryukyu prefecture.

Niigata[]

Unspecified Locations in Japan[]

Regions in Hajime no Ippo[]

Other Countries[]

Other Countries
Australia
Australia
Japan
Japan
Indonesia
Indonesia
Mexico
Mexico
Russia
Russia
South Korea
South Korea
Thailand
Thailand
USA
USA
Philippines
Philippines

See Also[]

References[]

  1. Chapter 5, page 19
  2. Chapter 239, page 2
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