Makunouchi Fishing Boat (釣り船幕之内, Tsuribune Makunouchi) is a fishing boat business run by the Makunouchi family, and is also their home.
Customers use the fishing boat steered by Hiroko Makunouchi to catch fish in the Tokyo Bay. The business sells bait, sandworms, ragworms, baby shrimp, and sea snails.[1]
History[]
Kazuo's new boat.
At some point, Kazuo Makunouchi, who worked in a commercial fishing boat company, bought a new boat to spend more time with his family and start a family business called the "Makunouchi Fishing Boat". However, during his final job at the commercial fishing boat, there was bad weather, and Kazuo went missing after he stayed in the sinking boat after saving his crewmate Sakuma when he got trapped under a heavy object. After a search team failed to find Kazuo after a week, he was announced deceased. After Ippo Makunouchi found Kazuo's hat, Hiroko Makunouchi decided to continue Kazuo's dream of running the Makunouchi Fishing Boat business. With the help of Sakuma and other crew members that Kazuo helped save, Hiroko had help starting the business. After three tries, she got her captain license.
Kamogawa gym's fishing competition at the Makunouchi Fishing Boat.
Years later, the Makunouchi Fishing Boat, run by Hiroko, and Ippo helping, the business gained many customers. After Ippo became a boxer, his gym mates at the Kamogawa gym and more of Ippo's friends and rivals would sometimes visit. When Hiroko was overworking herself and had to go to the hospital, Ippo thought that he had to quit boxing. However, Masahiko Umezawa became an employee there in order for Ippo to continue boxing. Once Hiroko recovered, Umezawa and her would work together on the boat. When Alexander Volg Zangief came from Russia to Japan, Hiroko let him stay at the Makunouchi Fishing Boat. Volg also helped at the boat until he left Japan. After Umezawa wrote a one-shot manga about his experiences on the fishing boat to submit to a publisher, he announced his decision of retiring from the Makunouchi Fishing Boat company to pursue his dream of becoming a mangaka to Ippo, who encouraged him to do so. When Umezawa left the fishing boat company, Manabu Itagaki began working there, as requested by Umezawa. The Kamogawa gym staff and boxers went to the Makunouchi Fishing Boat, where their fishing competition was being hosted. Ippo and Itagaki steered the boat as everyone caught fish in teams of two.
After Ippo retired from boxing, Itagaki quit working at the Makunouchi Fishing Boat.
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Trivia[]
- The setting that Ippo is the son of a fishing boat shop was influenced from a boxer named Ryūichi Suhara (須原 隆一), who also won and became the Japanese light flyweight champion. He retired in 1991 to take over the fishing boat business.[2]
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