Hajime no Ippo
The manga had of 73 million copies in print as of September 2008. As of November 2019, had over 96 million copies in print. In 1991, the manga won the 15th Kodansha Manga Award in the "shōnen" category. In 2019, the series also received a Special Award at the 43rd Kodansha Manga Award, commemorating 110 years since Kodansha's founding. On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150.000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, "Hajime no Ippo" ranked #47.