Ippo Makunouchi

Ippo Makunouchi, also known as The Wind God, is the titular main protagonist from the Hajime no Ippo series.
== Charactah Account ==
A shy, humble boy, Ippo lost his father Kazuo at a very young age and now spends his free time helping his mother run their fishing boat business. His introverted nature naturally attracts bullies who like to beat him up.
During one of those beating-up sessions, he is saved by Mamoru Takamura, who takes him to the Kamogawa boxing gym where he also discovers his powerful punch. As it turns out, working your entire life lifting extremely heavy stuff builds a muscle or two. Ippo joins the Kamogawa gym and begins his boxing career in order to find out the meaning of strength.
Ippo is truly an unwritten paper of a student, closely following what he is taught to the best of his ability. He is famous for his ridiculously powerful punching power and endurance, often giving him spectacular comeback K.O.s. His defense isn't bad either, as he uses the peek-a-boo style, reminiscent of Mike Tyson. Despite his shy behavior outside the ring, he shows remarkable courage and determination inside it. He is the current Japanese featherweight champion and ranked 7th in the WBC rankings.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Hajime no Ippo
* Hajime no Ippo Special
* Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road
* Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura
* Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
* Hajime no Ippo: Rising
=== Manga ===
* Hajime no Ippo
* Magazine Ohanami!!
=== Video Games ===
* Bousou Retsuden - Tansha no Tora
* Hajime no Ippo 2: Victorious Road
* Hajime no Ippo Portable: Victorious Spirits
* Hajime no Ippo: ALL☆STARS
* Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Souls
* Hajime no Ippo: Revolution
* Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
* Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! The Champions!
* Hajime no Ippo: THE TYPING!
* Hajime no Ippo: Victorious Boxers
* Koushien Pocket
* Puzzles & Dragons
* Sunday & Magazine WHITE COMIC
* Sunday x Magazine Hot Fight! Dream Nine
* Sunday vs Magazine: Shuuketsu! Choujou Daikessen
== Trivia ==
* His given name Ippo means "one step", creating a pun in the series' title (as Hajime means "first", therefore "The First Step").
* Ippo's boxing style is modelled with Mike Tyson and Ray Mancini combined.
** The setting of Ippo being the son of a fishing boat shop was derived from a boxer named Suhara Ryūichi, who also won and became the Japanese light flyweight champion. He retired in 1991 to take over the fishing boat business.
** Ippo has trouble dealing with boxers such as Alexis Argüello.
** His Dempsey Roll is named after the technique used by world champion Jack Dempsey.
* Ippo was originally going to fight Miyata in the East Japan Rookie King Tournament, but Jouji Morikawa had Miyata lose to Mashiba. He also claims that Miyata would have lost to Ippo at that point since he lost to Mashiba.
** Morikawa also wanted Ippo and Miyata to fight after Miyata came back to Japan from his training overseas and Ippo learned his Dempsey Roll, however, he knew that Ippo would lose since the Dempsey Roll is weak to counters. Then after Ippo upgraded his Dempsey Roll, Morikawa thought that Miyata would then lose. So he had Mamoru Takamura give Miyata advice on his counters.
* Ippo birthday, November 23rd, is notably on Labour Thanksgiving Day in Japan.
* Ippo's blood type is O.
* The fights Ippo will never forget are, his fight against Eiji Date, Alfredo González, and Antonio Guevara.
** His favourite boxer is Mamoru Takamura. 
** His favourite punch is the right straight. 
** His favourite place to fight is Kōrakuen Hall. 
** All fighters leave a strong impression. 
** Ichirō Miyata is a person he'll never forget. 
* Ippo's favourite real-life boxer is Mike Tyson.
** In Round 29, in Ippo's bedroom, there is a Mike Tyson poster on his wall.
* In Round 5, while he was shopping for new boxing shoes at Oota Sports, Ippo mentioned to Miyata that his shoe size is 25.5 cm (10 in).
* Ippo is a terrible driver, though he can steer a boat just fine. He's also awful at baseball and editing manga, and has never been shown catching a fish, though he has been shown fishing numerous times.
** In Chapter 1158, it's revealed that Ippo is an expert at bowling. The Kamogawa crew believe this is because "bowling" and "boxing" are just a few letters apart.
* There was an real-life simulated fight between Ippo and the main character from Ashita no Joe, Ippo won in the fifth round by knockout with a Liver Blow.
* Though he is a 126 lb. featherweight, Ippo once knocked out someone from two weight classes higher than him with a single punch (making him flip backward through the air, no less), and can give Takamura, then a middleweight, trouble in an arm wrestling match.
* As of volume 99, Ippo can catch an estimated 23 leaves with both hands, with at least 11 being caught with his left. He can also carry 8 boxes full of fish.
* He hadn't received a single down since his fight with Kazuki Sanada, until his fight against Alfredo.
* The first two opponents Ippo has lost to (Date and Alfredo), have been defeated both by Ricardo Martíneztwice.
** They also have both already faced Ricardo in the past, and after Date's victory against Ippo, he once again faced Ricardo.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Ippo Makunouchi at Hajime no Ippo Wiki
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