List of sports anime and manga

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This is a list of sports anime, manga, OVAs, ONAs, and films.

Year	Title	Creator(s)	Sport	Original medium	Ref(s)
1987	1 pound Gospel	Rumiko Takahashi	Boxing	Manga
2015	2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team	Yukako Kabei	Volleyball	Light novel
2006	81diver	Yokusaru Shibata	Shogi	Manga	[1]
1973	Abu-san	Shinji Mizushima	Baseball	Manga	[2]
2006	Ace of Diamond	Yuji Terajima	Baseball	Manga	[3] [4]
2013	After School Dice Club	Hirō Nakamichi	Board games	Manga
2003	Ahiru no Sora	Takeshi Hinata	Basketball	Manga
1973	Aim for the Ace!	Sumika Yamamoto	Tennis	Manga	[5] [6]
2002	Air Gear	Oh! great	Inline skating (Air Treking)	Manga	[7]
1970	Akakichi no Eleven	Ikki Kajiwara, Mitsuyoshi Sonoda	Association football	Manga	[8]
2013	Akichi Asobi: Playground	Ryosuke Oshiro & Tokyo University of the Arts	Sandlot games	Anime	[9] [10]
2010	Alice in Borderland	Haro Aso	Puzzle solving, Physical games	Manga
2012	All Out!!	Shiori Amase	Rugby union	Manga	[11]
2008	Amanchu!	Kozue Amano	Scuba diving	Manga	[12]
1999	Angelic Layer	Clamp	Mecha, Angelic Layer	Manga
1999	Angels in the Court	Pinpai	Volleyball	Video game	[13]
2016	Anima Yell!	Tsukasa Unohana	Cheerleading	Manga	[14]
1968	Animal 1	Noboru Kawasaki	Amateur wrestling	Manga
1928	Animal Olympic Games	Yasuji Murata	various	Short film	[15]
2015	Ani Tore! EX (Anime de Training EX)	Daisuke Ishibashi	Calisthenics	Anime
2017	Animation x Paralympic		Parasports	Anime
2015	Aoashi	Yūgo Kobayashi, Naohiko Ueno	Association football	Manga	[16]
2013	Aoharu × Machinegun	Naoe	Airsoft	Manga
2014	Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue	Sprite	Flying Circus (Anti-gravity shoes racing)	Visual novel
1970	Apache Baseball Team (Apache Yakyuugun)	Kobako Hanato, Sachio Umemoto	Baseball	Manga	[17] [18] [19]
2020	Appare-Ranman!	Masakazu Hashimoto	Auto racing, Steampunk	Anime
1998	Arcade Gamer Fubuki	Mine Yoshizaki	Arcade games	Manga
1977	Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix	Rintaro	Auto racing	Anime	[13]
2011	Asahinagu	Ai Kozaki	Naginata	Manga	[5]
1995	Ashen Victor	Yukito Kishiro	Inline skating (Motorball [a] )	Manga	[7]
1976	Ashita e Kick-off	Ikki Kajiwara	American football	Manga	[20]
1968	Ashita no Joe	Asao Takamori, Tetsuya Chiba	Boxing	Manga	[5]
1968	Attack No. 1	Chikako Urano	Volleyball	Manga	[5]
1977	Attack on Tomorrow	Fumio Kurokawa	Volleyball	Anime	[21]
1984	Attacker You!	Jun Makimura, Shizuo Koizumi	Volleyball	Manga	[22]
2020	Auto Boy - Carl from Mobile Land		Auto driving, Mecha	Manga/Anime
1997	Ayane's High Kick	Isao Shizuya	Kickboxing	Anime
2018	Barangay 143	Katski Flores	Basketball	Anime
1996	Battle Arena Toshinden	Tamsoft	Martial arts	Video game
2011	B-Daman Crossfire		Mecha, B-Daman battles
2007	Baby Steps	Hikaru Katsuki	Tennis	Manga	[23]
2021	Backflip!! (Bakuten!!)	Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, Toshizo Nemoto	Rhythmic gymnastics	Anime	[24]
2008	Badminton Girl	Mari Asabuki	Badminton	Manga	[25]
2008	BaggataWay	Iroha Kohinata	Lacrosse	Manga	[26]
2024	Baki Hanma VS Kengan Ashura	Keisuke Itagaki	Martial arts
1991	Baki the Grappler	Keisuke Itagaki	Martial arts	Manga	[27]
2011	Bakuon!!	Mimana Orimoto	Motorcycle racing	Manga	[28]
2002	Bakuon Rettou	Tsutomu Takahashi	Motorcycle driving	Manga	[29]
1994	Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!	Tetsuhiro Koshita	Car model racing	Manga
2004	Bamboo Blade	Masahiro Totsuka, Aguri Igarashi	Kendo	Manga	[30]
1983	Bari Bari Densetsu	Shuichi Shigeno	Street racing, Motorcycle racing	Manga
2009	Basquash!	Shōji Kawamori, Thomas Romain	Mecha basketball	Anime
1986	Bataashi Kingyo	Minetarō Mochizuki	Swimming	Manga	[31]
1997	Battle Athletes		various, Daiundoukai	Anime or Manga
1985	B.B.	Osamu Ishiwata	Boxing	Manga
1991	B.B. Fish (Blue Butterfly Fish)	Shō Kitagawa	Freediving	Manga	[32] [33]
1983	Be-Bop High School	Kazuhiro Kiuchi	Martial arts	Manga
2021	Benihi no Ulti	Naoto Kanno	Ultimate frisbee	Manga
2008	Ben-To	Asaura, Kaito Shibano	Martial arts, Bento brawls	Light novel
2008	Beyblade	Takao Aoki	Mecha, Beyblading	Manga
2004	Big Windup!	Asa Higuchi	Baseball	Manga	[34]
2022	Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story	Takayuki Inagaki	Golf	Anime	[35]
2008	Blassreiter	Yasuko Kobayashi, Gen Urobuchi, Ichirō Itano	Motorcycle driving, Mecha	Anime
1983	Blazing Transfer Student	Kazuhiko Shimamoto	Boxing	Manga	[36]
2021	Blue Box	Kouji Miura	Badminton	Manga
2018	Blue Lock	Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura	Association football	Manga	[37]
1997	Bowling King	Tong Ai	Bowling	Manga
1992	Break-Age	Zhiemay Batow	Mecha, Virtual Puppet battles	Manga	[38]
2020	Breakers		Parasports	Anime	[39]
1987	Break Shot	Takeshi Maekawa	Billiards	Manga
2021	Build Divide	Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno, Yoriko Tomita	Card game (Build Divide)	Anime
2015	Burning Kabaddi	Hajime Musashino	Kabaddi	Manga	[40]
1999	Bus Gamer	Kazuya Minekura	Business game	Manga
1997	Buzzer Beater	Takehiko Inoue	Basketball	Manga	[41]
2005	Capeta	Masahito Soda	Kart racing	Manga	[4]
1981	Captain Tsubasa	Yōichi Takahashi	Association football	Manga	[4] [5]
2012	Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter	Square Enix	Auto driving, Mecha	Arcade game/Anime
2020	The Catcher in the Ballpark!	Tatsurō Suga	Baseball	Manga
2011	[C] CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility	Noboru Takagi	Business game, Deals	Anime
2011	Cheer Boys!!	Ryō Asai	Cheerleading	Novel	[42]
2007	Chihayafuru	Yuki Suetsugu	Competitive karuta	Manga	[3] [12]
2003	Cinderella Nine		Baseball, Cricket
2018	Circlet Princess	DMM Games	Circlet Bout	Video game
2018	Circuit Angel: Resolving Starting Grid	Mami Watanabe, Toi Tsukumo, Chūichi Iguchi	Motorcycle racing	Anime	[43] [44]
	CMFU Academy: King of Billiards		Billiards	Novel
	CMFU Academy: Shenshi Ji Jijian		Fencing	Novel
2021	The Coin Manga	bon_h	Arcade games	Manga	[45]
2016	Crane Game Girls		Crane game	Anime	[46] [47]
2003	Crimson Hero	Mitsuba Takanashi	Volleyball	Manga	[7]
2012	Cross Game	Mitsuru Adachi	Baseball	Manga	[48]
2012	Cross Manage	KAITO	Lacrosse	Manga	[48]
2002	Daigunder (Bakuto Sengen Daigunder)	Shinzō Fujita	Military game, Mecha	Anime
1995	Dan Doh!!	Nobuhiro Sakata	Golf	Manga	[27]
2006	Dash!	Isaku Natsume	Cheerleading	Novel	[49]
1979	Dash Kappei	Noboru Rokuda	Basketball	Manga	[41]
1987	Dash! Yonkuro	Zaurus Tokuda	Car model racing	Manga
2013	Days	Yasuda Tsuyoshi	Association football	Manga	[11]
1989	Dear Boys	Hiroki Yagami	Basketball	Manga	[41]
2015 (2013)	Death Parade (Death Billiards)	Yuzuru Tachikawa	Billiards	Anime
2007	Dive!!	Eto Mori	Diving	Novel	[50]
1972	Dokaben	Shinji Mizushima	Baseball	Manga	[5]
2017	Doll-Kara	Hanamura, Kazuyoshi Ishii, Kei Ryuuzouji	Martial arts	Manga	[51]
2019	Don't Call Us a Junk Game!	Nioshi Noa, Omochisan	Video games	Manga	[52]
2012	Doreiku	Shinichi Okada, Hiroto Ōishi	SCM game	Novel
1984	Eiji	Hisashi Eguchi	Boxing	Manga
2011	Encouragement of Climb	Shiro	Mountaineering	Manga
2000	éX-Driver	Kōsuke Fujishima	Street racing	Anime
2002	Eyeshield 21	Riichiro Inagaki, Yusuke Murata	American football	Manga	[4]
1985	F	Noboru Rokuda	Auto racing	Manga
2022	Fanfare of Adolescence		Horse racing	Anime	[53]
2016	Farewell, My Dear Cramer	Naoshi Arakawa	Association football	Manga	[54]
1992	Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf	Takashi Yamada, Masami Ōbari	Martial arts	Video game
1993	Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle	Takashi Yamada, Masami Ōbari	Martial arts	Video game
2017	Fight League: Gear Gadget Generators	XFLAG	Mecha, Fight League	Video game
1982	Fight!! Ramenman (Lomien Man)	Yudetamago	Martial arts	Manga
1973	Fisherman Sanpei	Takao Yaguchi	Fishing sport	Manga
1978	Football Hawk	Noboru Kawasaki	American football	Manga	[20]
2013	Free!	Kōji Ōji	Swimming	Light novel	[12]
2022	Futsal Boys!!!!!		Futsal	Anime
2015	Gamers!	Sekina Aoi, Saboten	Video games	Light novel
1994	Ganba! Fly High (Gambalist! Shun)	Shinji Morisue, Hiroyuki Kikuta	Gymnastics	Manga	[55]
1985	Ganbare, Kickers! (Fight, Kickers!)	Noriaki Nagai	Association football	Manga
1978	Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!	Hisaichi Ishii	Baseball	Manga	[56]
1996	Ganbatte Ikimasshoi	Yoshiko Shikimura	Rowing	Novel
2007	Giant Killing	Masaya Tsunamoto, Tsujitomo	Association football	Manga	[5]
2003	Ginban Kaleidoscope	Rei Kaibara, Hiro Suzuhira	Figure skating	Light novel	[57]
1999	Girl Got Game	Shizuru Seino	Basketball	Manga	[7]
2012	Girls und Panzer		Military game, Mecha
1991	Go!! Southern Ice Hockey Club	Kōji Kumeta	Ice hockey	Manga	[58]
1994	Goal FH		Association football	Anime
1988	Goddamn	Kaoru Shintani	Auto racing, Rally	Manga
2017	The Goddess in Tokiwa Bowl	Hiroki Yagami	Bowling	Manga	[59] [60]
2020	Gods' Games We Play	Kei Sazane, Toiro Tomose	Gods' Games	Novel
2018	Golden Sakura	Sayaka Okada, Kazuo Maekawa	Mahjong	Manga	[61]
1988	Gorillaman	Harold Sakuishi	Martial arts	Manga
2019	Granbelm	Jukki Hanada	Mecha, Robot battles	Anime
1996	Grander Musashi	Takashi Teshirogi	Fishing sport	Manga
2018	Gundam Build Divers	Noboru Kimura	Video games, Mecha, Gunpla battles	Anime
2013	Gundam Build Fighters	Yōsuke Kuroda	Mecha, Gunpla battles	Anime
2010	Gurazeni	Yūji Moritaka, Keiji Adachi	Baseball	Manga	[62]
2020	The Gymnastics Samurai (Taisou Zamurai)		Gymnastics	Anime
1992	H2	Mitsuru Adachi	Baseball	Manga	[63]
2012	Haikyu!!	Haruichi Furudate	Volleyball	Manga	[64]
1989	Hajime no Ippo	George Morikawa	Boxing	Manga	[4] [5]
1996	Hana-Kimi	Hisaya Nakajo	Track and field	Manga	[7]
2006	Hand's	Yuuichi Itakura	Handball	Manga	[65]
2013	Hanebado!	Kōsuke Hamada	Badminton	Manga	[66]
1993	Happy!	Naoki Urasawa	Tennis	Manga
1994	Harlem Beat (Rebound)	Yuriko Nishiyama	Basketball, Streetball	Manga	[41]
2015	Harukana Receive	Jizai Nyoi	Beach volleyball	Manga
	Heavy	Motoka Murakami	Boxing	Manga	[67]
2014	Hero Bank	Sega	Mecha, Hero Battle	Video game
2010	High Score Girl	Rensuke Oshikiri	Arcade games	Manga
2015	High Speed! Free! Starting Days	Koji Oji	Swimming	Light novel
2024	Highspeed Etoile	Takamitsu Kōno	Auto racing	Anime
1985	Hikari no Densetsu	Izumi Aso	Rhythmic gymnastics	Manga	[27]
1999	Hikaru no Go	Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata	Go	Manga	[3]
2014	Hinomaru Sumo	Kawada	Sumo	Manga	[3]
2000	Holyland	Kouji Mori	Martial arts	Manga
1989	Honō no Tōkyūji: Dodge Danpei	Tetsuhiro Koshita	Dodgeball	Manga
2019	Hoshiai no Sora		Tennis	Anime
2016	How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?	Yabako Sandrovich, MAAM	Weightlifting	Manga	[68]
2002	Hungry Heart: Wild Striker	Yōichi Takahashi	Association football	Manga
2018	Hyakuemu	Uoto	Track and field	Manga
1995	I'll	Hiroyuki Asada	Basketball	Manga	[41]
2005	Idaten Jump	Toshihiro Fujiwara	Cycling (MTB)	Manga
1952	Igaguri-kun  [ jp ]	Eiichi Fukui	Judo	Manga	[69]
2000	Ikki Tousen (Battle Vixens)	Yuji Shiozaki	Martial arts	Manga
1975	Ikkyū-san (Highschool Baseball Ninja)	Shinji Mizushima	Baseball	Manga
2008	Inazuma Eleven	Level-5	Association football	Video game	[11]
1995	Initial D	Shuichi Shigeno	Street racing	Manga	[27]
2000	Inu Neko Jump!	Mitsuru Hattori	Long jump	Manga	[70] [ better source needed ]
2018	Ippon Again!	Yu Muraoka	Judo	Manga
2009	Isshoni Training: Training with Hinako	Muneshige Nakagawa	Calisthenics	Anime
2017	Iwa-Kakeru! -Climbing Girls-	Ryūdai Ishizaka	Competition climbing	Manga	[71]
1994	Jaja Uma Grooming Up!	Masami Yuki	Horse racing	Manga
2003	Joe vs. Joe (Futari no Joe)		Boxing	Anime
1961	Judo Boy	Tatsuo Yoshida, Ippei Kuri, Yutaka Arai	Judo	Manga
	Judo Sanka	Hiroshi Kaizuka	Judo	Manga
	Judo Story (Sugata Sanshirou)	Tsuneo Tomita	Judo	Novel
1985	Judo-bu Monogatari	Makoto Kobayashi	Judo	Manga
1996	Kaiji	Nobuyuki Fukumoto	Gambling	Manga
2019	Kandagawa Jet Girls		Jet Racing	Anime
1971	Karate Master	Ikki Kajiwara, Jirō Tsunoda, Jōya Kagemaru	Karate	Manga	[8]
2012	Keijo!!!!!!!!	Daichi Sorayomi	Fictional wrestling (Keijo)	Manga
2012	Kengan Ashura	Yabako Sandrovich	Martial arts	Manga
2005	Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō	Mitsuru Hattori	Swimming	Manga
1987	Kentoushi	Kei Tsukasa	Boxing	Manga	[72] [73] [74] [75]
2014	Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun	Taku Sakamoto	Association football	Manga
2013	Kick-Heart	Masaaki Yuasa	Professional wrestling	Anime
1969	Kick no Oni (The Demon of Kickboxing)	Ikki Kajiwara, Kentaro Nakajou	Kickboxing	Manga
2008	King Golf	Ken Sasaki	Golf	Manga	[76]
2015	King of Prism	Avex Pictures	Prism show [b]	Anime	[77]
1978	Kinnikuman	Yudetamago	Professional wrestling	Manga	[27]
1992	Kizuna: Bonds of Love	Kazuma Kodaka	Kendo	Manga	[7]
2008	Kuroko's Basketball	Tadatoshi Fujimaki	Basketball	Manga	[3] [12]
2018	Ladyspo		various	Anime
2015	Laid-Back Camp (Yuru Camp)	Afro	Adventuring, Camping	Manga
2023	Left Hand Layup		Basketball	Anime
1997	The Legend of the Gambler: Tetsuya	Fūmei Sai, Yasushi Hoshino	Gambling	Manga
2012	Levius	Haruhisa Nakata	Metalboxing, Mecha	Manga
2019	Liar, Liar	Haruki Kuō, konomi	Games	Light novel
2011	Little Battlers Experience (Danball Senki)		Mecha, Robot battles	Video game
2021	Little Hands	Shouya Hosokawa	Handball	Manga	[78]
2012	Long Riders!	Taishi Miyake	Cycling	Manga
2012	Love All Play	Asami Koseki	Badminton	Novel
1976	Machine Hayabusa	Mikiya Mochizuki	Auto racing	Manga/Anime
1985	Mahjong Hishō-den: Naki no Ryū	Junichi Nojo	Mahjong	Manga	[27]
1994	Major	Takuya Mitsuda	Baseball	Manga	[4]
2007	Maken-ki!	Hiromitsu Takeda	Maken combat matches	Manga
2007	March Comes in Like a Lion	Chica Umino	Shogi	Manga	[27]
1996	Mars	Fuyumi Soryo	Motorcycle racing	Manga	[7]
1997	Medabots (Medarot)	Rin Horuma	Mecha, Robbatling [79]	Video game
2020	Medalist	Tsurumaikada	Figure skating	Manga
2018	Megalo Box	Chikara Sakuma	Mecha boxing	Manga	[80]
2001	MegaMan NT Warrior (Rockman.EXE)	Masahiro Yasuma, Capcom	Mecha, Net Battles	RPG	[81]
1994	Metal Fighter Miku	Hiroyuki Birukawa	Fictional wrestling (Neo pro-wrestling), Mecha	Anime
2017	MF Ghost	Shuichi Shigeno	Street racing	Manga
1994	Midori no Makibaō	Tsunomaru	Horse racing	Manga	[82]
2011	Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club	Noriyuki Matsumoto	Cycling	Manga
1989	Mini Yon Soldier Rin!		Car model racing	Anime or Manga	[83] [84]
1988	Miracle Giants Dome-kun	Shotaro Ishinomori	Baseball	Manga
1994	Mobile Fighter G Gundam	Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino	Mecha, Gundam fight	Anime
2010	Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G	Yōsuke Kuroda	Mecha, Gunpla battles	Anime
1991	Moero! Top Striker		Association football	Anime
1996	Monkey Turn	Katsutoshi Kawai	Hydroplane racing	Manga	[13]
1981	Musashi no Ken	Motoka Murakami	Kendo	Manga	[5]
2002	My Heavenly Hockey Club	Ai Morinaga	Ice hockey	Manga	[7]
2009	Naked Wolves		Sumo	Anime	[85]
2010	Nana Maru San Batsu	Iqura Sugimoto	Quiz bowl	Manga	[86]
2024	Narenare: Cheer for You!	Kōdai Kakimoto, Yuniko Ayana, Midori Gotō	Cheerleading	Anime
2000	Nasu	Iou Kuroda	Cycling	Manga	[87]
2012	No Game No Life	Yuu Kamiya	Games	Light novel
2007	Nononono	Lynn Okamoto	Ski jumping	Manga
1973	Notari Matsutarō (Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro!!)	Tetsuya Chiba	Sumo	Manga
2020	Number24	Rika Nakase	Rugby	Anime
2018	Oblivion Battery	Eko Mikawa	Baseball	Manga
1987	Offside	Natsuko Heiuchi	Association football	Manga
1987	Ogami Matsugorou	Minoru Itou	Martial arts	Manga
1988	Oh My Goddess! (Ah! My Goddess!)	Kōsuke Fujishima	Motorcycle driving	Manga
2014	Oi! Tonbo	Ken Kawasaki, Yū Furusawa	Golf	Manga	[88]
2018	Olympia Kyklos	Mari Yamazaki		Manga
2016	Omoi no Kakera		Figure skating	Anime	[89]
2012	One Off	Masahi Suzuki	Motorcycle driving	Anime	[90]
1998	One Outs	Shinobu Kaitani	Baseball	Manga	[91]
1987	One-pound Gospel	Rumiko Takahashi	Boxing	Manga	[7]
2014	The Ones Within	Osora	Games	Manga
1973	Ore wa Teppei (I'm Teppei)	Tetsuya Chiba	Kendo	Manga
2005	Over Drive	Yasuda Tsuyoshi	Cycling	Manga	[27]
2023	Overtake!	Ayumi Sekine	Auto racing	Anime
2012	Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation	Ryohei Uno, Satoshi Sakai	Video games	Video game
2011	Phi Brain: Puzzle of God	Mayori Sekijima, Junichi Sato	Puzzle solving	Anime
1996	Ping Pong	Taiyō Matsumoto	Table tennis	Manga
1982	Plawres Sanshiro	Jirō Gyū	Mecha, Robot wrestling	Manga
2010	Pretty Rhythm	Mari Asabuki	Prism dance skate [b]	Video game	[25]
2011	Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream	Avex Pictures	Prism show [b]	Video game	[92]
2012	Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future	Avex Pictures	Prism show [b]	Video game	[93]
2013	Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live	Avex Pictures	Prism show [b]	Video game	[93]
2013	Pretty Rhythm: All Star Selection	Avex Pictures	Prism show [b]	Video game	[93]
2012	Prince of Stride	Shuuji Sogabe	Running, Parkour	Light novel	[94]
1999	The Prince of Tennis	Takeshi Konomi	Tennis	Manga	[4] [5]
1990	Princess Army	Miyuki Kitagawa	Judo	Manga	[95]
2010	Princess Jellyfish: Go, Sisterhood Explorers!	Akiko Higashimura	Scouting	Manga	[96]
1998	Princess Nine	Tomomi Mochizuki	Baseball	Anime	[11]
1974	Pro Golfer Saru  [ jp ]	Fujiko Fujio	Golf	Manga	[13]
2021	PuraOre! Pride of Orange	Touko Machida	Ice hockey	Anime
2021	RE-MAIN	Masafumi Nishida	Water polo	Anime	[97]
1999	Real	Takehiko Inoue	Wheelchair basketball	Manga	[41]
2009	Redline	Takeshi Koike, Katsuhito Ishii, Yōji Enokido, Yoshiki Sakurai	Auto racing	Anime
2003	Rideback	Tetsurō Kasahara	Motorsports, Mecha motorcycles	Manga	[57]
2015	Rifle Is Beautiful	Salmiakki	Air rifle	Manga	[98]
2014	Rikudou	Toshimitsu Matsubara	Boxing	Manga	[99]
1977	Ring ni Kakero	Masami Kurumada	Boxing	Manga	[27]
2020	Riko-san Bucchigiri desu!	Oota Hitoshi	Table tennis	Manga
2023	Ringing Fate		Mecha, Boxing	Anime
2024	Rinkai!	Kiyoshi Yamane	Keirin cycling	Manga / Anime
2011	Rio: Rainbow Gate!	Mayori Sekijima	Gate Battles	Anime
1998	Rising Impact	Nakaba Suzuki	Golf	Manga
2017	RoboMasters: The Animated Series		Mecha, Robot battles	Competition
1988	Rokudenashi Blues	Masanori Morita	Boxing	Manga
1987	Rough	Mitsuru Adachi	Swimming, Diving	Manga
2023	Run for money: The great mission(Tousouchuu: Great Mission)		Tag, Parkour	Game show	[100] [101] [102]
2006	Run with the Wind	Shion Miura	Running	Novel
2022	Ryman's Club	Aimi Yamauchi, Teruko Utsumi	Badminton	Anime
2015	The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!	Shirow Shiratori	Shogi	Light novel	[103]
2003	S.A (Special A)	Maki Minami	various	Manga
2010	Sabagebu!	Hidekichi Matsumoto	Airsoft	Manga	[104]
2015	Sailor Ace	Shuichi Shigeno	Baseball	Manga
2006	Saki	Ritz Kobayashi	Mahjong	Manga	[105]
2009	Sayonara, Football	Naoshi Arakawa	Association football	Manga	[106]
1992	Scramble Wars (Scramble Wars: Tsuppashire! Genom Trophy Rally, Super Deformed Double Feature)	Hideki Kakinuma, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Kenichi Sonoda, Toshiko Sasaki	Racing	Anime	[107] [108] [109]
2016	Shakunetsu no Takkyu Musume	Yagura Asano	Table tennis	Manga
1982	Shonan Bakusozoku	Satoshi Yoshida	Motorcycle driving	Manga
2016	Secret Badminton Club	Satoru Nii	Badminton	Manga	[110]
2004	Shion no Ō	Masaru Katori, Jiro Ando	Shogi	Manga	[111]
1993	Shippū! Iron Leaguer	Hajime Yatate	Mecha sports	Anime
1990	Shoot!	Tsukasa Ooshima	Association football	Manga
2005	Shojo Fight	Yoko Nihonbashi	Volleyball	Manga	[5]
2021	SK8 the Infinity		Skateboarding	Anime
2021	Skate-Leading Stars	Goro Taniguchi	Figure skating (Skate-leading)	Anime
1990	Slam Dunk	Takehiko Inoue	Basketball	Manga	[4] [5]
	Slot Noble Gin		Pachi Battle, Slotseum	Manga or Anime
1986	Slow Step	Mitsuru Adachi	Softball	Manga	[27]
1994	Soccer Fever		Association football	Anime
2015	Sōkyū Boys	Kyuu Sakazuki, Fuwai	Handball	Manga
1966	Speed Racer	Tatsuo Yoshida	Auto racing	Manga	[13]
2005	Splatoon	Sankichi Hinodeya	Turf wars	Video game
1966	Star of the Giants	Ikki Kajiwara, Noboru Kawasaki	Baseball	Manga	[112]
2019	Stars Align	Kazuki Akane	Tennis	Anime
2010	Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3	Ikoma, Getsumin, Kokudō 12-gō	Airsoft	Manga	[113]
2005	Sugar Princess	Hisaya Nakajo	Figure skating	Manga	[27]
2000	The Summit of the Gods	Jiro Taniguchi	Mountaineering	Manga
1988	Tomoe ga Yuku!	Yumi Tamura	Roller skating	Manga	[114]
2016	Super Cub	Tone Kōken	Motorcycle driving	Light novel
1997	Super Yo-Yo	Takashi Hashiguchi	Competitive yo-yo	Manga
2011	Supinamarada!	Satoru Noda	Ice hockey	Manga	[115]
2004	Suzuka	Kōji Seo	High jump	Manga	[7]
2009	Tailenders	Hisashi Sasaki, Makoto Ohta, Masaru Kawahara, mebae	Auto racing	Anime
2016	Tamayomi	Mountain Pukuichi	Baseball	Manga
2012	Teekyu	Roots, Piyo	various	Manga
1997	Tenjho Tenge	Oh! great	Martial arts	Manga
2006	The Knight in the Area	Shin Kibayashi, Kaya Tsukiyama	Association football	Manga	[116]
1968	Tiger Mask	Ikki Kajiwara, Naoki Tsuji	Professional wrestling	Manga	[117]
2016	Toppu GP	Kōsuke Fujishima	Motorcycle racing	Manga
1981	Touch	Mitsuru Adachi	Baseball, gymnastics	Manga	[13]
1993	Tough	Tetsuya Saruwatari	Martial arts	Manga	[27]
2014	Tribe Cool Crew	Atsuhiro Tomioka, Miya Asakawa, Nobuaki Yamaguchi, Kouji Miura, Yuko Ishiyama, Makoto Koyama	Dance battles	Anime
2022	Tribe Nine	Kazutaka Kodaka	Extreme baseball	Anime
2018	Try Knights	Shunsaku Yano (Story), Chizuka Erisawa (Art)	Rugby union	Manga
2015	Turning Mecard	Atsushi Maekawa	Auto driving, Mecha	Anime
2017	Two Car	Katsuhiko Takayama	Motorcycle racing	Anime	[118]
2016	Tsurune	Kotoko Ayano	Kyūdō	Light novel	[119]
2025	Turkey!	Naomi Hiruta	Bowling	Anime
2017	Uma Musume Pretty Derby	S. Kosugi	Horse racing	Manga	[120]
2006	Usogui (The Lie Eater)	Toshio Sako	Gambling	Manga
2015	Venus Project: Climax	Galat	Mecha, Idol, Dance, Formula Venus	Video game	[121]
2012	Victory Kickoff!!		Association football	Anime
2014	Waiting for Spring	Anashin	Basketball	Manga	[57]
2019	Wandance	Coffee	Dance (Freestyle dancing)	Manga
1990	Wangan Midnight	Michiharu Kusunoki	Street racing	Manga	[ citation needed ]
2011	Wanna Be the Strongest in the World!	ESE, Kiyohito Natsuki	Professional wrestling	Manga
2020	Wave!!: Surfing Yappe!!		Surfing	Anime
2011	Welcome to the Ballroom	Tomo Takeuchi	Dance (Ballroom dancing)	Manga	[3]
1998	Whistle!	Daisuke Higuchi	Association football	Manga	[7]
1998	Wind Mill	Takashi Hashiguchi	Softball	Manga	[122]
1986	Yawara!	Naoki Urasawa	Judo	Manga	[5]
1982	Yoroshiku Mechadock (Leave it to Mecha-Doc)	Ryuji Tsugihara	Auto racing	Manga
2008	Yowamushi Pedal	Wataru Watanabe	Cycling	Manga	[3] [12]
2016	Yuri on Ice	Sayo Yamamoto, Mitsurō Kubo	Figure skating	Anime	[4] [12]
2001	Zoids: New Century	Katsuyuki Sumisawa	Military game, Mecha	Anime	[4] [12]

List of sports episodes (sometimes OVA) of non-sports anime

• The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Get Fired Up! PK Academy Sports Day (Part 1, 2 & 3) , 2016, ?
• Dragon Ball Super: A Challenge From Champa! This Time, a Baseball Game! , 2016, Baseball
• Golden Boy OVA episode 5 , 1995, Motorcycle driving
• Naruto: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival! (Konoha Annual Sports Festival), 2004, ?
• One-Punch Man: Game and Rivals , 2020, Video games
• Ranma ½: Fight! The Anything-Goes Obstacle Course Race , 1990, Obstacle course race
• Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar: Competitive Sports Tournament , 2009, ?

Notes

1. A fictional sport appearing in Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro.
2. A fictional sport in the Pretty Rhythm series that combines elements of figure skating and dance. ^{[77] [92]} Also referred to as "Prism Dance Skate" in the 2010 Pretty Rhythm manga. ^[25]

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