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)
2006 81diver Yokusaru Shibata Shogi Manga [1]
1973 Abu-san Shinji Mizushima Baseball Manga
2006 Ace of Diamond Yuji Terajima Baseball Manga [3][4]
1973 Aim for the Ace! Sumika Yamamoto Tennis Manga [5]
2002 Air Gear Oh! great Inline skating Manga
1970 Akakichi no Eleven Ikki Kajiwara, Mitsuyoshi Sonoda Association football Manga
2012 All Out!! Shiori Amase Rugby union Manga [9]
2008 Amanchu! Kozue Amano Scuba diving Manga [10]
1999 Angels in the Court Pinpai Volleyball Video game
1928 Animal Olympic Games Yasuji Murata various Short film
2016 Anima Yell! Tsukasa Unohana Cheerleading Manga [13]
1977 Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix Rintaro Auto racing Anime
2011 Asahinagu Ai Kozaki Naginata Manga [5]
1995 Ashen Victor Yukito Kishiro Motorball[a] Manga
1976 Ashita e Kick-off Ikki Kajiwara American football Manga [14]
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
1984 Attacker You! Jun Makimura, Shizuo Koizumi Volleyball Manga
2007 Baby Steps Hikaru Katsuki Tennis Manga [17]
2008 Badminton Girl Mari Asabuki Badminton Manga [18]
1991 Baki the Grappler Keisuke Itagaki Martial arts Manga
2021 Bakuten!! Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, Toshizo Nemoto Rhythmic gymnastics Anime [20]
2004 Bamboo Blade Masahiro Totsuka, Aguri Igarashi Kendo Manga
2009 Basquash! Shōji Kawamori, Thomas Romain Basketball Anime
1986 Bataashi Kingyo Minetarō Mochizuki Swimming Manga [22]
2004 Big Windup! Asa Higuchi Baseball Manga
2022- Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story Takayuki Inagaki Golf Anime [24]
1983 Blazing Transfer Student Kazuhiko Shimamoto Boxing Manga [25]
2018 Blue Lock Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura Soccer Manga [26]
1987 Break Shot Takeshi Maekawa Billiards Manga
2015 Burning Kabaddi Hajime Musashino Kabaddi Manga [27]
1997 Buzzer Beater Takehiko Inoue Basketball Manga
2005 Capeta Masahito Soda Kart racing Manga [4]
1981 Captain Tsubasa Yōichi Takahashi Association football Manga [4][5]
2011 Cheer Boys!! Ryō Asai Cheerleading Novel [29]
2007 Chihayafuru Yuki Suetsugu Competitive karuta Manga [3][10]
2003 Crimson Hero Mitsuba Takanashi Volleyball Manga
2012 Cross Game Mitsuru Adachi Baseball Manga [30]
2012 Cross Manage KAITO Lacrosse Manga [30]
1995 Dan Doh!! Nobuhiro Sakata Golf Manga
2006 Dash! Isaku Natsume Cheerleading Novel [31]
1979 Dash Kappei Noboru Rokuda Basketball Manga
2013 Days Yasuda Tsuyoshi Association football Manga [9]
1989 Dear Boys Hiroki Yagami Basketball Manga
2007 Dive!! Eto Mori Diving Novel [32]
1972 Dokaben Shinji Mizushima Baseball Manga [5]
2000 éX-Driver Kōsuke Fujishima Street racing Anime
2002 Eyeshield 21 Riichiro Inagaki, Yusuke Murata American football Manga [4]
2022 Fanfare of Adolescence Horse racing Anime [33]
2016 Farewell, My Dear Cramer Naoshi Arakawa Soccer Manga [34]
1978 Football Hawk Noboru Kawasaki American football Manga [14]
2013 Free! Kōji Ōji Swimming Light novel [10]
1994 Ganba! Fly High Shinji Morisue, Hiroyuki Kikuta Gymnastics Manga [35]
1978 Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hisaichi Ishii Baseball Manga
2007 Giant Killing Masaya Tsunamoto, Tsujitomo Association football Manga [5]
2003 Ginban Kaleidoscope Rei Kaibara, Hiro Suzuhira Figure skating Manga [37]
1999 Girl Got Game Shizuru Seino Basketball Manga
1991 Go!! Southern Ice Hockey Club Kōji Kumeta Ice hockey Manga [38]
2018 Golden Sakura Sayaka Okada, Kazuo Maekawa Mahjong Manga [39]
2010 Gurazeni Yūji Moritaka, Keiji Adachi Baseball Manga [40]
1992 H2 Mitsuru Adachi Baseball Manga [41]
2012 Haikyu!! Haruichi Furudate Volleyball Manga [42]
1989 Hajime no Ippo George Morikawa Boxing Manga [4][5]
1996 Hana-Kimi Hisaya Nakajo Track and field Manga
2013 Hanebado! Kōsuke Hamada Badminton Manga [43]
1994 Harlem Beat Yuriko Nishiyama Basketball Manga
2015 Harukana Receive Jizai Nyoi Beach volley Manga
1985 Hikari no Densetsu Izumi Aso Rhythmic gymnastics Manga
1999 Hikaru no Go Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata Go Manga [3]
2014 Hinomaru Sumo Kawada Sumo Manga [3]
2019 Hoshiai no Sora Tennis Anime
2016 How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? Yabako Sandrovich, MAAM Weightlifting Manga [44]
1995 I’ll Hiroyuki Asada Basketball Manga
1952 Igaguri-kun [jp] Eiichi Fukui Judo Manga
2008 Inazuma Eleven Level-5 Association football Video game [9]
1995 Initial D Shuichi Shigeno Street racing Manga
2000 Inu Neko Jump! Mitsuru Hattori Long jump Manga [46][better source needed]
2017 Iwa-Kakeru! -Climbing Girls- Ryūdai Ishizaka Climbing Manga [47]
1994 Jaja Uma Grooming Up! Masami Yuki Horse racing Manga
2019 Kandagawa Jet Girls Jet Race Anime
1971 Karate Master Ikki Kajiwara, Jirō Tsunoda, Jōya Kagemaru Karate Manga
2005 Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō Mitsuru Hattori Swimming Manga
2014 Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun Taku Sakamoto Soccer Manga
2015 King of Prism Avex Pictures Prism Show[b] Anime [48]
1978 Kinnikuman Yudetamago Professional wrestling Manga
1992 Kizuna: Bonds of Love Kazuma Kodaka Kendo Manga
2008 Kuroko’s Basketball Tadatoshi Fujimaki Basketball Manga [3][10]
2021 Little Hands Shouya Hosokawa Handball Manga [49]
1985 Mahjong Hishō-den: Naki no Ryū Junichi Nojo Mahjong Manga
1994 Major Takuya Mitsuda Baseball Manga [4]
2007 March Comes in Like a Lion Chica Umino Shogi Manga
1996 Mars Fuyumi Soryo Motorcycle racing Manga
2018 Megalo Box Chikara Sakuma Boxing Manga [50]
2017 MF Ghost Shuichi Shigeno Auto racing Manga
1994 Midori no Makibaō Tsunomaru Horse racing Manga
1996 Monkey Turn Katsutoshi Kawai Hydroplane racing Manga
1981 Musashi no Ken Motoka Murakami Kendo Manga [5]
2002 My Heavenly Hockey Club Ai Morinaga Ice hockey Manga
2010 Nana Maru San Batsu Iqura Sugimoto Quiz bowl Manga [52]
2007 Nononono Lynn Okamoto Ski jumping Manga
1998 One Outs Shinobu Kaitani Baseball Manga
1987 One-pound Gospel Rumiko Takahashi Boxing Manga
2005 Over Drive Yasuda Tsuyoshi Cycling Manga
1996 Ping Pong Taiyō Matsumoto Table tennis Manga [4][10][5]
2010 Pretty Rhythm Mari Asabuki Prism Dance Skate[b] Video game [18]
2011 Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream Avex Pictures Prism Show[b] Video game [54]
2012 Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future Avex Pictures Prism Show[b] Video game [55]
2013 Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live Avex Pictures Prism Show[b] Video game [55]
2013 Pretty Rhythm: All Star Selection Avex Pictures Prism Show[b] Video game [55]
2012 Prince of Stride Shuuji Sogabe Running, Parkour Novel [56]
1999 The Prince of Tennis Takeshi Konomi Tennis Manga [4][5]
1998 Princess Nine Tomomi Mochizuki Baseball Anime [9]
1974 Pro Golfer Saru [jp] Fujiko Fujio Golf Manga
2021 RE-MAIN Masafumi Nishida Water polo Anime [57]
1999 Real Takehiko Inoue Wheelchair basketball Manga
2009 Redline Takeshi Koike, Katsuhito Ishii, Yōji Enokido, Yoshiki Sakurai Auto racing Anime
2003 Rideback Tetsurō Kasahara Motorsports Manga [37]
2015 Rifle is Beautiful Salmiakki 10m air rifle Manga [58]
1977 Ring ni Kakero Masami Kurumada Boxing Manga
1987 Rough Mitsuru Adachi Swimming Manga
2006 Run with the Wind Shion Miura Running Novel
2015 The Ryuo’s Work Is Never Done! Shirow Shiratori Shogi Light novel [59]
2010 Sabagebu! Hidekichi Matsumoto Airsoft Manga [60]
2006 Saki Ritz Kobayashi Mahjong Manga
2009 Sayonara, Football Naoshi Arakawa Soccer Manga [62]
2016 Shakunetsu no Takkyu Musume Yagura Asano Table Tennis Manga
2004 Shion no Ō Masaru Katori, Jiro Ando Shogi Manga [63]
2005 Shōjo Fight [jp] Yoko Nihonbashi Volleyball Manga [5]
2021 SK8 the Infinity Longboard Manga
2021 Skate-Leading Stars Goro Taniguchi Ice Skating Anime
1993 Slam Dunk Takehiko Inoue Basketball Manga [4][5]
1986 Slow Step Mitsuru Adachi Softball Manga
2015 Soukyuu Boys Kyuu Sakazuki, Fuwai Handball Manga [64]
1966 Speed Racer Tatsuo Yoshida Auto racing Manga
1966 Star of the Giants Ikki Kajiwara, Noboru Kawasaki Baseball Manga
2010 Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C3 Ikoma, Getsumin, Kokudō 12-gō Airsoft Manga [66]
2005 Sugar Princess Hisaya Nakajo Figure skating Manga
1997 Super Yo-Yo Takashi Hashiguchi Competitive yo-yo Manga
2011 Supinamarada! Satoru Noda Ice hockey Manga [67]
2004 Suzuka Kōji Seo High jump Manga
2020 Taisou Zamurai Gymnastic Anime
2009 Tailenders Hisashi Sasaki, Makoto Ohta, Masaru Kawahara, mebae Auto racing Anime [68]
2016 Tamayomi Mountain Pukuichi Baseball Manga
2006 The Knight in the Area Shin Kibayashi, Kaya Tsukiyama Association Football Manga [69]
1968 Tiger Mask Ikki Kajiwara, Naoki Tsuji Professional wrestling Manga
1981 Touch Mitsuru Adachi Baseball, gymnastics Manga
1993 Tough Tetsuya Saruwatari Martial arts Manga
2018 Try Knights Shunsaku Yano (Story), Chizuka Erisawa (Art) Rugby union Manga
2017 Two Car Motorcycle racing Anime [71]
2016 Tsurune Kotoko Ayano Kyūdō Light novel [72]
2017 Uma Musume Pretty Derby S. Kosugi Horse racing Manga [73]
2014 Waiting for Spring Anashin Basketball Manga [37]
1990 Wangan Midnight Michiharu Kusunoki Street racing Manga [citation needed]
2020 Wave!!: Surfing Yappe!! Surfing Anime
2011 Welcome to the Ballroom Tomo Takeuchi Ballroom dancing Manga [3]
1998 Whistle! Daisuke Higuchi Association football Manga
1986 Yawara! Naoki Urasawa Judo Manga [5]
2008 Yowamushi Pedal Wataru Watanabe Cycling Manga [3][10]
2016 Yuri on Ice Sayo Yamamoto, Mitsurō Kubo Figure skating Anime [4][10]

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