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Dokaben

Japanese manga series

Field	Value
image	Dokaben vol 1.jpg
caption	First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Taro Yamada (bottom left)
ja_kanji	ドカベン
genre	Sports

Dokaben is a Japanese baseball manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima. The original series was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from April 24, 1972, to March 27, 1981, but it was followed by several sequel series running until 2018. Chapters of the series were published into 205 tankōbon volumes in total, making it the series with the second highest number of volumes. It was also made into an anime by the same name. It was immensely popular in Japan during its original release, and is one of the most popular sports manga of all time.

Synopsis

Dokaben is centered on Taro Yamada and his teammates Iwaki, Tonoma, and Satonaka and was focused mainly on their activity as a high school baseball team. At first, it focused on Yamada, Iwaki, and Sachiko and was set in Takaoka Middle School. But in Volume 8 the team is transferred to Meikun High School for their baseball skills.

The story of Dokaben continues in Dai Kōshien, Dokaben Pro Baseball Story, and Dokaben SuperStars Story.

Characters

Meikun High School baseball team

Yamada generation

;Taro Yamada : :Position: Catcher ;Masami Iwaki : :Position: Third baseman ;Kazuto Tonoma : :Position: Second baseman ;Satoru Satonaka : :Position: Pitcher ;Santaro Hohoemi : :Position: Catcher, Left fielder

Senior / Younger student

;Sho Doigaki : :Position: Catcher, First baseman ;Tetsuji Yamaoka : :Position: Center fielder ;Mitsuo Kita : :Position: Right fielder ;Koichi Ishige : :Position: Shortstop ;Keiichi Nagisa : :Position: Pitcher ;Tomoaki Takashiro : :Position: Shortstop, Second baseman

Manager

;Ieyasu Tokugawa : :Manager of Meikun High School baseball team

Yamada family

;Sachiko Yamada : :Taro's 9-year-old little sister ;Ji-chan : :Taro's grandfather :"Ji-chan" means grandpa in English

Rivals

Kanagawa

;Mamoru Shiranui : ;Daigoro Unryu : ;Gosuke Domon : ;Goro Tanitsu : ;Gonza Nankai : ;Shinji Kobayashi :

Kantō

;Gosuke Gama : ;Hayato Kagemaru : → Michihiro Ikemizu (ep. 82) ;Jiro Kinoshita : ;Chuji Kunisada : ;Fumio Ataru : → Takashi Tanaka

Whole Japan

;Sankichi Sakata : ;Kojiro Inukai : ;Takezo Inukai : ;Tsutomu Ogata : ;Ryo Inugami : ;Kazuma Musashibo : ;Hikaru Yoshitsune :

Others

;Natsuko Natsukawa : :Iwaki's girlfriend ;Toshiko Kobayashi : :Shinji Kobayashi's little sister

Video game adaptation

In 1989, Capcom released an arcade video game based on the manga.

Cultural references

In the "Simpsons Comics internationale" in issue #132, the Japanese supplement (Too crazy, Juvenile Prankster, BARTOMU! (serialized in "Laughing Laughing everyone is laughing")) opens as a parody of Dokaben, with Bartomu playing for the "Yokohama Li'l Ninjas", and an art style heavily based on Dokabens highly recognized style of art.

Notes

References

"Dokaben". [[Nippon Animation]].
"Dokaben - Videogame by Capcom".

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