Dokaben

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Dokaben
Screenshot from the anime opening featuring the team.
ドカベン
Genre	Sports, School
Manga: [1]
Author	Shinji Mizushima
Publisher	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion
Original run	April 24, 1972 – March 27, 1981
Volumes	48
Manga: Dai Koushien [2]
Author	Shinji Mizushima
Publisher	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion
Manga: Dokaben Professional Baseball [3]
Author	Shinji Mizushima
Publisher	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion
Volumes	52
Manga: Dokaben Superstars [4]
Author	Shinji Mizushima
Publisher	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion
TV anime
Studio	Nippon Animation
Network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 6, 1976 – December 26, 1979
Episodes	163

Dokaben (ドカベン, Dokaben^?) is a baseball manga by Shinji Mizushima, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from April 24, 1972 to March 27, 1981. It was later made into an anime by the same name.

A dokaben (どか弁, dokaben^?) is a kind of bento box which the protagonist, Taro Yamada, likes to eat.

Contents 1 Outline 2 Characters 2.1 Meikun High School baseball team 2.1.1 Yamada generation 2.1.2 Senior / Younger student 2.1.3 Manager 2.2 Yamada family 2.3 Rivals 2.3.1 Kanagawa 2.3.2 Kanto 2.3.3 Whole Japan 2.4 Others 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Outline

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 Koushien, Dokaben Pro Baseball Story, and Dokaben SuperStars Story.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Meikun High School baseball team

[edit] Yamada generation

Taro Yamada (山田太郎,, Yamada Tarō^?)

Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka

Position: Catcher

Masami Iwaki (岩鬼正美,, Iwaki Masami^?)

Voiced by: Tessho Genda

Position: Third Baseman

Kazuto Tonoma (殿馬一人,, Tonoma Kazuto^?)

Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki

Position: Second Baseman

Satoru Satonaka (里中智,, Satonaka Satoru^?)

Voiced by: Akira Kamiya

Position: Pitcher

Santaro Hohoemi (微笑三太郎,, Hohoemi Santarō^?)

Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara

Position: Catcher, Left fielder

[edit] Senior / Younger student

Sho Doigaki (土井垣将,, Doigaki Shō^?)

Voiced by: Katsuji Mori

Position: Catcher, First Baseman

Tetsuji Yamaoka (山岡鉄司,, Yamaoka Tetsuji^?)

Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba

Position: Center fielder

Mitsuo Kita (北満男,, Kita Mitsuo^?)

Voiced by: Kazuomi Ikeda

Position: Right fielder

Koichi Ishige (石毛幸一,, Ishige Kōichi^?)

Voiced by: Bungo Nakano

Position: Shortstop

Keiichi Nagisa (渚圭一,, Nagisa Keiichi^?)

Voiced by: Toshio Furukawa

Position: Pitcher

Tomoaki Takashiro (高代智秋,, Takashiro Tomoaki^?)

Voiced by: Yu Mizushima

Position: Shortstop, Second Baseman

[edit] Manager

Ieyasu Tokugawa (徳川家康,, Tokugawa Ieyasu^?)

Voiced by: Reizou Nomoto

Manager of Meikun High School baseball team

[edit] Yamada family

Sachiko Yamada (山田サチ子,, Yamada Sachiko^?)

Voiced by: Minori Matsushima

Taro's 9-year-old little sister

Ji-chan (じっちゃん, Ji-chan^?)

Voiced by: Minoru Yada

Taro's grandfather

[edit] Rivals

[edit] Kanagawa

Mamoru Shiranui (不知火守,, Shiranui Mamoru^?)

Voiced by: Osamu Ichikawa

Daigoro Unryu (雲竜大五郎,, Unryū Daigorō^?)

Voiced by: Hiroshi Ohtake

Gosuke Domon (土門剛介,, Domon Gōsuke^?)

Voiced by: Mugihito

Goro Tanitsu (谷津吾郎,, Tanitsu Gorō^?)

Voiced by: Yoku Shioya

Gonza Nankai (南海権左,, Nankai Gonza^?)

Voiced by: Setsuo Wakui

Shinji Kobayashi (小林真司,, Kobayashi Shinji^?)

Voiced by: Makio Inoue

[edit] Kanto

Gosuke Gama (賀間剛介,, Gama Gōsuke^?)

Voiced by: Takeshi Kuwabara

Hayato Kagemaru (影丸隼人,, Kagemaru Hayato^?)

Voiced by: Masane Tsukayama → Michihiro Ikemizu (ep. 82)

Jiro Kinoshita (木下次郎,, Kinoshita Jirō^?)

Voiced by: Haruya Kato

Chuji Kunisada (国定忠治,, Kunisada Chūji^?)

Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa

Fumio Ataru (中二美夫,, Ataru Fumio^?)

Voiced by: Ryoichi Tanaka → Takashi Tanaka

[edit] Whole Japan

Sankichi Sakata (坂田三吉,, Sakata Sankichi^?)

Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara

Kojiro Inukai (犬飼小次郎,, Inukai Kojirō^?)

Voiced by: Masato Ibu

Takezo Inukai (犬飼武蔵,, Inukai Takezō^?)

Voiced by: Shingo Kanemoto

Tsutomu Ogata (緒方勉,, Ogata Tsutomu^?)

Voiced by: Rokuro Naya

Ryo Inugami (犬神了,, Inugami Ryō^?)

Voiced by: Shun Yashiro

Kazuma Musashibo (武蔵坊数馬,, Musashibō Kazuma^?)

Voiced by: Osamu Saka

Hikaru Yoshitsune (義経光,, Yoshitsune Hikaru^?)

Voiced by: Rokuro Naya

[edit] Others

Natsuko Natsukawa (夏川夏子,, Natsukawa Natsuko^?)

Voiced by: Yuko Maruyama

Iwaki's girlfriend

Toshiko Kobayashi (小林稔子,, Kobayashi Toshiko^?)

Voiced by: Mami Koyama

Shinji Kobayashi's little sister

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dokaben anime Official site from Fuji TV (Japanese)