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]
2010 Alice in Borderland Haro Aso Puzzle solving, Physical games Manga
2012 All Out!! Shiori Amase Rugby union Manga [9]
2008 Amanchu! Kozue Amano Scuba diving Manga [10]
1999 Angelic Layer Clamp Mecha, Angelic Layer Manga
1999 Angels in the Court Pinpai Volleyball Video game [11]
2016 Anima Yell! Tsukasa Unohana Cheerleading Manga [12]
1968 Animal 1 Noboru Kawasaki Amateur wrestling Manga
1928 Animal Olympic Games Yasuji Murata various Short film [13]
2017 Animation x Paralympic Parasports Anime
2015 Aoashi Yūgo Kobayashi, Naohiko Ueno Association football Manga [14]
2013 Aoharu × Machinegun Naoe Airsoft Manga
2014 Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue Sprite Flying Circus Visual novel
1970 Apache Baseball Team (Apache Yakyuugun) Kobako Hanato, Sachio Umemoto Baseball Manga [15][16][17]
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 [11]
2011 Asahinagu Ai Kozaki Naginata Manga [5]
1995 Ashen Victor Yukito Kishiro Motorball[a] Manga [7]
1976 Ashita e Kick-off Ikki Kajiwara American football Manga [18]
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 [19]
1984 Attacker You! Jun Makimura, Shizuo Koizumi Volleyball Manga [20]
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 [21]
2021 Backflip!! (Bakuten!!) Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, Toshizo Nemoto Rhythmic gymnastics Anime [22]
2008 Badminton Girl Mari Asabuki Badminton Manga [23]
2008 BaggataWay Iroha Kohinata Lacrosse Manga [24]
2024 Baki Hanma VS Kengan Ashura Keisuke Itagaki Martial arts
1991 Baki the Grappler Keisuke Itagaki Martial arts Manga [25]
2011 Bakuon!! Mimana Orimoto Motorcycle racing Manga [26]
2002 Bakuon Rettou Tsutomu Takahashi Motorcycle driving Manga [27]
2004 Bamboo Blade Masahiro Totsuka, Aguri Igarashi Kendo Manga [28]
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 [29]
1985 B.B. Osamu Ishiwata Boxing 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 [30]
2022 Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story Takayuki Inagaki Golf Anime [31]
2008 Blassreiter Yasuko Kobayashi, Gen Urobuchi, Ichirō Itano Motorcycle driving, Mecha Anime
1983 Blazing Transfer Student Kazuhiko Shimamoto Boxing Manga [32]
2021 Blue Box Kouji Miura Badminton Manga
2018 Blue Lock Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura Association football Manga [33]
1997 Bowling King Tong Ai Bowling Manga
2020 Breakers Parasports Anime [34]
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 [35]
1997 Buzzer Beater Takehiko Inoue Basketball Manga [36]
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 Deals Anime
2011 Cheer Boys!! Ryō Asai Cheerleading Novel [37]
2007 Chihayafuru Yuki Suetsugu Competitive karuta Manga [3][10]
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 [38][39]
CMFU Academy: King of Billiards Billiards Novel
CMFU Academy: Shenshi Ji Jijian Fencing Novel
2021 The Coin Manga bon_h Arcade games Manga [40]
2016 Crane Game Girls Crane game Anime [41][42]
2003 Crimson Hero Mitsuba Takanashi Volleyball Manga [7]
2012 Cross Game Mitsuru Adachi Baseball Manga [43]
2012 Cross Manage KAITO Lacrosse Manga [43]
2002 Daigunder (Bakuto Sengen Daigunder) Shinzō Fujita Military game, Mecha Anime
1995 Dan Doh!! Nobuhiro Sakata Golf Manga [25]
2006 Dash! Isaku Natsume Cheerleading Novel [44]
1979 Dash Kappei Noboru Rokuda Basketball Manga [36]
2013 Days Yasuda Tsuyoshi Association football Manga [9]
1989 Dear Boys Hiroki Yagami Basketball Manga [36]
2015 (2013) Death Parade (Death Billiards) Yuzuru Tachikawa Billiards Anime
2007 Dive!! Eto Mori Diving Novel [45]
1972 Dokaben Shinji Mizushima Baseball Manga [5]
2017 Doll-Kara Hanamura, Kazuyoshi Ishii, Kei Ryuuzouji Martial arts Manga [46]
2019 Don't Call Us a Junk Game! Nioshi Noa, Omochisan Video games Manga [47]
2012 Doreiku The Animation 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 [48]
2016 Farewell, My Dear Cramer Naoshi Arakawa Association football Manga [49]
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 [18]
2013 Free! Kōji Ōji Swimming Light novel [10]
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 [50]
1985 Ganbare, Kickers! (Fight, Kickers!) Noriaki Nagai Association football Manga
1978 Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hisaichi Ishii Baseball Manga [51]
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 [52]
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 [53]
1994 Goal FH Association football Anime
1988 Goddamn Kaoru Shintani Auto racing, Rally Manga
2017 The Goddess in Tokiwa Bowl Hiroki Yagami Bowling Manga [54][55]
2020 Gods' Games We Play Kei Sazane, Toiro Tomose Gods' Games Novel
2018 Golden Sakura Sayaka Okada, Kazuo Maekawa Mahjong Manga [56]
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 [57]
1992 H2 Mitsuru Adachi Baseball Manga [58]
2012 Haikyu!! Haruichi Furudate Volleyball Manga [59]
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 [60]
2013 Hanebado! Kōsuke Hamada Badminton Manga [61]
1993 Happy! Naoki Urasawa Tennis Manga
1994 Harlem Beat (Rebound) Yuriko Nishiyama Basketball, Streetball Manga [36]
2015 Harukana Receive Jizai Nyoi Beach volleyball Manga
Heavy Motoka Murakami Boxing Manga [62]
2014 Hero Bank Sega Mecha, Hero Battle Video game
2010 High Score Girl Rensuke Oshikiri Arcade games Manga
2024 Highspeed Etoile Takamitsu Kōno Auto racing Anime
1985 Hikari no Densetsu Izumi Aso Rhythmic gymnastics Manga [25]
1999 Hikaru no Go Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata Go Manga [3]
2014 Hinomaru Sumo Kawada Sumo Manga [3]
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 [63]
2002 Hungry Heart: Wild Striker Yōichi Takahashi Association football Manga
2018 Hyakuemu Uoto Track and field Manga
1995 I'll Hiroyuki Asada Basketball Manga [36]
2005 Idaten Jump Toshihiro Fujiwara Cycling (MTB) Manga
1952 Igaguri-kun [jp] Eiichi Fukui Judo Manga [64]
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 [9]
1995 Initial D Shuichi Shigeno Street racing Manga [25]
2000 Inu Neko Jump! Mitsuru Hattori Long jump Manga [65][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 [66]
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 [67][68][69][70]
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 [71]
2015 King of Prism Avex Pictures Prism show[b] Anime [72]
1978 Kinnikuman Yudetamago Professional wrestling Manga [25]
1992 Kizuna: Bonds of Love Kazuma Kodaka Kendo Manga [7]
2008 Kuroko's Basketball Tadatoshi Fujimaki Basketball Manga [3][10]
2018 Ladyspo various Anime
2015 Laid-Back Camp (Yuru Camp) Afro Adventuring 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 [73]
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 [25]
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 [25]
1996 Mars Fuyumi Soryo Motorcycle racing Manga [7]
1997 Medabots (Medarot) Rin Horuma Mecha, Robbatling[74] Video game
2020 Medalist Tsurumaikada Figure skating Manga
2018 Megalo Box Chikara Sakuma Mecha boxing Manga [75]
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 [76]
2011 Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club Noriyuki Matsumoto Cycling Manga
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 [11]
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 [77]
2010 Nana Maru San Batsu Iqura Sugimoto Quiz bowl Manga [78]
2024 Narenare: Cheer for You! Kōdai Kakimoto, Yuniko Ayana, Midori Gotō Cheerleading Anime
2000 Nasu Iou Kuroda Cycling Manga [79]
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
2018 Oblivion Battery Eko Mikawa Baseball Manga
1987 Offside Natsuko Heiuchi Association football Manga
1988 Oh My Goddess! (Ah! My Goddess!) Kōsuke Fujishima Motorcycle driving Manga
2014 Oi! Tonbo Ken Kawasaki, Yū Furusawa Golf Manga [80]
2018 Olympia Kyklos Mari Yamazaki Manga
2012 One Off Masahi Suzuki Motorcycle driving Anime [81]
1998 One Outs Shinobu Kaitani Baseball Manga [82]
1987 One-pound Gospel Rumiko Takahashi Boxing Manga [7]
1973 Ore wa Teppei Tetsuya Chiba Kendo Manga
2005 Over Drive Yasuda Tsuyoshi Cycling Manga [25]
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 [23]
2011 Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream Avex Pictures Prism show[b] Video game [83]
2012 Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future Avex Pictures Prism show[b] Video game [84]
2013 Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live Avex Pictures Prism show[b] Video game [84]
2013 Pretty Rhythm: All Star Selection Avex Pictures Prism show[b] Video game [84]
2012 Prince of Stride Shuuji Sogabe Running, Parkour Light novel [85]
1999 The Prince of Tennis Takeshi Konomi Tennis Manga [4][5]
2010 Princess Jellyfish: Go, Sisterhood Explorers! Akiko Higashimura Scouting Manga [86]
1998 Princess Nine Tomomi Mochizuki Baseball Anime [9]
1974 Pro Golfer Saru [jp] Fujiko Fujio Golf Manga [11]
2021 PuraOre! Pride of Orange Touko Machida Ice hockey Anime
2021 RE-MAIN Masafumi Nishida Water polo Anime [87]
1999 Real Takehiko Inoue Wheelchair basketball Manga [36]
2009 Redline Takeshi Koike, Katsuhito Ishii, Yōji Enokido, Yoshiki Sakurai Auto racing Anime
2003 Rideback Tetsurō Kasahara Motorsports, Mecha motorcycles Manga [52]
2015 Rifle Is Beautiful Salmiakki Air rifle Manga [88]
1977 Ring ni Kakero Masami Kurumada Boxing Manga [25]
2020 Riko-san Bucchigiri desu! Oota Hitoshi Table tennis Manga
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 Manga
2023 Run for money: The great mission (Tousouchuu: Great Mission) Tag, Parkour Game show [89][90][91]
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 [92]
2010 Sabagebu! Hidekichi Matsumoto Airsoft Manga [93]
2015 Sailor Ace Shuichi Shigeno Baseball Manga
2006 Saki Ritz Kobayashi Mahjong Manga [94]
2009 Sayonara, Football Naoshi Arakawa Association football Manga [95]
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 [96]
2004 Shion no Ō Masaru Katori, Jiro Ando Shogi Manga [97]
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 Longboard 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 [25]
1994 Soccer Fever Association football Anime
2015 Sōkyū Boys Kyuu Sakazuki, Fuwai Handball Manga
1966 Speed Racer Tatsuo Yoshida Auto racing Manga [11]
2005 Splatoon Sankichi Hinodeya Turf wars Video game
1966 Star of the Giants Ikki Kajiwara, Noboru Kawasaki Baseball Manga [98]
2019 Stars Align Kazuki Akane Tennis Anime
2010 Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 Ikoma, Getsumin, Kokudō 12-gō Airsoft Manga [99]
2005 Sugar Princess Hisaya Nakajo Figure skating Manga [25]
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 [100]
2004 Suzuka Kōji Seo High jump Manga [7]
2020 Taisou Zamurai Gymnastics Anime
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 [101]
1968 Tiger Mask Ikki Kajiwara, Naoki Tsuji Professional wrestling Manga [102]
2016 Toppu GP Kōsuke Fujishima Motorcycle racing Manga
1981 Touch Mitsuru Adachi Baseball, gymnastics Manga [11]
1993 Tough Tetsuya Saruwatari Martial arts Manga [25]
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 [103]
2016 Tsurune Kotoko Ayano Kyūdō Light novel [104]
2025 Turkey! Naomi Hiruta Bowling Anime
2017 Uma Musume Pretty Derby S. Kosugi Horse racing Manga [105]
2006 Usogui (The Lie Eater) Toshio Sako Gambling Manga
2015 Venus Project: Climax Galat Mecha, Idol, Formula Venus Video game [106]
2012 Victory Kickoff!! Association football Anime
2014 Waiting for Spring Anashin Basketball Manga [52]
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 [107]
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][10]
2016 Yuri on Ice Sayo Yamamoto, Mitsurō Kubo Figure skating Anime [4][10]
2001 Zoids: New Century Katsuyuki Sumisawa Military game, Mecha Anime [4][10]
2020 Number24 Rika Nakase Rugby Anime

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

Notes

  1. ^ A fictional sport appearing in Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro.
  2. ^ a b c d e f A fictional sport in the Pretty Rhythm series that combines elements of figure skating and dance.[72][83] Also referred to as "Prism Dance Skate" in the 2010 Pretty Rhythm manga.[23]

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