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KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple (TV)

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© Syun Matsuena‧Shogakukan / KenIchi Project‧TV Tokyo


[ adapted from Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi (manga) ]

Alternative title:
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
Kenichi
Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi (Japanese)
The Mightiest Disciple Kenichi
史上最強の弟子ケンイチ (Japanese)
史上最強弟子兼一 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, comedy, romance
Themes: Martial Arts
Plot Summary: Shirahama Kenichi is an average student who has earned the nickname "Weak Legs" from always getting bullied. One day he meets a cute girl named Furinji Miu who helps him build the courage to begin training at a mysterious dojo where she lives. Here Kenichi faces intense training from masters of many different martial arts styles as he attempts to become stronger.
User Ratings: 911 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 182 votes (sub:170, dub:11, Spa.sub:1)
 Excellent: 320 votes (sub:301, dub:11, Spa.sub:5, Ger.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Very good: 208 votes (sub:183, Spa.sub:9, dub:7, raw:5, Rus.sub:2, Fre.sub:1, ?:1)
 Good: 108 votes (sub:100, dub:8)
 Decent: 50 votes (sub:45, dub:4, Rus.sub:1)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:15, Fre.sub:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:3)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1560 users, rank: #368
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.379 (Very good+.37), std. dev.: 1.4872, rank: #195
Weighted mean: 8.149 (Very good+.14), rank: #232 (seen all: 9.31 / seen some: 8.19 / won't finish: 6.32)
Bayesian estimate: 8.142 (Very good+.14), rank: #160
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 50
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage: 2006-10-07 to 2007-09-29
Releases: We have 13
Opening Theme:
#1: "Be Strong" by Kana Yazumi (eps 1-25)
#2: "Yahho~" by Miho Morikawa, Akira Asakura (eps 26-)
Ending Theme:
"Kimi ga iru kara" by Issei Eguchi
#2: "Catch Your Dream" by Koike Joanna (eps 16-25)
#3: "RunOver" by Koike Joanna (eps 26-45)
#4: "Kokoro Kara no Message" by Sakura (eps 46-)
#5: "Be Strong" by Kana Yasumi (ep 50)
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Related reviews:
    KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple DVD Season 1 Part 2
    KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple DVD Season 1 Part 1

Related releases:
    KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple - Season 1 Part 1 (DVD) 2009-03-10 (from $29.57)
    KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple - Season 1 Part 2 (DVD) 2009-06-16 (from $29.57)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hajime Kamegaki

Series Composition: Yoshiyuki Suga

Screenplay: Yoshiyuki Suga

Music: Joe Rinoie

Original creator: Shun Matsuena

Character Design:
Junko Yamanaka
Masatomo Sudô

Art director: Nobuto Sakamoto

Sound director: Akiyoshi Tanaka

Director of Photography: Akio Saitô

Color design: Shigenobu Kaihou

Theme Song Arrangement: Masanori Mine (OP1,2)

Theme Song Composition: Joe Rinoie (OP1-2,ED1-3)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Joanna Koike (ED2,3)
Kana Yazumi (OP1)

Theme Song Performance:
Akira Asakura (OP2)
Issei Eguchi (ED1)
Joanna Koike (ED2,3)
Kana Yazumi (OP1)
Miho Morikawa (OP2)

 

Tomokazu Seki as Kenichi Shirahama

Tomoko Kawakami as Miu Furinji

Hiroshi Arikawa as Hayato "Jijii" Furinji

Hiroya Ishimaru as Apachai Hopachai

Issei Futamata as Kensei Ma

Juurouta Kosugi as Akisame Koetsuji

Mamiko Noto as Shigure Kosaka

Unshou Ishizuka as Shio Sakaki

Ai Orikasa as Saori Shirahama

Akio Ohtsuka as Ishinsai Ogata

Atsuko Tanaka as Freya

Aya Hisakawa as Chihiro Takashima

Daiki Nakamura as Tanimoto's Foster Father

Daisuke Gouri as Genji Shirahama

Daisuke Namikawa as Shokatsukouan

Houko Kuwashima as Kaede Tanimoto

Isshin Chiba as Takashi Furukawa

Jouji Nakata as Berserker

Junichi Sugawara as Kondou

Junko Minagawa as Shiratori

Katsuhisa Houki as Yanaga-sensei

Katsumi Toriumi as Matsui

Kazuki Yao as Ikki Takeda

Kazuya Ichijou as
Daimonji
Shinnosuke Tsuji

Keiji Fujiwara as Loki

Ken Narita as Ryuto "Odein" Asamiya

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Tsukuba

Kouki Miyata as Ryuto Asamiya (young)

Mayumi Yamaguchi as Koga Taichi

Michiko Neya as Warukyure (eps 38,39,44,45)

Mika Kanai as Ba Ranka

Minami Takayama as Kisara "Valkyrie" Nanjo

Mitsuaki Madono as Siegfried

Naomi Kusumi as Thor

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Ryuugenson

Rikako Aikawa as No. 20

Ryo Horikawa as Natsu "Hermit" Tanimoto

Shigeru Shibuya as
Johnny
Kamioka
No. 25
Tanaka

Sho Hayami as Boss (ep 27)

Takashi Nagasako as Gonzui Kumatori

Takumi Yamazaki as Haruo Niijima

Tesshô Genda as Ba Sougetsu

Tomoe Sakuragawa as Honoka Shirahama

Toru Ohkawa as Kozo Ukita

Yukiko Iwai as Makoto Himeno

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: TMS Entertainment

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Production:
TMS Entertainment
TV Tokyo

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director:
Charles Campbell
Joel McDonald (Ep. 5-8)
Jon Duckworth (Ep. 16-17)
Leslie Patrick (Ep. 15-19, 23-24)
Monica Rial (Ep. 1-4, 9-15, 19-22, 25-26)

Script:
Blair Rowan (Ep. 4, 6-7. 9-11, 16, 23)
Lan Freedman (Ep. 1, 8)
Sean Whitley (Ep. 18-19)
Spencer Prokop (Ep. 14-15, 20-22, 24-26)
Steven Walters (Ep. 2-3, 5, 12-13)

Translation: Kaoru Bertrand

Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga

Producer:
Carly Hunter
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer:
Cris George (Ep. 15-19)
Jon Duckworth (Ep. 1-4, 9-13, 20-26)
Stephen Hoff (Ep. 5-8)

Assistant Editor:
Joe Harris
Michael Rivas

DVD Authoring:
Matthew O'Hara
Russ Coffman
Trace Furniss

DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin

DVD Editor: Jeremy Jimenez

DVD Menu Audio: Jim Welch

DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon

DVD Producer: Clarine Harp

DVD Quality Control:
Caesar Lopez
Christine Bertolino
DJ Fonner
Jason Gee
Jesse Kirstein (Part 2)
Kris Bryan

Head Writer: John Burgmeier

Line Producer: Colleen Clinkenbeard

Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps

Production Assistant: Susie Nixon

Subtitling:
Ashley Hayward (Part 2)
Ben Phillips
Brandy Richmond
Brian Thomas
Chiye Green
Erica Maroney (Part 2)
Shojin Bateman

Talent Coordinator: Tara Williams

Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Robert Bell

 

Carrie Savage as Miu Furinji

Josh Grelle as Kenichi Shirahama

Chris Cason as Tochumaru

Christopher R. Sabat as Shio Sakaki

Kent Williams as Akisame Koetsuji

R Bruce Elliott as Hayato Furinji

Sonny Strait as Apachai Hopachai

Todd Haberkorn as Haruo Niijima

Trina Nishimura as Shigure Kosaka

Vic Mignogna as Kensei Ma

Ben Phillips as
Senior A (Ep. 1-2)
Senior I (Ep. 2)
Student (Ep. 10)
Subordinate C (Ep. 12-13)
Thug B (Ep. 13)

Bob Carter as Gonzui Kumatori (Ep. 17-18)

Brad Hutson as Thug 1 (Ep. 5)

Brina Palencia as Yuka Izumi

Bruce Lewis as Kurokawa

Caitlin Glass as Ono

Charles Campbell as
Old Man (Ep. 1)
Senior F (Ep. 2)
Senior J (Ep. 2)
Teacher (Ep. 3)
Thug B (Ep. 1)

Cherami Leigh as
Honoka Shirahama
Makato

Chris Ayres as Daimonji

Chris Cason as Disciple 5 (Ep. 17-18)

Chris Rager as Shinnosuke Tsuji

Christopher Bevins as
Kung Fu Guy (Ep. 6)
Thug 2 (Ep. 5)
Thug A (Ep. 1)

Colleen Clinkenbeard as Kisara Nanjo

Cris George as
Disciple 8 (Ep. 17-18)
Disciple 9 (Ep. 17-18)
Subordinate B (Ep. 12-13)
Thug A (Ep. 13)

Cynthia Cranz as Saori Shirahama

Daniel Katsük as
Shimayama
Thug 3 (Ep. 5)

DJ Fonner as
Student (Ep. 10)
Subordinate D (Ep. 12-13)
Thug (Ep. 14)

Eric Cherry as Kamioka

George Manley as Leader

Greg Ayres as Koga Taichi

Greg Dulcie as Yasunaga

Halei Prichard as Boy (Ep. 17)

Ian Sinclair as
Ikeshita (Ep. 11)
Imai
Senior B (Ep. 1)
Senior C (Ep. 2)
Senior H (Ep. 2)
Thug C (Ep. 1)

J. Michael Tatum as
Ikki Takeda
Senior E (Ep. 2)

Jamie Marchi as
Female Student A (Ep. 5)
Gymnast A (Ep. 6)
Gynmast 2 (Ep. 16)

Jason Liebrecht as Natsu "Hermit" Tanimoto

Jerry Jewell as Ryuto "Odin" Asamiya

Joel McDonald as
Shiratori (Ep. 7)
Student A (Ep. 5)
Takashi Furukawa

John Gremillion as
Disciple 1 (Ep. 17-18)
Hoshino

John Swasey as
Mototsugu Shirahama
Wrestler (Ep. 8)

Jon Duckworth as Disciple 6 (Ep. 17-18)

Kristi Bingham as
Female Student 1 (Ep. 2)
Gymnast 1 (Ep. 16)
Gymnast B (Ep. 6)
Little Girl (Ep. 5)

Kristin Sutton as
Boy B (Ep. 15)
F. Student C (Ep. 13)
Makoto Himeno

Kyle Hebert as Tsukuba

Kyle Phillips as
Grocer (Ep. 12)
Subordinate A (Ep. 12-13)

Leah Clark as
Boy A (Ep. 15)
Chihiro Takashima
F. Student B (Ep. 13)
Mother (Ep. 7)
Voice B (Ep. 12)

Mary Morgan as
F. Student A (Ep. 13)
Female Student (Ep. 14)
Female Student 2 (Ep. 2)
Female Student B (Ep. 5)
Gymnast C (Ep. 6)
Store Clerk (Ep. 5)
Voice A (Ep. 12)
Young Child (Ep. 7)

Matthew Stephenson as Disciple 7 (Ep. 17-18)

Mike McFarland as
Senior D (Ep. 2)
Ukita Kozo

Nick Parker as Disciple 4 (Ep. 17-18)

Orion Pitts as
Stripe Thug (Ep. 23)
Tsutomu Tanaka

Robert McCollum as
Dad (Ep. 17)
Disciple 3 (Ep. 17-18)

Stephen Hoff as Student B (Ep. 5)

Terri Doty as Female Student C (Ep. 5)

Tony Patterson as
Senior B (Ep. 2)
Senior C (Ep. 1)
Senior G (Ep. 2)

Travis Willingham as
Disciple 2 (Ep. 17-18)
Loki

Z. Charles Bolton as Matsui

Amy Rosenthal

Angela Chase

Angela Mauney

Anthony Bowling

Erik Archilla

James Cave

Jeremy Inman

Joey Folsom

Leslie Patrick

Maeghan Albach

Monica Rial

Sheridan Wright

Spencer Prokop

English companies 

Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel

Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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