Ichiro Miyata&#039;s father and coach, and the one who passed on to him the love of boxing. He is a former a Japan and OPBF champion and considered a world contender when he was in his prime.

Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to the Kamogawa boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo's classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo's journey to the top of the boxing world begins.

__Height:__ 168 cm (5'6")

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A Japanese actor, voice actor, singer, narrator and theater director from Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan.

Ishizuka was known for his deep, strong voice and was often cast in the role of older mature male characters, such as [Jet Black](https://anilist.co/character/3/) in [Cowboy Bebop](https://anilist.co/anime/1/), [Job Truniht](https://anilist.co/character/19474/) in [Legend of the Galactic Heroes](https://anilist.co/anime/820/), [Van Hohenhaim](https://anilist.co/character/9792/) in [Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood](https://anilist.co/anime/5114/) and [Joseph Joestar](https://anilist.co/character/6356/) in [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure](https://anilist.co/anime/20474/).

On August 17, 2018, it was reported that Ishizuka had died on August 13th due to esophageal cancer.

Non-anime roles:
~!Adray Lasbard in "Star Ocean : Till the End of Time" (VG) (Japanese)
Bunta Fujiwara in "Initial D Arcade Stage 4" (VG) (Japanese)
Bunta Fujiwara in "Initial D: Special Stage" (VG) (Japanese)
Captain Gantu in "Lilo & Stitch" (Japanese)
Captain Hawke in "Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song" (VG) (Japanese)
Captain Jack Bartlett in "Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War" (VG) (Japanese)
Commander Chakotay in "Star Trek: Voyager" (Japanese Dub)
Dakkam in "Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits" (VG) (Japanese)
Diego Argis in "Rogue Galaxy" (VG) (Japanese)
Edward D. Morrison in "Tales of Phantasia -Full Voice Edition-" (VG) (Japanese)
Eugene Gallardo in "Tales of Rebirth" (VG) (Japanese)
Eugene Gallardo in "Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology" (VG) (Japanese)
Guld Goa Bowman in "Macross Plus: Game Edition" (VG) (Japanese)
Jet Black in "Cowboy Bebop" (VG) (Japanese)
Mathews in "Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose" (VG) (Japanese)
Mathews in "Xenosaga" (VG) (Japanese)
Matthews in "Xenosaga Freaks" (VG) (Japanese)
Metagross in "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" (VG) (Japanese)
Narrator in "Shiroi Ashita da! Roketto Dan" (Japanese)
Odjn in "Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter" (VG) (Japanese)
Prince Charming in "Shrek 2" (animated movie) (Japanese)
Prince Charming in "Shrek 3" (animated movie) (Japanese)
Ryotaro Dojima in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (VG)
Russ Cargill in "The Simpsons Movie" (DVD version) (Japanese)
Sestren in "Panzer Dragoon Orta" (VG)
Void in "Berserk ~Chapter of the Millenium Falcon - Record of the Holy Evil War Chapter~" (VG) (Japanese)
Zabuza in "Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2" (VG) (Japanese)!~

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**Francisco Gonzáles Ramírez**, better known as Paco Mauri, is a Mexican voice actor known for being the Latin American Spanish voice of Jiraiya in _Naruto_ and Noah Levenstein in _American Pie_. 
He is the recurring dub voice of Don Johnson.

Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to Takamura boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo&rsquo;s classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo&rsquo;s journey to the top of the boxing world begins. 
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

Ippo Makunouchi continues his boxing career and his goal on knowing the meaning of being strong, and the desire on fighting his idol Ichiro Miyata once again. Along him are pro boxers Takamura, Aoki and Kimura that each one of them aspire to their own dreams.
 
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A special episode included in the DVDs. It tells how Takamura started boxing.

Miyata no Chichi