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Burning Kabaddi

Burning Kabaddi

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Overview

Yoigoshi Tatsuya was a star soccer player known as "Yoigoshi the Unstoppable," but when he entered high school, he severed all involvement with sports. Now, he has been invited to a certain sports team. In these matches, victory is achieved through teammates working together to catch and defeat the opponents invading their territory... You could call it a sort of running combat sport. And the name of this game is... Kabaddi.

Created by Yuko Kakihara
Written by Yuko Kakihara
Produced by Ayaka Nishimae, Mirai Yamauchi, Takuya Matsumoto
NetworksTV Tokyo

Top Cast

Shuichi Uchida

Shuichi Uchida

Yū Eikura (voice)

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Masato Ohjyo (voice)

Yuma Uchida

Yuma Uchida

Tatsuya Hoigoshi (voice)

Gen Sato

Gen Sato

Souma Azemachi (voice)

Makoto Furukawa

Makoto Furukawa

Kei Iura (voice)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Kyouhei Misumi (voice)

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Shinji Date (voice)

Shinichiro Kamio

Shinichiro Kamio

Nobutaka Ban (voice)

Wataru Komada

Wataru Komada

Ryuta Seki (voice)

Ayumu Murase

Ayumu Murase

Yūki Hitomi (voice)

Themes & Keywords

sportsslice of lifeschooltournamentbased on mangaanimebukatsu

About Burning Kabaddi

Burning Kabaddi is a animation, comedy series that first aired in 2021 exploring themes of sports, slice of life, school, tournament, based on manga, anime. Created by Yuko Kakihara, it stars Shuichi Uchida, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuma Uchida. Yoigoshi Tatsuya was a star soccer player known as "Yoigoshi the Unstoppable," but when he entered high school, he severed all involvement with sports. Now, he has been invited to a certain sports team. In these matches, victory is achieved through teammates working together to catch and defeat the opponents invading their territory... You could call it a sort of running combat sport. And the name of this game is... Kabaddi.

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