EP 5 Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow-hen

After defeating Black Shaft's makeshift Team America, the Golden Japan Jr. team returns to training for the World Tournament that will be held in Tokyo. But during training the Shadow Clan, which uses boxing as an assasination technique, kidnaps Kiku in order to lure Ryuuji and the others into a fight to see who's truly the better representatives of Japan's junior boxers. (Source: Anime News Network)

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Ring ni Kakero 1 Episode: The Pacific War

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Cast 11 characters

Ryuuji Takane

Masakazu Morita

Ishimatsu Katori

Takeshi Kusao

Takeshi Kawai

Hiroshi Kamiya

Jun Kenzaki

Ryoutarou Okiayu

Kazuki Shinatora

Hideo Ishikawa

Kiku Takane

Rie Tanaka

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Hikaru Midorikawa

Helga

Hiro Yuuki

Don Giuliano

Takaya Kuroda

Napoleon Baroa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Shadow Sousui

Takahiro Sakurai