This is a list of sports anime, manga, OVAs, ONAs, and films.
Year Title Creator(s) Sport Original medium 1987 1 pound Gospel Rumiko Takahashi Boxing Manga 2021 1F no Kishi (Knight in 1 Frame) Hollow Takeuchi Fencing Manga 2015 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team Yukako Kabei Volleyball Light novel 1990 3rd St. Souichi Moto Auto racing Manga 2010 6000 (The Deep Sea of Madness) Nokuto KoikeScuba diving Manga 2006 81diver Yokusaru Shibata Shogi Manga 2008 88 Hiromi Namiki Ice hockey Manga 1991 801 T.T.S. Airbats Shimizu Toshimitsu Aeroplane aerobatics Manga 1988 Aah! Harimanada Kei Sadayasu Sumo Manga 2021 A-bout! Surf Masa Ichikawa Surfing Manga 1973 Abu-san Shinji Mizushima Baseball Manga 2006 Ace of Diamond Yuji Terajima Baseball Manga 2018 Aerover Pictionary Art Factory Mecha, Drone flying (Aerover Championship) Anime 2013 After School Dice Club Hirō Nakamichi Board games Manga 2011 Again!! Mitsurō Kubo Cheerleading (Ōendan) Mangahttps://www.slj.com/story/10-sports-manga-for-hardcore-fans-and-newcomers-alike-mondo-manga 2006 Ah! Classic Bikers Kenichirou Iwahashi, Rintaro Asashi Motorcycle racing Manga 2003 Ahiru no Sora Takeshi Hinata Basketball Manga 2004 Aiki Isutoshi Martial arts Manga 1973 Aim for the Ace! Sumika Yamamoto Tennis Manga 2002 Air Gear Oh! great Inline skating (Air Treking) Manga 1996 Air Master Yokusaru Shibata Martial arts, Street fighting Manga 1981 Aitsu to Lullaby Michiharu Kusunoki Street racing, Motorcycle racing Manga 1991 Akagi (Akagi: The Genius Who Descended into Darkness) Nobuyuki Fukumoto Mahjong Manga 1970 Akakichi no Eleven Ikki Kajiwara, Mitsuyoshi Sonoda Association football Manga 1977 Akai Pegasus Motoka Murakami Auto racing (F1) Manga 2013 Akichi Asobi: Playground Ryosuke Oshiro & Tokyo University of the Arts Sandlot games Anime 1996 Akira no Meisei (Akira no Myoujou) Michitsuna Takahashi, Souichi Moto Running Manga 2021 Alice Gear Aegis: Heart Pounding! Actress Packed Mermaid Grand Prix! Pyramid M-1 Tag Team Mobile game 2020 All Free!: Zettai! Musabetsu-kyuu Chousen Joshi Den Terubou Aono Judo Manga 2008 All-Rounder Meguru Hiroki Endo Martial arts (MMA, Shoot wrestling) Manga 2012 All Out!! Shiori Amase Rugby union Manga 2008 Amanchu! Kozue AmanoScuba diving Manga 1999 Angelic Layer Clamp Plamo battles (Angelic Layer) Manga 1999 Angels in the Court Pinpai Volleyball Video game 2016 Anima Yell! Tsukasa Unohana Cheerleading Manga 1968 Animal 1 Noboru KawasakiAmateur wrestling Manga 1928 Animal Olympic Games Yasuji Murata Various Short film 2015 Ani Tore! EX (Anime de Training EX) Daisuke Ishibashi Calisthenics Anime 2017 Animation x Paralympic Parasports Anime 2015 Aoashi Yūgo Kobayashi, Naohiko Ueno Association football Manga 2013 Aoharu × Machinegun Naoe Airsoft Manga 2005 Aoi Kiseki Miko Mitsuki Swimming Manga 2014 Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue Sprite Flying Circus (Anti-gravity shoes racing) Visual novel 1970 Apache Baseball Team (Apache Yakyuugun) Kobako Hanato, Sachio Umemoto Baseball Manga 2020 Appare-Ranman! Masakazu Hashimoto Auto racing, Steampunk Anime 2009 Arachnid Shinya Murata, Shinsen Ifuji Martial arts Manga 1998 Arcade Gamer Fubuki Mine Yoshizaki Arcade games Manga 1977 Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix Rintaro Auto racing (F1) Anime 1993 Art of Fighting Hiroshi Fukutomi, Nobuaki Kishima, Kazunori Iwakura Martial arts Video game 2011 Asahinagu Ai Kozaki Naginata Manga 1995 Ashen Victor Yukito Kishiro Inline skating (Motorball) Manga 1992 Ashita e Free Kick Ashi Productions Association football Anime 1976 Ashita e Kick-off Ikki Kajiwara American football Manga 1968 Ashita no Joe Asao Takamori, Tetsuya Chiba Boxing Manga 1980 Ashita Tenki ni Naare Tetsuya Chiba Golf Manga 1968 Attack No. 1 Chikako Urano Volleyball Manga 1977 Attack on Tomorrow Fumio Kurokawa Volleyball Anime 1984 Attacker You!Jun Makimura, Shizuo Koizumi Volleyball Manga 2020 Auto Boy - Carl from Mobile Land Auto driving, Mecha Manga/Anime 1997 Ayane's High Kick Isao Shizuya Kickboxing Anime 1970 Ayu Takao Yaguchi Fishing Manga 1994 Azumi Yuu Koyama Martial arts Manga 2007 Baka and Test Kenji Inoue, Yui Haga Game (Summoner Test Wars) Light novel 2018 Bakutsuri Bar Hunter BandaiFictional fishing sport Anime 2018 Barangay 143 Katski Flores Basketball, Streetballhttps://www.animationmagazine.net/2018/08/first-filipino-anime-barangay-143-to-air-on-gma-7/ Anime 1999 Bass Master Ranmaru Taiga Takahashi, Yoshiaki Shimojo Fishing sport Manga 1996 Battle Arena Toshinden Tamsoft Martial arts Video game 2018 Batuque Toshio Sako Capoeira Manga 2011 B-Daman Crossfire Mecha, B-Daman battles 2007 Baby Steps Hikaru Katsuki Tennis Manga 2009 Bachibachi Takahiro Satou Sumo Manga 2021Backflip!! (Bakuten!!)Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, Toshizo NemotoRhythmic gymnasticsAnime 2008 Badminton Girl Mari Asabuki Badminton Manga 2008 BaggataWay Iroha Kohinata Lacrosse Manga 2024 Baki Hanma VS Kengan Ashura Keisuke Itagaki Martial arts 1991 Baki the Grappler Keisuke Itagaki Martial arts Manga 2011 Bakuon!! Mimana Orimoto Motorcycle racing Manga 2002 Bakuon Rettou Tsutomu Takahashi Motorcycle driving Manga 1994 Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! Tetsuhiro Koshita Car model racing Manga 2006 BakéGyamon Mitsuhisa Tamura, Kazuhiro Fujita Games Manga 2004 Bamboo Blade Masahiro Totsuka, Aguri Igarashi Kendo Manga 2022 Ban-Ō Toshiya Watabiki, Garaku Akinai Shogi Manga 1983 Bari Bari Densetsu Shuichi Shigeno Street racing, Motorcycle racing Manga 2009 Basquash! Shōji Kawamori, Thomas RomainMecha basketball Anime 1986 Bataashi Kingyo Minetarō Mochizuki Swimming Manga 1997 Battle Athletes Various (Daiundoukai) Anime or Manga 2004 Battle Club Yuji ShiozakiAmateur wrestling Manga 2007 The Battle of Genryu: Origin Shouko Fukaki Martial arts Manga 1986 Battle Royal High School Shin'ichi Kuruma Martial arts Manga 2015 Battle Studies Nakibokuro Baseball Manga 1985 B.B. Osamu Ishiwata Boxing Manga 1991 B.B. Fish (Blue Butterfly Fish) Shō KitagawaFreediving Manga 2007 Beach Stars Masahiro Morio Beach volleyball Manga 1986 Beat Shot!! Satoshi Ikezawa Golf Manga 1983 Be-Bop High School Kazuhiro Kiuchi Martial arts Manga 2021 Benihi no Ulti Naoto Kanno Ultimate frisbee Manga 2008 Ben-To Asaura, Kaito Shibano Martial arts (Bento brawls) Light novel 2018 Best 8+ Yeong-chan Rowing Manga 2015 Best Blue Masahiro Hirakata Swimming Manga 2017 Between the Sky and Sea Oji Hiroi, Takashi YamadaFictional fishing (Space fishing) Video game 2008 Beyblade Takao Aoki Mecha, Beyblading Manga 2003 Big Windup! Asa Higuchi Baseball Manga 2004 Bikini! Wataru Mizukami Swimming Manga 2022 Billion Racer Taiga Tada Motorcycle racing, Gambling Manga 2016 Bird: Black Market Kazutoshi Yamane, Hiromi Aoyama Mahjong Manga 2022 Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story Takayuki Inagaki Golf Anime 2015 Black-Box Tsutomu Takahashi Boxing Manga 2018 Blade Girl: The One-Legged Runner Narumi Shigematsu Parasport (Blade running) Manga 2008 Blassreiter Yasuko Kobayashi, Gen Urobuchi, Ichirō Itano Motorcycle driving, Mecha Anime 1992 Blaster Knuckle Shizuya Wazarai Boxing Manga 1983 Blazing Transfer Student Kazuhiko Shimamoto Boxing Manga 2010 Blood Diver Ringo and the Fishbowl Man Youichi AbeFictional diving (Blood diving) Manga 2021 Blue Box Kouji Miura Badminton Manga 2018 Blue Lock Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura Association football Manga 2018 Blue Striker Yokusaru Shibata, Makoto Sawa Martial arts Manga 2025 Blue Ursus Yabako Sandrovich, Doi Naha Martial arts, Wrestling Manga 2024 Bodokan! ~Onna, Shujin Doushi, Kangoku de Nani mo Okoranai Hazu ga Naku~ Wanai Warugi, Shouichi Taguchi Board games Manga 2019 Boku × Star (Boxster) Keisuke Hiya Martial arts Manga 2020 Bukuro Kicks Ikka Matsuki Parasport (Blind soccer) Manga 1997 Bowling King Tong Ai Bowling Manga Brasaka Bravo!! (BRAVO Blind Soccer) Yōichi Takahashi Parasport (Blind soccer) Manga 1992 Break-Age Zhiemay Batow Mecha, Virtual puppet battles Manga 2020 Breakers Parasports Anime 1987 Break Shot Takeshi Maekawa Billiards Manga 2022 Bubble Gen Urobuchi, Takeshi Obata Parkour Anime 1987 Bucchigiri Yuu Nakahara Baseball Mangahttps://web.archive.org/web/20181207203019/https://websunday.net/museum/no30/no30in.html 2021 Build Divide Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno, Yoriko Tomita Card game (Build Divide) Anime 2015 Burning Kabaddi Hajime Musashino Kabaddi Manga 1999 Bus Gamer Kazuya MinekuraBusiness game Manga 2012 Busou Shinki Moon Angel Konami Plamo battles (Shinki battles) Action figures 1997 Buzzer Beater Takehiko Inoue Basketball Manga 2011 [C] CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility Noboru TakagiBusiness game (Deals) Anime 2020 Cap Kakumei Bottleman Gaina Bottle Battle Anime 2005 Capeta Masahito Soda Kart racing Manga 1981 Captain Tsubasa Yōichi Takahashi Association football Manga 2020 The Catcher in the Ballpark! Tatsurō Suga Baseball Manga 2012 Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter Square Enix Auto driving, Mecha Arcade game/Anime 2016 Cheating Craft Takamitsu Kouno Extreme cheating Animehttps://www.crunchyroll.com/news/features/2017/12/3/16-strange-obscure-and-fictional-sports-in-anime 2011 Cheer Boys!! Ryō Asai Cheerleading Novel 1992 Cherry Noboru TakahashiProfessional wrestling Manga 2024 Chihaya Re:Start! Hollow Takeuchi Running Manga 2007 Chihayafuru Yuki Suetsugu Card game (competitive Karuta) Manga 2014 Chio's School Road Tadataka Kawasaki Various, Parkour Manga 1959 Chronicles of a Ninja's Military Accomplishments (Ninja Bugeichou) Sanpei Shirato Martial arts Manga 2013 Chrono Monochrome Jingetsu Isomi Chess Manga 2003 Cinderella Nine Baseball, Cricket 2022 Cipher Academy Nisio Isin, Yūji Iwasaki Puzzle solving (Cryptography, Cipher-based battles) Manga 2018 Circlet Princess DMM Games Circlet Bout Video game 2018 Circuit Angel: Resolving Starting Grid Mami Watanabe, Toi Tsukumo, Chūichi Iguchi Motorcycle racing Anime 1974 The Circuit Wolf Satoshi Ikezawa Auto racing Manga 2007 The Climber Shin-ichi Sakamoto, Yoshio Nabeta, Hiroshi Takano Rock climbing Manga CMFU Academy: King of Billiards Billiards Novel CMFU Academy: Shenshi Ji Jijian Fencing Novel 2021 The Coin Manga bon_h Arcade games Manga 2004 Countach Haruto Umezawa Auto racing Manga 2016 Crane Game Girls Crane game Anime 2003 Crimson Hero Mitsuba Takanashi Volleyball Manga 2012 Cross Game Mitsuru Adachi Baseball Manga 2012 Cross Manage KAITO Lacrosse Manga 2012 Crow in the Starry Sky Satoshi Morie Go Manga 2001 Crush Gear Turbo Hajime Yatate, Fuyunori Gobu, Hiroaki Kitajima Car model battles (Crush Gear) Anime 1986 Crying Freeman Kazuo Koike, Ryoichi Ikegami Martial arts Manga 1971 Cycle Yarou Toshio Shouji Cycling Manga 1998 D4 Princess Shotaro Harada Panzer fights Manga 2002 Daigunder (Bakuto Sengen Daigunder) Shinzō Fujita Military game, Mecha Anime 1995 Dan Doh!! Nobuhiro Sakata Golf Manga 2015 Dance Dance Danseur George Asakura Dance (Ballet) Manga 2012 Dansui! Tatsuya Kiuchi Swimming Manga 2006 Dash! Isaku Natsume Cheerleading Novel 1979 Dash Kappei Noboru Rokuda Basketball Manga 1987 Dash! Yonkuro Zaurus Tokuda Car model racing Manga 2023 Dave the Diver Shinnosuke TsuchidaScuba diving Video game 2013 Days Yasuda Tsuyoshi Association football Manga 2003 Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball Comic Anthology Beach volleyball Video game 1989 Dear Boys Hiroki Yagami Basketball Manga 2015 (2013) Death Parade (Death Billiards) Yuzuru Tachikawa Various Anime 1994 Denju - Heisei Heta Koroshi Tomoshi Kuga, Souichi Moto Gambling, Mahjong Manga 1989 Desupai (Death Pie) Kazuhiko Shimamoto Gambling, Mahjong Manga 2012 Dethrone Takuya Tashiro Martial arts Manga 1979 Diary of a Fishing Fool (The Daily Report of a Crazy Fisherman) Jūzō Yamasaki, Kenichi Kitami Fishing sport Manga 2017 Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater Yasuyuki Kosaka Fishing Manga 2025 Dig It Yoshidamaru Volleyball Manga 2024 Dimension Wave Aneko Yusagi, Ichiko Kameyoshi Fishing Light novel 2007 Dive!! Eto Mori, Masahiro Ikeno Diving Novel 2017 Dive!! Eto Mori, Ruzuru Akashiba Diving Novel 2014 Do You Like Big Girls? Goro Aizome Volleyball Manga 2011 Dog Days M