Dokaben
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Synopsis
Dokaben is centered on Taro Yamada and his teammates Iwaki, Tonoma, and Satonaka and was focused mainly on their activity as a high school baseball team. At first, it focused on Yamada, Iwaki, and Sachiko and was set in Takaoka Middle School. But in Volume 8 the team is transferred to Meikun High School for their baseball skills.
The story of Dokaben continues in Dai Kōshien, Dokaben Pro Baseball Story, and Dokaben SuperStars Story.
Characters
Meikun High School baseball team
Yamada generation
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- Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka
- Position: Catcher
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- Voiced by: Tessho Genda
- Position: Third baseman
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- Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki
- Position: Second baseman
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- Voiced by: Akira Kamiya
- Position: Pitcher
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- Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara
- Position: Catcher, Left fielder
Senior / Younger student
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- Voiced by: Katsuji Mori
- Position: Catcher, First baseman
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- Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba
- Position: Center fielder
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- Voiced by: Kazuomi Ikeda
- Position: Right fielder
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- Voiced by: Bungo Nakano
- Position: Shortstop
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- Voiced by: Toshio Furukawa
- Position: Pitcher
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- Voiced by: Yū Mizushima
- Position: Shortstop, Second baseman
Manager
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- Voiced by: Reizou Nomoto
- Manager of Meikun High School baseball team
Yamada family
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- Voiced by: Minori Matsushima
- Taro's 9-year-old little sister
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- Voiced by: Minoru Yada
- Taro's grandfather
- "Ji-chan" means grandpa in English
Rivals
Kanagawa
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- Voiced by: Osamu Ichikawa
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- Voiced by: Hiroshi Ohtake
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- Voiced by: Mugihito
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- Voiced by: Yoku Shioya
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- Voiced by: Setsuo Wakui
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- Voiced by: Makio Inoue
Kantō
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- Voiced by: Takeshi Kuwabara
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- Voiced by: Masane Tsukayama → Michihiro Ikemizu (ep. 82)
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- Voiced by: Haruya Kato
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- Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa
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- Voiced by: Ryoichi Tanaka → Takashi Tanaka
Whole Japan
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- Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara
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- Voiced by: Masato Ibu
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- Voiced by: Shingo Kanemoto
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- Voiced by: Rokuro Naya
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- Voiced by: Shun Yashiro
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- Voiced by: Osamu Saka
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- Voiced by: Rokuro Naya
Others
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- Voiced by: Hiroko Maruyama
- Iwaki's girlfriend
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- Voiced by: Mami Koyama
- Shinji Kobayashi's little sister
Manga
When Takehiko Inoue (author of Slam Dunk and Vagabond) was young, he drew a lot of spectacular scene from Dokaben, the first manga he paid.
Cultural references
- In the "Simpsons Comics internationale" in issue #132, the Japanese supplement (Too crazy, Juvenile Prankster, BARTOMU! (serialized in "Laughing Laughing everyone is laughing")) opens as a parody of Dokaben, with Bartomu playing for the "Yokohama Li'l Ninjas", and an art style heavily based on DokabenTemplate:'s highly recognized style of art.
Notes
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- 1972 manga
- 1976 anime television series debuts
- 1983 manga
- 1995 manga
- 2004 manga
- Akita Shoten manga
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- Shōnen manga