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Baki the Grappler
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Masami Kikuchi
Baki Hanma (voice)
48 eps
Kazuhiro Nakata
Kōshō Shinogi (voice)
48 eps
Hidetoshi Nakamura
Captain Gary Strydam (voice)
24 eps
Sachiko Kojima
Kozue Matsumoto (voice)
48 eps
Masayuki Nakata
Kaoru Hanayama (voice)
48 eps
Mugihito
Doppo (voice)
48 eps
Takehiro Murozono
Kiyosumi Katō (voice)
48 eps
Toru Okawa
Antonio Kanji Igari (voice)
48 eps
Masaya Takatsuka
Yuri Chakovsky (voice)
48 eps
Hiroshi Naka
Goki Shibukawa (voice)
24 eps
Keiji Fujiwara
Kasumi Orochi (voice)
24 eps
Takayuki Fujimoto
Musashi (voice)
24 eps
Kouichi Sakaguchi
Jack Hanma (voice)
24 eps
Kunihiko Yasui
Retsu Kaioh (voice)
24 eps
Masayuki Omoro
Izo Motobe (voice)
24 eps
Yurika Hino
Emi Akezawa (voice)
24 eps
Mitsuru Miyamoto
Kureha Shinogi (voice)
24 eps
Tomohiro Nishimura
Chiharu Shiba (voice)
24 eps
Kenji Nomura
Yujiro Hanma (voice)
48 eps
Naomi Kusumi
Mitsunari Tokugawa (voice)
49 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Baki the Grappler actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Baki the Grappler reads strongest on Character Depth, Spectacle and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Baki Hanma is a young fighter who yearns to follow in the footsteps of his father, Yujiro, and become the strongest fighter in the world. Through that he trains tirelessly and fights constantly to hone his skills and develop his body to achieve these goals. Many intense battles lay ahead of Baki as he goes about his quest to be the best and ultimately take the title of "King" from his father.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 48 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Childhood + Underground Arena Sagas
200124 episodes
9.7IMDbIn the saga, Baki and other characters from China, Japan, and the USA take part in the Great Raitai Tournament, a martial arts tournament that happens once every 100 years in China.
Best episode · S01E02 Those Who Squirm
Season 2 · Complete
Maximum Tournament Saga
200124 episodes
9.9IMDbThe plot of this saga tells the story of a great martial arts tournament, which is organized by Mitsunari Tokugawa in the Underground Arena. At the very beginning, Tokugawa meets with various people from the upper classes and tells them to bring the strongest fighters from around the world. He also explains that the prize for the winner will be a great Pankration belt.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Stirrings of Destiny
Baki Hanma fights a gang of 100 thugs; afterward, he is walked home by Detective Kido and his partner, who watched the fight. Baki then trains and thinks about what he should do to get stronger. Meanwhile, Kuriyagawa, the man who hired the thugs to fight Baki in order to test his strength, pays the gang's leader. Also, Baki watches a sparring match between Yuri Chakovsky, the international welterweight boxing champion, and Dinoy, Thailand's Muay Thai champion.
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