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{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Inakappe Taisho.jpg
| image_size      = 
| caption         = Cover art from the DVD release of the series
| ja_kanji        = いなかっぺ大将
| ja_romaji       = 
| genre           = [[Comedy]], [[sports]] ([[judo]])
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Noboru Kawasaki]]
| publisher       = [[Shogakukan]]
| demographic     = [[Children's anime and manga|''Kodomo'']]
| imprint         = 
| magazine        = [[Shogakukan no Gakushū Zasshi]]
| first           = 1967
| last            = 1972
| volumes         = 
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Hiroshi Sasagawa]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = Masahiko Nakamura
| studio          = [[Tatsunoko Production]] 
| network         = [[Fuji Network System|FNS]] ([[Fuji TV]])
| first           = {{start date|1970|10|4|mf=y}}
| last            = {{end date|1972|9|24|mf=y}}
| episodes        = 104 (2 segments/episode)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/works/the-funny-judo-champion  |script-title=ja:いなかっぺ大将|access-date=2010-09-13 |work=[[Tatsunoko Productions]]  |language= ja}}</ref>
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''Inakappe Taishō'''''|いなかっぺ大将||{{lit|The Hick Judo Champion}}|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series by [[Noboru Kawasaki]] and serialized by [[Shogakukan]] in ''Shogakukan no Gakushū Zasshi''. The manga series won the 14th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]]. An [[anime]] adaptation was created by [[Tatsunoko Production]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Tatsunoko Production|url= http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/english/box02.html#3 |access-date=2010-07-28}}</ref>

==Plot==
A lively boy named Daizaemon in traditional Japanese clothing comes with various kinds of animals to the capital of Tokyo. He has a funny habit of dancing whenever he hears music. He visits a friend of his late father's to learn judo and makes friends with the young daughter of the judo master Kikuko and the cat Nyanko-[[sensei]]. For a little girl, Kikuko has wonderful judo tricks inherited from her father while Nyanko-sensei is able to perform a difficult trick of triple turn in the air. Both of them are worthy instructors for Daizaemon. Although he shows clownish behavior once in a while, he is always popular among people around and grows stout and shrewd to be a future champion.

==Characters==
;'''Daizaemon Kaze'''
:Voiced by: [[Masako Nozawa]]
:Nicknamed "Dai-chan," he comes from [[Aomori, Aomori|Aomori]] and is a country boy. He always wears a [[hakama]] and plays judo. He moves to Tokyo after the death of his father. He has good intentions but is often naive. 
;'''Nyanko-sensei'''
:Voiced by: [[Kinya Aikawa]]
:A cat with a tiger-like appearance who helps Daizaemon.
;'''Kikuko Ogaki'''
:Voiced by: [[Mari Okamoto]]
:A beautiful girl who Daizaemon falls in love with at first sight. This is Okamoto's debut role at the age of 16.
;'''Hanako Mori'''
:Voiced by: [[Kazuko Sugiyama]]
:A childhood friend of Daizaemon.
;'''Yagoro Ogaki'''
:Voiced by: [[Tōru Ōhira]]
:Kikuko's father.
;'''Nishi Ishiboshi'''
:Voiced by: [[Shun Yashiro]]
:Daizaemon's mischievous friend who is from [[Osaka]].
;'''"Tori" Maruko Tono'''
:Voiced by: [[Hiroko Maruyama]]
:One of Daizaemon's classmates.
;'''Nana Shirayuki-sensei'''
:Voiced by:[[Haruko Kitahama]]
:The beautiful teacher who tends to the rose garden.

==Release==
The series was broadcast from October 4, 1970, to September 24, 1972, for 208 15 minute episodes (technically 104). It was rebroadcast in Japan in 2014 and 2015.

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Shogakukan Manga Award - General}}
{{Hiroshi Sasagawa}}
{{Tatsunoko Production}}

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[[Category:1968 manga]]
[[Category:1970 anime television series debuts]]
[[Category:1972 Japanese television series endings]]
[[Category:Anime series based on manga]]
[[Category:Fictional judoka]]
[[Category:Fuji Television original programming]]
[[Category:Judo in anime and manga]]
[[Category:Shogakukan manga]]
[[Category:Shōnen manga]]
[[Category:Tatsunoko Production]]
[[Category:Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga]]


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