- Anime: Fighting Spirit: New Challenger
- Role: Main character
- Japanese name: 板垣 学
Profile
Birthday: August 14, 1975 Homeland: Japan Tokyo, Occupation: Professional Boxer, Makunouchi Fishing Boat worker Weight Class: Featherweight Height: 168 cm (5'6") Reach: 168 cm (66") Style: Out Boxer Stance: Orthodox Stance Current Affiliation: Kamogawa Boxing Gym Trainer: Shinoda The most recent addition to the roster, the charming Manabu has a prodigy's talent and was the captain of his high school's boxing team. Cheerful and a lover of bad puns, Manabu is a fierce outboxer with extremely high speed and reflexes and whose fighting style is uncanny in its resemblance to Miyata's. His most powerful technique is a furious hail of mid-power blows known as the Hedgehog or Porcupine, which was employed in an East Japan Rookie Kings showdown with his longtime nemesis, Kyosuke Imai. Outside of boxing, Manabu is employed as an assistant at the Makounouchi family's fishing business. Itagaki's character is based on former world champion Oscar de La Hoya for his prodigy-like natural ability and g
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