What is Sports manga?

Sports anime revolves around a recreational physical activity or skill. In addition they often adhere to certain genre conventions, the emphasis on training and practice in preparation for competition, characters desire for self improvement, and pursuit of a specific goal.

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Nurudenohana High School Lotion Sumo Club

(Nurudenohana High School Lotion Sumo Club)

Description:

Some say there are over 50 million participants in this national sport that needs no introduction—"Lotion Sumo." Asato Mizu brings you this classic coming-of-age sports story about young girls covered in sweat, tears, and lotion! (Source: MANGA Plus)

Type

oneshot

Chapters

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2025-08-19

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Fighting Girls

Description:

Koume was top of her local karate class until Tiara showed up and beat her soundly. Koume vows to beat her rival the next time, but months and years go by without a single win... (Source: MANGA Plus)

Type

oneshot

Chapters

Status

finished

Started

2025-08-17

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Ping-Pong Peril

(Ping-Pong Peril)

Description:

Millions in debt, high schooler Taira's only path to redemption is in the world of underground ping pong! "Gimme a flat table, a ball, and a racket, and I'll show you some ping pong!" A shining table and a burning ball. Nobody will keep their sanity when this crazy ping pong battle begins! (Source: MANGA Plus)

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2025-07-06

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Ekiden Bros

(Ekiden Bros)

Description:

Nobunaga grew up at a dormitory full of long-distance runners training for the Ekiden marathon. He dreams of being a runner, but struggles to take the first step. But when he gets pulled into a race at school, he'll catch the attention of the running club. (Source: MANGA Plus)

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2025-06-29

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Harukaze Mound

(Harukaze Mound)

Description:

"We twins were born on the same day and share the same dream! And we've made a promise to each other!" Nobody's more passionate about baseball than the Kuzumi twins. Younger brother Aokaze and his golden right arm is a once in a generation talent! Older brother Nagiharu is a lefty bench warmer. These two have walked the same dream since birth, but when they meet a certain catcher, their destinies will begin to change. The creators of Phantom Seer bring you a serious baseball epic! (Source: MANGA Plus)

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2025-06-15

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Blue Ursus

Description:

Ready to fight! Only bad girls would go to Gokumon Girls' High School. A big girl, Amaki Seina, over 180cm tall, enrolls in this rough school full of delinquents. With her extraordinary physique, she uses professional wrestling moves to defeat the delinquents one after another! What's more, she uploads clips of the fights to a video site...? What is the "personal goal" she is pursuing by picking fights with delinquents?! (Source: Manga One, translated)

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2025-06-08

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Jeollyakjeong Mating Partner

(Strategic Mating Partners)

Description:

Tae-Hyun, the most popular national Taekwondo athlete. However, he is criticized for failing to win a gold medal in the Olympics every time. Before the last Olympics, he looks for a 'mating partner' to stabilize his pheromone levels, and there he meets Se-Jin, the rough youngest fencing player he took care of four years ago. While Se-Jin is blunt but actively approaches him, he is confused as he cannot tell which one is sincere, and the competition schedule gets closer. Will Tae-Hyun be able to overcome the jinx and achieve his long-cherished goal? (Source: Ridibooks, translated)

Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2025-05-19

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Yakyuu Bunmei Alien

(Aliens, Baseball, and Civilization)

Description:

Indifferent student Takatsugi-kun is living an uneventful life, until he meets Niina, a girl who's utterly obsessed with baseball. Though she seems to have nothing but baseball on her mind, Takatsugi finds himself drawn to her. Their relationship progresses smoothly...or does it? An unconventional triple-threat romantic comedy begins! (Source: MANGA Plus)

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2025-05-17

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DIG IT

(DIG IT)

Description:

As the son of former Japanese national volleyball team ace Kei Shishiya, Gaku takes on the role of ace for his middle school club team, but he doesn't feel like being an attacker suits him. One day, Gaku's father visits him at practice, but ends up mentoring another player, Noboru, after noticing his special talent for spiking the ball, and promises to make him the best volleyball player in Japan. This creates a rift between Gaku and his father, and Gaku decides to take on both his father and Noboru with his own brand of volleyball. (Source: Kodansha, translated)

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2025-04-24

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Cutie Coliseum

(Cutie Coliseum)

Description:

Welcome to the Cutie Coliseum, where warriors battle it out to claim the title of the ultimate "Cutie"! Etsuko Dogenzaka embraces her Heisei-era Gyaru style to stay true to her own brand of cuteness as she aims for the crown! But fate throws her a curveball when she's matched against a tournament favorite in the very first round...?! (Source: MANGA Plus)

Type

oneshot

Chapters

Status

finished

Started

2025-04-23

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Haebinggokseon

(Melting Point)

Description:

After twelve years, a former teammate—no, a thorn in his side—suddenly reappears. Eunsan isn’t thrilled to be working with Ian again, having long buried both his ice hockey past and any memories of him. Unlike Eunsan, who hopes their meeting will be a one-time thing, Ian insists on keeping him around with an offer he can’t refuse. With his beloved younger sibling caught in the middle, Eunsan reluctantly agrees, but he can't shake the feeling that Ian has an ulterior motive. Why does Ian keep pulling him closer? There’s no way this guy actually has feelings for him…right? (Source: Lezhin)

Type

manhwa

Rating

smut

Status

current

Started

2025-03-26

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Dribble Nukko Aashi-chan

(Ashi Dribbles Through)

Description:

"That morning when I dribbled past you was the moment when I fell in love." Ashi, the lonely soccer girl and Aoto, the popular soccer boy's secret relationship brought to life by this moment. A new soccer rom-com unfolds, one that will make your heart race with the fresh feeling of youth. (Source: MANGA Plus)

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2025-03-02

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Genikasuri

(Genikasuri)

Description:

After one fateful match, former professional boxer Ryo Harima awakens from a two-year vegetative state to find out his career is over, his father has died, and he's been betrayed by his gym… Broken and fueled by rage, he vows to make it to the top of the boxing world, but this time as a promoter. Prepare yourself for a story about manipulation and money from the dark corner of the boxing world!!! (Source: MANGA Plus)

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2025-02-06

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Embers

Description:

Middle school brawler Noboru Haitani has never lost a fight. But the bitter taste of a soccer defeat gradually warms him up to the sport, until one day Haitani finds himself in a match against a team featuring middle school soccer prodigy Takami. An outlaw fights his way into the world of soccer! (Source: MANGA Plus)

Type

manga

Volumes

Chapters

Status

finished

Started

2025-02-02

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I'm Being Mistaken for a Soccer Genius

(I'm Being Mistaken for a Soccer Genius)

Description:

Lying seems simple… until the day you’re confronted with it. The lie I once told returned to haunt me. It was the point where the misunderstandings began. But, could it be that it wasn’t a misunderstanding after all? (Source: NU)

Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2024-12-28

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Toukon Shimai

Description:

In recent years, the world of women's professional wrestling has grown rapidly. "I don't like it when gravure idols pretend to be martial artists." A "dojo challenger" has come to a women's professional wrestling organization that was once all the rage! The one to face them is a certain trainee belonging to the organization...? A new story of women's professional wrestling drawn by the tag team of Sandrovich Yabako, the author of the "Kengan" series, which has sold over 10 million copies, and Nau Doi, a rising star in the battle manga world! (Source: Manga One,translated)

Type

oneshot

Chapters

Status

finished

Started

2024-12-09

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San-kyuu Pitch

(Strikeout Pitch)

Description:

The strongest is decided on three pitches. His aim, the Summer Koshien Tournament! From the author of "Hyperinflation," Kyu Sumiyoshi, comes a baseball story unlike anything you've ever read before!!

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2024-09-03

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Ichika Bachika

Description:

Mameda Wakatsu was a manager of Japan’s strongest “Ohka Basketball Club.” One day, he was recognized for his talent by a genius player named Aguro Hajime, and the two formed a partnership. To defeat Wakatsu's father, who is the coach of Ohka, the two of them raise their battle cry! (Source: Sunday Webry, translated)

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2024-08-28

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Ballboy Tactics

(Ballboy Tactics)

Description:

After retiring from gymnastics, Han Jiwon thought his biggest challenges were behind him. Turns out, winning Olympic medals was easy compared to surviving university as a painfully shy ex-superstar. Enter Kwon Jungwoo—campus heartthrob, basketball star, and a whole new world of trouble wrapped up in a perfect smile. But just when Jiwon thinks he has Jungwoo figured out, he discovers a surprisingly sweet side beneath that cold exterior. Can this unlikely duo overcome their differences and stick the landing on their budding romance? (Source: Lezhin)

Type

manhwa

Rating

Smut

Status

current

Started

2024-08-21

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Hanareta Futari

Description:

Kotaro and Subaru, two childhood rivals, strive to make it to Soccer World Championships. But life's many challenges may cause them to drift apart.

Type

oneshot

Chapters

Status

finished

Started

2024-07-26

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