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The Statue of Takamura is a bronze statue based on Mamoru Takamura in Hajime no Ippo.

History[]

Part I[]

Battle of Hawk Arc[]

Aoki selling the statues

Aoki trying to sell the mini-statues.

A Week after Mamoru Takamura defeated Bryan Hawk to become WBC junior middleweight cchampion, a package arrived at Kamogawa Boxing Gym. Takamura bought a bronze statue of himself in commemoration of the event. While trying to move the statue, Masaru Aoki ended up breaking one of the arms off of it. Later when Takamura came to the gym, he told everyone that he also made 300 mini statues. Takamura planned on selling them for 30,000 yen while trying to take advantage of his new found popularity. While Aoki told Takamura that 30,000 yen was too high, Takamura noticed that Aoki was holding a broken arm from the bronze statue. As a penalty for breaking the statue, Takamura had Aoki sell the mini statues on the street, and not to return until he sold them out. Takamura told Aoki he needs to sell them for no less than 50,000 yen for each of them. The next day, the bronze statue got fixed and was moved to the roof of the Kamogawa gym.

In order to sell them, Aoki was trying to sell the mini Takamura statues in Shinjuku[1]. When Ippo found Aoki a few days later, Aoki only sold two statues. Ippo mentioned to Aoki, that they need Genji Kamogawa to reign in Takamura. So they headed to Ginpachi Nekota's place to find him. As a result, Takamura lost his bronze statue stock as Kamogawa ordered him to not sell anymore.[2]

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Trivia[]

  • There is a real life size statue of Takamura on the roof of Morikawa's boxing gym, JB Sports Gym.
  • When New Challenger came out in 2009, they also released a limited edition version of the mini-statues of Takamura.
  • After Takamura defeated Richard Bison[3], Aoki broke the arm off the Statue of Takamura again.
  • To help promote the Hajime no Ippo (GBA) in 2002, they held a contest where people could win a Statue of Broccoman (similar to the Statue of Takamura), 2003 Calendar, or a real copy of Ippo's Boxing Trunk.
  • When Takeshi Sendō visited Kamogawa Boxing Gym after his trip to Mexico[4], he broke the arm of the statue after touching it.
    • Later when he was mitt training with Ippo Makunouchi[5], they accidentally broke the arm again, and the head fell off when the mitt went flying.

References[]

  1. Shinjuku is a major economic hub in Tokyo. Similar to Time Square in New York City.
  2. Round 414
  3. Round 1122
  4. Round 1279
  5. Round 1280
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