Hikaru! Chachacha!!

Author: Kenji Minomo

Run: 1990–1991

Chapters: 61

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sports

Middle schooler Hikaru Nishida's father Shunsuke was a judoka who once made Japan's squad for the Munich Olympics, only for injury to keep him off the mat. When his father dies in a traffic accident, the small, shaven-headed Hikaru takes up judo from scratch to carry on his legacy; shrugging off his seniors' bullying, he masters his father's feared "demon-killer" hane-goshi throw and grows into a real contender in a struggling judo club.