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This is a list of sports anime, manga, OVAs, ONAs, and films.
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Sport | Original medium | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1 pound Gospel | Rumiko Takahashi | Boxing | Manga | |
| 2015 | 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team | Yukako Kabei | Volleyball | Light novel | |
| 2006 | 81diver | Yokusaru Shibata | Shogi | Manga | |
| 1973 | Abu-san | Shinji Mizushima | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2006 | Ace of Diamond | Yuji Terajima | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2013 | After School Dice Club | Hirō Nakamichi | Board games | Manga | |
| 2003 | Ahiru no Sora | Takeshi Hinata | Basketball | Manga | |
| 1973 | Aim for the Ace! | Sumika Yamamoto | Tennis | Manga | |
| 2002 | Air Gear | Oh! great | Inline skating (Air Treking) | Manga | |
| 1970 | Akakichi no Eleven | Ikki Kajiwara, Mitsuyoshi Sonoda | Association football | Manga | |
| 2013 | Akichi Asobi: Playground | Ryosuke Oshiro & Tokyo University of the Arts | Sandlot games | Anime | |
| 2010 | Alice in Borderland | Haro Aso | Puzzle solving, Physical games | Manga | |
| 2012 | All Out!! | Shiori Amase | Rugby union | Manga | |
| 2008 | Amanchu! | Kozue Amano | Scuba diving | Manga | |
| 1999 | Angelic Layer | Clamp | Mecha, Angelic Layer | Manga | |
| 1999 | Angels in the Court | Pinpai | Volleyball | Video game | |
| 2016 | Anima Yell! | Tsukasa Unohana | Cheerleading | Manga | |
| 1968 | Animal 1 | Noboru Kawasaki | Amateur wrestling | Manga | |
| 1928 | Animal Olympic Games | Yasuji Murata | various | Short film | |
| 2015 | Ani Tore! EX (Anime de Training EX) | Daisuke Ishibashi | Calisthenics | Anime | |
| 2017 | Animation x Paralympic | Parasports | Anime | ||
| 2015 | Aoashi | Yūgo Kobayashi, Naohiko Ueno | Association football | Manga | |
| 2013 | Aoharu × Machinegun | Naoe | Airsoft | Manga | |
| 2014 | Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue | Sprite | Flying Circus (Anti-gravity shoes racing) | Visual novel | |
| 1970 | Apache Baseball Team (Apache Yakyuugun) | Kobako Hanato, Sachio Umemoto | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2020 | Appare-Ranman! | Masakazu Hashimoto | Auto racing, Steampunk | Anime | |
| 1998 | Arcade Gamer Fubuki | Mine Yoshizaki | Arcade games | Manga | |
| 1977 | Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix | Rintaro | Auto racing | Anime | |
| 2011 | Asahinagu | Ai Kozaki | Naginata | Manga | |
| 1995 | Ashen Victor | Yukito Kishiro | Inline skating (Motorball) | Manga | |
| 1976 | Ashita e Kick-off | Ikki Kajiwara | American football | Manga | |
| 1968 | Ashita no Joe | Asao Takamori, Tetsuya Chiba | Boxing | Manga | |
| 1968 | Attack No. 1 | Chikako Urano | Volleyball | Manga | |
| 1977 | Attack on Tomorrow | Fumio Kurokawa | Volleyball | Anime | |
| 1984 | Attacker You! | Jun Makimura, Shizuo Koizumi | Volleyball | Manga | |
| 2020 | Auto Boy - Carl from Mobile Land | Auto driving, Mecha | Manga/Anime | ||
| 1997 | Ayane's High Kick | Isao Shizuya | Kickboxing | Anime | |
| 2018 | Barangay 143 | Katski Flores | Basketball | Anime | |
| 1996 | Battle Arena Toshinden | Tamsoft | Martial arts | Video game | |
| 2011 | B-Daman Crossfire | Mecha, B-Daman battles | |||
| 2007 | Baby Steps | Hikaru Katsuki | Tennis | Manga | |
| 2021 | Backflip!! (Bakuten!!) | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, Toshizo Nemoto | Rhythmic gymnastics | Anime | |
| 2008 | Badminton Girl | Mari Asabuki | Badminton | Manga | |
| 2008 | BaggataWay | Iroha Kohinata | Lacrosse | Manga | |
| 2024 | Baki Hanma VS Kengan Ashura | Keisuke Itagaki | Martial arts | ||
| 1991 | Baki the Grappler | Keisuke Itagaki | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 2011 | Bakuon!! | Mimana Orimoto | Motorcycle racing | Manga | |
| 2002 | Bakuon Rettou | Tsutomu Takahashi | Motorcycle driving | Manga | |
| 1994 | Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! | Tetsuhiro Koshita | Car model racing | Manga | |
| 2004 | Bamboo Blade | Masahiro Totsuka, Aguri Igarashi | Kendo | Manga | |
| 1983 | Bari Bari Densetsu | Shuichi Shigeno | Street racing, Motorcycle racing | Manga | |
| 2009 | Basquash! | Shōji Kawamori, Thomas Romain | Mecha basketball | Anime | |
| 1986 | Bataashi Kingyo | Minetarō Mochizuki | Swimming | Manga | |
| 1997 | Battle Athletes | various, Daiundoukai | Anime or Manga | ||
| 1985 | B.B. | Osamu Ishiwata | Boxing | Manga | |
| 1991 | B.B. Fish (Blue Butterfly Fish) | Shō Kitagawa | Freediving | Manga | |
| 1983 | Be-Bop High School | Kazuhiro Kiuchi | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 2021 | Benihi no Ulti | Naoto Kanno | Ultimate frisbee | Manga | |
| 2008 | Ben-To | Asaura, Kaito Shibano | Martial arts, Bento brawls | Light novel | |
| 2008 | Beyblade | Takao Aoki | Mecha, Beyblading | Manga | |
| 2004 | Big Windup! | Asa Higuchi | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2022 | Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story | Takayuki Inagaki | Golf | Anime | |
| 2008 | Blassreiter | Yasuko Kobayashi, Gen Urobuchi, Ichirō Itano | Motorcycle driving, Mecha | Anime | |
| 1983 | Blazing Transfer Student | Kazuhiko Shimamoto | Boxing | Manga | |
| 2021 | Blue Box | Kouji Miura | Badminton | Manga | |
| 2018 | Blue Lock | Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura | Association football | Manga | |
| 1997 | Bowling King | Tong Ai | Bowling | Manga | |
| 1992 | Break-Age | Zhiemay Batow | Mecha, Virtual Puppet battles | Manga | |
| 2020 | Breakers | Parasports | Anime | ||
| 1987 | Break Shot | Takeshi Maekawa | Billiards | Manga | |
| 2021 | Build Divide | Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno, Yoriko Tomita | Card game (Build Divide) | Anime | |
| 2015 | Burning Kabaddi | Hajime Musashino | Kabaddi | Manga | |
| 1999 | Bus Gamer | Kazuya Minekura | Business game | Manga | |
| 1997 | Buzzer Beater | Takehiko Inoue | Basketball | Manga | |
| 2005 | Capeta | Masahito Soda | Kart racing | Manga | |
| 1981 | Captain Tsubasa | Yōichi Takahashi | Association football | Manga | |
| 2012 | Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter | Square Enix | Auto driving, Mecha | Arcade game/Anime | |
| 2020 | The Catcher in the Ballpark! | Tatsurō Suga | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2011 | CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility | Noboru Takagi | Business game, Deals | Anime | |
| 2011 | Cheer Boys!! | Ryō Asai | Cheerleading | Novel | |
| 2007 | Chihayafuru | Yuki Suetsugu | Competitive karuta | Manga | |
| 2003 | Cinderella Nine | Baseball, Cricket | |||
| 2018 | Circlet Princess | DMM Games | Circlet Bout | Video game | |
| 2018 | Circuit Angel: Resolving Starting Grid | Mami Watanabe, Toi Tsukumo, Chūichi Iguchi | Motorcycle racing | Anime | |
| CMFU Academy: King of Billiards | Billiards | Novel | |||
| CMFU Academy: Shenshi Ji Jijian | Fencing | Novel | |||
| 2021 | The Coin Manga | bon_h | Arcade games | Manga | |
| 2016 | Crane Game Girls | Crane game | Anime | ||
| 2003 | Crimson Hero | Mitsuba Takanashi | Volleyball | Manga | |
| 2012 | Cross Game | Mitsuru Adachi | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2012 | Cross Manage | KAITO | Lacrosse | Manga | |
| 2002 | Daigunder (Bakuto Sengen Daigunder) | Shinzō Fujita | Military game, Mecha | Anime | |
| 1995 | Dan Doh!! | Nobuhiro Sakata | Golf | Manga | |
| 2006 | Dash! | Isaku Natsume | Cheerleading | Novel | |
| 1979 | Dash Kappei | Noboru Rokuda | Basketball | Manga | |
| 1987 | Dash! Yonkuro | Zaurus Tokuda | Car model racing | Manga | |
| 2013 | Days | Yasuda Tsuyoshi | Association football | Manga | |
| 1989 | Dear Boys | Hiroki Yagami | Basketball | Manga | |
| 2015 (2013) | Death Parade (Death Billiards) | Yuzuru Tachikawa | Billiards | Anime | |
| 2007 | Dive!! | Eto Mori | Diving | Novel | |
| 1972 | Dokaben | Shinji Mizushima | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2017 | Doll-Kara | Hanamura, Kazuyoshi Ishii, Kei Ryuuzouji | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 2019 | Don't Call Us a Junk Game! | Nioshi Noa, Omochisan | Video games | Manga | |
| 2012 | Doreiku | Shinichi Okada, Hiroto Ōishi | SCM game | Novel | |
| 1984 | Eiji | Hisashi Eguchi | Boxing | Manga | |
| 2011 | Encouragement of Climb | Shiro | Mountaineering | Manga | |
| 2000 | éX-Driver | Kōsuke Fujishima | Street racing | Anime | |
| 2002 | Eyeshield 21 | Riichiro Inagaki, Yusuke Murata | American football | Manga | |
| 1985 | F | Noboru Rokuda | Auto racing | Manga | |
| 2022 | Fanfare of Adolescence | Horse racing | Anime | ||
| 2016 | Farewell, My Dear Cramer | Naoshi Arakawa | Association football | Manga | |
| 1992 | Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf | Takashi Yamada, Masami Ōbari | Martial arts | Video game | |
| 1993 | Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle | Takashi Yamada, Masami Ōbari | Martial arts | Video game | |
| 2017 | Fight League: Gear Gadget Generators | XFLAG | Mecha, Fight League | Video game | |
| 1982 | Fight!! Ramenman (Lomien Man) | Yudetamago | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 1973 | Fisherman Sanpei | Takao Yaguchi | Fishing sport | Manga | |
| 1978 | Football Hawk | Noboru Kawasaki | American football | Manga | |
| 2013 | Free! | Kōji Ōji | Swimming | Light novel | |
| 2022 | Futsal Boys!!!!! | Futsal | Anime | ||
| 2015 | Gamers! | Sekina Aoi, Saboten | Video games | Light novel | |
| 1994 | Ganba! Fly High (Gambalist! Shun) | Shinji Morisue, Hiroyuki Kikuta | Gymnastics | Manga | |
| 1985 | Ganbare, Kickers! (Fight, Kickers!) | Noriaki Nagai | Association football | Manga | |
| 1978 | Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! | Hisaichi Ishii | Baseball | Manga | |
| 1996 | Ganbatte Ikimasshoi | Yoshiko Shikimura | Rowing | Novel | |
| 2007 | Giant Killing | Masaya Tsunamoto, Tsujitomo | Association football | Manga | |
| 2003 | Ginban Kaleidoscope | Rei Kaibara, Hiro Suzuhira | Figure skating | Light novel | |
| 1999 | Girl Got Game | Shizuru Seino | Basketball | Manga | |
| 2012 | Girls und Panzer | Military game, Mecha | |||
| 1991 | Go!! Southern Ice Hockey Club | Kōji Kumeta | Ice hockey | Manga | |
| 1994 | Goal FH | Association football | Anime | ||
| 1988 | Goddamn | Kaoru Shintani | Auto racing, Rally | Manga | |
| 2017 | The Goddess in Tokiwa Bowl | Hiroki Yagami | Bowling | Manga | |
| 2020 | Gods' Games We Play | Kei Sazane, Toiro Tomose | Gods' Games | Novel | |
| 2018 | Golden Sakura | Sayaka Okada, Kazuo Maekawa | Mahjong | Manga | |
| 1988 | Gorillaman | Harold Sakuishi | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 2019 | Granbelm | Jukki Hanada | Mecha, Robot battles | Anime | |
| 1996 | Grander Musashi | Takashi Teshirogi | Fishing sport | Manga | |
| 2018 | Gundam Build Divers | Noboru Kimura | Video games, Mecha, Gunpla battles | Anime | |
| 2013 | Gundam Build Fighters | Yōsuke Kuroda | Mecha, Gunpla battles | Anime | |
| 2010 | Gurazeni | Yūji Moritaka, Keiji Adachi | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2020 | The Gymnastics Samurai (Taisou Zamurai) | Gymnastics | Anime | ||
| 1992 | H2 | Mitsuru Adachi | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2012 | Haikyu!! | Haruichi Furudate | Volleyball | Manga | |
| 1989 | Hajime no Ippo | George Morikawa | Boxing | Manga | |
| 1996 | Hana-Kimi | Hisaya Nakajo | Track and field | Manga | |
| 2006 | Hand's | Yuuichi Itakura | Handball | Manga | |
| 2013 | Hanebado! | Kōsuke Hamada | Badminton | Manga | |
| 1993 | Happy! | Naoki Urasawa | Tennis | Manga | |
| 1994 | Harlem Beat (Rebound) | Yuriko Nishiyama | Basketball, Streetball | Manga | |
| 2015 | Harukana Receive | Jizai Nyoi | Beach volleyball | Manga | |
| 1988 | Heavy | Motoka Murakami | Boxing | Manga | |
| 2014 | Hero Bank | Sega | Mecha, Hero Battle | Video game | |
| 2010 | High Score Girl | Rensuke Oshikiri | Arcade games | Manga | |
| 2015 | High Speed! Free! Starting Days | Koji Oji | Swimming | Light novel | |
| 2024 | Highspeed Etoile | Takamitsu Kōno | Auto racing | Anime | |
| 1985 | Hikari no Densetsu | Izumi Aso | Rhythmic gymnastics | Manga | |
| 1999 | Hikaru no Go | Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata | Go | Manga | |
| 2014 | Hinomaru Sumo | Kawada | Sumo | Manga | |
| 2000 | Holyland | Kouji Mori | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 1989 | Honō no Tōkyūji: Dodge Danpei | Tetsuhiro Koshita | Dodgeball | Manga | |
| 2019 | Hoshiai no Sora | Tennis | Anime | ||
| 2016 | How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? | Yabako Sandrovich, MAAM | Weightlifting | Manga | |
| 2002 | Hungry Heart: Wild Striker | Yōichi Takahashi | Association football | Manga | |
| 2018 | Hyakuemu | Uoto | Track and field | Manga | |
| 1995 | I'll | Hiroyuki Asada | Basketball | Manga | |
| 2005 | Idaten Jump | Toshihiro Fujiwara | Cycling (MTB) | Manga | |
| 1952 | Igaguri-kun [jp] | Eiichi Fukui | Judo | Manga | |
| 2000 | Ikki Tousen (Battle Vixens) | Yuji Shiozaki | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 1975 | Ikkyū-san (Highschool Baseball Ninja) | Shinji Mizushima | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2008 | Inazuma Eleven | Level-5 | Association football | Video game | |
| 1995 | Initial D | Shuichi Shigeno | Street racing | Manga | |
| 2000 | Inu Neko Jump! | Mitsuru Hattori | Long jump | Manga | |
| 2018 | Ippon Again! | Yu Muraoka | Judo | Manga | |
| 2009 | Isshoni Training: Training with Hinako | Muneshige Nakagawa | Calisthenics | Anime | |
| 2017 | Iwa-Kakeru! -Climbing Girls- | Ryūdai Ishizaka | Competition climbing | Manga | |
| 1994 | Jaja Uma Grooming Up! | Masami Yuki | Horse racing | Manga | |
| 2003 | Joe vs. Joe (Futari no Joe) | Boxing | Anime | ||
| 1961 | Judo Boy | Tatsuo Yoshida, Ippei Kuri, Yutaka Arai | Judo | Manga | |
| 1972 | Judo Sanka | Hiroshi Kaizuka | Judo | Manga | |
| 1942 | Judo Story (Sanshiro Sugata) | Tsuneo Tomita | Judo | Novel | |
| 1985 | Judo-bu Monogatari | Makoto Kobayashi | Judo | Manga | |
| 1996 | Kaiji | Nobuyuki Fukumoto | Gambling | Manga | |
| 2019 | Kandagawa Jet Girls | Jet Racing | Anime | ||
| 1971 | Karate Master | Ikki Kajiwara, Jirō Tsunoda, Jōya Kagemaru | Karate | Manga | |
| 2012 | Keijo!!!!!!!! | Daichi Sorayomi | Fictional wrestling (Keijo) | Manga | |
| 2012 | Kengan Ashura | Yabako Sandrovich | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 2005 | Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō | Mitsuru Hattori | Swimming | Manga | |
| 1987 | Kentoushi | Kei Tsukasa | Boxing | Manga | |
| 2014 | Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun | Taku Sakamoto | Association football | Manga | |
| 2013 | Kick-Heart | Masaaki Yuasa | Professional wrestling | Anime | |
| 1969 | Kick no Oni (The Demon of Kickboxing) | Ikki Kajiwara, Kentaro Nakajou | Kickboxing | Manga | |
| 2008 | King Golf | Ken Sasaki | Golf | Manga | |
| 2015 | King of Prism | Avex Pictures | Prism show | Anime | |
| 1978 | Kinnikuman | Yudetamago | Professional wrestling | Manga | |
| 1992 | Kizuna: Bonds of Love | Kazuma Kodaka | Kendo | Manga | |
| 2008 | Kuroko's Basketball | Tadatoshi Fujimaki | Basketball | Manga | |
| 2018 | Ladyspo | various | Anime | ||
| 2015 | Laid-Back Camp (Yuru Camp) | Afro | Adventuring, Camping | Manga | |
| 2023 | Left Hand Layup | Basketball | Anime | ||
| 1997 | The Legend of the Gambler: Tetsuya | Fūmei Sai, Yasushi Hoshino | Gambling | Manga | |
| 2012 | Levius | Haruhisa Nakata | Metalboxing, Mecha | Manga | |
| 2019 | Liar, Liar | Haruki Kuō, konomi | Games | Light novel | |
| 2011 | Little Battlers Experience (Danball Senki) | Mecha, Robot battles | Video game | ||
| 2021 | Little Hands | Shouya Hosokawa | Handball | Manga | |
| 2012 | Long Riders! | Taishi Miyake | Cycling | Manga | |
| 2012 | Love All Play | Asami Koseki | Badminton | Novel | |
| 1976 | Machine Hayabusa | Mikiya Mochizuki | Auto racing | Manga/Anime | |
| 1985 | Mahjong Hishō-den: Naki no Ryū | Junichi Nojo | Mahjong | Manga | |
| 1994 | Major | Takuya Mitsuda | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2007 | Maken-ki! | Hiromitsu Takeda | Maken combat matches | Manga | |
| 2007 | March Comes in Like a Lion | Chica Umino | Shogi | Manga | |
| 1996 | Mars | Fuyumi Soryo | Motorcycle racing | Manga | |
| 1997 | Medabots (Medarot) | Rin Horuma | Mecha, Robbatling | Video game | |
| 2020 | Medalist | Tsurumaikada | Figure skating | Manga | |
| 2018 | Megalo Box | Chikara Sakuma | Mecha boxing | Manga | |
| 2001 | MegaMan NT Warrior (Rockman.EXE) | Masahiro Yasuma, Capcom | Mecha, Net Battles | RPG | |
| 1994 | Metal Fighter Miku | Hiroyuki Birukawa | Fictional wrestling (Neo pro-wrestling), Mecha | Anime | |
| 2017 | MF Ghost | Shuichi Shigeno | Street racing | Manga | |
| 1994 | Midori no Makibaō | Tsunomaru | Horse racing | Manga | |
| 2011 | Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club | Noriyuki Matsumoto | Cycling | Manga | |
| 1989 | Mini Yon Soldier Rin! | Car model racing | Anime or Manga | ||
| 1988 | Miracle Giants Dome-kun | Shotaro Ishinomori | Baseball | Manga | |
| 1994 | Mobile Fighter G Gundam | Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino | Mecha, Gundam fight | Anime | |
| 2010 | Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G | Yōsuke Kuroda | Mecha, Gunpla battles | Anime | |
| 1991 | Moero! Top Striker | Association football | Anime | ||
| 1996 | Monkey Turn | Katsutoshi Kawai | Hydroplane racing | Manga | |
| 1981 | Musashi no Ken | Motoka Murakami | Kendo | Manga | |
| 2002 | My Heavenly Hockey Club | Ai Morinaga | Ice hockey | Manga | |
| 2009 | Naked Wolves | Sumo | Anime | ||
| 2010 | Nana Maru San Batsu | Iqura Sugimoto | Quiz bowl | Manga | |
| 2024 | Narenare: Cheer for You! | Kōdai Kakimoto, Yuniko Ayana, Midori Gotō | Cheerleading | Anime | |
| 2000 | Nasu | Iou Kuroda | Cycling | Manga | |
| 2012 | No Game No Life | Yuu Kamiya | Games | Light novel | |
| 2007 | Nononono | Lynn Okamoto | Ski jumping | Manga | |
| 1973 | Notari Matsutarō (Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro!!) | Tetsuya Chiba | Sumo | Manga | |
| 2020 | Number24 | Rika Nakase | Rugby | Anime | |
| 2018 | Oblivion Battery | Eko Mikawa | Baseball | Manga | |
| 1987 | Offside | Natsuko Heiuchi | Association football | Manga | |
| 1987 | Ogami Matsugorou | Minoru Itou | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 1988 | Oh My Goddess! (Ah! My Goddess!) | Kōsuke Fujishima | Motorcycle driving | Manga | |
| 2014 | Oi! Tonbo | Ken Kawasaki, Yū Furusawa | Golf | Manga | |
| 2018 | Olympia Kyklos | Mari Yamazaki | Manga | ||
| 2016 | Omoi no Kakera | Figure skating | Anime | ||
| 2012 | One Off | Masahi Suzuki | Motorcycle driving | Anime | |
| 1998 | One Outs | Shinobu Kaitani | Baseball | Manga | |
| 1987 | One-pound Gospel | Rumiko Takahashi | Boxing | Manga | |
| 2014 | The Ones Within | Osora | Games | Manga | |
| 1973 | Ore wa Teppei (I'm Teppei) | Tetsuya Chiba | Kendo | Manga | |
| 2005 | Over Drive | Yasuda Tsuyoshi | Cycling | Manga | |
| 2023 | Overtake! | Ayumi Sekine | Auto racing | Anime | |
| 2012 | Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation | Ryohei Uno, Satoshi Sakai | Video games | Video game | |
| 2011 | Phi Brain: Puzzle of God | Mayori Sekijima, Junichi Sato | Puzzle solving | Anime | |
| 1996 | Ping Pong | Taiyō Matsumoto | Table tennis | Manga | |
| 1982 | Plawres Sanshiro | Jirō Gyū | Mecha, Robot wrestling | Manga | |
| 2010 | Pretty Rhythm | Mari Asabuki | Prism dance skate | Video game | |
| 2011 | Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream | Avex Pictures | Prism show | Video game | |
| 2012 | Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future | Avex Pictures | Prism show | Video game | |
| 2013 | Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live | Avex Pictures | Prism show | Video game | |
| 2013 | Pretty Rhythm: All Star Selection | Avex Pictures | Prism show | Video game | |
| 2012 | Prince of Stride | Shuuji Sogabe | Running, Parkour | Light novel | |
| 1999 | The Prince of Tennis | Takeshi Konomi | Tennis | Manga | |
| 1990 | Princess Army | Miyuki Kitagawa | Judo | Manga | |
| 2010 | Princess Jellyfish: Go, Sisterhood Explorers! | Akiko Higashimura | Scouting | Manga | |
| 1998 | Princess Nine | Tomomi Mochizuki | Baseball | Anime | |
| 1974 | Pro Golfer Saru [jp] | Fujiko Fujio | Golf | Manga | |
| 2021 | PuraOre! Pride of Orange | Touko Machida | Ice hockey | Anime | |
| 2021 | RE-MAIN | Masafumi Nishida | Water polo | Anime | |
| 1999 | Real | Takehiko Inoue | Wheelchair basketball | Manga | |
| 2009 | Redline | Takeshi Koike, Katsuhito Ishii, Yōji Enokido, Yoshiki Sakurai | Auto racing | Anime | |
| 2003 | Rideback | Tetsurō Kasahara | Motorsports, Mecha motorcycles | Manga | |
| 2015 | Rifle Is Beautiful | Salmiakki | Air rifle | Manga | |
| 2014 | Rikudou | Toshimitsu Matsubara | Boxing | Manga | |
| 1977 | Ring ni Kakero | Masami Kurumada | Boxing | Manga | |
| 2020 | Riko-san Bucchigiri desu! | Oota Hitoshi | Table tennis | Manga | |
| 2023 | Ringing Fate | Mecha, Boxing | Anime | ||
| 2024 | Rinkai! | Kiyoshi Yamane | Keirin cycling | Manga / Anime | |
| 2011 | Rio: Rainbow Gate! | Mayori Sekijima | Gate Battles | Anime | |
| 1998 | Rising Impact | Nakaba Suzuki | Golf | Manga | |
| 2017 | RoboMasters: The Animated Series | Mecha, Robot battles | Competition | ||
| 1988 | Rokudenashi Blues | Masanori Morita | Boxing | Manga | |
| 1987 | Rough | Mitsuru Adachi | Swimming, Diving | Manga | |
| 2023 | Run for money: The great mission (Tousouchuu: Great Mission) | Tag, Parkour | Game show | ||
| 2006 | Run with the Wind | Shion Miura | Running | Novel | |
| 2022 | Ryman's Club | Aimi Yamauchi, Teruko Utsumi | Badminton | Anime | |
| 2015 | The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! | Shirow Shiratori | Shogi | Light novel | |
| 2003 | S.A (Special A) | Maki Minami | various | Manga | |
| 2010 | Sabagebu! | Hidekichi Matsumoto | Airsoft | Manga | |
| 2015 | Sailor Ace | Shuichi Shigeno | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2006 | Saki | Ritz Kobayashi | Mahjong | Manga | |
| 2009 | Sayonara, Football | Naoshi Arakawa | Association football | Manga | |
| 1992 | Scramble Wars (Scramble Wars: Tsuppashire! Genom Trophy Rally, Super Deformed Double Feature) | Hideki Kakinuma, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Kenichi Sonoda, Toshiko Sasaki | Racing | Anime | |
| 2016 | Shakunetsu no Takkyu Musume | Yagura Asano | Table tennis | Manga | |
| 1982 | Shonan Bakusozoku | Satoshi Yoshida | Motorcycle driving | Manga | |
| 2016 | Secret Badminton Club | Satoru Nii | Badminton | Manga | |
| 2004 | Shion no Ō | Masaru Katori, Jiro Ando | Shogi | Manga | |
| 1993 | Shippū! Iron Leaguer | Hajime Yatate | Mecha sports | Anime | |
| 1990 | Shoot! | Tsukasa Ooshima | Association football | Manga | |
| 2005 | Shojo Fight | Yoko Nihonbashi | Volleyball | Manga | |
| 2021 | SK8 the Infinity | Skateboarding | Anime | ||
| 2021 | Skate-Leading Stars | Goro Taniguchi | Figure skating (Skate-leading) | Anime | |
| 1990 | Slam Dunk | Takehiko Inoue | Basketball | Manga | |
| 2001 | Slot Noble Gin | Kengo Asai, Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, Tsunehisa Itō, Junichi Hayama | Pachi Battle, Slotseum | Anime | |
| 1986 | Slow Step | Mitsuru Adachi | Softball | Manga | |
| 1994 | Soccer Fever | Association football | Anime | ||
| 2015 | Sōkyū Boys | Kyuu Sakazuki, Fuwai | Handball | Manga | |
| 1966 | Speed Racer | Tatsuo Yoshida | Auto racing | Manga | |
| 2005 | Splatoon | Sankichi Hinodeya | Turf wars | Video game | |
| 1966 | Star of the Giants | Ikki Kajiwara, Noboru Kawasaki | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2019 | Stars Align | Kazuki Akane | Tennis | Anime | |
| 2010 | Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C | Ikoma, Getsumin, Kokudō 12-gō | Airsoft | Manga | |
| 2005 | Sugar Princess | Hisaya Nakajo | Figure skating | Manga | |
| 2000 | The Summit of the Gods | Jiro Taniguchi | Mountaineering | Manga | |
| 1988 | Tomoe ga Yuku! | Yumi Tamura | Roller skating | Manga | |
| 2016 | Super Cub | Tone Kōken | Motorcycle driving | Light novel | |
| 1997 | Super Yo-Yo | Takashi Hashiguchi | Competitive yo-yo | Manga | |
| 2011 | Supinamarada! | Satoru Noda | Ice hockey | Manga | |
| 2004 | Suzuka | Kōji Seo | High jump | Manga | |
| 2009 | Tailenders | Hisashi Sasaki, Makoto Ohta, Masaru Kawahara, mebae | Auto racing | Anime | |
| 2016 | Tamayomi | Mountain Pukuichi | Baseball | Manga | |
| 2012 | Teekyu | Roots, Piyo | various | Manga | |
| 1997 | Tenjho Tenge | Oh! great | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 2006 | The Knight in the Area | Shin Kibayashi, Kaya Tsukiyama | Association football | Manga | |
| 1968 | Tiger Mask | Ikki Kajiwara, Naoki Tsuji | Professional wrestling | Manga | |
| 2016 | Toppu GP | Kōsuke Fujishima | Motorcycle racing | Manga | |
| 1981 | Touch | Mitsuru Adachi | Baseball, gymnastics | Manga | |
| 1993 | Tough | Tetsuya Saruwatari | Martial arts | Manga | |
| 2014 | Tribe Cool Crew | Atsuhiro Tomioka, Miya Asakawa, Nobuaki Yamaguchi, Kouji Miura, Yuko Ishiyama, Makoto Koyama | Dance battles | Anime | |
| 2022 | Tribe Nine | Kazutaka Kodaka | Extreme baseball | Anime | |
| 2018 | Try Knights | Shunsaku Yano (Story), Chizuka Erisawa (Art) | Rugby union | Manga | |
| 2015 | Turning Mecard | Atsushi Maekawa | Auto driving, Mecha | Anime | |
| 2017 | Two Car | Katsuhiko Takayama | Motorcycle racing | Anime | |
| 2016 | Tsurune | Kotoko Ayano | Kyūdō | Light novel | |
| 2025 | Turkey! | Naomi Hiruta | Bowling | Anime | |
| 2017 | Uma Musume Pretty Derby | S. Kosugi | Horse racing | Manga | |
| 2006 | Usogui (The Lie Eater) | Toshio Sako | Gambling | Manga | |
| 2015 | Venus Project: Climax | Galat | Mecha, Idol, Dance, Formula Venus | Video game | |
| 2012 | Victory Kickoff!! | Association football | Anime | ||
| 2014 | Waiting for Spring | Anashin | Basketball | Manga | |
| 2019 | Wandance | Coffee | Dance (Freestyle dancing) | Manga | |
| 1990 | Wangan Midnight | Michiharu Kusunoki | Street racing | Manga | |
| 2011 | Wanna Be the Strongest in the World! | ESE, Kiyohito Natsuki | Professional wrestling | Manga | |
| 2020 | Wave!!: Surfing Yappe!! | Surfing | Anime | ||
| 2011 | Welcome to the Ballroom | Tomo Takeuchi | Dance (Ballroom dancing) | Manga | |
| 1998 | Whistle! | Daisuke Higuchi | Association football | Manga | |
| 1998 | Wind Mill | Takashi Hashiguchi | Softball | Manga | |
| 1986 | Yawara! | Naoki Urasawa | Judo | Manga | |
| 1982 | Yoroshiku Mechadock (Leave it to Mecha-Doc) | Ryuji Tsugihara | Auto racing | Manga | |
| 2008 | Yowamushi Pedal | Wataru Watanabe | Cycling | Manga | |
| 2016 | Yuri on Ice | Sayo Yamamoto, Mitsurō Kubo | Figure skating | Anime | |
| 2001 | Zoids: New Century | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Military game, Mecha | Anime |
List of sports episodes (sometimes OVA) of non-sports anime
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Get Fired Up! PK Academy Sports Day (Part 1, 2 & 3), 2016, ?
- Dragon Ball Super: A Challenge From Champa! This Time, a Baseball Game!, 2016, Baseball
- Golden Boy OVA episode 5, 1995, Motorcycle driving
- Naruto: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival! (Konoha Annual Sports Festival), 2004, ?
- One-Punch Man: Game and Rivals, 2020, Video games
- Ranma ½: Fight! The Anything-Goes Obstacle Course Race, 1990, Obstacle course race
- Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar: Competitive Sports Tournament, 2009, ?
Notes
- A fictional sport appearing in Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro.
- ^ A fictional sport in the Pretty Rhythm series that combines elements of figure skating and dance. Also referred to as "Prism Dance Skate" in the 2010 Pretty Rhythm manga.
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