Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (2006)

Action · Animation · Comedy

Yeah, Kenichi’s a total wimp. He’s always getting picked on and doesn’t have a lot of friends to stick up for him. The guy needs motivation if he hopes to graduate in one piece. Well, Miu’s the perfect motivation. She’s hot, she accepts him, and she just so happens to live at a dojo with six martial arts masters. You could say fate has led Kenichi to their door, or you could say he was just following the hottie. Either way, he’s about to get whipped into serious shape. If he can survive some hard-core training, he might survive another day at school. He might even score with Miu. Yeah, you could call Kenichi a wimp. But let’s go with underdog instead.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (2,827 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Hulu · Netflix · Amazon Prime Video · Crunchyroll
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

7.77 avg 26 episodes 7.1 → 8.3 24 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Place Where Heroes Gather	7.1	74
2	The First Step! The Start of the Battle	7.8	56
3	Strength and Courage! For Protecting Justice	7.7	46
4	Fighting Hell! To Fight or Not to Fight	7.8	46
5	A Date? Must Move Forward!	7.9	46
6	A Day at Ryouzanpaku! The Dream on the Roof!	7.7	43
7	Battle! The Gang Fights Back!	7.7	42
8	Amazing Muscles! The Sensei's Secret	8.0	44
9	Apapapa! Apachai's Training	8.3	44
10	Run Kenichi! A Boxer's Weakness	8.1	42
11	The Fist of Betrayal! Takeda's Sad Past	8.0	39
12	A New Enemy! Tsuji Shinnosuke!	7.7	39
13	Killer Fighting Techniques! Rules of a Battle!	7.6	39
14	Training of Life and Death! And We're Also Going to Mixed Bath	8.0	39
15	Honoka Sneaks In! Ryouzanpaku's Guest	7.8	40
16	Ryouzanpaku's Biggest Crisis!!?	8.0	38
17	Protect the Sign! Attack on the Dojo!	7.8	38
18	Amusement??? To the Secret Furinji Island!	7.7	37
19	Ragnarok's Strongest! The Arrival of the Eight Fists!	7.5	37
20	Takeda in Danger! The Rules of Revenge!	7.5	35
21	Unforgiveable!! Kenichi's Fist of Fury!	7.8	37
22	Meet the Youth! New White Combination Formation!	7.3	37
23	Attack! The Neighboring Ryouzanpaku!	7.3	37
24	The Stolen Heart! Miu's Juliet!	7.8	33
25	Protect to the Death Kenichi! Miu's Lips	7.8	36
26	The Mask Removed! Hermit's Real Identity	8.3	36

Season 2 (2007)

8.07 avg 24 episodes 8.8 → 9.0 24 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hard vs. Soft! The Siblings Quarrel After the Long Separation	8.8	44
2	The Assault Commander Joins In! Restaurant Scuffle	7.7	33
3	What Fear, Seig! Prelude for Destruction	8.0	33
4	The Results of Training! Align Forward Half!	8.0	32
5	Honoka Will Help You!	8.2	29
6	Honoka's in Danger! Loki's Plot!	7.8	23
7	Strike, Kenichi! Fists Do the Talking!	8.1	25
8	Don't Give In! The Words Left by a Loved One!	8.2	24
9	There's No One in Our Way! Now Is the Time to Settle the Fight!	8.0	25
10	Miu vs. renka! the love triangle creates a storm!	7.9	24
11	Dangerous Trap! Let's Have Sumo Chanko Stew Together!	7.7	25
12	Cute Kitten! Hand-to-Hand Battle Against Women!	8.0	27
13	Shigure's personal... lesson!	7.7	24
14	The Place the Promise Was Made! Everything Started Here!	7.9	24
15	Terror of the Sphere of Control! A Dragon Descends!	7.8	23
16	Elder's Super Express! Do-or-die Secluded Tour in the Mountains!	7.6	21
17	Limiter! invitation to the world of bloodshed!	7.9	21
18	Collapse of the Shinpaku Federation! The Crazy Fist Stealthily Approaches!	7.7	22
19	The Decisive Attack! Kisara Dances!	7.8	21
20	Farewell! A Determined Niijima Joins the Fray!	8.2	22
21	The Weakness of the Genius! Effort Surpasses Talent!	8.5	26
22	Showdown Between the Leaders! The Man with the Legendary Spear!	8.5	25
23	The Mightiest Transformation! The Ryozanpaku Rhythm!	8.6	27
24	The Mightiest Disciple, Kenichi!	9.0	40

Season 3 (2012)

8.32 avg 11 episodes 8.0 → 8.4

Saved best for last

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ova 1	8.0	13
2	Ova 2	8.5	13
3	Ova 3	8.1	11
4	Ova 4	7.7	11
5	Ova 5	8.3	9
6	Ova 6	8.1	10
7	Ova 7	8.6	10
8	Ova 8	8.4	9
9	Ova 9	8.8	10
10	Ova 10	8.6	10
11	Ova 11	8.4	10

Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (2006)

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