Red Blue

Red Blue (Japanese: レッドブルー, Hepburn: Reddo Burū) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Namikiri. It began serialization in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in January 2022. A live-action television drama adaptation aired from December 2024 to February 2025.

Red Blue
First tankōbon volume cover
レッドブルー (Reddo Burū)
Genre	Sports[1]
Manga
Written by	Atsushi Namikiri
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 12, 2022 – present
Volumes	13
Television drama
Directed by	Takayuki Hayashi Takeshi Furusawa
Written by	Shuho Takase Hikaru Kimura Keita Meguro
Studio	C&I Entertainment
Original network	MBS, TBS
Original run	December 18, 2024 – February 12, 2025
Episodes	8

Characters

Aoba Suzuki (鈴木青葉, Suzuki Aoba)

Portrayed by: Keito Kimura^[2]

Kenshin Akazawa (赤沢拳心, Akazawa Kenshin)

Portrayed by: Taiga Tsubaki^[2]

Sannosuke Iwase (岩瀬三之助, Iwase Sannosuke)

Portrayed by: Makoto Hasegawa^[2]

Kanenari Tokiwa (時和金成, Tokiwa Kanenari)

Portrayed by: Gaku Sano^[2]

Wataru Amachi (雨地渉, Amachi Wataru)

Portrayed by: Sho Kasamatsu^[2]

Kota Tamamatsu (玉松光太, Tamamatsu Kōta)

Portrayed by: Eiku Yamashita^[2]

Yuga Hazuru (羽鶴結雅, Hazuru Yuga)

Portrayed by: Naru Okubo^[2]

Ganmaru Nueji (鵺路雁丸, Nueji Ganmaru)

Portrayed by: Kaisei Takechi^[2]

Amu Hiiragi (柊愛矛, Hīragi Amu)

Portrayed by: Takato Okura^[2]

Mamoru Hachiya (鉢屋守, Hachiya Mamoru)

Portrayed by: Kazuma Sumi^[2]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Atsushi Namikiri, Red Blue began serialization in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday on January 12, 2022.^[1] Its chapters have been compiled into thirteen tankōbon volumes as of March 2025.^[3]

Volumes

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	April 18, 2022[4]	978-4-09-851123-5
2	June 17, 2022[5]	978-4-09-851124-2
3	September 15, 2022[6]	978-4-09-851264-5
4	December 16, 2022[7]	978-4-09-851479-3
5	March 16, 2023[8]	978-4-09-851773-2
6	June 16, 2023[9]	978-4-09-852125-8
7	September 15, 2023[10]	978-4-09-852843-1
8	December 18, 2023[11]	978-4-09-853050-2
9	March 18, 2024[12]	978-4-09-853180-6
10	June 18, 2024[13]	978-4-09-853378-7
11	September 18, 2024[14]	978-4-09-853574-3
12	December 18, 2024[15]	978-4-09-853806-5
13	March 18, 2025[3]	978-4-09-854021-1

Drama

A live-action television drama adaptation was announced in the 43/2024 issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday published on September 18, 2024.^[16][17] The drama is produced by C&I Entertainment and directed by Takayuki Hayashi and Takeshi Furusawa, with scripts written by Shuho Takase, Hikaru Kimura, and Keita Meguro, action direction by Keiya Tabuchi and MMA supervision by Yushin Okami. It aired on MBS and TBS' "Dramaism" programming block from December 18, 2024, to February 12, 2025.^[2][18] The theme song, "My Pride", is performed by Ma55ive the Rampage.^[19]

Other

In July 2023, a collaboration with mixed martial arts organization GRACHAN was announced. The series sponsored a high school tournament called "MMA Koshien" organized by GRACHAN. The tournament itself was initially depicted in the series. Regional qualifiers took place from September to December 2023, while the national tournament took place in February 2024.^[20][21]

Reception

The series' seventh volume featured a recommendation from mixed martial artist Kyoji Horiguchi.^[22] It was nominated for the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024.^[23]

See also

• Switch, another manga series by the same author