New Baki Manga to Feature Japan's Legendary 1st Sumo Wrestler

This year’s 19th issue of Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine revealed on Thursday that the fifth part of Keisuke Itagaki’s Baki The Grappler manga franchise will feature the Japanese legendary sumo wrestler Nomi no Sukune.

Yukinao Yamauchi (Baki Gaiden – Scarface) launched Baki Gaiden: Kizuzura, a Baki The Grappler spinoff, in the inaugural issue of Bessatsu Shōnen Champion magazine in 2012.

Itagaki’s original Baki The Grappler martial arts manga ran for 42 volumes in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from 1991 to 1999.