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Morikawa been known to base some character's names off of some boxers from JB Sports. Itagaki Manabu is based on Fukushima Manabu. After Ippo retired when he lost to Antonio Guevara, he became a trainer for the boxers, and Taihei Aoki and Kintarō Kaneda soon joined because of him. When Takamura defeated world champion Keith Dragon, the gym acquired the WBC super middleweight belt. On November 30, 2019, Tamura Ryoichi won the Super Bantamweight OPBF Silver title by defeating Moensaku Yor at Sunworld Dynasty Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan.

On January 12, 2019, Tamura Ryoichi became the JBC Super Bantamweight Champion. He fought for the vacant title against Mugicha Nakagawa (武田勇太).

On April 24, 2019 [35], Morikawa announced at JB Sports that he was sponsoring a Class A Tournament with Dangan Promotion for Featherweights as part of his 30th year anniversary. The winner of the tournament will win 1 million yen prize, and an appearance in the Hajime no Ippo story. For details, see Featherweight Tournament.

JB Sports Gym appeared in Chapter 103 and Chapter 104 of GTO Paradise Lost, where a sparring match is taken placed. On April 26, 2003, He became OPBF Champion by defeating Jae Kwang Jung for the vacant title. However, Fukushima lost his first defence match to Pederito Laurente in 12 round decision on August 16, 2003. In 1969, Kamogawa opened the gym. [2] By twenty years, the gym had produced two Japanese champions and one OPBF champion, Miyata Senior. The gym also had boxing manager, Haruhiko Yagi, trainer Shinoda, boxers Mamoru Takamura, Ichirō Miyata, Baron Kurita, Masaru Aoki, and Tatsuya Kimura, however, Baron soon quit due to Takamura. Takamura invited Ippo Makunouchi to the gym, and, after sparring with Miyata, he became a member of the gym. After a second spar between Ippo and Miyata, Miyata and his father left the gym so that Miyata could face Ippo in the professional ring. Years later, the gym got a JBC middleweight belt won by Takamura, and Naomichi Yamada became a member of the gym for a short time before leaving due to having to move out of town. A JBC featherweight belt was later won by Ippo. Manabu Itagaki joined the gym, and Takamura later won the WBC junior middleweight belt until he relinquished it to move a weight class up. On February 14, 2000, Fukushima Manabu became the Super Bantamweight JBC Champion after defeating Yutaka Manabe. He lost the belt in his 2nd title defense to Setsuo Segawa on July 15, 2000. On August 24, 2002, Fukushima fought Oscar Larios for the Super Bantamweight Interim WBC Title, but he ended up losing in the 8th Round by TKO.The Charisma Brothers and Fischer's -フィッシャーズ- Youtubers made a short real life Hajime no Ippo film in 2016, where they filmed live-action scene taken from a character's point of view. Part of it was film at JB Sport. Itagaki mentions that the reason why Kamogawa Boxing Gym doesn't get a lot of new members is because of the "hellish training" that Takamura, Aoki, and Kimura put them through. Even Ippo unintentionally scares away new members when they see him working out. [20] The first floor and basement serve as training areas while the second floor contains Kamogawa's office. Both the first floor and basement also contain boxing rings in them. After Takamura defeated Bryan Hawk, he put a bronze statue of himself on the roof of the gym.