Updated 24 October 2026: the Burning Kabaddi manga ended in July 2024 after nine years, and in January 2025 it won one of the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards. The anime aired in 2021 and has one season of 12 episodes.
What is Burning Kabaddi?
Burning Kabaddi (Shakunetsu Kabadi in Japanese) is a Japanese manga about high-school kabaddi, written and illustrated by Hajime Musashino. It was published on Shogakukan’s Ura Sunday website and the MangaONE app from July 2015, and its final chapter came out on 23 July 2024. The story is collected in 31 volumes.
It follows Tatsuya Yoigoshi, a former football player who has quit the sport, after he is brought to the kabaddi club at Nōkin High School. He is reluctant at first but comes to enjoy the game.
The Burning Kabaddi anime
TMS Entertainment made the TV anime, directed by Kazuya Ichikawa and written by Yūko Kakihara. It ran for 12 episodes from 3 April to 19 June 2021 on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi and AT-X in Japan.
Yuma Uchida voices Tatsuya Yoigoshi and Nobuhiko Okamoto voices Masato Ōjō. The opening theme, “Fire Bird”, is sung by Shunya Ōhira, and the ending theme, “Comin’ Back”, by Yuma Uchida.
Where to watch Burning Kabaddi in India
When the anime came out in 2021, Medialink held the rights in South and Southeast Asia and streamed it on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel from 3 April. Crunchyroll streamed it outside Asia. Streaming rights change over time, so check those two services for what is available in India today.
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