Tsuribaka Nisshi

Tsuribaka Nisshi
	Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring, Densuke Hamasaki (front)
釣りバカ日誌
Genre	Sports
Manga
Written by	Jūzō Yamasaki
Illustrated by	Kenichi Kitami
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Original
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1979 – present
Volumes	112
Anime television series
Directed by	Tetsuo Imazawa
Produced by	Takashi Washio; Taro Iwamoto;
Written by	Kenichi Yamada; Ryo Kawasaki; Shikichi Ohashi;
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	November 2, 2002 – September 13, 2003
Episodes	36

Tsuribaka Nisshi (釣りバカ日誌, "Fishing Nut's Diary") is a Japanese fishing-themed manga series written by Jūzō Yamasaki and illustrated by Kenichi Kitami. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1983. The series has been adapted into a popular and long running movie series and anime television series.^[1]^[2] By 2020, it had over 26 million copies in circulation.^[3]

Overview

The story focuses on salaryman Densuke Hamasaki (a.k.a. Hama-chan), whom his supervisor Sasaki has dubbed the "Fishing Baka" because of his passion for fishing. One day Hama-chan meets and befriends an older fisherman named Su-san, who turns out to be Ichinosuke Suzuki, the CEO of the "Suzuki Construction" company that Hama-chan works for. The stories tend to focus on their relationship inside and outside of the office.

Characters

Densuke Hamasaki (浜崎伝助, Hamasaki Densuke): Nicknamed Hama-chan (ハマちゃん). A salaryman/fishing baka who escapes his boring work life through fishing.
Michiko Hamasaki (浜崎みち子, Hamasaki Michiko): Hama-chan's wife.
Koitarō Hamasaki (浜崎鯉太郎, Hamazaki Koitarō): Hama-chan's son.
Hazetarō (ハゼタロウ): The Hamasaki family dog.
Ichinosuke Suzuki (鈴木一之助, Suzuki Ichinosuke): Nicknamed Sū-san (スーさん). Hama-chan's boss who becomes his fishing apprentice.
Kazuo Sasaki (佐々木和男, Sasaki Kazuo): Hama-chan's supervisor who doesn't understand his love for fishing and sometimes mispronounces his name as Hamazaki.
Kenichirō Dago (多胡賢一郎, Dago Ken'ichirō)
Tetsuo Akiyama (秋山哲夫, Akiyama Tetsuo)
Nakamori (中森)
Ichirō Asamoto (朝本一郎, Asamoto Ichirō)
Kōzō Doi (土井光三, Doi Kōzō)
Haruo Inagawa (稲川春男, Inagawa Haruo)

Manga

The individual chapters have been collected into volumes from July 29, 1980, to volume 109 on March 30, 2022^[4]

Film series

The franchise had a live-action film series that spanned 20 mainline films released from 1988 to 2009, along with two spin-off films. The following are lists of the films and the regular cast members.^[5]

Series

Title	Release date	Japanese box office		Nippon TV^[6]
Title	Release date	Distributor rentals^[7]	Gross receipts	Rating	Airing date
Tsuribaka Nisshi	December 1988	¥1,250,000,000	¥2,130,000,000^[8]	Unknown	Unknown
Tsuribaka Nisshi 2	December 1989	¥1,410,000,000	¥1,410,000,000+	27.7%	1995-01-13
Tsuribaka Nisshi 3	December 1990	¥1,410,000,000	¥1,410,000,000+	24.1%	1994-07-22
Tsuribaka Nisshi 4	December 1991	¥1,420,000,000	¥1,420,000,000+	28.4%	1994-02-04
Tsuribaka Nisshi 5	December 1992	¥1,450,000,000	¥1,450,000,000+	27.1%	1994-09-16
Tsuribaka Nisshi 6	December 1993	¥1,570,000,000	¥1,570,000,000+	28.3%	1994-12-23
Tsuribaka Nisshi Special	July 1994	¥570,000,000^[9]	¥570,000,000+	Unknown
Tsuribaka Nisshi 7	December 1994	¥1,550,000,000	¥1,550,000,000+
Tsuribaka Nisshi 8	August 1996	¥500,000,000^[10]	¥500,000,000+
Tsuribaka Nisshi 9	September 1997	¥450,000,000^[11]	¥450,000,000+
Tsuribaka Nisshi 10	August 1998	¥510,000,000^[12]	¥510,000,000+
Hana no O-Edo no Tsuribaka Nisshi	December 1998	¥480,000,000^[13]	¥480,000,000+
Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven	February 2000	—	¥613,000,000^[14]
Tsuribaka Nisshi 12: Shijō Saidai no Yukyū Kyūka	August 2001	—	¥560,000,000^[15]
Tsuribaka Nisshi 13: Hama-chan Kiki Ippatsu!	August 2002	—	¥650,000,000^[16]
Tsuribaka Nisshi 14: O-Henro Dai Panic!	September 2003	—	¥600,000,000^[17]
Tsuribaka Nisshi 15: Hama-chan ni Ashita wa nai!?	August 2004	—	¥510,000,000^[18]
Tsuribaka Nisshi 16: Hamasaki wa Kyou mo Dama datta	August 2005	—	¥580,000,000^[19]
Tsuribaka Nisshi 17: Ato wa Noto nare Hama to nare!	August 2006	—	¥465,900,000^[20]
Tsuribaka Nisshi 18: Hama-chan Su-san Seto no Yakusoku	August 2007	—	¥453,100,000^[21]
Tsuribaka Nisshi 19: Yokoso! Suzuki Kensetsu Goikko Sama	October 2008	—	¥346,000,000^[22]
Tsuribaka Nisshi 20: Final	December 2009	—	¥840,000,000^[23]
Total			¥19,068,000,000

Regular cast

Densuke Hamasaki: Toshiyuki Nishida (1~)
Ichinosuke Suzuki: Rentarō Mikuni (1~)
Michiko Hamasaki: Eri Ishida (1~Special), Miyoko Asada (7~)
Koitarou Hamasaki: Tomo Ueno (10~11), Ryūichi Sugawara (12~13), Kaga Mochimaru (14~)
Kazuo Sasaki: Kei Tani (1~)
Hachirou Ohta: Ken Nakamoto (1~)
Hisae Suzuki: Yatsuko Tanami (1~6), Tomoko Naraoka (9~)
Director Akiyama: Takehiko Maeda (1), Takeshi Katō (3~)
Executive Director Hotta: Takehiko Maeda (3~8), Shinobu Tsuruta (9~10, 12~), Shūichirō Moriyama (11)
Chief of Personnel Haraguchi: Raita Ryū (7~10), Toshio Shiba (11~13), Takehiko Ono (14~)
Secretary Kusamori: Yasuhisa Sonoda (2~6), Takuzō Kadono (7~9), Baijaku Nakamura (10~13, 15~), Yōsuke Saitō (14)
Section Chief Funaki: Tōru Masuoka (15~)
Chief Clerk Takoshima: Mitsuru Katō (11~12, 16~), Hiroshi Iwazaki (13)
Maebara: Takashi Sasano (1~)

Anime television series

Cast

Densuke Hamasaki: Kōichi Yamadera
Ichinosuke Suzuki: Chikao Ōtsuka
Michiko Hamasaki: Misa Watanabe
Koitarou Hamasaki: Akemi Satō
Hazatarou: Naomi Shindō (2nd voice)
Kazuo Sasaki: Naoki Tatsuta
Sasaki's Wife: Chie Satō
Madoko Suzuki: Emiko Tanada
Kenichirou Dago: Tomokazu Seki
Reiko Nakamura: Makiko Ōmoto
Yuusuke Sou: Katsuyuki Konishi
Narration, Chief Akiyama, Hazetarou (1st voice): Yasuhiko Kawazu

TV series

Gaku Hamada : Densuke Hamasaki
Toshiyuki Nishida : Ichinosuke Suzuki

References

External links

Tsuribaka Nisshi film official website (in Japanese)
Tsuribaka Nisshi anime official website (in Japanese)
Tsuribaka Nisshi (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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