Fūma no Kojirō

• Type — manga • Author — Masami Kurumada • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Jump Comics • Magazine — Weekly Shōnen Jump • First — January 11, 1982 • Last — November 21, 1983 • Volumes — 10

• Type — ova • Director — Hidehito Ueda • Producer — * Nagateru Kato • Yasuhisa Kazama • Writer — Takao Koyama • Music — Toshiro Imaizumi • Studio — J.C. Staff • First — June 1, 1989 • Last — December 1, 1990 • Runtime — 25−30 minutes (each) • Episodes — 12

• Type — ova • Title — Fūma Hanran-hen • Director — Yoshinori Nakamura • Producer — * Nagateru Kato • Yumiko Masujima • Writer — * Motonori Tachikawa • Tomoyuki Machida • Music — Toshiro Imaizumi • Studio — J.C. Staff • Released — November 21, 1992 • Runtime — 50 minutes

• Type — manga • Title — Yagyū Ansatsuchō • Author — Satoshi Yuri • Publisher — Akita Shoten • Magazine — Champion Red • First — September 19, 2003 • Last — May 19, 2006 • Volumes — 3

• Type — drama • Director — * Toshihiko Ōoka • Ryūichi Ichino • Writer — * Takashi Ito • Megumu Sasano • Music — Kōichirō Kameyama • Studio — General Entertainment • Network — Tokyo MX • First — October 3, 2007 • Last — December 26, 2007 • Episodes — 13

• Type — manga • Title — Jo no Maki • Author — Masami Kurumada • Publisher — Akita Shoten • Magazine — Champion Red • First — August 2019 • Last — October 2019 • Volumes — 1

• Type — manga • Title — Asuka Mumyōchō • Author — Masami Kurumada • Publisher — Akita Shoten • Magazine — Champion Red • First — August 2022 • Last — January 2025 • Volumes — 1 'Kojiro of the Fuma Clan' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from January 1982 to November 1983. It tells the story of sword legends and rivalry between ninja clans. The main character Kojiro is a young boy who is a member of the Fuma clan. The series was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) series released between June 1989 and December 1990, plus an additional episode released in November 1992. A sequel entitled 'Yagyu's Murder Book', written and illustrated by Satoshi Yuri, was published in Akita Shoten's Champion Red between 2003 and 2006. In October 2007, a tokusatsu dorama adaptation began airing on Tokyo MX, starring Ryouta Murai in the lead role of Kojiro.

Hakuo Academy used to be a prestigious high school, and famous for martial arts. However, because its rival school Seishikan has been cowardly luring its superior students, Hakuo was going to decline. In order to recover from the situation, the acting principal of Hakuo; Himeko Hojo, sends Ranko Yagyu to the Fuma village in search of the famous Fuma ninja clan for assistance. The leader of the Fuma sent Kojiro to Hakuo, there he faces the notorious Yasha clan who fights for Seishikan led by Musashi Asuka. Kojiro's comrades arrive, resuming an all-out ninja war that began five centuries ago. Kojiro with his friends, will fight in the "war of the sacred swords", for the conquest of the ten swords that give the power to rule over the whole world.

• Kojiro • Keiichi Nanba • Ryouta Murai • Ryoma • Hideyuki Hori • Gaku Shindo • Kirikaze • Nobuo Tobita • Yūta Furukawa • Ryuho • Yūsaku Yara • Takehisa Takayama • Kou • Shigeru Nakahara • Naoya Sakamoto • Shoryu • Shigeru Nakahara • Kazuya Sakamoto • Rinpyo • Kōichi Yamadera • Tsuyoshi Takahashi • Kabutomaru • Michitaka Kobayashi • Shingo Yashiro • Reira • Toshihiko Seki • Hiroki Suzuki • Fuma Leader • Hideyuki Tanaka • Komomo

• Musashi Asuka • Shō Hayami • Takuji Kawakubo • Erina Asuka: Musashi's younger sister. • Chieko Honda • Nonoka Imaizumi

• Kosuke Mibu • Kazuhiko Inoue • Rei Fujita • Princess Yasha • Fumi Hirano • Natsuki Okamoto • Maya

• "White Tiger" • Kenyu Horiuchi • Yasuka Saitoh • "Mysterious Sea Light" • Haruki Itabashi • "Purple Flame" • Yoku Shioya • Atsushi Maruyama • "Thunder Lightning" • Masashi Hironaka • Takuma Harada • "Darkness Demon" • Ryō Horikawa: • "Black Lion" • Banjō Ginga • Jun Shirota • "Magic Water" • Kaneto Shiozawa • Yū Kawada • "Shining Flame" • Jūrōta Kosugi • Kōji Tashiro

• Shiguma • Kazuki Yao • Soshi Date • Yasunori Matsumoto

• Emperor Chaos • Hirotaka Suzuoki • Nero • Hirokazu Hiramatsu • Ozu • Takeshi Kusao • Jakkaru • Nobuyuki Furuta • Shura • Takehito Koyasu

Fūma no Kojirō is written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. The manga was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from January 11, 1982, to November 21, 1983. Shueisha collected its chapters in ten tankōbon volumes, released from August 15, 1982, to May 15, 1984. In 2003, a sequel entitled Fūma no Kojirō: Yagyū Ansatsuchō started in Akita Shoten's Champion Red on September 19, 2003. The manga is written by Kurumada and illustrated by Satoshi Yuri. The series finished on May 19, 2006. Akita Shoten compiled the individual chapters into three tankōbon volumes released between July 29, 2004, and May 18, 2006. A short series, titled Fūma no Kojirō: Jo no Maki was serialized in Champion Red from August 19 to October 19, 2019. Another series, titled Fūma no Kojirō Gaiden: Asuka Mumyōchō, started in the same magazine on August 19, 2022.

A twelve-episode OVA series was produced by Animate Film and J.C. Staff. It was split in two arcs of six episodes each. The first arc was released between June 1 and August 2, 1989. The second arc was released between September 21 and December 1, 1990. An additional one-episode OVA was released on November 21, 1992. • Arcs • Arcs • The Yasha Clan — Episodes 1–6 • The Sacred Swords War — Episodes 7–12 • Fūma Rebellion — Special • Episodes

A thirteen-episode live-action television drama series adaptation was announced in July 2007. It was broadcast from October to December 2007. The opening theme is "Ryūsei Rocket" performed by An Cafe and the ending theme is "Eien no Setsuna" performed by On/Off.