Idaten Jump

• Ja Kanji — IDATEN翔 • Ja Romaji — Idaten Janpu • Genre — Isekai, sports (Cycling)

• Type — manga • Author — Toshihiro Fujiwara • Publisher — Kodansha • Magazine — Comic BomBom • First — 2005 • Last — 2006 • Volumes — 5

• Type — tv series • Director — Takayuki Hamana • Producer — Fukashi Azuma Tomoko Gushima Shinsaku Hatta Kaori Yonashiro • Writer — Toshihiro Fujiwara • Music — Yasuharu Takanashi • Studio — Trans Arts • Network — TXN (TV Tokyo) • First — October 1, 2005 • Last — September 30, 2006 • Episodes — 52 • Episode List — #Episodes Idaten Jump is a Japanese manga series created by Toshihiro Fujiwara. It was serialized in Kodansha's Comic BomBom. The manga tells the story about a boy named Sho Yamato who loves mountain biking. It was adapted into a 52-episode anime series produced by Aniplex, TV Tokyo and TV Tokyo MediaNet, animated by Trans Arts and directed by Takayuki Hamana, with Fumihiko Shimo writing the scripts, Miyako Yatsu designing the characters and Yasuharu Takanashi composing the music. It aired from October 1, 2005, to September 30, 2006. A toyline was also made by Tomy.

One day, the MTB team "Sharktooth" created by the Samejima brothers, who are also in the same elementary school, are challenged to an MTB battle for the "X-Zone," a place that holds memories of their dead father. On Sunday, while Shou and the leader Gabu were competing, black smoke enveloped the area and they were warped into a mysterious world. An adult MTB rider appears in front of the bewildered group and announces that they are in the X-Zone where they must compete with him in the Idaten Battles. In order to return to the original world, they must win the Idaten Battles and collect 10 gold emblems.

• Shou Yamato: • Sho Yamato is a boy who loves MTB riding and he owns the Idaten Bike Flame Kaiser. • Makoto Shidou: • Makoto Shido is best friends with Kakeru Sakamaki and Shou. They are classmates at their school. Her Idaten Bike is Neptune. • Kakeru Sakamaki: • Kakeru is one of the main characters in the series. His main job in their team is to fix Shou, Makoto and Ayumu's bikes and also to change their bikes' gears whenever they are going to have an Idaten Battle. • Hosuke • Michael Sorich • Hosuke is a talking owl who befriends Shou, Makoto, and Kakeru. He has become their companion during their travels through the X-Zone.

• Kyouichi Shidou: • Kyoichi Shido is Makoto Shido's elder brother. He is amazingly talented at everything, especially mountain biking. He is very protective towards his sister, also being a serious person. In the first few episodes, he used to follow Makoto, Shou, Kakeru and Hosuke but he always kept his distance. His MTB is Thunder Emperor and he is really an awesome unbeatable and impeccable rider, being a trial bike champion. • Yuuki: • Yuki is a mechanic who is one of the protagonists of the anime. She is actually a princess from a very respected family. She is an expert mechanic and helps Shou and co. on various occasions. Arthur and Yuki have helped protect the secrets of the X-Zone. She has been wanting to be a mechanic from her childhood. She is Hosuke's granddaughter. • Koei: • Koei is a ninja rider hired Gabu Samejima and was a member of Team ST. It is later revealed that he did so because he could not afford a doctor for his sister, Kiku. Once Kiku fell in Gabu's clutches, Shou had to help rescue her. He rides the Idaten Bike Aero Scissors. His special move is the "Ninjutsu Hurricane" by which he can create a hurricane around him. • Arthur: • Arthur is a Knight biker and the owner of the sixth Idaten Bike Hammer Head. He is one of the guardians of the X-Tower. • Ayumu Yamato: • Ayumu Yamato is Shou's younger brother. He joins the group during their return to the X-Zone. Ayumu used to behave like a maniac and ride without any control when riding MTB's until Koei taught him about control. He rides the Idaten bike Imperial Dragon. • Takeshi Yamato: • Takeshi Yamato is Shou's father. While falling off his bike in an accident, he was transferred to the X-Zone to repair Imperial X. He had built Flame Kaiser, Thunder Emperor, Neptune, Imperial Tiger, Imperial Dragon, Aero Scissors, Hammer Head and Bloody Fang as well. Possessed by an ancient evil, he rode Imperial X whose attack was Even's Destruction. He defeated Flame Kaiser and took away its emblem but lost in the rematch where Shou rode with the combined forces of Bloody Fang, Thunder Emperor, Aero Scissors, Hammer Head, Imperial Dragon and Neptune. He made the Idaten Bikes to restore and maintain peace in the X-Zone and protect Imperial X.

Team Shark Tooth is a group of MTB riders that serve as the primary antagonists of the first half of the series. Upon their invasion on X-City, they went by the name of Team ST and gained some followers in the process. • Gabu Samejima: • Gabu Samejima is the strongest MTB Rider along with Kyoichi Shido. He rides the powerful Idaten bike, Bloody Fang. Gabu and Taiga Samejima are the leaders of Team Sharktooth aka Team ST. He goes to the same school as Shou, Makoto, and Kakeru. When Team Sharktooth arrived in the X-Zone, Gabu became the dictator of X-City after overthrowing its mayor. • Taiga Samejima: • The older brother of Gabu who serves as his second-in-command of Team Sharktooth. • Four Kings • Kiyoshi • Mitsuru Kōta Suzuki • Seiji Hiroshi Shimozaki • Mantarou Takehiro Hasu • Kiyoshi, Mitsuru, Seiji, and Mantarou are four MTB riders that are the members of Team Sharktooth. • Jakkaru: • Jackal is a ship captain who is a member of Team ST. He and his crewmen challenged Shou when Shou was on a ship to X-City. They did get away with some of Shou's Emblems at the cost of Captain Jackal's ship and handed them to Gabu and Taiga. • Youko & Rika • Youko • Rika • Yoko and Rika are two sisters who are resort tycoons in Gold Celebresort City and members of Team Shark Tooth. Yoko is a MTB rider while her sister Rika is a mechanic. • Misutā Tīchā: • A teacher-themed biker in a school theme park and member of Team ST. • Prince Ryota • Mona Marshall • Ruler of a kingdom in the middle of a lake. Despite being a member of Team ST, Prince Ryota isn't like the other members of that group. • Sebastian • Michael Sorich • Sebastian is a butler who serves Prince Ryota. • Pete & Danny • Pete • Danny • Two eyepatch-wearing members of Team ST. • Shadow: • Shadow is a mysterious assassin biker and member of Team ST. He specializes in battling in dark places like subways etc. • Team ST MTB Riders • The generic grunts of Team ST.

Team X is a team of mountain bikers that serve as the primary antagonists for the second half of the series. They invaded X-City and turned everyone they defeated into their slaves with the Dark Emblems they placed on their MTBs. Their base is on Imperial Island. Among the known victims are: • Fisherman Masagi • Michael Sorich • A fisherman MTB Rider and his fellow villagers who ended up under the control of Team X. • Count Freddy • A vampire-like MTB Rider under the control of Team X who resides in a haunted mansion. • Spike and Whip • The male and female MTB Rider duo. They lost against Sho Yamato and Gabu Samejima in an Idaten Battle. • Imperial Knights • The white-suited MTB riders that appear in large groups in Imperial Island. They serve as the foot soldiers to Team X.

• Masumi Yamato • Philece Sampler • Masami is Sho and Ayumu's mother and the wife of Takeshi. Masumi Yamato is quite strict but cares a lot about Sho and Ayumu. She doesn't like that Sho keeps riding his MTB and doesn't care about doing anything else. She is very loving towards Takeshi Yamato (her husband) too. • Rogue MTB Riders Leader • Michael Sorich • An outlaw biker whose real name is unknown, but is referred to as "The Boss." • X-Zone Police Captain • Kirk Thornton • An unnamed police officer and Captain of the Northern Guard who arrests unsanctioned Idaten Battlers. • Shin the Shadow: • A cowboy biker. His winning secret is that he has a twin brother taking over the course in the middle of Idaten battle. • Terry the Megaton: • A heavyset MTB Rider in a bear-skinned cape who is the leader of Team Bandits. • Zentaro: • A professional MTB rider who owns a bike shop in Volcano Village. • Takuma: • Leader of the Poison Spider MTB Team. • Seiji • Brian Beacock • Leader of the Hyper Brain MTB team. • Jun • Mona Marshall • The mechanic of the Hyper Brain MTB team. • Tasuku • Kirk Thornton • The rider for the Hyper Brain MTB team. • Ken • Ken's Male Voice Steve Staley • Ken's Female Voice Philece Sampler • He and his henchmen disguised themselves as girls to learn Sho's weaknesses from Hosuke. • Native MTB Rider • Dave Wittenberg • An unnamed MTB Rider in a tiki mask whose team made use of the hallucinative mist that was in the temple they operated in. • Gen: • An MTB rider who lives in the snowy mountains with his daughter Rin. In Gabu's tournament in X-City, he lost to Taiga. He was eventually returned to Earth where he was seen fighting Ken and his minions on TV. • Rin • Michelle Ruff • Daughter of Gen. • Go • Steve Blum • An MTB Rider in a miner town who claimed that he beat Flame Kaiser. • Sunset Brothers • Sunset Joe Unavailable • Sunset Reiu Michael Sorich • Joe and Reiu are the gatekeepers of the North Gate of X-City. • Mayor of X-City • Paul St. Peter • The unnamed mayor that ruled X-City before Gabu overthrew him. • Bonnie C • Megan Hollingshead • She serves as emcee of Gabu's tournament in X-City. • Nostradamus Saiyaka • Mona Marshall • An MTB Rider who can predict the future. • 菊(キク) • Koei's younger sister. • Takahiro • A boy who had lent his bike to Ayumu during the match between Sho Yamato and Jero in real world. • Ichibashi and Honda • Yuki's trusted MTB trainers who resided in the X-Zone. • Germ Man • Michael Sorich • A microbial MTB rider.

A video game adaptation called Idaten Jump DS: Moero! Flame Kaiser was published by Taito for the Nintendo DS in 2006.