Sports anime vary in plot, graphic symbol type, and of form the sport being played, just ane matter they all have in common is incredible athletes. Of the 33 sports taking identify at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, these ten feature in some of the most pop sports anime, and their respective shows bring characters who excel in both fettle and fortitude.

These characters already take awards to their names, and many of them get pro-level in canon. Whether they were a young prodigy who simply got better with fourth dimension, or a fresh starter who became skilled through hard work, these talented athletes could have on competitors in the Summer Olympics and hold their own.

Alarm: this article contains spoilers.

10 Haruka Nanase Would Make Waves In The Pool (Complimentary!)

Haru Swimming In Free!!

Haru's affinity for swimming was evident from even his youngest days in Free! He's been a prodigy since childhood and has been winning relays with his teams since elementary school. There is no swimming event that Haru wouldn't be able to excel in – bringing along Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei for a squad relay, or going at an individual medley on his ain. However, as the title of the show suggests, his best event has always been freestyle, and it's here in unlike race lengths where Haru could have home a gilt medal, if not multiple.

9 Kakeru Kurahara Leaves Other Runners In His Dust (Run With The Wind)

Kakeru Run With The Wind

In loftier school, Kakeru was his track squad'south fastest runner and slated to exist an extraordinary athlete as he grew older. Though he renounced competitive running subsequently an incident with his coach, he ends up joining Kansei University's running team thanks to Haiji Kiyose'south persuasion. The remainder of his new team soon find out that Kakeru lives upward to his previous proper noun every bit one of Japan's almost promising.

Throughout Run with the Wind as the team trains for the Hakone Ekiden, i of the nigh notable university-level races in Japan, Kakeru goes up confronting Japan's all-time and matches their step. Though he's all-time in long altitude (each leg of the Hakone Ekiden is around 20 kilometers) he's shown to produce huge bursts of speed that accept placed him at the top of multiple races. Kakeru has the ability and stamina to earn a medal in the Olympics' longest track event, the 10,000 meter.

8 Hayato Shinkai Is The Fastest Cycling Sprinter (Yowamushi Pedal)

Shinkai Hayato Yowamushi Pedal

Hayato is the fastest sprinter in Yowamushi Pedal's Inter-High race. Though his athleticism and hunger for the win are high, he still has good sense of his races, and he knows how to step himself. But when a trivial more than speed is needed, Hayato has intense explosive power that turns him into what other cyclists call the "Straight Line Demon". He seems to become preternaturally fast, and his power makes his competitors literally tremble. As part of a skilled cycling team, Hayato could exist the finisher who brings his teammates the gilded.

seven Miya Chinen Is A Skate Tech Prodigy (Sk8 The Infinity)

Miya Sk8 The Infinity

The recent sports anime hit Sk8 the Infinity represented the absurd, fun attitude of skating culture and inspired many to pick up a board of their own. Equally the youngest skater featured, Miya Chinen is already a prodigy and a candidate for the Japanese national skateboarding team at merely 12 years old.

Miya is kickoff shown performing his intricate tech style consisting of circuitous, flat-ground, freestyle tricks. He can maneuver his board at a professional person level, and his manner fabricated him well-known among other skaters. It'due south also clear from his participation in "South" that Miya tin can take on experienced adult skaters and do enough more than but stationary tricks. Given his prowess and recognition past the pro skating world, it's rubber to say that Miya could go up against any competitor in either street or park Olympic events and excel.

6 Diving Runs In Youichi Fujitani's Blood (Dive!!)

Youichi Fujitani About To Dive

Youichi is 1 of the main characters in Dive!! and the son of 2 prominent Japanese divers, one of whom was an Olympian. He was the diving champion for all 3 of his middle school years and one of Japan's about promising high school divers every bit he began his outset year at Sakuragi High. Now, in his second year, he's one of coach Kayoko Asaki'due south top picks for condign an Olympian. With his already flawless form and professional mindset, Youichi could enter the men'south individual platform diving event and score large.

5 Daiki Aomine Is A Miraculous Basketball game Ace (Kuroko No Basket)

Daiki Aomine Blocking A Dunk

Back in Teiko Junior High, Kuroko no Basket's "monster" Daiki was the ace of the Generation of Miracles: a team of five players with astounding skills. Currently, he plays for Tōō Academy – which boasts some of the all-time players in the nation – every bit the ace and ability forwards. Daiki's physical abilities, techniques, and mental forcefulness are pro-level, and when he's in his Zone, he becomes substantially unstoppable. Equally a player who can brand pinpoint baskets from anywhere on the courtroom, Hayato would be a huge asset to any Olympic team.

four Konomi Kasahara'south Climbing Reaches New Heights (Iwa Kakeru!: Sport Climbing Girls)

Konomi Kasahara Climbing

Konomi is the protagonist of Iwa Kakeru!, one of the all-time sports anime with an all-female cast. Before she was a climber, Konomi was a puzzle-game lover with exceptional belittling skills. In Olympic lead climbing, the climb isn't shown to the participants until shortly before their issue, only this would be no issue for Konomi.

Konomi tin can clarify multiple routes immediately and choose which is best, making her an incredible on-sight climber. Since atomic number 82 climbing has no time limit, Konomi could analyze as much as necessary, then brand a steady climb with the least amount of holds – the best way to the win.

three Lawn tennis Is All Ryoma Echizen Knows (Prince Of Tennis)

Ryoma Echizen Prince Of Tennis Holding A Ball

Ryoma had already won 4 American Junior Tennis tournaments in a row back in middle school. He's a prodigy who pushes himself to be the top singles tennis actor, and over the course of Prince of Tennis, he develops his own playing style and levels upwards his skill at crucial moments during matches.

In the manga, Ryoma leads his team to Nationals. In the anime, he eventually attends the U.S. Open and beats Lleyton Hewitt, a real Australian pro player and the former No. one in the world. Given that Ryoma can best the world's top tennis actor, information technology'southward condom to say that he could win gold at the Olympics too.

ii Masaki Takigawa Has Shot Well Over 10,000 Arrows (Tsurune)

Masa-San Firing His Ten Thousandth Arrow

Known as Masa-san to his kyudo students in Tsurune, Masaki has been shooting arrows since the age of three. During a interruption in his relationship with his grandfather, his kyudo primary, Masa stopped kyudo for some time after he got hayake, a condition in kyudo where the arrow is released earlier the shooter'southward will.

When his grandfather passed while he was away, he decided to shoot ten,000 arrows to reconcile. Currently, Masa holds a godan ranking in kyudo, and while this isn't the highest possible, it is only awarded for high refinement in kyudo techniques and forms. Whether he could win gold in Olympic archery events would be up to his strength of will, but he could without a doubt take on some of the world'southward tiptop competitors.

ane Shoyo Hinata Makes The Olympic Volleyball Team (Haikyuu!!)

Hinata Shoyo Japan National Team

Haikyuu!! is considered one of the best sports anime, in part due to its diverse and talented bandage of characters. But unlike some of the previously mentioned characters, protagonist Shoyo Hinata was no prodigy. All Hinata starts out with is his exceptional bound peak and no volleyball skill otherwise.

Over time, Hinata learns the game and develops a "freak quick attack" with rival and teammate Tobio Kageyama, which allowed his team to have on the meridian high schools in the country. Following graduation, Hinata goes abroad to spend time as a beach actor in Brazil before joining the MSBY Black Jackals back in Japan.

The end of the Haikyuu!! manga sees Hinata as a member of Nihon's national volleyball team, along with all of his biggest rivals and closest friends throughout the series. Hinata'southward prowess needs no explanation – it's canon that he would excel in the Olympic Games.

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