Battle Club

Battle Club

Company type	Manga series
Industry	Manga, Entertainment
Founder	Yuji Shiozaki
Products	Manga volumes

is a Japanese manga created by Yuji Shiozaki, which centers on high school students Mokichi and Tamako as members of the Swan Academy Wrestling Club. The series is distinguished by its significant amount of fan service.

Plot

Battle Club consists of six volumes, each divided into Rounds, followed by a sequel titled Battle Club 2nd Stage, comprising three additional volumes.

Volume 1

• Round 1

Mokichi attempts to establish his authority at Swan Academy by attacking others with a baseball bat but is defeated by Tamako. After witnessing her disciplinary action, he decides to join the Wrestling Club.

• Round 2

To gain entry into the club, Mokichi must move Tamako from a prone position. Unable to do so in the usual manner, he surprises her by removing her panties and flipping her over.

• Round 3

After being assaulted by other students, Mokichi is rescued by Rentarou Taki, president of the Wrestling Club, who encourages him to train harder.

• Round 4

Tamako dashes to an exam on foot, shedding clothes to increase her speed. She intervenes to save Mokichi from another attack, losing more garments in the process.

• Round 5

With Tamako unconscious, Mokichi confronts the Karate Club but is saved by Vice-Captain Higuchi, who then punishes Tamako for her failure.

• Round 6

Mokichi observes the Karate Club being disciplined by their leader Shiba, who declares war on the Wrestling Club. Mokichi warns his teammates accordingly.

• Round 7

Shiba battles Mokichi and issues a challenge to Tamako; after employing a forbidden technique that drains her energy, she defeats Tamako.

• Round 8

Struggling with feelings toward Tamako, Shiba is expelled from the Karate Club due to unauthorized actions and retaliates by attacking former teammates.

• Round 9

During beach training, Tamako conquers her fear of water by catching a shark and executing a suplex. The volume concludes with the team sharing a meal featuring the shark.

Volume 2

• Round 1

Tamako loses 3000 yen but enters a curry eating contest offering 5000 yen prize money. A mysterious dark-skinned girl matches her plate for plate. After winning, the girl gives Tamako an extra 5000 yen before disappearing. Meanwhile, the Wrestling Club trains as it is revealed that the girl is Kuniko Mukoda from the Black Dragon Wrestling Club, finalists in last year's interhigh tournament. Hired by Tondemon to challenge Swan Academy, Mukoda quickly defeats Vice-Captain Higuchi with superior skill and physique.

Mukoda pins Higuchi repeatedly; Higuchi resorts to desperate measures including jamming her finger in Mukoda’s anus—a tactic previously used against Tamako. Unfazed, Mukoda claims she has endured worse and ultimately overcomes Higuchi despite Tondemon’s protests. Tamako arrives shortly afterward.

• Round 2

Tamako challenges Mukoda seeking revenge for her teammates. Mukoda agrees to a fair match where one point secures victory. The fight proves tougher for Tamako than it was for Higuchi. She finds Mukoda’s defenses nearly impenetrable due to her physicality and uses feints to lift her briefly. Before completing the move, Mukoda counters with the same finger attack causing Tamako severe pain. Mukoda then dominates with successive finishing maneuvers culminating in a damaging butterfly suplex. Mukoda wins; Tondemon thanks her for motivating the club's training efforts though signs of fatigue appear.

• Round 3

Demoralized by defeat, Higuchi contemplates quitting the Wrestling Club. Tondemon recounts its history inspiring Tamako to grow stronger for Higuchi’s sake. Together with Mokichi, Tamako seeks out coach Higashi at Ihi Peak in Shinshuu. After overcoming obstacles, they discover Higashi is actually Tondemon Sensai.

• Round 4

Tamako and Mokichi train on Higashi’s grounds and face a challenge: to touch a panda he claims to have raised for two decades. Mokichi quickly gives up; Tamako persists until collapsing after pulling panda hairs. The panda is revealed as Captain Taki in disguise. Meanwhile, Higuchi retreats from a fight and suffers consequences for earlier loss against Kuniko.

• Round 5

Mokichi and Tondemon observe girls bathing nude in a hot spring. Taki wrestles Tamako without clothing; Shiba joins alongside the Wrestling Club. A flashback reveals Shiba previously saved Higuchi; Higuchi teases Shiba about feelings toward Tamako. The girls punish Mokichi for spying on them. Later, Tondemon informs the club about secret scrolls guarded by four guardians containing advanced martial arts techniques. Tamako and Mokichi embark on a quest to retrieve them.

• Round 6

While searching for scrolls, Tamako and Mokichi are attacked by dogs; Mokichi nearly quits. They encounter Jikoku, one of the four kings of heaven, who places a key on an unstable foot bridge. To win, they must retrieve it. Mokichi tries but falls through after breaking a board and clings to a splinter. To rescue him without further damaging the bridge, Tamako strips down to underpants to reduce weight and carefully crosses.

• Round 7

Nearly naked still, Tamako reaches Mokichi and rescues him. Jikoku remains frozen with fear on the bridge; thus Tamako succeeds in completing the challenge. As Jikoku attempts to hand over the key, the bridge collapses—Mokichi is safe but Tamako and Jikoku plunge into water below. Tamako awakens on shore greeted by Koumoku, another of the four kings.

Volume 3

• Round 1

Koumoku dares Tamako, who remains unclothed, to retrieve the next key from the river. Initially unsuccessful, Tamako learns from Kongoa that Koumoku has transformed into a fish-like form due to an incident involving her father’s spirit-infused axe, which was lost in the water. Determined, Tamako dives in to recover the axe.

• Round 2

Tamako leads Koumoku toward the axe, but Koumoku becomes trapped beneath it. Upon realizing that her father cherished her more than the weapon, Koumoku is saved by Tamako, who then passes out. Koumoku rescues her in return, concedes defeat, and grants Tamako the key.

• Round 3

Now dressed, Tamako returns to find Mokichi engaged in combat against Zouchou, one of the elite four. Shiba intervenes but becomes distracted by Tamako’s presence. Seizing the opportunity, Mokichi attacks Zouchou but is overwhelmed. Higuchi arrives; initially frightened, she summons courage and confronts Zouchou, who is revealed as Sensai Tondemon.

• Round 4

A flashback reveals Higuchi’s early school days: she fights boys and the Kendo Club president, challenges Tondemon—mistaken for a janitor—loses, and is coerced into joining the Wrestling Club. In the present timeline, Higuchi’s bravery leads to victory over Tondemon while Tamako ascends the mountain.

• Round 5

Atop Mount Ibuki, Tamako faces a wrestling match against herself inside a ring. Meanwhile, below on the mountain, Mokichi experiences hallucinations caused by gas and mistakes Higuchi for Tamako. The final elite four adversary is Tamon—symbolizing Tamako’s own heart. She reflects on her motivations and recalls her mother Tamami’s wrestling career and retirement.

• Round 6

A flashback shows Tamami suffering from heart disease and forced to retire; pregnant with Tamako, she chooses to carry the child despite health risks. Tamami dies during childbirth. In the present, Tamako gains clarity of purpose but falls from a tower; she clings to a ledge before launching herself back up in an explosion that destroys the structure. She discovers the shrine but leaves the key outside its lock.

• Round 7

Back at school, Mokichi struggles with training and endures bullying. When threatened by a thug wielding a dagger, a mysterious girl wearing a hat and an N.O.B. bracelet intervenes and defeats the attacker. Mokichi becomes captivated by her.

Volume 4

• Round 1

Tamako receives an invitation to join the secret organization Nightmare of Battle (NOB). Meanwhile, Mokichi remains infatuated with the enigmatic girl and rejoins the Wrestling Club to improve his skills. At night, he encounters NOB as the mysterious girl prepares to discipline him.

• Round 2

The girl is unveiled as Ijyuin Shizuka, an enforcer for NOB. She challenges Mokichi to a duel: if he manages to touch her, he wins. Despite being defeated, Mokichi succeeds in touching her, compelling her to depart in disgrace.

• Round 3

The Swan Academy Wrestling Club competes against Shark Island High School in their initial practice match. The rival institution struggles with student misconduct issues. Mokichi chooses to enter the women’s bathroom but is attacked there by a girl.

• Round 4

Mokichi’s opponent in this match is the same girl who defeated him in the bathroom encounter. She employs illegal techniques to secure victory. During the chaos, Mokichi accidentally strips Ono Imoko’s uniform. Meanwhile, Tamako falls ill after consuming a drink prepared by Papa.

• Round 5

Although he loses initially, Mokichi’s stamina allows him to reverse fortunes and throw Imoko down. The resulting blast destroys the Space Shuttle orbiting Earth. Both competitors are hospitalized afterward.

• Round 6

Tamako confronts Akutagawa and dominates him through speed and technique, tossing him out of the ring.

• Round 7

Akutagawa retaliates using brute force; he humiliates Tamako while questioning her grasp of wrestling and Kiai energy. Tamako remains unable to respond.

• Round 8

Upset by her defeat, Tamako dines with Mukouda. They engage local boys in a video game challenge and win decisively. This experience helps Tamako begin regaining her confidence.

Volume 5

• Round 1

Mokichi attempts to uplift Tamako's mood by taking her out. On a rooftop, Akutagawa is defeated by Dazai in an NOB battle; Dazai drops his NOB bracelet and departs. Tamako chases after him across the rooftops.

• Round 2

Akutagawa reveals that the fight was part of the NOB Death Tournament. Dazai dares Tamako to catch him; during the pursuit, she loses her underwear. Both tumble off the roof together.

• Round 3

Tamako is unconscious while Dazai escapes before Mokichi arrives. At the Wrestling Club, Tamako requests Tondemon to teach other martial arts disciplines, but he violently refuses. Meanwhile, Higuchi is identified as the next target of NOB.

• Round 4

Mokichi encounters Jikoku, another NOB member, who attacks him with threats of harm. Simultaneously, Higuchi is assaulted by Koumoku, an elite member of NOB.

• Round 5

Koumoku assaults Higuchi with weapons and throws her into water. The NOB members practice combined martial arts beyond wrestling techniques. Underwater, Higuchi regains strength and fights back. Tamako receives directions to meet Tondemon through the sewers.

• Round 6

Using tickling tactics, Higuchi gains the upper hand against Koumoku. Tondemon battles Mukoda while Mokichi continues his fight with Jikoku. Tamako falls into a sewer trap set by Dazai and falls asleep before any combat. Mokichi uses kiai energy to overcome Jikoku.

• Round 7

Tamako awakens to find Dazai advising her about NOB’s scheme to destroy Swan Academy Wrestling Club and urges her to leave. Mukoda and Tondemon engage in a fierce fight as Mokichi locates Higuchi; Tamako tries to escape via a sewer plank but falls in; Dazai rescues her and both are carried away by water.

• Round 8

After descending a waterfall, Tamako and Dazai regain consciousness on dry land. Tamako discovers Tondemon, Higuchi, and Mokichi unconscious but is attacked by Mukoda. A fight breaks out with minimal involvement from Mokichi; Tamako questions Mukoda’s motivations.

• Round 9

Dazai intervenes during Tamako and Mukoda’s confrontation, instructing Tamako to take the others to safety while he faces Mukoda alone. Tondemon awakens and explains training Mukoda as a champion in Tamami’s spirit—Mukoda becomes resentful due to comparisons and vows revenge on Tondemon once stronger.

Volume 6

• Round 1

Tamako and Mukoda continue their intense combat. Tondemon reveals to Taki that he arranged the fight to teach Mukoda the true essence of wrestling. Mukoda defeats Tamako and begins understanding Tondemon's intent. After another clash, Tamako wakes up next to an unconscious Mukoda. Tondemon departs, concluding the main Battle Club storyline.

The subsequent rounds highlight side characters through shorter narratives:

• Round 2 (Shiba)

Shiba daydreams about Tamako and later follows her and Mokichi on a train, where she attempts to grope Tamako but is caught. Claiming she was testing Tamako’s physique, Shiba is invited to join the Wrestling Club at the Community Sports Center. After a sauna challenge where Tamako "wins" by fainting, Shiba becomes a member. Mokichi’s attempt to peek into the women's sauna leads to his arrest.

• Round 3 (Taki)

Taki explains his choice of dressing as a girl with impressive sweater puppies. He recounts being bullied into wearing skirts until Kaneko, mistaking him for a girl, defends him and trains him in wrestling. Once boys recognize Taki’s identity, Kaneko learns the truth and Taki transfers to Swan Academy. He later admits to Tamako and Mokichi that his story may be fabricated.

• Round 4 (Higuchi)

Higuchi recovers from injuries but remains confined at home due to her affluent family’s restrictions; she longs for freedom. She tempts her guard, prompting Tamako and Mokichi to mount a rescue mission. After overcoming challenges, they find Higuchi has already defeated her guard in a contest and gained freedom.

• Round 5 (Akutagawa)

Tamako, Mokichi, and Shiba visit Akutagawa family’s struggling restaurant, burdened by loan sharks and competition from Kanna Miller’s, which uses large-breasted waitresses as an attraction. The club helps by working there and leveraging Tamako’s appeal. A soba-eating contest ends with Tamako arrested for violating adult entertainment laws after being stripped naked by a ringer. A wrecking ball demolishes the restaurant, but Higuchi reveals her family owns Kanna Miller’s and orders its closure, allowing Akutagawa’s business to prosper.

• Round 6 (Nandaimon)

Mokichi struggles academically; the club tutors him using unconventional methods including Higuchi acting as a dominatrix motivator. A mysterious centenarian trainer arrives communicating through signs and testing them via word puzzles taped on Tamako's naked body. Mokichi passes; Tamako fails for helping him and is dismissed but allowed to reapply. Later Mokichi poses naked at school as part of a prank.

• Round 7 (Ghost Diver)

While cleaning the pool, Tamako encounters a ghost diver who trains her to overcome fear despite shallow water depth. The ghost reveals she was a female diver killed during an air strike sixty years ago when women were barred from diving competitions. Supported by Nandaimon, Tamako jumps from the highest platform alongside the ghost diver, survives injuries sustained from the fall, after which the ghost disappears permanently.

Characters

Mokichi Saitou

Mokichi serves as the central character and is the only male participant in the school's wrestling club. Despite being physically weak and often perceived as a loser, he enjoys close training sessions with the female members, particularly Tamako, for whom he harbors romantic feelings. His strong resolve to improve is coupled with a lecherous streak, which occasionally enables him to endure longer than more powerful rivals in extended matches.

Tamako Kaneda

Tamako is an inherently skilled wrestler known for her impressive techniques but is prone to clumsiness and frequent self-inflicted injuries. She has difficulty remembering names and details, which opponents exploit by targeting her "Achilles' Heel"—a controversial penetration-based move used against her. As the story's heroine, she is admired by many and persistently searches for Pocari on behalf of Higuchi.

Tondemon Higashi

The Wrestling Club’s head coach, notorious as a "dirty old man," he guided Swan Academy to eight straight national titles and is counted among the elite four known as Zouchou. He maintains a fierce rivalry with Mukoda, who seeks vengeance against him.

Rentarou Taki

Captain of the Wrestling Club and a biological male who presents with distinctly feminine traits. After expulsion from Black Cat Academy, an all-girls school, Taki transferred to Swan Academy.

Higuchi Ichiyo

Serving as vice-captain of the Wrestling Club, Higuchi is a top-tier fighter and openly lesbian, reputed to be the strongest competitor at the school. She becomes distracted by well-endowed opponents during matches and lost her fighting spirit following a defeat but later regained it. Known as the "Queen of the Vampires," she comes from a wealthy family that owns a restaurant chain. Although attracted to Tamako, she restrains from pursuing her romantically but frequently gropes her during practice sessions.

Shiba Ryoutarou

Originally an opponent from the Karate Club, Shiba leaves after developing feelings for Tamako. She acts as Mokichi’s rival both romantically and in combat, specializing in attacks enhanced by ki energy.

Kuniko Mukoda

A proficient wrestler from Black Dragon Academy who openly flaunts her large breasts. Mukoda defeated Tamako twice by utilizing underhanded tactics that exploited Tamako’s weak points. Once part of Swan Academy, she departed following emotional turmoil involving Tondemon and now seeks revenge.

Ginkakuji Tamami

Tamako’s deceased mother was a champion wrestler at Swan Academy trained under Tondemon’s guidance. She secured three national championships and won 83 matches before passing away during childbirth due to heart complications.

Ijyuin Shizuka

A punisher affiliated with N.O.B. and member of Shark Island High School’s Wrestling Club. Mokichi briefly admires her until she attempts to kill him.

Ono Imoko

A beginner wrestler with notable physical features attending Shark Island High School.

Akutagawa

A member of N.O.B. and wrestler from Shark Island nicknamed "Gorilla Guy" by Tamako. He operates a struggling soba noodle shop downtown.

Papa

Tamako’s muscular father supports the club by providing a unique restorative beverage made from exotic ingredients that aids recovery but causes digestive discomfort. His parenting methods are questionable as he sometimes watches his daughter while she is unclothed.

Dazai Osamu

A high-ranking N.O.B. executive whom Tamako rescues and who pledges loyalty to her. He is identifiable by an eye patch reminiscent of a character from Ikki Tousen.

Kaneko Misuzu

Captain of Black Cat Academy’s Wrestling Club and former love interest of Taki. She initially assumes Taki is female until discovering his true gender during combat.

Nandaimon

A century-old janitor at the school who replaces Tandemon as advisor for the Wrestling Club after Tandemon disappears. He trains members through demanding janitorial duties.

Ghost Diver

A Swan Academy student who died during World War II air raids and now haunts the school swimming pool.

The Elite Four

Ancient divine guardians of a martial arts scroll, also referred to as the four kings of heaven—Koumoku, Tamon, Zouchou, and Jikoku.