(from ebookjapan): Ichiro Higashi is a first-year student at Kawagishi Junior High School in downtown Tokyo. He is a gutsy boy who lives with his family on a boat on the river. On his first day at his new school, Ichiro is made captain of the wrestling team, and out of frustration, he decides to pursue a career in wrestling...! Ichiro's battle to become Animal 1, the strongest of all animals, begins! --- - **Won the 14th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1968 along with Noboru Kawasaki's other serial, Countryside General**