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In the Jump 1979–1987

Yudetamago

ゆでたまご

Yudetamago is the pen name of the duo of Takashi Shimada (story) and Yoshinori Nakai (art), school friends from Osaka who were still teenagers when Kinnikuman began in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1979.

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Yudetamago
8years in the Jump
389chapters in the magazine
16times they opened the magazine

Who is Yudetamago

It started as a superhero parody about a clumsy, gyūdon-loving hero and turned into a saga of wrestling battles between chōjin that defined 80s Jump; its rubber figures, 'Kinkeshi', were a craze across Japan. The anime premiered in 1983 and a new one arrived in 2024.

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Kinnikuman Kinnikuman Vol. 1

1979–1987Takashi Shimada (Story) · Yoshinori Nakai (Art)

Kinnikuman

Suguru Kinniku, a clumsy superhero and prince of a distant planet, proves in the wrestling ring that he can be a true hero.

38volumes
389chapters
16times it opened the magazine

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Kinnikuman debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 22 · 1979, on sale May 1, 1979. That same issue also carried Kochikame, Ring ni Kakero and Circuit no Ōkami. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 389, ran in No. 21 · 1987 (April 21, 1987), after almost 8 years of serialization.

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