Keigo Okita

A boxer at Nakadai Gym who preceded Ippo as the Rookie of the Year. Okita an exceedingly serious young man idolizes Eiji Date to the point of mimicking his style and special techniques. Dates favor of the relatively inexperienced Makunouchi Ippo inflamed Okitas jealousy and he challenged Ippo to a match. Though confident that his special quotcorkscrew blowquot a punch copied from Date would carry him through the fight Okita was soundly defeated by Ippo in the first round. Later he was seen as one of Dates assistants during his fight with Ippo.