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series written by Jūzō Yamasaki and illustrated by Kenichi Kitami. It has been serialized in

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's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

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television series. By 2020, it had over 26 million copies in circulation.

Overview

The story focuses on salaryman Densuke Hamasaki (a.k.a. Hama-chan), whom his supervisor Sasaki has dubbed the "Fishing Baka" because of his passion for fishing. One day Hama-chan meets and befriends an older fisherman named Su-san, who turns out to be Ichinosuke Suzuki, the CEO of the "Suzuki Construction" company that Hama-chan works for. The stories tend to focus on their relationship inside and outside of the office.

Characters

; :Nicknamed . A salaryman/fishing baka who escapes his boring work life through fishing. ; :Hama-chan's wife. ; :Hama-chan's son. ; :The Hamasaki family dog. ; :Nicknamed . Hama-chan's boss who becomes his fishing apprentice. ; :Hama-chan's supervisor who doesn't understand his love for fishing and sometimes mispronounces his name as Hamazaki. ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; :

Manga

The individual chapters have been collected into volumes from July 29, 1980, to volume 109 on March 30, 2022

Film series

The franchise had a live-action film series that spanned 20 mainline films released from 1988 to 2009, along with two spin-off films. The following are lists of the films and the regular cast members.

Series

Regular cast

*Densuke Hamasaki: Toshiyuki Nishida (1~) *Ichinosuke Suzuki: Rentarō Mikuni (1~) *Michiko Hamasaki: Eri Ishida (1~Special), Miyoko Asada (7~) *Koitarou Hamasaki: Tomo Ueno (10~11), Ryūichi Sugawara (12~13), Kaga Mochimaru (14~) *Kazuo Sasaki: Kei Tani (1~) *Hachirou Ohta: Ken Nakamoto (1~) *Hisae Suzuki: Yatsuko Tanami (1~6), Tomoko Naraoka (9~) *Director Akiyama: Takehiko Maeda (1), Takeshi Katō (3~) *Executive Director Hotta: Takehiko Maeda (3~8), Shinobu Tsuruta (9~10, 12~), Shūichirō Moriyama (11) *Chief of Personnel Haraguchi: Raita Ryū (7~10), Toshio Shiba (11~13), Takehiko Ono (14~) *Secretary Kusamori: Yasuhisa Sonoda (2~6), Takuzō Kadono (7~9), Baijaku Nakamura (10~13, 15~), Yōsuke Saitō (14) *Section Chief Funaki: Tōru Masuoka (15~) *Chief Clerk Takoshima: Mitsuru Katō (11~12, 16~), Hiroshi Iwazaki (13) *Maebara: Takashi Sasano (1~)

Anime television series

Cast

*Densuke Hamasaki: Kōichi Yamadera *Ichinosuke Suzuki: Chikao Ōtsuka *Michiko Hamasaki: Misa Watanabe *Koitarou Hamasaki: Akemi Satō *Hazatarou: Naomi Shindō (2nd voice) *Kazuo Sasaki: Naoki Tatsuta *Sasaki's Wife: Chie Satō *Madoko Suzuki: Emiko Tanada *Kenichirou Dago: Tomokazu Seki *Reiko Nakamura: Makiko Ōmoto *Yuusuke Sou: Katsuyuki Konishi *Narration, Chief Akiyama, Hazetarou (1st voice):

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It has a crossover with Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger.

TV series

* Gaku Hamada : Densuke Hamasaki * Toshiyuki Nishida : Ichinosuke Suzuki

References

External links

''Tsuribaka Nisshi'' film official website

* {{Shogakukan Manga Award - General 1979 manga 2002 anime television series debuts Fishing in anime and manga Seinen manga Shogakukan manga Toei Animation television TV Asahi original programming Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga