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    27 Books
  • First Book:
    December 2015
  • Latest Book:
    February 2025
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Book List in Order: 27 titles



  • For the love of all things otaku--anime, video games, figures, you name it! Power-pedaling Sakamichi Onoda has long been conquering the steepest slopes and regularly making the ninety-kilometer round-trip to Akihabara on a mommy bike!! But when his b...



  • Sakamichi Onoda's first race...and his first road racer! Sakamichi Onoda finds himself in his first real road race following his fateful encounter with fellow first-years and road-racing hopefuls--the driven ace, Shunsuke Imaizumi, and the gifted spr...



  • It's 1,000 kilometers or die trying! Sohoku's grueling training camp trek kicks off in high gear! After his great feat in the first-year race, Sakamichi Onoda is slowly but surely coming along as a competitive cyclist. And, just in time for Team Soho...



  • The 1000-km training camp run is in full swing, with a spot on Sohoku's Inter-High team at stake! Sakamichi Onoda's attack successfully breaks through the blockade created by second-year Teshima!! Friendship, perseverance, pride...As emotions run hig...



  • The nation's fiercest competitors gather at Hakone in a flurry of rampaging muscle for the inter-high! Throwing Japan's strongest high school cyclists together, the inter-high tournament begins with a clash of hearts and bodies ready for battle! Pass...



  • With an early Sohoku High School lead in day one of the inter-high, the stage is set for the climbers to shine! Onoda needs to support the weary sprinters up the mountain, while Makishima is itching to take on his greatest rival, Hakone Academy's Tou...



  • Day One's Shocking Climax! Team Sohoku barrels toward the end of Day One of the Inter-High...and into a neck-and-neck battle with the reigning champs, Hakone Academy! Now, Imaizumi needs to fend off the feral assault of Hakone's Arakita, and propel K...



  • Midousuji's goal: hammer Hakone and smash Sohoku!With their members scattered on day two, Sohoku's hopes of winning the inter-high are slipping fast. As Onoda's team fades into the distance, Kyoto-Fushimi and Hakone Academy take center stage. A chall...



  • A battle of the truly strong! Kyoto-Fushimi delivers a heavy blow to Hakone Academy, but the champs aren't out of the race yet! An unforeseen counterattack from Hakone forces Midousuji to deploy his own drastic measures-but just what is Phase 49? Day...






  • At last, it's the final day of the inter-high! Sohoku, Hakone Academy, and Kyoto-Fushimi...as the three schools fight to become champion, a most unlikely ambush occurs...!...



  • The final fight for the inter-high throne reaches its peak! Accelerating past his limits, the vengeful Machimiya rides with new fervor to shake off his most hated opponent, Hakone Academy! What will Arakita and Onoda do to tie down this wild beast?!...



  • The red pea fires up the crowd!! Sohoku speeds towards the finish line, carrying the hopes of their ace, Kinjou, on their backs! With the grand finale close at hand, Hakone Academy’s Fukutomi is in position to take the lead, but Onoda and the firs...



  • Five kilometers…and a five-way tie! Victory is within reach -- but for whom? With less than five kilometers remaining on the grueling climb up Mt. Fuji, the challenge between Manami and Midousuji comes to a close as the battle for the finish line ...



  • Winner takes all…!! After three grueling days of biking over mountains, across valleys, and through blistering heat, the Inter-High is finally at an end. Though Sohoku’s numerous setbacks should have shattered their hopes, Sakamichi Onoda never ...



  • Can they rise again…?! Onoda’s been in a bit of a slump since Makishima unexpectedly left for England before year’s end. But when challenged by Ashikiba during the Mt. Minegayama Hill Climb Race, it’s time for him to prove that Makishima’s...



  • Neo-Sohoku Six-unite!! Training for the next Inter-High is progressing smoothly for team Sohoku, but the final lineup remains undecided. When new blood arrives, Captain Teshima makes a dangerous pledge to a pair of promising new recruits-that a one-t...



  • The Inter-High is near. The stage is set. The roles are cast…or are they? One last challenge-Sohoku’s final rite of passage-stands between the members of Team Sohoku and the Inter-High. At this year’s Inter-High training camp, can first-year ...



  • On your mark, get set…go! And with that, the Inter-High begins again! With so many contenders, it could be anyone’s race…but three schools in particular are in it to win it. The former kings, the six aces from Hakone Academy, are champing at th...



  • Race, start. Click...click! There are only 80 meters left until the Sprinters’ Goal, and Hakone’s Doubashi and Sohoku’s first-year Kaburagi are neck and neck! With so little distance remaining, Kaburagi decides to finally shift into top gear-bu...






  • Just once. If only he could win just once... Teshima’s always had a single desire when it comes to road racing-he wants to be the hero at least one time. And now, 400 meters before the Mountain Stage goal, he has the opportunity of his life! With ...



  • Day two waits for no one! After close calls in every stage on day one of the Inter-High, Team Sohoku is utterly exhausted. But with two full days left, the fight is far from over. Right off the bat, Naruko, Imaizumi, and Ashikiba are once more stuc...



  • As day two of the Inter-High advances, Team Sohoku races to reunite their scattered members! Coming from behind, Aoyagi and Kaburagi attempt to break away from the crowd. Meanwhile, Team Hakone’s Yuuto Shinkai challenges Onoda to a battle, leaving ...



  • Hakone team captain Izumida and Kyotoâ€"Fushimi second-year Komari are neck and neck! As the pair close in on the finish line, who will win out -- Izumida with his experience and training or Komari with his passion for muscles?! In the meantime, Soho...



  • The ace of Sohoku…is Imaizumi?! Akira Midousuji and Nobuyuki Mizuta, Kyoto-Fushimi. Takuto Ashikiba and Yuuto Shinkai, Hakone Academy. If they’re in it to win it, they’re the ones to beat! After Naruko passes the baton to Imaizumi and Onoda, a...



  • Only one more day. This time tomorrow, the outcome of the Inter-High will be decided, and a new champion will be crowned! Will Sohoku hold onto their title? Will Hakone regain their former glory? Or will the dark horse Kyoto-Fushimi steal the show?â€...



  • Inter-High Day Three. The last day, the final opportunity to be crowned champion of the race has begun. When the Land Shark of Kure, Urakubo, tricked the peloton into chasing down the leaders, Teshima was swallowed up by it! Without their captain, Te...



  • Someway, somehow, they made it! Teshima and Aoyagi reunited with the team, and for the first time since the Inter-High began, they’re all riding together as one! But they might not be for long...During the desperate chase to catch up to Team Ha...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Wataru Watanabe has published 27 books.

The next book by Wataru Watanabe, Yowamushi Pedal, Vol. 27, will be published in February 2025.

The first book by Wataru Watanabe, Yowamushi Pedal, Vol. 1, was published in December 2015.

No. Wataru Watanabe does not write books in series.