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King Golf

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King Golf
First tankōbon volume cover
GenreSports
Manga
Written byKen Sasaki
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 6, 2008 – present
Volumes41

King Golf (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Sasaki. It was serialized by Shogakukan in the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2008 to October 2011, and later transferred to Shōnen Sunday S in January 2012. Its chapters have been collected into 41 tankōbon volumes as of June 2024. It follows the story of high school student Sōsuke Yūke, as he begins his career in golf and over time obtains many wins and defeats various opponents. King Golf won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2011.

Story

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Sōsuke Yūki (優木 蒼甫, Yūki Sōsuke), known as "the predator", is a young talented delinquent skilled at fighting. He has fought near everyone to reign supreme in his region. One day he realizes that people may fear him, but they do not admire him. On that day, a prodigy amateur golf player looks down on the young delinquent. Sōsuke, infuriated, ends up getting involved in the golf world to get revenge. With inspirational drive, courage and competitiveness, Sōsuke is fully committed to overcome every rival and become the "king of golf".

Publication

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King Golf, written and illustrated by Ken Sasaki, was first published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 6, 2008,[a] to October 12, 2011.[3][4] It was transferred to Shōnen Sunday S on January 25, 2012.[5][6] Shogakukan has compiled its individual chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on January 16, 2009.[7] As of June 18, 2024, 41 have been published.[8]

Volumes

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No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 January 16, 2009[7]978-4-09-121578-9
2 March 18, 2009[9]978-4-09-121619-9
3 June 18, 2009[10]978-4-09-122021-9
4 September 17, 2009[11]978-4-09-121728-8
5 December 18, 2009[12]978-4-09-122045-5
6 March 18, 2010[13]978-4-09-122193-3
7 June 18, 2010[14]978-4-09-122333-3
8 September 17, 2010[15]978-4-09-122524-5
9 December 17, 2010[16]978-4-09-122697-6
10 March 18, 2011[17]978-4-09-122796-6
11 May 18, 2011[18]978-4-09-122877-2
12 July 15, 2011[19]978-4-09-123207-6
13 October 18, 2011[20]978-4-09-123340-0
14 January 18, 2012[21]978-4-09-123539-8
15 January 18, 2012[22]978-4-09-123587-9
16 June 18, 2012[23]978-4-09-123706-4
17 October 18, 2012[24]978-4-09-123899-3
18 February 18, 2013[25]978-4-09124186-3
19 June 18, 2013[26]978-4-09-124318-8
20 October 18, 2013[27]978-4-09-124475-8
21 February 18, 2014[28]978-4-09-124566-3
22 June 18, 2014[29]978-4-09-124668-4
23 October 17, 2014[30]978-4-09-125309-5
24 March 18, 2015[31]978-4-09-125600-3
25 August 18, 2015[32]978-4-09-126195-3
26 November 18, 2015[33]978-4-09-126490-9
27 April 18, 2016[34]978-4-09-126824-2
28 September 16, 2016[35]978-4-09-127338-3
29 February 17, 2017[36]978-4-09-127503-5
30 August 18, 2017[37]978-4-09-127577-6
31 December 18, 2017[38]978-4-09-127881-4
32 May 18, 2018[39]978-4-09-128251-4
33 November 16, 2018[40]978-4-09-128588-1
34 May 17, 2019[41]978-4-09-129165-3
35 November 18, 2019[42]978-4-09-129447-0
36 July 17, 2020[43]978-4-09-850168-7
37 December 18, 2020[44]978-4-09-850283-7
38 September 17, 2021[45]978-4-09-850645-3
39 May 18, 2022[46]978-4-09-851130-3
40 January 18, 2023[47]978-4-09-851536-3
41 June 18, 2024[8]978-4-09-853382-4
42 September 18, 2024[48]978-4-09-853579-8

Reception

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King Golf won the award for Best shōnen manga at the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2011.[49]

Notes

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  1. ^ It started in the magazine's combined 36th–37th issue of 2008 (cover date August 20),[1] released on August 6 of that same year.[2]

References

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