Kimura went to the Chūka Soba to celebrate Ippo's debut match and talked about how Oda would be easy to defeat. When Haruhiko Yagi announced Ippo's pro debut match opponent was Yūsuke Oda, Kimura remembered him, as Oda started around the same time as him. Kimura watched the second spar between Ippo and Miyata. Ippo, not knowing what Shadow Boxing was, asked Kimura for advice, he then demonstrated shadow boxing. On Ippo's first day at the gym, Kimura and Aoki attempted to train him, however they were stopped by Genji Kamogawa. After the spar, he introduced himself to Ippo. In the anime, Kimura watched Ippo Makunouchi and Ichirō Miyata's spar. Upon their winning of their individual debut matches the two realised that Takamura was no longer just their 'goal', but their inspiration and idol as well. Despite losing to him in every spar, they continued boxing until they had earned their pro licenses and stepped into the ring. After seeing Takamura's strength as a boxer, both Aoki and Kimura decided to join the Kamogawa gym to try and become strong too. One day, Kimura and Aoki attacked North High's student Mamoru Takamura and lost miserably. Kimura was the most affected by this because he was worried he had disappointed his mother.

They began brawling and causing trouble with students from rival schools, namely North High, which eventually led to their expulsion. Kimura and Aoki left baseball as they thought it was too easy due to not having any competition at the time. In a summer tournament, they won against Kiyota and Kuwahara, taking what was most precious to them due to a bet: dirt from the Koshien Stadium and throwing it off a bridge. During high school, the duo were playing baseball in the Little League. Kimura and Masaru Aoki were best friends since kindergarten. As a result, he decided to quit high school without his parents knowing. Kimura became a delinquent because he was bullied by an older boy, and when his father went to confront the boy's father, he was pressured and ended up apologising, this made Kimura lose all respect for his father, becoming more violent in both his house and outside.

2.4.3 Importance of the Support Role Arc.

2.1.3 Rookie King Tournament: Finals Arc.

2.1.2 Rookie King Tournament: First Rounder Arc.

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