The Weekly Shonen Champion (週刊少年チャンピオン, Shūkan Shōnen Champion) is a weekly shōnen manga magazine published every Thursday in Japan by Akita Shoten. It contains many manga titles targeted at boys, including color spreads and news about the titles such as anime news and author comments.
" Little chan " The mascot of Akita Shoten.
'Little chan' Represents the image of a man with a mustache and wears a yellow and black striped hat. It is used as an overall mascot symbol for the Akita Shoten company and its goods, such as the Weekly Shonen Champion itself.
The Shonen Champion was first published in July 15, 1969[1] and currently serializes the total of 21 manga titles, one of them being the Yowamushi Pedal series.
"Following here is a list of Shonen Champion covers and special arts featuring Yowamushi Pedal."
Special illustration celebrating the Weekly Shonen Champion's 40th year, released in the Issue Nº 4+5-2009
2010's new year illustration, released in the Issue Nº 4+5-2010
Sakamichi and Yusuke's poster released in the Issue Nº 46-2015
Sangaku and Jinpachi's poster released in the Issue Nº 46-2015
Sohoku's 42nd Inter High team released in the Issue Nº 47-2016
Hakone's 42nd Inter High team released in the Issue Nº 47-2016
Special illustration celebrating the Vol. 50 release in the Issue Nº 21-2017
Hayato and Juichi's Meiso illustration released in the Issue Nº 50-2017
2018's new year illustration, released in the Issue Nº 4+5-2018
Special illustration celebrating the mark of 500 chapters reached, released in the Issue Nº 32-2018
2019's new year illustration, released in the Issue Nº 4+5-2019
Clean version of the Chapter 533's cover and a Special illustration celebrating the Vol. 60 release in the Issue Nº 15-2019
Special Illustration gathering all the volume covers to celebrate the Vol. 60 release in the Issue Nº 15-2019
2020's new year illustration, released in the Issue Nº 4+5-2020
Trivia[]
The magazine started to be released digitally since the 2016's sixteenth issue. The Chapter 392 was released along with it and was the first chapter of the franchise to be released digitally.
