| Frequency: | Weekly |
| Circulation: | 250,000[1] [2] |
| Category: | Shōnen manga[3] |
| Company: | Akita Shoten |
| Firstdate: | July 15, 1969 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Based: | Tokyo |
| Language: | Japanese |
is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Akita Shoten.
Shōnen Champion was first published on July 15, 1969. It has had numerous popular series by manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka, Go Nagai, Shinji Mizushima, Masami Kurumada, Keisuke Itagaki. The magazine is published every Thursday. It had a circulation of 250,000 from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019.[4]
A digital supplement manga magazine titled Champion Buzz began publication on October 5, 2023.[5]
There are currently 22 manga titles being serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion. Out of them, and Baki Gaiden: Scarface are published on an irregular basis.
| Series Title | Author(s) | Premiered | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenji Hamaoka | |||
| Keisuke Itagaki | |||
| Keisuke Itagaki, Yukinao Yamauchi | |||
| 9 °C | |||
| Yukichi Yukida, Norishiro-chan | |||
| Monkey Punch, Yōsuke Saeki, Keyaki Uchi-Uchi | |||
| Osamu Nishi, Koneshima, Atsushi Tsudanuma | |||
| Masakazu Ishiguro | |||
| Nine Peaks | Tetsuhiro Hirakawa | ||
| Shy | Bukimi Miki | ||
| Momohara | |||
| Yura Urushibara | |||
| Itaru Bonnoki | |||
| Osamu Nishi | |||
| Hiroshi Takahashi, Ryuuta Suzuki | |||
| Toshinori Sogabe | |||
| Wataru Watanabe |
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