Top 5 Manga Like The Tale of Little Lords of Karate (Karate Shoukoushi Monogatari) [2026 List]

5. The Outcast Is a Fighter

Mugyeol Cha, a high-school student, is consistently bullied by a group of delinquents at school. Elsewhere, Mugyeol, a mixed martial artist, has been set up to be left paralyzed and meets his demise. Two different lives are at their ends, but somehow, they both end up living on in the same body. Will they succeed in finding justice, and climb their way back up to achieve their dreams?

The Outcast Is a Fighter is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Bullied One Is Too Good at Fighting, The Outcast Is Too Good at Martial Arts, The Strongest Outcast, หมาหัวเน่าเก๋าเกินไป, モブ男の俺が格闘技の天才になった件について, 一夜成为格斗天才, 邊緣仔好會打架

4. Bunburyoutou: Saikyou Saichi no Sodatekata

Bunburyoutou: Saikyou Saichi no Sodatekata is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 文武両闘 最強才智の育て方, Both the Literary and Military Arts

3. Syakeu

Sharks don't have lungs, but they do have to breathe oxygen to survive. Instead of breathing air, though, sharks get oxygen from the water that surrounds them. So they have to move around, if they stop moving for a while, they sink into the water and die, So Sharks have to move and move constantly from birth to death. The same goes for you. If you want to survive, keep moving, then you will be the best hunter... like a shark.

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Shark is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Syakeu

2. Karate Shoukoushi Monogatari

Takeru and Meo, two best friends both troubled by tragedies in their pasts, have been sweeping local junior karate tournaments as high school freshmen. But now, they set their sights on a national karate tournament. Unfortunately, the funding required to achieve their goal can only be secured if they form an official karate club at their school. Their first challenge lies in getting past the beautiful student council president Izumi Touko, who also happens to be the only daughter of the head of the biggest karate organization in the world, Koudan-kai (which is totally not Kyokushin). What plot will Touko hatch, and what price is she going to exact from them? As Takeru and Meo embark on their official karate journey which will lead them to confront their pasts, almost the entire cast of Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru makes an appearance, guiding them, and teaching them the true meaning of what it is to be a karate-ka.

The Tale of Little Lords of Karate has finished publishing and it has 63 Chapters. It is also Known as: 空手小公子物語, Karate Shoukoushi Monogatari

1. Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru

Kohinata Minoru is a college student at a college that is popular for its sports rather than academic orientation. Although he starts out as a gymnast alongside his friend, Nana, Minoru is bullied by the higher ranked gymnasts. One evening, a karate student at the college, Mutou Ryuuji, witnesses Minoru being bullied and comes to the rescue... but his intentions aren't to save Minoru, but to drag him into the world of karate. Minoru makes new friends and learns some of their dark pasts, including a shocking death that reveals motives for revenge.

Little Lord of Karate has finished publishing and it has 500 Chapters. It is also Known as: 空手小公子小日向海流, Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Kairyuu