Suzuka (manga)

Suzuka
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Suzuka Asahina
涼風
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Kōji Seo
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Del Rey Manga (former) Kodansha USA (digital)
Imprint	Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	18 February 2004 – 19 September 2007
Volumes	18 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Fukutomi
Produced by	Tsukuru Maruyama Gou Shukuri Minoru Yoshida Kazunari Ueda
Written by	Hiroko Tokita
Music by	Masanori Takumi
Studio	Studio Comet
Licensed by	NA: Crunchyroll
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	US: Funimation Channel
Original run	7 July 2005 – 29 December 2005
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Written by	Ayuna Fujisaki
Illustrated by	Kōji Seo
Published by	Kodansha
Imprint	KC Novels
Demographic	Male
Published	17 May 2007

Suzuka (涼風) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from February 2004 to September 2007, with its chapters collected in 18 tankōbon volumes. The series is a character-driven romance story that uses the athletics of track and field as a subplot. The story primarily follows the life of the teenager Yamato Akitsuki, who moved to Tokyo to change himself, and his main love interest Suzuka Asahina, a talented and highly scouted high jumper who lives in Yamato's aunt's dormitory and attends his new high school.

It was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to December 2005. The manga was licensed for publication in North America by Del Rey Manga under their mature line; it published the first 15 volumes, before it folded and transferred its publication rights to Kodansha USA. The anime series was licensed by Funimation (currently Crunchyroll). Two light novels written by Ayuna Fujisaki based on the series have also been released.