Weekly Shōnen Champion (週刊少年チャンピオン) is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Akita Shoten.

History

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. A digital supplement manga magazine titled Champion Buzz began publication on October 5, 2023.

Currently running manga series

There are currently 22 manga titles being serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion. Out of them, Saint Seiya: Next Dimension and Baki Gaiden: Scarface are published on an irregular basis.

Past series