King Golf

King Golf
First tankōbon volume cover
GenreSports
Manga
Written byKen Sasaki
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine
  • Weekly Shōnen Sunday
  • (August 6, 2008 – October 12, 2011)
  • Shōnen Sunday S
  • (January 25, 2012 – present)
Original runAugust 6, 2008 – present
Volumes44

King Golf (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Sasaki. It was serialized by Shogakukan in the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2008 to October 2011, and later transferred to Shōnen Sunday S in January 2012. Its chapters have been collected into 44 tankōbon volumes as of November 2025. It follows the story of high school student Sōsuke Yūke, as he begins his career in golf and over time obtains many wins and defeats various opponents.

King Golf won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2011.

Story

Sōsuke Yūki (優木 蒼甫, Yūki Sōsuke), known as "the predator", is a young talented delinquent skilled at fighting. He has fought near everyone to reign supreme in his region. One day he realizes that people may fear him, but they do not admire him. On that day, a prodigy amateur golf player looks down on the young delinquent. Sōsuke, infuriated, ends up getting involved in the golf world to get revenge. With inspirational drive, courage and competitiveness, Sōsuke is fully committed to overcome every rival and become the "king of golf".

Publication

King Golf, written and illustrated by Ken Sasaki, was first published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 6, 2008,[a] to October 12, 2011.[3][4] It was transferred to Shōnen Sunday S on January 25, 2012.[5][6] Shogakukan has compiled its individual chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on January 16, 2009.[7] As of March 18, 2026, 44 volumes have been published.[8]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1January 16, 2009[7]978-4-09-121578-9
2March 18, 2009[9]978-4-09-121619-9
3June 18, 2009[10]978-4-09-122021-9
4September 17, 2009[11]978-4-09-121728-8
5December 18, 2009[12]978-4-09-122045-5
6March 18, 2010[13]978-4-09-122193-3
7June 18, 2010[14]978-4-09-122333-3
8September 17, 2010[15]978-4-09-122524-5
9December 17, 2010[16]978-4-09-122697-6
10March 18, 2011[17]978-4-09-122796-6
11May 18, 2011[18]978-4-09-122877-2
12July 15, 2011[19]978-4-09-123207-6
13October 18, 2011[20]978-4-09-123340-0
14January 18, 2012[21]978-4-09-123539-8
15January 18, 2012[22]978-4-09-123587-9
16June 18, 2012[23]978-4-09-123706-4
17October 18, 2012[24]978-4-09-123899-3
18February 18, 2013[25]978-4-09124186-3
19June 18, 2013[26]978-4-09-124318-8
20October 18, 2013[27]978-4-09-124475-8
21February 18, 2014[28]978-4-09-124566-3
22June 18, 2014[29]978-4-09-124668-4
23October 17, 2014[30]978-4-09-125309-5
24March 18, 2015[31]978-4-09-125600-3
25August 18, 2015[32]978-4-09-126195-3
26November 18, 2015[33]978-4-09-126490-9
27April 18, 2016[34]978-4-09-126824-2
28September 16, 2016[35]978-4-09-127338-3
29February 17, 2017[36]978-4-09-127503-5
30August 18, 2017[37]978-4-09-127577-6
31December 18, 2017[38]978-4-09-127881-4
32May 18, 2018[39]978-4-09-128251-4
33November 16, 2018[40]978-4-09-128588-1
34May 17, 2019[41]978-4-09-129165-3
35November 18, 2019[42]978-4-09-129447-0
36July 17, 2020[43]978-4-09-850168-7
37December 18, 2020[44]978-4-09-850283-7
38September 17, 2021[45]978-4-09-850645-3
39May 18, 2022[46]978-4-09-851130-3
40January 18, 2023[47]978-4-09-851536-3
41June 18, 2024[48]978-4-09-853382-4
42September 18, 2024[49]978-4-09-853579-8
43November 18, 2025[50]978-4-09-854334-2
44March 18, 2026[8]978-4-09-854492-9

Reception

King Golf won the award for Best shōnen manga at the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2011.[51]

Notes

  1. ^ It started in the magazine's combined 36th–37th issue of 2008 (cover date August 20),[1] released on August 6 of that same year.[2]

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