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Wind Breaker (manhwa)

Wind Breaker () is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by Yongseok Jo. It was serialized via Naver Corporation's webtoon platform, Naver Webtoon, from December 2013 to July 2025, with the individual chapters collected and published into 26 volumes. The manhwa has been published in English by Line Webtoon.

Plot

Jo "Jay" Ja-hyeon () wants to ride bikes because he looks up to his uncle Jo Mahyeon () who was a professional cyclist. Jay received a bike from his uncle and has been obsessed with cycling ever since. Later Jay finds out about an event called League of Streets, where cyclists form teams to compete against each other. This event is when Jay starts to make a name for himself.

Characters

Jo "Jay" Ja-hyeon ()
Main character of the manhwa, often called Super Rookie by his fans. He is one of the members of the Hummingbird Crew, one of the crews that participated in the League of Streets Korean Branch. Nephew of Jo Ma-hyeon, a Korean professional cyclist.
Shelly Scott
An experienced cyclist from England as her father, Mark Scott, is a legendary cyclist. She is one of the members of the Hummingbird Crew. Has a crush on Jay. Later she starts dating Jay.
Hong "Vinny" Yubin ()
Known as 'Mad Dog' because of his brutality. He is a member of Sabbath Crew before leaving the Zephyros Crew first, the Hummingbird Crew second, and the Ghost Crew third.
Kang "Dom" Hannam ()
Son of the notorious Korean mafia. He is one of the members of the Hummingbird Crew and acts as a sprinter.
Yoon "Minu" Min-woo ()
Lee "June" Jun-soo ()
Kim "Mia" Mi-yeong ()
Yoon "Yuna" Yun-ha ()
Owen Knight
Yoo Wooin ()
Hajun "Joker" ()
Kwon "Grim Reaper" Hyuk ()
Kim "Monster" Deokbong ()
Leader of Monster Crew, one of the participating crews in League of Streets Korean Branch, and a former quarterback in some high schools in the United States. He returns to Korea and regains his confident after doing cycling.
Jang Juhwan ()
Leader of Trident Crew, one of the participating crews in League of Streets Korean Branch. Had a rivalry with Monster because he thought the girl that he had a crush on had a crush on Monster.
Noah Austin
Harry Shepherd
Kaneshiro Takeda (武田金城, Takeda Kaneshiro)
Ryohei Hachijō (八条良平, Hachijou Ryohei)
Kenji Ikusaba (イクサバケンジ, Ikusaba Kenji)
Hyōma Nagase (永瀬兵間, Nagase Hyouma)

Media

Manhwa

Yongseok Jo launched Wind Breaker in Naver's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon on December 8, 2013. Its serialization was suspended by Naver Webtoon on July 11, 2025, following allegations of tracing illustrations from other works. On July 19, 2025, Naver announced it would offer refunds to anyone who paid for the webtoon.

Volumes

Other media

The series was featured on the South Korean reality music show Webtoon Singer, premiered on the streaming service TVING on February 17, 2023, which featured K-pop artists' performances combining webtoons with extended reality technology.

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