The game was Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (BLJS10295). He’d bought it for a laugh at a flea market in Akihabara, the disc scratched and the case cracked. The previous owner had left a single save file. One name: .
No. Japanese text and audio only. However, the UI is icon-based. Hajime no Ippo- -La lucha--BLJS10295