Japanese High School Baseball Championship
The National High School Baseball Championship (全国高等学校野球選手権大会, Zenkoku Kōtō Gakkō Yakyū Senshuken Taikai) of Japan, commonly known as "Summer Koshien" (夏の甲子園, Natsu no Kōshien), was an annual nationwide high school baseball tournament that was held between 1915 and 2019, with a one-year break in 1918 as a result of World War I and a five year hiatus between 1941 and 1945 due to World War II. It was the largest scale amateur sport event in Japan.
Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | 1915 |
No. of teams | 56 |
Country | ![]() |
Most recent champion(s) | Osaka Riseisha |
Most titles | Chukyōdai Chukyō (7 titles) |
TV partner(s) | NHK, ABC |
Official website |
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The tournament, which was organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation and Asahi Shimbun, took place during the summer school vacation period, culminating in a two-week final tournament stage with 49 teams in August at Hanshin Koshien Stadium (阪神甲子園球場, Hanshin Kōshien Kyūjō) in the Koshien district of Nishinomiya City, Hyōgo, Japan.
The Japan High School Baseball Federation announced the discontinuation of the tournament in May 2020, partially due to restrictions that were implemented in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
Background
Before World War II, teams from overseas participated in the tournament. Korea fielded teams from 1921 to 1940; both Taiwan and Manchuria had teams participate from 1923 to 1940.
The 49 schools taking part in the final tourney represent regional champions of each of the prefectures of Japan (with two from Hokkaidō and Tokyo). From mid-June until July, regional tournaments are held to decide who is sent to Koshien.[3]
The rules were the same as in the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament. It was a single elimination tournament with nine inning games. Games were declared official after seven complete innings in the case of suspension (due to weather, et cetera), except for the championship game, which had to be played to completion. For the regional tournaments, games ended if one team led by at least ten runs after five innings or seven runs after seven innings, except in the championship games. Designated hitters were not used. Four umpires were used, except for night games and the championship game, in which two extra outfield line umpires were added.
The first round pairings and byes were decided by lottery. 34 teams met in the first round, and 15 teams with byes join at the second round (32 teams play in the second round). Therefore, it took either five or six wins for a team to win the championship. Until 2002, the four quarter finals were played in one day, but this was changed to two a day over two days to give the players time off. If rainouts continued for more than three days, four games were played in one day. This occurred in 2003, so the first time the quarter finals were played over two days was actually 2004. To accommodate the extra day, the long tradition of starting the tournament on August 8 was changed to start a day or two early.
Up to four games were played each day until the quarter finals. The starting times of each day's games was shown below, with future games beginning about 30 minutes after the previous game ends. Due to the fast pace of the pitching, four games in one day were usually completed before sunset.
Day of the tournament | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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Round | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st/2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | Quarter | Quarter | Semi | Final |
Games Start time |
3 10:20 |
4 8:30 |
4 8:30 |
4 8:30 |
3 9:30 |
4 8:30 |
4 8:30 |
4 8:30 |
3 9:30 |
4 8:30 |
4 8:30 |
2 11:00 |
2 11:00 |
2 11:00 |
1 13:00 |
Extra innings
From the tournament's beginning in 1915 until 1958, there were no extra inning limits for a game tied after nine innings of play. In 1933, Masao Yoshida had pitched a complete game during a 25 inning shutout in the semifinal, an all-time record. Yoshida had thrown 336 pitches during that game. Beginning in 1959, a replay was required after 18 innings. The first pitcher to pitch a complete game 18 innings was Eiji Bando in a 1958 quarterfinal game. Daisuke Matsuzaka became the last pitcher to pitch a complete game over 15 innings (17 innings in 250 pitches, 1998). From 2000, the limit was reduced to 15 innings. If a game was tied after 15 innings, replays were scheduled for the following day. This first happened in the finals in 2006. For the last two tournaments in 2018 and 2019, the World Baseball Softball Confederation tiebreaker was in effect starting in the 13th inning.
Traditions
The tournament theme song was "The Laurels of Victory Shine on You". Every five years, the tournament celebrated the anniversary, and a deep crimson was used for the championship flag.
For third year students, a loss at the tournament signified an end to their high school baseball career, as there were no other major tournaments for the rest of their academic career. It was common for players to collect soil from the stadium as a souvenir. For third year students, the dirt was kept as memorabilia, whereas lower grade players often used it as motivation to return to the tournament.
Finals
List of champions
Number | Year | Champion | Runner-up | Final Score | Notes |
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1 | 1915 | Kyoto Dai-ni Central | Akita Central | 2-1 | |
2 | 1916 | Keio University High School | Ichioka Central | 6-2 | |
3 | 1917 | Aichi Dai-Ichi Central | Kansai Gakuin Central | 0-1 | The first game was rained out after 3 innings. |
Aichi Dai-Ichi Central | Kansai Gakuin Central | 1-0 | |||
4 | 1918 | Tournament canceled due to the rice riots of 1918 and the end of World War I | |||
5 | 1919 | Kobe Dai-Ichi Central | Nagano Shihan | 7-4 | |
6 | 1920 | Kansai Gakuin Central | Keio Futsubu | 17-0 | |
7 | 1921 | Wakayama Central | Kyoto Dai-Ichi | 16-4 | |
8 | 1922 | Wakayama Central | Kobe | 8-4 | |
9 | 1923 | Kouyou Central | Wakayama Central | 5-2 | |
10 | 1924 | Hiroshima | Matsumoto | 3-0 | |
11 | 1925 | Takamatsu | Waseda Jitsugyō | 5-3 | |
12 | 1926 | Shizuoka Central | Tairen | 2-1 | Tairen was the only team from Manchuria to make it to the finals when they participated in the tournament from 1923-1940 |
13 | 1927 | Takamatsu | Kouryo Central | 5-1 | |
14 | 1928 | Matsumoto | Heian | 3-1 | |
15 | 1929 | Hiroshima | Kaisou Central | 3-0 | |
16 | 1930 | Hiroshima | Suwa Sanshi | 8-2 | |
17 | 1931 | Chukyōdai Chukyō | Kagi Nōrin (Agriculture) High School | 4-1 | Kagi Nōrin was the only team from Taiwan to make it to the finals when they participated in the tournament from 1923-1940 |
18 | 1932 | Chukyōdai Chukyō | Matsuyama | 4-3 | |
19 | 1933 | Chukyōdai Chukyō | Heian | 2-1 | |
20 | 1934 | Gokou Central | Kumamoto Kougyou | 2-0 | |
21 | 1935 | Matsuyama | Ikuei | 6-1 | |
22 | 1936 | Gifu | Heian | 9-1 | |
23 | 1937 | Chukyōdai Chukyō | Kumamoto Kougyou | 3-1 | |
24 | 1938 | Heian | Gifu | 2-1 | |
25 | 1939 | Kaisou Central | Shimonoseki | 5-0 | Seiichi Shima threw the first no-hitter in the finals. |
26 | 1940 | Kaisou Central | Shimada | 2-1 | |
27 | 1941 | Tournament canceled due to World War II | |||
Tournament not held 1942–1945 due to World War II | |||||
28 | 1946 | Naniwa | Kyoto Dai-ni Central | 2-0 | |
29 | 1947 | Kokura Central | Gifu | 6-3 | |
30 | 1948 | Kokura | Touin | 1-0 | |
31 | 1949 | Shounan | Gifu | 5-3 | |
32 | 1950 | Matsuyama Higashi | Naruto | 12-8 | |
33 | 1951 | Heian | Kumagai | 7-4 | |
34 | 1952 | Ashiya | Yatsuo | 4-1 | |
35 | 1953 | Matsuyama | Tosa | 3-2 | |
36 | 1954 | Chukyōdai Chukyō | Shizuoka | 3-0 | |
37 | 1955 | Yokkaichi | Sakaide | 4-1 | |
38 | 1956 | Heian | Gifu | 3-2 | |
39 | 1957 | Hiroshima | Hosei Dai-ni | 3-1 | |
40 | 1958 | Yanai | Tokushima | 7-0 | |
41 | 1959 | Saijo | Utsunomiya Kougyou | 8-2 | |
42 | 1960 | Hosei Dai-ni | Shizuoka | 3-0 | |
43 | 1961 | Nami | Touin | 1-0 | |
44 | 1962 | Sakushin Gakuin | Kurume | 1-0 | |
45 | 1963 | Myojo | Shimonoseki | 2-1 | |
46 | 1964 | Kochi | Hayatomo | 2-0 | |
47 | 1965 | Miike Kougyou | Choshi | 2-0 | |
48 | 1966 | Chukyōdai Chukyō | Matsuyama | 3-1 | |
49 | 1967 | Narashino | Kouryo | 7-1 | |
50 | 1968 | Kokoku | Shizuoka | 1-0 | |
51 | 1969* | Matsuyama | Misawa | 0-0 | The first game was called after 18 innings; Koji Ohta pitched every inning and then appeared again the next day. |
Matsuyama | Misawa | 4–2 | |||
52 | 1970 | Tōkaidai Sagami | PL Gakuen | 10-6 | |
53 | 1971 | Tōin Gakuen | Iwaki | 1-0 | |
54 | 1972 | Tsukumi | Yanai | 3-1 | |
55 | 1973 | Hiroshima | Shizuoka | 3-2 | |
56 | 1974 | Choshi Shogyo | Hofu | 7-0 | |
57 | 1975 | Narashino | Niihama | 5-4 | |
58 | 1976 | Obirin | PL Gakuen | 4-3 | |
59 | 1977 | Toyodai Himeji | Higashikuni | 4-1 | The game was won with a three-run sayonara homerun in the bottom of the tenth inning. |
60 | 1978 | PL Gakuen | Kōchi Shōgyō | 3–2 | |
61 | 1979 | Minoshima | Ikeda | 4–3 | |
62 | 1980 | Yokohama | Waseda Jitsugyō | 6–4 | |
63 | 1981 | Hōtoku Gakuen | Kyōto Shōgyō | 2–0 | |
64 | 1982 | Ikeda | Hiroshima Shōgyō | 12–2 | |
65 | 1983 | PL Gakuen | Yokohama Shōgyō | 3–0 | |
66 | 1984 | Toride Dai-ni | PL Gakuen | 8–4 | |
67 | 1985 | PL Gakuen | Ube Shōgyō | 4–3 | |
68 | 1986 | Tenri | Matsuyama Shōgyō | 3–2 | |
69 | 1987 | PL Gakuen | Jōsō Gakuin | 5–2 | |
70 | 1988 | Hiroshima Shōgyō | Fukuoka Dai-ichi | 1–0 | |
71 | 1989 | Teikyō | Sendai Ikuei | 2–0 | |
72 | 1990 | Tenri | Okinawa Suisan | 8–4 | |
73 | 1991 | Osaka Tōin | Okinawa Suisan | 13–8 | |
74 | 1992 | Nishi Nihon Tandai Fuzoku | Takudai Kōryō | 1–0 | |
75 | 1993 | Ikuei | Kasukabe Kyōei | 3–2 | |
76 | 1994 | Saga Shōgyō | Shōnan | 8–4 | |
77 | 1995 | Teikyō | Seiryō | 3–1 | |
78 | 1996 | Matsuyama Shōgyō | Kumamoto Kōgyō | 6–3 | |
79 | 1997 | Chiben Wakayama | Heian | 6–3 | |
80 | 1998 | Yokohama | Kyōto Seishō | 3–0 | Daisuke Matsuzaka threw the second no-hitter in the finals.[4] |
81 | 1999 | Kiryu Dai-ichi | Okayama Ridai Fuzoku | 14–4 | |
82 | 2000 | Chiben Wakayama | Tōkaidai Urayasu | 11–6 | |
83 | 2001 | Nichidai-san | ōhmi | 5–2 | |
84 | 2002 | Meitoku Gijuku | Chiben Wakayama | 7–2 | |
85 | 2003 | Jōsō Gakuin | Tōhoku | 4–2 | |
86 | 2004 | Komadai Tomakomai | Saibi | 13–10 | |
87 | 2005 | Komadai Tomakomai | Kyōto Gaidai Nishi | 5–3 | |
88 | 2006* | Waseda Jitsugyō | Komadai Tomakomai | 1–1 | Waseda Jitsugyo's Yuki Saito threw 6 complete games, 69 innings, and 948 pitches over the 2-week span, including 4 complete games, 43 innings and 553 pitches, in the final 4 days of the tournament. |
Waseda Jitsugyō | Komadai Tomakomai | 4–3 | |||
89 | 2007 | Saga Kita | Kōryō | 5–4 | Kouryou took a 4-0 lead lead by their ace pitcher, Nomura. In the bottom of the 8th, Nomura gives up a bases loaded walk followed by a grand slam home run by Soejima which lifts Saga Kita to the title. |
90 | 2008 | Osaka Tōin | Tokoha Kikugawa | 17–0 | Okumura hits a grand slam home run to open the first inning as Osaka Tōin's offensive juggernaut overwhelmed Tokoha Kikugawa. Osaka Toin's ace Fukushima Yuuto pitches a complete game 5-hit shutout for the win. |
91 | 2009 | Chukyōdai Chukyō | Nihon Bunri | 10–9 | Chukyo holds a 10-4 lead into the 9th inning. Their ace Doubayashi Shouta goes back on the mound for the final inning. But with 2 outs Nihon Bunri comes back with a comeback for the ages, forcing Doubayashi off the mound and scoring 5 runs. The tying runner stood on 3rd base when Wakabayashi lines out to 3rd base to end the game. Nihon Bunri would have been the first team from Niigata to win the title had they completed the comeback. |
92 | 2010 | Kōnan | Tōkaidai Sagami | 13–1 | Shimabukuro Yousuke and Kounan dominate the field, giving the first ever Summer Koshien champion to an Okinawan school. |
93 | 2011 | Nichidai-san | Kōsei Gakuin | 11–0 | Kentaro Yoshinaga throws a 5-hitter, while Shun Takayama hits a 3-run homer in this rout of a match |
94 | 2012 | Osaka Tōin | Kōsei Gakuin | 3–0 | Shintaro Fujinami fans 14 batters in a 2-hitter to wrap up the title, as Osaka Tōin becomes the 6th school to win the spring and summer Koshiens in the same year. |
95 | 2013 | Maebashi Ikuei | Nobeoka Gakuen | 4–3 | Kona Takahashi allows his first runs in six games this tournament but still gets the win. Kaito Arai drives in the winning hit in the 7th inning. |
96 | 2014 | Osaka Tōin | Mie | 4-3 | Kosuke Fukushima goes the distance for the win while Makoto Nakamura's 2-run, 2-out single in the bottom of the 7th inning is the winning hit. |
97 | 2015 | Tōkaidai Sagami | Sendai Ikuei | 10-6 | |
98 | 2016 | Sakushin Gakuin | Hokkai | 7-1 | |
99 | 2017 | Hanasaki Tokuharu | Kōryō | 14-4 | |
100 | 2018 | Osaka Tōin | Kanaashi Nogyo | 13-2 | Kanaashi Nogyo was the first time a team from Akita (and the Tohoku region) to reach the finals in a 103 years, the previous time being 1915. |
101 | 2019 | Riseisha | Seiryo | 5-3 |
2018 tournament
Table lists all the High Schools participating in the 2018 tournament.[5]
Area | City/Town | High School Name | Previous Appearance | Total Appearances |
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North Hokkaido | Asahikawa | Asahikawadai | 2009 | 8 |
South Hokkaido | Otaru | Hokusho | 2013 | 4 |
Aomori | Hachinohe | Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei | 2016 | 9 |
Iwate | Hanamaki | Hanakami Higashi | 2015 | 9 |
Akita | Akita | Kanaashi Nougyou | 2007 | 6 |
Miyagi | Sendai | Sendai Ikuei | 2017 | 27 |
Yamagata | Tsuruoka | Haguro | 2003 | 2 |
Fukushima | Date | Seikō Gakuin | 2017 | 15 |
Ibaraki | Tsuchiura | Tsuchiura Nihon Daigaku | 2017 | 4 |
Tochigi | Utsunomiya | Sakushin Gakuin | 2017 | 14 |
Gunma | Maebashi | Maebashi Ikuei | 2017 | 4 |
North Saitama | Kazo | Hanasaki Tokuharu | 2017 | 6 |
South Saitama | Urawa | Urawa Gakuin | 2013 | 13 |
East Chiba | Kisarazu | Kisarazu Sōgō | 2017 | 7 |
West Chiba | Abiko | Chuo Gakuin | N/A | 1 |
East Tokyo | Tokyo | Nishō Gakusa Daigaku Fuzoku | 2017 | 3 |
West Tokyo | Machida | Nichidaisan | 2013 | 17 |
North Kanagawa | Yokohama | Keiō Gijuku | 2008 | 18 |
South Kanagawa | Yokohama | Yokohama | 2017 | 18 |
Yamanashi | Kōfu | Yamanashi Gakuin | 2017 | 8 |
Niigata | Nagaoka | Chuetsu | 2016 | 11 |
Toyama | Takaoka | Takaoka Shōgyō | 2017 | 19 |
Ishikawa | Kanazawa | Seiryo | 2016 | 19 |
Fukui | Tsuruga | Tsuruga Kehi | 2015 | 8 |
Nagano | Iwamurada | Saku Chosei | 2016 | 8 |
Shizuoka | Tokoha | Tokohadai Kikugawa | 2016 | 6 |
East Aichi | Okazaki | Aichi Sangyōdai Mikawa | 1996 | 2 |
West Aichi | Nagoya | Aikōdaimeiden | 2013 | 12 |
Gifu | ōgaki | ōgaki Nihon Daigaku | 2017 | 5 |
Mie | Tsu | Hakusan | N/A | 1 |
Shiga | Hikone | Ohmi | 2016 | 13 |
Kyoto | Kyōto | Ryukokudai Heian | 2014 | 34 |
North Osaka | Daitō | ōsaka Tōin | 2017 | 10 |
South Osaka | Higashi-Osaka | Kinki Daigaku Fuzoku | 2008 | 5 |
East Hyōgo | Nishinomiya | Hōtoku Gakuen | 2010 | 15 |
West Hyōgo | Akashi | Akashi Shōgyō | N/A | 1 |
Nara | Nara | Nara Daigaku Fuzoku | N/A | 1 |
Wakayama | Wakayama | Chiben Wakayama | 2017 | 23 |
Tottori | Tottori | Tottori Johoku | 2015 | 5 |
Shimane | Masuda | Masuda Higashi | 2000 | 4 |
Okayama | Kita | Soshi Gakuen | 2016 | 2 |
Hiroshima | Hiroshima | Kōryō | 2017 | 23 |
Yamaguchi | Shimonoseki | Shimonoseki Kokusai | 2017 | 2 |
Kagawa | Marugame | Marugame Josei | 2005 | 5 |
Tokushima | Naruto | Naruto | 2016 | 12 |
Ehime | Matsuyama | Saibi | 2017 | 6 |
Kochi | Kōchi | Kōchi Shōgyō | 2006 | 23 |
North Fukuoka | Kitakyushu | Orio Aishin | N/A | 1 |
South Fukuoka | Fukuoka | Oki Gakuen | N/A | 1 |
Saga | Saga | Saga shōgyō | 2008 | 16 |
Nagasaki | Isahaya | Sōseikan | 2015 | 2 |
Kumamoto | Kumamoto | Tōkaidai Seishō | 1983 | 2 |
Oita | Hita | Tōin | 1990 | 2 |
Miyazaki | Nichinan | Nichinan Gakuen | 2016 | 9 |
Kagoshima | Kagoshima | Kagoshima Jitsugyō | 2015 | 19 |
Okinawa | Naha | Kōnan | 2017 | 12 |
Match
Finals
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Osaka Touin | 11 | |||||||||
Urawa Gakuin | 2 | |||||||||
Osaka Touin | 5 | |||||||||
Saibi | 2 | |||||||||
Saibi | 3 | |||||||||
Hōtoku Gakuen | 2 | |||||||||
Osaka Touin | 13 | |||||||||
Kanaashi Nōgyō | 2 | |||||||||
Nichidai-san | 3 | |||||||||
Shimonoseki Kokusai | 2 | |||||||||
Kanaashi Nōgyō | 2 | |||||||||
Nichidai-san | 1 | |||||||||
Kanaashi Nōgyō | 3x | |||||||||
Ōmi | 2 | |||||||||
Round 1 - Round 3
Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||
Hōtoku Gakuen | 3 | |||||
Seikō Gakuin | 2 | |||||
Hōtoku Gakuen | 7 | |||||
Aikodaimeiden | 2 | |||||
Aikodaimeiden | 10 | |||||
Hakusan | 0 | |||||
Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||
Nishōgakusha Daifuzoku | 5 | |||||
Kōryō | 2 | |||||
Urawa Gakuin | 6 | |||||
Nishōgakusha Daifuzoku | 0 | |||||
Urawa Gakuin | 9 | |||||
Sendai Ikuei | 0 | |||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
Seiryō | 9 | |||||||||
Tōin | 4 | |||||||||
Saibi | 13x | |||||||||
Seiryō | 11 | |||||||||
Saibi | 5 | |||||||||
Chuo Gakuin | 4 | |||||||||
Saibi | 3 | |||||||||
Kōchi shōgyō | 1 | |||||||||
Keio | 3x | |||||||||
Chuetsu | 2 | |||||||||
Kōchi shōgyō | 12 | |||||||||
Keio | 6 | |||||||||
Kōchi shōgyō | 14 | |||||||||
Yamanashi Gakuin | 12 | |||||||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
Ōsaka tōin | 3 | |||||||||
Sakushin Gakuin | 1 | |||||||||
Ōsaka tōin | 10 | |||||||||
Oki Gakuen | 4 | |||||||||
Oki Gakuen | 4 | |||||||||
Hokusho | 2 | |||||||||
Ōsaka tōin | 3 | |||||||||
Takaoka Shōgyō | 1 | |||||||||
Saku Chosei | 5 | |||||||||
Asahikawa-dai | 4 | |||||||||
Takaoka Shōgyō | 5 | |||||||||
Saku Chosei | 4 | |||||||||
Takaoka Shōgyō | 4 | |||||||||
Saga Shōgyō | 1 | |||||||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
Ōmi | 7 | |||||||||
Chiben Wakayama | 3 | |||||||||
Ōmi | 4x | |||||||||
Maebashi Ikuei | 3 | |||||||||
Maebashi Ikuei | 2 | |||||||||
Kindai Fuzoku | 0 | |||||||||
Ōmi | 9 | |||||||||
Tokohadai Kikugawa | 4 | |||||||||
Tokohadai Kikugawa | 8 | |||||||||
Masuda Higashi | 7 | |||||||||
Tokohadai Kikugawa | 3 | |||||||||
Nichinan Gakuen | 0 | |||||||||
Nichinan Gakuen | 2 | |||||||||
Marugame Josei | 0 | |||||||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
Kanaashi Nōgyō | 5 | |||||||||
Kagoshima Jitsugyo | 1 | |||||||||
Kanaashi Nōgyō | 6 | |||||||||
Ōgaki Nichidai | 3 | |||||||||
Ōgaki Nichidai | 9 | |||||||||
Tōkaidai Seishō | 3 | |||||||||
Kanaashi Nōgyō | 5 | |||||||||
Yokohama | 4 | |||||||||
Hanasaki Tokuharu | 8 | |||||||||
Naruto | 5 | |||||||||
Yokohama | 8 | |||||||||
Hanasaki Tokuharu | 6 | |||||||||
Yokohama | 7 | |||||||||
Aichi Sangyodai Mikawa | 0 | |||||||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
Shimonoseki Kokusai | 4 | |||||||||
Hanamaki Higashi | 2 | |||||||||
Shimonoseki Kokusai | 5 | |||||||||
Sōshi Gakuen | 4 | |||||||||
Sōshi Gakuen | 7 | |||||||||
Sōseikan | 0 | |||||||||
Shimonoseki Kokusai | 4 | |||||||||
Kisaradzu Sōgō | 1 | |||||||||
Kōnan | 6 | |||||||||
Tsuchiura Nichidai | 2 | |||||||||
Kisaradzu Sōgō | 7 | |||||||||
Kōnan | 0 | |||||||||
Kisaradzu Sōgō | 10 | |||||||||
Tsuruga Kehi | 1 | |||||||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
Nichidai-san | 16 | |||||||||
Orio Aishin | 3 | |||||||||
Nichidai-san | 8 | |||||||||
Nara Daifuzoku | 4 | |||||||||
Nara Daifuzoku | 4 | |||||||||
Haguro | 1 | |||||||||
Nichidai-san | 4 | |||||||||
Ryūkokudai Heian | 3 | |||||||||
Ryūkokudai Heian | 3x | |||||||||
Tottori Jōhoku | 2 | |||||||||
Ryūkokudai Heian | 14 | |||||||||
Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei | 1 | |||||||||
Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei | 9 | |||||||||
Akashi shōgyō | 8 | |||||||||
In Popular Culture
Some of the most famous appearances of the Japanese High School Baseball Championship in popular culture are in the manga and anime series Touch, H2 and Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi, "Ace of Diamond" by Yuji Terajima, and Major by Takuya Mitsuda. Those series follow the struggles of different high school teams' bids to make it to the Kōshien tournament.
The 2014 hit Taiwanese film Kano is based on the true story of a high school baseball team from the Kagi Nōrin (Agriculture) High School (now known as National Chiayi University) team in Kagi (now known as Chiayi), Taiwan who qualified for the tournament for the first time in 1931 after never having won a game in its first three seasons. The team was made up of ethnic Japanese, Han Chinese and Taiwanese aborigines. The team won three games to make it to the championship game before losing 4–0 to Chukyō Shōgyō from Nagoya. This was the first of four appearances at the tournament for the Kano team, who later qualified in 1933, 1935 and 1936.
See also
- High school baseball in Japan
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament ("Spring Koshien")
- Asahi Shimbun
Notes
- "The Latest: Tottenham looking into another breach by Aurier". AP NEWS. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Japan's nat'l high school baseball meet canceled over virus". Kyodo News. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- Takahara, Kanako, "Japan baseball stars first shine bright at Koshien", Japan Times, July 24, 2007, p. 2.
- "Beware of The Monster". ESPN. November 22, 2006. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
- Asahi Shinbun Koshien page (japanese) http://koshien.asahi.co.jp/local/ Archived July 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to National High School Baseball Championship. |
- At Asahi Shimbun's website, complete scorebooks for the entire tournament are available.
- Kokoyakyu – High School Baseball A brief description of the Kōshien summer tournament