kyoro is fucked edition
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Games
>16:00 JST/7:00 UTC/3am US
Opening Cerimony

>17:30 JST/8:30 UTC/4;;30am US
創成館 (長崎)-小松大谷 (石川)
Sōsei-kan (Nagasaki) - Komatsu Otani (Ishikawa)
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>Stream links
https://vk.sportsbull.jp/koshien/
https://sports.yahoo.co.jp/livestream/vk/hsb/games/live
(whitelist on adblock if you have problems to load stream)

NHK G and NHKe on NHK+ (needs JP VPN)
https://plus.nhk.jp/

>Highlights/Game Replays
https://vk.sportsbull.jp/koshien/video/
https://sports.yahoo.co.jp/list/video/hsb_summer?genre=vk

>What will be game days
From August 5th until the USA night of 22nd (excluding rainout days and adding a pause day after quarter-finals and semis)

>Team list
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QbGYys9GirghbbamJA6KPV5gdBh8F5oATax5FcgSKWw/edit?usp=sharing

>bracket
https://www.flashscore.com/baseball/japan/summer-koshien/draw/
https://vk.sportsbull.jp/koshien/senshuken/schedule.html
check google doc above

>Dafuq is this tournament is about?
https://japan-forward.com/koshien-players-as-japanese-gods-why-were-crazy-about-high-school-baseball/
https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/summer-koshien-is-japan-s-biggest-baseball-tournament

https://youtu.be/g1I5PvXpvXE
https://youtu.be/EGZlablrK20
(in this above video he says that 2 extras spots comes from Osaka and Tokyo, but is Tokyo and Hokkaido)
https://youtu.be/qjQsoJlkeHI

>What is the song that they are using on broadcast
https://youtu.be/Tdy6UbgLsb0

based koshien

pfma

>>150104466
ready for two weeks of non-stop single elimination dramatic baseball?

>>150104488
two weeks without any rain delays hopefully

>>150104452 (OP)
Some storylines of this summer

>its being hot in japan hot as fuck today a city on gumma almost reached 42c for the first time on japanese story, beacuse of that koshien will have some schedule changess in schedule for first week

>it will be the last non-DH summer koshien, from senbatsu/spring koshien net year, DH+OOhtani rue may get into effect

>kyoro (hiroshima) became a topic beacuse after a polemic hiroshima final filled with a bunch of umpball, people digged up old twitter/ posts from someone that claimed some bad shit happening on school, earlie today sankei (one of biggest news papers in apan) confirmed the story, there has still talks if they wimm compeate on the tournament or not

>osaka toin lost the osaka final lol

>three desu vult teams, one of them (seuiai) had done a epic comeback from 4-0 in the regional finak to qualify into koshie

those are the nes i am aware off, people can cite more if they know

>>150104504
no rain tomorrow but some weather people had been taking that due the hot it may rain on the day after tomorroow (7), hopefuly not

opening cerimony has just begun

Seiran Taito have very unique uniforms

>>150104583
its very usual foor koshien standarts indeed, they tend to mostly use white or any otherr light color

>Naruto high

beat the zainichi school,dattebayo!

>>150104610
hello netto uyoku

>>150104610
they have no chance vs kyoto anon

the pening cerrimoony is endin

the openin game starts in 30 mins or so

NHK Preview for the opening game

>The opening game will be between Soseikan High School from Nagasaki and Komatsu Otani High School from Ishikawa.

>Soseikan's ace pitcher, Shota Morishita, started all five games in the provincial tournament and pitched consistently, allowing five runs in 35 innings with his 149 km/h/92mph fastest straight ball.

>He also scored the first run in the first inning in all of his starts. The team hopes to take the lead and take control of the game, and to defend the lead with a solid defense led by the pitching staff.

>Komatsu Otani's captain, Tadashi Tanishi, is the mainstay of the team and the mainstay of the batting lineup. He is one of the best hitters in the tournament and was the No. 3 hitter in the summer Koshien Tournament last year as a second-year player, and also participated in the training camp for Japan's under-18 national team candidates in April this year.

>In the provincial tournament, he led the batting lineup with a batting average over 50%, two home runs, and eight runs batted in, all of which were tops on the team. In the finals, Tanishi led the way in the closing stages to catch up from a three-run deficit, and he will be looking for an opportunity to win with his characteristic tenacity.

>>150104815
i wrote up my own summery oops

Soseikan (創成館) is a private school from Nagasaki Prefecture. The team has reached Koshien eight times in total, five in the summer and three in the spring. Their best performance came in Spring 2018, when they reached the quarterfinals before losing to powerhouse school, Chiben Wakayama. Their most recent appearance was last summer, where they were eliminated in the second round by Cinderella story team, Taisha. While not traditionally known for producing pro talent, Soseikan has developed three NPB players, all drafted within the past five years.

Key player: Shota Morishita (森下翔太) #1 is a 3rd year pitcher and the ace of Soseikan, as well as a 2025 draft candidate. Though he's quite small at around 170 cm (5'7), he preformed very well in the Nagasaki qualifiers. Morishita pitched 35 and 2/3rds innings, allowing just 3 earned runs for a 0.76 ERA, while striking out 42 and giving up 21 hits (10 of which came in the final game). In the final matchup, he pitched all 10 innings in a 4-3 tiebreak victory to lead Soseikan to Koshien.

Media ranking: B

Komatsu Otani (小松大谷) is a private school from Ishikawa Prefecture. This will be Otani's fourth appearance at Koshien, with their last appearance being summer 2024 where they made it to the 3rd round. That was also the farthest they've ever gone, with their only other 2 appearances (1985, 2021) both being first round loses. Otani narrowly won the final Ishikawa qualifier in a dramatic 10th inning tiebreak 8-7.

Key player: Tasai Tona (田西称) #5 is the captain and third baseman, as well as a prospect for the 2025 draft. He’s also played for Japan’s U-18 national team. A power hitter, Tasai has racked up 24 home runs in his high school career. In this year’s Ishikawa qualifiers, he went, 10-for-18 with 4 walks, a .556 batting average, 8 RBIs, and 2 home runs.

Media ranking: B

>>150104822
thanks for yur ownes, your ones are great a lot

not related to you, but i hope people that do those media stats last year ot better

last year was pathetic see the so-called A teams to choke easly to C/D teams lol

LOL they messed up throwing the flag from the helicopter

>>150104892
historic blunder llmao

thanfuly dude was able to fix the mistake before was too late lmao

>the tamahome suzuki seiya ad is back

first run scored at koshien this year

>>150105087
as you posted it souseikan turned around lol

>>150105102
yeah ohtani pulled their pitcher already, not looking good

>>150105109
they manneged too keep the game 3-1, still is a open game at least as lon ohtani can bat

when soseikan tied it up

kino night game

Soseikan win 3-1
There will be more games today starting at 7pm eastern

I just turned on the TV.
Good evening, Canada and the Brazilian brothers!
Did you enjoy the game?

>>150105438
Maybe a little bit more offence would have been good, but overall it was a fine game.

>>150105491
I see. The tournament will continue for about two weeks, so I look forward to your continued support.

>>150104815
>>150104822
>star player named Morishita Shota
Damn I didn't know they made multiple models. Sounds like a Tiger already.

>>150104452 (OP)
There were really good regional finals, some great comebacks. Hope the good games continue. Nice to see Toin out

>>150105438
yes i love koshien, had been watching for 10+ years

Damn, I fell asleep yesterday. Hopefully I'll be up today

>>150108076
missed some kino scenes

>>150108856
And this >>150104952
Kek

Today will be the first full day of Koshien. Due to record breaking heat in Japan this year, the games will be split into two parts to avoid playing in the afternoon.

EASTERN TIME
Tottori Johoku (鳥取城北) - Sendai Ikuei (仙台育英) 7 PM
Kaisei (開星) - Miyazaki Shogyo (宮崎商) 9:30 PM

MID DAY BREAK

Kanaashi Nogyo (金足農) - Okinawa Shogaku (沖縄尚学) 3:15 AM
Naruto (鳴門) - Tenri (天理) 5:45 AM

>>150109408
when helithrow works well is also kino desu

>>150110286
thanks foor the day scheduel anon, just dont forget to quote OP
>>150104452 (OP)

NHK preview of the games

>The first game will be played between Tottori Johoku High School and Sendai Ikuei High School from Miyagi, which will be participating in the tournament.
>Tottori Johoku has a strong batting lineup that scored 13 runs in the regional tournament final. The team is led by No. 1 hitter Shori Taniguchi, who hit .389 in the regional tournament, and No. 3 hitter Soto Takagaki, whose batting average exceeded 400.
>Sendai Ikuei is led by their ace left-handed pitcher, Youdai Yoshikawa. He pitches with a crisp breaking ball mixed with a powerful fastball (up to 147 km/h), and in four games at the regional tournament, he pitched 20 innings and allowed only 2 runs.
>Pitching by Yoshikawa will likely be the key to victory.

>>150110971
Tottori Johoku (鳥取城北) is a private school from Tottori Prefecture. This will be Tottori Johoku's 11th appearance at Koshien with their last appearance coming last summer where they lost in the first round. Tottori is the smallest prefecture in term of population, so qualifying out of their is not the most impressive achievement. In fact, there were only 23 schools participating in the qualification for Koshien, the smallest out of anywhere in Japan. Tottori Johoku have never made it out of the 2nd round at Koshien, and in fact they have only won 2 games at the tournament ever.

Key player: Yuto Tanaka (田中勇飛) 3rd year pitcher and 2025 draft candidate. He pitched 21⅓ innings in the qualifiers, allowing just 3 earned runs on 9 hits while striking out 26. His stats are a bit questionable since he has only pitched against other Tottori shitter teams but we'll see how he does.

Media ranking: C

Sendai Ikuei (仙台育英) is a private school from Miyagi Prefecture. Sendai Ikuei is the premier school from Miyagi, and one of the best in Japan. Ikuei have made 56 Koshien appearances easily the most in Miyagi Prefecture and one of the most out of any schools in Japan. They finally managed to win their first title in Summer 2022 after coming close many times before, their most recent appearance was in Summer 2023 where they were the runners up losing to Keio in the finals.

Yudai Kawajiri (川尻結大) is a 3rd year catcher and 2025 draft prospect known for his power and defensive skills. He’s hit 17 home runs over his high school career and has a quick pop time. In the qualifiers, he had a slightly underwhelming showing by his standards, going 5 for 16 with 5 walks, a .313 average, 2 RBIs, and no home runs.

Media ranking: A

>>150110993
Here on threads Sendai Ikuei is known by this

>>150111040
what year was this?

>>150111096
2017

koshien time

>>150111237
It will be better this year beacuse will have a few days with 2 games around morning at european time

>Osaka weather is 36°C
Holy moly. Is that why there's barely anyone in the stands?

>>150111430
yeah the weather is a factor but also it's the first round and it's 8:40am on a wednesday rn

>>150111430
They are on Nishiomiya, Hyogo, its on Great Osaka but not necessarily Osaka

Still is hot there, it is 31C right now (as >>150111448 mentioned is not even 9am yet) and max today is 35C

Overall is very hot in Japan right now, some cities in Saitama and Gumma went to 41/41.5 for the first day ever and almost hit 42C for first time ever

sendai ikuei is kinda running away with it
i liked this squeeze

>>150111566
Opposite team started to struggle a bit nut it seems that recoveted

Now its a batter if their team batting will able to catch up or not

homerun

>>150111603
first hrr of tournament for ikuei

>>150111639
it's annoying they didnt show a full replay of it

>>150111682
They seem to be a bit rough on critical production values like that.

>>150111697
could also be the pace of play, the next batter was in the box so fast.

LMAO pickled.

>>150111724
Sure, but that's a factor under their control.

>>150111724
>>150111736
ya probally is beacuse off the pace fo play, production priotizes live play over replays

still have a lot of buzz about koroyo on sociall media

>>150111864
i heard basically every starter was involved

>>150111931
it looks that people are assuming that federation has done notthing yet beacuse koroyo directoor is vice president of local hiroshima federation branch

its becoming more and more of a mess

I also heared that has some complaning about the 6th inning pause beacuse it could had been causing players to have cramps

sendai ikuei win 5-0
next game should start in 30~ mins

second game preview

Kaisei (開星) is a private school from Shimane Prefecture. They've made 14 appearances at Koshien, but like neighboring Tottori Johoku, have never advanced beyond the second round. Their last Koshien was in Summer 2017, where they lost 9–0 in the first round. In fact, you'd have to go back to Summer 2011 to find their most recent win at Koshien. Shimane, much like Tottori, is a small, rural prefecture with a small population and few schools, so qualifying isn’t as gruelling as in larger prefectures. That said, Kaisei absolutely dominated the local qualifiers this year, they won the final 26–2.

Key player: Matsumoto Shichito (松本七斗) #13 – 2nd year catcher. While it’s hard to single out a true “key player” on this squad, Matsumoto deserves credit for a massive performance in the final, going 5-for-6 with 8 RBIs in that 26–2 blowout. (especially since he's only a 2nd year)

Media ranking: C

Miyazaki Shogyo (宮崎商) is a public school from Miyazaki Prefecture, making its 10th appearance at Koshien this year. They also qualified for last summer’s tournament but were eliminated in the first round. Their best performance came way back in Summer 1964, when they reached the semi-finals. They also qualified in 2021, but were forced to withdraw before their first game after several players caught covid. Interestingly, Miyazaki Shogyo has 767 students, but 533 of them are girls, meaning there are only 234 boys to field a baseball team from. The baseball club has 53 members, so nearly a quarter of all the boys at the school are in the club.

Key player: Yukiya Hidaka (日高有希也) #3 – 3rd-year utility player and leadoff hitter. Hidaka batted an impressive .524 (11-for-21) in the qualifiers, driving in 3 RBIs. Miyazaki don't really have any notable draft candidates, they even have a few 1st year players in the lineup.

Media ranking: C

>>150112508
NHK prreview
>The second game will be played between Kaisei from Shimane and Miyazaki Shogyo from Miyazaki.
>Kaisei has the highest team batting average among the participating schools at .430. Seijun Mochida, the No. 3 hitter, hit .630 with two home runs in the provincial tournament.
>Miyazaki Shogyo is known for its traditionally strong defense. Through repeated practice for close games, they won four out of five provincial tournament matches by a single run. Catcher and captain Tomoya Mizutani leads the team.

>>150111980
Was a game rigged?

>>150112731
no it was a hazing incident
basically a bunch of seniors beat up a first year student have people are pissed

>>150112745
and* people are pissed

>>150112731
>>150112745

it starded due some shit on the finals tho
pepe dugged dirty from korooyoo and had found it

>>150112820
>>150112731
if wasnt rigging tho, it was more tha fact ump callledd more balls than strikes in a key moment of the game

>>150112820
what finals?

Hello Koshienbros

Fuck it's hot

>>150112898
hello japanbro
it's 34 degrees in nishinoyama!!

>>150112898
Ohio nippon anon. Do you have AC?

>>150112891
to quaify to summer koshien, you gotta win your prefecture/province, execpt my hokkaido, tokyo and some times osaka

>>150112898
hello anonbro
how much is in your city? i hope you are not in gumma

>>150112954
>execpt for hokkaido, tokyo and sometimes osaka
fixed

>>150112935
I live about an hour from Koshien and it's 36 here

Anyway let's go Kyoto Kokusai and Tsuruga Kehi

>>150112943
been running it 24/7 for about a month now. last electric bill was like $400

>>150112966
>hour from Koshien and it's 36 here
oof, drink some water and pocari anon, stay safe

thankfuly nishiyomia wont be that hot today

first run of the game

>>150113003
Ya gotta keep a feed open instead of open before record

The record was glitching a lot

>>150113108
yeah but its hard since they rarely show replays so its easy to miss something

>>150113147
Had you tried to check their social medias? It take sometime but they are posting

well that was a short half inning

>>150113174
i think only asahi's twitter posts them but they aren't that good, they often miss major highlights
like the home run last game wasn't posted

>>150113196
did you hear about what happened at koryo, japanbro?

>>150113218
just read a little about it now. doesn't surprise me really, the whole senpai-kohai thing can still be rigid as fuck in this country

>>150113198
They had posted actually lol
Had checked it like 10 mins ago lol

Also sportsbull has some play specific highlights just dig deep on website and you will find it

>>150113316
had found the speciic site
https://vk.sportsbull.jp/koshien/video/abc/inning/

based tie game

I'm baaaaaaack.

>>150113699
welcome back australia bro
it seems you didnt go to koshien this summer

>>150113729
Nah, shit popped up that got in my way, but shit happens, hopefully one day.

>>150113744
we have 4 games today but theres gonna be a mid day break due to the heat

okinawa shogaku will play at 4:15pm japan time

>>150113767
Thank you, leafanon. I see that Enagic isn't in the tournament, a little disappointed, but it is what it is.

>>150113779
they lost to shogaku in the okinawa finals
they still seem like a strong team

Too hot these days
Summer Koshien should end

>>150113815
Maybe if we buy enough of their water filters, they can get the funds for better training equipment.

>>150113779
>>150113815
enagic always chokes on the okinawa final idk why

>>150113831
desu they should move to october/november instead of the fall regionals

volley moved out of spring to janiary few years ago, i think baseball can do the same

when do /ourguys/ TOIN play?

>>150113888
they don't

>>150113888
they lost in the osaka finals, huge upset.
some are saying toin are wahsed

>>150113815
>>150113885
Okinawa finals? Am I missing something?

>>150113894
>>150113895
say it ain't so
must have been rigged

>>150113901
each prefecture has its own elimination tournament to decide which school goes to koshien

>>150113913
I know that, it just slipped my mind, I guess, lol. Are these also streamed?

>>150113930
yup every single game
here is the okinawa final shogaku-enagic (for whatever reason they only save them as like 360p)
https://vk.sportsbull.jp/koshien/video/abc/localtournament_catchup/okinawa/koya107_localtournament_catchup_okinawa_2025_255250.html

>tune in
>someone is dead
what happened

>>150113952
Thank youuuuu.

rip lil nigga

>>150113895
desu i like nishitani but the new bat may made him washed

>>150113967
bat ball hit a player oof

.also
.this game is ogre sad

bro was too indecisive

comeback

TIE GAMU

HOLYSHIT IT IS HAPPENING

the hit that tied it

So it looks that if we go to T I E B R E A K, if the game go until 13:45 JST/ 0:45 US ET then will pause until around 16hrs JST due the hot

At least it looks what i saw on scoreboard

But since there a player on 3rd i guess it wont happen today

>>150114180
Spoke too soon

Time for T I E B R E A K

public school bros....

Kaisei win in tiebreak

I'm so hungry, bros. I'm gonna go deep-fry some dim sims and chips.

>>150114300
Well next game is only in circa 2 hours so you have lot of time for it lol

For me I think I will put some potato on the airfrier

Hang on a second. If there's an Okinawa tournament which determines that only one Okinawa team can make it to Koshien, how did two make it in the spring? Am I a huge chungus retard?

>>150114355
spring uses a different system where more than 1 team can make the tournament
summer is pure 1 school per prefecture (expect for tokyo and hokkaido who get 2)

>>150114379
more than 1 team per prefecture*

>>150114379
does Hokkaido get two just because it's physically larger? that's retarded, it can't be hard to have the two hokkaido regional winners just play each other.

in case you wonder why they are starting to do thsose those between games breaks and why >>150113831 posted this, this why

>>150114424
>does Hokkaido get two just because it's physically larger?
yes, i guess they think it would be hard for schools (especially public schools) to travel from hakodate to wakkanai or wherever
i actually think they should make osaka a 2 school prefecture because currently we have a 49 team tournament which means some schools get a first round bye, if it was 50 i'd be even

>>150114472
in some years they split osaka in two but only when they give extra spots for the tournament

Tokyo tournament is better than Koshien anyway. The best baseball manga (Cross Game) doesn't even get to Koshien
There's probably 50 schools in Tokyo better than the best schools in bumfuck Akita or Tottori or some shit.

I'm gonna eat my food and watch The Batman vs. Dracula while I wait for the next game.

just ordered mcdonalds on uber eats. feel bad for the delivery guy but fuck going out in this heat

anyway tell me about the next two teams, should I be rooting for akita or okinawa?

>>150114542
so why they has not maneged to win tokyo and why tokyo hasnt won koshien in 15 years whlle Akita maneged to a 2nd place?

>>150114850
doesnt have car uber eats drivers? here used to have drivers that delivered in cars

>>150114861
japan bro. uber eats is bikes and scooters. my dude was on a scooter so that's good anyway. still it's 37 degrees here now so still it's gotta suck

>>150114850
Kanaashi Nogyo (金足農) is a public school from Akita Prefecture. (Note: the school is commonly referred to as Kanano) Kanano have been to Koshien 11 times which is very admirable for a public school. Even better, they made the finals once in Summer 2018 where they lost to Osaka Toin. Their last appearance at Koshien was in Summer 2024 where they lost in the first round. Notable alumni include Yakult Swallows pitcher Yasuchika Ishiyama, as well as Kōsei Yoshida, who led the team’s 2018 Cinderella run and is the older brother of their current ace.

Key player: Daiki Yoshida (吉田大輝) #1 – 3rd year pitcher, 2025 draft candidate, and the ace of the staff. He was very dominant throughout the qualifiers, throwing 34 innings while allowing just 1 earned run for a 0.26 ERA. He gave up 20 hits and struck out 26. His brother, Kosei, pitched for Kanaashi during their 2018 run. Daiki has said he hopes to surpass his older brother.

Media ranking: B

Okinawa Shogaku (沖縄尚学) is a private school from Okinawa Prefecture. They're the premier team from Okinawa, having made it to Koshien 19 times, the most out of any school from Okinawa. They're one of only 2 Okinawa schools to have ever won the tournament, they did it twice in Spring. (1999 and 2008) Their most recent Koshien appearance was this past Spring where they got knocked out in the 2nd round by the eventual champions, Yokohama. They have a few NPB players most notably, 1x NPB All-Star pitcher Nao Higashihama, who plays for the SoftBank Hawks. (Actually Nao was the winning pitcher for Okinawa Shogaku when they won in Spring 2008)

Key Player: Ryosuke Sueyoshi (末吉良丞) 2026 Draft Candidate 2nd year LHP with a very strong arm. His fastball can hit 150 km/h (93 mp/h) although normally it's around 140–148 km/h (86–92 mp/h) He started 4 games in the Okinawa qualifiers and posted 29 innings, a 0.31 ERA, 0.72 WHIP, and 40 strikeouts

Media ranking: B

>>150114878
actually there are a bunch of players on kanano who had older brothers who participated in that 2018 run

>>150114878
arigato canadabro

>>150114893
Are you an American living in Japan?

i think i wont eat potato for a month oorrtwo ehhhhhhhh too muchhhh

>>150114878
here is the nhk preview
>The third game features a matchup between Akita's Kanaashi Nogyo and Okinawa Shogaku
>Kanaashi Nogyo team is led by ace pitcher Daiki Yoshida, who also competed in the Koshien last year.
>He mixes a 146 km/h fastball with a variety of breaking pitches, and in five games at the prefectural qualifier tournament, he only allowed only 3 runs in 34 innings pitched.
>The team has several younger brothers, including Yoshida, who were members of the team that finished runner-up in 2018, and they are aiming for another “Kin'nō Senpū”.
>Okinawa Shogaku is looking at their sophomore ace left-handed pitcher, Ryojo Sueyoshi. He pitched 29 innings in four games at the prefectural qualifier tournament, allowing only one run.
>it is expected to be a pitching duel between the aces of the two teams.

>>150115077
>i think i wont eat potato for a month oorrtwo ehhhhhhhh too muchhhh
Huh?

>>150115077
by the way, NHK has a feature about the region of the teams, and akita has shown a summer festival and it looks wild, they walk around with biig banboo filled ith fire lights while holding with only a single hand or the head

>>150115123
i decided to eat some airfried potato while i was out

a bit of bad decision considering i had put acidentally too much

>>150114888
it would be fun if they ended up winning it all it would brag to their older brothers lol

Let's go Okinawa let's go *clap clap clap*
Let's go Okinawa let's go *clap clap clap*
Let's go Okinawa let's go *clap clap clap*
Let's go Okinawa let's go *clap clap clap*

2018 it reminded me of that bunt walkoff that the farmboys from akita had done

i had the wbm but i think i had lost it, hopefuly someone may still have it

damn this game is going fast

>>150115024
Yep
>>150115131
Been to that festival once, it was cool. Figuratively and literally haha. Jealous of people living up north this time of year

>>150115192
>Yep
How long have you been in Japan for? You working or studying?

>>150115199
Fuck man. 25 years? I’m old, lol. Working of course

We had an actual Japan here during the Spring tourney didn't we?

>>150115213
Far out. I want to try living in Japan but since I'm not a university graduate nor do I have a high school certificate (working towards GED) I'm left with very few options. I've been mulling over opening a business, but that would require a lot more thought and planning.

>>150115219
we did, last summer too iirc
but are all the japanese flags in here the same person? i know there are multiple leafs here

>>150115219
Yeah, he was my guy. Apart from the time he told me he was going to get some beer from the convenience store and then never did.

>>150115219
He may show up later assuming it is >>150105438

btw okinawa shogaku's pitcher, ryosuke sueyoshi has 9 strikeouts through 4 innings

koshien is good and all but I would never shave my head just because of muh tradition

>>150115230
>but are all the japanese flags in here the same person? i know there are multiple leafs here
The burger in Japan is different than the Japanon we had.
Yeah there's a few different leafs and hues

>>150115259
You're Mexican, you may as well, it's not like you can look any worse. And I mean that in the least offensive way, I fuck with Mexicans.

>>150115261
>The burger in Japan is different than the Japanon we had.
i know, but i was asking if in THIS thread are all the japanese flags are the same person
>>150115259
some schools stopped forcing kids to shave their head

>>150115268
nah fuck that shit, I dont have shit hair like most of the japs, also japs can be very autistic about the most stupid shit and shaving the head is one of them, I mean it could be worse just take a look at some of the bullshit that happens in sumo

>>150115273
>some schools stopped forcing kids to shave their head
good

>>150115284
>I dont have shit hair like most of the japs
You can shit on their teeth as much as you want, but their hair? I feel like it's pretty good in general, no?

>>150115226
It’s all right. Better than living in the US, now anyway. But things can change fast, just look at the US. So who knows

The whole shaved head Mexican thing is more an LA Chicano thing desu

>>150115305
Yeah, but I'm sick of living in Australia.

>>150115306
dunno about the LA only thing but I had a taco friend who had to leave the kunt because his family had the opportunity to live in arizona or texas, dont remember which one and in less than 6 months my friend had the cholo look kek, shaved head, mustache and everything

this game has been an absolute pitchers duel

>>150115332
Kek that's funny.
I suppose it's a Southwest US thing these days. None of the Mexicans I know (East Coast) look like that at all

>>150115330
Australia doesn't seem like that bad a place to live

>>150115344
Need someone to SCOR SOME FACKIN RUNS

>>150115344
1 hit 1 error

>>150115349
Don't get me wrong, there are definitely a lot of good things about Australia, but it's getting more expensive and dangerous every day, and it doesn't help that our government refuses to actually punish anyone outside a slap on the wrist. I don't see a future for myself in Australia, there's nothing for me here.

Another hit

>>150115393
>it's getting more expensive and dangerous every day
so is Japan, lol. not as dangerous yet but with more immigration on the horizon increases in crime, etc. are pretty much inevitable

okinawa shogaku get their first hit in the 7th inning

and we have a run, finally

Kanaanshi bros....

>>150115409
>more immigration on the horizon
Yeah, I heard that JET is going to start accepting Indians. R.I.P. My condolences.

I knew we'd win.

>>150115409
>so is Japan, lol.
Also, I know, but at least you can still afford to live by yourself in Japan, that's impossible in Australia, I'll never be able to live by myself.

okinawa bros, we fucking won! (well, not yet)

how suddenly everyone started talking about hairw lol

also koshien looks more filled now, it looks that people wanted to check the night session more than morning (proobally due the heat)

>>150115440
>I heard that JET is going to start accepting Indians
yeah, that's gonna be interesting. I give it two weeks before multiple indian ALTs get busted for trying to see their students bobs and vagene

kanano player strikes out on a check swing with a runner on 3rd

>>150115489
What was he thinking?

It really is too easy.

>>150115512
okinawa shogaku advance

F forr farm boys

>>150115512
>What was he thinking?
probably something in japanese....

final game of the day will be
Naruto (鳴門) - Tenri (天理)
will start in 30-45 mins

>>150115560
tenri is lame, they're always in there. let's go naruto

>>150115560
Naruto is my favourite anime, so I'm going for them.

>>150115562
the school is also affiliated with some weird cult/new religion shit if that bothers you lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenrikyo

>>150115577
oh nice, another reason to hate them. fuck all those stupid cults in this country

That cut out of the interview was so random

>>150115577
its kinda a type of shintoism/buddism than a usual cult desu

at elast i had not heared any bad things about them

also fun fact Tenri city is the only city in japan that have a religion-based name

so it has more ccompany-related cities than religious city in japan

Naruto (鳴門) is a public school from Tokushima Prefecture. Naruto are currently the strongest school from Tokushima, considering the fact that they are a public school this is all the most impressive. Tokushima is a strange Prefecture as the strongest schools historically were always public rather than private. As for Naruto, they have been to Koshien 24 times and have even won once albeit all the way back in Spring 1951. Their most recent appearance was a 1st round loss in Summer 2022. Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher and 2024 NPB All-Star, Kono Ryuo, went to this school.

Key player: Tomoto Hashimoto (橋本朋來) #8 - 3rd year pitcher, ace of the staff. He pitched 21 innings in the qualifiers, allowing just 1 earned run on 9 hits while striking out 22. He's not considered a draft candidate.

Media ranking: C

Tenri (天理) is a private school from Nara Prefecture. A stereotypical powerhouse, Tenri has made it to Koshien 57 times and has won three times (Summer 1986, 1990, and Spring 1997). They have been remarkably consistent in qualifying for Koshien, attending regularly since the 1950s. Their most notable player is likely NPB Hall of Fame member Hiromitsu Kadota. The school is also controlled by the Tenrikyo cult/new religion (depending on your interpretation) which is pretty funny.

Key player: Shotaro Tomita (冨田祥太郎) #4 3rd year power hitting 2nd baseman. He had an impressive showing at the qualifiers, hitting 4 home runs in 5 games. He went 7-17 overall with 9 RBIs.

Media ranking: B

>>150115654
nhk preview
>The fourth game will be between Naruto from Tokushima and Tenri from Nara.
>For Naruto, attention is on batter 4, Soma Inayama, who has a batting average over .400 in provincial tournament, and batter 5 Tomoki Hashimoto, who hit .500 and will wear the number 1 jersey at Koshien. The key to scoring lies in whether they can get runners on base ahead of these two.
> For Tenri, the offensive core is the leadoff duo of Shota Tomita, who hit four home runs in five provincial tournament games, and Tatsuya Ito, who batted .556. Their abilities to get on base will be crucial.

>>150115692
as i had mentioned nhk had done a city showcase for both cities, since sp doesnt allow for audio, i will link the direct video links instead

Tenri
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1953014470042894337/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/i0HtwzMtxKHcy4M3.mp4?tag=12

Naruto
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1953014473213788161/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/XYAGBCepT0aE4LdH.mp4?tag=12

well tenri already scored, this might b a blowout

Getting sleepy

>>150115745
these threads usually die around the final game anyway

terni's pitcher throws sidearm

>>150115771
I like this type of throw desu

Prepare for the comeback.

Way more hits in this game

Home run!

naruto home run and yet they refuse to shoe a replay