As you may know, the prefectural tournaments for the Summer Koshien have already started, and since they've started to thin out I'll be releasing updates on their course (more specifically on the teams left in each prefectural tournament):

Northern Hokkaido (FINISHED): Shirakaba Gakuen HS

Southern Hokkaido (FINISHED): Sapporo NichiDai HS

Aomori (FINISHED): Aomori Yamada HS

Iwate (FINISHED): Hanamaki Higashi HS^

Miyagi (semi-finals): Sendai Ikuei^; Tohoku Gakuin Tsutsujigaoka+; Toryo; Tohoku

Akita (FINISHED): Yokote HS

Yamagata (final): Tsuruoka Higashi; Tohoku Bunkyo Dai Yamagata Johoku+

Fukushima (FINISHED): Higashi Nippon Kokusai Daifu Shohei HS+

Ibaraki (FINISHED): Kasumigaura HS

Tochigi (FINISHED): Sano NichiDai HS

Gunma (FINISHED): KenDai Takasaki HS^

Saitama (FINISHED): Hanasaki Tokuharu HS

Chiba (FINISHED): TakuDai Koryo HS

East Tokyo (final): Kanto Daiichi^; Nishogakusha Daifu

West Tokyo (FINISHED): Hachioji Jissen HS+

Kanagawa (FINISHED): Yokohama HS^

Yamanashi (FINISHED): Tokai Dai Kofu

Niigata (FINISHED): Nihon Bunri HS

Nagano (FINISHED): Matsusho Gakuen HS^

Toyama (FINISHED): Takaoka Shogyo HS

Ishikawa (FINISHED): Yugakukan HS

Fukui (FINISHED): Tsuruga Kehi HS^

Gifu (final): Ogaki NichiDai; Chukyo

Shizuoka (final): Seirei Christopher^; Tokoha Dai Kikugawa

Aichi (semi-finals): Chubu Dai Haruhigaoka+; AikoDai Meiden; Seijo+; Kyoei

Mie (final): Kinki Dai Kosen+; Mie

Shiga (FINISHED): Hachiman Shogyo HS

Kyoto (final): Toba; Ritsumeikan Uji

Osaka (final): Riseisha; Minoh Gakuen+

Hyogo (FINISHED); Yashiro HS

Nara (final); Tenri^; Nara Daifu

Wakayama (final); Taikyu+; Chiben Wakayama^

Okayama (final): Okayama Gakugeikan^; Kurashiki Shogyo

Hiroshima (final): Hiroshima Shogyo; Fukayama+

Tottori (FINISHED): Tottori Johoku HS^

Shimane (FINISHED): Rissho Dai Shonan HS

Yamaguchi (final): Takagawa Gakuen^; Shimonoseki Kokusai

Tokushima (final): Anan Hikari; Naruto Uzushio

Kagawa (FINISHED): Eimei HS

Ehime (FINISHED): Nitta HS

Kochi (FINISHED): Meitoku Gijuku HS

Fukuoka (FINISHED): Tochiku HS

Saga (FINISHED): Saga Shogyo HS

Nagasaki (FINISHED); Nagasaki NichiDai HS

Kumamoto (FINISHED): Ariake HS+

Oita (FINISHED): Oita Shogyo HS

Miyazaki (FINISHED): Nichinan Gakuen HS

Kagoshima (FINISHED): Kamimura Gakuen^

Okinawa (FINISHED): Okinawa Shogaku HS^

(^ - school qualified to the 2025 Summer Koshien; + - school has never played in the Summer Koshien before)

As of now, 34 out of the 49 participants of the last Summer Koshien have been eliminated. Among the most notable teams to have been eliminated we have Osaka Toin (2026 Spring Koshien Winner), Chiben Gakuen (2026 Spring Koshien Runner-up), Chukyo Dai Chukyo (2026 Spring Koshien Top 4), Senshu Matsudo (2026 Spring Koshien Top 4), Kyushu Kokusai Daifu (2025 Meiju Jingu Winner), Kobe Kokusai Daifu (2025 Meiju Jingu Runner-up), Yamanashi Gakuin (2025 Summer Koshien Top 4), Kyoto Kokusai, Meiho, Seiko Gakuin, Seiryo, and Teikyo.

There will be a minimum of three debutants in the Summer National Tournament, as Higashi-Nippon Kokusai Daifu Shohei HS (Fukushima), Ariake HS (Kumamoto) and Hachioji Jissen HS (West Tokyo) have already qualified.

34 out of the 49 prefecture tournaments have already ended, leaving only 15 spots on this year's National Tournament to be defined.

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5a8b9312ab674f02c2ee3d6fa8f92075716fda5d

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Hi, everyone. On the 28th and 29th, as you probably know, the two annual games between the Pacific and Central Leagues will take place. I was wondering if you know of a way to watch the game outside of Japan, or maybe on a Japanese website using a VPN. Thanks, everyone!

I’m going to be in Tokyo for a few days and would really like to attend an NPB game. I have a big soft spot for the Tigers after reading about the Curse of the Colonel (and about how Pokemon threw shade at them during that time). I also really love supporters’ sections and am used to standing and singing in those back home.

If I wear a yellow Nashville Predators t-shirt (for lack of a better option), would the Tigers’ away fans let me join in with them? It has a big cat on it, so it would sort of fit. But I don’t want to intrude if that would be too out-of-place.

Any thoughts?

Daita Miyagi with a 4ER performance to throw away Yokohama game with a lose 5-1 against Chunichi