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Nagasaki Nishi HS who will compete at Koshien for the first time since Summer 1981 is struggling with funding as approximately 20 million yen is required for their trip to Nishinomiya. They currently set up crowdfunding to solve the issue.

For comparison, Iki HS (fellow Nagasaki school) spent nearly 40 million yen for their trip to Spring Koshien last year. And Urawa Jitsugyo HS had to open another crowdfunding after unexpectedly went to semifinal in the same tournament.

And again, reality sometimes did feels rough. Tanaka still coming up to his veteran year till now in NPB while Saito didn't make it good in his NPB career and retired years ago, and some of the reasons are from the effects of being overused back in his highschool and later

A survey conducted by Nikkan Sports shows most of managers from Spring Koshien are favorable toward designated hitter (DH). Designated hitter will be implemented in Japanese highschool tournament starting Spring Koshien this month. nikkansports.com/baseball/highs…

Japanese Highschool Baseball Federation (Koyaren) decided to implement DH (starting this year) on August 1st 2025. Coincidentally, all owners of Central League teams agreed to adopt the DH few days later. The DH on Central League will be adopted starting 2027 season.

Shohei Ohtani cried. 😭 Yusei Kikuchi pitched with a broken rib. 🤕 Before they were stars, they were just high school kids at Koshien.