Taishō Baseball Girls

Taishō Baseball Girls (大正野球娘.) is a Japanese light novel series written by Atsushi Kagurazaka and illustrated by Sadaji Koike. Tokuma Shoten published four novels from April 2007 to June 2010. It has been adapted into a drama CD, a manga series serialized in Monthly Comic Ryū,[1] and an anime television series animated by J.C.Staff aired between July and September 2009.[1][2][3] The anime had been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and Section23 Films released the complete collection on November 16, 2010.[4]

Story

Characters

Main characters

The main characters are the members of the girls' baseball team Ouka-kai. Most of the girls are from class 1–2 and the team's coach is their homeroom teacher.

Koume Suzukawa (鈴川小梅) : The main protagonist of story, second member and catcher of team. She is the daughter of a yōshoku restaurant owner. Her dream is to wear a sailor uniform.
Akiko Ogasawara (小笠原晶子) : Koume's closest friend, captain and pitcher of the team. She is from a wealthy family.
Yuki Souya (宗谷雪) : Class president and childhood friend of Tamaki. She and Tamaki played baseball with boys when they were in elementary school. She is third/fourth team member: she spoke with Koume about their baseball team in the evening, but Koume didn't recognize her desire, and so Yuki repeated her request on the following day again (after Noe). She supplied first baseball equipment for the team (catcher mask, several gloves and balls) and also "stole" first team uniforms (western-like sport uniform) from her family kimono shop (it was too modern, so it didn't sell and was kept in storage).
Noe Kawashima (川島乃枝) : Third/fourth member and main strategist/tactician of the team.
Tomoe Tsukubae (月映巴) : Fifth member and Shizuka's elder twin sister. She has a huge crush on Koume and joined the team to be closer to her. Before the baseball team, she was in the newspaper club. She is very athletic and her dream is to hit a home run. Unlike her twin, she wears a sailor uniform for school. She shares a room with her twin in the school dorms.
Shizuka Tsukubae (月映静) : Sixth member and Tomoe's younger twin sister. Before the baseball team, she was also in the newspaper club. Unlike her twin, she normally dresses in traditional Japanese clothing.
Kyouko Sakurami (桜見鏡子) : Seventh-eighth member. She has a large crush on Tomoe, and when Tomoe asked her to join – she agreed without thinking.
Tamaki Ishigaki (石垣環) : Ninth member. Yuki's childhood friend. Initially she was the most skilled player in team.
Kochou Kikusaka (菊坂胡蝶) : Noriko's replacement. Before the baseball team she was on the track team.
Anna Curtland (アンナ・カートランド) : She is the English language teacher, class 2–1 homeroom teacher and the girls' coach.

Others

Noriko Owari (尾張記子) : The newspaper club president. Initially she was seventh-eighth member (she was forced to join by Tomoe because she owed her money), lately she retired from the team, but she stays their fan.
Saburou Kitani (紀谷三郎) : A young man who's a promising chef and works in the Suzukawa's restaurant. He becomes Koume's fiancé through arranged marriage in the middle of the anime.
Sousuke Iwasaki (岩崎荘介) : Akiko's arranged finance. He held chauvinistic views believing women belonged only in domestic roles prompting Akiko to take up baseball. He changes after playing against her.
Banboku Takahara (高原伴睦) : One of Iwasaki's fellow baseball players, due to a misunderstanding he self-proclaims himself Koume's boyfriend henceforth becoming extremely rude and pushy about it.

type	tv series
director	Takashi Ikehata
writer	Takashi Ikehata
music	Takayuki Hattori
studio	J.C.Staff
network	TBS
first	July 2, 2009
last	September 24, 2009
episodes	12

Taishō Baseball Girls

Story

Characters

Main characters

Others

Media

Anime

Drama CD

Manga

Novels

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