A childhood friend of Yuri, and ace pitcher at Bunan High School where he has taken his team to victory at Koushien. After an unexpected reunion with Yuri, he becomes the romantic rival of Katsuya.

Cinema adaption of the manga by Mitsuru Adachi.

**Favorites:** Role - Ryo Saeba
**Hobbies:** Computers, Driving and Photography
**Skills & Abilities:** Bass Guitar
**Non-anime roles:**
~!Akira Hibiki in "Super Robot Wars" (VG) 
Blacky in "Popful Mail" (VG) 
Bo Duke (voiceover for John Schneider) in "Bakuhatsu! Duke (The Dukes of Hazzard)" (TV) 
Chandler Jarrell (voiceover for Eddie Murphy) in "The Golden Child" (movie) 
Conrad 'Con' Jarrett (voiceover for Timothy Hutton) in "Ordinary People" (movie) Dale 'Mac' McKussic (voiceover for Mel Gibson) in "Tequila Sunrise" (movie)
David Herdeg (voiceover for Michael Paré) in "The Philadelphia Experiment" (movie) Dyhalt in "Langrisser III" (VG) 
Gren Cuts in "Tobal No. 1" (VG)
Iago in "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" (Disney animated movie)
Iago in "Aladdin" (Disney animated movie) 
Iago in "Kingdom Hearts" (VG)
Iago in "The Return of Jafar" (Disney animated movie)
James Bond (voiceover for Pierce Brosnan) in "GoldenEye" (movie) 
James Bond (voiceover for Pierce Brosnan) in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (movie) 
Joe Shimamura/009 in "Cyborg 009" (Radio Drama) 
John Neville (voiceover for Tommy Lee Jones) in "Eyes of Laura Mars" (movie)!~

Right before track star Katsuya Nimi and judo champion Susumu Karasawa enter high school, they see a pretty girl crying as the school's baseball team loses yet another game. It turns out that she's Yuri Nakao, the baseball coach's beautiful daughter, who is worried because the team is in danger of closing down if the streak continues. Katsuya and Susumu decide to join the baseball team in hopes of helping them make it to Koshien. Things get more complicated, however, when Katsuya starts to fall for Yuri... but their budding romance is interrupted by a few potential rivals. Can Katsuya learn both how to win at baseball and at romance?
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<i>Note: Includes one-shots "Zoku Isourou yori Hitokoto" (続・居候よりひとこと) and "Koibito Sengen" (恋人宣言)</i>

Kentarou Yamanaka