__Height:__ 170 cm (5' 7")

Kuramochi is a second-year with a delinquent-like personality and is usually seen together with Miyuki. He enjoys playing pranks and often plays video games with his teammates in his dorm room after their daily training. Almost all his pranks are those that were done to him and the other second-years when they were still freshmen at Seidou known for his speedy base running, quick throws, and being the lead-off batter. He is a switch-hitter.

With a stray pitch that completely missed the batter, Eijun Sawamura loses his final middle school baseball game. Frustrated by this defeat, Eijun and his teammates vow to reach the national tournament once they are in high school. But everything changes when a scout unexpectedly invites him to Tokyo's prestigious Seidou High School after seeing the potential in his unusual pitching style. Encouraged by his teammates, Eijun accepts the offer, ready to improve his skills and play at a much more competitive level of baseball. 
 
However, now surrounded by a large number of skilled players, Eijun struggles to find his place on the team. He declares that he will one day become the team's ace, but that's only if fellow first year Satoru Furuya doesn't take the title first, with his breakneck fastballs that earn him a coveted spot on the starting roster. With the addition of these talented new players to an already powerful lineup, the Seidou baseball team aims to become the best in Japan, facing off against a number of formidable foes that stand in their way. 
 
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

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Shintarou Asanuma is a voice actor, dramatist, producer, copywriter, and designer. He was formerly affiliated with Office Osawa and is now part of Dandelion and is best known for voicing [Watashi](https://anilist.co/character/30579/) on [The Tatami Galaxy](https://anilist.co/anime/7785/), [Takatoshi Tsuda](https://anilist.co/character/32770/) on [Seitokai Yakuindomo](https://anilist.co/anime/8675/) and [Yousuke Kirie](https://anilist.co/character/2713/) on [Bokurano](https://anilist.co/anime/1690/).

**Non-anime roles:**
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- Alex in "Street Fighter V" (VG) (Japanese)
- Avatar (Male) in "Xenoblade Chronicles X" (VG) (Japanese)
- Azai Nagamasa in "Hana Oboro ~Sengoku-den Ranki~" (VG) (Japanese)
- Clay Kaczmarek/Subject 16 in "Assassin's Creed: Revelations" (VG) (Japanese)
- Darnell Sellers in "Hospital.: 6-nin no Ishi" (VG) (Japanese)
- Juran in "Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger" (tokusatsu series) (Japanese)
- Keiji Sendai in "Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Cosplay Hajimemashita" (VG) (Japanese)
- Kou Tokisaka in "Tokyo Xanadu" (PS Vita ARPG) (Japanese)
- Kusuo Saiki in "J-Stars Victory VS" (VG) (Japanese)
- Lorenzo De' Medici in "Assassin's Creed II" (VG) (Japanese)
- Lu Xun in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13" (VG) (Japanese)
- Nakigitsune in "Touken Ranbu" (browser game) (Japanese)
- Ryan in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG) (Japanese)
- Ryōta Kawara in "Hatoful Boyfriend" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
- Shulk in "Xenoblade" (VG) (Japanese)
- Sambaba in "Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger" (Tokusatsu series) (Japanese)
- Wataru Inoguchi in "Getsuei no Kusari -Kyouran Moratorium-" (VG) (Japanese)
- Wataru Inoguchi in "Getsuei no Kusari -Sakuran Paranoia-" (VG) (Japanese)
- Zed in "Lollipop Chainsaw" (VG) (Japanese) 

(Source: Anime News Network) !~

Picking up the next year after the end of the fall tournament, Seidou High School baseball team battle it out with new and old faces as they begin their tournament run at Koshien. 

(Source: Crunchyroll)

The second season of Diamond no Ace. 

After the National Tournament, the Seidou High baseball team moves forward with uncertainty as the Fall season quickly approaches. In an attempt to build a stronger team centered around their new captain, fresh faces join the starting roster for the very first time. Previous losses weigh heavily on the minds of the veteran players as they continue their rigorous training, preparing for what will inevitably be their toughest season yet.

Rivals both new and old stand in their path as Seidou once again climbs their way toward the top, one game at a time. Needed now more than ever before, Furuya and Eijun must be determined to pitch with all their skill and strength in order to lead their team to victory. And this time, one of these young pitchers may finally claim that coveted title: "The Ace of Seidou." 

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Eijun Sawamura had his heart set on the middle-school national baseball championships. But his team is eliminated thanks to a wild pitch thrown by Eijun himself. He’s planning to go to high school with his teammates and try again next year when he’s scouted by the famous Seido High School baseball team. When he goes for a campus visit, he finds himself on the receiving end of a baptism by fire! His experience forming a battery with up-and-coming catcher Miyuki rekindles his passion for baseball!!
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)
 
Notes: 
- Chapter count includes 6 extra chapters.

An epilogue to the Diamond no Ace series, bundled with 4th and 5th manga volumes of Act II.

Sequel to Ace of the Diamond act II

First episode will be bundled with 44th manga volume. 
 
The limited-edition DVD will animate "Face -Kominato Ryousuke Special Bangai-hen-", which appeared in the Ace of Diamond Official Guidebook Ura and tells the "moving secret story of the Kominato brothers that cannot be seen in the television series."

A warm comedy spinoff series from Ace of the Diamond (aka Daiya no A) written by Yuki Okada, the wife of Yuji Terajima himself.
 
Sawamura and his fellow residents of room 5... accidentally adopted a cat? What will they do about meals? How will they bathe him? Worst of all, pets are prohibited from being kept in the dorms. Sawamura and his roommates struggle to overcome these challenges while keeping their new feline friend a secret. Still, they persevere, because who can resist the cuteness of cats?
 
Read Daiya no C to follow the adventures of the Seidou team and their new furry addition.

Side story of Diamond no Ace included in Diamond no Ace: Guide Book - Omote.

Youichi Kuramochi