Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu

Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu (Japanese: 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部, lit. "Strongest! Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in twenty-six tankōbon volumes.

Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu
Cover art from volume 1 of Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu
最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部
GenreSports
Manga
Written byMotoyuki Tanaka
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 4, 2005 – April 14, 2010
Volumes26

In 2008, the manga won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.

Story

Six years ago following a crushing defeat, a group of friends promise that they will one day take their friend Suzuo to the Koshien. Now in their first year of high school, the friends have reunited behind the pitcher Kitarō Kitaōji to keep their promise. With Suzuo as their manager and Kitarō's signature left-handed, underhand "Submarine Pitch", they may just go all the way.

Publication

Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu is written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 4, 2005 to April 14, 2010.[1][2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in twenty-six tankōbon volumes, released from April 18, 2005 to June 18, 2010.[3][4]

Volume list
No. Release date ISBN
1 April 18, 2005[3]978-4-09-126374-2
2 June 16, 2005[5]978-4-09-126375-9
3 August 8, 2005[6]978-4-09-126376-6
4 October 18, 2005[7]978-4-09-126377-3
5 January 14, 2006[8]978-4-09-120046-4
6 March 17, 2006[9]978-4-09-120129-4
7 May 18, 2006[10]978-4-09-120375-5
8 August 11, 2006[11]978-4-09-120567-4
9 November 17, 2006[12]978-4-09-120677-0
10 January 13, 2007[13]978-4-09-120870-5
11 March 16, 2007[14]978-4-09-120879-8
12 June 18, 2007[15]978-4-09-121078-4
13 August 10, 2007[16]978-4-09-121158-3
14 November 16, 2007[17]978-4-09-121217-7
15 February 18, 2008[18]978-4-09-121284-9
16 June 18, 2008[19]978-4-09-121400-3
17 September 18,2008[20]978-4-09-121467-6
18 December 18, 2008[21]978-4-09-121517-8
19 March 18, 2009[22]978-4-09-121597-0
20 May 18, 2009[23]978-4-09-122006-6
21 August 18, 2009[24]978-4-09-121718-9
22 November 18, 2009[25]978-4-09-121885-8
23 January 18, 2010[26]978-4-09-122110-0
24 March 18, 2010[27]978-4-09-122186-5
25 May 18, 2010[28]978-4-09-122327-2
26 June 18, 2010[4]978-4-09-122350-0

Reception

In 2008, the manga won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[29][30]

See also

References
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  2. 週刊少年サンデー 2010年 表示号数20. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  3. 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 1 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 1] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  4. 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 26 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 26] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
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  8. 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 5 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 5] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
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  16. 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 13 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 13] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  17. 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 14 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 14] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  18. 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 15 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 15] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  19. 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 16 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 16] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
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  21. 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 18 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 18] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
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