Baseball: Sendai Ikuei manager Sue

Baseball: Sendai Ikuei manager Sue

NISHINOMIYA, Japan, Nov. 19 Kyodo - Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2022, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, shows Wataru Sue, manager of the Sendai Ikuei high school baseball team, prior to the final of the 2022 national high school baseball championship. His team won the title.

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Keio high school line up in front of supporters in the stands after beating Sendai Ikuei high school 8-2 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023.

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Keio high school run toward their supporters in the stands after beating Sendai Ikuei high school 8-2 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023.

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Sendai Ikuei high school look dejected after losing to Keio high school in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023.

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Keio high school celebrate after beating Sendai Ikuei high school 8-2 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023.

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Keio high school celebrate after beating Sendai Ikuei high school 8-2 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023.

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Keio high school celebrate after beating Sendai Ikuei high school 8-2 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023.

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Keio high school celebrate after beating Sendai Ikuei high school 8-2 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023.

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Keio high school celebrate after beating Sendai Ikuei high school 8-2 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023.

Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

NEW YORK, United States - Students from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen's Shukoh Middle School in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, sing in New York on July 24, 2012. The high school students from the disaster-hit prefecture shared their stories of surviving the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at an event there, expressing their gratitude for support they received from around the world.

Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

NEW YORK, United States - Students from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen's Shukoh Middle School in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, sing in New York on July 24, 2012. The high school students from the disaster-hit prefecture shared their stories of surviving the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at an event there, expressing their gratitude for support they received from around the world.

Joso Gakuin wins high school final

Joso Gakuin wins high school final

KOSHIEN, Japan - Joso Gakuin nines run in jubilation toward their supporters after defeating Sendai Ikuei 7-6 in the final of the 73rd high school baseball national invitational tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on April 4.

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Sendai Ikuei high school celebrate after beating Shimonoseki Kokusai high school 8-1 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 22, 2022.

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Sendai Ikuei high school celebrate after beating Shimonoseki Kokusai high school 8-1 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 22, 2022.

Jubilant Tokaidai Sagami battery hugs each other after victory

Jubilant Tokaidai Sagami battery hugs each other after victory

Tokaidai Sagami pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara (R) and catcher Ren Nagakura embrace each other in celebration after the team from Kanagawa Prefecture beat Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai Ikuei 10-6 in a breathtaking final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2015. It was the school's first title in 45 years and its second overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokaidai Sagami wins second national HS baseball title

Tokaidai Sagami wins second national HS baseball title

Elated Tokaidai Sagami players gather at the pitcher's mound after the team from Kanagawa Prefecture beat Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai Ikuei 10-6 in the national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2015. It was the school's first title in 45 years and its second overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokaidai Sagami wins Japanese high school baseball c'ship

Tokaidai Sagami wins Japanese high school baseball c'ship

Players of Tokaidai Sagami celebrate after a 10-6 win over Sendai Ikuei in the final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on Aug. 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokaidai Sagami wins Japanese high school baseball c'ship

Tokaidai Sagami wins Japanese high school baseball c'ship

Players of Tokaidai Sagami celebrate after a 10-6 win over Sendai Ikuei in the final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on Aug. 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lotte wins right to negotiate with infielder Hirasawa in NPB draft

Lotte wins right to negotiate with infielder Hirasawa in NPB draft

Lotte Marines manager Tsutomu Ito (R) draws the "winning card" for securing the negotiating rights to Sendai Ikuei High School infielder Taiga Hirasawa in Nippon Professional Baseball's amateur draft in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015, as President Yozo Tachibana of the Rakuten Eagles, another Pacific League team, appears disappointed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sendai Ikuei players march after defeat in HS baseball final

Sendai Ikuei players march after defeat in HS baseball final

Sendai Ikuei players of Miyagi Prefecture, runners-up in the national high school baseball championship, march at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2015, after they were defeated 10-6 by Kanagawa Prefecture's Tokaidai Sagami in the final. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokaidai Sagami captain holds HS baseball championship flag

Tokaidai Sagami captain holds HS baseball championship flag

Tokaidai Sagami captain Ren Nagakura (R) walks with the championship flag after winning the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2015. Tokaidai beat Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai Ikuei 10-6 in the final. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Joso Gakuin wins high school final

Joso Gakuin wins high school final

KOSHIEN, Japan - Joso Gakuin nines run in jubilation toward their supporters after defeating Sendai Ikuei 7-6 in the final of the 73rd high school baseball national invitational tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on April 4.