is a Japanese
sports
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...
manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
series written and illustrated by
Gosho Aoyama. It was published in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...
's
manga magazine ''
Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' from 1991 to 1993, with its chapters collected in a single volume. The story depicts the final tournament of high school baseball, at the
Hanshin Koushien Stadium in
Nishinomiya. The story's main characters are the high school baseball players Shigeo Nagashima and Kazuhisa Inao, whose names are taken from real-life Japanese baseball players
Shigeo Nagashima and
Kazuhisa Inao.
Aoyama referenced the story in his ''
Case Closed
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994; its chapters are collected in 10 ...
'' manga in volumes 43 and 44 (chapters 445–449).
Publication
Written and illustrated by
Gosho Aoyama, ''Yoban Sādo'' was published for six chapters in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...
's
manga magazine ''
Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' from the January 1991 to the February 1993 issues. Shogakukan collected its chapters in a single volume, published under the Shōnen Sunday Comics imprint on March 18, 1993.
A second edition was published under the Shōnen Sunday Books imprint on December 10, 1999. A third edition was published under the Shogakukan Bunko imprint on September 13, 2003.
Chapters
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