Yoban Sādo

Yoban Sādo
	Volume cover
4番サード
Genre	Sports
Manga
Written by	Gosho Aoyama
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Shōnen Sunday Zōkan
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1991 – 1993
Volumes	1
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Yoban Sādo (4番サード, lit. "3rd Base 4th") is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. 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.^{[nb 1]}

Originally serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Zōkan between 1991 and 1993, the six chapters were compiled into a single tankōbon volume, published under Shōnen Sunday Comics imprint on March 18, 1993.^[1] A second edition was published under Shōnen Sunday Books imprint on December 10, 1999.^[2] A third edition, under Shogakukan Bunko imprint, was published on September 13, 2003.^[3]

Gosho Aoyama referenced this early work in his Detective Conan manga. In the Koshien Bomber Case, chapters 445-449, and the anime adaptation special "Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon".^[4]

Notes[]

^ The names are written differently in Japanese, while they are identical if written using the English alphabet.

References[]

^ 4番サード / 1 [少年サンデーコミックス] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 12, 2005. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
^ 4番サード [少年サンデーブックス] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 17, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
^ ４番サード [小学館文庫] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 17, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
^ "~ Baseball Cinderella ~ ４番サード A 'Yoban Saado ~ Third Base Fourth' Page". Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2013.

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[1] The names are written differently in Japanese, while they are identical if written using the English alphabet.

[2] 4番サード / 1 [少年サンデーコミックス] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 12, 2005. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[3] 4番サード [少年サンデーブックス] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 17, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[4] ４番サード [小学館文庫] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 17, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[5] "~ Baseball Cinderella ~ ４番サード A 'Yoban Saado ~ Third Base Fourth' Page". Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2013.

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