Yoban Sādo

Yoban Sādo
Volume cover
4番サード
Genre	Sports[1]
Manga
Written by	Gosho Aoyama
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Shōnen Sunday Zōkan
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 1991 – February 1993
Volumes	1

Yoban Sādo (4番サード, lit. '3rd Base 4th') is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was published in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from 1991 to 1993, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon 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.^[2]

Gosho Aoyama referenced the story in his Case Closed manga in volumes 43 and 44 (chapters 445–449).^[3]

Publication

Written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama, Yoban Sādo was published for six chapters in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from the January 1991 to the February 1993 issues.^[4][5] Shogakukan collected its chapters in a single tankōbon volume, published under the Shōnen Sunday Comics imprint on March 18, 1993.^[6] A second edition was published under the Shōnen Sunday Books imprint on December 10, 1999.^[7] A third edition was published under the Shogakukan Bunko imprint on September 13, 2003.^[8]

Chapters

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	March 18, 1993[6]	4-09-123171-3
"The Miraculous Bat" (奇跡のバット, Kiseki no Batto) "Bring Me the Koshien" (甲子園に連れてって, Kōshien ni Tsuretette) "Have Faith in Yourself" (自信をもって, Jishin o Motte) "Bring it Down! Smart Baseball" (打倒! 頭脳野球, Datō! Zunō Yakyū) "The Strike of Anger" (怒りの一打, Ikari no Ichida) "The Legendary Showdown" (伝説の対決, Densetsu no Taiketsu)

References

1. ジャンル「スポーツ」の漫画作品一覧. Mangapedia [ja]. Voyage Group. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
2. 4番サード. Mangapedia [ja]. Voyage Group. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
3. Matsuo, Nanae (April 16, 2021). サッカーだけじゃない…国民的マンガ『#名探偵コナン』が“スポーツ愛に溢れている”と言える「4つのポイント」. Number Web. Bungeishunjū. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
4. 小学館 1991年(平成3年)の漫画雑誌 週刊少年サンデー増刊 1991年(平成3年)1月増刊号 9101 (in Japanese). Mandarake. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
5. Aoyama, Gosho (March 18, 1993). "Densetsu no Taiketsu" 伝説の対決 [The Legendary Showdown]. Yoban Sādo 4番サード (in Japanese). Shogakukan. p. 184. ISBN 4-09-123171-3. 掲載・週刊少年サンデー平成5年2月増刊号 [Published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday February 1993 Extra Issue
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.

Further reading

• 1月29日はベーブ・ルースらが「野球殿堂」入りした日　『4番サード』を読もう！ 【きょうのマンガ】. Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. January 29, 2015. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023.