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KOKOYAKYU (3 min)

V I D E O   U P D A T E S

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(Clips listed below contain raw footage. All files are MPEGs, without English subtitles.)

Umpire training...

Umpire Training (:24 - 2.6 mb)

Chiben cheerboys do a quick cheer

Chiben Wakayama Koko - Cheerboys (:53 - 5.6 mb)

Kadoya-kun steals home during a prefecture game

Tennoji Koko - "Home-steal" (:22 - 2.2 mb)

Hideki Matsui talks about his fascination with Bushido

Hideki Matsui - Bushido (:48 - 5 mb)

Chiben's cheersquad is fierce!

Chiben Wakayama Koko - Cheersquad (1:02 - 6.5 mb)

After Tennoji Koko is eliminated, Masa Sensei is greeted by his friends & supporters.

Tennoji Koko - "long walk" (2:14 - 14.2 mb)

Chiben Wakayama's coach meets the press after a prefecture win.

Takashima Kantoku - Press (:38 - 4 mb)

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At Koshien Stadium, the President of Japan's High School Baseball Federation discusses the origins of Japanese baseball (English).

Interview with Wakimura-san (1:43 - 10.9 mb)

Being a catcher is hard work.

Hotoku Koko - Catcher (:44 - 4.6 mb)

Talking to players after practice at one of Japan's top baseball schools.

Hotoku Koko - Walk & Talk (2:25 - 15.3 mb)

Japan's oldest public high school makes their tournament debut at the Osaka dome.

Kitano Koko - Marching (:25 - 2.5 mb)

Osaka's proudest public high school struts their stuff at the Osaka Opening Ceremony.

Tennoji Koko - Marching (:29 - 3.1 mb)

The annual recitation of the schoolboy oath at the Osaka Dome.

Osaka Opening Ceremony - Schoolboy Oath (2:13 - 14.1 mb)

Last year's Osaka champs return the flag of victory.

Osaka Opening Ceremony - Flag Presentation (1:29 - 9.5 mb)

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Morning pre-game warmup at one of Japan's top baseball schools.

Chiben Wakayama Koko (1:25 - 9.05 mb)

Before every Japanese high school baseball game, everybody bows.

Chiben Wakayama vs. Hotoku Koko (:15 - 1.5 mb)

Being the best means practicing all day and into the night.

Chiben Wakayama Koko - Night (2:30 - 15.9 mb)

Every high school has their own way of warming up.

Hotoku Koko - warm up (:40 - 4.3 mb)

Freshmen are a big part of every high school baseball team.

Hotoku Koko - Freshmen (:47 - 5 mb)

Tennoji Koko is a public high school that uses Kendo in its training.

Tennoji Koko - Kendo (:19 - 2.15 mb)

Tennoji Koko's Kantoku is full of energy.

Tennoji Koko - Masa-sensei (:40 - 4.25 mb)

Masa-sensei provides good advice for "Bondsu".

Tennoji Koko - Score (:22 - 2.76 mb)

Every high school team has a meeting between every inning.

Tennoji Koko - Meeting (:32 - 3.41 mb)

A Kitano Koko alumnus shares his experience of postwar high school baseball.

Kitano Koko - O.B. (1:45 - 11.1 mb)

 

This project is sponsored by grants from:

 

JUSFC

The Japan-US Friendship Commission

 

Special thank you to our official airline sponsor:

 

 

Special thanks to all the organizations that helped make Kokoyakyu: High-School Baseball a reality: