The regional tournament for the 106th All Japan High School Baseball Championship (hosted by the Japan High School Baseball Federation, sponsored by The Asahi Shimbun Company, supported by The Mainichi Shimbun Company, with special cooperation from Hanshin Koshien Stadium) was held on the 30th, with St. Catherine’s School defeating Saijo in the final in Ehime to secure their first appearance, completing the selection of all 49 representatives.
Nine schools will be participating in both spring and summer tournaments, including Kendai Takasaki (Gunma), which won its first championship in the spring Senbatsu Tournament, and Hotoku Gakuen (Hyogo), which came in second for two consecutive years. Five schools will be participating for the first time, including Seiwa Gakuen (Miyagi) and Niigata Sangyo University High School, which will be participating in both spring and summer Koshien for the first time. Sapporo Nihon University (South Hokkaido), Ishibashi (Tochigi), and St. Catherine Gakuen have secured their first tickets to the summer Koshien tournament.
Ten schools have participated in the summer tournament consecutively, with Meiho (Oita) having the longest streak of four years in a row. The school with the most appearances is Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo), which participated in the first tournament in 1915, with 30 appearances. The longest break is for Taisha (Shimane), who has not participated for 32 years, and Kakegawa Nishi (Shizuoka), who will also be returning to the summer Koshien for the first time in 26 years. Ten schools have won the summer tournament, including Chukyo University Chukyo (Aichi), which has won the championship seven times, the most in history. There are 12 public schools, an increase of three from the previous tournament.
The draw for the pairings will be held in Osaka City from 2 pm on August 4th. The tournament will be held from the 7th to the 17th (including 3 rest days) at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Representative schools for the 106th National High School Baseball Championship
District Participating schools Number of times
Northern Hokkaido Shirakaba Gakuen, 4th time in 9 years
Southern Hokkaido Sapporo Nihon University First appearance
Aomori Aomori Yamada 12th time in 7 years
Iwate Hanamaki Higashi 2nd consecutive year, 12th time
Akita Kanaashi Nogyo 7th time in 6 years
Yamagata Tsuruoka Higashi 8th time in 2 years
Miyagi Seiwa Gakuen First appearance
Fukushima Seiko Gakuin 19th time in 3 consecutive years
Lake Kasumigaura, Ibaraki, 3rd time in 5 years
Tochigi Ishibashi First appearance
Gunma Kendai Takasaki 4th time in 9 years
Saitama Hanasaki Tokuharu 8th time in 5 years
Chiba Kisarazu Sogo 8th time in 6 years
East Tokyo Kanto Ichi 9th time in 5 years
West Tokyo Waseda Jitsugyo 30th time in 9 years
Kanagawa Tokai University Sagami 12th time in 5 years
Niigata Niigata Sangyo University First appearance
Nagano Nagano Nihon University 2nd time in 15 years
Yamanashi Japan Airlines 7th time in 3 years
Shizuoka Kakegawa Nishi 6th time in 26 years
Aichi Chukyo University Chukyo 29th time in 7 years
Gifu Gifu Johoku 4th time in 9 years
Mie Komono 3rd time in 16 years
Toyama Toyama Commercial High School 2nd consecutive year, 18th time
Ishikawa Komatsu Otani 3rd time in 3 years
Fukui Hokuriku 2nd consecutive year, 5th time
Shiga Shiga Gakuen 2nd time in 15 years
Kyoto Kyoto International 3rd time in 2 years
Osaka Osaka Toin High School 13th time in 2 years
Hyogo Hotoku Gakuen, 16th time in 6 years
Nara Chiben Gakuen, 22nd time in a row
Wakayama Chiben Wakayama 27th time in 2 years
Okayama Okayama Gakugeikan, 3rd time in 5 years
Hiroshima Koryo University 25th time in a row
Tottori Johoku, 6th time in 6 years
Shimane Taisha Shrine: 9th time in 32 years
Yamaguchi Nanyo Technical High School 4th time in 14 years
Hideaki Kagawa 4th time in 2 consecutive years
Tokushima Naruto whirlpools, 8th time in 7 years
Ehime St. Catherine School First appearance
Kochi Meitoku Gijuku, 23rd time in 2 years
Fukuoka Nishinippon Junior College Attached 7th time in 3 years
Saga Arita Kogyo 3rd time in 2 years
Nagasaki Souseikan 4th time for 2nd consecutive year
Kumamoto Kumamoto Technical High School 23rd time in 3 years
Oita Meiho 10th time in 4 consecutive years
Miyazaki Miyazaki Commercial High School 6th time in 3 years
Kagoshima Kamimura Gakuen: 2nd consecutive year, 7th time
Okinawa Konan 14th time in 2 years