The story of Major follows the life of Gorou Honda, from kindergarten to being a professional baseball player, seeking and overcoming tremendous challenges.
Major won the 41st Shogakukan Manga Award for best shounen manga in 1995.
Kaoru is a student in Gorous class at elementary school, and later joins the Mifune Dolphins Little League baseball team after an argument with Gorou where she witnesses his enthusiasm for the sport. ...
The main character of the story is Gorou Honda, a talented young baseball player who has inherited his love for the sport from his father, who played for the Yokohama Marine Stars. Gorou's dream is to...
Sanders is a baseball player who plays for a minor league team, "Memphis Bats". His position is catcher....
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Coach Andou is a coach for the long-running little league baseball team "Mifune Dolphins," a team Goro and his friends (Komori, Kaoru, Sawamura and the others) used to be teammates in their childhood....
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Oobayashi is one of Goros team mates. He was in East Mifunes baseball team with Komori first....
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It is implied that Kyoushirou is modeled after the real Major League player Ichiro Suzuki. Both Ichiro and Kyoushirou are originally from Japan, wear the number fifty-one, play right field, bat first,...
Gorous fathers best friend since high school. Later in the series he marries Momoko....
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Egashira is a vile man that manages Kaidos baseball team....
In the junior high storyline, yoshitaka yamane is part of the mifune junior high school baseball team but uses it as an excuse to skip class along with some friends who follow him. after komori tells ...
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The individual initially belonged to the East Mifune group without undergoing any training and participated in bullying activities with Komori and Muta, who served as their leader, Yamane. However, wh...
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Kaidos trainer in the Dreams Island, he starts giving harder tasks to Goro but then he sees his potential....
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Alice manages the Memphis Bats, which is a minor league team. Her parents are from different countries - America and Japan. She speaks both languages fluently due to this. Alice is often friendly and ...
In the 15th episode of season 1, we are introduced to a character who plays the role of a pitcher for the Yokohama Little Baseball team. This individual initially crosses paths with Goro when he rescu...
Joe Gibson was a top Major League Baseball player from the US who felt driven by the incident with his father, Honda Shigeharu, to become one of the best pitchers in the league. Despite being over 40 ...
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One of Salmon's catchers is an individual who communicates English on behalf of Goro. In his youth, he spent five years living in Japan due to his father's job. Goro views this person as similar to Fr...
A trainer for the Kaido baseball team and Shizukas brother....
Shingo is Goros brother and also next follower of Goro....
The individual is 22 years old and currently studying at Kantou University as a third-year student. They specialize in playing shortstop and are right-handed. As a high school student, they had the op...
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Teacher and baseball coach at Seishuu High School....
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The current leader of the group that Toshaya used to manage is also her love interest. She consistently brings him food when he runs, even on days when he's preparing to depart for Dream Island. Prior...
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One of Kaidos three main pitchers, Akutsu specializes in knuckle ball pitches. His constant, wide grin resembles a Hannya mask....
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In season 2, a new character was introduced who was tasked with teaching Goro a lesson after he rejected Kaido during a middle school game between Kaido Unified and East Mifune. Despite initially admi...
A doctor who specializes in curing yips....
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The Hornets closer steadfast in Indiana, the team leader....
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Jeff Keane, a promising catcher, joins the "Memphis Bats" during the Minor League season and quickly earns recognition for his exceptional performance and potential. His playing style revolves around ...
When momoko was younger, she taught at gorous nursery school. after leaving the school, she began dating shigeharu, gorou's dad, and eventually became engaged to him. however, tragedy struck when he p...
Brother to Kaoru Shimizu. First seen back in Season 1 where he asked her sister if baseball was fun? Returned again in Season 3 as a new member of Seishuu Baseball Team where he played as a shortstop....
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Since his time as a little leaguer playing for the mifune dolphins alongside sawamura and shimizu, komori has been hondas catcher. he continued to play this role when gorou returned from fukuoka to at...
Toshiya Satou is an important character in the Major manga and anime series. At five years old, he befriends the main character, Honda Goro, who teaches him baseball. Born on September 9th, Toshiya is...
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Initially, Ryouta was a bully at school who would push Komori around. However, when Goro and Shimizu stood up against him, he eventually backed down after being hit by Goro for attempting to throw his...
Toshiyas younger sister....
Gorou and Shimizus son....
The individual who initially agreed to join the baseball team established by Goro in Seishuu was the first to do so after losing a one-on-one toss and hitting game. Despite consistently making mistake...
Izumi is Gorous and Kaorus daughter. She is in first grade....
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The individual initially belonged to the East Mifune team but did not participate in training activities. They were involved in bullying Komori with Oikawa, who served as their group's leader at the t...
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Joe Gibson's son is Junior, who is the same age as Goro. When his parents divorced because of differences in lifestyle, with his father wanting to stay in Japan while his mother wished to return home,...
At 30 years old, Shigeharu is Goros father. He's known for being kind and warm-hearted, setting an excellent example for his son. Despite facing numerous injuries in his professional baseball career d...
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The ace pitcher at Kaido High School's first team during Goro's time played gyroballs, which Mayumura referred to as "forgery balls." This pitcher had a younger brother who also became a Kaidos pitche...