

Keiko Himuro, Chairman of the Kisuragi School, puts together an all-girl baseball team led by Ryo Hayakawa, daughter of a legendary pitcher, in hopes of proving that…
TV-PG • Animation, Drama • Series • 1998 • 1 season
Starring: Naomi Nagasawa, Akiko Yajima, Mami Kingetsu

S1 E1 - Hayakawa Ryo, Age 15!
As Ryo Hayakawa arrives home from school, the local baseball team begs her to finish pitching their game.
Apr 8, 1998 • 24m

S1 E2 - A Baseball Team at a Prestigious Girls' School?
The chairwoman at the Kisaragi School for Girls has determined that there will be a girls' baseball team and that they will go to Koshien within three years. Ryo is offered one of the scholarships issued to build this team.
Apr 15, 1998 • 24m

S1 E3 - In My Father’s Footsteps
Ryo is accepted into Kisaragi School but worried about leaving her mother to run the Oden bar by herself.
Apr 22, 1998 • 24m

S1 E4 - Welcome, Seira!
Coach Kido has been told that one of their recruits, Seira Morimura, has refused to join the team.
Apr 29, 1998 • 24m

S1 E5 - Wave Motion Swing!
Coach Kido goes to the Oden bar and shows Ryo a tape of a baseball player with a famous batting technique called the Wave Motion Swing.
May 6, 1998 • 24m

S1 E6 - Catch This!
None of the players can catch Ryo's pitches and so a search for a catcher begins.
May 13, 1998 • 24m

S1 E7 - We Need You, Izumi!
With only two more girls needed to complete the team, Ryo asks Izumi to join and is greeted with scorn.
May 27, 1998 • 24m

S1 E8 - The Future on the Line
Izumi searches for the identity of the mysterious man but gets no answers from her mother's butler or from Coach Kido.
Jun 3, 1998 • 24m

S1 E9 - Winners & Losers
The day of the contest has arrived. Izumi is near defeat but Ryo can't keep thinking about why she hates her so much.
Jun 10, 1998 • 24m

S1 E10 - The Kisaragi Nine!
The girls are playing against a junior high team but they are still short one player. The coach introduces Nene in a player's uniform so that they can compete.
Jun 17, 1998 • 24m

S1 E11 - Aim for Koshien!
Keiko appeals her case to the board directly so that they may let the girls play but is refused again.
Jun 24, 1998 • 24m

S1 E12 - One Hundred Pitches
In order to get Rinkai High to play them, Keiko told the papers that they must be afraid of their pitcher's magic ball.
Jul 1, 1998 • 24m

S1 E13 - The Girl Stratagem
The day of the game has arrived. In order to get an advantage over the other team, the girls use their femininity to get to a quick lead.
Jul 8, 1998 • 24m

S1 E14 - Lightning Ball
Ryo is losing confidence in herself but her teammates continue to do their part in the field.
Jul 15, 1998 • 24m

S1 E15 - Scandal
With the notoriety of the girls' win, a report digs up information on Ryo's father which begins a scandal.
Jul 22, 1998 • 24m

S1 E16 - Exile
Ryo knows that she is to be expelled and the team dissolved and so she heads out to her father's hometown.
Jul 29, 1998 • 24m

S1 E17 - Visions
Hiroki arrives at the orphanage but learns that Ryo is hospitalized after she rescued the kids.
Aug 5, 1998 • 24m

S1 E18 - The Gift
The Parents' Association has been calling for the baseball team to be dissolved and Principal Mita agrees.
Aug 12, 1998 • 24m

S1 E19 - Hearts & Diamonds
Coach Kido announces that he has decided to make Ryo the team captain. She learns that Hiroki's birthday is coming up and decides to make him a present.
Aug 19, 1998 • 24m

S1 E20 - Back in Training
The girls head out to begin their intensive training camp before preliminaries start.
Aug 26, 1998 • 24m

S1 E21 - I Hate You, Takasugi!
After Izumi's call, Hiroki pays a visit to her to make sure everything is all right.
Sep 2, 1998 • 24m

S1 E22 - You’re Not Alone, Yuki!
Yuki, brooding over her missing Fifi-chan, remembers how she helped to win the championship in junior high only to be ostracized by her teammates.
Sep 9, 1998 • 24m

S1 E23 - Beauties vs, the Beasts
The Kisaragi Girls have drawn a dirty-playing team for their first game.
Sep 16, 1998 • 24m

S1 E24 - The Kiss
The Kisaragi Girls are beating everyone they come up against. Hiroki's grandfather comes to the Oden bar and talks to Ryo.
Sep 30, 1998 • 24m

S1 E25 - Field of Broken Dreams
It has come down to the semi-finals and it's the Kisaragi girls' team against the boys' team. Ryo is having problems focusing after seeing Hiroki and Izumi kiss.
Oct 7, 1998 • 24m

S1 E26 - Shine, Princess Nine!
With two outs and the bases loaded at the top of the ninth inning, it's Koharu's bat. Before she goes out Nene shows her a fax from her father that has the Kanji for Wind on it.
Oct 14, 1998 • 24m
Princess Nine
Keiko Himuro, Chairman of the Kisuragi School, puts together an all-girl baseball team led by Ryo Hayakawa, daughter of a legendary pitcher, in hopes of proving that girls can compete just as well as boys. Their goal: Koshien stadium, where only the best teams get the opportunity to play.
TV-PG • Animation, Drama • TV Series • 1998