Downtown River City Baseball Story ~Play Ball, Kunio!~

Downtown River City Baseball Story ~Play Ball, Kunio!~ (ダウンタウン熱血べーすぼーる物語野球で勝負だ！くにおくん, Downtown Nekketsu Baseball Monogatari: Yakyū de Shōbu da! Kunio-kun^?, lit. "Downtown Hot-Blooded Baseball Story: It's a Baseball Match! Kunio-kun") is a baseball sports game that was released in Japan on December 17, 1993 to the Super Famicom, both developed and published by Technōs Japan Corp. The game is a sequel to Downtown Nekketsu March: Super-Awesome Field Day! and is the third and last entry in the Downtown Nekketsu series.

The game continues to expand on the world of the Downtown Nekketsu series by introducing new schools and new characters to the returning schools. Sanjūrō Sugata, one of Nekketsu High School's team members in Downtown Nekketsu March: Super-Awesome Field Day! acts as the game's main character.

An official re-release of the game with an English localization was announced to be apart of the Super Technos World: River City & Technos Arcade Classics collection on January 22, 2025 and was subsequently released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Steam on April 23, 2025.

Development[]

Plans for a Kunio-kun game centered around baseball on the Famicom began formulating in 1990 with Mitsuhiro Yoshida writing out the initial concept for the game detailing it's controls and gameplay mechanics under the title of Nekketsu Yakyū Kozou.^{[1 1]} A second revision was later done under the title of Nekketsu Taiman Jū-ban Shōbu^[1], though Hiroyuki Sekimoto would later be made director of the project and would shape it into an entry in the Downtown Nekketsu series on the Super Famicom.^[2]

The story originally revolved around Kunio deciding to form a baseball team after he had casually watched the Summer Koshien on TV at a coffee shop and was moved by an incredible play that was made. Things started out peacefully, though eventually Kunio and his team got too rough and caused a big brawl which lead to his team getting suspended from the High School Baseball Federation. Similarly to the final game, Kōnosuke Tōdō uses his wealth and influence to host his own tournament after learning from his son that there are dozens of schools across the country who are in a similar situation to Kunio's team. It is noted that he also sent an invitation to Kunio and his friends to participate without telling Mamoru. For the game's structure, existing schools such as Nekketsu High School, Hanazono High School, and Reihō Academy were to appear as teams in the qualifier rounds while new teams would start appearing in the main tournament. After completing the tournament, Kunio would then team up with his old enemies and form Team Japan to play against other teams overseas.

Later in development, Hanazono High School and Hōryō High School were planned to be given their own stories.^[3] Hanazono's would've focused on Shūji Washio and his friendship with Riki while Hōryō's centered around Tsuyoshi Gōda's struggles with various things. In Hanazono's story, Washio was aiming to be the ace candidate for his school's baseball team in the Summer Koshien, but due to an argument he had gotten into a few months ago with the director and his general disagreement in his way of thinking, he had left the team and has since been watching them practice as he still dreams of being able to play in the Koshien. One day after school, he was handed an envelope from Mami Shimada which was an invitation to the Tōdō Group's tournament. Washio was about to smile, but realizes he cannot participate alone and hands back the envelope to Mami, though she smiles and points behind him, where Washio then sees Riki and many other capable players standing around with bats and gloves in their hands. He initially thought they were looking to attack another school, but after realizing they were ready to play baseball with him, he began to cry.

In Hōryō's story, Gōda was worried that he wouldn't be able to find a pitcher in time before the deadline for the Tōdō Group's tournament. He thought of pitching himself, but chose not to as he doesn't believe they'll be able to win with him only being able to throw straights. He then thought of asking each athletic club, but figured that they were all busy with summer tournaments and that they'd turn him down. During class, Gōda came to the conclusion that anyone with good athletic abilities would be fine, and decided to ask Kojirō Murasaki who was sitting right behind him if he wanted to pitch for his team. Gōda attempts to convince Murasaki multiple times to no avail as they walk together throughout the evening, though they are interrupted by the sound of a loud scream. The two turn around and spot a girl being harassed by a group of unfamiliar students. Murasaki rushes over to help before Gōda could say anything and begins to fight them in an intense battle. After the perpetrators spot Gōda running towards them, they quickly flee the scene. Murasaki turns over to the girl he had just helped and makes eye contact for the first time where he is immediately enamored by her. The girl ignores Murasaki as she talks to Gōda in a casual manor, in which he realizes that the girl was Gōda's younger sister Saori. Murasaki then decided to play on Gōda's team as a pitcher and having gotten carried away, he had even chosen to take on the role of becoming the team's new captain.

Story[]

Feeling fed up with how boring normal baseball has become, Kōnosuke, the President of Tōdō Group and the father of Mamoru Tōdō, decides to host his own baseball tournament that has no rules for all of the hot-blooded punks to participate in.

Meanwhile, Sugata of Nekketsu High School listens in to Tatsumi Tachibana and his girlfriend Rika Asano's conversation where he learns that the school's baseball club has been disbanded after Tachibana had quit playing due to a shoulder injury that had prevented him from playing in the Summer Koshien. The news has left Rika in shock which caused her to be hospitalized. In an attempt to cheer her up and win over her heart, Sugata decides to become the new captain of the school's baseball team and enters the tournament being held by the Tōdō Group. To the disappointment of Sugata, he discovers that the team's director is a math teacher who knows nothing about baseball, Kunio leaves to run errands and is not available, and his love rival Tachibana rejoins the team with a renewed spirit.

Gameplay[]

Characters[]

Teams[]

The game has thirteen teams in total. Nekketsu High School is played in the story mode by default and is the only team with an ending, though any other team that has been unlocked can be selected by pressing X. All teams up to Reihō Academy are available in the versus mode by default, though the remaining teams can be used after unlocking them.

Nekketsu High School[]

An all-rounder team lead by Sugata that can be played well offensively or defensively. All members of the school's team in Downtown Nekketsu March: Super-Awesome Field Day! and Shingo Akai from the school's baseball club in Go-Go! Nekketsu Hockey Club Slip-and-Slide Madness return with the other half of the team comprising of new characters. In the story mode, Kunio joins the team after the game against Reihō Academy as a reserve player and serves as the most powerful teammate. When playing on versus, he instead becomes selectable if the team's level is set to seven.

Hanazono High School[]

A well-rounded team lead by Riki with a sturdier defense and power, though are weaker when it comes to batting. All members of the school's team in Downtown Nekketsu March: Super-Awesome Field Day! return with the other half of the team comprising of new members.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Riki	Third	250	250	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	So-So	So-So	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Clever Hit Guts Hit 3 Boom Hit	A Fast Ball B Fast Ball S Fast Ball Slow Ball Big Curve 2 Tall Curve 2 Slider 4 Fork 2 Upper	Running Mach Punch Head Sliding Guts Tackle Fastballs Piercing Shot Catches Power Catch Base Kiai Block Punch with Ball
Shūji Washio	Pitcher	220	200	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Faultless	So-So	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	A Fast Ball Q A Fast Ball Slow Ball Slow Curve 1 Tall Curve 4 Shoot 2 Sinker 3 Fork 3 Super Speed	Running Guts Sliding Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Hikaru Saotome	Catcher	210	220	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Grounder	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Aura Hit	B Fast Ball QB Fast Ball Curve 3 Curve 4 Tall Curve 3 Q Curve 3 Shoot 3 Slider 4 Aura Ball	Running Aura Punch Attack Guts Sliding Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Wonderful Catch Base Punch with Ball Use Guts
Tōru Maeda	First	180	190	Powerful	Relief Class	Standard	Standard	Slow	Plenty	Normal Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	B Fast Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1 A Natural Shoot Slider 1 Palmball 1	Running Killer Sliding Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch
Mitamura Shinpachi	Second	180	170	Standard	Not Great	Grounder	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Curve 1	Running Guts Sliding Catches Guts Catch Base Punch with Ball Use Guts
Daigo Kurata	Shortstop	180	160	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 1	Running Guts Tackle Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Jump Kick Use Guts
Kanji Ishiyama	Left Outfield	200	170	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Guts Hit 1	D Fast Ball Curve 1 Slider 1	Running Guts Sliding Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Mitsuaki Yoshino	Center Outfield	180	150	Standard	Not Great	So-So	Standard	So-So	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball C Safety Ball Slow Ball Curve 1 Fork 1	Running Guts Tackle Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Kōichi Shimizu	Right Outfield	180	110	Cleanup Level	Relief Class	Standard	Bad	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	Slow Curve 1 Shoot 1 Slider 1 C Natural Sl. Sinker 2 Fork 1	Running Guts Tackle Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Base Shove with Ball
Ikkuku Kondo	Reserve	210	150	Hitter	Ace Class	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	C Fast Ball Curve 1 Curve 3 Shoot 1 Fork 2	Running Killer Sliding Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Shinta Arai	Reserve	160	120	Standard	Not Great	Grounder	Bad	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Safety Ball Slow Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1
Hisashi Gou	Reserve	170	140	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	D Safety Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1 Slider 1	Fastballs Guts Fastball
Naoki Nakamura	Reserve	160	120	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Bad	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1 Palmball 1	Catches Guts Catch
Makoto Shirai	Reserve	180	180	Standard	Relief Class	Standard	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	B Fast Ball C Fast Ball QB Fast Ball Curve 3 Sinker 3 Fork 1 Knuckle 1	Running Killer Sliding Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Mami Shimada	Manager
Kentaro Fukushima	Director

Tamae Nishino	Cheerleader

Hōryō High School[]

A balanced team with a good striking power lead by Kojirō Murasaki which has no members that're either too weak or too strong. Outside of Tsuyoshi Gōda and Yūko Kirishima, the team is comprised of new characters.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Kojirō Murasaki	Pitcher	230	230	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Faultless	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Focus Hit Gale Slash	A Fast Ball Q A Fast Ball Curve 2 Tall Curve 3 Shoot 2 Slider 4 Fork 2 Q Fork 3 Blade Shoot	Running Tornado Attack Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Wonderful Catch Base Kiai Block Punch with Ball
Tsuyoshi Gōda	Catcher	230	240	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	So-So	Strong Arm	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt Guts Hit 1 Guts Hit 2	A Fast Ball B Fast Ball C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Q A Fast Ball Slow Ball Blazing Fastball	Running Headbutt Fastballs Intense-Speed Fastball Catches Power Catch Base Kiai Block Punch with Ball
Haruna Nakanishi	First	210	170	Powerful	Not Great	Bad	Bad	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt	D Fast Ball Curve 1	Running Guts Tackle Drop Kick Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Makito Shinohara	Second	190	140	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Bad	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	D Fast Ball D Safety Ball	Running Guts Sliding Drop Kick Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Taichi Ōshima	Third	200	180	Powerful	Not Great	Grounder	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 1	Running Guts Tackle Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts Shove with Ball
Masamune Tsujidō	Shortstop	210	200	Powerful	Not Great	So-So	So-So	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt	B Fast Ball B Safety Ball Curve 1	Running Killer Sliding Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Punch with Ball
Yūjirō Date	Left Outfield	200	150	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Flyer	So-So	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1 Slow Curve 1	Running Guts Tackle Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Counter Kick Punch with Ball
Morio Wakabayashi	Center Outfield	190	150	Standard	Not Great	So-So	Standard	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Nice Bunt	C Fast Ball Curve 2	Running Guts Sliding Base Use Guts
Takashi Hoshi	Right Outfield	180	120	Powerful	Not Great	Standard	Standard	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Shoot 1 C Natural Sl.	Running Guts Tackle Base Use Guts
Fūichirō Takeda	Reserve	200	180	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Bad	Bad	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	D Fast Ball Slow Ball	Running Guts Tackle Base Use Guts
Daisaku Moriwaki	Reserve	180	140	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1 C Natural Sh.	Fastballs Guts Fastball
Ryō Amanokawa	Reserve	160	160	Bunter	Not Great	Grounder	Standard	So-So	None	Normal Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1	Fastballs Guts Fastball
Kazuma Nakajima	Reserve	170	110	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1	Fastballs Guts Fastball
Kinji Ogasawara	Reserve	180	150	Standard	Not Great	So-So	Standard	Slow	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1 Slider 1	Running Guts Tackle Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch
Tsuyoshi Namiki	Reserve	180	140	Standard	Relief Class	So-So	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball QC Fast Ball Curve 1 Curve 2 Shoot 1 Slider 1 Sinker 1 Fork 1	Running Guts Sliding Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts Upper with Ball

Fubuki Sakurazawa	Manager
Anzu Nishino	Director
Yūko Kirishima	Cheerleader

Tanibana High School[]

A hastily put-together team lead by Susumu Godai that's mostly comprised of the school's soccer club members. The team specializes in aggressive play and have good speed, though they lack defense.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves

Susumu Godai	First	240	230	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Grounder	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt Buster Clever Hit Staff Tech	A Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 3 Shoot 2 Shoot 4 Slider 2 Brake	Running Killer Sliding Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Killer Guard Punch with Ball
Hideyuki Yoko	Pitcher	180	200	Hitter	Ace Class	So-So	So-So	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	B Fast Ball C Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 2 Curve 3 Big Curve 2 Shoot 3 Slider 4 Fork 1	Running Guts Sliding Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts Jump Kick
Akinobu Toyoda	Catcher	200	180	Standard	Not Great	Standard	So-So	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	B Fast Ball C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 1	Running Guts Tackle Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Kiai Block Punch with Ball
Hiromasa Yara	Second	160	110	Hitter	Not Great	Standard	Standard	So-So	None	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1	Running Killer Sliding Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Base Counter Kick
Shūei Yoshida	Third	180	180	Powerful	Relief Class	Standard	Standard	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	B Fast Ball C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Curve 2 Tall Curve 2 Shoot 1 Shoot 3 Slider 3 Fork 1	Running Human Torpedo Attack Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts Punch with Ball
Eiji Hyuga	Shortstop	190	190	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Shoot 1 Palmball 2	Running Killer Sliding Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Counter Kick
Genichi Hokuto	Left Outfield	190	190	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Slow Ball Slow Curve 1	Running Killer Sliding Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Kyōichi Misawa	Center Outfield	170	150	Standard	Not Great	Flyer	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1 Slider 1	Running Guts Tackle Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Counter Kick
Kōji Ōtsuka	Right Outfield	130	90	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Standard	Bad	So-So	None	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	D Fast Ball Curve 1 D Natural Sh. D Natural Sl. Sinker 1	Running Killer Sliding Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball
Hikeaki Sakamoto	Reserve	120	130	Standard	Pretty Good	Standard	Bad	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	QD Fast Ball Q Slow Q Curve 1 Q Curve 2 Q Shoot 1 Q Shoot 2 Q Slider 1 Q Slider 2 Q Fork 1	Running Killer Sliding Jump Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts Shove with Ball
Aya Kōsaka	Manager
Shūto Ashizawa	Director
Miki Yamaguchi	Cheerleader

Hakutaka Industrial High School[]

A team lead by Naritaka Nishimura that specializes in roll swings, but are slow, lack guts, and are susceptible to heckling. Outside of Nishimura, Yasuo Sawaguchi and Katsuyuki Nedachi, the team is comprised of new characters. Naomi Kobashi and Rumi Kurasawa are from Hakutaka Girls High School, the all-girls counterpart.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Naritaka Nishimura	Second	255	220	Powerful	Pretty Good	Flyer	Standard	Slow	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Clever Hit Charged Hit	C Fast Ball Curve 2 Tall Curve 2 Shoot 2 Shoot 3 Slider 1 Fork 1 Fork 2 Super Slow	Running Human Torpedo Attack Bomb Tackle Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Power Catch Base Use Guts
Yasuo Sawaguchi	Pitcher	160	200	Standard	Ace Class	So-So	So-So	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	B Fast Ball C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Curve 3 Big Curve 1 Shoot 1 Shoot 3 Slider 1	Running Human Torpedo Attack Guts Sliding Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts Shove with Ball
Teruaki Kado	Catcher	180	160	Standard	Not Great	Standard	So-So	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt	B Fast Ball D Fast Ball B Natural Sh. C Natural Sl.	Running Guts Sliding Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Takefumi Mitarai	First	160	160	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1 C Natural Sh. Slider 1	Running Guts Sliding Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Fumiya Sentani	Third	140	100	Powerful	Not Great	Grounder	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball C Natural Sh. C Natural Sl.	Running Guts Sliding Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Kazuo Kendō	Shortstop	210	220	Powerful	Not Great	Grounder	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	C Fast Ball Shoot 3 Slider 3	Running Guts Tackle Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts Jump Kick
Yasuchiro Nanba	Left Outfield	140	100	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Bad	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	D Fast Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1 Palmball 1	Running Human Torpedo Attack Killer Sliding Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Stop with Body Base Use Guts Upper with Ball
Ken Ōji	Center Outfield	190	190	Cleanup Level	Pretty Good	Faultless	So-So	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Clever Hit	B Fast Ball C Fast Ball Curve 2 Curve 3 Shoot 3 Slider 3 Screw 3	Running Guts Sliding Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts
Shinya Takeuchi	Right Outfield	150	110	Powerful	Pretty Good	Standard	Bad	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	D Fast Ball Curve 2 Slow Curve 1 Tall Curve 1 Shoot 1 Slider 1 Knuckle 1	Running Guts Tackle Drop Kick Fastballs Guts Fastball Catches Guts Catch Base Use Guts Jump Kick
Katsuyuki Nedachi	Reserve	200	150	Standard	Not Great	Bad	Bad	Slow	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt	D Fast Ball D Safety Ball Curve 1 D Natural Sh. D Natural Sl.	Running Human Torpedo Attack Guts Sliding Base Counter Punch
Jun Sekigawa	Reserve	70	130	Standard	Not Great	Bad	Bad	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt	D Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1	Running Human Torpedo Attack Guts Sliding Fastballs Guts Fastball Base Counter Kick
Naomi Kobashi	Manager
Midori Kusao	Director
Rumi Kurasawa	Cheerleader

Kirisame Business High School[]

A new team lead by Shirō Kazaoka that specializes in launch swings, though the team lacks guts and fumbles the ball frequently. Due to his cowardly ways, Kazaoka stays on the bench throughout the game and only comes out if a majority of his team are low on stamina or willpower.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Shirō Kazaoka	Reserve	230	140	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Standard	So-So	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Hurricane	A Fast Ball B Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 2 Curve 4 Tall Curve 3 Shoot 4 Fork 3 Parachute	Tornado Attack
Jūzo Aota	Pitcher	140	100	Standard	Ace Class	Standard	So-So	So-So	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Clever Hit	C Fast Ball QC Fast Ball Curve 1 Curve 2 Big Curve 2 Tall Curve 2 Shoot 1 Shoot 2 Knuckle 1	Guts Tackle
Hideji Oguma	Catcher	220	200	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Slow	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 2
Sakura Kintaro	First	220	160	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Slow	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	B Fast Ball Curve 1	Guts Tackle
Michitsuna Hanada	Second	100	90	Bunter	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Shoot 3	Guts Tackle
Yoshirō Kobuchi	Third	170	190	Powerful	Not Great	Standard	Bad	Slow	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1 C Natural Sh.	Guts Tackle
Keichirō Kajimoto	Shortstop	180	170	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	D Fast Ball D Safety Ball	Guts Tackle
Mitsuru Ōka	Left Outfield	200	200	Standard	Not Great	Standard	So-So	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 2	Guts Tackle
Jō Kanuki	Center Outfield	210	190	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Faultless	So-So	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1 Slider 1
Ukon Noguchi	Right Outfield	190	190	Powerful	Not Great	Standard	Bad	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Curve 1	Guts Tackle
Seiji Kodachi	Reserve	160	150	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Bad	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1 Fork 1
Naoki Suya	Reserve	130	170	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Bad	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1 Knuckle 2
Kanae Ichimonji	Manager
Junzaburo Ōkōchi	Director
Eriko Hanashima	Cheerleader

Reihō Academy[]

A powerful team lead by Ryūichi Hattori that serves as the final opponents Nekketsu High School needs to face before Kunio joins the team. They excel in both offensive and defensive play with there being no major weaknesses. Outside of Reika Gojōin, Seiji Goto, and Kunitachi Koushiro, all members of the team are comprised of returning characters from Downtown Nekketsu Story and Downtown Nekketsu March: Super-Awesome Field Day!.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Ryūichi Hattori	Pitcher	240	210	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Faultless	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Dragon's Fang	C Fast Ball S Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 1 Curve 3 Shoot 4 Slider 4 Fork 2 Dragon's Roar	Dragon Burst Kick Dragon Tail Kick
Takashi Onizuka	Catcher	240	190	Powerful	Pretty Good	Standard	So-So	Slow	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Heavy Hit	B Fast Ball Slow Ball Blazing Fastball	Guts Tackle
Ryūji Hattori	First	230	210	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Faultless	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Dragon's Fang	B Fast Ball S Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 1 Curve 3 Shoot 4 Slider 4 Fork 2 Dragon's Descent	Dragon Tail Kick Killer Sliding
Ryōma Hayasaka	Second	200	210	Powerful	Pretty Good	Grounder	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	C Fast Ball Curve 1 Curve 2 Curve 3 Shoot 3 Fork 3 Screw 3
Masao Kobayashi	Third	230	230	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	So-So	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Pride	A Fast Ball B Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 4 Slow Curve 4 Shoot 3 Hop	Double Chop Killer Sliding
Kyōsuke Otonashi	Shortstop	180	160	Bunter	Relief Class	Grounder	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	B Fast Ball D Fast Ball Shoot 3 Focus Ball	Noten Chop Guts Tackle
Kiyofumi Taira	Left Outfield	200	150	Standard	Pretty Good	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	C Fast Ball QC Fast Ball Curve 1 Curve 2 Big Curve 2 C Natural Sh.	Guts Tackle
Shun Mochizuki	Center Outfield	200	200	Bunter	Relief Class	Faultless	So-So	Fast	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Slam	B Fast Ball D Fast Ball QB Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 2 Shoot 3 Slider 3 Fork 2 Knuckle 3	Nitro Attack
Tadashi Kinoshita	Right Outfield	200	170	Powerful	Pretty Good	Standard	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	C Fast Ball Tall Curve 2 Shoot 1 Shoot 2 C Natural Sl.	Guts Tackle
Seiji Goto	Reserve	170	150	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Bad	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 2
Kunitachi Koushiro	Reserve	170	140	Standard	Not Great	Grounder	Standard	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt	B Fast Ball Slow Ball B Natural Sh. B Natural Sl.
Reika Gojōin	Manager
Mamoru Tōdō	Director
Shizuka Aihara	Cheerleader

Aizen Commercial High School[]

A newly established school who's baseball team is lead by Sunao Ōguro. The team excels at defense especially within the infield as Kamiya's prayer pitch is able to weaken the batter's strike, hold runners in place, or magnetize a flyball into their gloves if close enough. They lack offensive power outside of their batting prayer and often have to rely on bunting. Members of the team also have high speeds, but are lacking in stamina.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Sunao Ōguro	Catcher	150	100	Standard	Ace Class	Flyer	So-So	Slow	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	A Fast Ball C Fast Ball Curve 2 Tall Curve 2 Slider 3	Guts Sliding
Hideki Kamiya	Pitcher	150	100	Bunter	Ace Class	Faultless	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Lucky Hit	A Fast Ball Q A Fast Ball Q Slow Curve 4 Big Curve 4 Shoot 4 Slider 4 Knuckle 4 Prayer	Guts Sliding
Toshiro Sumiyoshi	First	140	100	Bunter	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Lucky Bit Guts Hit 1	B Fast Ball C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Shoot 3	Guts Sliding
Hayato Kamiyama	Second	130	100	Bunter	Ace Class	Standard	Standard	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Clever Hit	B Fast Ball Slow Ball Big Curve 1 Shoot 3 Slider 3 Fork 2	Guts Sliding
Futoshi Umemiya	Third	110	100	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Prayer	C Fast Ball Slow Curve 1 D Natural Sh. Slider 1	Guts Sliding
Rin Aida	Shortstop	100	100	Bunter	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Prayer	C Fast Ball D Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 1 C Natural Sh. C Natural Sl.	Guts Sliding
Masami Kōda	Left Outfield	100	100	Bunter	Not Great	Standard	Standard	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Clever Hit Lucky Hit	B Fast Ball Slow Curve 1	Guts Sliding
Chōsuke Tsurukame	Center Outfield	140	100	Bunter	Not Great	Faultless	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Lucky Hit	C Fast Ball Curve 2	Guts Sliding
Kaneto Sanbō	Right Outfield	100	100	Bunter	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Lucky Hit Nice Bunt	B Fast Ball D Safety Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1	Guts Sliding
Ataru Takeshita	Reserve	90	100	Standard	Relief Class	Standard	Standard	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Prayer	C Fast Ball QC Fast Ball Curve 2 Shoot 2 Q Fork 3 Screw 3	Guts Sliding
Banri Matsuoka	Reserve	80	100	Standard	Relief Class	Standard	Standard	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Prayer	C Fast Ball QB Fast Ball Curve 2 Big Curve 2 Palmball 2	Guts Sliding
Michiyo Ogawa	Manager
Mitsuteru Ise	Director
Mari Okajima	Cheerleader

Yumezono Commercial High School[]

A new team lead by Gorō Daimonji that is comprised of a fair amount of heavy hitters and lightweights. It is the only team in the game with any female players with Michiko Sawamura serving as the team's ace pitcher and Maiko Sorachi acting as a relief pitcher. The team also has one of the few foreign players outside of the American team with Kim Young-chae being Korean. Daimonji stays on the bench throughout the game, though will come out if Michiko runs out of stamina as her low amount is her weakness. Recovery items will not work properly on the female players and will instead cause them to lose stamina.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Gorō Daimonji	Reserve	200	200	Powerful	Ace Class	Standard	So-So	Slow	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	A Fast Ball Curve 3 Curve 4 Shoot 3 Fork 3 Blazing Fastball Power	Bomb Tackle
Michiko Sawamura	Pitcher	100	240	Hitter	Ace Class	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	C Fast Ball S Fast Ball Shoot 3 Slider 4 Fork 4 Screw 4 Brake Super Curve Michiko Ball
Daisaku Hasegawa	Catcher	200	140	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Standard	So-So	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Curve Killer	A Fast Ball C Fast Ball Tall Curve 4 A Natural Shoot Slider 3 Fork 3 Lightning Curve	Guts Tackle
Kyūdō Yoichi	First	170	170	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Heavy Hit	B Fast Ball Focus Ball	Guts Tackle
Takehisa Izumiyama	Second	170	170	Powerful	Pretty Good	Grounder	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Curve Killer	B Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 3 Shoot 1 Slider 3 Sinker 2 Fork 1 Knuckle 3 Palmball 3
Hiroshi Mayuzuki	Third	210	200	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Faultless	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	A Fast Ball Slow Ball Big Curve 3 Shoot 3 Slider 3 Fork 3 Super Speed	Tornado Attack
Sho Yabuki	Shortstop	170	180	Bunter	Not Great	Grounder	Standard	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	B Fast Ball Shoot 3
Tatsuhito Unno	Left Outfield	180	160	Standard	Not Great	Flyer	Standard	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Curve Killer	C Fast Ball Curve 3 Shoot 2	Guts Tackle
Kim Young-chae	Center Outfield	190	200	Bunter	Not Great	Faultless	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	A Fast Ball Curve 1 B Natural Sh. Slider 3
Kyūichi Nagabuchi	Right Outfield	190	150	Powerful	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Curve Killer	C Fast Ball C Safety Ball Curve 1
Maiko Sorachi	Reserve	80	120	Standard	Relief Class	Faultless	So-So	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	B Fast Ball D Fast Ball Slow Curve 3 B Natural Sh. B Natural Sl. Sinker 1
Kazutoshi Yokoyama	Reserve	120	130	Powerful	Not Great	Standard	Bad	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	D Fast Ball C Safety Ball D Safety Ball Slow Curve 1 Sinker 1 Knuckle 1	Tornado Attack
Eichirō Nakatsu	Reserve	140	140	Standard	Pretty Good	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball D Fast Ball QC Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 2 Shoot 3 Slider 3 Q Fork 1 Palmball 3	Guts Tackle
Remi Makino	Manager
Kosuke Mizumori	Director
Maria Morishita	Cheerleader

Kokuryūzan Academy[]

A new team lead by Momoji Murata that lacks any reserve players, though makes up for it with their high stamina, guts, and powerful special moves. Mike Henry is also one of the few foreign players outside of the American team.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Momoji Murata	Pitcher	250	250	Bunter	Ace Class	Faultless	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 2	A Fast Ball C Fast Ball QS Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 3 Shoot 3 Slider 4 Q Fork 4 Drive
Toshihiro Shū	Catcher	200	230	Standard	Not Great	Faultless	So-So	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	C Fast Ball Curve 2	Guts Tackle
Takeshi Morita	First	200	230	Standard	Not Great	Flyer	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	B Fast Ball Curve 1 B Natural Sh.
Takanori Yabunai	Second	170	240	Powerful	Not Great	Faultless	So-So	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	B Fast Ball Curve 1	Guts Tackle
Shin Tsurugi	Third	190	230	Powerful	Not Great	Grounder	So-So	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 2	B Fast Ball C Fast Ball Shoot 1
Eichi Yazawa	Shortstop	180	240	Cleanup Level	Not Great	So-So	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 2	A Fast Ball A Natural Shoot A Natural Slider	Guts Tackle
Kazuichi Seno	Left Outfield	150	210	Standard	Not Great	Faultless	So-So	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	B Fast Ball D Fast Ball
Shūichi Nishi	Center Outfield	180	230	Standard	Not Great	Faultless	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	A Fast Ball Slow Ball
Mike Henry	Right Outfield	210	250	Powerful	Not Great	So-So	So-So	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 2	A Fast Ball Tall Curve 3	Bomb Tackle
Sayuri Jo	Manager
Jin Hiura	Director
Yuka Kurumizawa	Cheerleader

Meian High School[]

An unpredictable team lead by Taiki Yamada. The team is unrefined and lack coordination, so only a select few of the players are able to perform consistently. Outside of Yamada, each member of the team is comprised of new characters.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Taiki Yamada	Catcher	250	250	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Faultless	Strong Arm	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Clever Hit Nice Bunt Miracle Hit	D Fast Ball S Fast Ball Slow Curve 4 Tall Curve 4 Shoot 4 Knuckle 4 Palmball 4 Smash	Bomb Tackle
Satoshi Satonaka	Pitcher	170	220	Hitter	Ace Class	So-So	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	Q A Fast Ball QC Fast Ball Slow Curve 4 Q Curve 4 Shoot 3 Slider 3 Sinker 4 Fork 3 Hop
Zenzō Kamishima	First	140	100	Bunter	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	B Fast Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1 Slider 1
Yū Tonoyama	Second	120	200	Hitter	Relief Class	Faultless	Standard	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Scoop Up	C Fast Ball Curve 2 Curve 3 Big Curve 2 Tall Curve 2 Shoot 2 Slider 2 Fork 2 Knuckle 2
Kōji Iwaki	Third	220	220	Powerful	Pretty Good	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Power	S Fast Ball Slow Ball S Natural Sh. S Natural Sl. Fork 3	Guts Tackle
Takeo Ishige	Shortstop	160	160	Standard	Not Great	Standard	So-So	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	B Fast Ball D Fast Ball Slow Curve 1
Shōichi Takota	Left Outfield	130	100	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	B Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1
Yamaoka Isoroku	Center Outfield	150	110	Standard	Not Great	Flyer	Standard	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	C Fast Ball Curve 1 C Natural Sh. Slider 1
Manabu Kida	Right Outfield	70	100	Standard	Not Great	Standard	Bad	Slow	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Guts Hit 1	D Fast Ball Focus Ball	Guts Tackle
Yōjirō Nagisa	Reserve	150	150	Bunter	Ace Class	Standard	So-So	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	B Fast Ball QB Fast Ball Curve 2 Curve 3 Tall Curve 3 Shoot 1 Q Shoot 3 Slider 3 Fork 3
Kengo Takashiro	Reserve	110	140	Bunter	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	C Fast Ball Curve 1 Shoot 1 C Natural Sl.
Natsumi Minami	Manager
Arata Mizushima	Director
Ai Mizuhara	Cheerleader

Hattori Academy[]

A returning school from Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club – Soccer Story who's baseball team is lead by Raiji Tsuge. They primarily excel in their high speeds which makes stealing bases much easier for them. The team also has good defensive power with there being no major weaknesses for them.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Raiji Tsuge	Reserve	250	250	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Focus Hit Ninja Hit	A Fast Ball Fork 4 Lightning Curve Power	Dragon Tail Kick Mach Dash
Ranmaru Sanada	Pitcher	170	170	Hitter	Ace Class	Standard	So-So	Fast	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Ninja Hit	A Fast Ball Q A Fast Ball Slow Ball Shoot 4 Knuckle 4 Palmball 4 Ninja Throw R Ninja Throw L
Tamotsu Kōyama	Catcher	190	190	Hitter	Not Great	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Focus Hit	A Fast Ball B Fast Ball Sinker 1
Musashi Tarao	First	190	190	Hitter	Not Great	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Power	B Fast Ball Sinker 3	Bomb Tackle
Mikumo Kyōshiro	Second	180	180	Hitter	Not Great	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Focus Hit	C Fast Ball Smash
Eijun Igasaki	Third	240	240	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Ninja Hit	A Fast Ball D Fast Ball Knuckle 3 Palmball 3
Hazuki Kido	Shortstop	200	200	Hitter	Not Great	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Ninja Hit	B Fast Ball Slow Ball Palmball 3
Yasuke Ninokuruwa	Left Outfield	190	190	Hitter	Not Great	Standard	So-So	Fast	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Heavy Hit	B Fast Ball Sinker 2	Mach Dash
Tsukasa Mochizuki	Center Outfield	150	150	Hitter	Not Great	So-So	So-So	Fast	Standard	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Slam	B Fast Ball Knuckle 2	Mach Dash
Kanta Yamamoto	Right Outfield	240	240	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Ninja Hit	A Fast Ball C Fast Ball Slow Ball Palmball 2
Tobimaru Sada	Reserve	160	160	Hitter	Not Great	Bad	So-So	Fast	Standard	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Focus Hit	B Fast Ball Sinker 1 Sinker 2	Mach Dash
Seki Kichi	Reserve	160	160	Hitter	Not Great	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Focus Hit	A Fast Ball Sinker 2 Knuckle 2 Palmball 2	Mach Dash
Shinobu Momochi	Manager
Yamato Fujibayashi	Director
Aoi Kirigakure	Cheerleader

American Team[]

A star-studded team from the United States lead by Lance Turner that serves as the final opponents in the story mode. The team excels in all aspects and has no major weaknesses. Due to none of the players understanding Japanese, heckling will have no effect on them.

Name	Position	Health	Willpower	Batting	Pitching	Defense	Shoulder	Running	Guts	Swings	Pitches	Special Moves
Lance Turner	Right Outfield	230	230	Cleanup Level	Ace Class	Standard	Strong Arm	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Power Pride	C Fast Ball QC Fast Ball S Fast Ball QS Fast Ball Shoot 4 Fork 4 Palmball 2 Super Speed Blazing Fastball	Bomb Tackle
Turk O' Brien	Pitcher	220	200	Bunter	Ace Class	Standard	Strong Arm	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Heavy Hit Nice Bunt	A Fast Ball S Fast Ball Curve 4 Fork 2 Super Speed Lightning Curve Brake Power Drive
Ryan Sanders	Catcher	240	220	Powerful	Not Great	Standard	Strong Arm	Fast	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Power	A Fast Ball Slow Ball Tall Curve 3 Shoot 3
Bret Masters	First	240	200	Powerful	Not Great	Bad	Standard	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt Buster Power Pride	C Fast Ball Slow Ball Curve 3 Shoot 3	Bomb Tackle
Obie Taylor	Second	190	200	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Standard	So-So	So-So	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Power	B Fast Ball C Fast Ball Curve 2 Shoot 3
Flash Hunter	Third	240	200	Powerful	Not Great	Standard	So-So	Standard	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt Buster Power	A Fast Ball Slow Curve 2	Bomb Tackle
Cleat Bowman	Shortstop	210	190	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Standard	Strong Arm	So-So	Standard	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	A Fast Ball C Fast Ball Shoot 3	Bomb Tackle
Gordan Barber	Left Outfield	230	200	Powerful	Not Great	Bad	Strong Arm	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt Buster Power Pride	A Fast Ball Tall Curve 3 Shoot 3	Bomb Tackle
Gopher Andrews	Center Outfield	250	180	Powerful	Not Great	Flyer	Strong Arm	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt Buster Power Pride	A Fast Ball S Fast Ball A Safety Ball Slow Ball Shoot 1	Bomb Tackle
Heater Barnes	Reserve	200	200	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Standard	Strong Arm	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Heavy Hit	A Fast Ball D Fast Ball	Bomb Tackle
Tony Snyder	Reserve	190	190	Cleanup Level	Not Great	Standard	Standard	Standard	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Heavy Hit	C Fast Ball Curve 2 Shoot 2 Knuckle 2 Palmball 2	Bomb Tackle
Slider Dooley	Reserve	240	240	Bunter	Ace Class	Standard	So-So	So-So	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster	B Fast Ball QB Fast Ball QD Fast Ball Slider 1 Slider 2 Slider 3 Slider 4 Q Fork 2 Parachute
Alex Harper	Reserve	250	210	Powerful	Not Great	Standard	Strong Arm	So-So	None	Normal Swing Roll Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Power	S Fast Ball Slow Ball Shoot 3 S Natural Sh.	Bomb Tackle
Denny Mckay	Reserve	200	200	Standard	Relief Class	Standard	So-So	Standard	None	Normal Swing Launch Swing Full Swing Bunt Squeeze Drag Bunt Buster Clever Hit Heavy Hit	B Fast Ball Curve 3 Shoot 3 Slider 4 Sinker 1 Sinker 2 Sinker 3 Sinker 4 Super Curve
Richie Keen	Reserve	250	220	Powerful	Not Great	Bad	Standard	Standard	Plenty	Normal Swing Roll Swing Full Swing Bunt Drag Bunt Power Pride	C Fast Ball Power	Bomb Tackle
Crissy Farmore	Manager
Ken Iwamoto	Coach
Tawny Sprague	Cheerleader

Other Characters[]

Kōnosuke Tōdō: President of Tōdō Group and the father of Mamoru Tōdō. Having been fed up with the more boring normal baseball, he made his own tournament with no-rules for all of the hot-blooded punks.
Rika Asano: Second year student at Nekketsu High School and the girlfriend of Tachibana. She acted as the school's baseball team's manager until she was hospitalized from shock after hearing the club had disbanded. Sugata leads the baseball club himself and enters the Tōdō Group's tournament in an attempt to win her heart. She is seen during the story's opening scene, the game over screen, and during the ending of the game.
Kaoru Sonokawa: Second year student at Senridai High School. He is seen following Kunio around during the story's opening scene and during Kunio's entrance after the game against Reihō Academy.
Kazumi Hasebe: Third year student at Reihō Academy and Vice-President of the school's Student Council. She acts as the sports commentator and can additionally be seen on one of the game over screens.

Re-releases[]

The game was released on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Steam as part of the Super Technos World: River City & Technos Arcade Classics collection. This version provided an official English localization of the game.

Codes, secrets, and bugs[]

Unlock All Teams[]

By holding L + R and pressing Select while hovering over the button for story mode, the player is able to unlock all teams for use in both the story mode and the versus mode.

Move Selection Cursor[]

By holding L + R and pressing Y while selecting a move, a cursor can be toggled to help see which move is currently selected.

Trivia[]

Masao Kobayashi is the only Japanese character in the game to have the Pride swing due to his personality and because of his past background as someone in the higher levels of society.
Michiko Sawamura is one of the few characters to not have any special moves when running due to her being well-mannered and calm.
Remi Makino is the only manager in the game who will appear if an item has been given to a teammate, whereas all other managers will appear once the items screen is opened.

Gallery[]

Artwork[]

Screenshots[]

Videos[]

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References[]

Kunio-kun series
Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun series	Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun / Consumer version / SP • Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantō Hen • Shodai Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun • Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka / River City Girls Zero • Super Dodge Ball (Neo Geo) • Riki Densetsu • River City: Tokyo Rumble
Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu series	Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club / NES / PC Bangai Hen • Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club – Soccer Story / PC / CD / MD / World Cup Hen • Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu: Kyōteki! Dodge Soldier no Maki • Go-Go! Nekketsu Hockey Club Slip-and-Slide Madness • Kunio-kun's Nekketsu Soccer League
Downtown Nekketsu series	Downtown Nekketsu Story / EX / Rival Showdown • Downtown Nekketsu March Super-Awesome Field Day! / DX / ~All Stars Special~ • Downtown Special Kunio-kun's Historical Period Drama! / Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki • Surprise! Nekketsu New Records! The Distant Gold Medal • Kunio-kun no Dodgeball da yo Zen'in Shūgō • Downtown Nekketsu Baseball Monogatari: Yakyū de Shōbu da! Kunio-kun • River City: Knights of Justice • River City Melee: Battle Royal Special / Mach!! • Stay Cool, Kobayashi-san!: A River City Ransom Story • Kunio-kun no Sangokushida yo Zen'in Shūgō!
Super Nekketsu series	Super Dodgebal Brawlers • River City Super Sports Challenge • River City Soccer Hooligans
Other games	Nekketsu Fighting Legend • Nekketsu! Street Basketball All-Out Dunk Heroes • Kunio no Oden • Nekketsu! Beach Volley dayo: Kunio-kun • Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (pachislot) • River City Dodge Ball All-Stars!! • Nekketsu Kōkō Online: Yamada no Fukushū • Downtown SMASH Dodgeball! • Downtown Nekketsu Dodgeball
Spin-offs	Target; Renegade • Renegade III: The Final Chapter • Super Mad Champ • Super Dodge Ball Advance • Nijiiro Dodge Ball Otome-tachi no seishun • River City Ransom: Underground • Nekketsu Kōkō Huŏbàn-kei Tŏng Kōryaku! • Nekketsu Kozúqiú-zhéngbǎn Shóuquán Shŏu Yóu • River City Girls • River City Girls 2
Crossovers	CODE SHIFTER • Super Baseball 2020 • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • Mighty Fight Federation • The Battle Cats
Mobile Games	Nekketsu Dodgeball Bu i • Nekketsu banchō fīa-hen • Nekketsu Taisen Kunio-kun X • Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Dodgeball ALLSTARS!! • Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Street
Compilations	Kunio-kun Nekketsu Collection 1 • Kunio-kun Nekketsu Collection 2 • Kunio-kun Nekketsu Collection 3 • Kunio-kun Nekketsu Complete: Famicom Hen • DOUBLE DRAGON & Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle
Unreleased Games	Kunio-kun RPG • Crash 'N' the Boys: Ice Challenge • Nekketsu Kunio-Kun Zukan • Nekketsu Yakyuu Kozou • Crash 'N' the Boys: Baseball • Kunio-kun Polo / Kart Racing • Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Kowloon no Tsume • Kunio no Bike Racing: Nekketsu Bari Bari Kouttotai • Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari 2 • River City Nightmares
Other media	Ore wa Otoko Da! Kunio-kun • Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (4koma Manga Kingdom) • Kunio-kun! Nekketsu Game! • Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (TV series) • Ā, Nekketsu Kantai Gayuku! • Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Rantō Enbu-hen

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[2] Nekketsu Taiman Jū-ban Shōbu (Nekketsu Yakyū Kozou)'s revised planning documents from Miracle Kidz's "Downtown Excavation 3".

[3] Downtown Nekketsu Baseball Monogatari's initial planning documents from Miracle Kidz's "Downtown Excavation 3".

[4] Hanazono High School and Hōryō High School's canned story concepts in the Downtown Nekketsu Baseball Monogatari Setteibon published by Miracle Kidz.

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