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Princess Nine

4.81998Ended1 season

AnimationDrama

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.

About the series

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.

Network: NHK BS1
Episodes: 26

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Episodes

Season

Episode 1

Hayakawa Ryo, Age 15!

1998-04-08 24 min

As Ryo Hayakawa arrives home from school, the local baseball team begs her to finish pitching their game.

Episode 2

A Baseball Team at a Prestigious Girls' School?

1998-04-15 24 min

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.

Episode 3

In My Father’s Footsteps

1998-04-22 24 min

Ryo is accepted into Kisaragi School but worried about leaving her mother to run the Oden bar by herself.

Episode 4

Welcome, Seira!

1998-04-29 24 min

Coach Kido has been told that one of their recruits, Seira Morimura, has refused to join the team.

Episode 5

Wave Motion Swing!

1998-05-06 24 min

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.

Episode 6

Catch This!

1998-05-13 24 min

None of the players can catch Ryo's pitches and so a search for a catcher begins.

Episode 7

We Need You, Izumi!

1998-05-27 24 min

With only two more girls needed to complete the team, Ryo asks Izumi to join and is greeted with scorn.

Episode 8

The Future on the Line

1998-06-03 24 min

Izumi searches for the identity of the mysterious man but gets no answers from her mother's butler or from Coach Kido.

Episode 9

Winners & Losers

1998-06-10 24 min

The day of the contest has arrived. Izumi is near defeat but Ryo can't keep thinking about why she hates her so much.

Episode 10

The Kisaragi Nine!

1998-06-17 24 min

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.

Episode 11

Aim for Koshien!

1998-06-24 24 min

Keiko appeals her case to the board directly so that they may let the girls play but is refused again.

Episode 12

One Hundred Pitches

1998-07-01 24 min

In order to get Rinkai High to play them, Keiko told the papers that they must be afraid of their pitcher's magic ball.

Episode 13

The Girl Stratagem

1998-07-08 24 min

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.

Episode 14

Lightning Ball

1998-07-15 24 min

Ryo is losing confidence in herself but her teammates continue to do their part in the field.

Episode 15

Scandal

1998-07-22 24 min

With the notoriety of the girls' win, a report digs up information on Ryo's father which begins a scandal.

Episode 16

Exile

1998-07-29 24 min

Ryo knows that she is to be expelled and the team dissolved and so she heads out to her father's hometown.

Episode 17

Visions

1998-08-05 24 min

Hiroki arrives at the orphanage but learns that Ryo is hospitalized after she rescued the kids.

Episode 18

The Gift

1998-08-12 24 min

The Parents' Association has been calling for the baseball team to be dissolved and Principal Mita agrees.

Episode 19

Hearts & Diamonds

1998-08-19 24 min

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.

Episode 20

Back in Training

1998-08-26 24 min

The girls head out to begin their intensive training camp before preliminaries start.

Episode 21

I Hate You, Takasugi!

1998-09-02 24 min

After Izumi's call, Hiroki pays a visit to her to make sure everything is all right.

Episode 22

You’re Not Alone, Yuki!

1998-09-09 24 min

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.

Episode 23

Beauties vs, the Beasts

1998-09-16 24 min

The Kisaragi Girls have drawn a dirty-playing team for their first game.

Episode 24

The Kiss

1998-09-30 24 min

The Kisaragi Girls are beating everyone they come up against. Hiroki's grandfather comes to the Oden bar and talks to Ryo.

Episode 25

Field of Broken Dreams

1998-10-07 24 min

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.

Episode 26

Shine, Princess Nine!

1998-10-14 24 min

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.

Cast

Naomi Nagasawa

Naomi Nagasawa

Hikaru Yoshimoto (voice)

Akiko Yajima

Akiko Yajima

Koharu Hotta (voice)

Mami Kingetsu

Mami Kingetsu

Izumi Himuro (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Yuki Azuma (voice)

Rumi Kasahara

Rumi Kasahara

Kanako Mita (voice)

Mayumi Izuka

Mayumi Izuka

Yoko Tokashiki (voice)

Kokoro Shindô

Mao Daidoji (voice)

Miki Nagasawa

Miki Nagasawa

Ryo Hayakawa (voice)

Taeko Kawata

Taeko Kawata

Nene Mori (voice)

Koji Ishii

Koji Ishii

Shinsaku Kido (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Hiroki Takasugi (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Sumi Shimamoto

Shino Hayakawa (voice)

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