2006 National High School Baseball Championship

The 88th National High School Championship held from August 6-21 2006, was won by Waseda Jitsugyo High School of West Tokyo over 2-time defending champions Komadai Tomakomai High School of South Hokkaido.

Field Summary

Prefecture	Team	Appearance		Prefecture	Team	Appearance
North Hokkaido	Shirakaba Gakuen High School	1st		Fukui	Fukui Shogyo High School	17th
South Hokkaido	Komadai Tomakomai High School	6th		Shiga	Hachiman Shokyo High School	6th
Aomori	Aomori Yamada High School	7th		Kyoto	Fukuchiyama Seibi High School	2nd
Iwate	Senshu University Kitami High School	5th		Osaka	Osaka Toin High School	4th
Akita	Honjo High School	3rd		Hyogo	Toyo University Himeji High School	4th
Yamagata	Nihon University Yamagata High School	14th		Nara	Tenri High School	23rd
Miyagi	Sendai Ikuei High School	14th		Wakayama	Chiben Wakayama High School	14th
Fukushima	Fukushima Kounan High School	1st		Okayama	Kanzei High School	7th
Ibaraki	Joso Gakuin High School	10th		Hiroshima	Josuikan High School	7th
Tochigi	Bunsei University of Art High School	9th		Tottori	Kurayoshi Kita High School	6th
Gunma	Kiryu Daiichi High School	8th		Shimane	Kaisei High School	4th
Saitama	Urawa Gakuin High School	8th		Yamaguchi	Nanyo Technical High School	2nd
Chiba	Chiba Keizai High School	2nd		Kagawa	Kagawa Nishi High School	2nd
West Tokyo	Waseda Jitsugyo High School	27th		Tokushima	Tokushima Commercial High School	21st
East Tokyo	Teikyo High School	9th		Ehime	Imabari Nishi High School	9th
Kanagawa	Yokohama High School	12th		Kochi	Kochi Shogyo High School	22nd
Niigata	Nihon Bunri High School	12th		Fukuoka	Fukuoka Jyoto High School	2nd
Nagano	Matsushiro High School	1st		Saga	Saga Shogyo High School	14th
Yamanashi	Kofu Kogyo High School	8th		Nagasaki	Seiho High School	2nd
Shizuoka	Shizuoka Shogyo High School	9th		Kumamoto	Kumamoto Technical High School	18th
Aichi	Aikodai Meiden High School	8th		Oita	Tsurusaki Kogyo High School	3rd
Gifu	Gifu Shogyo High School	26th		Miyazaki	Nobeoka Gakuen High School	5th
Mie	Mie High School	9th		Kagoshima	Kagoshima Kogyo High School	1st
Toyama	Fukuoka High School	1st		Okinawa	Yaeyama Shoko High School	1st
Ishikawa	Kanazawa High School	11th

Tournament Summary

Date	Round	Game #	Away	Score	Home	Notes
August 6	1st	1	Shirakaba Gakuen (North Hokkaido)	7 - 10	Kochi Shogyo (Kochi)
	1st	2	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	13 - 1	Tsurusaki Kogyo (Oita)
	1st	3	Yokohama (Kanagawa)	6 - 11	Osaka Toin (Osaka)
August 7	1st	4	Seiho (Nagasaki)	22 - 3	Kounan (Fukushima)
	1st	5	Fukuoka (Toyama)	1 - 8	Fukui Shogyo (Fukui)
	1st	6	Sendai Ikuei (Miyagi)	5 - 1	Tokushima Shogyo (Tokushima)
	1st	7	Nidai Yamagata (Yamagata)	6 - 2	Kaisei (Shimane)
August 8	1st	8	Kanzei (Okayama)	10 - 11x	Bunsei Art University Fuzoku (Tochigi)	Kanzei ace Das Romash cannot hold another lead in the Summer Koshien, this time giving up 8 runs in the final two innings to give Bunri the win.
	1st	9	Joso Gakuin (Ibaraki)	8 - 11	Imabari Nishi (Ehime)
	1st	10	Kurayoshi Kita (Tottori)	6 - 7x (11)	Matsushiro (Nagano)
	1st	11	Yaeyama Shoko (Okinawa)	9 - 6 (10)	Chiba Keizai (Chiba)
August 9	1st	12	Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)	4 - 1	Gifu Shogyo (Gifu)
	1st	13	Kanazawa (Kanazawa)	9 - 3	Urawa Gakuin (Saitama)
	1st	14	Shizuoka Shogyo (Shizuoka)	8 - 2	Hachiman Shokyo (Shiga)
	1st	15	Fukuchiyama Seibi (Kyoto)	6 - 4	Aikodai Meiden (Aichi)
August 10	1st	16	Mie (Mie)	4 - 6	Kumamoto Kogyo (Kumamoto)
	1st	17	Tenri (Nara)	7 - 5	Honjo (Akita)
	2nd	18	Nanyo Kogyo (Yamaguchi)	3 - 5	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)
August 11	2nd	19	Aomori Yamada (Aomori)	7 - 0	Nobeoka Gakuen (Miyazaki)
	2nd	20	Saga Shogyo (Saga)	5 - 6	Kiryu Daiichi (Gunma)
	2nd	21	Kofu Kogyo (Yamanashi)	2 - 4	Toyodai Himeji (Hyogo)
	2nd	22	Sendai Kitami (Iwate)	0 - 4	Fukuokakodai Jyoto (Fukuoka)
August 12	2nd	23	Teikyo (East Tokyo)	10 - 2	Josuikan (Hiroshima)
	2nd	24	Kagawa Nishi (Kagawa)	2 - 1	Nihon Bunri (Niigata)
	2nd	25	Kagoshima Kogyo (Kagoshima)	3 - 2	Kochi Shogyo (Kochi)
	2nd	26	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	11 - 2	Osaka Toin (Ousaka)
August 13	2nd	27	Seiho High School (Nagasaki)	6 - 7	Fukui Shogyo (Fukui)
	2nd	28	Nidai Yamagata (Yamagata)	6 - 3	Sendai Ikuei (Miyagi)
	2nd	29	Imabari Nishi (Ehime)	12 - 3	Bunsei Art University Fuzoku (Tochigi)
	2nd	30	Matsushiro (Nagano)	3 - 5	Yaeyama Shoko (Okinawa)	A rain delay in the 2nd proved fortuitous for Yaeyama as they jump on the cold Matsuhiro squad for 5 runs after the break and never looked back.
August 14	2nd	31	Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)	5 - 2	Kanazawa (Kanazawa)
	2nd	32	Shizuoka Shogyo (Shizuoka)	0 - 4	Fukuchiyama Seibi (Kyoto)
	2nd	33	Kumamoto Kogyo (Kumamoto)	5 - 3	Tenri (Nara)	A failed squeeze bunt in the 8th with runners on 2nd and 3rd leads to the downfall of Tenri as Kumamoto takes advantage of the momentum to score 2 in the 9th.
August 15	3rd	34	Aomori Yamada (Aomori)	9 - 10x	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)	The 2-time defending champions looked dead to rights against Aomori Yamada down 7-1 in the bottom of the 4th. But they score 8 runs in the last 4 innings to show everyone what got them here.
	3rd	35	Kiryu Daiichi (Gunma)	2 - 5	Toyodai Himeji (Hyogo)
	3rd	36	Teikyo (East Tokyo)	5 - 4	Fukuokakodai Jyoto (Fukuoka)
	3rd	37	Kagoshima Kogyo (Kagoshima)	9 - 3	Kagawa Nishi (Kagawa)
August 16	3rd	38	Fukui Shogyo (Fukui)	1 - 7	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)
	3rd	39	Imabari Nishi (Ehime)	9 - 10x (13)	Nidai Yamagata (Yamagata)	Imabari Nishi breaks through with two in the top of the 13th, only to see their ace pitcher give up 3 to end it.
	3rd	40	Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)	8 - 3	Yaeyama Shoko (Okinawa)
	3rd	41	Fukuchiyama Seibi (Kyoto)	6 - 3	Kumamoto Kogyo (Kumamoto)
August 17	Best 8	42	Toyodai Himeji (Hyogo)	4 - 5	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)
	Best 8	43	Teikyo (East Tokyo)	12 - 13x	Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)	Teikyo explodes for 8 runs capped off with a pinch-hit 3-run home run in the top of the 9th inning. But said pinch hitter was for their final pitcher. And with no other real pitchers remaining, they could only watch helplessly as the winning run walked in.
August 18	Best 8	44	Nidai Yamagata (Yamagata)	2 - 5	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	A real pitchers battle between Saitou Yuuki (Waseda Jitsugyo) and SS Aoki Yuu (Nidai Yamagata). But Aoki just could not keep up with Saitou, giving up 4 in the 8th. Afterwards, it was obvious from his crying that he felt he was to blame for giving up the game.
	Best 8	45	Kagoshima Kogyo (Kagoshima)	3 - 2 (10)	Fukuchiyama Seibi (Kyoto)	Imayoshi Kouichi (Kagoshima Kogyo) and his patented yell at the plate once again comes in as a pinch hitter in the 7th to rally the troops down 2-1. He successfully gets on base and Rokko scores the tying run on their way to winning in 10.
August 19	Semis	46	Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)	4 - 7	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)	Komadai Tomakomai would have no more of the rallying from behind, jumping out with 4 runs in the first highlighted by a triple by cleanup hitter CF Honma Atsushi.
	Semis	47	Kagoshima Kogyo (Kagoshima)	0 - 5	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	Saitou Yuuki was in complete control of the game striking out 13 en route to his complete game 3-hit shutout. Even Imayoshi Kouichi and his yell would not be enough as he strikes out on a high fastball, much to the chagrin of Saitou.
August 20	Final	48	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)	1 - 1 (15)	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	The pitchers duel that everyone wanted had arrived, and both delivered on a grand scale. Komadai's only run came in the 8th with a home run by SS Miki Yuuya. Waseda would counter in the bottom of the inning with a double by 1B Higaki Akira. A wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Yuki Saito would plate the run.
August 21	Final	49	Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido)	3 - 4	Waseda Jitsugyo (West Tokyo)	Komadai would gamble by starting reliever Kikuchi Shouta against Yuki Saito. 5 batters, 2 outs and 1 run later, the gamble failed and Komadai Tomakomai would be looking up for the rest of the game. Down 4-1 in the 9th, 1B Nakazawa Takuya would hit a 2-run homerun to close the gap to 1. But Saito Yuuki would close the door, fittingly against his rival on the mound Tanaka Masahiro. After a long battle at the plate, Tanaka would strike out on Saito's slider to end the amazing battle.