Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament

This article is about The Spring Koshien baseball tournament. For the summer tournament, see Summer Koshien. For other uses, see Senbatsu (disambiguation).
The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament
Altermative logo made for Mainichi coverage of the tournament
SportBaseball
Founded1924
No. of teams32 (36 in special editions)
Country Japan
Venue(s)Hanshin Koshien Stadium
Most recent
champion(s)		Yokohama - 97th (2025)
Most titlesToho High School (5 Titles)
Broadcaster(s)NHK, MBS, Gaora Sports
Streaming partner(s)Yahoo Japan, SportsBull, TVer
Related
competitions		The National High School Baseball Championship
Official websitehttps://mainichi.jp/koshien/senbatsu

https://baseball.yahoo.co.jp/hsb_spring/

https://sportsbull.jp/senbatsu/
Yuki Karakawa of Narita High School pitches against Koryo High School in the 79th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament at Koshien Stadium on March 26, 2007.

The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (選抜高等学校野球大会 senbatsu kōtō gakkō yakyū taikai) of Japan, commonly known as "Spring Kōshien" (春の甲子園 haru no kōshien) or "Senbatsu" (センバツ), is an annual high school baseball tournament.

Background

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The tournament, organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation and Mainichi Shimbun, takes place each year in March at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the Koshien district of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan.

Teams qualify for the tournament by participating in the regional fall tournaments held throughout the country. While finishing in the top teams generally guarantees an invitation, it is up to the Japan High School Baseball Federation to determine invitees. For instance, in the 2008 Fall Tournament in the Tōhoku region, Ichinoseki Gakuin was the runner-up. However, they were passed over for 3rd place Hanamaki Higashi for the 2009 invitation tournament.

Of the 32 bids, 26 are automatically awarded as follows to the following regions:

In addition, one additional bid is awarded to a team in the Kanto/Tokyo region.

The region of the winning team in the Meiji Jingu Fall Tournament (which consists of all fall regional champions) also receives a bid.

The final 2 bids are what are considered "21st Century Teams".

21st century teams are a way to give teams who either may not get close to qualifying or who have served as a model school in some way a chance to compete. A team from each prefecture is nominated around November–December. The teams must have advanced to the round of 16 play, but not gotten past the quarterfinals of their prefecture's tournament. Then each region nominates one of those nominees to the selection committee by December 15. Finally, the committee selects the two 21st century teams.

Finals

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(R) Replay
* Game went to extra innings

List of champions

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List of champions
Number Year Champion Runner-up Final Score
1 1924 Takamatsu Commercial High School Waseda Jitsugyo School 2-0
2 1925 Matsuyama Commercial High School Takamatsu Commercial High School 3-2
3 1926 Koryo High School Matsumoto Commercial High School 7-0
4 1927 Wakayama High School Koryo High School 8-3
5 1928 Kwansei Gakuin High School Wakayama High School 2-1
6 1929 First Shinko Commercial High School Koryo High School 3-1
7 1930 First Shinko Commercial High School Matsuyama Commercial High School 6-1
8 1931 Hiroshima Commercial High School Chukyo Commercial High School 2-0
9 1932 Matsuyama Commercial High School Akashi High School 1-0
10 1933 Gifu Commercial High School Akashi High School 1-0
11 1934 Toho Commercial High School Naniwa Commercial High School 2x-1
12 1935 Gifu Commercial High School Koryo High School 5-4
13 1936 Aichi Commercial High School Kiryu High School 2x-1
14 1937 Naniwa Commercial High School Chukyo Commercial High School 2-0
15 1938 Chukyo Commercial High School Toho Commercial High School 1-0
16 1939 Toho Commercial High School Gifu Commercial High School 7-2
17 1940 Gifu Commercial High School Kyoto Commercial High School 2-0
18 1941 Toho Commercial High School Ichinomiya High School 5-2
Canceled
19 1947 Tokushima Commercial High School Kokura High School 3-1
20 1948 Kyoto First Commercial High School Kyoto Second Commercial High School 1x-0
21 1949 Kitano High School Ashiya High School 6-4
22 1950 Nirayama High School Kochi Commercial High School 4-1
23 1951 Naruto High School Naruo High School 3x-2
24 1952 Shizuoka Commercial High School Naruo High School 2-0
25 1953 Sumoto High School Naniwa Commercial High School 4-0
26 1954 Idaosahime High School Kokura High School 1-0
27 1955 Naniwa Commercial High School Kiryu High School 4x-3
28 1956 Chukyo Commercial High School Gifu Commercial High School 4-0
29 1957 Waseda Jitsugyo High School Kochi Commercial High School 5-3
30 1958 Seiseiko High School Chukyo Commercial High School 7-1
31 1959 Chukyo Commercial High School Gifu Commercial High School 3-2
32 1960 Takamatsu Commercial High School Yonago Higashi High School 2x-1
33 1961 Hosei Second High School Takamatsu Commercial High School 4-0
34 1962 Sakushin Gakuin High School The Third High School of Nihon University 1-0
35 1963 Shimonoseki Commercial High School Hokkai High School 10-0
36 1964 Kainan High School Onomichi Commercial High School 3-2
37 1965 Okayama Higashi Commercial High School Wakayama Municipal Wakayama Commercial High School 2x-1
38 1966 Chukyo Commercial High School Tosa High School 1-0
39 1967 Tsukumi High School Kochi High School 2-1
40 1968 Omiya Technical High School Onomichi Commercial High School 3-2
41 1969 Mie High School Horikoshi High School 12-0
42 1970 Minoshima High School Hokuyo High School 5x-4
43 1971 The Third High School of Nihon University Daitetsu High School 2-0
44 1972 Sakuragaoka High School of Nihon University The Third High School of Nihon University 5-0
45 1973 Yokohama High School Hiroshima Commercial High School 3-1
46 1974 Hotoku Gakuen High School Ikeda High School 3-1
47 1975 Kochi High School Sagami High School of Tokai University 10-5
48 1976 Sutoku High School Oyama High School 5-0
49 1977 Minoshima High School Nakamura High School 3-0
50 1978 Hamamatsu Commercial High School Fukui Commercial High School 2-0
51 1979 Minoshima High School Namisyo High School 8-7
52 1980 Kochi Commercial High School Teikyo High School 1x-0
53 1981 PL Gakuen High School Inba High School 2x-1
54 1982 PL Gakuen High School The High School of Nishogakusya University 15-2
55 1983 Ikeda High School Yokohama Commercial High School 3-0
56 1984 Iwakura High School PL Gakuen High School 1-0
57 1985 Ino Commercial High School Teikyo High School 4-0
58 1986 Ikeda High School Utsunomiya Minami High School 7-1
59 1987 PL Gakuen High School Kanto First High School 7-1
60 1988 Uwajima Higashi High School Toho High School 6-0
61 1989 Toho High School Uenomiya High School 3x-2
62 1990 The High School of Kinki University Nitta High School 5-2
63 1991 Koryo High School Matsusyo Gakuen High School 6x-5
64 1992 Teikyo High School Sagami High School of Tokai University 3-2
65 1993 Uenomiya High School Omiya Higashi High School 3-0
66 1994 Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School Joso Gakuin High School 7-5
67 1995 Kanonji Central High School Choshi Commercial High School 4-0
68 1996 Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School 6-3
69 1997 Tenri High School Chukyo High School of Chukyo University 4-1
70 1998 Yokohama High School The First High School of Kansai Universityl 3-0
71 1999 Okinawa Shogaku High School Mito Commercial High School 7-2
72 2000 Sagami High School of Tokai University Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School 4-2
73 2001 Joso Gakuin High School Sendai Ikuei High School 7-6
74 2002 Hotoku Gakuen High School Naruto Technical High School 8-2
75 2003 Koryo High School Yokohama High School 15-3
76 2004 Saibi High School Meiden High School of Aichi Institute of Technology 6-5
77 2005 Meiden High School of Aichi Institute of Technology Kamimura Gakuen High School 9-2
78 2006 Yokohama High School Seiho High School 21-0
79 2007 Tokoha Kikugawa High School Ogaki High School of Nihon University 6-5
80 2008 Okinawa Shogaku High School Seibo Gakuen High School 9-0
81 2009 Seiho High School Hanamaki Higashi High School 1-0
82 2010 Konan High School The Third High School of Nihon University 10-5
83 2011 Sagami High School of Tokai University The High School of Kyushu International University 6-1
84 2012 Osaka Toin High School Kosei Gakuin High School 7-3
85 2013 Urawa Gakuin High School Saibi High School 17-1
86 2014 Heian High School of Ryukoku University Riseisya High School 6-2
87 2015 Tsuruga Kehi High School The fourth High School of Tokai University 3-1
88 2016 Chiben Gakuen High School Takamatsu Commercial High School 2x-1
89 2017 Osaka Toin High School Riseisha High School 8-3
90 2018 Osaka Toin High School Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School 5-2
91 2019 Toho High School Narashino High School 6-0
92 2020 All 32 teams played one game each in replacement Invitational Games. No tournament (pandemic)
93 2021 Tokai University Sagami High School Meiho High School 3-2
94 2022 Osaka Toin High School Ohmi High School 18-1
95 2023 Yamanashi Gakuin High School Hōtoku Gakuen High School 7-3
96 2024 Takasaki High School of Takasaki University of Health and Welfare Hōtoku Gakuen High School 3-2
97 2024 Yokohama High School Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School 11-4

See also

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