

Cross Game
2009-04-05 · 24 min / episode · ★ 8.7
Kō Kitamura, whose family owns a sporting goods store, has known the Tsukishima girls since he was born. The Tsukishima family runs a batting center and cafe, and they have four daughters. There's Ichiyo, the responsible eldest; Wakaba, Kō's cheerful best friend; Aoba, who doesn't get along with Kō; and Momiji, the energetic youngest daughter. When Kō enters high school, he aspires to lead his baseball team to the Koshien National High School Championship as their ace pitcher and make Wakaba's dream come true.
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- TV Tokyo, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, SynergySP
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Ended
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Miyu IrinoKō Kitamura (voice)
Haruka TomatsuAoba Tsukishima (voice)
Akemi KandaWakaba Tsukishima (voice)
Megumi ToyoguchiIchiyō Tsukishima (voice)
Noriko ShitayaMomiji Tsukishima (voice)
Takahiro SakuraiYūhei Azuma (voice)
Masako NozawaNomo (voice)
Yoshinori SonobeDaiki Nakanishi (voice)
Daisuke KishioKeiichiro Senda (voice)
Yuka HirataRisa Shidou (voice)
Kenji NomuraOsamu Akaishi (voice)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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