Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu

Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu (最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes. In 2008, the manga won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.

Story
Six years ago following a crushing defeat, a group of friends promise that they will one day take their friend Suzuo to the Koshien. Now in their first year of high school, the friends have reunited behind the pitcher Kitarō Kitaōji to keep their promise. With Suzuo as their manager and Kitarō's signature left-handed, underhand "Submarine Pitch", they may just go all the way.

Publication
Written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka, ''Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 4, 2005, to April 14, 2010. Shogakukan collected its chapters in 26 tankōbon volumes, released from April 18, 2005, to June 18, 2010.

Reception
In 2008, the manga won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.