Yoban Sādo

Yoban Sādo (4番サード) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was published in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from 1991 to 1993, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume. The story depicts the final tournament of high school baseball, at the Hanshin Koushien Stadium in Nishinomiya. The story's main characters are the high school baseball players Shigeo Nagashima and Kazuhisa Inao, whose names are taken from real-life Japanese baseball players Shigeo Nagashima and Kazuhisa Inao.

Gosho Aoyama referenced the story in his Case Closed manga in volumes 43 and 44 (chapters 445–449).

Publication
Written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama, Yoban Sādo was published for six chapters in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from the January 1991 to the February 1993 issues. Shogakukan collected its chapters in a single tankōbon volume, published under the Shōnen Sunday Comics imprint on March 18, 1993. A second edition was published under the Shōnen Sunday Books imprint on December 10, 1999. A third edition was published under the Shogakukan Bunko imprint on September 13, 2003.