Major 2nd: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Daigo loves baseball, mostly because his dad is a professional player – he's played for the MLB, the Japanese leagues, and now he's off to Taiwan to play there. Everyone in Daigo's family loves the sport; his older sister Izumi is on track to be just as impressive a pitcher as their father, and even their mother played back in school. Now that Daigo's in the fourth grade, he's all set to join his dad's old team and prove that he has what it takes too—except once he starts playing, he's not sure that he does. Crumbling under the pressure of all the expectations around him, Daigo flubs his first game and immediately quits the sport. Two years later, he's still beating himself up for his perceived failings, barely trying to succeed at anything anymore. However, the kick in the pants he may need has just arrived at his school, in the form of his dad's best MLB buddy's son.

Series details

• Title: Major 2nd
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Anime, Sports
• Premiere date: 2018-04-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-11-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48506
• TVDB ID: 341436

Cast and credited roles

• Kana Hanazawa — Mutsuko Sakura
• Kōtarō Nishiyama — Hikaru Satō
• Natsumi Fujiwara — Daigo Shigeno
• Natsumi Takamori — Izumi Shigeno
• Shintaro Ohata — Andy Suzuki
• Shotaro Morikubo — Goro Shigeno
• Taichi Ichikawa — Hayato Urabe
• Yuko Sasamoto — Kaoru Shigeno
• Daiki Yamashita — Akira Nishina
• Ayahi Takagaki — Seira Kandori
• Ayane Sakura — Tao Sagara
• Maki Kawase — Yayoi Sawa

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-04-07; final listed air date 2018-09-22; episode order: 25.
• Season 2: premiered 2020-04-04; final listed air date 2020-11-07.

Source and licence

Adapted from Major 2nd on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.