Major: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Honda Goro the son of a famous baseball player loves nothing more than baseball itself. His biggest dream is to show his father that he can become the best pitcher in the world despite all the hardships he had to endure he keeps on running towards his goal at full speed.

Series details

• Title: Major
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Anime, Sports
• Premiere date: 2004-11-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-09-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 26815
• IMDb ID: tt1693435
• TVDB ID: 76013

Cast and credited roles

• Masakazu Morita — Toshiya Satou
• Motoko Kumai — Goro Honda -> Goro Shigeno
• Shotaro Morikubo — Goro Shigeno
• Daisuke Namikawa — Joe Gibson Jr.
• Fuyuka Oura — Toshi-kun
• Hideki Ogihara — Yamane
• Junko Noda — Momoko-sensei
• Kouji Ochiai — Joe Gibson
• Kouki Miyata — Daisuke Komori
• Romi Park — Taiga Shimizu
• Sayaka Ohara — Shizuka Saotome
• Takeshi Kusao — Fujii

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2004-11-13; final listed air date 2005-05-21.
• Season 2: premiered 2005-12-10; final listed air date 2006-06-10.
• Season 3: premiered 2007-01-06; final listed air date 2007-06-30.
• Season 4: premiered 2008-01-05; final listed air date 2008-06-28.
• Season 5: premiered 2009-01-10; final listed air date 2009-06-27.
• Season 6: premiered 2010-04-03; final listed air date 2010-09-25; episode order: 25.

Source and licence

Adapted from Major 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.