Movie

Major: The Ball of Friendship

Released: July 9, 2008 (2008)

Runtime: 100 minutes

Genres: Action, Animation, Drama

Goro briefly returns to Japan after a triumphant campaign in the US. He is heading towards Fukuoka where he played baseball when he was a fifth grader. Having just moved into a new town, this is where Goro faced a critical point in his life.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Shunsuke Sakuya as Hideaki Shigeno
Age at release: 43
Takehito Koyasu as Shigeharu Honda
Age at release: 41
Motoko Kumai as Goro Honda
Age at release: 37
Junko Noda as Momoko Shigeno
Age at release: 37
Yuuko Sasamoto as Kaoru Shimizu
Age at release: 35
Showtaro Morikubo as Goro Honda
Age at release: 34
Kenji Nojima as Masato Koga
Age at release: 32
Fuyuka Ono as Toshiya Satō
Age at release: 30
Rie Kugimiya as Daisuke Komori
Age at release: 29
Jun Fukuyama as Seiya Kinoshita
Age at release: 29

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Toru Okawa as Coach Yoshino
Age at release: 48
Mitsuo Iwata as Max
Age at release: 40
Daisuke Ono as Arthur
Age at release: 30
Misako Renbutsu as Megumi Koga
Age at release: 17