Yoshida Batting Center

The Yoshida Batting Center ( Yoshida Battingu Sentā), also known as the Yoshida Batting Cage, is located in Kamurocho's Hotel District. It is the location for the Batting Cages minigame.
== History ==
The Yoshida Batting Center is a fixture of Kamurocho that has existed as far back as 1985. The rules of the Batting Center's games and the configuration of the scoring panels has changed over the years, but the building itself has been a constant for decades.
=== Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami ===
Kazuma Kiryu first meets The Florist of Sai's son Takashi and his girlfriend Kyoka in the Yoshida Batting Center. Later on, Kiryu fights Goro Majima in order to get Haruka Sawamura back.
=== Yakuza 4 ===
Goro Majima and Taiga Saejima battle in the Yoshida Batting Center, a place they used to visit prior to reuniting.
=== Yakuza 5 ===
Majima has Saejima fight off the Majima Family in order to test him before his imprisonment.
=== Yakuza: Dead Souls ===
Goro Majima and Shun Akiyama have a boss fight against Tsuchigumo Prototype here. There is a baseball launcher located just south of the Batting Center that the player character can use to kill zombies.
== Side Content ==
===Minigames===
*Batting Cages
=== Substories/Side Cases ===
====Yakuza 2====
*American Baseball
====Yakuza 3====
====Yakuza 4====
*The Twist is Back In Style
==== Yakuza Kiwami====
* Takashi and Kyoka
==== Yakuza Kiwami 2 ====
* Living The American Dream
==== Judgment ====
* Tiger Jacket
=== Friendship Events ===
==== Judgment ====
* Shuichi Hatano
* Yoshida
== Prizes ==
=== Yakuza 4 ===
Easy Game:
Image	Rank 	Points 	Prize
 	Rank S	More than 2,300	Southpaw Bracelet
 	Rank A	More than 1,900	Chunk of Wood (Maple)
 	Rank B	More than 1,500	Tauriner
 	Rank C	More than 1,100	Salmon Rice Ball
Normal Game:
Image	Rank 	Points 	Prize
 	Rank S	More than 2,800 points	Tourmaline Bracelet
 	Rank A	More than 2,400 points	Plastic Shin Guards
 	Rank B	More than 2,000 points	Chunk of Wood (Ash)
 	Rank C	More than 1,600 points	Club Sandwich
Hard Game:
Image	Rank 	Points 	Prize
 	Rank S	More than 3,000 points	Metal Bat
 	Rank A	More than 2,600 points	Staminan XX
 	Rank B	More than 2,200 points	Staminan X
 	Rank C	More than 1,800 points	Tauriner +
Extra Hard Game:
Image	Rank 	Points 	Prize
 	Rank S	More than 3,500 points	Staminan Spark
 	Rank A	More than 3,000 points	Chunk of Wood (Sacred)
 	Rank B	More than 2,500 points	Toughness ZZ
 	Rank C	More than 2,000 points	Staminan X
=== Yakuza: Dead Souls ===
Easy Game:
Image	Rank 	Points	Prize
 	Rank S	2,300+	Protective Amulet
 	Rank A	1,900+	Tauriner
 	Rank B	1,500+	Tuna & Egg Sandwich
 	Rank C	1,100+	Salmon Rice Ball
|-|Normal Game=
Image	Rank 	Points	Prize
 	Rank S	2,800+	Power Stone Bracelet
 	Rank A	2,400+	Gauntlets
 	Rank B	2,000+	Tauriner
 	Rank C	1,600+	Club Sandwich
|-|Hard Game=
Image	Rank 	Points	Prize
 	Rank S	3,000+	Carbon Nanotube Fabric
 	Rank A	2,600+	Bull's Eye Amulet
 	Rank B	2,200+	Block of Steel
 	Rank C	1,800+	Toughness Z
Extra Hard Game:
Image	Rank 	Points	Prize
 	Rank S	3,500+	Staminan Spark
 	Rank A	3,000+	Sacred Wood
 	Rank B	2,500+	Toughness ZZ
 	Rank C	2,000+	Staminan X
==Trivia==
* The Yoshida Batting Center is based on the Shinjuku Batting Center located in the real-life Kabukicho district of Tokyo.
* The dashes on the Katakana (n) characters on the Batting Center's sign are represented by baseballs.
==Gallery==
===Yakuza 2===
Y2yoshidabattingcenterinside.jpg
===Yakuza 5===
Y5YOSHIDABATTINGCENTER.jpg|Saejima outside Yoshida Batting Center.
== Notes ==
== References ==
==See also==
*Batting Cages
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