Eijun Sawamura

Eijun Sawamura, also known as Ei-chan and Bakamura, is the main protagonist of the Ace of Diamond series.
== Charactah Account ==
Eijun is a first year at Seidou. He hopes to continue his baseball career at his new high school as well as become the ace for his new team.
Sawamura is a hotheaded and loudmouthed youth, usually coming off as obnoxious. After he arrives at Seidou, he quickly makes himself known for his stupidity, especially because of his strange antics and his mediocre knowledge about baseball. But Sawamura is eager to learn new things despite often making mistakes, which he tries to realize and prevent them in the future. He is a pitcher who throws with his feelings, and is never ashamed to show everyone what's on his mind. His teammates often get inspired by his strong will and unwavering spirit and try to give it their all. He is also surprisingly level-headed in critical situations, but can also be swayed causing his performance to drop. As he gains experience through time, and due to the fact that he has been subbed into many difficult situations as a relief pitcher, Sawamura has learned how to maintain consistent focus and has become very capable of handling crisis situations.
Sawamura's strengths are his infallible spirit, bunting, infield defense, and his idiosyncratic pitches. His weaknesses at the beginning were batting, outfield defense, and his pitching control. Since his 2nd year, Sawamura has considerably improved the speed of his pitch, his control and can connect with the ball now – if he does it from the bunting stance.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Ace of Diamond
* Ace of Diamond OVA
* Ace of Diamond: Act III
* Ace of Diamond: Second Season
* Ace of Diamond: Second Season OVA
=== Manga ===
* Ace of Diamond
* Ace of Diamond Act II
* Brass of Diamond: Seidou High School Brass Band Club
== Trivia ==
* Sawamura's rank is 2nd for both the Primary Official Poll and the Final Official Poll. He trails behind Miyuki in first place by only 112 votes. 
* Sawamura takes great interests in Sanada Shunpei's pitches as he learned both the Cutter and the 2-seamer after seeing Sanada throw them. His teammates teased him at one point, saying that Sanada is like the upgraded version of Sawamura due to the similarities in their pitching style.
* He has pitched 3 full games. 
* Favorite food: Anything except natto.
* Favorite subject: Sports.
* The person he respects: His grandfather - Sawamura Eitoku.
* Hobbies/Special Skill: Catching beetles, watching sumo, and fishing.
* Because Sawamura often reads old books like "The Book of Five Rings", he tends to call his superiors old Japanese military ranks and switch his speech pattern to flowery old language from time to time. He calls Coach Kataoka "shogun" (which means "general") and Coach Ochiai "gunsou" (which means "sergeant"). 
* As of the Spring Tournament of his second year, Sawamura's fastballs now reach a speed of 135 km/hr. 
* Rankings from the official guidebook: 
** Physical Ability: Ranks fifth in stamina - His time for 10 km is 38 min 01.98 seconds.
** Batting: He is the best "bunter" in the series.
** Pitching: Ranks fourth when it comes to having the best 'guts' on the mound.
* According to Terajima's twitter:
** Sawamura started playing baseball because of Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu series
** He is better than Miyuki at Shogi.
* As of the practice game against Hakuryu High School, Sawamura, on average, takes 1.29 seconds to complete his pitching delivery and for the pitch to reach the plate. His slide-step timing however, is quicker and it only takes 1.18 seconds for Sawamura's pitch to reach Miyuki and for Miyuki to pick-off to reach 2nd base.
* He has the habit of pulling a catcher in the bullpen to help him warm up, but he usually get distracted by the game in the field; Miyauchi gets irritated by this while Ono leaves him behind and goes back to the dugout.
* Miyauchi hates it when Sawamura is too loud in the bullpen.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Sawamura Eijun at Diamond no Ace Wiki
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