Minor Characters

These are the minor characters in the *Cross Game* series who only appear once or twice in either medium and don't have enough information or plot significance for a dedicated page.

For other minor characters who have a dedicated page see here

### **Principal Kato**

**First Appearance**: Chapter 101 | **Seiyuu**: Unknown

**Principal Kato** (加藤) is the actual principal of Seishu Academy High School but was in hospital with an illness for a time, leading Eitaro Shidou to fill in as principal. Eventually Kato recovers from his unspecified illness and returns to work as the principal right before Kou's third year. It was said that he trusted Shidou and that's why he let him take his place as principal, not knowing Shidou's true nature.

### **Imai**

**First Appearance**: Chapter 102; Episode 34 | **Seiyuu**: Kana Uetake

**Imai** (今井) is a minor character in the *Cross Game* series. He is a friend of Momiji's. He is seen in the anime at a shrine with Momiji. When he leaves to get a good luck charm, Imai is shown to have some significant fighting skills or self defense skills as he is later seen in taking down a pickpocket who was noticeably larger than he was. In the manga, he is seen briefly, on his bike, taking Momiji to a pancake party at a mutual friend's house. In both the anime and the manga, Kou asks Momiji if Imai is her boyfriend. Momiji denies it but says Imai is a potential candidate though.

* Alternate name: Imari (伊万里)

### **Narita**

**First Appearance**: Chapter 43; Episode 14 | **Seiyuu**: Unknown

**Narita** (成田) is a minor character in the  *Cross Game* series. He's a 3rd year student at Seishu Academy High School, and a member of the Boxing Club. He's also one of the guys who was pining after Aoba, sending her love letters, which she kept rejecting.

### **Old Man**

**First Appearance**: Chapter 38; Episode 13 | **Seiyuu**: Masako Nozawa

The **Old Man** is an unnamed minor character who appears in the  *Cross Game* series. When Aoba gets lost while looking for Kou at training camp, the old man found Aoba and helped her to his house, where Kou later finds her. At first, Aoba and Kou had mistaken him for a female.

### **Satoshi Takada**

**First Appearance**: TBA | **Seiyuu**: Kouzou Douzaka

**Satoshi Takada** (高田 智史) is a minor character in the *Cross Game* series. He attended Seishu Academy High School and was one year ahead of Kou. During the baseball rematch between the varsity and prefab teams after Makihara, Sekiguchi, Tsuneki, and Kayama quit, Takada was second baseman and was 7th in the batting order. Takada also played in the first match against Ryuo. He goes on to graduate from Seishu sometime after that match.

* **Takada**: "tall; high" (**高**) (**taka**) and "rice fields" (**田**) (**ta/da**)

### **Wataru Morinaka**

**First Appearance**: TBA | **Seiyuu**: Unknown

**Wataru Morinaka** (森中渡) is a minor character in the *Cross Game* series. He attended Seishu Academy High School was one year ahead of Kou. During the rematch between the varsity and prefab teams after Makihara, Sekiguchi, Tsuneki, and Kayama quit, Morinaka was third baseman, but once Nakanishi was moved to third baseman, Morinaka was moved to center field in the first match against Ryuo and batted 8th. He goes on to graduate from Seishu sometime after that match.

* **Morinaka**: "forest; woods" (**森**) (**mori**) and "inside; center" (**中**) (**naka**)

### **Koji Mori**

**First Appearance**: Chapter 46; Episode 15 | **Seiyuu**: Unknown

**Koji Mori** (森) is a minor character in the *Cross Game* series. Mori is one of the middle schoolers who played on the Seishu's varsity team during their rematch against the prefab team. He played first baseman, replacing Yuuhei Azuma (who had refused to play in the rematch) and is 2nd in the batting order. He is likely one of the players who caught Shuugo Daimon's attention when he was scouting the middle school for potential varsity players. Daiki had wondered if he was really in middle school due to his mature appearance.

* **Mori**: "forest" (**森**) (**mori**)

### **Kazuaki Sakurada**

**First Appearance**: Chapter 46; Episode 15 | **Seiyuu**: Unknown

**Kazuaki Sakurada** is a minor character in the *Cross Game* series. He is one of the middle schoolers who played on the Seishu varsity team during their rematch against the prefab team. He was first in the batting order and played center fielder, replacing Tatsumasa Miki.

* **Sakurada**:

### **Tomoya Yamaguchi**

**First Appearance**: Chapter 46; Episode 15 | **Seiyuu**: Unknown

**Tomoya Yamaguchi** (山口知也) is a minor character in the *Cross Game* series. He is one of the middle schoolers who played on Seishu's varsity team in their rematch against the prefab team. He played as third baseman, replacing Yuuji Kubo, and was 3rd in the batting order.

* **Yamaguchi**: "mountain" (**山**) (**yama**) and "mouth" (**口**) (**guchi/kuchi**)

### **Tanaka**

**First Appearance**: Chapter 2; Episode 3 | **Seiyuu**: Unknown

**Tanaka** (田中) is a minor character in the *Cross Game* series. He played with Kou and Daiki on the sandlot baseball team, the Doors as center fielder. He was shown to be a pretty good player, having gotten one of the Beavers batters out during the Doors match against said team. Tanaka later appears after the time skip in the sandlot game with a bunch of his old teammates and substituted as a pitcher.