High School Baseball Player

[HeirtoBobDylan]

Hi all. I plan to move to Japan (Akita) area. My son will be 16 and is a high level baseball player. We are American. He is learning Japanese but would not be able to pass an entrance exam. Is it possible for him to attend a Japanese high school to play baseball? He would for sure make a team based on baseball ability.

 

[mdchachi]

The short answer is I don't know. Hopefully others with more knowledge will reply. However I'll still give some opinions and comments.

• High school is not compulsory in Japan. So the school does not need to make any special accommodations for non-Japanese speakers like they would in elementary or middle schools.
• I think most people in this situation (without the baseball consideration) send their kids to international schools.
• I would try contacting schools in the area and asking them directly if it's possible to matriculate in your situation. I wouldn't necessarily tell them the goal is to play baseball. I think that would just confuse them. I'm not optimistic though since Japan is generally not set up handle multi-cultural circumstances like yours, especially in regional areas like Akita.

 

[HeirtoBobDylan]

thank you for responding. How would a talented 16 year old American who lives in Japan play baseball in Japan?

 

[mdchachi]

thank you for responding. How would a talented 16 year old American who lives in Japan play baseball in Japan?

I guess I'd look into whatever clubs teams are available in the area. I think they're typically intended for adults or at least university age but it's worth investigating. There's not much detail but here's an article about club teams in Japan.

クラブチーム (社会人野球) - Wikipedia

ja.wikipedia.org

 

[Lothor]

It may be worth getting in contact with Akita International University, which may also be a suitable place of study for your son in a couple of years. Akita International University

 

[HeirtoBobDylan]

thank you all. I'm starting to think that he should (1) do online schooling accredited in USA (2) join a facility where he can train (3) find independent leagues, travel teams, club teams, that will allow him to play. Any info on independent leagues, travel teams, club teams?

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

At first please ask the federation of high school baseball in Japan.

公益財団法人 日本高等学校野球連盟

公益財団法人日本高等学校野球連盟の公式サイト。連盟の概要、高校野球の歴史など。

www.jhbf.or.jp

The Akita high school baseball league is this.

秋田県高等学校野球連盟

Native place High School of Shohei Otani is Hanamaki Higashi High School of Iwate.

硬式野球部 - 花巻東高等学校

bukatsunavi.com

Native place High School of Roki Sasaki is Iwate Prefectural University ferry High School.

High School Baseball of Japan is not personal upbringing of the player, and a group exercise is main.
It may be different from the baseball upbringing contents which you hope for.

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Nippon Professional Baseball Organization

Nippon Professional Baseball Organization

Nippon Professional Baseball Organization Official WebSite

npb.jp

SoftBank announces the acquisition of 16-year-old infielders upbringing foreigner three players.

ソフトバンクが16歳の内野手ら育成外国人３選手の獲得を発表 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ

ソフトバンクは4日、来季からの育成選手として、アレクサンダー・アルメンタ投手（17）、マイロン・フェリックス投手（21）、フランケリー・ヘラルディーノ内野手（… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）

www.nikkansports.com

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks got infielder David Almonte from Dominican Republic as an upbringing player on December 13, 2023. Almonte becomes the youngest foreign player of SoftBank in 16 years old 11 days.
Almonte had the invitation from the MLB team, but I was interested in Japan and decided that I played it in Hawks. I heard that baseball environment of Hawks was splendid and thought that I could become a good player in the future and seemed to decide Japan going. A upbringing player is a player registered for the purpose of upbringing by professional baseball of Japan and is not included in a follower registration player. When it is not made a contract as a follower in the next fiscal year by the belonging baseball team, a person registered as an upbringing player after the joining an organization as an upbringing player in succession in 3 seasons becomes the free agent automatically.



It is Japan Baseball League that summarizes amateur baseball and club team

日本野球連盟公式サイト

日本野球連盟公式サイト／「JABAファンクラブ会員」オフィシャルファンクラブサイト

www.jaba.or.jp

http://archive.jaba.or.jp/team/chiku/tohoku.html]

The club team of a primary schoolchild, the junior high student is federation of Boys League in Japan.

公益財団法人 日本少年野球連盟

 

[HeirtoBobDylan]

a quick thank you! Hiroyuki Nagashima---I will read carefully and thank you again!