- Ryota Osaka (Eijun Sawamura (voice))
- Takahiro Sakurai (Kazuya Miyuki (voice))
- Nobunaga Shimazaki (Satoru Furuya (voice))
- Natsuki Hanae (Haruichi Kominato (voice))
- Shintaro Asanuma (Yoichi Kuramochi (voice))
Ace of the Diamond — S1E51
Episode: The Battle Begins!
Air Date: 2014-10-05
Runtime: 24 min
Overview
Sakai is shocked from being taken off the starting roster for the final, and Coach Kataoka gives him some words of encouragement. Being one victory away from going to nationals, everyone at Seido can't seem to hold down their excitement.