Abu-san
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- Abu-san
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- Shinji Mizushima
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• Name — Abu-san • Ja Kanji — あぶさん • Genre — Sports
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• Type — manga • Author — Shinji Mizushima • Publisher — Shogakukan • Imprint — Big Comics • Magazine — Big Comic Original • First — 1973 • Last — 2014 • Volumes — 107 Abu-san is a baseball manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima. It tells the story of fictional baseball player Yasutake Kageura. It started to be serialized in 1973 in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original, and ended on February 5, 2014, after 976 chapters published in the magazine. The first manga volume was released on and the last one, the 107th volume, was released on March 28, 2014. In 1977, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. In 2004, Mizushima auctioned off the right to appear as a character in Abu-san for over ¥3 million, as a fundraiser for Mangajapan. As of 2013, the series has sold over 22 million copies. The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks currently honours Squad no.90, which belongs to Yasutake Kageura.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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