Strikeout Pitch

• Ja Kanji — サンキューピッチ • Ja Romaji — Sankyū Pitchi • Genre — Sports

• Type — manga • Author — Kyu Sumiyoshi • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Jump Comics+ • Magazine — Shōnen Jump+ • First — September 3, 2024 • Volumes — 6 Strikeout Pitch is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kyu Sumiyoshi. It began serialization on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ web service in September 2024, and has been compiled into six volumes as of June 2026.

Rumors spread about a mysterious man known as the "Baseball Club Slasher" who appears at night. Heita Kobori, a high school student and captain of Yokohama Soha High School's baseball team, dismisses the rumors, only to be approached by the Baseball Club Slasher one night. After being impressed by his pitching skills, Heita aims to recruit him to the school's baseball team, aiming to reach Koshien. He learns that the man is Fusetsu Kiriyama, a student at Soha High with great baseball skills, but is only able to pitch properly three times a day. Despite Fusetsu's condition, Heita recruits him to the baseball team as a reliever, with the team hoping to make it to Koshien with Fusetsu's help.

• Fusetsu Kiriyama • Takuya Sato (Vomic Volume 2), Hideyuki Kobayashi • A skilled baseball player who pitches with his right hand. He was previously part of the baseball team but retired due to suffering from the yips. Due to his condition, he is only able to throw three good pitches per day before his pitching becomes far weaker. After his retirement, he would often challenge people to three-pitching challenges, leading to his reputation as the "Baseball Club Slasher". • Heita Kobori • Nayuta Sugiura • The captain of Soha High School's baseball team, he was initially skeptical about the rumors about the Baseball Club Slasher, only for him to encounter Fusetsu one night. He aims to reach Koshien, the most prestigious high school baseball tournament in Japan. • Yōji Hirose • Yukiya Matsui • A member of the Soha High School baseball team. He aims to become a sports researcher in the future. • Minako Agawa • Sumire Uesaka (Vomic "St-trike!"), Sora Amamiya (Vomic "You Don't Like Dirty Jokes!?"), Hitomi Ueda (Vomic "Take Me To Koshien") • A classic literature teacher acting as the coach of the Soha High School baseball team.

The series is written and illustrated by Kyu Sumiyoshi. It began serialization on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ web service on September 3, 2024. The first tankōbon volume was released on January 4, 2025; six volumes have been released as of June 2026. The series' chapters are simultaneously published in English on Shueisha's Manga Plus app.