Astro Kyudan (Team Astro)

Author: Norihiro Nakajima, Shiro Tozaki

Run: 1972–1976

Chapters: 183

Genres: Action, Drama, Sports

Nine young men born on the same day, each bearing a ball-shaped birthmark, are brought together to fulfill legendary pitcher Eiji Sawamura's dream of a superhuman team that could beat America at baseball. The Astro Kyudan they form aims its impossible, superhuman play first at Japan's dominant Yomiuri Giants — and ultimately at the American major leagues.