Overview

• Ken Gifu Sho advanced with an 8–7 walk-off in an 11th-inning tiebreak over Yokohama, collecting 16 hits and erasing a three-run deficit in the 10th.
• Yokohama's pursuit of a rare spring–summer sweep ended despite twice deploying an infield-five alignment to foil late-inning threats.
• Nichidai San reached the semifinals by beating Kanto Ichii 5–3; Kanto Ichii ace Shintaro Sakamoto started, allowed five runs (four earned), and delivered an RBI single in defeat.
• On the August 20 rest day, the four semifinalists emphasized batting work in West Nishinomiya, with Ken Gifu Sho focusing on off-speed adjustments and other teams balancing fielding and live-hitting sessions.
• Semifinals on August 21: Nichidai San vs. Ken Gifu Sho in the first game, followed by Okinawa Shogaku vs. Yamanashi Gakuin; a win would send Nichidai San to its first final in 14 years and Ken Gifu Sho to its first in 69 years.