Overview

• Okinawa Shogaku prevailed 3–1 in the final as starter Yuito Arakaki held Nichidai San to one run into the eighth before Ryosuke Sueyoshi closed it out scorelessly.
• The victory is the school’s first summer championship and only the second for Okinawa Prefecture, following Konan’s 2010 triumph.
• The champions advanced through a series of tight games, including 1–0 and 3–0 shutouts and an 11th‑inning tiebreak win over Sendai Ikuei.
• The Japan High School Baseball Federation named 20 players to the U18 World Cup roster, selecting 15 from this summer’s Koshien and including Okinawa Shogaku’s Sueyoshi as the lone second‑year.
• Separately, Koryo High School accepted its long‑time coach’s resignation over an internal violence case and received conditional approval to enter autumn qualifying after reporting reforms.