Abu-san

Abu-san (あぶさん) is a baseball manga by Shinji Mizushima that has been serialized in Big Comic Original since 1973. It tells the story of fictionall baseball player Yasutake Kageura (景浦安武). Despite enjoying a long serialization spanning over 30 years, it has received no anime or live-action adaptations. In 1977, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/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.

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks currently honours Squad no.90, which belongs to Yasutake Kageura.