Manga like Diamond no Ace

Haikyuu!!

Also known as Haikyu!!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

A chance event triggered Shouyou Hinata's love for volleyball. His club had no members, but somehow persevered and finally made it into its very first and final regular match of middle school, where it was steamrolled by Tobio Kageyama, a superstar player known as "King of the Court." Vowing revenge, Hinata applied to the Karasuno High School volleyball club...only to come face-to-face with his hated rival, Kageyama! A tale of hot-blooded youth and volleyball from the pen of Haruichi Furudate!!



Notes:
Winner of the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2017.
Chapter count includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Volleyball , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Shounen , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Philosophy , Twins

BUNGO

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

In a town with no baseball team, young Bungo spends his days throwing the ball he received as a gift against a wall until Yukio Noda, Japanese representative youth baseball player, appears before him and an unexpected showdown ensues! After a chance meeting in middle school, these two enroll in Seio Senior where they struggle to make it to Koshien with everything they have.
Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Baseball , Time Skip , Seinen

Major

Also known as Major.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

The story of Major follows the life of Goro Honda, from kindergarten to being a professional baseball player, seeking and overcoming tremendous challenges.

Tags: Coming of Age , Baseball , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Adoption , Foreign , School Club , Tragedy

Aoashi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

Ashito Aoi, a third year middle school student from Ehime, meets Fukuda Tatsuya, a J Youth League coach. Even though he's still rough around the edges, Ashito has such amazing potential that he gets invited by coach Fukuda to participate in his team's try-outs in Tokyo. The story of a boy who will revolutionize Japanese football begins to unfold.

Notes:
Nominated for the 2017 Manga Taishou Award.
Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for "Best General Manga" category in 2019.

Tags: Football , Male Protagonist , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Heterosexual , Bullying , School , Love Triangle

Ookiku Furikabutte

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Sports

Mihashi moves on to high school convinced he is a lousy baseball pitcher. There he meets the catcher Abe and the team manager Momoe who together work to make Mihashi and the team shine.



Notes:
Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award for best creative work in 2006.
Winner of Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2007.

Tags: Baseball , School Club , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , School , Boys' Love

Diamond no Kouzai

Also known as The Days of Diamond.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

“I was meant to play baseball!” Jiro Ayasegawa has a natural gift for sports, but life can be lonely at the top. He’s crushed other players’ dreams. Some have even given up their sport altogether because of him. Eventually, he encounters "The Bambies," a low-level, local kids’ baseball team that plays purely for fun. Jiro signs up, thinking that he’s finally found an easy-going team to enjoy baseball with, until things take a sudden turn...



Tags: Baseball , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age

Kowloons' Ball Parade

Also known as Nine Dragons' Ball Parade.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Hakuo Gakuin's mighty baseball team consistently makes it to Koshien, and Tamao Azukida dreams of making the team. To achieve his goal, Tamao does extensive research and undergoes a strict daily training regimen. But at tryouts, Tamao meets the enigmatic genius pitcher Tao Ryudo, and the course of his destiny may be forever changed! If people aren't laughing, then you're not dreaming big enough! A new baseball tale for the era begins!



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Baseball , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist

Boukyaku Battery

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Sports

The baseball manga follows Haruka, a strong pitcher praised as perfect, and Kei, a skilled catcher known as the "General" who has lost his memory due to amnesia. The talented pair were hard to defeat in junior high, and they crushed other players' dreams. They both enroll in the no-name Kotesashi High School in Tokyo, where they encounter other baseball players who had quit after losing to Haruka and Kei.



Tags: Baseball , Male Protagonist , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Amnesia , Shounen , School

Rookies

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Koichi Kawato is the new Japanese teacher at the ill-famed Futakotamagawa high school, whose baseball club is composed of thugs and bullies who have been suspended for a year from all school competitions, for causing a brawl during an official match. The newly appointed teacher finds that the club members left are only interested in women, smoking and doing nothing until, under Kawato's guidance, they discover a new dream called the Koshien. However, the road to the Koshien is far from easy as many obstacles await them.

Tags: Baseball , Delinquents , Coming of Age , Shounen , Teacher , School , Ensemble Cast

SLAM DUNK

Also known as Slam Dunk.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever...



Tags: Basketball , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Delinquents , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Tragedy