History Characters / Major

* HateSink: It's probably easier to list moments where he ''doesn't'' fit this trope than ones that do.

* SenpaiKohai: He refers to Goro as Shigeno-sempai. Played with in the fact that, while he does look up to and respects Goro as a player, he's not above cracking jokes at his expense off the field.

* BareYourMidriff: Both her casual and her cheerleader uniform.

* TheAce

* TheAce
* {{Bishounen}}: From Season 2 onwards.

* {{Chessmaster}}
* ChickMagnet

* NiceGuy

* TenMinuteRetirement: Gets forced into retirement due to [[spoiler: heart problems]] at the end of season 5. [[spoiler: This lasts all of 7 episodes before HesBack]].
* TheAce

* ActionGirl

* SempaiKohai: He refers to Goro as Shigeno-sempai. Played with in the fact that, while he does look up to and respects Goro as a player, he's not above cracking jokes at his expense off the field.

->'''Voiced by:''' Hideki Ogihara

* AffectionateNickname: Some of his closest friends call him "Komorin"

* InsuferableGenius: He's a bit arrogant by virtue of being the only player (other than Goro) who's skilled enough to hold his own in the Seisshu team.

* FreudianExcuse
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Upon seeing Goro actually giving him advice and having faith in him, he realizes that the problem isn't that he wasn't being accepted by his teammates, but rather, ''he'' wasn't accepting them]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* HeroicSafeMode: [[spoiler:When dealing with the yips]]

* [[spoiler: TheAtoner: For killing Shigeharu Honda accidentally. Unfortunately the way he went about it ruined his own family.]]
* TenMinuteRetirement: Gets forced into retirement due to [[spoiler: heart problems]] at the end of season 5. [[spoiler: This lasts all of 7 episodes before HesBack]].

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Eventually marries Miho]].

!Ginuma/Hayato Yagunima

* SinsOfTheFathers: Downplayed, but she and her brother take to dislike Goro when they learn who his father is. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Shigeno took the spot as the ace of the same team their father plays at, and they blame him for it]].

!Megumi Koda

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: When Goro refuses to become the star of Kaido like he wants, he sends word to every major school with a baseball team, threatening to sue them if they accept him as revenge. [[spoiler:Of course, he wasn't counting on him enrolling in a school ''without'' a baseball club and start it himself]].
* VillainousBreakdown: He grows increasingly more and more deranged towards the end of the Kaido vs Seisshun match, screaming in rage and expelling the players for disobeying his orders.

* InsuferableGenius: He's a bit arrogant by virtue of being the only player (other than Goro) who's skilled enough to hold his own in the Seisshun team.

* YouAreInCommandNow: After Goro leaves the Seisshun baseball club, he becomes the new captain.

* BlindWithoutEm: He can't see without his glasses. [[spoiler:This brings Seishuu a lot of trouble during the Mifune match, since they're broken accidentally and he can't play that way]].

* FreudianExcuse: He's a {{Jerkass}} to Goro at first since his dad started to neglect his family in order to atone for [[spoiler: killing Shigeharu Honda]].
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Has this feeling towards his father, and his antagonism with Goro is rooted on the fact that he knows the latter wants to challenge Gibson Sr. in the Majors.

* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: He originally was a catcher who was rather idealistic, not unlike Goro. However, one time he decided to believe in a pitcher, which cost his team the game and got them eliminated from a tournament]]. While it doesn't cause him to become a full-blown villain (early on, he's a TokenEvilTeammate at worst), it ''does'' make him start on the wrong foot with Goro.

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Upon seeing Goro actually giving him advice and having faith in him, he realizes that the problem isn't that he wasn't being accepted by his teammates, but rather, he wasn't accepting them]].

!Goro Honda

* BookDumb: He's not particularly interested in studying. [[spoiler:This causes him trouble since he needs to pass both the athletic and the academic tests to attend Kaido]].

* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:Though he is a bit unstable from his ParentalAbandonment, he is genuinely grateful for his grandparents who have take care of him. It later motivates him to do well in order to pay them back]].
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: Implied to have gone through one after his ParentalAbandonment. A smaller one occurs later in season 6 after he meets his sister and remembers old memories. Luckily, he does get better]].

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: feels this way towards her husband and her children, saying that her dream is for them to be happy]].
* PassionateSportsGirl - For softball, though partially to feel closer to Goro.

* {{Tsundere}}- To Goro though this dies down in season 6.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: In season 1, there was a bit of a minor LoveTriangle where Kaoru had feelings for Goro, who in turn, had feelings for Ryoko. However, Ryoko ended up insulting Goro's deceased father; this, combined with Ryoko being DemotedToExtra, makes it a ForegoneConclusion as to who he ends up with]].

* FreudianExcuse - He's a {{Jerkass}} to Goro at first since his dad started to neglect his family in order to atone for [[spoiler: killing Shigeharu Honda]].

* [[spoiler: TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]

* Foil: As a parent, he's one to Joe Gibson - Hideki eventually calls it quits due to getting stuck in a runt, while Gibson is forced into a TenMinuteRetirement due to health reasons. Gibson's son is his biological son, whereas Goro is Hideki's [[spoiler: adoptive]] son, but whereas Joe Gibson doesn't get along with Joe Gibson Jr due to [[spoiler: how Sr. chose to be TheAtoner]], Hideki and Goro get along, even with some disagreements. And while Sr. is unable to give advice to Jr. due to the two playing different positions (and the former never having been in a similar situation), thanks to his experience with Honda, Hideki is easily able to give Goro advice as a pitcher and a player in general.

* AdaptationExpansion: She only appeared in season 1 in the manga. However, in season 4 of the anime, she trains Goro with her sliders while in the manga, it was Taiga.

* GirlishPigtails: Wears her hair in twin braids during middle school, but drops them from Season 3 onwards.

* LongHairisFeminine

* WorfHadTheFlu: Since he was playing with an ankle injury during the match against Kaido, Toshiya believes their victory was only due to this. Especially since he ''still'' gave them a run for their money until he collapsed.

* BigBad: Of season 2.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite being Sato's potential love interest, we never see her again after her one appearance in season 4.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Introduces herself as a cheerful manager for the Kaido team, but later confesses that she wants to see the Dream Island team get crushed mercilessly by the Scholarship Team, all with a smile in her face.