Tadahira Suzuki, author of "The Hated Director," to start new series in AERA May 4-11 combined issue, on sale April 27!
Tadahira Suzuki's new non-fiction series, "Heroes of Okinawa: Koshien of the Island People," will begin in the AERA May 4-11 combined issue, released on April 27. The series will focus on Okinawan high school baseball, with Suzuki's unique perspective on Okinawa Shogaku High School.
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Tadahira Suzuki, who achieved the first-ever non-fiction award triple crown with "The Hated Director: How Hiromitsu Ochiai Changed the Chunichi Dragons," will start a new non-fiction series titled "Heroes of Okinawa: Koshien of the Island People" in the AERA May 4-11 combined issue, released on April 27.
Photo by Takuya Matsunaga, Asahi Shimbun Publications Photo & Video Department
In the summer of 2025, Suzuki, who had long stopped watching high school baseball, became captivated by the Koshien broadcast. His focus was Okinawa Shogaku High School. How did Okinawan high school baseball appear in the eyes of Suzuki, who has followed baseball figures like Hiromitsu Ochiai and Kazuhiro Kiyohara?
This will be a large-scale non-fiction series, four pages every week. Please look forward to it.
Tadahira Suzuki (Suzuki, Tadahira)
Born in Chiba in 1977. Non-fiction writer. His works include "The Hated Director: How Hiromitsu Ochiai Changed the Chunichi Dragons," "The Man of the Void: A Journey Around Kazuhiro Kiyohara," "Ambitious: The Men Who Built a Ballpark in Hokkaido," and "Not Yet Complete: The Chess Records of Yoshiharu Habu" (all published by Bungeishunju), among others.
AERA (Aera) May 4-11, 2026 Combined Issue
Special Price: 700 yen (636 yen body + 10% tax)
Release Date: Monday, April 27, 2026
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0GRH66KML/
Photo by Takuya Matsunaga, Asahi Shimbun Publications Photo & Video Department
In the summer of 2025, Suzuki, who had long stopped watching high school baseball, became captivated by the Koshien broadcast. His focus was Okinawa Shogaku High School. How did Okinawan high school baseball appear in the eyes of Suzuki, who has followed baseball figures like Hiromitsu Ochiai and Kazuhiro Kiyohara?
This will be a large-scale non-fiction series, four pages every week. Please look forward to it.
Tadahira Suzuki (Suzuki, Tadahira)
Born in Chiba in 1977. Non-fiction writer. His works include "The Hated Director: How Hiromitsu Ochiai Changed the Chunichi Dragons," "The Man of the Void: A Journey Around Kazuhiro Kiyohara," "Ambitious: The Men Who Built a Ballpark in Hokkaido," and "Not Yet Complete: The Chess Records of Yoshiharu Habu" (all published by Bungeishunju), among others.
AERA (Aera) May 4-11, 2026 Combined Issue
Special Price: 700 yen (636 yen body + 10% tax)
Release Date: Monday, April 27, 2026
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0GRH66KML/