is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima. It follows Yūki Mizuhara, a young woman who wants to do veterinary medicine at college but instead she became a baseball player. It was originally serialized in the Kodansha's Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine between 1972 and 1976 and has been adapted into several spin-off manga, a live-action film, an anime television series, an anime film, and a Japanese television drama. In 1973, it received the 4th Kōdansha Literature Culture Award for children's manga.

Media Manga The Yakyū-kyō no Uta manga series was written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima, and originally serialized by Kodansha in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1972 to 1976. It was published into a single volume on October 1, 1972, on June 16, 1974, on January 25, 1976, and on January 21, 1979. Between July 12, 1995, and October 12, 1995, it was published in 13 . A four- version subtitled was released between November 21, 1997, and June 23, 1998.

In 1997, a new series entitled started to be serialized by Kodansha in . Later, it was collected into 3 released between August 7, 1998, and March 9, 2000. was published on 11 between January 23, 2001, and October 21, 2005.

Four bound volumes were published under Platinum Comics line between June 11, 2003, and July 23, 2003: , , , and .

A crossover manga between Yakyū-kyō no Uta and Dokaben, another Mizushima manga, was first published in 2005. On February 8, 2006, it was released by Kodansha in a bound volume under the title . Later, on September 30, 2009, a was published.

On February 10, 2009, a series entitled , that follows the story of Yūki Mizuhara, a real-life female baseball player, started to be published. Spawning three bound volumes, it was last published on April 10, 2009, by Kodansha.

Live-action film Akira Katō directed a live-action adaptation that was released on March 19, 1977. It starred Midori Kinouchi, was produced by Hiromi Higuchi, written by Masayasu Ōehara and Rokurō Kumagaya, and its score was composed by Shin Takada.

Cast Midori Kinouchi as Yuki Mizuhara Asao Koike as Tetsugoro Iwata Hiroshi Inuzuka as Mizuhara Katsuya Nomura as himself Kei Tani as Sentaro Jūkei Fujioka as Matsukawa

Anime A 25-episode anime television series was created by Nippon Animation, and was broadcast on Fuji Television between December 23, 1977, and March 26, 1979. An anime film titled was released in theatres on September 15, 1979, and shown together with the first Future Boy Conan compilation movie.

TV drama The series was adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama broadcast on January 7, 1985, on Fuji Television.

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