This article is about the Kanto region of Japan. For other uses, see Kanto.
This article or section should be merged with Kanto plain
The Kanto region (関東地方 Kantō-chihō) is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island in Japan. Its boundaries are roughly the same as those of the Kanto plain.
The name is generally considered to mean the region east (東) of the Hakone checkpoint (関所). (The name Kanto literally means "East of the Barrier," referring to the checkpoints or barriers that were erected during the Tokugawa period on the Tokaido highway that linked Edo to Kyoto.
That is until a second year transfer student from the Kyushuregion of Japan, Kippei Tachibana, moves to Fudomine.
His reason for transfering is at first unknown, but later it is discovered that his move came about after he injured a friend/rival Senri Chitose, when the two had been teammates on the Shishigaku team.
Although Fudomine was elliminated, they accomplished their dream of reaching the Nationals, defying all odds by going from an unseeded team in the District Regionals to one of the top teams in the Nation.
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