84th Spring Koshien: 21st Century Bracket Candidates
by Gen on Dec.15, 2011 @ 11:57 pm, under High School, Spring Koshien
The nine candidate schools for the 21st Century Bracket were released on Thursday. Three schools will be selected from this list during a selection committee meeting on 1/27/2012. School descriptions taken from Nikkan Sports.
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21st Century Bracket Candidates
| Region | Prefectures | High School JPN | High School ENG | Description |
| Hokkaido | Hokkaido | 女満別 | Memanbetsu | Small school of about 130. Despite only 19 players on the roster, they have managed to develop using effective practice technicques. |
| Tohoku | Miyagi | 石巻工 | Ishinomaki Kogyo | About 70% of the players were effected by the March 11 earthquake/tsunami. They overcame adversity in making the fall Tohoku Tournament. |
| Kanto/Tokyo | Gunma | 高崎 | Takasaki | More than half the students at the school are involved in athletics and have good academic records. They made the Spring Koshien in 1981. |
| Toaki | Gifu | 大垣西 | Ogaki Nishi | Well-behaved and with good manners, the students and school have formed a bond with the community. They made it into the final four during the fall tournament. |
| Hokushinetsu | Ishikawa | 金沢西 | Kanazawa Nishi | A public high school that won the fall prefectural tournament this year. They managed to get in enough practices despite a limited amount of time. |
| Kinki | Hyogo | 洲本 | Sumoto | Opened in 1897. "Devoted, hard working, responsible, and friendly." Strong belief in students that excel in both academics and sports. All players are from Awajishima. |
| Chugoku | Hiroshima | 広島観音 | Hiroshima Kanon | Only have complete access to fields on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Managed to overcome a lack of playing experience with various practicing techniques. |
| Shikoku | Ehime | 小松 | Komatsu | Male students make up just 1/3 of the school students. They won the fall prefectural tournament. |
| Kyushu | Miyazaki | 宮崎西 | Miyazaki Nishi | Made it to the finals in the fall prefectural tournament and to the quarterfinals at the fall Kyushu tournament. They also do a lot of volunteer work. |
