Princess Nine
Season 1
26 episodes
Episode 1
Hayakawa Ryo, Age 15!
As Ryo Hayakawa arrives home from school, the local baseball team begs her to finish pitching their game.
Episode 2
A Baseball Team at a Prestigious Girls' School?
The chairwoman at the Kisaragi School for Girls has determined that there will be a girls' baseball team and that they will go to Koshien within three years. Ryo is offered one of the scholarships issued to build this team.
Episode 3
In My Father’s Footsteps
Ryo is accepted into Kisaragi School but worried about leaving her mother to run the Oden bar by herself.
Episode 4
Welcome, Seira!
Coach Kido has been told that one of their recruits, Seira Morimura, has refused to join the team.
Episode 5
Wave Motion Swing!
Coach Kido goes to the Oden bar and shows Ryo a tape of a baseball player with a famous batting technique called the Wave Motion Swing.
Episode 6
Catch This!
None of the players can catch Ryo's pitches and so a search for a catcher begins.
Episode 7
We Need You, Izumi!
With only two more girls needed to complete the team, Ryo asks Izumi to join and is greeted with scorn.
Episode 8
The Future on the Line
Izumi searches for the identity of the mysterious man but gets no answers from her mother's butler or from Coach Kido.
Episode 9
Winners & Losers
The day of the contest has arrived. Izumi is near defeat but Ryo can't keep thinking about why she hates her so much.
Episode 10
The Kisaragi Nine!
The girls are playing against a junior high team but they are still short one player. The coach introduces Nene in a player's uniform so that they can compete.
Episode 11
Aim for Koshien!
Keiko appeals her case to the board directly so that they may let the girls play but is refused again.
Episode 12
One Hundred Pitches
In order to get Rinkai High to play them, Keiko told the papers that they must be afraid of their pitcher's magic ball.
Episode 13
The Girl Stratagem
The day of the game has arrived. In order to get an advantage over the other team, the girls use their femininity to get to a quick lead.
Episode 14
Lightning Ball
Ryo is losing confidence in herself but her teammates continue to do their part in the field.
Episode 15
Scandal
With the notoriety of the girls' win, a report digs up information on Ryo's father which begins a scandal.
Episode 16
Exile
Ryo knows that she is to be expelled and the team dissolved and so she heads out to her father's hometown.
Episode 17
Visions
Hiroki arrives at the orphanage but learns that Ryo is hospitalized after she rescued the kids.
Episode 18
The Gift
The Parents' Association has been calling for the baseball team to be dissolved and Principal Mita agrees.
Episode 19
Hearts & Diamonds
Coach Kido announces that he has decided to make Ryo the team captain. She learns that Hiroki's birthday is coming up and decides to make him a present.
Episode 20
Back in Training
The girls head out to begin their intensive training camp before preliminaries start.
Episode 21
I Hate You, Takasugi!
After Izumi's call, Hiroki pays a visit to her to make sure everything is all right.
Episode 22
You’re Not Alone, Yuki!
Yuki, brooding over her missing Fifi-chan, remembers how she helped to win the championship in junior high only to be ostracized by her teammates.
Episode 23
Beauties vs, the Beasts
The Kisaragi Girls have drawn a dirty-playing team for their first game.
Episode 24
The Kiss
The Kisaragi Girls are beating everyone they come up against. Hiroki's grandfather comes to the Oden bar and talks to Ryo.
Episode 25
Field of Broken Dreams
It has come down to the semi-finals and it's the Kisaragi girls' team against the boys' team. Ryo is having problems focusing after seeing Hiroki and Izumi kiss.
Episode 26
Shine, Princess Nine!
With two outs and the bases loaded at the top of the ninth inning, it's Koharu's bat. Before she goes out Nene shows her a fax from her father that has the Kanji for Wind on it.
