Kawase Ryoko

Kawase Ryoko is one of the Yokohama Little members first introduced in the Little League Arc of the series. Ryoko is a tall, skinny girl with long black hair usually in a ponytail at the end. She has big black eyes as well. When she pitches, her form is similar to that of Joe Gibson. Ryoko appears before Goro while out running and helping her save a save a cat from a tree. Since then, she became Goro's first crush until he learns she comes as one of his best rivals from America, and the trump card pitcher for Yokohama Little.