__Height:__ 172 cm
__Position:__ Pitcher, Outfielder, ~!Catcher!~

Hikaru is the son of [Toshiya Satou](https://anilist.co/character/4265/Toshiya-Sato) and [Daigo Shigeno's](https://anilist.co/character/40457/Daigo-Shigeno) friend and former baseball teammate. Hikaru first appears as he transfers to Mifune Elementary, appearing in front of Daigo and [Mutsuko](https://anilist.co/character/131831/Mutsuko-Sakura) being eager to meet the son of his dad's best rival.
~!In a game against Touto Boys' Daigo accidently crashes into Hikaru resulting in Hikaru being paralyzed!~
~!After rehabilitation, Hikaru transferred to Tsujido Academy where he made it into the varsity team. Hikaru changed his surname back to his mother's maiden name. Hikaru can no longer pitch since the accident.!~

Shigeno Daigo is an elementary student whose father, Goro, is a professional baseball player. Inspired by his father, who was once a Major League player, Daigo started playing baseball with the Mifune Dolphins, a youth team. However, he was unable to live up to the expectations of being the son of a professional, and quit baseball after less than a year. Then, in the spring of his sixth-grade year, Daigo's school welcomes a transfer student, Sato Hikaru, whose father is Sato Toshiya, a former Major League player and Goro's close friend. The fate of these two young men begins to move forward! (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Daigo is born as the son of Gorou, a father who is too great. What path will Daigo, who is burdened with great expectations, take in baseball?

"One day, we're going to make the strongest battery ever!" Based on the promise to reunite with Hikaru again, Daigo has moved on to Fuurin Academy Middle School. Daigo is the captain for the baseball club, but with all the older students gone, the team is all girls, including Mutsuko. With a group of peculiar newcomers, the new Fuurin Academy baseball club is off to a new start! 
 
How strong are these baseball girls?! It's the beginning of the "middle school chapter" of the endlessly passionate baseball tale! 
 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

Hikaru Satou