Keiichirou Senda

Keiichirou Senda (千田 圭一郎) is a character in the Cross Game series. He's the self-proclaimed best friend of Kou. He was the only one of the four incoming players from Seishu Academy Middle School who made it onto the varsity due to the other three not taking the test. Senda was previously a pitcher but was shown to be a better shortstop. He bats 1st in the batting order. In middle school, he batted 4th.