Kyuta and LeagueMan.EXE

Kyuta Hoshida is a new student Akihara Elementary School in episode 43 of Rockman.EXE who becomes friends with Netto Hikari and his friends. He is the operator of LeagueMan.EXE (リーグマン) and the son of Kyuuma Hoshida, a famous baseball player for the Nihon Senators.

History
Kyuta is introduced to the class by Mariko as Netto recognizes Kyuta’s last name, “Hoshida”, to be the same as the Kyuuma’s. Later when the class is playing baseball, Kyuta is brought up to bat, and Dekao tries to strike him out with his fastball, which Kyuta easily hits a home run with, and Mariko informs the class he is indeed Kyuuma’s son, much to everyone’s excitement, though he is shy about it, and when Yaito asks why the Nagoya Dryans would trade him, Kyuta stands up abruptly, confusing everyone.

Later, Kyuta sits alone staring at a baseball signed by his old school’s baseball team and cries as Netto invites him to walk home together. Kyuta gets up to join him and drops the baseball, which Netto picks up and looks at before noticing Kyuta had been crying, and Kyuta leaves alone without the ball. He arrives home, where his mother asks him if he made any friends, and he walks upstairs without answering as his mother watches in worry. He stares sadly at a picture of his old baseball team as Netto, Dekao, Yaito, and Meiru return his ball to his house, though he states he doesn’t want it and runs out of the house. His mother explains that whenever his father trades teams, Kyuta has to change schools and doesn’t make many friends, but had made friends with the baseball team of his last school, and this trade took him away from them.

Trivia

 * A baseball-themed Robot Master, Strike Man, would later make an appearance in Mega Man 10, though the he and LeagueMan are unrelated.