2006 Japan Series

The 2006 Japan Series, the 57th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series, began on October 21 and ended on October 26, and matched the Central League champion Chunichi Dragons against the Pacific League champion, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. The Fighters won the Series in five games, taking Games 2,3,4 and 5.

2006 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Trey Hillman 82–54–0, (.603), GA: 1
Chunichi Dragons (1) Hiromitsu Ochiai 87–54–5, (.617), GA: 3.5
DatesOctober 21–26
MVPAtsunori Inaba (Fighters)
Broadcast
Television
  • CBC (JNN, Game 1)
  • Tokai TV and Fuji TV (Fuji Network, Game 2)
  • TV Asahi (ANN, Game 3, 5)
  • TV Tokyo (Game 4 aired on 6 TXN stations, Gifu Broadcasting, Mie TV, Biwako Broadcasting, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Nara TV and TV Wakayama)
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