2015 Japan Series

The 2015 Japan Series was the 66th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, champions of the Pacific League, played the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, champions of the Central League. The Hawks were the defending Japan Series champions, having beaten the Hanshin Tigers in 2014. The series was sponsored by the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and was officially known as the SMBC Nippon Series 2015.

2015 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) Kimiyasu Kudo 90–49–4, (.647), 12 GA
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) Mitsuru Manaka 76–65–2, (.539), 1.5 GA
DatesOctober 24–29
MVPLee Dae-ho
FSATetsuto Yamada
Broadcast
TelevisionTBS/RKB (Game 1)
TV Tokyo/TVQ (Game 2)
Fuji TV (Games 3–5)
Japan Series

The Hawks defeated the Swallows in five games. Lee Dae-ho won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award. Kenji Akashi, Shota Takeda, and Rick van den Hurk (all of the Hawks) won outstanding player awards, while Tetsuto Yamada of the Swallows won the Fighting Spirit Award.

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