| 2003 Japan Series |
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| Dates | October 18–27 |
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| MVP | Toshiya Sugiuchi (Fukuoka) |
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| FSA | Tomoaki Kanemoto (Hanshin) |
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| Television | RKB (Game 1, JNN), Nippon TV (Game 2, NNN), ABC (Game 3, ANN), MBS (Game 4, JNN), Yomiuri TV (Game 5, NNN), TV Asahi (Game 6, ANN), TVQ and TV Tokyo (Game 7, TXN and others) |
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| TV announcers | Masayoshi Kayano (RKB), Masashi Funakoshi (NTV), Shiryu Ito (ABC), Makoto Akagi (MBS), Jun-ya Yamamoto (YTV), Takao Nakayama (EX), Ryoko Kaji (TVQ) |
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| Radio | NHK, JRN, NRN, Radio Nippon |
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The 2003 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2003 season. The 54th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Fukuoka Daiei Hawks against the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers. In one of the most dramatic series ever played, the home team won every game in the series, with three games ending with sayonara (walk-off) victories, including back-to-back games with the Tigers at home in Koshien Stadium. In Game 7, the Hawks would prevail in the seventh game at the Fukuoka Dome. This was the last Japan Series prior to the Pacific League instituting a playoff system, which the Central League would adopt in 2007.