2006 Japan Series

2006 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers 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 (Hokkaido)
FSAKenshin Kawakami (Chunichi)
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)

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 were making their first Japan Series appearance in 25 years. After the Dragons won Game 1, the Fighters won the next four games in a row to win the Series in five games.

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