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Quick Facts: Teams meet in a best of seven series. In the event of a tie (no winner after twelve innings) extra game(s) may be played. That happened only once, in the 1985 series between the Hiroshima Carp and the Seibu Lions, which the Lions won 4-3 with one tie.
| Year | Champ | Manager |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 Spring | Kyojin | Sadayoshi Fujimoto |
| 1937 Fall | Tigers | Shuichi Ishimoto |
| 1938 Spring | Tigers | Shuichi Ishimoto |
| 1938 Fall | Kyojin | Sadayoshi Fujimoto |
| 1939 | Kyojin | Sadayoshi Fujimoto |
| 1940 | Kyojin | Sadayoshi Fujimoto |
| 1941 | Kyojin | Sadayoshi Fujimoto |
| 1942 | Kyojin | Sadayoshi Fujimoto |
| 1943 | Kyojin | Sadayoshi Fujimoto |
| 1944 | Tigers | Tadashi Wakabayashi |
| 1945 | NONE | SEASON SUSPENDED |
| 1946 | Kinki Great Ring | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1947 | Tigers | Tadashi Wakabayashi |
| 1948 | Hawks | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1949 | Giants | Osamu Mihara |
| Year | CL Champ | Manager | Record | PL Champ | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Robins | Tokuru Konishi | 2-4 | Orions | Sadao Yuasa |
| 1951 | Giants | Shigeru Mizuhara | 4-1 | Hawks | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1952 | Giants | Shigeru Mizuhara | 4-2 | Hawks | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1953 | Giants | Shigeru Mizuhara | 4-2-1 | Hawks | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1954 | Dragons | Shunichi Amachi | 4-3 | Lions | Osamu Mihara |
| 1955 | Giants | Shigeru Mizuhara | 4-3 | Hawks | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1956 | Giants | Shigeru Mizuhara | 2-4 | Lions | Osamu Mihara |
| 1957 | Giants | Shigeru Mizuhara | 0-4-1 | Lions | Osamu Mihara |
| 1958 | Giants | Shigeru Mizuhara | 3-4 | Lions | Osamu Mihara |
| 1959 | Giants | Shigeru Mizuhara | 0-4 | Hawks | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1960 | Whales | Osamu Mihara | 4-0 | Orions | Yukio Nishimoto |
| 1961 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-2 | Hawks | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1962 | Tigers | Sadayoshi Fujimoto | 2-4-1 | Flyers | Shigeru Mizuhara |
| 1963 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-3 | Lions | Futoshi Nakanishi |
| 1964 | Tigers | Sadayoshi Fujimoto | 3-4 | Hawks | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1965 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-1 | Hawks | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1966 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-2 | Hawks | Kazuto Tsuruoka |
| 1967 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-2 | Braves | Yukio Nishimoto |
| 1968 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-2 | Braves | Yukio Nishimoto |
| 1969 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-2 | Brave | Yukio Nishimoto |
| 1970 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-1 | Orions | Wataru Nounin |
| 1971 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-1 | Braves | Yukio Nishimoto |
| 1972 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-1 | Braves | Yukio Nishimoto |
| 1973 | Giants | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 4-1 | Hawks | Katsuya Nomura |
| 1974 | Dragons | Wally Yonamine | 2-4 | Orions | Masaichi Kaneda |
| 1975 | Carp | Takeshi Koba | 0-4-1 | Braves | Toshiharu Ueda |
| 1976 | Giants | Shigeo Nagashima | 3-4 | Braves | Toshiharu Ueda |
| 1977 | Giants | Shigeo Nagashima | 1-4 | Braves | Toshiharu Ueda |
| 1978 | Swallows | Tatsuro Hirooka | 4-3 | Braves | Toshiharu Ueda |
| 1979 | Carp | Takeshi Koba | 4-3 | Buffaloes | Yukio Nishimoto |
| 1980 | Carp | Takeshi Koba | 4-3 | Buffaloes | Yukio Nishimoto |
| 1981 | Giants | Motoshi Fujita | 4-2 | Fighters | Keiji Osawa |
| 1982 | Dragons | Sadao Kondo | 2-4 | Lions | Tatsuro Hirooka |
| 1983 | Giants | Motoshi Fujita | 3-4 | Lions | Tatsuro Hirooka |
| 1984 | Carp | Takeshi Koba | 4-3 | Braves | Toshiharu Ueda |
| 1985 | Tigers | Yoshio Yoshida | 4-2 | Lions | Tatsuro Hirooka |
| 1986 | Carp | Junro Anan | 3-4-1 | Lions | Masaaki Mori |
| 1987 | Giants | Sadaharu Oh | 2-4 | Lions | Masaaki Mori |
| 1988 | Dragons | Senichi Hoshino | 1-4 | Lions | Masaaki Mori |
| 1989 | Giants | Motoshi Fujita | 4-3 | Buffaloes | Akira Ogi |
| 1990 | Giants | Motoshi Fujita | 0-4 | Lions | Masaaki Mori |
| 1991 | Carp | Koji Yamamoto | 3-4 | Lions | Masaaki Mori |
| 1992 | Swallows | Katsuya Nomura | 3-4 | Lions | Masaaki Mori |
| 1993 | Swallows | Katsuya Nomura | 4-3 | Lions | Masaaki Mori |
| 1994 | Giants | Shigeo Nagashima | 4-2 | Lions | Masaaki Mori |
| 1995 | Swallows | Katsuya Nomura | 4-1 | Blue Wave | Akira Ogi |
| 1996 | Giants | Shigeo Nagashima | 1-4 | Blue Wave | Akira Ogi |
| 1997 | Swallows | Katsuya Nomura | 4-1 | Lions | Osamu Higashio |
| 1998 | Bay Stars | Hiroshi Gondo | 4-2 | Lions | Osamu Higashio |
| 1999 | Dragons | Senichi Hoshino | 1-4 | Hawks | Sadaharu Oh |
| 2000 | Giants | Shigeo Nagashima | 4-2 | Hawks | Sadaharu Oh |
| 2001 | Swallows | Tsutomu Wakamatsu | 4-1 | Buffaloes | Masataka Nashida |
| 2002 | Giants | Tatsunori Hara | 4-0 | Lions | Hiroyuki Ihara |
| 2003 | Tigers | Senichi Hoshino | 3-4 | Hawks | Sadaharu Oh |
| 2004 | Dragons | Hiromichi Ochiai | 3-4 | Lions | Tsutomu Ito |
Notes:
Team in boldface is the champion. The record category is for the Japan Series and is always expressed in terms of Central League Champ wins-Pacific League Champ wins-ties (if any)
Source (to 1997): Japanese Baseball:
A Statistical Handbook by Daniel Johnson
