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| Dates | October 24–29 | |||||||||
| MVP | Lee Dae-ho | |||||||||
| FSA | Tetsuto Yamada | |||||||||
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| Television | TBS/RKB (Game 1) TV Tokyo/TVQ (Game 2) Fuji TV (Games 3–5) | |||||||||
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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.[1] The series was sponsored by the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and was officially known as the SMBC Nippon Series 2015.
The Hawks defeated the Swallows in five games. Lee Dae-ho won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award.[2] 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.[3]
- ^ "Japan Series Schedule". NPB.org. Nippon Professional Baseball. October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ "Lee Dae-ho wins MVP in Japan Series". koreatimesus.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ "Hawks claim back-to-back Japan Series titles". The Japan Times. Retrieved October 31, 2015.