| 1958 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 11–21 | |||||||||
| MVP | Kazuhisa Inao (NIS) | |||||||||
| FSA | Motoshi Fujita (YOM) | |||||||||
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The 1958 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1958 season. It was the ninth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants. The Lions won the series 4-3 after trailing 0-3 against the Giants before winning the next four games thus becoming the first team in the Japan Series to overcome a 3-0 series deficit.