| 2022 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 22–30 | |||||||||
| MVP | Yutaro Sugimoto (Orix) | |||||||||
| FSA | José Osuna (Yakult) | |||||||||
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| Television | Fuji TV (Games 1, 3, 5, 6, & 7) NHK-BS1 (Games 2, 3, 5, & 6) TV Asahi (Game 2) TBS (Game 4) | |||||||||
| Radio | JOLF (All Games) NHK Radio 1 (All Games) JOQR (Games 1, 2, 6 & 7) MBS (Games 3, 4, & 5) | |||||||||
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The 2022 Japan Series (known as the SMBC Nippon Series 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's 2022 season. The 73rd edition of the Japan Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the winning teams of the Pacific League and Central League's Climax Series. The series began on October 22 and ended on October 30.
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows advanced to the Japan Series from the 2022 Central League Climax Series. They faced the Orix Buffaloes, winners of the 2022 Pacific League Climax Series.[1] This matchup was a rematch of the previous year's Japan Series, when Yakult won in six games.
In the 2022 series, Yakult won Games 1 and 3, while Game 2 ended in a twelve-inning tie. Orix then won the next four games to win the series, taking home the first Japan Series under the Buffaloes moniker in league history and Orix's first since 1996, when they were the Orix BlueWave. Yutaro Sugimoto won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award.
- ^ "Baseball: Yakult sweeps Hanshin to reach Japan Series". English.kyodonews.net. October 14, 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2022.