2007 Japan Series

Baseball championship series

2007 Japan Series

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Chunichi Dragons (4)|  Hiromitsu Ochiai|  78-64-2, (.549), GB: 1.5
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)|  Trey Hillman|  79-60-5, (.568), GA: 2
Dates| October 27 - November 1
MVP| Norihiro Nakamura (Dragons)
Broadcast
Television|

* TV Asahi (ANN, Game 1)
* TV Tokyo (Game 2, 5, aired on 6 TXN stations, Gifu Broadcasting, Mie TV, Biwako Broadcasting, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Nara TV and TV Wakayama)
* Tokai TV and Fuji TV (Fuji Network, Game 3)
* CBC (JNN, Game 4)

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The 2007 Japan Series, the 58th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series, began Saturday, October 27, 2007, pitting the Pacific League Regular League and Climax Series' Champion, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, and the Chunichi Dragons, winners of the Central League's Climax Series, in a rematch of the previous year's Japan Series, won by the Fighters. It was the first championship for the Dragons since the 1954 Japan Series, marking the end of the longest championship drought in NPB history.

In a virtual mirror image of the 2006 series, the Dragons won in the same manner that the Fighters had the previous year, losing the first game and sweeping the next four. In one of baseball's rare situations, for the first time in a recognised WBSC premiership championship final since the 1956 Major League Baseball championship series, and the first one to end a series in a major professional championship, a perfect game was pitched, although recognised only by international standards and not NPB because multiple pitchers were used because NPB's definition is different from most recognised authorities. This would also be the last time a perfect game was thrown in NPB until Roki Sasaki threw a perfect game against the Orix Buffaloes on April 10, 2022.

## Climax Series

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Main articles: 2007 Central League Climax Series and 2007 Pacific League Climax Series

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| First Stage| | | Final Stage| | | Japan Series
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Central League

| 1| Yomiuri Giants| 0
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| 2| Chunichi Dragons| 2| | | 2| Chunichi Dragons| 3| | |
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| 3| Hanshin Tigers| 0| | | | CL2| Chunichi Dragons| 4
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| | | | PL1| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters| 1
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Pacific League

| 1| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters| 3|
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| 2| Chiba Lotte Marines| 2| | | 2| Chiba Lotte Marines| 2| | |
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| 3| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks| 1| | | |
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## Summary

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Chunichi Dragons won the series, 4–1.

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1 | October 27 | Chunichi Dragons – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 | Sapporo Dome | 2:48 | 40,616
2 | October 28 | Chunichi Dragons – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 | Sapporo Dome | 3:43 | 40,770
3 | October 30 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 9 | Nagoya Dome | 3:39 | 38,068
4 | October 31 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 4 | Nagoya Dome | 3:45 | 38,059
5 | November 1 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 1 | Nagoya Dome | 2:26 | 38,118

## Game summaries

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### Game 1

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Saturday, October 27, 2007, 6:15 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0
Nippon-Ham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0
WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)  LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: None
NHF: Fernando Seguignol (1)

### Game 2

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Sunday, October 28, 2007, 6:15 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Chunichi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0
Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)  LP: Ryan Glynn (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1), Masahiko Morino (1)
NHF: Fernando Seguignol (2)

### Game 3

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 6:10 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Nippon-Ham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0
Chunichi | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 12 | 0
WP: Kenta Asakura (1–0)  LP: Masaru Takeda (0–1)

### Game 4

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 6:12 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1
Chunichi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 5 | 1
WP: Yoshihiro Suzuki (1–0)  LP: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (0–1)  Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)

### Game 5

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Thursday, November 1, 2007, 6:10 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Chunichi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 0
WP: Daisuke Yamai (1–0)  LP: Yu Darvish (1–1)  Sv: Hitoki Iwase (2)

This was the first perfect game in Japan Series history, but it is only recognised as such by the global governing body of baseball, the World Baseball Softball Confederation because the NPB definition requires one pitcher to pitch all nine innings, excluding combined no-hitters or perfect games, and exclude runners who score on walks, and advance by means that do not involve a hit that later score.

## See also

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* 2007 Korean Series
* 2007 World Series

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* Most Valuable Players
* Fighting Spirit Award
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2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season

* Central League: Chunichi Dragons
* Hanshin Tigers
* Hiroshima Toyo Carp
* Tokyo Yakult Swallows
* Yokohama BayStars
* Yomiuri Giants

* Pacific League: Chiba Lotte Marines
* Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
* Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
* Orix Buffaloes
* Saitama Seibu Lions
* Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

* 2007 All-Star Series
* 2007 Japan Series
* 2007 Asia Series

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Chunichi Dragons

* Established in 1936
* Formerly the Nagoya Club, the Sangyo Club, the Chubu Nippon, the Chubu Nippon Dragons, and the Nagoya Dragons
* Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

The Franchise|

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* Players
* Managers

Ballparks|

* Korakuen Stadium
* Nagoya Stadium
* Nagoya Dome

Culture|

* Mr. Baseball

Retired numbers|

* 10
* 15

Key personnel|

* Owner: Uichirō Ōshima
* Management: Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd
* Manager: Kazuki Inoue

Japan Series championships (2)|

* 1954
* 2007

Central League championships (9)|

* 1954
* 1974
* 1982
* 1988
* 1999
* 2004
* 2006
* 2010
* 2011

Climax Series berths (6)|

* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012

Seasons (89)

1930s|

* 1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939

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* 1944
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* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2010s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

* Established in 1945
* Formerly the Senators, the Tokyu Flyers, the Kyuei Flyers, the Toei Flyers, the Nittaku Home Flyers, and the Nippon-Ham Fighters
* Based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido

The Franchise|

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* Players
* Managers

Ballparks|

* Korakuen Stadium
* Komazawa Stadium
* Meiji Jingu Stadium
* Tokyo Dome
* Sapporo Dome
* Es Con Field Hokkaido
Trainings/Farm club: Fighters Kamagaya Stadium

Retired numbers|

* 100

Key personnel|

* Owner: Yoshihide Haneda
* Management: Nippon Ham Co., Ltd
* General manager: Hiroshi Yoshimura
* Manager: Tsuyoshi Shinjo

Japan Series championships (3)|

* 1962
* 2006
* 2016

Pacific League championships (7)|

* 1962
* 1981
* 2006
* 2007
* 2009
* 2012
* 2016

Playoff berths (14)|

* 1981
* 1982
* 2004
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2011
* 2012
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2018
* 2024

Culture|

* Frep the Fox
* The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)
* "Shinjirarenai!"

Seasons (80)

1940s|

* 1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1943 · 1944 · 1945 · 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

1950s|

* 1950
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* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
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* 1956
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* 1963
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* 1969

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* 1978
* 1979

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* 1980
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* 1982
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2010s|

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* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
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* 2022
* 2023
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