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| Dates | October 20–25 | |||||||||
| MVP | Atsuya Furuta | |||||||||
| FSA | Tuffy Rhodes | |||||||||
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| Television | ABC (Games 1, 2), Fuji Television (Games 3, 5), TV Asahi (Game 4) | |||||||||
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The 2001 Japan Series was the 52nd edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. It matched the Central League champion Yakult Swallows against the Pacific League champion Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. The Swallows defeated the Buffaloes in five games to claim their fifth Japan Series championship.