2003 Japan Series

2003 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (4) Sadaharu Oh 82–55–3 Hanshin Tigers (3) Senichi Hoshino 87–51–2
Dates	October 18–27
MVP	Toshiya Sugiuchi (Daiei)
FSA	Tomoaki Kanemoto (Hanshin)
Broadcast
Television	RKB (Game 1, JNN), Nippon TV (Game 2, NNN), ABC (Game 3, ANN), MBS (Game 4, JNN), Yomiuri TV (Game 5, NNN), TV Asahi (Game 6, ANN), TVQ and TV Tokyo (Game 7, TXN and others)
TV announcers	Masayoshi Kayano (RKB), Masashi Funakoshi (NTV), Shiryu Ito (ABC), Makoto Akagi (MBS), Jun-ya Yamamoto (YTV), Takao Nakayama (EX), Ryoko Kaji (TVQ)
Radio	NHK, JRN, NRN, Radio Nippon
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The 2003 Japan Series was the 54th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. It matched the Pacific League champion Fukuoka Daiei Hawks against the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers. The home team won every game in the series, and three games ended with sayonara (walk-off) victories, including back-to-back games with the Tigers at home in Koshien Stadium. In the end, the Hawks would prevail in the seventh game at the Fukuoka Dome.