| 2016 NPB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | March 25 – October 29 |
| Central League Pennant | |
| League champions | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
| Season MVP | Takahiro Arai (Toyo) |
| Pacific League Pennant | |
| League champions | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| Runners-up | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| Season MVP | Shohei Ohtani (Nippon Ham) |
| Climax Series | |
| CL champions | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| CL runners-up | Yokohama DeNA BayStars |
| PL champions | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| PL runners-up | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| Japan Series | |
| Champions | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| Runners-up | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Finals MVP | Brandon Laird (Nippon Ham) |
Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB, 日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) is a professional baseball league, and the highest level of baseball in Japan. The NPB is organized into two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League. After the regular season, the top three teams of each league play off in the Climax Series, which determines which team from each league will play off in the Japan Series to determine the national championship team. The 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 67th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. The Japan Series championship competition was played between the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, with the Nippon-Ham fighters winning the overall championship.[1]