# 1956 Japan Series

The 1956 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1956 season. It was the seventh Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

## Summary

PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (2)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 10 | Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:07 | 24,632 |
| 2 | October 11 | Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:18 | 19,108 |
| 3 | October 13 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nishitetsu Lions – 5 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:41 | 23,528 |
| 4 | October 14 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 4 | Heiwadai Stadium | 1:55 | 24,459 |
| 5 | October 15 | Yomiuri Giants – 12, Nishitetsu Lions – 7 | Heiwadai Stadium | 3:16 | 19,042 |
| 6 | October 17 | Nishitetsu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:13 | 27,994 |

## Matchups
### Game 1

Wednesday, October 10, 1956 – 2:04 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–0) LP: Tokuji Kawasaki (0–1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Thursday, October 11, 1956 – 2:05 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Yukio Shimabara (1–0) LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Seiji Sekiguchi (1), Futoshi Nakanishi (1) YOM: Takehiko Bessho (1), Tetsuharu Kawakami (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Saturday, October 13, 1956 – 2:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–0) LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–2) Home runs: YOM: Tatsuro Hirooka (1) NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 4

Sunday, October 14, 1956 – 2:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–0) LP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–1) Home runs: YOM: None NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (2) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

Monday, October 15, 1956 – 2:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 2 |
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 1 |
| WP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (1–0) LP: Sadao Nishimura (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NIS: Seiji Sekiguchi 2 (3) |||||||||||||

### Game 6

Wednesday, October 17, 1956 – 2:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nishitetsu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (3–0) LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–3) Home runs: NIS: Seiji Sekiguchi (4) YOM: Takashi Iwamoto (1) |||||||||||||