Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series

The Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game is an annual baseball game between players from the Central League and the Pacific League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers. The All-Star Game usually occurs in early to mid-July and marks the symbolic halfway point in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) season (though not the mathematical halfway point; in most seasons, that actually takes place one week earlier).

Game results

Date	Winning League	Score	Venue	Host Team	Attendance	MVP	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher
2004 (Game 1)	Pacific	3–1	Nagoya Dome	Chunichi Dragons		Daisuke Matsuzaka
2004 (Game 2)	Pacific	2–1	Nagano Olympic Stadium	none		SHINJO
2005 (Game 1)	Central	6–5	Seibu Dome	Seibu Lions		Tatsuhiko Kinjo
2005 (Game 2)	Central	5–3	Koshien Stadium	Hanshin Tigers		Tomonori Maeda
2006 (Game 1)	Central	3–1	Meiji Jingu Stadium	Yakult Swallows		Norichika Aoki
2006 (Game 2)	Central	7–4	Sun Marine Stadium	none		Atsushi Fujimoto
2007 (Game 1)	Central	4–0	Tokyo Dome	Yomiuri Giants		Alex Ramírez
2007 (Game 2)	Central	11–5	Fullcast Stadium	Rakuten Eagles		Shinnosuke Abe
2008 (Game 1)	Pacific	5–4	Kyocera Dome Osaka	Orix Buffaloes		Takeshi Yamasaki
2008 (Game 2)	Central	11–6	Yokohama Stadium	Yokohama BayStars		Masahiro Araki
2009 (Game 1)	Central	10–8	Sapporo Dome	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	38,370	Norichika Aoki
2009 (Game 2)	Pacific	7–4	Mazda Stadium	Hiroshima Toyo Carp		Nobuhiko Matsunaka
2010 (Game 1)	Central	4–1	Yahoo Dome	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks		Shinnosuke Abe
2010 (Game 2)		5–5	Hard Off Eco Stadium	none		Yasuyuki Kataoka
2011 (Game 1)	Central	9–4	Nagoya Dome	Chunichi Dragons		Kazuhiro Hatakeyama
2011 (Game 2)	Pacific	4–3	QVC Marine Field	Chiba Lotte Marines		Takeya Nakamura
2011 (Game 3)	Pacific	5–0	Kleenex Stadium	Rakuten Eagles		Atsunori Inaba

See also

• Major League Baseball All-Star Game
• Baseball awards#Japan