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{{Infobox Japan Series
| image=
| caption=
| country=Japan
| year=1985
| champion=[[Hanshin Tigers]] (4)
| champion_manager=[[Yoshio Yoshida (baseball)|Yoshio Yoshida]]
| champion_games= 74-49-7
| runnerup=[[Seibu Lions]] (2)
| runnerup_manager=[[Tatsuro Hirooka]]
| runnerup_games= 79-45-6
| date=October 26 – November 2
| MVP=[[Randy Bass]] (Hanshin)
| FSA=[[Hiromichi Ishige]] (Seibu)
| television=<br />
*[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] (Game 1 and 6, JNN)
*[[Fuji TV]] (Game 2, FNN)
*[[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] (Games 3 and 4, ANN)
*[[Sun Television (Japan)|SUN-TV]] (Games 3, independent)
*[[Mainichi Broadcasting System|MBS]] (Game 4, JNN)
*[[NHK|NHK General TV]] (Game 4)
*[[Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|Yomiuri TV]] (Game 5, NNN)
  | announcers=Akira Ishikawa (TBS), Etsuro Matsukura (Fuji TV), Akio Kuroda (ABC), Sadao Uekusa (ABC), Teruhisa Inoue (MBS), Toshiharu Shimamura (NHK), Shuichi Itchoda (Yomiuri TV)
  | radio_network=<br />
*NHK Radio 1
*[[TBS Radio|TBS]]
*[[Nippon Cultural Broadcasting|QR]]
*[[Nippon Broadcasting System|LF]]
*Radio Nippon
*ABC
*MBS
*[[Radio Osaka]]
*Radio Kansai
| radio_announcers=
| umpires=
}}
The '''[[1985 in baseball|1985]] [[Japan Series]]''' was the 36th edition of [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]'s postseason championship series. It matched the [[Central League]] champion [[Hanshin Tigers]] against the [[Pacific League]] champion [[Seibu Lions]]. Making their first appearance in the Japan Series since 1964, the Tigers finally won their first Japan Series championship. For 38 years, it's the only Japan Series that was won by the Tigers until [[2023 Japan Series|2023]], when they defeated fellow [[Kansai]] region team, [[Orix Buffaloes]], breaking the [[Curse of the Colonel]] in the process. 

== Summary==
{| border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"
|- style="background: #e3e3e3;"
!|Game||Score||Date||Location||Attendance
|-
|1|| Seibu Lions – 0, '''Hanshin Tigers''' – 3 ||October 26||[[Seibu Dome|Seibu Lions Stadium]]|| 32,463<ref name="JS1985 linescores">{{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1985.html|script-title=ja:1985年日本シリーズ試合結果|publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=May 9, 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background: #e3e3e3;"
|2|| Seibu Lions – 1, '''Hanshin Tigers''' – 2 ||October 27||Seibu Lions Stadium|| 32,593<ref name="JS1985 linescores" />
|-
|3|| Hanshin Tigers – 4, '''Seibu Lions''' – 6 ||October 29||[[Koshien Stadium|Hanshin Koshien Stadium]]|| 51,355<ref name="JS1985 linescores" />
|- style="background: #e3e3e3;"
|4|| Hanshin Tigers – 2, '''Seibu Lions''' – 4 ||October 30||Hanshin Koshien Stadium|| 51,554<ref name="JS1985 linescores" />
|-
|5|| '''Hanshin Tigers''' – 7, Seibu Lions – 2 ||October 31||Hanshin Koshien Stadium|| 51,430<ref name="JS1985 linescores" />
|- style="background: #e3e3e3;"
|6|| Seibu Lions – 3, '''Hanshin Tigers''' – 9 ||November 2||Seibu Lions Stadium|| 32,371<ref name="JS1985 linescores" />
|}

==Matchups==
===Game 1===
{{linescore
|Date=Saturday, October 26, 1985
|Time=13:03
|Location=[[Seibu Dome|Seibu Lions Stadium]] in [[Tokorozawa, Saitama|Tokorozawa]], [[Saitama Prefecture]]
|Other=
|Road='''Hanshin''' |RoadAbr=HAN
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=3|R9=0|RR=3|RH=8|RE=0
|Home=Seibu | HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=6|HE=0
|HSP=[[Hirohisa Matsunuma]] (0-0) |RSP=[[Chikafusa Ikeda]] (0-0)
|WP=[[Chikafusa Ikeda]] (1-0) |LP=[[Hirohisa Matsunuma]] (0-1) |SV=
|HomeHR=|RoadHR=[[Randy Bass]] (1)
|Attendance=32,463
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_1.html
}}

===Game 2===
{{linescore
|Date=Sunday, October 27, 1985
|Time=13:00
|Location=[[Seibu Dome|Seibu Lions Stadium]] in [[Tokorozawa, Saitama|Tokorozawa]], [[Saitama Prefecture]]
|Other=
|Road='''Hanshin''' |RoadAbr=HAN
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=2|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=6|RE=1
|Home=Seibu | HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=1|HH=6|HE=1
|HSP=[[Naoki Takahashi (baseball)|Naoki Takahashi]] (0-0) |RSP=[[Rich Gale]] (0-0)
|WP=[[Rich Gale]] (1-0) |LP=[[Naoki Takahashi (baseball)|Naoki Takahashi]] (0-1) |SV=[[Kiyooki Nakanishi]] (1)
|HomeHR=[[Hiromichi Ishige]] (1) |RoadHR=[[Randy Bass]] (2)
|Attendance=32,593
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_2.html
}}

===Game 3===
{{linescore
|Date=Tuesday, October 29, 1985
|Time=13:01
|Location=[[Koshien Stadium|Hanshin Koshien Stadium]] in [[Nishinomiya]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]
|Other=
|Road='''Seibu''' |RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=4|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=6|RH=12|RE=1
|Home=Hanshin |HomeAbr=HAN
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=3|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=4|HH=6|HE=1
|HSP=[[Yoshihiro Nakada]] (0-0) |RSP=[[Kimiyasu Kudo]] (0-0)
|WP=[[Osamu Higashio]] (1-0) |LP=[[Yoshihiro Nakada]] (0-1) |SV=
|HomeHR=[[Randy Bass]] (3), [[Munehiko Shimada]] (1) |RoadHR=[[Hiromichi Ishige]] (2), [[Takanori Okamura]] (1)
|Attendance=51,355
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_3.html
}}

===Game 4===
{{linescore
|Date=Wednesday, October 30, 1985
|Time=13:00
|Location=[[Koshien Stadium|Hanshin Koshien Stadium]] in [[Nishinomiya]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]
|Other=
|Road='''Seibu''' |RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=2|R7=0|R8=2|R9=0|RR=4|RH=8|RE=1
|Home=Hanshin |HomeAbr=HAN
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=2|HH=3|HE=0
|HSP=[[Fumitaka Ito]] (0-0) |RSP=[[Hirohisa Matsunuma]] (0-1)
|WP=[[Tamotsu Nagai]] (1-0) |LP=[[Osamu Fukuma]] (0-1) |SV=[[Osamu Higashio]] (1)
|HomeHR=[[Akinobu Mayumi]] (1) |RoadHR=[[Steve Ontiveros (infielder)|Steve Ontiveros]] (1), [[Yoshihiro Nishioka]] (1)
|Attendance=51,554
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_4.html
}}

===Game 5===
{{linescore
|Date=Thursday, October 31, 1985
|Time=13:00
|Location=[[Koshien Stadium|Hanshin Koshien Stadium]] in [[Nishinomiya]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]
|Other=
|Road=Seibu |RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=1|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=10|RE=0
|Home='''Hanshin''' |HomeAbr=HAN
|H1=4|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=2|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=X|HR=7|HH=10|HE=0
|HSP=[[Chikafusa Ikeda]] (1-0) |RSP=[[Kazuyuki Ono]] (0-0)
|WP=[[Osamu Fukuma]] (1-1) |LP=[[Kazuyuki Ono]] (0-1) |SV=
|HomeHR=[[Masayuki Kakefu]] (1), [[Keiichi Nagasaki]] (1) |RoadHR=[[Takuji Ota]] (1)
|Attendance=51,430
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_5.html
}}

===Game 6===
{{linescore
|Date=Saturday, November 2, 1985
|Time=13:02
|Location=[[Seibu Dome|Seibu Lions Stadium]] in [[Tokorozawa, Saitama|Tokorozawa]], [[Saitama Prefecture]]
|Other=
|Road='''Hanshin''' |RoadAbr=HAN
|R1=4|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=1|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=2|RR=9|RH=11|RE=0
|Home=Seibu | HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=3|HH=7|HE=0
|HSP=[[Naoki Takahashi (baseball)|Naoki Takahashi]] (0-1) |RSP=[[Rich Gale]] (1-0)
|WP=[[Rich Gale]] (2-0) |LP=[[Naoki Takahashi (baseball)|Naoki Takahashi]] (0-2) |SV=
|HomeHR=[[Hiromichi Ishige]] (3) |RoadHR=[[Keiichi Nagasaki]] (2), [[Akinobu Mayumi]] (2), [[Masayuki Kakefu]] (2)
|Attendance=32,371
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_6.html
}}

==See also==
*[[1985 World Series]]
*[[Curse of the Colonel]]

==References==
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{{JapanSeries}}
{{Hanshin Tigers}}
{{Saitama Seibu Lions}}

{{Japan-baseball-stub}}

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