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{{Short description|Japanese baseball organization}}
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The {{nihongo|'''Baseball Federation of Japan''' ('''BFJ''')|全日本野球協会|Zen'nihon Yakyū Kyōkai}} is the governing body of amateur [[baseball in Japan]]. They organize Japanese amateur baseball throughout Japan and overseas. The Federation was created by the merger of the Japan Amateur Baseball Association (JABA) and the Japan Student Baseball Association (JSBA) on June 20, 1990. In 2003, there were 160,000 people playing baseball in around 5,000 teams across Japan.<ref>[http://www.baseball.ch/2003/f/mc/mcJPN.html]</ref> As of 2015, the BFJ represents six international teams: senior, women, university, high school/18U, 15U, and a 12U team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Announcement of Reorganization – Baseball Federation of Japan|url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/announcement-of-reorganization-baseball-federation-of-japan|access-date=2021-07-07|website=wbsc.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Teams|url=http://www.baseballjapan.org/eng/teams/index.html|website=Baseball Federation of Japan|accessdate=8 May 2015}}</ref>

Japan is one of the few countries that fields both an amateur and professional version of its national baseball team. The amateur team participates in most competitions, while the professional players are typically reserved for major events like the Olympics and the World Baseball Classic. Japan has claimed victory in three of the first five World Baseball Classics, one of the first two Premier 12 tournaments, and earned a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics. Additionally, Japan triumphed in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, defeating the [[United States national baseball team]].

The Industrial League (JAPA) and Student Baseball (High School and College) had been run separately for a long time from before World War II. In 1954, they formed the Japan Amateur Baseball Federation to organize and represent a Japanese team in the first [[Asian Baseball Championship]] in the Philippines. In 1966, after participating in six Asian Baseball Championships, the Japan Amateur Baseball Federation was disbanded and reorganized into the Japan Amateur Baseball International Committee in 1967.

Beginning in 1984, baseball was being considered as an Olympic sport. After being featured as a demonstration sport at the [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles (1984)]] and [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul (1988)]] Summer Olympics, baseball became a regular Olympic sport beginning with the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Games in Barcelona]]. These developments prompted the unification of the JAPA and JSBA into the Baseball Federation of Japan (BFJ) on June 20, 1990. The BFJ joined the [[Japanese Olympic Committee]], [[International Baseball Federation]], and [[Baseball Federation of Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BFJ History|url=http://www.baseballjapan.org/eng/aboutus/history.html|website=Baseball Federation of Japan|accessdate=8 May 2015}}</ref>

==Committees and organizations==
As of 2015, the BFJ has four subcommittees: the National Team Commission, Umpiring Commission, Sport and Environment Commission, and Anti-Doping Commission.

It is also represented in six International Organizations: International Baseball Federation (iBAF) 1st Vice President, Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) Vice President, iBAF Tournaments Commission, iBAF Medical/Anti-Doping Commission, iBAF Women's Development Commission, and the iBAF Athletes Commission.<ref>{{cite web|title=BFJ Committees|url=http://www.baseballjapan.org/eng/aboutus/committees.html|website=Baseball Federation of Japan|accessdate=8 May 2015}}</ref>

==Executive members==
Source: [http://www.baseballjapan.org/eng/aboutus/members.html BFJ]

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! Role !! Name !! Affiliation
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| President || Eiji Hatta || JSBA President
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| Vice President || Norio Ichino || JABA President 
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| Vice President || Yoshinobu Suzuki || JABA Vice President
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| Executive Director || Kazuhiro Tawa || JSBA Director
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| Member at-large || [[Takayasu Okushima]] || JHBF President & JSBA Director
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| Member at-large || Akira Nambara || JUBF Vice President &JSBA Director
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| Member at-large || Masaru Ushiro || JABA Executive Director
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| Member at-large || [[Katsuji Kawashima]] || JABA Vice President
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| Secretary General || Masayuki Naito || Secretary General, JSBA & JUBF 
|}

==National teams==
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{{See also|List of Asian national basketball team managers}} -->

Source: BFJ

===Men's===
{{Updated|14 November 2022}}

{| class="wikitable"
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! Level !! Nationality / Name !! Appointed !! Time as Manager !! Ref.
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| [[Japan national baseball team|Senior]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Kuriyama]] || {{right}}{{dts|format=dmy|2021|11|30}} || {{right}}{{ayd|2021|11|30}} || <ref>{{Cite web |title=野球日本代表 前日本ハム監督 栗山英樹氏の監督就任 正式決定 |trans-title=Japan national baseball team. Former Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama officially appointed as a manager. |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20211130/k10013368471000.html |website=www3.nhk.or.jp |date=30 November 2021 |access-date=14 November 2022 |publisher=[[NHK]] |location=[[Shibuya]], Tokyo, Japan}}</ref>
|}
<!-- ===Women's===
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! Women's Team !! Manager !! Appointed !! Time as Manager !! Ref.
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| [[Japan women's national basketball team|Senior]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} {{sortname|Toru|Ontsuka}} || {{right}}{{dts|format=dmy|2021|10|01}} || {{right}}{{ayd|2021|10|01}} || <ref>{{Cite news |date=1 October 2021 |title=Mr. IKEDA Futoshi appointed as coach of Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women’s National Team) |url=https://www.jfa.jp/eng/nadeshikojapan/news/00028022/ |work=Japan Football Association (JFA) |location=[[Tokyo]] |access-date=19 January 2022}}</ref>
|} -->

==Competitions==
{{See also|Portal:Current events/Sports|{{CURRENTYEAR}} in baseball|{{CURRENTYEAR}} in sports}}
{{For|events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports}}

Source: BFJ

===Domestic===
====Senior====
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Competition
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! Season
! Champions
! Title
! Runners-up
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! Next season
! Dates
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| [[Japan Series]]
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| {{center|[[2022 Japan Series|2022]]}}
| [[Orix Buffaloes]] ([[Pacific League|PL]])
| {{center|5th}}
| [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows]] ([[Central League|CL]])
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| {{center|[[2023 Japan Series|2023]]}}
| {{center|TBD}}
|}
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! Season
! Champions
! Title
! Runners-up
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! Next season
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! colspan=9 |League (women)
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| [[Women's Japan Basketball League]] (W League)<br>[[File:WE League Japan logo.svg|50px]]
| 2021–22
| [[Toyota Antelopes]]
| 2nd
| [[Fujitsu Red Wave]]
| ''2022–23''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://weleague.jp/en/standings/ |title=Standings {{!}} WE LEAGUE |website=weleague.jp |publisher=[[WE League|Women Empowerment League (WE League)]] |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref><br>'''''(ongoing)'''''
| 12 September 2021 – 21 May 2022
|}-->

==See also==
*[[Sports in Japan]]
*[[Baseball in Japan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.baseballjapan.org/eng/index.php Official website] {{in lang|en}}

{{Baseball in Japan}}
{{Sports governing bodies in Japan}}
{{Sport in Japan}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Sports organizations established in 1990]]
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[[Category:Sports governing bodies in Japan]]