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Japan Region
Most recent season or competition:
2016 Little League World Series qualification
FormerlyFar East Region
Asia Region
SportBaseball
Founded2007
CountryJapan Japan
Most recent
champion(s)		Tokyo Chofu Little League, Tokyo
Most titlesTokyo Tokyo (28)

Japan first participated in the Little League World Series in 1962. Between 1962 and 2006, Japan participated in the Far East region (renamed Asia region in 2001) of the LLWS. Beginning in 2007, the winner of the Japanese championship has earned an automatic berth in the Series.

As of the 2014 tournament, Japan has participated in the LLWS 24 times since 1962, and have won the tournament ten times (1967, 1968, 1976, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015).

Japan Championships

In 1967, the first All-Japan championship took place.[1] Prior to 1967, Japanese teams represented the Far East region in each year between 1962 and 1966.

Year Champion City Runner-Up City Region LLWS
1961 Misawa Aomori Prefecture Aomori Pacific DNQ
1962 Kunitachi Tokyo Tokyo Far East 7th Place
1963 Gyokusen Tokyo Tokyo Far East Withdrew
1964 Tachikawa Tokyo Tokyo Far East 4th Place
1965 Arakawa Tokyo Tokyo Far East 6th Place
1966 Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama Far East 4th Place
All-Japan Championship
1967 West Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Osaka Nishi Osaka Prefecture Osaka Far East Champions
1968 Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama Little Hawks ? Far East Champions
1969 Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Little Hawks ? Far East DNQ
1970 Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Far East DNQ
1971 Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama Far East DNQ
1972 Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Izumi Otsu Shiga Prefecture Otsu Far East DNQ
1973 Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Sendai Minami Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Far East DNQ
1974 Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Nerima Tokyo Tokyo Far East DNQ
1975 Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Tokyo Machida Tokyo Tokyo Far East Banned
1976 Funabashi Chiba Prefecture Funabashi Komae Tokyo Tokyo Far East Champions
1977 Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Higashi Osaka Osaka Prefecture Osaka Far East DNQ
1978 Amagasaki Kita Hyōgo Prefecture Amagasaki Suginami Tokyo Tokyo Far East DNQ
1979 Settsu Osaka Prefecture Settsu Sendai Chuo Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Far East DNQ
1980 Suginami Tokyo Tokyo Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama Far East DNQ
1981 Motomaki Chuo ? Nakano Higashi Tokyo Tokyo Far East DNQ
1982 Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Kohhoku ? Far East DNQ
1983 Osaka Yodogawa Osaka Prefecture Osaka Asahi ? Far East 3rd Place
1984 Taisho Osaka Prefecture Osaka Hamamatsu Shizuoka Prefecture Hamamatsu Far East DNQ
1985 Hoya Tokyo Tokyo Adachi Kita Tokyo Tokyo Far East DNQ
1986 Tokorozawa Saitama Prefecture Tokorozawa Ehime Nishi Ehime Prefecture ? Far East DNQ
1987 Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Aichi Iwakura Aichi Prefecture Iwakura Far East DNQ
1988 Osaka Higashi Osaka Prefecture Osaka Nagoya Higashi Aichi Prefecture Nagoya Far East DNQ
1989 Settsu Osaka Prefecture Settsu Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Far East DNQ
1990 Hadano Kanagawa Prefecture Hadano Takaishi Osaka Prefecture Takaishi Far East DNQ
1991 Omiya Kitakanto Takatsuki Osaka Prefecture Takatsuki Far East DNQ
1992 Minato Tokyo Tokyo Hasuda Saitama Prefecture Hasuda Far East DNQ
1993 Sumida Tokyo Tokyo Kumamoto Chuo Kumamoto Prefecture Chūō Far East DNQ
1994 Edogawa Minami Tokyo Tokyo Seya Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama Far East DNQ
1995 Izumisano Osaka Prefecture Izumisano Midori Chuo Kanagawa Far East DNQ
1996 Matsusaka Mie Prefecture Matsusaka Hiratsuka Kanagawa Prefecture Hiratsuka Far East DNQ
1997 Seya Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama Takarazuka Hyōgo Prefecture Takarazuka Far East 3rd Place
1998 Kashima Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Seya Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama Far East Runners-Up
1999 Hirakata Osaka Prefecture Hirakata Hyogo Harima Hyōgo Prefecture Harima Far East Champions
2000 Musashi Fuchu Tokyo Tokyo Kodaira Tokyo Kodaira Far East 3rd Place
2001 Tokyo Kitasuna Tokyo Tokyo Nagoya Kita Aichi Prefecture Nagoya Asia Champions
2002 Sendai Higashi Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Takarazuka Hyōgo Prefecture Takarazuka Asia Runners-Up
2003 Musashi Fuchu Tokyo Tokyo Chofu Tokyo Chōfu Asia Champions
2004 Sendai Higashi Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Tokyo Kitasuna Tokyo Tokyo Asia DNQ
2005 Chiba City Chiba Prefecture Chiba Gifu Tohno Gifu Prefecture Gifu Asia 4th Place
2006 Kawaguchi Saitama Prefecture Kawaguchi Musashi Fuchu Tokyo Tokyo Asia Runners-Up
2007 Tokyo Kitasuna Tokyo Tokyo Hiratsuka Kanagawa Prefecture Hiratsuka Japan Runners-Up
2008 Edogawa Minami Tokyo Tokyo Matsusaka Mie Prefecture Matsusaka Japan 3rd Place
2009 Chiba City Chiba Prefecture Chiba Izumisano Osaka Prefecture Izumisano Japan Quarterfinals
2010 Edogawa Minami Tokyo Tokyo Hirosaki Aomori Aomori Prefecture Hirosaki Japan Champions
2011 Hamamatsu Minami Shizuoka Prefecture Hamamatsu Seya Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama Japan Runners-up
2012 Tokyo Kitasuna Tokyo Tokyo Matsusaka Mie Prefecture Matsusaka Japan Champions
2013 Musashi Fuchū Tokyo Tokyo Sendai Aoba Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Japan Champions
2014 Tokyo Kitasuna Tokyo Tokyo Toyonaka Osaka Prefecture Toyonaka Japan 3rd Place
2015 Tokyo Kitasuna Tokyo Tokyo Hachioji Tokyo Tokyo Japan Champions
2016 Chofu Tokyo Tokyo Sendai Higashi Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Japan Round 1

Summary

As of the 2016 Little League World Series.

Prefecture JC WS Record PCT
Tokyo Tokyo 26 15 52–13 .800
Osaka Prefecture Osaka 7 2 6–2 .750
Chiba Prefecture Chiba 3 3 9–4 .692
Kanagawa Prefecture Kanagawa 2 1 2–2 .500
Miyagi Prefecture Miyagi 2 1 5–1 .833
Saitama Prefecture Saitama 2 1 5–1 .883
Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama 2 2 3–0 1.000
Hyōgo Prefecture Hyogo 1 0  –  .000
Ibaraki Prefecture Ibaraki 1 1 3–2 .600
Mie Prefecture Mie 1 0  –  .667
Shizuoka Prefecture Shizuoka 1 1 4–2 .667

See also

Asia-Pacific Region in other Little League divisions

References

  1. ^ "Japanese Region Little League World Series". UNPage.org. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.

External links

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