Little League World Series in Japan

Japan first participated in the Little League World Series in 1962. Between 1962 and 2000, Japan participated in the Far East Region of the LLWS. In 2001, the Far East Region was divided into the Asia Region and the Pacific Region. From 2001 to 2006, Japan competed in the Asia Region. In 2007, the Japan Region was created, so that the winner of the Japanese championship receives an automatic berth in the Series.

Japan Region

Most recent season or competition: 2023 Little League World Series qualification
Formerly	Far East Region Asia Region
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Country	Japan
Most recent champion(s)	Musashi Fuchu Little League, Tokyo
Most titles	Chōfu Little League, Chōfu, Tokyo (12)

Japan Championships

In 1967, the first All-Japan championship took place.^[1] Prior to 1967, Japanese teams participated in the Far East region in each year between 1962 and 1966. In 1969, the Far East Region conducted its first regional tournament, with teams from six nations.

Year	Champion	City	Runner-up	City	Region	LLWS	Record
1961	Misawa	Aomori			Pacific	DNQ	–
1962	Kunitachi	Tokyo			Far East	7th place	1–2
1963	Gyokusen	Tokyo			Far East	Withdrew	–
1964	Tachikawa	Tokyo			Far East	4th place	1–2
1965	Arakawa	Tokyo			Far East	6th place	1–2
1966	Wakayama	Wakayama			Far East	4th place	1–2
All-Japan Championship
1967	West Tokyo	Tokyo	Osaka Nishi	Osaka	Far East	Champions	3–0
1968	Wakayama	Wakayama	Little Hawks	?	Far East	Champions	3–0
1969	Chōfu	Chōfu	Little Hawks	?	Far East	DNQ	–
1970	Wakayama	Wakayama	Chōfu	Chōfu	Far East	DNQ
1971	Chōfu	Chōfu	Wakayama	Wakayama	Far East	DNQ
1972	Chōfu	Chōfu	Izumi Otsu	Otsu	Far East	DNQ
1973	Chōfu	Chōfu	Sendai Minami	Sendai	Far East	DNQ
1974	Chōfu	Chōfu	Nerima	Tokyo	Far East	DNQ
1975	Chōfu	Chōfu	Tokyo Machida	Tokyo	Far East	Banned^[2]
1976	Chōfu^[3]	Chōfu	Komae	Tokyo	Far East	Champions	3–0
1977	Chōfu	Chōfu	Higashi Osaka	Osaka	Far East	DNQ	–
1978	Amagasaki Kita	Amagasaki	Suginami	Tokyo	Far East	DNQ
1979	Settsu	Settsu	Sendai Chuo	Sendai	Far East	DNQ
1980	Suginami	Tokyo	Wakayama	Wakayama	Far East	DNQ
1981	Motomaki Chuo	?	Nakano Higashi	Tokyo	Far East	DNQ
1982	Chōfu	Chōfu	Kohhoku	Yokohama	Far East	DNQ
1983	Osaka Yodogawa	Osaka	Asahi	Yokohama	Far East	3rd place	2–1
1984	Taisho	Osaka	Hamamatsu	Hamamatsu	Far East	DNQ	–
1985	Hoya	Tokyo	Adachi Kita	Tokyo	Far East	DNQ
1986	Tokorozawa	Tokorozawa	Ehime Nishi	?	Far East	DNQ
1987	Chōfu	Chōfu	Aichi Iwakura	Iwakura	Far East	DNQ
1988	Osaka Higashi	Osaka	Nagoya Higashi	Nagoya	Far East	DNQ
1989	Settsu	Settsu	Chōfu	Chōfu	Far East	DNQ
1990	Hadano	Hadano	Takaishi	Takaishi	Far East	DNQ
1991	Omiya	Ōmiya	Takatsuki	Takatsuki	Far East	DNQ
1992	Minato	Tokyo	Hasuda	Hasuda	Far East	DNQ
1993	Sumida	Tokyo	Kumamoto Chuo	Chūō	Far East	DNQ
1994	Edogawa Minami	Tokyo	Seya	Yokohama	Far East	DNQ
1995	Izumisano	Izumisano	Midori Chuo	Kanagawa	Far East	DNQ
1996	Matsusaka	Matsusaka	Hiratsuka	Hiratsuka	Far East	DNQ
1997	Seya	Yokohama	Takarazuka	Takarazuka	Far East	3rd place	2–2
1998	Kashima	Kashima	Seya	Yokohama	Far East	Runner-up	3–2
1999	Hirakata	Hirakata	Hyogo Harima	Harima	Far East	Champions	4–1
2000	Musashi Fuchu	Tokyo	Kodaira	Kodaira	Far East	3rd place	3–1
2001	Tokyo Kitasuna	Tokyo	Nagoya Kita	Nagoya	Asia	Champions	5–1
2002	Sendai Higashi	Sendai	Takarazuka	Takarazuka	Asia	Runner-up	5–1
2003	Musashi Fuchu	Tokyo	Chōfu	Chōfu	Asia	Champions	6–0
2004	Sendai Higashi	Sendai	Tokyo Kitasuna	Tokyo	Asia	DNQ	–
2005	Chiba City	Chiba	Gifu Tohno	Gifu	Asia	4th place	4–2
2006	Kawaguchi	Kawaguchi	Musashi Fuchu	Tokyo	Asia	Runner-up	5–1
2007	Tokyo Kitasuna	Tokyo	Hiratsuka	Hiratsuka	Japan	Runner-up	4–1
2008	Edogawa Minami	Tokyo	Matsusaka	Matsusaka	Japan	3rd place	5–1
2009	Chiba City	Chiba	Izumisano	Izumisano	Japan	Quarterfinals	2–2
2010	Edogawa Minami	Tokyo	Hirosaki Aomori	Hirosaki	Japan	Champions	5–0
2011	Hamamatsu Minami	Hamamatsu	Seya	Yokohama	Japan	Runner-up	5–2
2012	Tokyo Kitasuna	Tokyo	Matsusaka	Matsusaka	Japan	Champions	5–0
2013	Musashi Fuchū	Tokyo	Sendai Aoba	Sendai	Japan	Champions	5–0
2014	Tokyo Kitasuna	Tokyo	Toyonaka	Toyonaka	Japan	3rd place	4–2
2015	Tokyo Kitasuna	Tokyo	Hachioji	Tokyo	Japan	Champions	5–0
2016	Chōfu	Tokyo	Sendai Higashi	Sendai	Japan	Round 1	1–2
2017	Tokyo Kitasuna	Tokyo	Chiba City	Chiba	Japan	Champions	5–0
2018	Kawaguchi	Kawaguchi	Nagasaki Minami	Nagasaki	Japan	3rd place	4–2
2019	Chōfu	Tokyo	Ushiku	Ushiku	Japan	3rd place	4–1
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis ^[4]
2021	Takarazuka	Takarazuka	Fukaya City	Fukaya	Japan	No Int'l teams ^[5]	–
2022	Takarazuka	Takarazuka	Hiroshima Aki	Hiroshima	Japan	Round 2	0–2
2023	Musashi Fuchu	Tokyo	Shōnan	Shōnan	Japan	Round 4	3–2

Summary

As of the 2023 Little League World Series.

Prefecture	JC	WS	Record	PCT
Tokyo	34	19	69–17	.802
Osaka	7	2	6–2	.750
Saitama	4	2	9–3	.750
Wakayama	3	2	4–2	.667
Kanagawa	3	1	2–2	.500
Hyogo	3	1	0–2	.000
Chiba	2	2	6–4	.600
Miyagi	2	1	5–1	.833
Shizuoka	1	1	5–2	.714
Ibaraki	1	1	3–2	.600
Mie	1	0	–	–
Aomori	1	0	–	–

See also

• Baseball awards#World

Asia-Pacific Region in each Little League division

• Little League
  • Far East Region (1962–2000)
  • Asia Region (2001–2006)
  • Pacific Region (2001–2006)
  • Asia–Pacific Region (2007–2012) (Japan Region created in 2007)
  • Asia–Pacific & Middle East Region (2013–) (Australia Region created in 2013)
• Intermediate League
• Junior League
• Senior League
• Big League

References

1. "Japanese Region Little League World Series". UNPage.org. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
2. See: Little League World Series (Far East Region) § 1975 Ban.
3. "Past Divisional Champs – Little League Baseball®".
4. "Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments". 30 April 2020.
5. "2021 Little League® World Series and Regional Tournament update". littleleague.org. May 3, 2021.

External links

• Official Site in Japanese
• Japanese Region Tournament Results