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Dodgers Repeat as World Series Champions as Japan’s Sports Weekend Delivers Title Shifts

Season‑capping events spotlighted Japanese standouts across MLB, judo, ekiden, plus high school baseball.

Overview

  • The Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Toronto Blue Jays 5–4 in extra innings in Game 7 to clinch consecutive World Series titles, the franchise’s ninth overall and first back-to-back crown.
  • Kyushu Kokusai Daifu captured the Autumn Kyushu High School Baseball title with a 3–2, ninth-inning comeback over Nagasaki Nihon University at SOKKEN Stadium.
  • Komazawa University won the All‑Japan University Ekiden, reclaiming the championship after two years and extending its record to 17 overall titles.
  • At the Kodokan Cup, Olympic champion Teru Sone took the women’s +78 kg title on her competitive return by defeating reigning world champion Wakaha Tomita, while Naohisa Takato exited the men’s 60 kg in the third round.
  • Omuta High School, the 2024 national runner-up, placed 11th in the Fukuoka prefectural qualifier and missed the national high school ekiden following a spring exodus of most team members.