Overview

• Onosato defeated fellow yokozuna Toyoshoryu in a championship playoff on the final day to finish 13–2 and claim his fifth career title.
• DeNA secured Central League second place by beating Hiroshima 10–2, erupting for eight runs in the eighth inning.
• Orix beat Rakuten 10–5 as starter Miyagi yielded one run over five innings to earn his seventh win.
• Chunichi’s farm team won the Western League by edging SoftBank 2–1, its first title since 2011.
• Akito Anraku took the men’s boulder world crown in Seoul, and 19-year-old Kaito Oda advanced to the wheelchair singles final in Tokyo.