title: 1965 Japan Series
text: # 1965 Japan Series
  
  The 1965 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1965 season. It was the 16th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.
  
  ## Summary
  
  CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (1)
  
  | Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | October 30 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 2 | Osaka Stadium | 2:30 | 30,094 |
  | 2 | October 31 | Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4 | Osaka Stadium | 3:06 | 30,139 |
  | 3 | November 3 | Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 9 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:32 | 32,151 |
  | 4 | November 4 | Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:27 | 31,089 |
  | 5 | November 5 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:22 | 26,803 |
  
  ## Matchups
  
  ### Game 1
  
  Saturday, October 30, 1965 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
  
  | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
  | Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
  | WP: Masaichi Kaneda (1–0) LP: Tadashi Sugiura (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Sadaharu Oh 2 (2), Isao Shibata (1) NAN: None |||||||||||||
  