Game 1 of the "SMBC Japan Series 2025" between Fukuoka Softbank and Hanshin Tigers will be played on October 25 at 6:30 p.m. at MIZUHO PayPay Dome.

Fukuoka Softbank The first game of the "SMBC Japan Series 2025" will be played at Hanshin Tigers on October 25th at 6:30pm.

Game 1 of the SMBC Japan Series 2025
Fukuoka Softbank: Kohei Arihara pitcher 26 games, 14 wins (tie for 1st), 9 losses, ERA 3.03
Hanshin Tigers Odeki Murakami: pitcher 14 wins in 26 games (tied for 1st), 4 losses, ERA 2.10 (4th)

For the second year in a row, Fukuoka Softbank advanced to the SMBC Japan Series 2025. Following last year, the first round mound Kohei Arihara pitcher will go up.

In the first game of last year's Japan Series against Yokohama DeNA, Arihara pitcher was 4 hit in the seventh inning closer and win pitcher without runs. In his most recent appearance, Game 2 of the final stage of the 2025 PERSOL Climax Series Pa, he pitched 6 innings of 4 hit nothing runs against a strong Hokkaido Nippon-Ham batting lineup. Hanshin Tigers It's been six years since he pitched in a game against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham fastest league champions in NPB history Central League, so will he be in his element against the champions?

In the batting lineup, Isami Nomura The team's first-ever league championship. In the six games of the final stage of the "2025 PERSOL Climax Series: Pacific League", his batting average was only .190, but he made his presence felt with a first-inning shot in Game 1 and a counterattack shot in Game 4. In the "Nippon Seimei Central-Pa Series 2025," he also hit two doble in a matchup with Odeki Murakami pitcher, so we can look forward to more punchy hitting from him.

・ Pacific League standings /individual results