The best nine of this season's two leagues was announced on the 25th. Pacific League 's outfield category was a fierce battle, with Seibu Manaya Nishikawa outfielder falling seven votes short of Softbank 's Ukyo Shuto outfielder, who came in third, and did not win the award for the first time.

This season, Nishikawa's eighth year, saw him play in a career-high 124 games, batting .264 with 10 Home Run and 38 RBI.

Pacific League was awarded to Moinello pitcher, Taisei Makihara second baseman, Tatsuru Yanagimachi outfielder, and Ukyo Shuto outfielder from Softbank, the first Japanese winner in five years. Rakuten Two players from Itsuki Murabayashi third baseman, Rui Muneyama short stop, Orix Kenya Wakatsuki catcher, Keita Nakagawa outfielder both from , , , . One other player each from Seibu and Nippon-Ham was selected, and no player from Lotte was selected.

[Voting breakdown]

◆ outfield section

Yanagimachi (Softbank) 226 = First

Nakagawa (Orix) 155 = First

Shuto (Softbank) 92 = 2nd time in a row

Ai Nishikawa (Seibu) 85

Nishikawa Fumi (Lotte) 46

Mannami (Nippon-Ham) 42

Nakajima (Rakuten) 16

Ryu Nishikawa (Orix) 10

Watanabe (Seibu) 5

Kondo (Softbank) 3

Makihara (Softbank) 1

Isohata (Nippon-Ham) 1

Matsumoto (Nippon-Ham) 1

Mizutani (Nippon-Ham) 1

Sugimoto (Orix) 1

Tatsumi (Rakuten) 1

Fujiwara (Lotte) 1

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