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The MLB is the best league with the highest quality baseball players as a whole, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they have the baseball. A lot of people would tell you that belongs to the Nippon Professional Baseball league out of Japan.
This isn’t Mr. Baseball, this is a real league that is about the closest to the majors that you’ll get outside of the majors. Shohei Ohtani is just the latest star to come from the NPB with Yu Darvish and Ichiro Suzuki coming before him as Japanese stars with big success in American baseball.
Locally it’s called “Puro Yakyū” which translates to “professional baseball”. It is a great league with a lot of really great fans. It’s also a lot of fun to bet on. In this article we’re going to go over how to bet on the NPB or Japanese baseball.
Where To Bet Japanese Baseball:
America: Bovada offers lines on NPB games during the season and playoffs. You can bet on runlines, moneylines, and over/unders. There is also props available here for certain games.
Canada: One of the best sportsbooks out there, it’s no surprise that Sports Interaction offers a full selection of NPB games. You can bet on moneylines and over/unders for each game of the NPB season.
Everywhere Else: 888 has bets on nearly everything so, of course they have NPB betting as well. They have a strong selection of betting options for the season with game totals, runlines, and more.
What is Japanese Baseball Betting?
The same as American baseball betting only on games played in Japan’s NPB professional league. Just like American baseball there are a few different betting options:
Moneyline: Pick a winner, just be prepared to pay for it. A big favorite like the Saitama Seibu Lions against the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks might see the Lions being a -185 favorite. That means you have to bet $185 to win $100. A +140 bet on the Hawks would pay $140 on a $100 bet.
Runline: Pick a winner and lay a point spread. In baseball, the favorite is always -1.5 and the underdog is always +1.5. A moneyline will be set on the number as needed, but that number never changes.
Totals: Also known as over/unders, this is a number set on a game for the total runs scored combined by both teams. So a total of 9.5, you’d pick whether you think the total score will be 10 runs or more (over) or 9 or less (under).
There are more betting options like game props, but these are the most popular and widely available online.
Common Japanese Baseball Questions:
What is the biggest difference between NPB and MLB?
There are ties. Games will end in a tie after 12 innings. This can even happen in the Japan series, but only after 15 innings. If, somehow, the series were tied 3-3-1 they would then play an 8th game of the Series with no innings limit.
How many games in the regular season of Japan NPB Baseball?
The most recently completed NPB season was 143 games long. Teams in each league played 125 games against other teams in their league and then an additional 18 interleague games.
What is the Climax Series
The Climax Series is the championship playoffs for the NPB. The top-three teams in each league face off to crown a champion. The second and third seeded teams in each league play a best-of-three series in the First Stage to make it to the Final Stage league championship series. The Final Stage is a best-of-five series to see who goes to the Japan Series.
The Central League and Pacific League winners face off in the Japan Series, a best-of-seven series to crown a NPB champion. The The winner of the Japan Series also goes on to be the Japanese representative team in the Asia Series.
How can I watch a Japan NPB live stream?
If you are a fan of the Pacific League, you can watch games with Pacific League TV. This service is available outside of Japan, but the website is in Japanese.
You can also try a site like YouTube or Konan Sports to watch live games, but these are less reliable for finding specific games.
How To Bet Japanese Baseball:
Bovada: Head to the Baseball section and then you can either scroll down until you see Japan or select it from the dropdown menu.
Sports Interaction: On the left side of the page, click the baseball link and then select “International” and “Japanese Baseball”.
888: From the “Sports A-Z” select Baseball and then find “Japan /NPB”.
NPB Japanese Baseball Betting Strategy:
The power surge of American baseball hasn’t quite made it to Japan and teams often play for one run. Bunting is far more prevalent in the game, defense is far more important and the outfielders have better range and arms. Every run counts and because the managers willingly give away runs, I am more likely to go under or +1.5 than I would be for a MLB game.
Variants To A Japanese Baseball Bet:
