Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) has one level of minor leagues, better known locally as Farm teams or Second teams. This gallery features the NPB Farm system’s Farm Japan Championship, a one-game winner take all matchup between the season’s East and West division leaders. All balls pictured below should be official Mizuno game balls unless noted otherwise in the image’s caption, though some are unknown and could be Sun-up or another domestic manufacturer. We’re missing many of these, so if you have any Farm Champ baseballs that aren’t pictured here, please reach out to us on Instagram, Facebook or X/Twitter. ありがとう ございます !
1990s–2010 NPB Farm Japan Championship Baseballs (Mizuno or Sun-up)
Late ’90s–2000 Konami Farm Japan Championship (Details & Year Unknown!). 2001 Konami Farm Japan Championship Matsuyama. 2006 Farm Japan Championship, Yamagata Prefectural Baseball Stadium. 2008 Farm Japan Championship Nagasaki Big “N” Stadium. 2009 Farm Japan Championship Toyoma Municipal Stadium (Alpen Stadium). 2010 Farm Japan Championship, Niigata HARD OFF ECO Stadium (Game-Used).
2011–2025 NPB Farm Japan Championship (Mizuno)
2011 Farm Japan Championship, Sun Marine Stadium Miyazaki. 2012 Farm Japan Championship Matsuyama (Botchan) Stadium (New & Game-Used). 2018 Farm Japan Championship, Miyazaki. 2019 Farm Japan Championship, Miyazaki. 2023 Farm Japan Championship, Miyazaki. 2024 Farm Japan Championship, Miyazaki (Yokohoma DeNA Baystars 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2). 2025 Farm Japan Championship, Miyazaki (Chunichi Dragons 16, Yomiuri Giants 3).