Japan Region Tournament
Little League Baseball Division (Ages 10-12)

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2026

Japan Region Tournament
Host - Higasahikanto Little League Baseball Association
Games at Naspa Stadium (Narita), Tokiwa Stadium (Ryugasaki), Shintone Athletic Park Baseball Stadium (Inashiki), and Yamakuwa Baseball Park (Sosa)
Championship Game at Naspa Stadium (Narita)

Pool 'A' Participants	Prefecture	City	League
Higashikanto Champions	Chiba	Chiba City	Chiba LL
Kansai Champions	Hyogo	Hyogo Prefecture	Hyogo LL
Tohoku Champions	Tohoku	Yamagata City	Yamagata LL
Pool 'B' Participants	Prefecture	City	League
Higashikanto Runner-Up	Ibaraki	Ibaraki City	Ibaraki LL
Kanagawa Champions	Kanagawa	Yokohama	Yokohama LL
Tokyo Champions	Tokyo	Hamamatsu City	Joto LL
Pool 'C' Participants	Prefecture	City	League
Chugoku Champions	Hiroshima	Hiroshima City	Sanyo LL
Shikoku Champions	Ehime	Iyo City	Ehime Chuo LL
Tokai Champions	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu City	Shizuoka LL
Pool 'D' Participants	Prefecture	City	League
Kitakanto Champions	Saitama	Koshigaya City	Saitama Musashi LL
Kyushu Champions	Fukuoka	Kitakyushu City	Kyushu Hokubu LL
Shinetsu Champions	Niigata	Niigata City	Niigata LL

Tournament Results:

Day 1 (Friday, July 17):
Hyogo 6, Yamagata 5 (8 innings)
Joto 12, Yokohama 3
Ehime Chuo 1, Sanyo 0
Saitama Musashi 31, Kyushu Hokubu 2 (4 innings)

Day 2 (Saturday, July 18):
Chiba 8, Yamagata 6
Ibaraki 12, Yokohama 2 (5 innings
Shizuoka 7, Sanyo 0
Niigata 15, Kyushu Hokubu 0 (3 innings)
Chiba 5, Hyogo 1
Joto 12, Ibaraki 2 (5 innings)
Shizuoka 5, Ehime Chuo 0
Saitama Musashi 3, Niigata 2

Tournament Standings:

Pool 'A'	W	L	Runs Allowed
Chiba	2	0	7
Hyogo	1	1	10
Yamagata	0	2	14
Pool 'B'	W	L	Runs Allowed
Joto	2	0	5
Ibaraki	1	1	14
Yokohama	0	2	24
Pool 'C'	W	L	Runs Allowed
Shizuoka	2	0	0
Ehime Chuo	1	1	5
Sanyo	0	2	8
Pool 'D'	W	L	Runs Allowed
Saitama Musashi	2	0	4
Niigata	1	1	3
Kyushu Hokubu	0	2	46

The winner of each pool advances to region finals.

Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the runs allowed ratio for all teams involved in the tie. Runs allowed ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of runs allowed in all games by six. (The runs allowed are divided by six irrespective of the actual number of defensive innings a team played.) The team or with the lowest runs allowed ratio advances. If the tied teams are competing for multiple spots in the tournament's next phase, all ties are broken based on runs allowed ratio.

Semifinal Round (Sunday, July 19)

Joto 5, Shizuoka 1
Chiba 7, Saitama Musashi 5

Championship Game (Sunday, July 19)

Joto 22, Chiba 5 (8 innings; TITLE)

Joto Little League from Tokyo wins the 2026 Japan Region tournament and advances to the Little League World Series.

Linescores:

Pool 'A' - Game 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		R
Hyogo	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1		6
Yamagata	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		5
Pool 'B' - Game 1
Joto	2	0	9	1	0	0				12
Yokohama	0	1	1	1	0	0				3
Pool 'C' - Game 1
Sanyo	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
Ehime Chuo	0	0	0	1	0	x				1
Pool 'D' - Game 1
Saitama Musashi	7	6	1	17						31
Kyushu Hokubu	0	0	2	0						2
Pool 'A' - Game 2
Yamagata	3	0	3	0	0	0				6
Chiba	1	3	1	0	3	x				8
Pool 'B' - Game 2
Yokohama	1	0	0	1	0					1
Ibaraki	6	0	0	2	4					12
Pool 'C' - Game 2
Shizuoka	2	0	1	1	0	3				7
Sanyo	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
Pool 'D' - Game 2
Kyushu Hokubu	0	0	0							0
Niigata	4	0	11							15
Pool 'A' - Game 3
Hyogo	0	0	0	0	1	0				1
Chiba	3	0	2	0	0	x				5
Pool 'B' - Game 3
Ibaraki	2	0	0	0						2
Joto	8	0	3	1						12
Pool 'C' - Game 3
Shizuoka	0	0	0	2	0	3				5
Ehime Chuo	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
Pool 'D' - Game 3
Niigata	0	1	0	1	0	0				2
Saitama Musashi	0	0	0	0	0	3				3
Semifinal Round
Joto	0	0	0	4	0	1				5
Shizuoka	1	0	0	0	0	0				1
Semifinal Round
Saitama Musashi	0	2	0	3	0	0				5
Chiba	2	0	0	2	0	3				7
Championship Game
Joto	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	17		22
Chiba	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0		5

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