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{{Infobox Japan Series
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  | country = Japan
  | year = 1976
  | champion = [[Hankyu Braves]] (4)
  | champion_manager = [[Toshiharu Ueda]]
  | champion_games = 79-45-6
  | runnerup = [[Yomiuri Giants]] (3)
  | runnerup_manager = [[Shigeo Nagashima]]
  | runnerup_games = 76-45-9
  | date = October 23 – November 2
  | MVP = [[Yutaka Fukumoto]] (Hankyu)
  | FSA = [[Isao Shibata]] (Yomiuri)
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The '''1976 [[Japan Series]]''' was the 27th edition of [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]'s postseason championship series. It matched the [[Central League]] champion [[Yomiuri Giants]] against the [[Pacific League]] champion [[Hankyu Braves]]. The Braves defeated the Giants in seven games to win their second consecutive Japan Series championship.

== Summary ==
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!|Game||Score||Date||Location||Attendance
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|1|| Giants – 4, '''Braves''' – 6 ||October 23||[[Korakuen Stadium]]|| 40,659<ref name="JS1976 linescores">{{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1976.html|script-title=ja:1976年日本シリーズ試合結果|publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=November 20, 2017}}</ref>
|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
|2|| Giants – 4, '''Braves''' – 5 ||October 25||[[Korakuen Stadium]]|| 47,452<ref name="JS1976 linescores" />
|-
|3|| '''Braves''' – 10, Giants – 3 ||October 27||[[Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium]]|| 29,241<ref name="JS1976 linescores" />
|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
|4|| Braves – 2, '''Giants''' – 4 ||October 29||[[Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium]]|| 23,443<ref name="JS1976 linescores" />
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|5|| Braves – 3, '''Giants''' – 5 ||October 30||[[Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium]]|| 26,099<ref name="JS1976 linescores" />
|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
|6|| '''Giants''' – 8, Braves – 7 ||November 1||[[Korakuen Stadium]]|| 44,948<ref name="JS1976 linescores" />
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|7|| Giants – 2, '''Braves''' – 4 ||November 2||[[Korakuen Stadium]]|| 45,967<ref name="JS1976 linescores" />
|}

==See also==
*[[1976 World Series]]

==References==
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