The1982 Japan Series was the championship series ofNippon Professional Baseball for the1982 season. The 33rd edition of the Series, it was abest-of-seven playoff that matched theCentral League championChunichi Dragons against thePacific League championSeibu Lions. The Lions defeated the Dragons in six games to win their fourth championship in team history, and first championship since1958. This was also the Lions' first title since moving fromFukuoka toSaitama in 1979. This was the last time the Pacific League had held a playoff system to determine their champion that saw the first place team (with no split-season) reaching the Japan Series automatically until 2004.
Lions managerTatsuro Hirooka, who previously led theYakult Swallows to the 1978 championship, became the third (and so far last) manager to win championships with multiple teams.
