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The Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game is an annual baseball game between players from the Central League and the Pacific League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers. The All-Star Game usually occurs in early to mid-July and marks the symbolic halfway point in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) season (though not the mathematical halfway point; in most seasons, that actually takes place one week earlier).

[edit] Game results

Date	Winning League	Score	Venue	Host Team	Attendance	MVP
2004 (Game 1)	Pacific	3-1	Nagoya Dome	Chunichi Dragons		Daisuke Matsuzaka
2004 (Game 2)	Pacific	2-1	Nagano Olympic Stadium	none		SHINJO
2005 (Game 1)	Central	6-5	Seibu Dome	Seibu Lions		Tatsuhiko Kinjo
2005 (Game 2)	Central	5-3	Koshien Stadium	Hanshin Tigers		Tomonori Maeda
2006 (Game 1)	Central	3-1	Meiji Jingu Stadium	Yakult Swallows		Norichika Aoki
2006 (Game 2)	Central	7-4	Sun Marine Stadium	none		Atsushi Fujimoto
2007 (Game 1)	Central	4-0	Tokyo Dome	Yomiuri Giants		Alex Ramírez
2007 (Game 2)	Central	11-5	Fullcast Stadium	Rakuten Eagles		Shinnosuke Abe
2008 (Game 1)	Pacific	5-4	Kyocera Dome Osaka	Orix Buffaloes		Takeshi Yamasaki
2008 (Game 2)	Central	11-6	Yokohama Stadium	Yokohama BayStars		Masahiro Araki
2009 (Game 1)	Central	10-8	Sapporo Dome	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	38,370	Norichika Aoki
2009 (Game 2)	Pacific	7-4	Mazda Stadium	Hiroshima Toyo Carp		Nobuhiko Matsunaka

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