2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season
| 2012 NPB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | March 30 – November 3 |
| Central League pennant | |
| League champions | Yomiuri Giants |
| Runners-up | Chunichi Dragons |
| Season MVP | Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri) |
| Pacific League pennant | |
| League champions | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| Runners-up | Saitama Seibu Lions |
| Season MVP | Mitsuo Yoshikawa (Nippon Ham) |
| Climax Series | |
| CL champions | Yomiuri Giants |
| CL runners-up | Chunichi Dragons |
| PL champions | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| PL runners-up | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| Japan Series | |
| Champions | Yomiuri Giants |
| Runners-up | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| Finals MVP | Tetsuya Utsumi (Yomiuri) |
The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 63rd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.