2006 Central League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2006 Central League Most Valuable Player Award went to Chunichi Dragons outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, who led the league in average (.351), runs (117) and doubles (47) while winning a Gold Glove as well. The voting was heavily dominated by Fukudome and teammates Kenshin Kawakami, Tyrone Woods and Hitoki Iwase with no one else getting more than ten votes.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Kosuke Fukudome	Chunichi Dragons	Outfielder	116	48	30	754
2	Kenshin Kawakami	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	46	67	67	498
3	Tyrone Woods	Chunichi Dragons	1st Baseman	40	66	59	457
4	Hitoki Iwase	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	10	20	25	135
5	Kyuji Fujikawa	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	1	2	7	18
	Tomoaki Kanemoto	Hanshin Tigers	Outfielder	0	5	3	18
7	Masahiro Yamamoto	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	0	2	8	14
8	Hiroki Kuroda	Hiroshima Carp	Pitcher	0	1	4	7
9	Seung-yeop Lee	Yomiuri Giants	1st Baseman	0	1	1	4
10	Masahiro Araki	Chunichi Dragons	2nd Baseman	0	0	1	1
	Hirokazu Ibata	Chunichi Dragons	Shortstop	0	0	1	1
	Norichika Aoki	Yakult Swallows	Outfielder	0	0	1	1

One voter did not pick any second-place finisher; 6 did not vote for third place

Source: NPB website