Round 1

Game 1

Wily Mo Pena - six home runs
Wladimir Balentien - two home runs

Game 2

Shinnosuke Abe - two home runs
Takeya Nakamura - two home runs*

Finals

Wily Mo Pena - five home runs
Takeya Nakamura - three home runs

* Nakamura advanced since he received more HR Derby votes.

See also:

Mazda All-Star Game 2012: Game 1 Home Run Derby Results
Mazda All-Star Game 2012: Game 3 Home Run Derby Results

Some updates from July 21 (post will be updated throughout the day, as needed):

Koji Akiyama changed his mind and decided to go with Yoshihisa Naruse as his game two starter over Mitsuo Yoshikawa.

The last time Naruse pitched in an All-Star Game (8/1/2008) he gave up eight runs (seven earned) on eleven hits over two innings of work.

Yoshikawa will make an appearance in the game out of the bullpen.

Source: Sponichi 7/21/2012

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Shota Dobayashi (Hiroshima) will make the starting line-up today at lead-off.  Source: Nikkan Sports 7/20/2012

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Dai-Kang Yoh (Nippon Ham) hit a homer to lead-off the game for the Pacific League on Friday night.  He is the first player since Yoshinobu Takahashi (2001) to hit a lead-off homer in an All-Star game and the first player since Masahiko Morino (2007) to hit a home run in his first All-Star game/AB.  Source: Daily Sports 7/21/2012

Yoh is also just the second player to hit a lead-off homer in his first All-Star game/AB.  The other: Art Lopez in 1968.  Source: Sponichi 7/21/2012

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Toshiya Sugiuchi (Yomiuri) is just the second player to record All-Star victories in each league.  The other: Hideki Irabu (Lotte, Hanshin).  He is also the third player to record a victory for two different teams.  The other two: Yutakak Enatsu (Hanshin, Hiroshima) and Irabu.  Source: Sponichi 7/21/2012

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Norihiro Nakamura (Yokohama) won the MVP for Friday's game.  He is the fifth player in NPB history to win an All-Star MVP in both leagues (Kintetsu, Yokhama).  The other four: Hiromitsu Ochiai (Lotte, Yomiuri), Kazuhiro Kiyohara (Seibu, Yomiuri), Tsuyoshi Shinjo (Hanshin, Nippon Ham), and Takeshi Yamasaki (Chunichi, Rakuten).  He is also the first Yokohama player to hit a home run during an All-Star game since Robert Rose in 2000.  Nakamura has now hit five home runs during an All-Star game (four in the PL and one in the CL).  Source: Sponichi 7/21/2012

Pacific League vs Central League @ Botchan Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Yoshihisa Naruse (LOT) - Kenta Maeda (HIR)

Attendance: 25612 | Central leads series, 2-0-0 | Time: 2:27

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This is a Sho Nakata's Kyocera Dome ground-rule double in the third inning.  Not my upload.

Kudos to the person that filmed this -- a little shaky on the panning, but very good footage if you consider how far the camera most likely was from home plate.

Round 1

Game 1

Shinnosuke Abe - four home runs
Dae-Ho Lee - five home runs

Game 2

Wladimir Balentien - eight home runs*
Takeya Nakamura - eight home runs

Finals

 Dae-Ho Lee - six home runs
 Wladimir Balentien - zero home run

* Balentien advanced since he received more HR Derby votes.

Source: Daily Sports 7/20/2012

See also:

Mazda All-Star Game 2012: Game 2 Home Run Derby Results
Mazda All-Star Game 2012: Game 3 Home Run Derby Results

Some updates from July 20 (post will be updated throughout the day, as needed):

Yuki Saito (Nippon Ham) is scheduled to pitch three innings tonight.  Source: Daily Sports 7/20/2012

He told reporters his first pitch will be a fastball.  Source: Sponichi 7/20/2012

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Shinya Miyamoto (Yakult) is slated to start at third and bat eighth in tonight's game.  Source: Sponichi 7/20/2012

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Katsuki Akagawa (Yakult) is planning to spend some time hanging around the other left-handed starters on the All-Star roster and perhaps get some pointers on how to throw a change.  Source: Sanspo 7/20/2012

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Dae-Ho Lee (Orix) wants to make as much noise (as in cheering) on the bench as possible.

"I was a manager selection so I need to be vocal.  I need to prepare my throat.  Maybe I should get a megaphone.  If there is an MVP for setting the mood or for cheering, I will go for that, but I am not really thinking about the game MVP," said Lee jokingly to reporters.

Source: Sanspo 7/20/2012, Nikkan Sports 7/20/2012

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Koji Akiyama (PL manager) is worried about all the traveling and the chance of rain on July 23 (game three in Morioka).  Source: Nikkan Sports 7/20/2012

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Tetsuya Utsumi (Yomiuri), Hayato Sakamoto (Yomiuri), Hiroyuki Nakajima (Seibu), and Masahiro Tanaka (Rakuten) will be wearing Olympic-colored cleats designed by adidas.  Source: Nikkan Sports 7/20/2012

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Takashi Toritani (Hanshin) will be using a flashy glove.  Source: Nikkan Sports 7/20/2012 (Image taken from Nikkan Sports)

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Atsunori Inaba (Nippon Ham) will be sporting NIKE cleats that have the letters "XXXIX / MMXII" (or 39 / 2012) printed near the heel counter.  The meaning behind the numbers: Inaba became the thirty-ninth player to reach 2,000 hits in 2012.  Source: Sanspo 7/20/2012 (Image taken from Sanspo)

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UPDATE 7/20 @ 5:40pm - If/when Masahiko Morifuku (Softbank) gets a shot at pitching, he may drop his arm angle down even more.  Source: Nikkan Sports 7/20/2012

Central League vs Pacific League @ Kyocera Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Toshiya Sugiuchi (YOM) - Yuki Saito (HAM)

Attendance: 33335 | Central leads series, 1-0-0 | Time: 2:34

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Some updates from July 19 (thread will be updated throughout the day, as needed):

Masahiro Tanaka (Rakuten) is slated to start Game 3 of the All-Star Series.  Source: Sanspo 7/19/2012

To recap, the starting pitchers for the two leagues will be as follows (visitor vs home):

Game 1 - July 20 - Kyocera Dome - Toshiya Sugiuchi (Yomiuri) vs Yuki Saito (Nippon Ham)

Game 2 - July 21 - Botchan Stadium (Matsuyama) - Mitsuo Yoshikawa (Nippon Ham) vs Kenta Maeda (Hiroshima)

Game 3 - July 23 - Iwate Stadium (Morioka) - Daisuke Miura (Yokohama) vs Masahiro Tanaka (Rakuten)

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Takeya Nakamura (Seibu) will most likely be limited to a DH-role during the All-Star Series because of his left knee (and left shoulder).  He also told reporters he plans to participate in the Home Run Derby.  Source: Sanspo 7/19/2012, Sponichi 7/19/2012

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Hayato Sakamoto (Yomiuri) is preparing to use a five-colored glove during the All-Star Series -- red and white from the Japanese flag, blue for Kyocera Dome, orange for Matsuyama, and green for Morioka.  This will be Sakamoto's fifth straight All-Star appearance.  Source: Sanspo 7/19/2012

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Sho Nakata (Nippon Ham) could get some playing time at third during the All-Star Series because Seibu's Nakamura likely will not be able to play defense.  Nakata played fifty-one games at third at Ni-gun in 2008, but has never played a single game at third at Ichi-gun.

Source: Sponichi 7/19/2012

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UPDATE @ 10:17pm -

The NPB has posted information on stage performances that will be taking place before Game 1 (14:30-16:30).

They also announced that a limited number of same day tickets for Game 1 will be sold between noon and the end of the 5th inning.

And Yuki Saito (Nippon Ham) and Toshiya Sugiuchi (Yomiuri) were officially announced as Game 1 starters.

Morimichi Takagi gave reporters his starting rotation for the All-Star Series:

July 20 - Game 1 - Kyocera Dome - Toshiya Sugiuchi (Yomiuri)

July 21 - Game 2 - Botchan Stadium - Kenta Maeda (Hiroshima)

July 23 - Game 3 - Iwate Stadium - Daisuke Miura (Yokohama)

Source: Sponichi 7/18/2012

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The NPB announced details for their Mazda All-Star Game 2012 Charity Auction.

• The auction will take place from August 8 at 12:00 to August 16 at 23:00.
• The auctions will take place online at Yahoo and Rakuten.
• Proceeds will go towards reconstruction efforts in Northern Japan, through the Japanese Red Cross Society.
• Seventy autographed game-day uniforms will be put up for auction (managers, coaches, players).
• Six autographed umpire tops with All-Star logos.

Note: all uniforms will be cleaned before they are shipped out.

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The NPB also announced details about SKYACTIV Technology Award.

Requirement: Given to a player that strives for the best and makes fans feels as if the possibilities are endless.  A player that provides fans with dreams and hope.

Voter: SKYACTIV Technology Selection Committee

Award: One of three cars -- Mazda Demio, Mazda Axela, Mazda CX-5 -- equipped with SKYACTIV Technology