July 2004 MVPs
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Central League
Igarashi Takaaki (Yakult) 7 saves, 0.90 ERA
Igarashi saved five games in a row in July, seven overall.
Kokubo Hiroki (Giants) .350, 11 home runs, 25 RBIs
Kokubo belted 11 home runs driving in 25 for the month of July.
Pacific League
Arakaki Nagisa (Daiei) 3 wins, 0 losses, 2.33 ERA
Arakaki threw three consecutive complete game victories in July.
Ogasawara Michihiro (Nippon Ham) .403, 4 home runs, 12 RBIs
Ogasawara batted an impressive .403 for July with 29 hits and an on base percentage of .500. This is Ogasawara's fifth monthly MVP, the third player to recieve the award as many times. The other two are Ichiro (10 times) and Kintetsu's Nakamura (5 times).