The newly crowned Japan Series champion Orix Buffaloes had to make more room in their trophy case as three players were named among this season's Mitsui Golden Glove Award winners on Monday.

Ace pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and third baseman Yuma Mune each won for the second straight season in the Pacific League, while outfielder Shuhei Fukuda was a first-time recipient.

Hiroshima Carp second baseman Ryosuke Kikuchi's reign continued in the Central League, with the star infielder collecting his 10th straight Golden Glove.

Kikuchi was the exception in the CL, where there were five first-time winners.

Yamamoto, who also won his second straight Sawamura Award this season, won by a wide margin with 225 of 261 votes. Mune also won easily, while Fukuda, third among the three outfield winners, edged the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' Yuki Yanagita by 10 votes.

The Hawks did not go away empty-handed, however. Catcher Takuya Kai won his sixth straight Golden Glove and first baseman Akira Nakamura won for the third consecutive season.

The Seibu Lions’ middle infield was golden again as shortstop Sosuke Genda extended his streak to five straight years and second baseman Shuta Tonosaki won his second straight.

Chiba Lotte Marines outfielder Akito Takabe earned his first Golden Glove, and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles outfielder Ryosuke Tatsumi won for the second in a row.

The pennant-winning Tokyo Yakult Swallows, who fell to the Buffaloes in the Japan Series, led the CL with three selections.

Catcher Yuhei Nakamura won his second straight, and third overall, and was joined by a pair of first-time winners in shortstop Hideki Nagaoka and outfielder Yasutaka Shiomi.

Kikuchi finished with 114 votes to beat the Swallows' Tetsuto Yamada, who led the rest of the field with 87, and cap a decade of Golden Gloves at second base. Carp pitcher Masato Morishita won his first.

The Yomiuri Giants’ corner infielders, Sho Nakata and Kazuma Okamoto, were also winners. Nakata, the Yomiuri first baseman, won for the first time in the CL after earning four during his career in the PL with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Okamoto was the choice at third base for the second consecutive season.

Outfielders Koji Chikamoto, of the Hanshin Tigers, and the Chunichi Dragons’ Yuki Okabayashi rounded out the winners in the CL.