1966 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1966 NPB draft was held on September 5 and November 17, 1965. There were two drafts because of the National Sports Festival, those who didn't attend it would be drafted in the first time.

First Time - First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Nankai Hawks	Takuzo Ueda	P	Miike Kogyo High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Ueda over Nishitetsu
Nishitetsu Lions	Takuzo Ueda	P	Miike Kogyo High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Ueda to Nankai
Hanshin Tigers	Yutaka Enatsu	P	Osaka Gakuin High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Enatsu over 3 teams
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Eiji Kato	P	PL Gakuen High School (HS)
Taiyo Whales	Kosuke Matsuoka	P	Sapporo Breweries (Ind)
Tokyo Orions	Sachio Okugaki	IF	Shizuoka Shogyo High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Okugaki to Sankei
Yomiuri Giants	Yutaka Enatsu	P	Osaka Gakuin High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Enatsu to Hanshin
Sankei Swallows	Sachio Okugaki	IF	Shizuoka Shogyo High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Okugaki over Tokyo
Hankyu Braves	Yutaka Enatsu	P	Osaka Gakuin High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Enatsu to Hanshin
Chunichi Dragons	Takahiro Oba	P	Beppu Tsurumigaoka High School (HS)
Toei Flyers	Yutaka Enatsu	P	Osaka Gakuin High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Enatsu to Hanshin
Hiroshima Carp	Seiji Suyama	C	Koryo High School (HS)

First Time - First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Nishitetsu Lions	Yoshinori Okamura	P	Hamada High School (HS)
Tokyo Orions	Takashi Mizutani	P	Mie High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Mizutani to Hankyu
Toei Flyers	Ken Sakurai	P	Nihon University Daiichi High School (HS)
Hankyu Braves	Takashi Mizutani	P	Mie High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Mizutani over Tokyo
Yomiuri Giants	Tsukasa Mashita	IF	Ino Business High School (HS)

First Time - First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Tokyo Orions	Yoshinori Sonoda	IF	Hokuyo High School (HS)

Second Time - First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Nankai Hawks	Makoto Tsuchida	C	Rikkyo University (Col.)	Lost lottery rights to Tsuchida to Yomiuri
Nishitetsu Lions	Akikazu Nishimoto	P	Matsuyama Commercial High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Nishimoto to Hiroshima
Hanshin Tigers	Koichi Nishimura	IF	Kofu Kogyo High School (HS)
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Toshiji Kadono	P	Heian High School (HS)
Taiyo Whales	Soroku Yagisawa	P	Waseda University (Col.)	Lost lottery rights to Yagisawa to Tokyo
Tokyo Orions	Soroku Yagisawa	P	Waseda University (Col.)	Won lottery rights to Yagisawa over Taiyo and Toei
Yomiuri Giants	Makoto Tsuchida	C	Rikkyo University (Col.)	Won lottery rights to Tsuchida over Nankai
Sankei Swallows	Toshio Kato	C	Nippon Light Metal (Ind)
Hankyu Braves	Akikazu Nishimoto	P	Matsuyama Commercial High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Nishimoto to Hiroshima
Chunichi Dragons	Hirokazu Iguma	OF	Chukyo University Senior High School (HS)
Toei Flyers	Soroku Yagisawa	P	Waseda University (Col.)	Lost lottery rights to Yagisawa to Tokyo
Hiroshima Carp	Akikazu Nishimoto	P	Matsuyama Commercial High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Nishimoto over Nishitetsu and Hankyu

Second Time - First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Nishitetsu Lions	Yasuhiro Aratake	C	Hotoku Gakuen High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Aratake over Toei
Nankai Hawks	Yukiyasu Nakamura	IF	Hosei University (Col.)
Toei Flyers	Yasuhiro Aratake	C	Hotoku Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Aratake to Nishitetsu
Hankyu Braves	Jiro Hirabayashi	P	Chukyo University Senior High School (HS)
Taiyo Whales	Ritsuo Yamashita	P	Kinki University (Col.)

Second Time - First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Toei Flyers	Yoshimasa Takahashi	IF	Chuo University (Col.)