1985 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1985 NPB draft was held November 20, 1985. Six teams drafted Kazuhiro Kiyohara in the first round, and the Seibu Lions won his lottery.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Kazuhiro Kiyohara	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kiyohara to Seibu
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Hiroaki Nakayama	P	Kochi Shogyo High School (HS)
Hankyu Braves	Akimitsu Itoh	P	Honda (Ind)	Lost lottery for Itoh to Yakult
Chunichi Dragons	Kazuhiro Kiyohara	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kiyohara to Seibu
Seibu Lions	Kazuhiro Kiyohara	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Won lottery for Kiyohara over 5 teams
Hiroshima Carp	Hiroshi Nagadomi	P	NTT Kanto (HS)
Lotte Orions	Akimitsu Itoh	P	Honda (Ind)	Lost lottery for Itoh to Yakult
Hanshin Tigers	Kazuhiro Kiyohara	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kiyohara to Seibu
Nippon Ham Fighters	Kazuhiro Kiyohara	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kiyohara to Seibu
Yomiuri Giants	Masumi Kuwata	P	PL Gakuen High School (HS)
Nankai Hawks	Kazuhiro Kiyohara	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kiyohara to Seibu
Yakult Swallows	Akimitsu Itoh	P	Honda (Ind)	Won lottery for Itoh over Lotte and Hankyu

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Yasuhiro Hiyama	P	Tochiku High School (HS)
Hankyu Braves	Hiroshi Ishii	P	Nihon University (Col.)
Chunichi Dragons	Manabu Saito	P	Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)
Hanshin Tigers	Shoji Toyama	P	Syugakukan High School (HS)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Tetsuro Hirose	IF	Honda (Ind)
Nankai Hawks	Yoshiaki Nishikawa	P	Hosei University (Col.)
Lotte Orions	Masahiko Ishida	P	Kawagoe Shogyo High School (HS)