1987 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1987 NPB draft was held November 18, 1987.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Ken Kawashima	P	Toa Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kawashima to Hiroshima
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Kazushige Nagashima	IF	Rikkyo University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Nagashima to Yakult
Hankyu Braves	Atsuri Ito	P	Kumagai Gumi (Ind)	Won lottery for Ito over Nippon Ham
Chunichi Dragons	Kazuyoshi Tatsunami	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Won lottery for Tatsunami over Nankai
Seibu Lions	Ken Suzuki	IF	Urawa Gakuin High School (HS)
Hiroshima Carp	Ken Kawashima	P	Toa Gakuen High School (HS)	Won lottery for Kawashima over Hanshin and Kintetsu
Lotte Orions	Hideki Irabu	P	Jinsei Gakuen High School (HS)
Hanshin Tigers	Ken Kawashima	P	Toa Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kawashima to Hiroshima
Nippon Ham Fighters	Atsuri Ito	P	Kumagai Gumi (Ind)	Lost lottery for Ito to Hankyu
Yomiuri Giants	Kiyoshi Hashimoto	P	PL Gakuen High School (HS)
Nankai Hawks	Kazuyoshi Tatsunami	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Tatsunami to Chunichi
Yakult Swallows	Kazushige Nagashima	IF	Rikkyo University (Col.)	Won lottery for Nagashima over Yokohama

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Hanshin Tigers	Koji Noda	IF	Kyushu Indusrtial (Ind)
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Izumi Takayanagi	P	Nippon Express (Ind)
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Koki Morita	P	Hakodate Yuto High School (HS)
Nankai Hawks	Toyohiko Yoshida	P	Honda Kumamoto (Ind)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Kazuhiro Takeda	P	Meiji University (Col.)