1995 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1995 NPB draft was held November 22, 1995. Kosuke Fukudome was picked by seven teams, a record for a high schooler that would not be matched for 18 years.

Pre-Draft - Reverse Draft Phase

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yokohama BayStars	Kazushi Hosomi	P	Doshisha University (Col.)
Hanshin Tigers	Satoshi Funaki	P	NKK (Ind)
Seibu Lions	Taisei Takagi	C	Keio University (Col.)

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Nippon Ham Fighters	Kosuke Fukudome	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Fukudome to Kintetsu
Hiroshima Carp	Masayuki Hasegawa	P	Choshi Municipal Choshi High School (HS)
Daiei Hawks	Kazumi Saito	P	Minami Kyoto High School (HS)
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Kosuke Fukudome	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Won lottery for Fukudome's rights over 6 teams, but he refuse to sign
Chiba Lotte Marines	Kosuke Fukudome	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Fukudome to Kintetsu
Yakult Swallows	Kosuke Fukudome	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Fukudome to Kintetsu
Orix Blue Wave	Kosuke Fukudome	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Fukudome to Kintetsu
Yomiuri Giants	Kosuke Fukudome	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Fukudome to Kintetsu
Chunichi Dragons	Kosuke Fukudome	IF	PL Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Fukudome to Kintetsu

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Nippon Ham Fighters	Yutaka Nakamura	OF	Meiji University (Col)
Chiba Lotte Marines	Ryosuke Sawai	IF	Choshi Shogyo High School (HS)	Won lottery for Sawai over Yakult
Yakult Swallows	Ryosuke Sawai	IF	Choshi Shogyo High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Sawai to Chiba Lotte
Orix Blue Wave	Fumiaki Imamura	IF	Kyushu Gakuin High School (HS)
Yomiuri Giants	Shunsuke Hara	C	Tokai University Sagami High School (HS)	Won lottery for Hara over Chunichi
Chunichi Dragons	Shunsuke Hara	C	Tokai University Sagami High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Hara to Yomiuri

First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yakult Swallows	Hajime Miki	IF	Uenomiya High School (HS)
Chunichi Dragons	Masahiro Araki	IF	Kumamoto Technical High School (HS)