2002 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2002 NPB draft was held November 20, 2002.

Pre-Draft - Free-Acquiring Phase

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yokohama BayStars	Shuichi Murata	IF	Nihon University (Col.)
	Ryutaro Doi	P	Hosei University (Col.)
Daiei Hawks	Tsuyoshi Wada	P	Waseda University (Col.)
	Nagisa Arakaki	P	Kyushu Kyoritsu University (Col.)
Hanshin Tigers	Naohisa Sugiyama	P	Ryukoku University (Col.)
	Hirotaka Egusa	P	Senshu University (Col.)
Yomiuri Giants	Hiroshi Kisanuki	P	Asia University (Col.)
	Yuya Kubo	P	Tokai University (Col.)
Seibu Lions	Taketoshi Goto	IF	Hosei University (Col.)
	Shuichiro Osada	P	Keio University (Col.)
Hiroshima Carp	Katsuhiro Nagakawa	P	Asia University (Col.)
Orix Blue Wave	Daisuke Kato	P	Kanagawa University (Col.)

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Yuhei Takai	P	Tohoku High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Takai to Yakult
Nippon Ham Fighters	Masaya Ozaki	IF	Hotoku Gakuen High School (HS)
Chiba Lotte Marines	Tsuyoshi Nishioka	IF	Osaka Toin High School (HS)
Yakult Swallows	Yuhei Takai	P	Tohoku High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Takai over Kintetsu
Chunichi Dragons	Ryosuke Morioka	IF	Meitoku Gijuku High School (HS)

First Round - redraft part

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Tomotaka Sakaguchi	OF	Kobe International University High School (HS)