2004 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2004 NPB draft was held November 17, 2004.

Pre-Draft - Free-Acquiring Phase

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yokohama BayStars	Takumi Nasuno	P	Nihon University (Col.)
	Kensaku Someda	P	Doshisha University (Col.)
Chiba Lotte Marines	Yasutomo Kubo	P	Panasonic (Ind)
	Satoshi Tejima	P	ENEOS (Ind)
Hanshin Tigers	Atsushi Nomi	P	Osaka Gas (Ind)
	Taichi Okazaki	C	Panasonic (Ind)
Yomiuri Giants	Takahiko Nomaguchi	P	SHiDAX (Ind)
	Hitoshi Miki	P	Hachinohe Gakuin University (Col.)
Yakult Swallows	Hiroyasu Tanaka	IF	Waseda University (Col.)
	Kenichi Matsuoka	P	Kyushu Tokai University (Col.)
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Yasuhiro Ichiba	P	Meiji University (Col.)
Orix Buffaloes	Chihiro Kaneko	P	Toyota (Ind)
Chunichi Dragons	Tatsumi Higuchi	P	JR Kyushu (Ind)

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Hiroshima Carp	Tsuyoshi Sato	P	Akita Municipal Commercial High School (HS)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Yu Darvish	P	Tohoku High School (HS)
Daiei Hawks	Tomoaki Egawa	P	Ujiyamada Shogyo High School (HS)
Seibu Lions	Hideaki Wakui	P	Yokohama High School (HS)